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Opinion

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Down in the foxhole

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lthough none of us at Toledo Free Press are related by blood, we are very much a family business. With fewer than a dozen core people in the office, and the pace of the twice-a-week printing schedule, 605 Monroe St. is an intense place to work.

When one of us suffers a loss, we all grieve. When one of us reaches a milestone or records a triumph, we all celebrate. Toledo Free Press would not have lasted seven years and enjoyed its modest impact without this sense of teamwork and family. I have often said, “You’re either in the foxhole with us fighting or you’re somewhere safely off the battlefield looking at us from afar.”

The discovery that one of our family members was leading a check-cashing scheme that stole tens of thousands of dollars from Toledo Free Press LLC has been devastating and difficult to believe.

We recently discovered that a former Toledo Free Press circulation manager and a Thomas F. Pounds few delivery people had concocted a checkcashing scheme in which delivery routes were fabricated and Toledo Free Press was fraudulently billed for work that was not done. From as early as 2008, these people stole money from our small company, which means they stole it from the hands of all of our employees.

In addition, the same people were stealing actual product. With each delivery of 100,000-plus newspapers from our printer, there is often a pallet or more of “overages,” or extra bundles the printer sends along. Sometimes these extra newspapers are archived, sent to an event we sponsor or returned to the printer. No matter what happens to them, they are Toledo Free Press property. In addition to the checkcashing scheme, these overages were reportedly often removed from the Toledo Free Press warehouse and taken for recycling for cash that was then kept by those who were stealing from our company.

When we began to suspect what was happening, we hired an agency to investigate, film and collect evidence of the fraud. As soon as we had that evidence in hand, we terminated the employment of the suspected people and we took our case to the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office for help. As a result of the prosecutors’ investigation, a number of indictments could be announced very soon.

The loss of money and property is of course a setback. But coming to terms with having someone we thought of as a family member be the thief is just as great a source of pain.

Toledo Free Press and its employees are the victims in this case.

But thanks to the efforts of the Lucas County Prosecutors’ Office, we believe justice will be done. Some of the monetary losses may be replaced. The empty space in the foxhole never will. 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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The PFSORFAIARFPOD

“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you.

Then they fight you. Then you win.”

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answer to make the case they failed to make. It certainly would be neighborly and friendly of us to help the Blocks build their case.

But we’re not feeling very friendly these days.

eportedly, eight to 10 people who worked in The Blade’s ad production department received a trick on The Blocks go fishin’ Halloween; they were laid off as the newspaper conTo my untrained thinking, the PFSORFAIARFPOD is a solidated services with its Pittsburgh sister newspaper. One Block fishing expedition, an attempt to force us to incrimiof them posted at Toledo Talk that she had nate ourselves. served there 24 years.

The very first question in the PFSORI can’t help but wonder how many of FAIARFPOD asks us to admit to the Blocks’ those people would still be employed if The accusations. The second question in the PFBlade’s parent company, Block CommunicaSORFAIARFPOD asks us, if question No. 1 tions, wasn’t spending untold thousands of is “anything other than an unqualified addollars on a frivolous lawsuit against me. mission,” to state all the facts that support I guess we all have our priorities. the response.

About three weeks ago, Toledo Free Press In other words, “Answer this: Have you LLC Publisher Tom Pounds and I received stopped kicking your dog, Mr. Miller?” notice that the Blocks were suing each of The PFSORFAIARFPOD also asks Tom us. The background for the suit is allegedly Michael S. miller and I to describe our job duties (That’s easy: a provision in the separation agreement Tom oversees all financial and circulation Tom signed when he left The Blade nearly eight years ago, aspects of the newspaper, sells ads, serves on nonprofit which provided that he would not disparage The Blade or boards and generally keeps the business running. He also “take any action, directly or indirectly, intended to harm squeezes free as little page space as possible for me to work the plaintiff, its parent, division, subsidiaries, or affiliates or with, which is the primary reason our business has survived any of their directors, officers, shareholders, or employees.” nearly seven years. I run the editorial side of the newspaper The Blocks claim Tom has used Toledo Free Press con- and spend Tom’s money on writers, artists, photographers tent to breach his agreement, using me as an alter ego or and other unsavory characters). The PFSORFAIARFPOD puppet to accomplish the dirty deeds. According to the suit, also asks Tom and me to identify all of our personal email I am an “instrument and agent” of Tom’s and I am person- accounts. I am not looking forward to reading what the folks ally liable for “damages” under the agreement Tom signed at the Toledo Talk message board have to say about the mesnearly eight years ago. sages from my humancentipede77@hotmail.com account.

I have a nickname for this clear attempt to stifle my First The PFSORFAIARFPOD also requests job duty descripAmendment rights: “Operation Bullsh*t.” tions for all Toledo Free Press employees. Are you starting to share my suspicion that one of the intentions of the Blocks’ First time for everything lawsuit is to just bury us in pointless paperwork?

Another item of the Operation Bullsh*t PFSORI have never personally been sued before, and probably neither have most of you. As part of this experience, which FAIARFPOD asks for all organizational charts for ToI am told could last from six months to two years, I am going ledo Free Press. No such charts exist, but if one did, to share the journey and try to bring transparency to this it would have a box at the top labeled “Tom,” with a branch for me, the salespeople, the administration staff process of bullying through litigation.

On Oct. 4, the Blocks’ legal team sent a 16-page docu- and the circulation crew, with another branch from my ment to all of us named in the suit: “The Plaintiff ’s First box that contains writers, artists, photographers, proofSet of Requests f or (sic) Admissions, Interrogatories and readers and other unpleasant addicts, reprobates and menaces to society.

Requests for Production of Documents.”

The PFSORFAIARFPOD requests “all documents (inOr PFSORFAIARFPOD for short.

Fun fact: So far, the Blocks have generated 116 printed cluding notes, drafts, emails, etc.) related to the May 22, pages for this suit, not counting envelopes and whatever 2011 article entitled (sic) “Blade Unions Authorize Strike.”

That will be easy, as that will consist of two documents: a reams of fallen trees they have zipped through internally.

I have zero working knowledge of the legal system (al- letter Toledo Blade Newspaper Guild Administrative Ofthough that is obviously changing by the day), but it seems ficer Lillian Covarrubias wrote to guild members on May to me the PFSORFAIARFPOD is an odd document. The 15 (titled “Blade Outsourcing Plan Shames Blocks”) and a Blocks previously filled 13 pages explaining why they were handwritten log of unsuccessful attempts to get a comment suing us, but the PFSORFAIARFPOD consists of 36 re- from Blade President and General Manager Joe Zerbey. quests for information and questions we are supposed to n PFSORFAIARFPOD CONTINUES ON A4 Thomas F. Pounds, President/Publisher tpounds@toledofreepress.com

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GUEST COLUMN

Mayor needs to come clean on sludge issue

Opinion

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

DON LEE

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he debate that took place last that from January 2008 to Oct. 5, month in Toledo City Council 2011 there have been 16,859 tons of as to whether N-Viro or S&L Class B biosolids placed on Facility 3.

Fertilizer Company should have exclu- The new contract calls for placing an sive contract rights to collect and relo- additional 50,000 tons per year for the cate the sludge from the Waste Water next three years. The Class B biosolids Treatment Plant was not my primary have phosphorus and potassium as focus. My concern was where this well as other trace elements present. sludge was going to end up after the re- In addition, pathogens identified as e. coli, coliform and other disease moval from our Bay View Facility.

Sanitary sewer sludge is pro- mechanisms are also present.

In July 2010, Dr. Robert K. Vincessed at the Wastewater Treatment cent, in a report from Plant located in Point Blue Water Satellite, Place. The actual prosaid satellite images of cess consists of sepaFacility 3 demonstrated rating the solid waste both total phosphorus material from the water, and e. coli were present which is then cleaned on the water surface. and reintroduced to On Oct. 11, Shannon Maumee Bay. The Nabors of the Ohio EPA United States EPA and said, “Because of the silt the City of Toledo are and clay content in the under a consent decree as a result of previous D. Michael COLLINS dredge material and beillegal processes involving the plant cause of the construction standards operation. The consent forbids the of Facility 3, pathogen migration city from dumping the raw sewage through the dredged material and into the Maumee Bay is unlikely.” directly into Maumee Bay. The City of Toledo produced two Water is separated from the solid waste material. The solid waste ma- water quality tests, one from 2010 terial becomes a biosolid and, de- and a second from 2011.

With conflicting information pending on the next step, will be classified as a Class A or Class B biosolid. being given, my sole request was to A Class A biosolid is processed have the soil tested in the facility and with heat and pH adjustments. When along the shore. There has never been properly treated there is no detectable a soil study presented to determine if level of pathogens present. This Class the practice of placing Class B bioA biosolid may then be legally used as solids on Facility 3 is safe and is based an agriculture soil application without on sound scientific principles.

Soil testing can be achieved at a crop harvesting restrictions.

The Class B biosolid is processed cost of $5,000 through the Univerthrough a “digester” and most of the sity of Toledo. If we are to be held pathogens and bacteria decompose. accountable as good stewards of our This may be applied to land with strin- most valuable resource, Lake Erie, gent requirements, such as not where decisions made on the best science crops are grown for human consump- available are a must, not an option.

Why would the administration tion or where humans will come into refuse to seek confirmation that the contact with it without warning.

The concern I have is the com- practice of placing Class B biosolids pany under contract, which will place on Facility 3 is safe and has no negative 50,000 tons of Class B biosolids on a environmental issues? Since the con“man made island” in the Maumee tractor operates under a city permit, Bay. The actual collection area is called the City of Toledo becomes liable if the a URCDF which stands for “ultimate practice should be determined unsafe recycling contained disposal facility.” and major remediation is required.

Since the Bell administration The Army Corps of Engineers developed this area, also referred to as feels this is a safe Class B biosolids “Facility 3,” in the mid-1970s as an process, why not confirm their belief alternative to the practice of dumping with an independent professional dredgings into Lake Erie. Placing the evaluation? Have we not learned dredged material in a controlled en- anything from our experiences with vironment was to prevent toxins and the Stickney and Dura dumps? O other forms of contamination from D. Michael Collins is Toledo City being recycled into Lake Erie.

The City of Toledo records report Councilman for District 2.

n PFSORFAIARFPOD FROM A3 We have also been asked to “produce all documents (including notes, drafts, emails, etc.) related to the cartoon that appeared on Page A4 of the Aug. 21, 2011 Toledo Free Press.” That cartoon (helpfully republished here as an item of newsworthy evidence in a lawsuit), which criticized The Blade for its hammering of Rave Motion Pictures and Hollywood Casino Toledo, has a very thin paper trail. Having thought up the cartoon in the shower, where I do not take notes, I later called cartoonist Don Lee, outlined what I had in mind, received his email draft, suggested a minor change I do not remember then placed the finished cartoon on the page.

Lee might have those emails. I do not.

The PFSORFAIARFPOD wants “all documents from … any employees of The Blade.” That’s not very trusting of the Blocks. No Blade employees would send us any documents, would they?

The PFSORFAIARFPOD intrusively seeks several items we are not going to produce without a specific court order, including my personnel file. If The Blade ever does get its weakening grasp on my personnel file, there isn’t going to be a lot to discuss, except a 7-year-old resume, ancient receipts for book purchases and the blueprints to the Seneca County Courthouse.

