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PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT

The first responder

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an. 4, in the words of one of our peers, is going to be like Mud Hens Opening Day in Downtown Toledo. On that day, Mike Bell will be sworn in as our new mayor and there will be an infusion of opportunity and goodwill into the mindset of those who believe in and support Toledo.

Of course, that happy and excited chorus will wind down and fade before the end of Bell’s first day, but that’s fine. I know Bell well enough to know that his energy and enthusiasm do not rise and fall according to other people’s whims.

At Bell’s victory celebration Nov. 3, an amazingly diverse crowd — business leaders, political leaders, blue-collar folks and various combinations of the three — celebrated Bell’s victory with an unbridled passion for his ideals and a gracious recognition of the quality of his opponent, Keith Wilkowski, whom Bell welcomed onto the ship he will try to turn around.

There are hardworking people in Toledo Thomas F. POUNDS who understand there are two things a leader needs to be able to identify: Where to place their shoulder against the wheel and when to start pushing it. The wheels of commerce and development in Toledo are surrounded by people waiting to be shown where to place their shoulders and when to start pushing.

There can be no more chaos of people pushing in counterproductive directions at discordant times. There needs to be an immediate identification of how the wheel is going to be aimed and shoved with all the might this city can muster.

The mission will far outlast the launch, but our new chief will understand that upfront and will be prepared for the long-term job of pushing and striving to move Toledo forward.

Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press. Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Bell represents bold step TO THE EDITOR, Toledo has taken a bold step forward by electing Mike Bell to the office of strong mayor of Toledo.

Voters who took a chance for change by voting for Bell should be proud of themselves. They have shown for the first time in recent memory that the Democratic political machine that has controlled our destiny for years can be overcome and defeated.

One thing that Toledo voters should be ashamed of is the low turnout at the polls. According to the official count, only 33 percent of registered voters turned out in Toledo,

and just 36 percent in Lucas County.

If you took the time to register to vote, take the time to learn something about all the issues and candidates on the ballot. Read a newspaper, watch the news, talk to your friends and neighbors. Be a responsible citizen and voter. It’s your country and your town. You can make a difference if you choose to get involved. Don’t be a victim, be an informed voter. Your team or issue might not always come out on top, but at least you got an “at bat.” That’s better than sitting in the peanut gallery any day.

MIKE McMAHON, Toledo

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LIGHTING THE FUSE

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aptain Trips has been hanging out at our house for on either end of the digestive track and for that we are wearily and forever grateful. the past two weeks.

Our professional lives have also suffered. My wife My wife, our two toddler sons and I have spent nearly two weeks hibernating and suffering from and I have missed two weeks of work; if your e-mail or phone call to the Toledo Free Press ofthe H1N1 virus. As my wife works in fice has remained unanswered, try me health care and my 3-year-old attends again next week. Evan had not missed preschool three days a week, it’s imposany classes during his short preschool sible to know how this vampire-like career, but out of concern for his health virus slipped uninvited into our home, and the health of his classmates, we’ve but I know it’s not my fault; I work in the kept him at home for a week. He’ll have laboratory-pure environment of print to catch up on PlayDoh 101 and Introjournalism. There’s nothing cleaner or duction to Snack Time. more deadly to an evil force of nature.

The worst for Evan was missing One by one, each of us succumbed to Halloween’s trick-or-treat festivities. the fever, congestion, pistol-shot coughing Michael S. MILLER Yes, there are 73 million things more and energy-sapping malaise H1N1 bequeaths. It has been a hellish merry-go-round. As soon tragic than missing walking the neighborhood for a as one of us steps off the ride and starts feeling better, bag of free candy, but at 3, these things are important, another begins to get worse; we rotate degrees of sickness, and it was tough telling Evan his 103-degree fever taking turns for who has the highest fever, palest face and meant he would have to sit out the night. He took it well, asking if maybe the world could postpone Halgreenest mucus at any given time.

I hope the government never tries to count how loween until he was better, but a promise of an extra many pounds of Kleenex and baby wipes we have Halloween cartoon on TV and moving his mattress burned through. My guess is a good-size forest would near the foot of our bed for a campout eased the disstill be standing had we not gotten sick. Our house smells appointment. Plus, some of his neighborhood friends like Vick’s humidifier mist, infant Motrin, Hall’s men- collected some treats for him and dropped them off, tholyptis cough drops, empty orange juice containers, so he seemed content.

There is some controversy regarding the H1N1 vacstale Vernor’s and fever sweat.

One of the great contentions is temperature control. cine, but the Centers for Disease Control suggests the One of us is freezing while the other is roasting. One of us following ways to reduce your chances of contracting this nasty bug. wants a window open and one wants four extra blankets.

■ “Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when Our 3-year-old, Evan, has been understandably cranky, but brave considering the amount of tempera- you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after ture-taking intrusion he has suffered. One day, he may you use it.”

■ “Wash your hands often with soap and water. If understand how fortunate he is to have his temperature taken in his ear instead of his rear, — what a difference soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based an “r” makes — but for now, despite a few moments of hand rub.”

■ “Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.” defiance, he has been remarkably well behaved.

■ “Try to avoid close contact with sick people.”

His 1-year-old brother Sean, who can’t be talked ■ “If you are sick with flu, stay home for at least 24 through the experience, has been harder to console during the worst of the fever and aches, but has still hours after your fever is gone.”

Our family physician helpfully reminded us that mostly slept and just wants to be held. It’s amazing how those moments of holding him close manages to make although H1N1 is the focus and current villain, we will still have the regular seasonal strains of A and parent and child feel better.

So, what does H1N1 feel like? Well, heaven knows B flu virus to contend with. But there are contamimany people have suffered far worse than we have, nation suits on eBay for less than $25; maybe we but imagine having 16 pounds of Sahara Desert sand can get a set with our current family crest: a mom boot-stomped into your sinuses one grain at a time, sneezing, coughing and valiantly carrying two todthen having each individual grain set on fire by one dlers and one slightly whiny husband on her shoulof the proton-stream laser packs the Ghostbusters ders, a look of determination in her face, a look of use. Throw in a fever that makes every bone and joint pure love in her eyes. feel like thin glass, post-marathon weariness that no That’s my way of saying thanks, Shannon, for taking amount of sleep can repair and a total loss of appetite care of us. and you’re on the right track.

All of us.

Everything is wet; sneezes, coughs, running noses, running eyes; it’s like a bizarre-world rainforest.

Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press.

I know we are blessed; we experienced no nastiness Contact him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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GUEST COLUMN

OPINION

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

THE HOT CORNER

What we can do Getting America back on track M D

■ We will bring Toledo back. ear Toledo voters: I wanted ■ We will create jobs. to take this opportunity ■ We will keep our city safe. to thank you for your ■ We will balance our budget. support on Nov. 3. I appreciate Finally, on elecToledo’s vote of contion night, I issued fidence in my leada call to elected offiership and I will not cials outside Toledo. let you down.

To county commisI also wanted to sioners, mayors, and publicly thank Keith township trustees in Wilkowski for his this region, I pledge love of this commuthat we are going to nity and for his grasit down and detercious call on Tuesday mine a path forward night. I want Keith where we all can and everyone who Mike BELL prosper. supported him to Thank you again to everyone know that I am serious about uniting this city and I welcome who was a part of this victory your ideas and your energy in our — from the people who had the courage to stand up and back an campaign to bring Toledo back.

Now is the time to unite and independent candidate, to the move this city forward, to over- hundreds of people who gave their come our challenges and to meet precious time and money, to the tens of thousands of voters who our promise.

One of the first things I will supported our campaign.

We will unite. do when I am sworn in as mayor We will succeed. is put a sign outside my office that says that our conversations will be about what “we” can do, not what Mike Bell is the next mayor of the City of Toledo.

“I” can do.

GUEST COLUMN

Confronting crisis

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hank you Toledo for sup- worked effectively to strengthen porting my re-election to public safety and to reduce the City Council. It has been an city’s debt without raising taxes.

Looking forward, new leaderhonor to serve our community over ship in city governthese past three years ment presents us and I look forward to with the opportuworking with mayornity to forge a new elect Bell, Council, consensus and to and the whole comconfront our city’s munity to build a economic crisis with better Toledo. The new confidence. I difficult times we pledge to continue live in demand reworking to bring sponsible, bipartisan people together to leadership focused take on the tough on the issues that Joe McNAMARA challenges.