We are supposed to produce the answers to the 36 requests for information within 30 days, but it may take that long to decipher the document’s language.

At one point, the PFSORFAIARFPOD

takes nearly 250 words to define the word “document.”

And check out this flowing prose: “All uses of the conjunctive herein include the disjunctive and vice versa.

Words in the singular include the plural and vice versa. All uses of the feminine gender include the masculine gender and vice versa. All uses of the words ‘and’ or ‘or’ shall be construed to mean ‘and/or’ where the effect is to broaden the requests. All uses of the word ‘all’ shall include ‘any’ and vice versa. All uses of the word ‘each’ shall include ‘every’ and vice versa. The use of a verb in any tense shall be construed as the use of the verb in all tenses.”

If one of the Blocks’ intentions is to keep us immersed in the details of Operation Bullsh*t, well, mission ac-

complished. Dealing with this has kept me from doing more important work, like sifting through resumes of laid-off Blade employees who might still have jobs if the Blocks had paid more attention to their own house than ours.

And sadly, this is keeping Tom and me from pursuing our next project: starting a new cable TV supplier.

But this exercise in bullying and attempted prior restraint will give us the opportunity to 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 Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Star. Email him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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GUEST COLUMN

College attainment and economic development: A big surprise

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veryone knows that people with college degrees earn elor’s degrees the economic impact would be greater than $1 bilmore, on average than people who have only completed lion, actually $1,358,666,164.

These studies on the relationship between educational attainhigh school. That’s why most people pursue a college ment and economic development are now attracting the atteneducation. No surprise here. tion of government and civic leaders all across the The differences in income for the different levels of nation, including some of Ohio’s larger cities and educational attainment are, however, greater than most regions. Youngstown and Northeast Ohio, Cincinpeople think. For example, Americans with a four-year nati, Columbus and Akron are among the nation’s 57 college degree earn — again, on average — $58,292 ancities competing for the Talent Dividend Prize of $1 nually. Those with some college or a two-year degree million to be awarded by CEOs for Cities to the city average $38,220 and those with only a high school dithat exhibits the greatest increase in the number of ploma earn $33,176 annually. Americans with less than post-secondary degrees granted per one thousand a high school diploma earn $23,348 on average. Note population over a three-year period. Funding for this the spread between those with college degrees and very attractive award is being provided by The Kresge those with only some college; the difference is more Foundation and the Lumina Foundation. than $20,000 annually ... quite a difference!

While it is too late for Toledo to join the competiFor the past several months, CEOs for Cities, an Dan JOHNSON tion for the million-dollar Talent Dividend Prize, it organization based in Chicago, has been looking at the impact of educational attainment on local economies. One of the is not too late to realize the even greater reward of increasing the many findings, not surprisingly, is that cities with better educated level of college attainment and its powerful impact on our local populations have higher per capita incomes. In fact, using 2006 data economy. Toledo and Northwest Ohio are perfectly positioned to from the nation’s largest metropolitan areas suggests that each ad- successfully meet the challenge of raising the level of college atditional percentage point improvement in aggregate adult four-year tainment and reap the huge economic benefits from this success. college attainment was associated with a $763 increase in annual re- With outstanding institutions of higher education within a few minutes drive of every citizen in the region, including the Univergional per capita income. A little technical, yes, but important. sity of Toledo, Bowling Green State University, Lourdes University, So let’s do the math for Toledo.

Toledo’s 2010 population was 287,208. The percent of Toledo’s Owens Community College and others, there is no good reason adult population with a bachelor’s degree or higher was 17.4 percent. why Toledo and Northwest Ohio cannot raise their levels of colIncreasing the number of Toledoans with a bachelor’s degree by one lege attainment by several points over the next few years.

A billion-dollar infusion into the region’s economy would not percent — to 18.4 — would increase the per capita income by $763 with an economic impact of $219,139,704. That’s the “big surprise!” only bring direct economic benefits but would add other significant But here is an even bigger surprise: If Toledo would raise its benefits including lower crime rates, increased civic engagement, college attainment just to the state level of 23.6 percent with Bach- small business development, lower rates of unemployment, lower

rates of divorce, lower health and medical costs and numerous other benefits. It has also been shown that cities with higher levels of education not only have higher incomes but also faster rates of income growth.

One might ask how we can accomplish this very worthy goal of increasing the level of college attainment in our city and region.

Four basic strategies are suggested by CEOs for Cities: 1. Encourage and assist high school students to go to college; 2. Retain current college students to completion of their degree; 3. Increase the percentage of students in two-year institutions that transfer to four-year institutions; 4. Make it possible for and encourage adults with “some college” to return to complete their college degree.

Adopting these strategies in a serious manner will increase the educational attainment of Toledo and the region. This increase will, in turn, raise the level of personal income. This increase in personal income will have a huge, measurable impact on the economy of Northwest Ohio.

There is no longer any doubt about the relationship between college attainment and economic development. The education of a city’s population is the central factor in its ability to compete in the global, knowledge-driven economy.

Personally, I would like to see Toledo join the major cities across the nation in this project to raise the level of education and thereby spur economic development in such a way that all participants benefit. Can we not take on this challenge as part of our vision for the future of Toledo and Northwest Ohio? O Dan Johnson is director of global initiatives, president emeritus and distinguished university professor of public policy and economic development at the University of Toledo. Email him at letters@toledofreepress.com.

Profile of Excellence: Rex Russell Owens Community College Alumnus

Rex Russell was born and raised in Fostoria, Ohio, and a 1973 graduate of Fostoria High School. Son of a Fostoria policeman, Russell knew from an early age he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps.

“My dad tried to talk me out of it, he tried to convince me to study Art or Biology,” said Russell.

After gaining experience in a Fostoria police cadet program, he moved to Toledo. His father’s words, “having a family and being a policeman don’t mix,” were always in the back of his mind.

Russell decided to moonlight as an EMT and study to become an X-ray technician. While doing that, he was appointed as an auxiliary officer for Sylvania Township.

There he was given the opportunity to take classes at Owens Community College in the Police Academy.

“Owens was great, I was able to go part-time and received credit for classes I had already taken,” said Russell. “The stuff they taught me I used from day one until the day I retired.”

After Russell graduated from Owens with an associate degree, he became a deputy sheriff patrolman for Wood County.

Rex Russell Owner/Graphic Design; Big Daddy Graphics 1986 Graduate

“It was a watershed moment, the education I received at Owens gave me a leg up in my field,” said Russell.

He continued his education and received a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice. He aspired to one day become a federal agent. That dream came true after the events on 9/11 occured.

At the time, he was working as a special agent for the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, a state agency, who loaned personel to help staff the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force.

After 33 years in law enforcement, Russell decided to retire and help his wife, Mindy, run Big Daddy Graphics, a company they started together in 1996. In 2007, they expanded and purchased a building in Perrysburg.

In a few years they would like to expand the business to include a second shift and an auto press to compete with larger printing companies.

After raising four sons and a daughter, a career in law enforcement and a thriving graphics business, Russell dreams of retiring to Florida with his wife and leaving Big Daddy Graphics to one of his children to run.

“The education I received at Owens gave me a leg up in my field”

Come Join The Fun Join the Alumni Association today and experience cultural events, community service, legacy scholarship opportunities and more.

Reconnect with Owens online at www.owens.edu/alumni.

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For a complete calendar of events, please call Laura Moore at (567) 661-7410, e-mail alumni@owens.edu or go to www.owens.edu and click the Alumni and Donors link.

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VETERANS DAY 2011

Native Toledoan credits faith for surviving 20 years of service

By Tom Fitt

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Kevin Zimmerman went to war wearing a U.S. Army badge signifying his role as an ambulance rescue soldier. In his 20 years of service, he saw warfare around the world, from BosniaHerzegovina to Desert Storm to Korea. He faced sniper fire and land mines, surviving, he insists, because of his ZIMMERMAN faith in God. The bullets around him strengthened his faith and his belief in miracles. Given a strict religious upbringing by his mother and grandparents (plus four years at Toledo Central Catholic High School), finding God was not a stretch for the Toledo-born soldier.

Zimmerman and his corpsman, Michael White, wrote a book about Zimmerman’s life before, during and after the combat. White was a chaplain on several of Zimmerman’s deployments around the world.

Early life

“A Time for Everything: the Kevin Zimmerman Story” outlines Zimmerman’s youthful days in Toledo, his initial problems attending a predominantly white high school, his brief marriage to his college freshman (Tennessee State) girlfriend; the birth

of Zimmerman’s only natural child, daughter Miesha, and the normal financial difficulties facing young newlyweds with a child.

He joined the Army after a short stint flipping hamburgers at the local Burger King after he dropped out of college at the completion of his freshman year.

“I realized that at that time, when things were very, very challenging, it would be very easy for someone to become a product of that environment,” Zimmerman said. “It was simple for an inner-city kid to get caught up in it instead of making a better decision.

With us having a daughter, I just didn’t want to get caught up in that innercity life. I enlisted when I was 20.”

Army life

The 20 years in the U.S. Army took Zimmerman to many places, some of which he’d rather not revisit.

“I actually spent several tours overseas. I was in the first Desert Shield, Desert Storm war. Throughout the time I served in the military, I did deploy to Korea for two years and I also spent six years in Germany. While I was in Germany, I deployed to BosniaHerzegovina, where the book is centered around,” Zimmerman said. “But when I deployed to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Storm, I was stationed in Fort Sill, Okla.”

His duties in Bosnia can be summarized by a quote in the forward of the book by friend and associate Bishop J. Alan Neal, Ramstein-Miesenbach, Germany: “In a world that is over-populated

with prideful, self-promoting people, a story of a true public servant and Good Samaritan is easily overlooked. They do great work, thanks to their God-given abilities and seasoned experience.”

One such selfless service involved the rescue of two Swiss soldiers. The Swiss were on a mission in the Bosnian hills when one stepped on a land mine; the entire area was riddled with such devices. They called for help. In came a U.S. Army helicopter ambulance. Unable to land the chopper near the fallen soldier, Zimmerman and a crewmate landed and walked on foot to the suffering soldier, through the same mine field that felled their NATO comrade.

The two U.S. soldiers maneuvered the mine field and reached the injured Swiss soldier. His mate asked in perfect English how and why they would do such a dangerous thing. Zimmerman and his partner said nothing, simply hoisting the wounded solder and retracing their steps to the rescue helicopter.

The Soldier’s Medal, granted to those who risk their lives to perform selfless deeds to save another’s life in time of combat, is just slightly less prestigious than the Medal of Honor.

Zimmerman received the award twice for heroic action in the field of combat.

Today, Zimmerman lives a quiet life in San Antonio, but is still connected with the military. He promotes his book and works for a company at Fort Houston that does anatomic testing and research on patients from the armed forces. He is 51 years old and retired from active duty in 2000. O

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Toledoan publishes book on WWII life Former Lt. Col. Gordon Rolla Lanker, a resident of Toledo, has published his first book at the age of 96.

Lanker’s memoir, “Just Another Unsung Hero,” details his life as a pilot in World War II, his life leading up to his deployment and his journey back to the work force upon his return.

Lanker dictated his story on five 90-minute tapes and enlisted the help of his grandson, Cory Lanker, to help put the story into words.

The idea for the book came from Gordon’s wish that he knew more about his great-grandfather’s experiences in the Civil War. “He was in several important battles in the Civil War,” Gordon said. “I thought ‘Wouldn’t that have been nice if he would have kept some kind of diary or something?’ I thought that it would be a good idea to write a book.”

Gordon eventually mentioned the idea to his family. That prompted Cory Lanker to push his grandfather toward making the memoir a reality.

“He mentioned offhand how he thought it would be nice if he had stories about other people in his family and when he said that I kind of prodded him along,” Cory said.

Cory bought Gordon a book about how to write a memoir before Gordon decided that dictating it to his grandson would be his best option.

Cory estimates that he spent nearly 200 hours transcribing and writing his grandfather’s story from the seven-and-a-half hours of audio tapes.

“It was a lot of work to do all that transcription but having him say ‘I have some interest in doing this’ was enough for me to coax him to go through with it,” Cory said. “He wanted to do it and this is all due to his hard work starting something and just getting through all the things he wanted to say.”

In Gordon’s career as a pilot he traveled all around the globe. The Grand Rapids, Ohio, native journeyed to Alaska, China and India, among others.

Gordon’s stories include a narrow escape from a severe crash. As a copilot on his way to India carrying two 450-pound gasoline tanks, clouds obstructed the view so much they could hardly see the tips of each wing.

“We really never trained,” Gordon said. “The pilot was concentrating on the airspeed and he was down to about 60. I realized he was in a dive and grabbed the yoke and yanked it back. He was sitting there mesmerized by the airspeed and said ‘What are you trying to do? You will pull the wings off.’ I said ‘Frank, you were in a hell of a dive.’ I looked up and both Pitot tubes had big balls of ice over them so they weren’t working. So I guess I saved the crew. That was one of the biggest scares I had.”

With Gordon’s memoir written, his 33-year-old grandson can now reflect on his experience of helping his grandfather share his story with the world.

“The gratifying part of this whole process was getting to see these stories that we probably wouldn’t have heard,” Cory said. O — Zach Davis

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GOVERNMENT

Toledo voters favor incumbents, reject Issue 2

By Brigitta Burks

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

About forty-three percent of eligible Lucas County voters turned out Nov. 8 to express their opinions on Toledo City Council, state and local issues and more. All numbers are unofficial and current as of Nov. 9.

Toledo City Council

In the races for all six Toledo City Council district positions, all five running incumbents kept their seats. In District 1, non-running incumbent Wilma Brown’s pick, Tyrone Riley, attorney and Democrat, beat legal researcher Aji Green, also a Democrat, with 5,294 votes compared to his opponent’s 4,187.

In District 2, Councilman D. Michael Collins, independent, won with 9,472 votes. Collins, a former police officer, said in a statement, “I thank the voters in District 2 for their support tonight, I look forward to serving the constituents of District 2 the next four years.” His opponent, Jeremy Dema-

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gall, the former deputy director of the Lucas County Board of Elections and a Republican, received 3,219 votes.

Councilman Mike Craig, a Democrat, beat union-backed Shaun Enright with 3,509 votes to Enright’s 2,865. Enright, also a Democrat, beat Craig in the September primary.

“I think that we did a good job and it’s still not enough of a result to absolutely call it, but I feel pretty comfortable. I think this reflects on how well I took care of my constituents. I don’t think this reflects on union, nonunion or anything like that. I think this election was a referendum on my work on council,” Craig said.

In District 4, Councilwoman Paula Hicks-Hudson, a Democrat and attorney, won with 4,857 votes. Her opponent, Anita Rios, a patient advocate at the Center for Choice and Green Party member, earned 1,965 votes.

In District 5, Councilman Tom Waniewski, a Republican, gained 8,343 votes to win over Democrat Jim Martin’s 4,561 votes. “I’m always humbled by the support I get. I’m glad the constituents in my district understand

that I’ve worked tirelessly for them the past four years,” Waniewski said.

In District 6, Councilwoman Lindsay Webb, a Democrat, beat Douglas DeCamp, a Republican and solutions engineer at HCR ManorCare, with 7,646 votes to his 3,405.

“The voters of District 6 have entrusted me to continue to represent them, I am grateful for their support tonight,” Webb said in a statement.

State issues

Ohio voters chose to knock down Senate Bill 5, the controversial bill seeking to limit collective-bargaining rights. Sixty-one percent voted against Issue 2 to strike down SB5, while 39 percent voted to uphold it.

Local councilmen expressed their approval of the voters’ choice.

“I am also very pleased with the results on Issue 2, the voters appear to have spoken loud and clear in expressing their belief that Senate Bill 5 needed to be repealed,” Collins said in a statement.

Webb agreed. “Seeing the numbers as they stand right now with

Issue 2being defeated by a majority of Ohioans sends the message that we as a State believe in collective bargaining,” she said in a statement.

Issue 3, a constitutional amendment seeking to “preserve the freedom of Ohioans to choose their health care and health care coverage,” passed with 66 percent of votes, compared to 34 percent against it.

Issue 1, which sought to increase the age at which judge can be elected or appointed from 70 to 75, failed with 62 percent of votes against it and 38 percent for it.

Local levies

The Toledo Zoo levy renewal of 0.85 mills passed with 86,524 votes for and 36,814 votes against. Anne Baker, executive director of the Toledo Zoo, thanked supporters for voting for Issue 17. “We had a tremendous group of volunteers and they just worked long and hard. We were just everywhere we could be and it paid off,” she said.

Issue 16, the 1.4 mill renewal levy supporting Lucas County Children Services, succeeded with 80,992

votes for and 40,450 votes against.

“We’re obviously pretty happy about it [passing]. That’s a significant amount of the voters in our community saying ‘we support the cause,’” said Executive Director Dean Sparks of Lucas County Children Services.

Issue 15, the tax renewal levy of 0.7 mills for 911 services, also passed with 81,169 votes for and 40,105 against.

Judges

In the race for judge slots on the Toledo Municipal Court, C. Allen McConnell won with 38,220 votes over Joshua Lanzinger, who had 21,584 votes.

Robert Christiansen beat John Coble with 30,465 and 21,873 votes respectively. Timothy Kuhlman won unchallenged with 37,597 votes.

Michelle Wagner also won with 34,511 votes, beating Mark Davis at 16,841 and David Toska at 8,824 votes.

Wagner said voters chose her because she is best-qualified.

“We’re very pleased with the result.

We worked really hard for almost a year,” Wagner said of her campaign, adding, “I do consider it a service, not a seat.” O

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READY U

Winter weather safety is topic of next Ready U session

By Sarah Ottney

TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR sottney@toledofreepress.com

Local 13abc weatherman “Blizzard” Bill Spencer will discuss winter weather safety with area residents at a Ready U presentation set for Nov. 14.

The free, hour-long session will start at 7 p.m. at the Main Library, 325 N. Michigan St. Ready U, a yearlong series presented by the Red Cross of Greater Toledo and the Lucas SPECNCER County Emergency Management Agency, is designed to educate the public and prepare individuals and families for potential emergencies in Northwest Ohio.

Topics to be addressed include hypothermia, frostbite, wind chill, power outages and snow-shoveling safety, Spencer said.

“The way it’s shaping up, I think we’re going to get some pretty active winter weather happening this winter,” Spencer said. “This is going to be a La Niña year, which is what we had last year. It’s rather mild to begin with, but famous for cold snaps and

quick-changing weather patterns. It will be getting a lot colder by the end of the month.”

Because winter weather can change quickly, Spencer advised keeping an ear tuned to weather forecasts.

“Forecasts will change. What a storm is doing in the morning can be completely different from what it’s doing at night,” Spencer said.

“Weather is nuts, especially in this part of the world. People just need to use common sense.”

A good rule of thumb is to be prepared to be on your own for three days, Spencer said.

“One thing we learned from Katrina and from snowstorms on the East Coast is you’re not going to have a cavalry coming over the hill,” Spencer said. “Make an emergency kit. Stock up on canned food, pet food. You’ll use it eventually.”

If possible, check in on neighbors, loved ones and pets, Spencer said.

“When you get these arctic outbreaks, people start losing heat. When economic times are bad, people can’t afford heat and that’s a concern,” Spencer said. “When heating fails, a lot of people bring in barbecues. Every year we lose people because they bring barbecues into their garage. We don’t want that to happen.”

Blizzards have nothing to do with the amount of snow — it’s the blowing and lack of visibility, Spencer said.

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“Winter weather has been active the last few years and that’s why we’re doing this. We want people to understand what to do and be pre-

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Does working work against you?

ost local residents who are unemployed want to work, but sometimes working might not seem worth it. For those who receive unemployment, trying to make a little extra money can affect unemployment compensation.

So how much can a person make without being penalized? Figuring out the formula can Brandi be daunting.

According to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS), if a person is earning less than his or her weekly benefit amount, Ohio law allows an exemption of 20

percent of the weekly benefit amount before a deduction is made.

For example, if a person receives $400 from unemployment and makes $200 from a parttime job, that person will receive $280 for that week’s unemployment benefit.

That is determined by taking 20 percent of the $400 weekly benefit, which is $80.

Those 80 bucks are BARHITE exempt. That $80 is then subtracted from the $200 made from the part-time job, which leaves $120 to be deducted from the $400 benefit. The total unemployment benefit for that week is now $280.

Not exactly simple, but the formula is designed to get people back to work.

“Unemployment compensation claimants are encouraged to work part-time and can earn more when both working part-time and collecting unemployment than they can

earn collecting unemployment alone,” said Benjamin Johnson, deputy director of ODJFS communications, in an email. “Part-time work keeps claimants connected to the work force and part-time jobs can lead to full-time opportunities.”

Johnson said those with questions should call ODJFS Office of Constituent Affairs at (614) 466-2100.

An Oct. 21 report shows that unemployment in Lucas County fell to 9.6 percent in September, a decrease from the 10 percent reported in August. O

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AWARDS

By Sarah Ottney

TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR sottney@toledofreepress.com

Walter and Carol Tylicki of Point Place received an extra-special gift for their 45th wedding anniversary earlier this year.

A few days before their Feb. 12 anniversary, the couple were guests of honor at the governor’s mansion in Columbus, where they were presented with a Joint Hearts in Giving award from the Ohio Department of Aging.

The annual award honors longmarried Ohio couples who share a commitment to volunteerism. The Tylickis were one of 22 couples honored at the reception.

“It was really nice to be recognized and appreciated,” Carol said.

“You don’t think about it when you’re doing it; you volunteer because you want to help and you enjoy it, but it’s nice to be recognized.”

The Ohio Department of Aging is now accepting nominations for next year’s Joint Hearts in Giving awards, to be presented in February. Nominations must be received or postmarked by Nov. 30.

To be eligible, couples must have been married at least 40 years, at least one of the spouses must be age 60 or older and the couple’s primary residence must be in Ohio.

The Tylickis, both 69, began volunteering several years ago, after raising three sons and retiring.

Walter was formerly administrator of the Monroe County Health Department while Carol was a medical technologist.