We matter to working families. I pledge to continue to owe it to all Toledoans to get city work hard every day to live up to government’s fiscal house in order and to take every action within our that obligation.

While serving as council presi- power to get our local economy dent during the final days of the running again.

I thank you again for the opCarty Finkbeiner era has presented its own unique challenges, I portunity to serve. Working toam proud of what council has been gether, we’re going to turn this community around. able to accomplish.

We have taken action to promote job creation and neighbor- Joe McNamara is president of hood revitalization. And we have Toledo City Council.

any of the persons who have written in to ex- stop it? We need to take the incentive away from the polpress their displeasure with my outlook on iticians, i.e. the money. In an effort to remain in office, things have asked me my thoughts on what average politicians spend more than half of their time in office raising money for the next election. needs to be done to get America back on They barely finish getting elected before track. Apparently, after having trashed or they have to start on the next fundraising pooh-poohed some of my sources as eggcycle, and the easiest place to get large head, socialist, know nothing, academics, amounts of cash is from special interests etc.etc, they would rather have someone that want something enacted to make with a high school diploma make all the them more profitable or to keep them pertinent commentary, which would exfrom being shut down for some spurious plain their great admiration for Glenn Beck. practice. We need to have a national elecI did go to college, but did not graduate, and tion reform movement that will put all of did do a four-year electrical apprenticeship, the money into a pool, where each politiso if that’s good enough for you, here goes. cian will get a specific amount of money The first thing that I would like to see Don BURNARD to run a campaign anonymously, with no done in order to turn our country and “guvmint” around is simple. We need to take money out of strings attached. Everyone knows about the check-off politics. Under our current system, most of our elected box on your tax return where you can give a buck for a officials pay much more attention to the special interests public pool for politicians. Now, if we have roughly 300 with the large campaign donations than they do to the million people in this country, and we could check off needs of the electorate that put them in office. Instead of say, $10 for each citizen in this country, that would raise doing what is in the best interest of the average working a pool of roughly $30 billion dollars to draw from.

We have 535 congressional candidates, plus a presistiff, they pay much more attention to the needs of the corporate donors who feel the need to bleed us dry of dential candidate, who would draw from that pool. That would give each senator and representative about $5.59 every last cent to support their obscene salaries.

For example, the insurance industry is currently million to run a campaign on, and the same for each spending $1.4 million A DAY to fight health insurance presidential candidate. If you couple that with a shortreform. The “too big to fail” banks, that WE the taxpayers ened election season, say like they have in most counbailed out, are planning on giving out up to $140 billion tries of three months or so, that should be plenty. I know, in bonuses to the same buttheads (oops, there I go name many of you have come to depend on the two or three calling again!) who ruined our economy! They claim they years worth of TV ads, robocalls, and interest group ads have to need to do it to keep the best personnel. Maybe I’ve to keep you fully informed, but for my money, I’d enjoy spent my working life in the wrong places, but I’ve never the silence.

This would make every politician cut his thoughts had a job where I got a bonus for screwing up on even a small level, let alone bringing the entire world economy down to the more salient points, and spare us some of to its knees. Anyone I ever knew who screwed up badly the more irritating moments that happen when politiwasn’t able to leave their job and go get an even higher cians have too much time and money on their hands. paying job because of the magnitude of their screw-ups This is actually being used in local elections in places like either. I guess we’ve returned to Bizarro World. The an- Oregon and Arizona. Check it out; it’s called Fair Elecswer to their problems is to remove all regulation and the tions. It would remove the corruption and allow us to market will correct itself, and if that doesn’t work, we’ll just not have the best government money can buy. Well, there have the taxpayers bail us out again. By the way, that’s cor- you have it. That’s some semblance of what I’d like to see happen. The details would have to be worked out. porate socialism for those of you keeping score.

It’s a thought.

Now I’ll be the first to admit that it isn’t only Republicans who are guilty of feeding at the corporate trough and selling us out for their own self-interests. How do we E-mail Don Burnard at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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ell, the election results are in, and while once again not all that many of the electorate cast their ballots, it appears that the voters may have lost once more. This seems counter intuitive, I know, since it is the voters that are supposed to decide in elections, but there it is.

Mike Bell will be the new mayor in Toledo and he seems a decent guy who may do a decent job. Before anyone begins bragging that Toledo is finally throwing out the Democratic politics that have ruined its reputation and economy for the past 30 years, however, let’s remember that Mike was a lifelong Democrat who ran as an indepen-

dent. Before we start celebrating that happy days are here again and that change has finally come to this city, let’s see what he actually does in his newly won job.

— Tim Higgins, “Election results in, voters lose”

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eaders who elevate themselves above those whom they lead are discredited leaders.

Washington is rife with examples, including: Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, who totally ignores communications from her constituents; Sen. Sherrod Brown, who dictates to his constituents his will for health care reform; and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid who, in December, com-

plained about the odor of tourists in the Capitol.

— Tom and Diane Berry, “Shocking state of GM and Chrysler paralleled in Obama’s America.”

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here is a growing concern among Americans regarding the tendencies of the current administration. Yesterday’s elections have shown that the majority, longsilent, is awake, and it’s angry. In a single night a very clear message has been sent to Washington that politicians who continue to pursue recent fads will likely find themselves unemployed in short order.

— Dock David Treece, “A Truism for Turbulent Times”

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

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GUEST COLUMN

Tent City offers glimpse into lives of ‘all the lonely people’

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t was Halloween Eve and I joined array of well-organized clothing, a group of 15 students from a toiletries, shoes and stacks of new private high school in Sylvania to blankets. The third tent had rows of chairs surrounding a volunteer at Tent City. stage where live enThe students had coltertainment was haplected winter clothing pening. The gleeful for distribution to the students anticipated homeless and hurting. a night of camping They also volunteered Downtown. The unto serve an early breakseasonable temperafast Saturday morning ture of 75 degrees before free medical was an enormous treatment would be ofbonus. Full of energy, fered to the needy. The effect of their effort was Jenifer CHRISTIAANSE volunteers set up sevtemporal but the lessons learned will eral additional small tents, so they could somewhat experience what last a lifetime.

Tent City, an effort to coordinate the homeless endure day after day. volunteers with the needy, began 20 To the teens, it was like experiencing years ago. Ken Leslie, the energetic the Hooverville Camps of the Great event coordinator of this three-day Depression. “Will we make Hobo event, welcomed us warmly as we sat Stew?” they wondered.

As the night wore on, the stage by a pile of split logs and a roaring fire on Civic Center Mall, just across crooners belted out songs like “Califrom the courthouse. Three large fornia Dreaming,” “The House of tents had been set up. One housed the Rising Sun,” “Working Man tables and chairs and food offerings. Hero” and “Eleanor Rigby.” The Another tent housed an amazing words of the latter were haunting,

“All the lonely people/where do they all belong?”

The rosy glow on the evening was shattered as the campers bedded down for the night. Gale-force winds whipped through the tented area, pounding rain blanketed the mall and the thermometer plunged like the bad luck of many gathered.

The water-saturated ground could have been tolerated but the winds decimated small tents and the rain hit like a tidal wave. Dorothy was no longer in Kansas. Halloween had arrived. Students grabbed their saturated blankets and made a dash past the smoldering fire, past the port-apotties standing in 2 inches of water to the main tents. Draped all over the chairs and the soggy ground were many snoring bodies already fast asleep. The battlefield was littered with the bodies of wounded from the war on poverty.

What followed was a night of misery — and stern reality for many.

Wet clothing and blankets were chilled by the winds, chairs top-

pled, tent poles creaked and threatened to give way and fresh rounds of stinging rain came sweeping in.

This was punctuated by snores and stale odors. The homeless slept, on while the teens agonized. I wondered what a Korean exchange student would write home to her parents about America. Most students concluded that the fetal position was the warmest way to endure.

There was nowhere to reach for any creature comforts.

Before dawn, an influx of volunteers arrived. Leslie was as chipper as could be. “Imagine all the great people who probably performed on this portable stage. And to think you slept on it,” he said as he covered muddy areas with cardboard, directed us to collect litter and to fold chairs as chiropractic tables and medical paraphernalia arrived.