Both are active with the Area Office on Aging of Northwestern Ohio’s Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), where Carol helps seniors navigate Medicare options and access government assistance for food and energy needs while Walter coordinates transportation and

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Nominations sought for Joint Hearts in Giving award

Nominations are being sought for the Ohio Department of Aging’s Joint Hearts in Giving award, which honors long-married Ohio couples who share a commitment to volunteerism. Among last year’s statewide honorees were Walter and Carol Tylicki of Point Place, pictured here with Ohio First Lady Karen Waldbillig Kasich, left, and Ohio Department of Aging Director Bonnie Kantor-Burman, right.

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parking for senior expos and helps with other special events.

The couple also volunteers with United Way of Greater Toledo and the St. Vincent de Paul Society as

well as works to recruit and coordinate other volunteers. Walter helped set up the volunteer reception center in Fulton County after the June 2010 tornadoes.

The Tylickis said they enjoy volunteering because they like giving back to the community, interacting with people of varying ages and backgrounds and setting a good ex-

ample for their seven grandchildren, who range in age from 11 to 21.

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During WWII, Don served two years as a Combat Air Crewman and Aviation Radioman. After enlisting in the Navy, Don was sent to Memphis for boot camp and then was based stateside in Jacksonville, Florida. He also had two brothers who served in the Navy. Don has two children, Gary and Judith, three grandchildren and one great-grandson.

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STATE OF OHIO

Play facility for senior citizens opens

SPRINGFIELD TWP, Ohio (AP) — A community in northeastern Ohio opened a new playground last week — one specially designed for senior citizens.

The Akron Beacon Journal reports that the playground consists of eight pieces of low-impact athletic equipment designed for older adults.

Playground planner Bobby Dinkins says the Springfield Township facility is unique in Ohio and only the second of its kind in the U.S. He says he got the idea from an Internet search that showed playgrounds dedicated to seniors in several European countries.

Seventy-three-year-old Wanda Lee says it will be fun to come to the playground after a few hours of sitting and playing cards.

The playground had been planned for more than a year and was built with the help of a $33,500 grant from Summit County. O

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50-Foot Tree, Events Highlight Levis Commons Holidays Happy Holidays!

There is something about winter at Levis Commons that makes one feel like they have just stepped inside a snow globe.

The boulevard lined with trees wrapped in white lights, the 50-foot C h r ist mas tree glowing under the watch of the stars and the POGAN sound of horse-drawn carriages trotting down the boulevard ... these are just a few of our favorite things.

Of course there is also plenty of shopping and dining at Levis Commons to help get you into the holiday spirit. From Biaggi’s to Books-A-Million, Starbucks to The Shoe Dept., carriage rides to blood drives, it’s all part of the holiday experience at Northwest Ohio’s very own winter wonderland.

Thank you for your continued support of Levis Commons, and best wishes for a safe and happy holiday season.

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What’s New at Levis Commons?

As 2011 comes to a close, there are exciting things brewing for the remainder of the year and into 2012. On Tuesday, Nov. 15, Diamond and Gold Jewelers will open its doors for business at The Town Center at Levis Commons. The Chappel Drive store will be a second location for the familyowned manufacturing jeweler based in Napoleon, Ohio. For more than 25 years, the Chiaverini family has been providing Northwest Ohioans with custom jewelry design and repair. They currently manufacture jewelry for numerous local retail jewelers and their roots in the wholesale business have led to strong ties in the Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Israeli markets.

Diamond and Gold Jewelers is also one of the few licensed and bonded precious metal dealers in Ohio permitted to buy and sell gold and diamonds. Their expert jewelers have more than 40 years of combined experience and work one-on-one with customers to offer a more personalized

encounter. A variety of grand opening promotions are planned for Nov. 2527, including a $50 free gift for the first 100 customers, random door prizes and dramatic discounts.

Coming in Spring 2012, Yogurt Vi is the ultimate self-serve frozen yogurt experience and is dedicated to delivering

fresh, fast and healthy products using only premium ingredients. With over 80 flavors of the highest quality certified probiotic yogurts and a variety of 60-plus toppings, the possibilities are endless. In a nation looking for more nutritious food alternatives, Yogurt Vi delivers a healthier, more diet-friendly option for dessert, a mid-afternoon snack or even breakfast.

Customers start with a bowl or waffle bowl and add their favorite kind of yogurt in their desired portion size.

Fourteen flavors of yogurt ranging from green tea to red velvet cupcake are available on a rotating bi-weekly basis. With options like nonfat, premium, low fat and non-dairy there is a yogurt for every diet. Next, customers choose from an impressive selection of toppings, including fresh fruit, almonds, candy, strawberries, grapes, granola, caramel, hot fudge and more.

Finally, customers take their finished product to the scale to find out the weight and cost of their creation.

Charitable Living and Giving at Levis Commons The holiday season is often referred to as one of the most “giving” times of year. Red kettles greet you in front of stores, Marines collect toys for the less fortunate and homeless shelters plead for food donations to keep up with demand. Of course these are all great causes and we hope you can find a way to continue to support them.

However, if you are not in a place to make a financial donation this year, The Town Center at Levis Commons has two philanthropic efforts you can contribute to without spending a dime!

On Thursday, Dec. 22, the American Red Cross will host a Holiday Blood Drive at the Hilton Garden Inn. Every minute of every day, someone needs blood. Although the gift of life runs through each of us, only three out of 100 people in America donate blood.

With your help we can save lives.

Call 1-800-828-1975 to schedule your appointment today.

Another opportunity to give without digging into your wallet is during the third annual Play it Forward Toy Drive.

On Jan. 6 and 7, gently used toys will be collected to donate to underprivileged children in our area. From trucks and trains to baby dolls and basketballs, three box trucks worth of toys were collected and distributed in 2011.

So stop wondering where you are going to put all of the new treasures your children receive this Christmas ... make space in their playroom by donating their outgrown toys and teach them how to Play it Forward.

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Tree-Lighting Ceremony Nov. 19 The official kickoff to the holidays at Levis Commons is the annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, which will take place Saturday, Nov. 19 from 6-8 p.m. A variety of familyfriendly events will lead up to the lighting of the 50-foot tree with its 150,000 twinkling white lights.

The festivities will begin at 6 p.m. with the grand arrival of Santa who will be available for visits in his house until 9 p.m. (please remember to bring your own camera). Other activities that will begin at 6:00 p.m. include horse-drawn carriage rides and Snow Globe Live, an interactive life-size snow globe.

At 7 p.m. the action moves to the stage where local dancers from Julie’s Dance Studio will dazzle the crowd with their rendition of “Nutcracker All Jazzed Up.” Finally, the headliner for the evening, Tatiana Owens, will take center stage at 7:45 p.m. to wow the crowd with her powerful voice and stage presence.

The Toledo native is currently working on her debut album and touring the country promoting her new single “Pendulum.” Tatiana’s resume includes regional stage credits from “Rent,” “Annie,” and “The Wiz,” songs featured on popular MTV shows “The Hills” and “Love and Hip Hop,” and three firstplace finishes in the International Modeling and Talent Association competition.

Levis Commons is thrilled to bring Tatiana back from New York to perform at the seventh annual Tree Lighting Ceremony. She will take the stage at 7:45 p.m. and lead the crowd into the lighting of the tree at 8 p.m. We invite the community to come out and support this local talent who is well on her way to stardom!

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Unique Holiday Fun at Levis Commons If you are looking to make the most of the cold winter weather, The Town Center at Levis Commons offers a variety of fun ways to forget about the freeze. Whether you come to visit with Santa in his house, play inside our lifesize snow globe or finish off your holiday shopping list, Levis Commons is your winter wonderland.

Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides

Horse-drawn carriage rides make for a fun family outing or a romantic date for two. For $5 a person or $10 a family you will enjoy a leisurely ride around the boulevard and an up-close-and-personal view of the holiday décor.

Carriage Rides Hours: Nov. 19-Dec. 31 (no carriage rides Dec. 24) Fridays and Saturdays 6-9 p.m.

Pick up is on Chappel Dr. across from Schakolad

Snow Globe Live

Step inside our giant snow globe for a festive photoop perfect for creating holiday memories. Bring your camera and your inner child to play in this totally unique winter escape.

Snow Globe Live Hours: Nov. 19-Dec. 17 Fridays and Saturdays 6-8 p.m.

No cost, have the option to purchase a snow globe Bring your own camera

Breakfast with Santa

An annual favorite, Breakfast with Santa will once again offer two seating times at the Hilton Garden Inn. Tickets must be purchased in advance, cost is $6 for children and $10 for adults.

Breakfast with Santa Hours: Saturday, Dec. 10 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

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Come in and experience the magic of Lily’s.

Visit with Santa

Santa will be available in his house for visits and pictures throughout the holiday season. Bring your wish list and your camera to capture that special moment with Mr. Claus.

Santa House Hours: Nov. 25- Dec. 18 Fridays 5-9 p.m., Saturdays 3-7 p.m., Sundays 1-5 p.m.

Dec. 19-23 (week of Christmas) Mondays through Thursdays 3-7 p.m.

Letters to Santa

Drop off your letter to Santa in the mailbox near his house to have it specially delivered straight to the North Pole. All letters that include a return address will receive a response from Santa.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

By Brigitta Burks

TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

In its 25 years in Toledo, Read for Literacy (RFL) has become the most cost-effective literacy program of its type in the country.

With a budget of $380,000 and fewer than 6 full-time staff members, RFL relies on a dedicated network of 1,350 volunteer tutors.

In 2010, the nation’s second most cost-effective adult program was the Los Angeles Public Library, with 782 volunteers, a budget of $1.2 million and 17 full-time staff members, according to ProLiteracy of America.

RFL, operated in the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, is divided into three sections: Adult Basic Literacy, English as a Second Language (ESL) and Creating Young Readers.

Long-time volunteer

Grace Recknagel is the program’s longest-serving tutor, with 22 years of service.

Recknagel, who now primarily works with ESL students, started out teaching in the adult program.

Recknagel began tutoring after retiring from a secretarial position and said of her work with RFL, “nothing gives the satisfaction that this does.”

RFL, a recent recipient of an Excellence Award from the Northwest Ohio Innovation and Excellence Awards, began when the Junior League of Toledo and the Toledo Literacy Council merged similar programs in 1986.

RFL counts the Toledo Community Foundation, Andersons Foundation, Stranahan Foundation, The Center for Nonprofit Resources and the Owens-Illinois Foundation among its supporters.

A skill for jobs

Executive Director Jim Funk said many of RFL’s 1,218 adult students need literacy skills for their jobs, which are starting to involve more reading because of technology changes.

“As their jobs get more and more

literacy-oriented, they may lose their jobs, and where will they get a new job? Because the jobs are more and more literacy-driven. So that’s a serious problem,” Funk said.

Funk recalled one man, a plant worker for 18 years, who was elected to a union steward position but couldn’t read well.

“Suddenly, he had obligations to file grievances for his members, so he came and tutored until he was satisfied,” Funk said. “The point of this story is, none of our students intend to read ‘War and Peace.’

What they want is enough literacy fluency to be able to thrive.”

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9 percent at fourth-grade level

Ninety-four percent of adult readers who come to RFL are at or below the fourth-grade reading level, Funk said. Nine percent of Lucas County residents read at the fourth-grade level, according to the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy.

The ESL program has 64 students enrolled and is divided into two subsections: conversational and basic.

The conversational section is typically for students who were welleducated in their country of origin while the basic section is for students who also have low literacy in their native language.

Although Recknagel isn’t fluent in her students’ languages, she doesn’t find communicating difficult.

“Communication is no problem if you take the time to listen, really, and give them every opportunity to speak and share,” she said.

Recknagel’s students include pupils originally from Turkey, China and Jamaica. Recknagel also spearheads a book club for the Spanish-speaking women she tutors.

One of Recknagel’s students, a woman from Turkey, was recently in the process of buying a house with her husband. Because of her lacking English, she had been letting her husband take the reins, Recknagel said. However, after working

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with Recknagel, the woman began voicing her opinions.

“She was able to say, ‘This is what I like and what I don’t like,’” Recknagel said.

On the car ride home, “Her husband said, ‘I didn’t know you knew English so well,’” Recknagel said with a laugh.

‘Almost doomed to failure’

Creating Young Readers (CYR) pairs tutors with preschool-aged children, many of whom have parents without the literacy skills to read to them.

“Their children enter kindergarten with such low pre-literacy skills that they’re almost doomed to

failure,” Funk said. “So the goal of Creating Young Readers is to provide the one-on-one reading sessions that their parents can’t.”

CYR started three years ago and by 2018 RFL hopes to reach 1,000 preschool-aged children in day cares, Head Start programs and schools in the community. Currently, 80 children are enrolled.

RFL is in the process of transforming into a more comprehensive literacy agency, Funk said.

By 2018, he hopes to double the size of the adult and ESL programs.

RFL also is developing a GED Success Lab that would put tutors, who would be available for individual help, in GED classrooms.

RFL is seeking 170 volunteers for its CYR program, 35 for its ESL program and 40 for its adult program, Funk said.

Anyone who can read is welcome to contact RFL to go through training.

“That’s the beauty of our program.

Anyone who can read can be effective in any of our programs,” Funk said.

Recknagel also encouraged involvement.

“When you have a student who says to you, ‘You have no idea the change you’ve made in my life,’ … wow,” Recknagel said.

To learn more, visit the website www.readforliteracytoledo.org or call (419) 242-7323. O

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A legacy of giving

munity Foundation Week.

There are no wild parties; the celebration we speak of is an effort to raise awareness about the increasingly important role of com-

munity foundations in fostering local collaboration and innovation to address persistent civic and economic challenges.

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lives, solve problems and improve nent source of community capital, futures. In a down economy, with helping to do good work forever.

Toledo Community Foundalimited resources and a growing demand for services to help families in tion also works to make everyone’s need, we are more determined than charitable estate planning simple ever to bring our community part- and easy.

The foundation creates a fund ners together to find innovative and effective solutions to some of our with your estate plan or will, you choose the organizamost challenging social tions you would like to problems. support in the future Community founand the foundation fordations are indepenwards this support to dent, public entities your treasured charities that steward philanwith no charge. thropic resources from Once a fund is creinstitutional and indiated, advisers to the vidual donors to the fund can add organilocal nonprofits that to support or are the heart of strong, Keith BURWELL zations change levels of supvibrant communities.

As an individual donor, we en- port and there is no need to reccourage you to make provisions reate or edit your estate plan or today that will meet the needs of will.

It’s the mission of Toledo Comtomorrow.

One of the easiest ways to do that munity Foundation to support is to include a charitable bequest in giving in our community, and this your will to make a lasting gift to is just one way we help make your your community. When you make charitable giving easy.

Do it for your family and do it this gift through the community foundation, we establish a special for your community. Need help? fund that benefits the community Contact the foundation. Our goal forever and becomes your personal is to help the community grow and you are the community. O legacy of giving.

Your gift can be placed into an endowment that is invested over Keith Burwell is president of Toledo time. Earnings from your fund are Community Foundation. To learn used to make grants to one or any more, contact a philanthropic sernumber of organizations to address vices officer at (419) 241.5049, email Bridget Brell Holt at bridget@tocommunity needs.

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Toy Shop project brings cheer to needy families

By Sarah Ottney

TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR sottney@toledofreepress.com

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Local nonprofit Food for Thought spends most of the year giving away food, but once a year the Oregonbased ministry likes to offer something a little extra to families in need.

Through Dec. 11, the group will be collecting donations of new, unwrapped toys for children ages 6 months to 15 years.

Parents who have utilized one of Food for Thought’s pantries this year can sign up to go shopping at the organization’s third annual Christmas Toy Shop at New Harvest Christian Church in Oregon.

“The Christmas Toy Shop is a great opportunity for us to move beyond basic survival needs and really just to show love and appreciation and help people be able to really enjoy a season they wouldn’t otherwise be able to do,” Melden said.

“This is an opportunity for parents to bless their children with a gift.”

The Christmas Toy Shop has grown each year, said Breanna Filas, a Food for Thought volunteer who is coordinating the project along with fellow volunteer Patti Robb.

The project provided toys for 311 children when it debuted in 2009, Filas said. The following year, it served 652 children. This year organizers expect to provide toys for at least 800 children. Although some shoppers are unemployed, many others are working but still not able to make ends meet, Filas said.

“We have people who have trouble scheduling a time to shop because they have to work,” Filas said. “These are people working hard to provide for their families and just need a little boost. They can afford to get by, but

they just can’t afford Christmas.”

Filas recalled one woman whose husband had unexpectedly passed away, making the family’s already tight financial situation even tighter.

“When we called to tell her she would be able to shop, she started crying,” Filas said. “There are tons of stories like that. For some people this is a supplement to what they or their family members are able to give, but for some these are the only gifts their children will get for Christmas.”

Filas said parents appreciate the chance to choose their own gifts.

“Part of who we are as an organization is making sure in all we do there is a sense of dignity and respect that gets taken from people when they are in situations where they are in need of help,” Filas said. “We see this as a gift to our patrons. We want them to see it as a day of fun like we would have fun shopping for our own kids and spoiling them a little.”

Last year, the retail value of the toys each child received was about $30, Filas said.

“When I think about what most kids get for Christmas, what my kid gets for Christmas, that’s just a drop in the bucket,” Filas said. “I would love to do more. I would love to give each kid $200 worth of toys.”

Donation boxes can be found at the Main Library as well as the Heatherdowns, Oregon, Reynolds Corner and Washington branch libraries. The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library is a sponsor of the project.

Monetary donations are also welcomed. Last year, almost half the toys given away were purchased with donated money, Filas said.

“We had cash donations of about $3,000 and purchased at least $9,000 worth of toys,” Filas said.

“We can take the money and triple

it. We’re bargain shoppers.”

The group operates a choice food pantry out of New Harvest Christian Church as well as a mobile food pantry that makes stops at various locations around Toledo. The group also gives away sack lunches at the Main

Library in Downtown Toledo every Saturday morning.

Food for Thought has served more than 25,000 people so far this year, Melden said.

It’s not only the shoppers who benefit from the toy shop, Filas said.

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Helping People Pick Up The Pieces

By David I. Roberts, President/CEO, Lutheran Homes Society

When the staff of LHS Family and Youth Services first met Jason, he was locked in a psychiatric treatment facility. He was angry. He had multiple mental health diagnoses. He was involved in the juvenile justice system for unruliness and assault.

He struggled at school. He could not concentrate on his studies and became easily discouraged. At home, he also struggled to follow the rules. Sometimes he became physically aggressive.

Jason’s future looked bleak…he had given up on his family, on himself, and on life itself.

When Jason arrived at LHS Family and Youth Services, he was fearful. He destroyed

property. He attempted to assault staff. To Jason, it appeared he had simply traded one treatment facility for another. His discouragement became despair.

Yet, the professional staff did not give up on Jason.

They had a vision. That vision included Jason getting better, becoming less combative, learning how to deal with his discouragement, getting good grades, and going home. Soon Jason had the same vision for himself.

Through therapy, guidance from staff, and a school program directed to his needs, Jason began to fulfill his vision.

He learned to cope with his anger. He followed the rules.

He found a job detailing cars.

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He participated in high school athletics.

Jason learned to communicate with his parents.

Before long, he was living at home again.

Sometimes his anger almost gets the best of him…sometimes he gets discouraged. But, using his new skills he managed to pick up the pieces of his life.

Every year the various ministries of Lutheran Homes Society serve over 2,300 area children and adults. For 150 years, Lutheran Homes Society has had one simple message, “Everyone Deserves A Home.”

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Volunteers often come away changed.

“People think it’s the haves serving the have-nots, but it works both ways,” Filas said. “Those of us serving, our lives are enriched by the service as well.”

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experience owens At Owens, we believe education should be available to everyone.

The Owens Community College Foundation is dedicated to expanding access to education through the Success Program. This fall, 280 students from Toledo Public, Washington Local, Lake Local, and all Hancock County Public High Schools are attending Owens Community College tuition-free, thanks to the Success Program.

To endow a scholarship fund at the Owens Community College Foundation or to discuss planned giving opportunities, please call Ann Savage at (567) 661-7184.

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Owens students organize cap, gown collection drive Owens Community College student government members recently organized a donation program for new and gently used black graduation caps and gowns with the aim of making sure every college graduate can afford to wear proper graduation garb when they receive their diplomas.

The collected items will be available, while supplies last, for graduating Owens students to use during fall commencement for a $5 deposit.

Area residents can drop off caps and gowns in the Student Health and Activities Center, Room 165, on the Toledo area campus, 30335 Oregon Road, in Perrysburg, through Nov. 30.

The group is also accepting donated caps and gowns of all colors

from other colleges and universities and will work with those schools to provide the donated items to students there as well, said Brad Fields, Owens’ student government president.

“Owens Community College’s student government sees the cap and gown collection program as a great opportunity for college and university graduates to give back by donating their cap and gown to those less fortunate students,” Fields said.

“We want to make sure that the last thing students need to worry about on their special day is having enough money for a cap and gown.”

For more information or to donate, call (567) 661-7583 or 1-800-GOOWENS, Ext. 7583. O — Sarah Ottney

Goodwill Industries, a household name that evokes images of thrift stores, donated goods and workers with disabilities. But there is much more to this non-profit agency than used clothing and furniture. Since 1933 Goodwill of Northwest Ohio has provided employment and job training for thousands of men and women with disabilities and other work-related disadvantages.

The Mission:

Goodwill Industries of Northwest Ohio assists people with barriers to employment to achieve independence.

The Vision:

Goodwill Industries will demonstrate local, regional, and global leadership in providing life-enhancing services to people with barriers to employment.

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reate your own field of dreams through Toledo Community Foundation’s Legacy Society.

By creating a permanent charitable fund in your name, you establish a lasting legacy and your gifts make a significant difference in our community.

We are thankful for the continued support of the members of the Toledo Community Foundation Legacy Society, and their commitment to making our community better through their generous gifts.

Make your mark. Join Toledo Community Foundation’s Legacy Society.

For information about our Legacy Society, please contact Bridget Brell Holt or Kris Theisen at 419.241.5049 or visit www.toledocf.org.