Students who are accustomed to sleeping late on Saturday mornings were surprised that the minimounds of humanity, still draped in old blankets, were queuing for

dental care registration and other services. A Red Cross kitchen in a mobile unit was full of swiftworking volunteers who were cracking eggs and sizzling bacon. A fellow tent dweller, not able to wait for the breakfast, stirred old coffee with a shriveled hotdog that was still setting on a table. “All the lonely people, where do they all belong?”

Exhausted, wet, shivering and still hungry, the van load of mudcoated students took off for the confines of their heated school building.

They all but kissed the floor in the lobby as they ran to the restrooms with flush toilets and sinks. Tent City and 1Matters is not only seeking to aid the unhoused and impoverished, it is helping raise the awareness of the hundreds of volunteers in the area. Lessons learned will linger long after the appreciation for hot showers and comfortable beds fades. The school of hard knocks has able teachers.

“All the lonely people, where do they all belong?”

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TIYO to perform Nov. 22 Toledo International Youth Orchestra (TIYO) will perform its fall concert at 7 p.m. Nov. 22 at Westgate Chapel. The money raised will go toward TIYO’s trip to Toledo sister cities in Hungary and Vienna for the international music festival. Also, TIYO cellist Lee Ann Song is performing a concert at 3 p.m. Dec. 20 at Southview High School. The money raised will go toward the students who attend the Toledo Secondary School in Tanzania. For more, visit www.tiyo.us.

POP CULTURE

Downtown Library celebrates ‘Batman at 70’

By Jeff McGinnis TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER jmcginnis@toledofreepress.com

The Dark Knight. The Caped Crusader. The World’s Greatest Detective.

The Cape and Cowl. The Bat. The Septuagenarian.

In 1939, Bob Kane’s dark vigilante took to the streets to fight crime and defend Gotham City against an eclectic and insane menagerie of colorful supervillains.

Seventy years later, long after Batman surpassed his origins to become a certified pop BEARD culture icon, he stands as perhaps the most popular superhero in the world. Movies, television series, cartoons, video games and much more have been made about Gotham’s savior, and Batmania shows no sign of slowing down.

In honor of the Caped Crusader’s 70th anniversary, the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library is preparing for the ultimate birthday bash: “Batman at 70,” a program and exhibit to take place Nov. 9 at the McMaster Center in the Main Library, Downtown.

“What they’re going to get is a really good big picture of the character,” said Jim Beard, a local comic book historian, who will host a special Batman retrospective as part of the exhibit.

“We’ve got items from the very beginning until currently. We have vintage comic books that literally run the gamut from the very beginning — we have a ‘Batman No. 1’ that will be on display, all the way up

to ‘Batman and Robin No. 1,’ which came out this year,” Beard said. “I really hope people are going to get a good scope of the character and, if they’re not aware that the character has that much history, I hope they’re going to get it.”

The discussion will also include an interactive video chat with current “Batman” writer and bestselling author Greg Rucka. The exhibit will feature an examination of many of the Dark Knight’s gadgets, rare collectibles and a life-size recreation of the Batcave on display.

This is not the first time the library has honored the long and illustrious history of a beloved comic book character. Last year, a program was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Superman and the success of that display directly lead to the beginnings of this one.

“This entire exhibit, its origin is just a few minutes after the Superman event ended last year,” said Beard, who contributes a column on comic books to Toledo Free Press.

“As soon as it was over, I had people starting to come up to me ... it was actually one of the library people who said, ‘We gotta do Batman.’

And I said, ‘Well, you don’t have to convince me!”

National excitement “A lot of people don’t think of the library as a place to go for programming such as this,” said Rhonda Sewell, media relations coordinator for the library. “And we say just the opposite. The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library really encourages these types of programs, especially things in our history that mean so much. And definitely comic books have been something with a strong hold in our history — Batman and

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Superman are household names.”

Sewell said the event will have benefits for the library and Toledo.

“These types of events create excitement in the community and around the nation. We’re getting calls from comic book places around the country wanting to know how we’re doing things and other libraries around the country as well, saying, ‘Oh, that was a great idea! Wish we had thought of it!” she said.

Bleak origins Of course, encapsulating 70 years of history in one presentation is no small feat, particularly with a character that has seen as much change as Batman. Over the years the Dark Knight has seen myriad alterations, from his costume to his demeanor to the tone of the stories he is involved in — strange for a character with such seemingly bleak origins.

“You would think that a character starting very dark, he would stay very dark,” Beard said. “But he’s gone through several decades of being a bright, colorful, run-around-in-the-daytime, kidfriendly character. Which is odd, when the character’s parents were murdered right before his eyes.”

Beard said Batman’s evershifting role can be seen as a reflection of the society that created him.

“After World War II, he started to brighten up because of the optimism after the war,” he said. “We go into the ’50s and the early ’60s and he’s a complete science fiction character — he’s going to other planets, he’s turning into creatures, there’s

magical characters involved. It’s crazy.

And this was before the TV series — the TV series pretty much reflected what the comics had become for several years there.”

The TV series in question, starring Adam West in a famously campy take on the Caped Crusader, began in 1966. Beard credits the series with sparking his interest in the character; he is compiling a book of essays examining it, which should be released in the summer of 2010.

“The contributors include comic writers, historians — three of whom are local writers,” Beard said.

Batman’s lighthearted era would begin to end as Watergate began.

“A couple of young writers come in and decide they want to turn the clock back and try to get back to those grittier, darker times,” Beard said.

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Batcave Gritty is pretty much how the Dark Knight has stayed ever since, at least in print.

Beard said fans of any era will find something to their

liking at the library’s exhibit, which tries to represent the character in all his forms — the life-size Batcave features touches that will bring a smile to older and younger fans.

The cave is the work of Cliff Upp, one of the library’s graphic designers and the man who also crafted a Daily Planet exhibit for last year’s Superman celebration.

“I grew up on comic books, I loved them,” Upp said. “I wish I had some of the comic books I had as a kid, but those all went in garage sales and whatever.”

For his Batcave design, Upp said that he didn’t try and emulate just one era of Batman, but instead drew inspiration from

many different periods of the Dark Knight’s history.

“It’s a blending of a little of everything. It’s not based on any specific look, per se, but it’s based on elements from all across the spectrum.

I used things I already had on hand in the workroom and at the library.”

Batman, RIP It is remarkable how much effort is being devoted to a character who isn’t even around to enjoy his 70th birthday. That’s right: Batman is dead. Sort of. He was “killed” in the DC Comics event “Final Crisis,” although he’s not really dead. Just like Superman in 1992, Captain America most recently or even Batman himself in 1993, when his back was “broken” by supervillain Bane. The heroes always come back.

“It might seem like a big deal to people who don’t read comics,” Beard said. “But it’s a fairly commonplace thing among comic book fans; you just accept the fact that every so often they’re going to ‘kill’ off your character, but that he’s going to come back at some point.”

In the meantime, fans can celebrate Batman’s 70th and toast a superhero who changed with the times and changed comics forever.

“It’s interesting that Superman and Batman were introduced only about a year apart from each other, and the two characters couldn’t be more different, but both were so successful,” Beard said.

“At that time, people wanted heroes they could root for, coming out of the Depression, leading into World War II. And it’s still going today.”

“Batman at 70” will take place at the Main Library, 325 Michigan St., from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 9. For more information, call (419) 259-5207 or visit toledolibrary.org.

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BATMAN TIMELINE ■ 1939: In Detective Comics No. 27, the story “The Case of the Chemical Syndicate” is published. The main character is a new and mysterious vigilante called the Bat-Man. In the final panel, it is revealed that the BatMan is actually millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne. The story also features the first appearance of longtime ally Commissioner James Gordon.

■ 1940: Batman No. 1 is published, and the issue features the debut of two new villains: the Cat (later renamed Catwoman) and a clown-faced trickster named the Joker.

Bruce Wayne’s young ward Dick Grayson is introduced in Detective Comics No. 38, and becomes Batman’s sidekick Robin.

■ 1941: Batman’s car is first called the “Batmobile” in Detective Comics #48. Oswald Cobblepot — The Penguin — debuts in Detective Comics No. 58.

■ 1942: The Bat-signal first appears above Gotham City in Detective Comics No. 60. Harvey Kent — later Dent, the villain Two-Face — debuts in Detective Comics No. 66.

■ 1943: Loyal butler Alfred is first seen in Batman No. 16. Batman and Robin star in their first movie serial for Columbia Pictures — Lewis Wilson plays Batman and Douglas Croft plays Robin. The Batcave first appears in the “Batman” newspaper comic strip.

■ 1948: The Riddler, Edward Nygma, asks his first questions in Detective Comics No. 140.

■ 1959: Cold-themed villain “Mr. Zero” debuts in Batman No. 121.

He will be redubbed Mr. Freeze.

■ 1960: Justice League forms in Brave and the Bold No. 28. Batman is a founding member.

■ 1961: The first Batgirl, Betty Kane, debuts in Batman No. 139.

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■ 1966: The first episode of the “Batman” television series airs, with Adam West in the cape and cowl. A full-length movie is made before the end of the year.

■ 1967: Commissioner Gordon’s daughter Barbara becomes the new Batgirl.

■ 1968: “The Batman/Superman Hour” airs on CBS — the first animated version of the Dark Knight.

■ 1973: Bat- man is featured in the animated TV show “Super Friends.”

■ 1983: A new Robin, Jason Todd, debuts.

He will die five years later in the “A Death in the Family” story arc when fans vote to kill him off.

■ 1984: Dick Grayson becomes superhero Nightwing.

■ 1986: Frank Miller’s “The Dark Knight Returns” is published.

■ 1988: “The Killing Joke” is published, written by Alan Moore. In it, Barbara Gordon is shot by The Joker, leaving her paralyzed.

■ 1989: Tim Burton’s “Batman” film is released, becoming one of the highest-grossing films of its time. It spawns a No. 1 soundtrack

by Prince and three sequels.

■ 1992: “Batman: The Animated Series” first airs on FOX television.

■ 1993: The villainous Bane breaks Batman’s back in Batman No. 497. Bruce Wayne relinquishes the Bat-mantle for a year.

■ 2005: The Batman film franchise is reinvigorated with the release of “Batman Begins” by director Christopher Nolan. The 2008 sequel, “The Dark Knight,” will become the second-highest grossing film of all time and earn Heath Ledger a posthumous Oscar for his portrayal of The Joker.

■ 2008: Batman “dies” in Final Crisis No. 6. Dick Grayson steps into the cowl as the new Batman.

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Chinese fall music festival to take place Nov. 15 From Staff Reports The Chinese Association of Greater Toledo and the Association of Chinese Faculty and Staff at UT will present a culturally rich entertainment program in Doermann Theater from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Nov. 15.

The event will be a chance for the two organizations to showcase the beauty of China, a fascinating country with more than 5,000 years of history and 1.3 billion people. “We hope to encourage members of our community to increase their awareness of the rich,

cultural presence of our Chinese friends and neighbors in Toledo,� said Dr. Jiquan Chen, UT professor of environmental sciences and president of the Association of Chinese Faculty and Staff.

More than 100 children and adults will take the stage for performances including lion dance, choir, tai chi, Chinese folk music, piano, dance, Peking opera and a fashion show.

Guests also may partake in a special complimentary tea tasting as they enter the theater, beginning at 2:30 p.m.

There are several thousand Chinese in the greater Toledo area involved in education, re-

search, business or simply visiting, Chen said. “One of the greatest challenges for this group of people is not only to adapt to the new cultural environment, but also to add the value of its heritage to the local community,� he said. “With accelerating economic development in China, we anticipate a fast-growing number of Chinese in the region and an increase in exchanges of education and business, as well as cultural and social programs.�

For more information on this free, public event, contact Luanne Billstein of the Chinese Association of Greater Toledo at (419) 536-9499 or luanne@thebillsteins.com.

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Bell elected mayor; Issue 3 passes for casinos

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Mike Bell will take the mayor’s office Jan. 4.

“Running as an independent without a machine has been a challenge, but we’ve had great volunteers and people get the word out there. I had great support from family and friends. It’s a thrill to win,” Bell told Toledo Free Press moments after declaring victory.

Bell said his opponent Keith Wilkowski ran a strong race and he “wishes him the best of luck with everything in the future.”

As he looks toward January, Bell said he looks forward to his role as mayor.

“I’ll be reaching out BELL to the surrounding areas and also to people internally to get them involved and bring the city to where it needs to be,” Bell said.

Wilkowski called the Bell campaign at 11:36 p.m. to concede and congratulate Bell on his win.

Wilkowski told the mayor-elect that he has Wilkowski’s full support.

Bell defeated Wilkowski 35,118 to 31,987.

Issue 3, authorizing casino facilities in the state’s “three C” cities and Toledo, passed at 53 percent with 85 percent of the precincts reporting.

“We are grateful to the voters of Ohio for supporting Issue 3.We are excited to get to work on a billion dollars on private investment in Ohio and creating more than 34,000 thousand jobs,” Eric Schippers, senior vice president for public affairs for Penn National, said. “People saw though the misinformation and campaigning from our opponents and recognized the opportunity to revitalize Ohio’s four largest cities.

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Bill Connelly won Toledo Municipal Court Judge with 24,567 votes. Connelly finished ahead of Ian English with 19,451 votes and Mark Davis with 16,881 votes.

Joe McNamara, George Sarantou, Rob Ludeman, Phillip Copeland, Steve Steel and Adam J. Martinez were elected to fill the six at-large city council seats.

McNamara, who led the votes with 36,879, told Toledo Free Press, “It’s an honor and privilege to be reelected. I look forward to working

with the new council and mayor.”

Bob Vasquez, Brenda Hill and Larry Sykes were elected to fill the three vacant Toledo Public Schools Board of Education seats. Incumbent board member Darlene Fisher

finished fourth in the voting.

Issue 1, supporting veterans of the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts, passed.

Issue 2, creating a Livestock Care Standards Board, passed.

Issue 4, a replacement levy for the Area Office on Aging, passed overwhelmingly.

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United Way is cautiously hopeful at midway point of 2009 campaign

By Kristen Rapin TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER krapin@toledofreepress.com

United Way of Greater Toledo has raised $5.2 million halfway through the fall 2009 campaign.

“We’re right where we expected,” said Richard Hylant of the Hylant Group, the chairman of the 2009 campaign, in a news release.

Bill Kitson, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Toledo, said it is cautiously hopeful it will hit this year’s goal $17.9 million.

“The campaign isn’t over till it’s over. The amount we have right now is encouraging, but I know from past campaigns that the pace we have right now doesn’t necessarily mean reaching our numbers,” Kitson said.

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Despite the economy, United Way is reporting increased support from companies who have taken cuts.

Ed Schmidt Auto Group’s giving has increased by 39 percent, while the group has experienced an employee base drop of 19 percent. Dana Corporation saw a 30 percent reduction in staff, yet only a 21 percent decrease in campaign donations.

United Way of Greater Toledo is waiting to hear about $4.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to assist displaced autoworkers. The funding would go to retrain workers as well as help their families.

The 2009 United Way campaign concludes Dec. 10.

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From Staff Reports The Force is with Ian Cole. The 15-year-old sophomore at Ida High School was chosen from more than 350 entries as the winner of the Toledo Free Press “Star Wars in Concert” contest. Cole answered four trivia questions and wrote the winning essay on why he is the region’s biggest “Star Wars” fan. He will receive two free tickets to see “Star Wars in Concert” on Dec. 1 at the Lucas County Arena, a prize package with more than 20 authentic “Star Wars” collectibles and an “out-of-this-world” dinner for two at Johnny Rockets at the Town Center at Levis Commons.

“Ever since I first saw ‘A New Hope’ when I was eight, I’ve become more and more interested in ‘Star Wars,’ Cole wrote. “I now live and breathe ‘Star Wars.’ I devour ‘Star Wars’ comics and novels like there’s no tomorrow (I’m notorious with the local librarians). I religiously watch ‘The Clone Wars’ series on TV. And, my mom threatens me with extra chores when she catches me surfing Wookiepedia to learn tidbits like the fact that Greedo really did shoot first.”

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Cole’s mother, Daneen Cole, said winning the contest is a huge boost for her son.

“Our family dinner conversation wouldn’t be complete without at least one ‘Star Wars’ reference,” she said. “Sometimes these include parallels from school lessons. Did you know Roman soldiers are like Stormtroopers?”