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EBE awards honor local entrepreneurs

By Sarah Ottney

TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR sottney@toledofreepress.com

Seven area businesses were honored Nov. 10 at an induction ceremony for the Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame (EBEHOF).

The program recognizes business leaders who inspire their customers and employees through company growth and creating jobs in Northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, said Adam Davenport, chairman of the EBEHOF and president of Gorillas & Gazelles LLC, which sponsors the awards.

There were five honorees for the Business Excellence Award this year: Bay Controls, Metzgers Printing + Mailing, North American Science Associates Inc. (NAMSA), North Star BlueScope Steel and R/P Marketing Public Relations.

TechTol Imaging won the Startup Innovation Award and Fischer Tool & Die Corp. received the Excellence in Family Business Award.

Dan Frick of Ernst & Young LLP was announced as the winner of the Davenport-Longenecker Lifetime Achievement Award for Business Advocacy.

The EBEHOF considers businesses within a 50-mile radius of Toledo.

“It’s very difficult every year,” Davenport said. “Every year people ask us, ‘When are you going to run out of nominees?’ And each year we continue to get great companies nominated. So I don’t think we’re ever going to run out.”

Once a company accepts its nomination, a team of EBEHOF executive board members conduct on-site interviews to learn about the company in relation to its industry and community as well as get to know the owners on both a personal and professional level.

Afterward, each nominee’s profile is given to the third-party judges’ panel, made up of five influential area business people and past award winners, for deliberation and decision-making.

The EBEHOF program was created in 1989 and has been sponsored

by Gorillas & Gazelles for the past six years. The ceremony was presented by the University of Toledo.

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Bay Controls offers innovative energy solutions

Bay Controls in Maumee capped a string of recent successes with a Business Excellence Award presented during the 2011 Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame awards Nov. 10.

“It’s a very nice honor for a quiet company that has most of its customers outside Toledo and has transformed itself at a critical time,” said Scott Parry, president of the firm.

Bay Controls is an energy solutions company that provides products and services to a broad range of commercial, industrial and government customers and, more recently, to individual consumers.

Its products provide energy savings for customers in 70 countries.

Parry and his partner, Thomas Reed, who founded the company in 1983, said the firm’s business for commercial and industrial use took a dramatic hit during the recession in 2009. Fortunately, the pair had anticipated the drop-off and developed a new product line for commercial and residential use in the global market.

Reed said he and Parry applied their expertise and technology in energy savings to create a Web thermostat for commercial and residential markets.

The innovative device controls the temperature of

buildings from a phone or over the Web to save energy when the buildings are not in use.

“It all revolves around energy savings using a cloud-oriented system,” said Reed. “Cloud” refers to an Internet-based system using browsers connected to a network of servers at Bay Controls.

The company began marketing the Web thermostats in June 2009 and the Web devices segment of the business has since grown by 200 percent, with more than 5,000 units sold in North America.

“We will continue to invest in the new business and look forward to growing that number in the future,” Parry said.

The product is available through the company and online retailers such as Amazon. There is a growing network of HVAC companies qualified to install the product in businesses or homes.

The partners said they expect to increase sales by selling to people with second or vacation homes, franchises, small businesses and firms with numerous locations. The residential units retail for between $200 and $250 each.

“Innovation has been a big part of our success,” Parry said. “We have achieved success through the effort and support of our employees over the years.”

Scott Parry and Thomas Reed The firm currently has 22 full-time employees in the electrical, engineering, software development and technology fields with a large graduate base from the University of Toledo.

Bay Controls owns the building in Maumee it has occupied since 2006. It also has an industrial sales office in Monterrey, Mexico.

For more information, visit www.bay.ws. O — Duane Ramsey

Fischer Tool & Die fosters family atmosphere When Mike Fischer started a small tool and die operation out of a Temperance shopping plaza nearly 25 years ago, he never dreamed it would grow into the multisite, multimillion-dollar company it is today.

“When we started, everything we built you could carry around by hand; now some of the dies we build weigh as much as 180,000 pounds fully assembled,” said Fischer, CEO of Fischer Tool & Die Corp. “We’ve grown to where instead of one or two, we could easily do 10 to a dozen dies at a time. I am extremely proud and blown away by the success. It amazes me what we’ve been able to accomplish together.”

The company, with locations in Temperance and Tullahoma, Tenn., was recently recognized with an Excellence in Family Business award by the Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame.

“This company was started 25 years ago and every bit of its success is based on the energy and effort of a lot of really amazing men and women who have been here for that period of time and have helped lift this company up to where it is today,” Fischer said. “You can’t imagine the quality, dedication and loyalty the nucleus of the people who work here have to each other, to our customers, to the company. It’s indescribable. I’m just a part of it, like everybody else.”

J.J. FISCHER AND Mike FISCHER Two of Fischer’s three children work for the company and among the 145 employees are several sets of brothers and fathers and sons, Fischer said.

“It really is a family operation,” said Fischer, who grew up in Toledo and graduated from Sylvania High School. “These people are all part of my family, they truly are.”

The company designs, builds and repairs die-cast dies, mainly for the automotive industries, for use in making parts such as transmission cases and engine blocks as well as machine components for pipeline

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compressors and more.

Since its humble beginnings in a 2,400-squarefoot shop, the company has twice doubled its square footage, most recently earlier this year with a major addition to its Temperance plant, now 80,000 square feet. Its Tennessee facility was built in January 2009.

The company does nearly $25 million in sales and has hired about 50 employees since last year, Fischer said.

Daughter J.J. Fischer, president of the firm, credits camaraderie, teamwork and a can-do attitude with customers for the company’s success.

“We pride ourselves on providing quality dies and components on a consistent basis to all customers,” J.J. said. “Our goal is to help our customers succeed because we know we will succeed along with them.”

The company was able to weather the recession because of its diversified customer base and customer loyalty, Fischer said.

“My perspective on what sets us apart has been the chemistry and culture we’ve been able to create of doing the right thing and doing it day in and day out,” Fischer said. “We’ve always treated our customers the way we want to be treated and the loyalty that has come back to us is phenomenal.”

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Metzger brothers always looking to evolve business Joe Metzger knows the importance of changing with the times as much as anyone.

Metzgers Printing + Mailing, the Toledo business he runs with his brother Tom, got its start in 1976 as a typesetting business — a viable field in the 1970s, but considerably less so in 2011.

The company originated as Type House, founded

by Tom and Joe’s father, Norb Metzger. Since then, it has evolved, adding prepress, offset printing, digital printing, mailing, data management, warehouse and fulfillment and cross media (onJOE METZGER line/offline) capabilities.

Today, Metzgers is one of the top 400 commercial printing companies in the United States, serving corporations, educational institutions, health care organizations and advertising agencies across the Midwest.

Joe Metzger, president of the company, credits an ability to adapt technologically as a key reason for the company’s longevity and success. As the company’s website asks: “What do YOU want to get done today?”

“I’d say a genuine curiosity and the innovation that we’ve done to really pay attention to what is going on in our industry, and then reacting to them,” Metzger said of how the company has been able to stay relevant. “My brother and I are constantly wondering what’s next, never sitting still and always being curious.”

Joe and Tom took over daily operation of Metzgers when Norb retired in 1994. In the 17 years since, the company has grown from 15 employees to a staff of 85 full-time and 35 part-time workers.

The company typically has almost 400 active customers at a time and completes about 1,200 projects a month. Last year, it had rooftop solar panels installed, which account for 13 percent of the company’s power usage. The company recently received a Business Excellence Award from the Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame, which Metzger said is an honor, but it also makes him a little uneasy.

“It makes us nervous,” he said. “It’s kind of like that old jinx of the guys who get their faces on the front of Sports Illustrated. This award’s been going around for decades, and if you look at the list of winners, there’s a lot of people on that list that are no longer in business. We can’t look at that award and think it’s going to pay the bills next year — it’s not. That’s the thing about business; everything’s changing so fast.”

Metzger said the nomination and selection process was quite rigorous.

“It’s not easy. I was surprised at how difficult the process is,” he said. “It is an honor; it’s exciting; obviously we’re going to be in the limelight for a couple of hours. On the same note, the next day, we’ve still got to get in here and be sure we work hard and continue to do what we’ve always done.”

The company is expanding into promotional products and large-format items, such as signage and banners. For more information, visit www.metzgers. com. O — Joel Sensenig

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Northwood firm pioneered medical product safety industry North American Science Associates Inc. in Northwood, better known as NAMSA, was recently recognized with a Business Excellence Award at the 2011 Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame awards ceremony Nov. 10.

“It’s an award we all share here,” said John Gorski, president and CEO of the medical device research company. “We work together to make medical products safe before they go to market.”

The firm was founded as Science Associates Inc. in 1967 by Gorski’s parents, Ted and Lucille Gorski, who adopted its current name in 1977. Ted, who died in 1998, was a Ph.D. biochemist and physiologist who became an entrepreneur, establishing the business that became an industry.

“They were pioneers of the industry,” Gorski said of his parents. “It was really the American Dream for them.”

NAMSA was the first independent company to focus solely on testing medical devices and pharmaceutical containers for safety, doing so before the Food and Drug Administration started regulating such products in 1976, Gorski said.

“We’re the UL (Underwriters Laboratories) of the medical device industry,” Gorski said.

“We’re the largest and oldest of about a dozen organizations doing this kind of work.”

The company is involved in consulting, lab testing and clinical trials for medical devices such as heart valves, pacemakers, stents and orthopedic implants. NAMSA scientists also help establish regulations for testing medical devices internationally.

The company’s growth has continued in the U.S., Asia and Europe, Gorski said. During the past year, the company has served more than 2,500 clients in 58 countries, he said.

About half the work is done at NAMSA’s Northwood headquarters and the other half at lab facilities in Minneapolis, Kalamazoo, southern California and France.

NAMSA has 525 employees, including scientists, engineers, lab technicians, clinical nurses and administrative staff, with about half based in Northwood.

Thanks to its continued growth, NAMSA is currently undergoing its third expansion in the past eight years. The company is adding 20,000 square feet of lab and testing facilities to its existing 120,000-square-foot Northwood facility.

For more information, visit www.namsa.com.O — Duane Ramsey

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Delta steel mill North Star BlueScope known for reliability Miguel Alvarez has worked in the steel industry for years, but said he has never found a better company to work for than North Star BlueScope Steel.

“Our organizational culture here is so good,” said Alvarez, president of

the company. “My job is so easy here because I don’t have to push for things.

I don’t have to push for continuous improvement, for cost reductions, for efficiencies, for high performance. The people here are the ones that push you to get better.”

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“We’re very honored by that,” Alvarez said. “This is really a great company. This is a fantastic place.

I’m so excited and happy knowing that some other people are realizing that as well.”

Founded in 1996, the company is a 50-50 joint venture between Minnesota-based Cargill Inc. and Australiabased BlueScope Steel.

The plant, which employs about 360 people, was designed for a capacity of 1.6 million tons of steel, but consistently runs at a capacity of 2.2 million tons, Alvarez said. About 400 trucks a day pass through the plant, delivering raw materials or picking up finished product.