Cole’s grandmother, Sharon Blankenship, campaigned for his victory.

“Can you imagine what it is like for a 70-something grandmother to have to explain to her professional colleagues why her iPod makes swishing sounds because of the lightsaber application that Ian installed on it?” she wrote.

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Chrysler seeks to increase Wrangler production to 800,000 in 2014

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Chrysler announced Nov. 4 it would like to increase the production of Jeep Wranglers to 800,000 by the year 2014. The announcement was made at the Chrysler Group LLC Business Plan Meeting.

Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner attended the meeting in Auburn Hills, Mich., and told Toledo Free Press the day was “nothing but good news for Toledo.”

“I think over the next couple of years the Jeep plant is going to get a major shot in the arm,” Finkbeiner said. “The Wrangler is going to be retooled and reinvigorated. The

desire to see the production of the Wrangler rise from 100,000 to 800,000 will place emphasis on the marketing and promotion as well as the assembly of the Jeep Wrangler.”

According to Finkbeiner, Sergio Marchionne, CEO of the Chrysler Group LLC, made the announcement that the company would like to see an increase in Wrangler production to 800,000.

Finkbeiner said Marchionne told him “I love the Jeep Wrangler.

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In the next 14 months the Wrangler will undergo two major improvements, Finkbeiner said. First, the interior of the vehicle while undergo an

Pride of Toledo hosts annual show The award winning Pride of Toledo Sweet Adeline Barbershop Chorus will host its annual show, “One Dark and Stormy Night,” on Nov. 7 at Bowsher High School.

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Russell Frautschi, a radio operator and gunner on a B-17 shot down over Germany, lived for 10 days in a bare six-foot-by-eight-foot interrogation center room where, as he said, “All I would give them was my name, rank and serial number.

I don’t know why they kept questioning me. They knew everything about me, even knew my mother’s maiden name.”

Harvey Canard, who spent five weeks on the ash-covered Pacific Island of Iwo Jima, recalled the peculiarly personal turn combat could take.

“If someone creeps up on you at night, you can’t fire your rifle because the flash can be seen for miles and the next thing you know, shells would come raining in on you ... next, you throw a hand grenade at him. The downside to that is he can pick it up and throw it back at you. The next option is to take him hand-to-hand. The choices are bad, bad and bad.”

Marguerite Terrill, a real-life Rosie the Riveter who worked on B-24s at Michigan’s Willow Run plant, remembered the day a flight engineer helped her sneak onto a bomber test flight.

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Those are just snippets of three of the 80 interviews with members of the “Greatest Generation” that appear in “What a Time It Was: Interviews With Northwest Ohio Veterans of World War II”, a book published by UT’s Urban Affairs Center Press. The book was compiled and edited by U.S. Army veteran Andrew “Bud” Fisher, a volunteer for the local Veterans’ History Project archived in the Ward M. Canaday Center of Special Collections in Carlson Library.

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and Pacific theaters of operation, in addition to the home front. The book’s appendix lists all the interviewees, whose recordings are housed in the Canaday Center.

Fisher, who located the book’s subjects though veterans’ organizations, said, “It was a privilege to talk with all these people who answered the call to duty. There was a thread that ran through all [the stories]: patriotism and modesty. No matter how many medals some of them won, they would downplay it; sometimes I’d have to drag it out of them.”

In many cases, veterans who had never shared their wartime experiences with their families would open up for Fisher. “Afterwards, receiving a copy of the audiotape for the family was important to them,” he said.

Tom Barden, professor of English and director of the UT Honors Program, who helped edit the book, noted the confluence of its publication and the Nov. 11 dedication of the Veterans’ Plaza on main campus. “It’s an ideal match,” he said.

“What a Time It Was” will be available for purchase for $25 following the 11 a.m. Veterans’ Plaza dedication at a table inside the Memorial Field House. It also can be ordered online from the Urban Affairs Center at uac. utoledo.edu/Publications/uac-press/ WhatATimeItWas.htm. An option for credit cards will be available soon, as will copies at the UT Bookstore and UT Medical Center gift shop and at Borders Books.

Military Service Coalition established

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

A new nonprofit organization, the Military Service Coalition of Northwest Ohio, is being established to serve members of the military, veterans and their families.

A group of 20-plus local military, veterans and social organizations formed the coalition that is “dedicated to utilizing our collective expertise to help improve the overall quality of life for service members and their immediate families,” according to its mission statement.

The group is awaiting approval of its application for establishment of the Military Service Coalition of Northwest Ohio as a 501c3 nonprofit from the Internal Revenue Service.

“We have started a new organization with members working together to serve our military and veterans,” said Dawn Heisler, secretary of the new coalition and director of Heroes in Action, one of the partners supporting it.

“We want to keep adding services that will motivate people who want to donate time to serve our military and veterans,” she said.

Jesse Ruiz will serve as director and Dan Contreras as associate director of the coalition. Both men formerly served in the same positions for Vets U.S., a group of veterans that helped veterans in this region.

“We’re moving forward with the coalition that includes so many people that want to help veterans including Marcy Kaptur [Rep. D-Toledo] who has supported our efforts to establish the coalition,” Contreras said. “We also have several businesses that are offering free services to veterans.”

The committee of members has been meeting for several months planning the establishment of the new coalition, Heisler said. Once approved by the IRS, the coalition will launch its new Web site and have a printed brochure available.

The group is sponsoring a chili cook-off and concert as a fund-raiser Nov. 8 at 4 p.m. at the Marine Corps League, Lou Diamond/United Steel Workers Hall on Consaul Street in Toledo. Heroes in Action is a nondenominational military mission program that is staffed by volunteers and totally supported by cash and food donations For more information, go to www.toledocalvary.org/heroes_in_action.

All veterans and current military members are invited to attend the Veterans’ Appreciation Breakfast on Nov. 11 from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the SeaGate Centre in Downtown Toledo.

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FROM LEFT, DAN MILLER, CHRIS COOK, JACK SCULFORT AND AMY MILLER OF UGLY DATA.

Ugly Data hires new CEO

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

Ugly Data, Inc., a growing information technology company based in Toledo, has named Jack Sculfort as CEO, said Amy Miller, co-founder and president of the company.

“It’s very good timing to bring Jack on board as we’re growing much faster than we anticipated,” Amy said. “We knew we needed a strong business person to complement our technological expertise.”

“It’s an exciting opportunity to join a company that is on the leading edge of technology and investment,” said Sculfort, who has spent his entire career managing business entities.

Sculfort previously served as chief operating officer and executive vice president of Dillin Corp. in Perrysburg.

He founded Transaction Opportunities Inc., serving as an independent consultant advising companies on strategic transactions for 10 years before coming from Chicago to Toledo to work for Larry Dillin after Dillin Corp. purchased Transaction opportunities in 2002.

Amy and her husband Dan Miller also came from Chicago to Toledo when they founded Ugly Data in 2006. The couple had worked more than 20 years with Hewlett Packard in Chicago. She is

originally from the Toledo area.

Ugly Data is a managed service provider that supplies dedicated and virtual servers for running applications, databases and other hosting requirements.

The firm provides virtualized server hosting, backup services, disaster recovery and data archiving with MS Exchange and Sharepoint hosting.

Entering its fourth year in business, Ugly Data is 150 percent ahead of the company’s planned growth to date, according to Amy. The firm gains five to six new clients per month, she said.

“Every company should have backup and know where it is stored. We can provide everything they need,” Amy said. “We’re an affordable and effective solution for companies to cut costs and that’s why we’ve grown as quickly as we have.”

“We’re at the right place at the right time with the right technology to continue that rate of growth,” Sculfort said. “The company has funded its own growth to date, but needs to strengthen its balance sheet to continue growing.”

Sculfort said every company should outsource its servers and manage capital to invest it in mission critical needs. Every business needs servers and we can help them do it more efficiently, while improving their ■ CEO CONTINUES ON A20

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Decoma International is investing $17.5 million in the expansion of its manufacturing facilities and operations in Toledo, which will result in 124 new jobs during the next year, according to company officials.

Decoma is expanding facilities and upgrading operations at its manufacturing plant located in the North Cross Industrial Park that produces interior systems and front-end modules. The plant is adding injection molding equipment for additional work for a new nonautomotive customer, Whirlpool Corp.