The company buys most of its raw materials from the area and sells more than 95 percent of its products to customers within a 250-mile radius of the facility, Alvarez said.

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TechTol Imaging honored for innovation The brains behind TechTol Imaging’s educational website, 3DTOAD.com, sees the collection of threedimensional images as the future of educational and informational Web-browsing.

At 3DTOAD.com, hundreds of images can be viewed, rotated and zoomed in on in less than one minute. But variety and speed aren’t the only features that set TechTol apart, said Phil Cox, CEO of TechTol Imaging.

“To the best of our knowledge, TechTol is the only company producing 3-D rotational images specifically for the educational community,” Cox said. “We particularly like to image items that could normally only be dimensionally viewed in a laboratory environment. The cat dissection or human skeleton on our 3DTOAD site is a typical example.”

Cox said the company’s plan is to acquire several thousand images across a variety of disciplines. The images are accessible not only to students and parents, but to any curious Internet-surfer wanting to learn something new.

“One day last week we experienced over 4,000 page views of our guitar chords on our website,” Cox said “We have a number of visitors to our educational site that are not necessarily part of a school system.”

The website is easily navigable with clearly labeled sections and covers an array of subjects, including yoga,

ago, nobody had websites,” Vetter said.

The Internet allows R/P to have accounts across the U.S. “It doesn’t matter where we are; we can work anywhere,” Vetter said.

Although Vetter still does some writing, her job has evolved as her business has grown.

“As the company’s gotten larger, I do less and less PR, which is kind of sad. I’m more of a paper-pusher,” she said with a laugh.

Vetter largely attributes her success to the people around her.

“I’ve never had a problem hiring people smarter than me because no one can know everything,” said Vetter, who also gave credit to her team for the award.

“I love that I’m getting it, but I also realize without these wonderful and fun people, this wouldn’t be happening,” she said.

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computer networking and art. There are also “Did you know?” facts beneath the images.

The items were donated by various schools, museums and private collections to be scanned by TechTol’s 3-D laser scanner. Other projects in progress include imaging several thousand pieces of prescription eyewear for an optometrist group, sinks and faucets for a plumbing manufacturer and images for a municipal zoological society to augment its website and classroom visits.

TechTol Imaging has also been in communication with Amazon about supplying images with the aim to enhance clothing sales.

Although the company has a sales office in Los Angeles, it is still locally operated, with its corporate office and manufacturing facility located in Toledo. Research and development labs are in Sylvania.

“TechTol is proud to have been chosen for this year’s Startup Innovation Award,” Cox said. “It came to us as a complete surprise and we are all pleased for the recognition of several years of work on this project.”

The company’s website can be visited at techtol imaging.com.

The three-dimensional educational website is 3DTOAD.com. O — Blair Bohland

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They made sure the needs of each family member were taken care of. For Ken, they managed his pain and other symptoms. For the children, counseling to deal with what was happening. For me, answers to my questions day or night, and respite care so I could rest and take better care of our kids.

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For nearly two decades, Martha Vetter, founder and CEO of R/P Marketing Public Relations, has worked diligently to promote businesses across the nation and it’s paid off.

Vetter was recently presented with a Business Excellence Award from the Entrepreneurial & Business Excellence Hall of Fame at an awards cerVETTER emony Nov. 10.

“Our goal is not to just design pretty pictures, but really come up with business solutions that help drive their bottom-line results,” Vetter said of her clients.

After graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Bowling Green State University and a master’s degree from the University of Akron, Vetter, an Akron native, moved to Toledo in 1987, where she worked at trade publications and did communications work for hospitals.

In 1993, Vetter and former coworkers Jenny Wilson and Anne Roman decided to branch off from the major PR firm they worked for and start their own business.

“We were younger and excited and thought we’d love to try it on our own,” said Vetter, whose previous last name was Peshoff. The company’s original name was Roman Wilson Peshoff, which Vetter later shortened to R/P. In 1995, Wilson left to spend more time with her family and, in 2000, Vetter bought Roman’s share of the company.

As she set about running the business on her own, an adviser told the nervous Vetter, “I can promise you in six months you’ll say it was the best thing that ever happened.”

“He was right,” Vetter said.

R/P’s 35 employees work with major accounts like the Smithsonian Institution’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation and Mercy Health Partners. The company also specializes in working with hospices like the Hospice of Northwest Ohio.

“Hospices are very different from other types of health care,” Vetter said.

“It’s different because it’s figuring out how to end life instead of save a life.”

Staying in the public relations business for 18 years means keeping up with technology and social media changes.

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ecently, an official from the French bank Société Généralemade the statement that we are all Greeks now. He was referring to the European bailout that was recently put together to prevent Greece from going bankrupt and defaulting on its bonds.

Bondholders, or I should say some bondholders, were asked to “voluntarily” take a 50 percent haircut on the value of the bonds they hold. So for every dollar that certain institutions or people lent to Greece they would only get 50 cents paid back to them. That is quite a deal and makes me want to rush right out and buy some more bonds from Greece or any of the other nearly bankrupt countries in the European Union.

The reason this is important to look at and understand is that this is likely our future as well. The first six months of the federal government’s fiscal year the Treasury is scheduled to issue bonds to the tune of $846 billion. This is approximately 35 percent more than the first half of the last fiscal year.

This is happening at the same time that international demand for our paper is plunging. Not only has the appetite for our bonds on the international market gone down, many central banks are actually getting rid of their current holdings of U.S. Treasury paper.

In the last couple of weeks the Treasury started introducing the idea of a floating rate bond. This bond would essentially have a variable interest rate so if interest rates increased in the future they would likely hold their underlying value.

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A26 n Toledo Free Press n RATHBUN CONTINUED FROM A25 This starts the cycle all over again only at a faster pace. Each time we kick the can down the road we are running faster to catch up to it. We will soon reach a point where we kick the can and it takes less than one step to catch up to it.

Or put another way, we will be Greece.

Imagine the federal government coming out and saying they have decided to pay only 50 cents on the dollar for all of the bonds coming due in the future. What would that do to the bond market and indeed our economy as a whole? Pension plans and banks would be hit very hard since a significant amount of their assets are in government paper, not to mention how many individuals own bonds and depend on the interest for income.

The question now becomes what is likely to happen and how can we not only protect ourselves as individuals but also how can we take advantage of the situation? First off, there is

some comfort in the fact that the dollar is still the world’s reserve currency and will likely remain so for a long time. (The dollar may be weak but our economy is stronger and our government is more stable than most of the rest of the world) Secondly, good or bad, we do have the ability to print money and to monetize the debt. This will cause inflation, probably severe inflation, but it is possible to recover from that with time and pain.

Greece, Italy, Spain and others in the European Union do not have this option, which is why I think countries will start to leave the EU and establish their own currencies again. Technically, there is very little difference between inflation and a voluntary/involuntary haircut; inflation just feels better in both the short and long run.

So we need to invest in such a way that protects our dollars and helps us grow our value faster than the rate of inflation. Precious metals

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are one of the first things that come to mind.

Gold and silver will ultimately hold their value during high inflation. Other commodities such as oil, basic materials and agricultural products also tend to keep pace with inflation. Transportation sectors generally do well during high inflation since it costs more to move things in small quantities, so railroads and trucking benefit.

Global thinking needs to be a new part of our thinking when looking to preserve and thrive in the coming environment. Investments that are out of the U.S. always need to be considered. No matter what is happening in the world there are always regions and countries that will do well and that is where we need to invest. O Gary L. Rathbun is president and CEO of Private Wealth Consultants Ltd., 6591 W. Central Ave., Suite 108. Email him at GaryRathbun@PrivateWealth Consultants.com.

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The Better Business Bureau (BBB) announced the winners of its annual Torch Awards during a Nov. 9 luncheon.

The Torch Awards honor area businesses that demonstrate ethics, integrity and exceptional customer service in their business practices.

An independent panel of volunteer community leaders choose winners in five categories: small business (one to nine employees); medium business (10 to 49 employees); large business (50 to 149 employees); extra-large business (150-plus); and nonprofit.

More than 100 nominations were received for this year’s Torch Awards.

The Professional Remodelers Organization (PRO), 4120 Secor Road, is an independent trade organization established in 1969. The company prides itself on its dedication to promoting, enhancing and maintaining a positive environment for housing renovation.

The company’s advocacy of the highest professionalism, education and ethical behavior within the remodeling industry helps ensure homeowners feel comfortable hiring a PRO contractor, according to Executive Director Rick Morel. Locally, the Professional Remodelers Organization invests in the community by educating young people

about careers in the remodeling industry and by connecting its members with local charity housing projects.

In a letter of recommendation, Chris J. Zervos, manager of inspection and development, said the City of Toledo is always happy to work with the Professional Remodelers Organization.

“During my tenure with the City of Toledo’s Division of Building Inspection, I have found this organization to be a professional association and corporate good neighbor supporting its community, its government and its industry by encouraging higher business standards through education,” Zervos stated. For more information, visit www.hireaprotoday.com.

Medium Business: Occupational Care Consultants Established in 1987, Occupational Care Consultants, with locations at 7010 Spring Meadows Drive West, in Holland, and 3028 Navarre Ave., in Oregon, is a private corporation that provides quality comprehensive occupational care to companies and their employees. Occupational Care Consultants is a certified provider for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and is recognized as a specialist examiner for the Industrial Commission. Through immediate accessibility, state-of-the-art knowledge and a team that provides expertise in prevention and injury care, Occupational Care Consultants works continuously to

pursue excellence in performance. In addition to its office-wide volunteer efforts, the company continually demonstrates a commitment to the community through donations and sponsorships to area charities. For more information, visit www.occhealth.com.

Large Business: Arnold’s Home Improvement After more than 20 years experience in the roofing and home repair industry, family-owned Arnold’s Home Improvement, 1770 Tremainsville Road, remains committed to keeping customer satisfaction its No. 1 priority, holding true to its core values of operating with complete honesty and integrity, according to owner Jason Arnold. From start to finish, the company guides the customer and their neighbors through the home repair process to ensure the job is completed smoothly and with the highest level of quality. Arnold’s Home Improvement recently demonstrated its commitment to giving back by organizing The Garcia Project, which provided a handicap-accessible home addition for a local family affected by cerebral palsy. Among the many letters of recommendations written for the company was one from a competitor.

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Extra-large Business: Yark Automotive Group Yark Automotive Group, 6019 W. Central Ave., prides itself on its commitment to serving the local community honestly and ethically through company policies and practices that ensure customers are treated in a fair, respectful manner. The company’s dedication to “always do the right thing, even when no one is looking, even if it costs us money” demonstrates that ethics and customer satisfaction are a top priority, according to Marketing Director Warren E. Vess. “Yark Automotive Group is a family,” Vess wrote in his company’s nomination letter.

“We may be big, we may sell a lot of cars, but our goal is to make every employee, every business partner, every customer feel like we take care of them like family.” The company’s low turnover rate recently attracted the attention of BMW of North America corporate executives, who visited the Toledo store to find out how Yark keeps its employees so happy. In an effort to support local organizations dedicated to uplifting the community, Yark Automotive makes annual contributions to benefit area charities, schools and cultural events. For more information, visit www.yarkauto.com.