Another 126 employees were recalled recently to work on current customer needs with a total of 264 people employed at the Toledo Engineered Auto Module (T.E.A.M.) Systems, according to an automobile supplier Magna Steyr spokesperson. Decoma’s T.E.A.M. plant produces front end modules for the Chrysler Jeep assembly plant in Toledo and other components for the Mazda assembly plant in Flat Rock, Mich.

The City of Toledo provided nearly $600,000 in incentives to the company, including a Community Reinvestment Area tax abatement for up to $120,000, Municipal Jobs Tax Credits up to $227,486, and a Toledo Expansion Incentive up to $243,730 for the project.

Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner also reported that the State of Ohio Business Development Office recommended a $90,000 Rapid Outreach Grant and $248,901 state jobs tax credit for the Decoma expansion.

“The T.E.A.M. facility appreciates the efforts of the City of Toledo and State of Ohio for creating a constructive environment for business. The comFINKBEINER bined support of the city and state allows us to grow our existing business, while at the same time capitalize on new business opportunities,” said Kevin Wickenheiser, general manager of the T.E.A.M. Systems plant, in a statement released by Magna.

“We look forward to continuing our mutually beneficial partnership,” he said.

Don Monroe, senior development specialist for the City of Toledo, assisted Wickenheiser and Decoma officials on this project. Monroe said that city staff members provided technical assistance for securing additional electric power and an electrical easement with First Energy of Ohio through Hans Rosebrock, manager of economic development for the utility.

Decoma is a division of Canadian-based, automotive supplier Magna International, which designs, develops and manufactures automotive systems, assemblies, components and modules with 71,000 employees at 247 production facilities and 86 product development and sales centers in 25 countries.

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rick-or-treaters came and distribute the candy without giving went as I sat passing out candy way to my preconceptions. However, from my front porch. Some of it dawned on me that we all give disthe kids donned carefully created criminately. Whether it is candy on costumes while others chose the Halloween or time, talent or treasure in the workplace; we store-bought variety. all use criteria to deterThe ages of these kids mine what to give and to were as varied as their whom. appearances.

It would be easy to What I noticed mysay that we should not self doing was selecting judge people. It would different candy for difbe simple to say we ferent people. The inshould give of ourselves dividuals who seemed equally to everybody, to have really put their prejudice. hearts into their cosTom RICHARD without However, even though tumes were receiving it may not be “the right some of the better candy treats, while the high school kids that thing to do”, it is natural to discrimijust threw on some face paint would nate when it comes to who we give to and what we give. get the less desirable candy.

We make decisions daily about As I was discriminately making judgments about people I did not giving. When a client or salesperson know, I thought perhaps I should calls asking to meet with you for 30

minutes, you need to decide whether or not you should oblige. When you are invited to a sporting event with a colleague or asked to do something outside of your comfort zone like attend a hot yoga class, you are required to make a decision about whether or not it is worth it.

These decisions about what deserves your time, your talent or your treasure happen every day and we always use some set of criteria to make the decision.

There is little value in discussing the merits behind your criteria.

Most likely you make decisions the same way you always have. Maybe your decision-making process has worked for you; maybe your decision process has not worked well for you. The point is that you should accept you are doing things the way you have always done them. Ask yourself if there is value in shaking

things up for a change.

Like fruity yogurt, the best things can sometimes settle at the bottom of the cup. To get the most out of it, you have to stir things up.

My challenge to you is this: For one day, break your patterns when it comes to decision making. For those things you would normally pass on, say yes. For one day, when you have an opportunity to take a meeting you would normally pass on, say yes. For one day, give more than you normally would to your clients or colleagues. Yes, for one day, turn everything upside down and watch how it changes you. Give yourself the opportunity to find the fruit in your life’s yogurt cup you didn’t even know was there.

As you go through your Bizarro World day, notice how everything begins to look different.

This challenge has the power to do

one of two things, both of them positive. Your patterns can be changed forever by the new and unique experiences or your decision-making criteria can be proven to be well-developed and worth continuing. Either outcome adds value to you, your family and your business.

Why take this one day challenge?

A better question is, “why not?” You have the world to gain and nothing to lose. Find the fruit.

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data security, he said.

Ugly Data signed a new client this summer that anticipated needing a $40,000 capital investment in upgrades for new servers and software licenses. That cost did not include having the time or the expertise to do it, according to Dan, chief information officer.

“We were able to do it for considerably less and they pay us a monthly fee for continued service,” he said.

Ugly Data has hundreds of clients, including academic, governments, like cities, counties and townships, and small-to-medium businesses in Northwest Ohio across the country and one in France.

The company also hired Chris Cook as director of technical services to work closely with Dan and the firm’s clients. Cook previously worked for a defense contractor for the U.S. Navy after serving seven years in the Navy.

Cook returned to his hometown of Toledo from the Norfolk, Va. area for the position with Ugly Data. He is a graduate of St. John’s High School and attended UT before joining the Navy.

Ugly Data plans to hire three additional employees in the near future to serve the daily IT needs of its clients. The company is looking for people with experience in consulting for network accounts and administration of internal services, Amy said.

Ugly Data operates two data centers in the Toledo area, one on UT’s main campus and another with its offices on the medical campus.

They are considering additional data centers in other locations, such as Bowling Green or Findlay to start and others possibly in Cleveland or Chicago, Amy said.

“We intend to expand the firm’s footprint beyond Northwest Ohio. We’re putting systems and structure in place to handle future growth,” Sculfort said.

For information, visit www.uglydata.com.

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ecently many in Toledo paid special attention to issue 3 on allowing a casino here in town. We, like many other people in town, want to continue to see new improvements in our city. We were split on Issue 3. I voted yes as I feel it would be one more attraction to bring more people to the heart of our city and continue to keep the momentum going on turning Toledo around.

Mark, on the other hand, voted against Issue Mark 3 saying that the Casino doesn’t promote his famNolan ily’s core values and there are other ways the new mayor can continue to revitalize our area. Even though we may not agree on Issue 3, we agree it is not the time to gamble with your investments.

It is really great to see how much the stock market has improved since March , but what a shame it would be to lose it all in the future. We hope the economy continues to improve, but we have to also look at the facts. For one, we wonder how long the current bailout will last. As some point, the spending has to stop. Second, how long can the government keep interest rates and tax rates at historic lows before they are forced to raise rates, thus slowing the economy back down? Time will tell if this government intervention proves to be a good investment or not. There is also the fact that the stock market is more volatile than years

ago. We would not be surprised if we saw more major ups and downs in the market in the near future. The good news is there are a few little-known steps you can use to add a little more peace of mind to your investment plan.

A sell stop order can be one way an investor can add automatic and additional protection on certain investments. This strategy will automatically trigger a sell order on an investment at a predetermined point for a specific time CLAIR frame and can be used to determine when to sell an BAKER investment that is dropping in value, or to protect recent profits. We have only gambled a few times at casinos and we know the deck of cards is stacked against us, so unlike investing for retirement, we only use fun money at the casinos.

The times we have won are the times when we took some or all of the winnings off the table. Other times, when we were losing, we knew when to get up and walk away. Using a predetermined and calculated selling point is a way to remove the human emotions of fear and greed and lock in recent profits from this year’s stock market rally. A sell stop order is one of many options investors can use to help remove the human emotions of investing. We call this strategy adding a circuit breaker on to your accounts.

Another strategy is proper rebalancing

when investments make major moves in one direction or another. Let’s say that you have three years worth of retirement income set aside in a guaranteed account and the rest of the money is at risk in the stock market.

One option you could do is sell a portion of your stock market account and buy another one or two years worth of retirement income in a guaranteed account, putting more time on your side. The most successful investors in the stock market tend to have time on their side.

Remember the basic principles when it comes to investing. As you get older, be safer with your money. If you have experienced many ups and downs in your investment accounts during the past two years, consider options that can reduce the roller coaster ride of investing.

Albert Einstein once said the definition of insanity is to continue to do the same thing over and over again, yet expect the results to be different this time.

Again, we are excited to see how things are beginning to improve and we want the future to be bright. Just be sure to learn from the past and put a plan in place to protect yourself going forward.

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The motto at Rogers High School is “Writing success stories ... one student at a time.” For the 2009 Rogers Rams football team, that success story has not yet concluded, thanks in large part to the play of local football prodigy E.J. Tucker.

Tucker and the Rams capped off a 9-1 regular season record with a win over Scott Oct.31, and the team earned a spot in the state playoffs, where they will take on Maple Heights.

“We feel that we, as a team, are exactly where we thought we would be right now,” said Rams head coach Rick Rios . “E.J. has been a large part of that success we have had this year.”

Tucker, a senior quarterback, has been a one-man wrecking crew, demolishing opposing defenses all season long, while running the Rams spread offense this season. The signal caller led the City League in scoring (21 touchdowns), rushing (1049 yards on 165 attempts) and passing (73-133 for 1325 yards) this past season.

“Well, it is always nice when your trigger man is also your best player,” Rios said. “He is a great runner and he has really worked hard on becoming a better passer. When he added the passing game to his repertoire, it made our offense that much better.”

Tucker worked hard this past off season to make his passing abilities more comparable to his running abilities, in an effort to make himself a more complete quarterback. His hard work has not gone unnoticed, as he has attracted the attention of several college football programs, including the UT Rockets.

“This summer I worked on my passing game a whole lot,” Tucker said.

“Last year, I ran the ball more, and the main thing I wanted to do this past offseason was work on the passing game to offset the defenses a little more and the work has paid off this year.”

Tucker’s play resulted in several school records being broken this year. That task is no easy feat considering the school boasts former players like current NFL tight end Fred Davis and the late Drushaun Humphrey, who was a prized football recruit before his death in 2001.

“With our schedule that we played and the situations that our games have turned into, E.J. has not played past the third quarter in five of our games,” Rios said. “It is scary to think about how much more impressive his stats would have been had we allowed him to play full games throughout the whole season.”

Tucker, however, takes no solace in the numerous records and accolades he has garnered through his play during his final high school football campaign.

“It feels good,” he said. “I just am doing my job though and I really do not pay a whole lot of attention to the stats and records. I just try to go out there and help our team win.”

While it is clear that Tucker is gifted athletically, Rios said that is only part of what has made the quarterback special and a joy to coach.

He has noticed his field general’s leadership qualities have evolved too, which has made a significant impact on the Rams.

“He carries himself well on the field, and he has that swagger about himself that you would have seen from Freddy (Davis) and Dru (Humphrey). E.J. has taken over

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By Jennifer S. White TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Certified chiropractic sports physicians Mickey E. Frame and Michael L. Bentley have been appointed as the official chiropractic physicians for the

Toledo Walleye and the Toledo Bullfrogs. The Toledo Bullfrogs, a professional arena football team, are scheduled to begin playing in the spring.

Bentley, of Bentley Chiropractic, Inc. in Maumee has been practicing for 20 years. He works jointly as a chiropractor and attorney.

“We both have our sports certification,” Bentley said, “and not a lot of people have that specialization.”

Frame, of Frame Family Wellness Center, has also been practicing for 20 years. He is certified to perform Manipulation Under Anesthesia (MUA).

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When it came to football, St. Francis’ Scott Loy knew he did not have to play this season. Who could blame him? Loy had already committed to play lacrosse at Syracuse, which is considered an NCAA powerhouse in the sport. Many athletes, when faced with a similar decision, might have put any other athletic endeavors aside to focus on their main sport and get ready for college.

“It was my senior year for football, and I had played my other three years here,” Loy said. “I felt like I needed to do it. I could not let my teammates down and not come out.”

Certainly, the situation looked bleak, when you examined what many of the area experts’ preseason forecasts predicted for the Knights.

St. Francis was picked to finish in sixth place in the City League, and many wondered if a football program, that had dominated in league play from 1998-2004, would recover from a three-year span that saw the Knights go 13-17. Making matters worse, St. Francis was only returning nine starters from a squad that went 5-5 in 2008, and the team would have to start several under classmen.

“I was not surprised, but it was disappointing to be picked that low,” said St. Francis head coach Dick Cromwell. “However, coming off the span of seasons we had over the past couple of years and what we had coming back that was probably about where I thought we would be picked.”

Loy and his teammates preferred to be an underdog.

“I felt like we wanted it that way,” Loy said. “We wanted no one picking us to do well. We wanted to be the only ones thinking we were

going to play well this year.”

What ensued was a 6-0 start for the Knights, en route to a 9-1 overall record and a No.1 seed in region six in Division II for the state playoffs.

This season’s outcome has even surprised coach Cromwell, a man who has been a head coach for 35 seasons and 26 seasons as the at St. Francis.

“I do not think any of us thought we would be 9-1,” Cromwell said.

“We thought we would play better, but I do not think we saw it turning out quite this well. The kids have worked very hard though to get where we are today.”

Loy was a huge part of the Knights fast start. The senior wide receiver and defensive back scored six touchdowns during the 6-0 start, and he finished the season with 20 catches for 463 yards and eight touchdowns.

“We have strong sophomore and junior classes,” Loy said. “We really gelled well together quickly. We have had a great chemistry, and we worked hard. That helped us get off to the fast start.”

Cromwell believes that Loy’s actions on the field and in the locker room has helped set the tone for his young team this season.

“Scott practices so hard, and he plays so hard,” Cromwell said. “He is probably the best athlete we have in the school building right now. He has played really relaxed this season now that he has committed to play lacrosse at Syracuse, and you can see that he is having fun, and the other kids recognize that and feed off of his energy.”

The Knights success is just one highlight in region six in Division II, which had three other local teams qualify. St. Francis’ rival Central Catholic, Rogers and Maumee, along with four other teams, will vy with Cromwell’s squad for a spot in the state semifinals. St. Francis is the

■ WALLEYE CONTINUED FROM A22 “[MUA] is a technique for chronic pain that helps to break down scar tissue,” Frame said.

“We mainly perform rehabilitation for players,” Bentley said. “Depending on the injury, the player might be out for a month or two. We work with players that need strengthening and physical therapy and we work with the team doctors as well.”

“The medical staff has been very supportive,” Frame said. “We have a great working relationship with the other team doctors.” He said players begin warming up at least two hours before the game begins and that this pregame time slot is perfect for chiropractic adjustments.

“We largely treat the team pre-game,” Bentley said, “but players also come to the office for care.”

Both chiropractors have worked with other area

LOY popular choice among high school football experts to claim the region championship and a spot in the final four. Many are comparing the 2009 Knights to the 2001 squad that won a state championship.

Cromwell, however, is more cautiously optimistic about his team’s chances in the playoffs this season. The head coach knows, despite the Knights great regular season, his team has not won anything yet and some of the toughest games are ahead.

“It’s hard to measure up to any other teams until we start to accomplish things in the playoffs,” he said.

“We have a nice offense that is a little more diverse than we were in 2001.

Our defense is not quite where that team in ’01 was either, even though we have been playing good defense.

It is hard to know exactly where they stack up against other teams until we get going in the playoffs.”

There is one thing, though, that is for certain for these 2009 Knights.

Cromwell’s bunch will be laying it all the line once kickoff rolls around.

“We want to win it all,” Loy said.

“We are going to take it one game at a time, have fun playing, and go out there and play our hearts out till that last whistle blows.”

sports teams.

“I have worked with the Toledo Storm and with the ladies of Jamie Farr,” Frame said. “I am a sports fanatic.

It is an honor to be appointed this position.”

Bentley has worked with the Gymcats, a Toledo gymnastics team, and said athletes love the chiropractic approach to care.

“The players love to see us,” Bentley said. “We look at the body with a holistic attitude. We do not see players as just a knee or an elbow. [Proper treatment] takes multiple people working as a group and we know our role in that team.”

“A big part of a team’s success is luck,” said Toledo Walleye Head Coach Nick Vitucci. “Part of that luck is staying away from injuries. [Frame and Bentley] can show players how to strengthen and stretch different muscles, which means quicker healing.”

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Toledoans Chris Kozak and John Rockwood have been to a combined 19 Bruce Springsteen concerts.

Both men have been fans of “The Boss” since the ’70s and both have passed on their appreciation to their children. Most recently, they each contributed memories to Lawrence Kirsch’s book, “The Light in Darkness.”

Kirsch, of Montreal, Quebec, created the book to be a touchstone or reference point to Springsteen fans across the globe. He works as a productions coordinator for a graphic arts and communications company and said he has spoken to many fans in the 30-plus years since his first Springsteen concert, part of the 1975 “Born to Run” tour.

“We’d all go into concerts feeling like we had a few friends there,” Kirsch said. “And we’d leave with bran-new friends.”

Kirsch’s first book, “For You,” chronicles Springsteen’s journeys from 1975-2006, as seen through the recollections and personal photographs of fans. “Light in Darkness,” focuses on the “Darkness at the Edge of Town” tour in 1978.

Kirsch said “Darkness” is his “favorite album, favorite tour, favorite song.” Following the grand symphonic “Born to Run,” it is a coming of age album, a darker album with harsh, guttural guitars.

Kozak’s favorite song “Badlands” is the opening track on the CD. His essay, “Poor Man Wanna Be Rich” is a comparative reflection of the relevance of his favorite lyrics on the economy of 1978 with the situation today.

“Poor man wanna be rich, Rich man wanna be king And a king ain’t satisfied Till he rules everything” He said Springsteen’s lyrics open themselves up for interpretation and are still relevant years later.

Kozak was approached by Kirsch after he had written an article for Toledo Free Press on April 5 about the Springsteen exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

“To write about something I love and get it out to more people, it was a no-brainer,” said Kozak, commu-

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nity relations manager for Columbia Gas of Ohio. “I said ‘I could have it done this afternoon.”

Kirsch left the topic entirely up to Kozak, as he did with all his authors. He accepted submissions through his Web site.

Rockwood, a project coordinator at Hines, has photographed bands from the Rolling Stones to B.B King and said he has always been a fan Springsteen. He recalls a concert at the Toledo Sports Arena in 1977 where Springsteen grabbed his chest and fell on stage. Men in white coats came out, put him on a stretcher and said, “Bruce had a heart attack and the only way to bring him back is to scream.”

Rockwood, who contributed photos, said that the four-and-ahalf-hour show was “the greatest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.”

He had pictures featured in Kirsch’s first book, after sharing them with a contributor to “For You.”

Kirsch, who has seen Springsteen more than 80 times, presented a copy of his first book to Springsteen.

Kirsch said Springsteen was amazed to see how many of his fans wrote their comments. “[Springsteen is] an unbelievable performer and humanitarian,” Kirsch said. “He’s so selfless in terms of his time and charity.”

Rockwood and Kozak are passing their appreciation of Springsteen to their children.

Rockwood remembers his kids yelling, “Hey Dad, Bruce Springsteen’s on T.V.,” and Kozak hopes to take his 8-year old and 10-year old to a concert in a few weeks.

“The Light in Darkness” is available online at www.thelightanddarkness.com. Kirsch said he has had orders from as far away as Lebanon and Turkey, places Springsteen has never played, but where people are still affected by his songs.

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in 1969, but Bridges said it took a little more convincing. “[Motown] ordered a whole new white division, and when they agreed to call it Rare Earth Records, that did it; I was like, ‘Wow. That’s really something,” Bridges said during a phone call from his West Bloomfield, Mich., home. “We’re going to get all the promotion for this new division because it’s our name and it’s also going to show Motown’s confidence in us.”

That belief in the band paid off.

“We were more of a jam band.

A lot of our songs were long because everybody could really play,” Bridges said. “And that’s why ‘Get Ready’ was 21 minutes long.

“At first, [Motown was] reluctant to put — they were a threeminute song company, they promoted singles, basically — and album-oriented radio came in, and they started playing longer songs. Then, Iron Butterfly got ‘InA-Gadda-Da-Vida’ played, so we

thought why can’t we do the same thing? And it worked.”

Rare Earth scored a string of hits, including “(I Know) I’m Losing You,” “I Just Want to Celebrate” and “We’re Gonna Have a Good Time.”

The group’s latest disc, “A Brand New World,” was released in 2008.

“Over the past 40 years, three of the members have died, a couple retired and then came out of retirement, so this isn’t the exact same band that Rare Earth was back in 1969 through ’75, but we kept the same type of music and tried to maintain the sound that Rare Earth had, and it’s all new material,” Bridges said. “This CD is all written by us, the band.”

Bridges, guitarist Ray Monette, bass player Randy Burghdoff, pianist Mike Bruner and drummer Floyd Stokes Jr. will bring Rare Earth to Monroe County Community College for a 7:30 p.m. show Nov. 14 in the La-Z-Boy Center Meyer Theater.

Tickets are $27 and $17.

Alt-country artist to play Bowling Green Corey Smith knows everyone loves a deal. That’s why the singersongwriter has free music on his Web site, www.coreysmith.com.

“When I write a song, the most important thing is getting it heard by people,” he said. “I still give away songs. I started recording really rough versions of new songs a

couple weeks ago and just put them up on the web site, and between Twitter and Facebook, just telling fans about it. I find that to be very rewarding.”

His new disc, “Keeping Up With the Joneses,” will be out Nov. 17.

But fans can hear — and download — three songs.

“I’ve been playing ‘Keeping Up With the Joneses,” Smith said from a tour stop in Estero, Fla. “That’s an autobiographical song. It’s the type of song my fans are probably used to hearing from me about life in general, about being happy with what you have.”

He said another new track, “$8 Bottle of Wine,” is about his wife.

“It’s a song about being married and having a good time. I guess the theme of the song is just because something is cheap doesn’t mean that it can’t be enjoyed.”

After graduating from the University of Georgia in 2001, the native of the Peach State took a job teaching high school social studies. Then, he won a songwriting competition that led to the chance to record his first disc, “Undertones,” which came out in 2003.

Smith will perform at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Clazel Theater in Bowling Green. Tickets are $15 and $12.

The Elms, touring to support their new disc, “The Great American Midrange,” will open.

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UT to present infamous murder drama

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

UT’s latest theater production is a killer.

The presentation of acclaimed playwright Sophie Treadwell’s controversial love triangle “Machinal” is set to open Nov. 13.

The play, which is based on the real-life murder trial and eventual execution of Ruth Snyder, first premiered on Broadway in 1928 and featured Clark Gable as Richard Roe. “Machinal” received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival in 1994.

The university production features Betsy Yeary, Marshall Allan Kupresanin, Tyria Allen, Kelly McGuire, Jason Santel, Terri Mims,

Carey Fisher, Starr Chellsea Cutino, Jillian Albert and Ashley Stephens.

All of the cast members with the exception of Yeary are members of the university’s ensemble. Irene Alby is directing the production.

Alby is a theatre lecturer for UT and a founding member of the Glacity Theatre Collective. “‘Machinal’ warns us of what happens if we do not have the courage to take responsibility for our true selves,” Alby said. “Repressed ideas, thoughts, emotions and fantasies inevitably lead to desensitization, anger, extremism and even hate. The things we refuse to face in ourselves grow and fester inside like cancer cells multiplying until our passive aggressive demeanor becomes filled with an inner violence. Helen Jones

does not take responsibility for herself or her choices. As a result, when she finally does make decisions, she makes them from an ego that is completely out of control.”

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Holiday Cheer ’09 Presented by the Pinnacle

Holiday Cheer 09’ is a shared event for companies to offer their employees.

The event is a smart and recession-friendly way for companies to offer their employees a festive luncheon or dinner event without many of the traditional costs of holding a large banquet (room rental, bartender, entertainment fees, etc.).

The shared holiday event dates at The Pinnacle are: Wednesday Dec. 16 and Friday Dec. 18, from 6-11 p.m., at a cost of $34 per person and a luncheon on Tuesday Dec. 22 from 11-2 p.m., which will be $20 per person.

The Pinnacle will provide a DJ, a photo booth, holiday decor and a visit from Santa and companies can book individual tables. Up to 500 partygoers from various companies can enjoy appetizers, delicious meal and a cash bar.

“This is just our way of making the holiday brighter for some local companies that may have limited budgets this year, due to the economy.”

-Mark Thees, owner of The Pinnacle Great Value at $34 Per Person • Share the Cost of a Large Event Hors D’Oeuvres, Dinner & Dessert • Cash Bar • Complimentary Soft Drinks Holiday Décor • Entertainment including Santa • Complimentary Photo Booth

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