Nonprofit: Hillsdale County Senior Services Center Hillsdale County Senior Services Center, 320 W. Bacon St., in Hillsdale, Mich., is a private nonprofit organization that strives to provide reliable, compassionate help and encouragement to older persons while promoting good health, independence and community involvement. The organization seeks to address the needs of older rural residents facing a higher incidence of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, illiteracy and limited opportunities for lifelong learning, while also creating a community center that people of all ages can visit for a multitude of services and programs, according to Executive Director Terry Vear. When possible, the Center collaborates with other area agencies to ensure the most urgent needs in the population are being met, including opening its doors as an emergency disaster shelter and picking up food from a regional food bank for a local food pantry that doesn’t have a driver to make the trip. For more information, visit www.hillsdaleseniorcenter.org. O

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Marrow leaves Glass Bowl on high (scoring) note NOTE: This is the 13th installment of a weekly series in which staff writer Mike Bauman will follow sixth-year Toledo senior cornerback Desmond Marrow for the 2011 season.

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Prior to Toledo’s showdown with Western Michigan on Nov. 8, sixthyear senior cornerback Desmond Marrow was a little misty-eyed as he took the field, and it wasn’t because sweat was dripping during warmups.

“A little bit,” Marrow said of the tears. “Not too much.”

A journey that began more than five years ago for the kid with dreams of gridiron glory from Youngstown’s south side wound down as Marrow suited up one final time in the midnight blue and gold at the Glass Bowl as the Rockets pulled out a 66-63 shootout win over the Broncos.

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This came one week after Toledo suffered a 63-60 defeat to MAC West Division rival Northern Illinois.

“Again, another high-scoring game,” Marrow said. “But we won this one, so it kind of erases some of it.”

As if two straight weeks of offensive fireworks from his opponents weren’t headache enough, Marrow had to watch the final moments of the WMU game from the sideline while sophomore quarterback Terrance Owens appeared to be trying to make a play despite having victory in his team’s grasp.

“I don’t know what he was doing on that last play,” Marrow joked. “We were just telling him to get down and he finally just slid to the ground.”

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Carder’s favorite target was wide receiver Jordan White, who had 16 receptions for a career-high 238 yards with three touchdowns, becoming Western Michigan’s all-time leader in career receiving yards in the process. Like Marrow, White is a sixth-year senior with both Ohio roots and a similar story.

“We’ve both been through it all, and we both had injuries, both tore our ACLs,” Marrow said. “So we kind of got, like, the same stories pretty much. Just trying to make it, trying to win as many games as we can with our teams and then hopefully we get to play at the next level.”

While White had a career night, Marrow got the last laugh with the win and a big hit on him near the goal line late in the game.

“He texted me this morning and was like, ‘Man, you ain’t have to do me like that,’ but he said ‘LOL’ at the end, though,” Marrow said. “But it’s all love. We’re just competing and being competitors.”

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safety on the depth chart, having three days of practice to prepare for Broncos’ quarterback Alex Carder.

“It was definitely different,” Marrow said. “I was just doing whatever I could to help the team.

The coaches asked me to do it, so I just did it.”

The switch was made after the Rockets’ secondary surrendered 265 passing yards and six touchdowns to Huskies’ quarterback Chandler Harnish the previous game. Carder still finished with a career-high 548 passing yards and seven touchdowns against UT, both WMU records. Toledo has experienced several injuries and personnel changes on defense in 2011, with free safety being one of the chief concerns after losing senior Mark Singer to a shoulder injury prior to the season starting. Singer was fourth on the team with 73 tackles in 2010, also registering two interceptions.

“It’s just like, if need be, if I have to play safety I can,” Marrow said of the move. “I’ll be more familiar with it than just throwing me in there in the middle of a game, so I’ll kind of know

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Goalie Matt Mahalak is off to a strong start for the Plymouth Whalers after being drafted in the sixth round of the 2011 NHL Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes. The Monroe, Mich., native leads the Ontario Hockey League with a .934 save percentage and 1.96 goals against average and is 5-2-0 overall this season.

“It comes from experience,” Mahalak said. “Being able to play last year helped me improve on a variety of small areas of my game. It helps you go into every game with the right mindset and have the confidence to know you’re going to play well. Improving physically over the summer MAHALAK didn’t hurt, but the confidence plays a big part.”

This is Mahalak’s second season with the Whalers.

Last year, he finished 8-8-4 with a .908 save percentage and 3.07 goals against average.

“Last year I didn’t have such a great start to the

season,” he said. “I followed it up with a strong second half. Being able to keep it going from the end of last year carrying over to this year has been phenomenal.

It feels good to know working so hard is paying off and everything is on the right track.”

Mahalak’s five wins have helped Plymouth start this season 10-6-3 for fourth place in the Western Conference.

“It’s not first, but it’s a pretty strong start to the year,” he said. “The first five games or so weren’t as good as we’d like. Last weekend in three games we got five out of six points. If we can keep that up, we’re going to have a tremendous season.”

Just like last season, Mahalak is competing for starts with Scott Wedgewood, who was selected in the third round of the 2010 NHL Draft by the New Jersey Devils. Wedgewood is 5-4-3 this season with a .902 save percentage and 3.23 goals against average.

“He’s obviously a great goalie,” Mahalak said.

“We battle it out for playing time, but at the same time we want the best for one another. On off days we’re still good friends, but if it’s in practice we’re

competing with one another. We both want to start the next game. It’s definitely competitive, but it’s healthy competition.”

According to Mahalak, one of the reasons for the team’s strong start and his performance has been the play of the defensemen, which include the team’s captain and one of its assistant captains.

“We have a very strong defensive core,” he said.

“We have a lot of leaders on the back end with two captains. There are a lot of great defensemen back there helping us out.”

After being drafted, Mahalak spent part of the summer training with the Hurricanes. He had the opportunity to learn from the 2006 Stanley Cup MVP Cam Ward and former Plymouth goalie Justin Peters.

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Baseball field remodeling under way

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Toledo Free Press Staff Writer zdavis@toledofreepress.com

The transformation of Sylvania Northview and Southview’s athletic facilities has begun.

The Sylvania Schools Athletic Foundation has recently started remodeling both schools’ baseball fields with the aim to have them ready for next season.

The remodels together will cost an estimated $60,000 to $75,000.

The Sylvania Athletic Association is planning on a $6.5 million project to renovate the athletic facilities of five Sylvania schools, including Northview and Southview high schools and Arbor Hills, McCord and Timberstone junior high schools. All funds for the project are being raised with private donations.

“We have had some very, very successful meetings [about donations] and are happy about those,” Foundation Executive Director Jeanette Hrovatich said.

Northview’s renovations are highlighted by a new digital scoreboard, which will display the speed of each pitch. It will not be installed until the spring.

“It’s a pretty amazing board,” Hrovatich said. “It was actually chosen by a series of people really studying boards and which ones were coming next in the way of high school baseball.”

Other renovations include remodeled and reconfigured bullpens, a new field mix, carpet in the dugouts and concrete work on the back steps.

As for Southview, the baseball team will be getting a new turf infield. The change was made to not only prevent injuries but to simplify the upkeep of the field.

“We have eliminated any safety issues by going with the turf,” Hrovatich said. “It is just a better long-term solution. One of the goals we had of the foundation is to maintain these fields and maintaining turf is easier than maintaining clay and dirt mixtures.”

The turf has recently been finished. The school will also be receiving remodeled and reconfigured bullpens and dugouts as well as new bases and a field mix.

The Southview softball field has also been reconfigured and now has a warning track. The infield has a new clay mixture which is safer for players, minimizing a ball’s speed before it bounces back up at the infielders. The team also has new bases made to help prevent knee injuries from sliding.

The Northview softball team will

continue to play at Veterans Memorial Park until arrangements can be made.

“We are having conversations as to how we can get that softball program back on its own field,” Hrovatich said. “Until those conversations are over, we are relying on our partnership with Sylvania Rec. so that the field where the girls play at Veterans Memorial Park is maintained at a high quality. Eventually we will have conversations on what is next for girls’ softball.”

The renovations of the fields will be finished in the next two weeks, with the exception of the dugouts and moving home plate at Southview for the reconstruction next March.

The foundation had a banquet Nov. 9 to celebrate the continued support from local auto dealers who have

made a contribution to the foundation every time a customer has purchased or leased a car or had a service performed through the Autos for Athletics program. Among the dealerships involved are Brown Automotive, Ballas Buick GMC, Taylor Automotive Family, Kistler Ford Dealership, Vin Devers Autohaus of Sylvania, Yark Auto and White Family Former Cleveland Dealerships.

Browns head coach Sam Rutigliano (1978-84) was a guest speaker.

“We are thanking the auto dealers because they did Autos for Athletics for us,” Hrovatich said. “So far they have raised $27,000 but I think there is still quite a bit more still to come.

They have done an amazing job. They have all worked together and the campaign has gone very smooth.” O

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Singer-songwriter Dar Williams reflects on career

By Vicki L. Kroll

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer vkroll@toledofreepress.com

Dar Williams didn’t want to release a typical greatest hits disc last year.

So she contacted some friends — Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patty

Larkin, Gary Louris of The Jayhawks, and Sean and Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek — to rerecord some songs with her.

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Then Williams heard from her manager.

“He said ‘You feel like these certain songs sound outdated, but these are the songs in the form that people heard them when they were doing their first cross-country trip or sitting alone in their dorm room or playing them for their kids in the car.’ The arrangements are part of the experience as much as the songs themselves,” said the singersongwriter known for philosophical, political and comical lyrics.

“So we did both. We rerecorded some and we put out the greatest hits of the others, and there was some overlap, which was fun.”

“Many Great Companions” is a twodisc set with 32 songs spanning her solo career, which began with “The Honesty Room” in 1995.

“That first album could be titled ‘Songs I’ve Written Over the Last Seven Years, Now That My Boyfriend Dumped Me I Can Sit on My Futon and Write Them,’ ” she said and then laughed during a call from her Cold Spring, N.Y., home.

The guitarist called the 1996 followup, “Mortal City,” a travel record, noting how songs “Iowa,” “Southern California Wants to Be Western New York” and “The Ocean” were written from observations while touring.

“I saw how this country really paints itself in bold strokes according to geography,” Williams said.

“The next album was a lot about authority,” she said of “End of the Summer,” which includes the hit “Are You Out There.” “The hint of time, the end of the summer, is where we sort of set out from, kind of having no authority to having to deal with authority, and that time in my life — there are a lot of songs that harken back to being a teenager again,” she said.

“The Green World” in 2000 continued that theme.

“There were all sorts of different religions on [‘The Green World’], so that

WILLIAMS was about authority with a big ‘A’, not just dealing with ‘the man,’ ” she said and laughed.

“And then ‘Promised Land’ had a lot to do with people having to make big choices in a tight space,” Williams said, adding how parents who work and travel are especially pressured. “So it’s kind of like, now you’ve found your inner authority, what are you going to do?

“When you’re in your 40s, you have a lot of power. You can really mess things up or you can really get things done.”

Along the way, Williams has amused with “The Christians and the Pagans,” “I Won’t Be Your Yoko Ono,” “Teenagers, Kick Our Butts,” “What Do You Hear in These Sounds” and “Teen for God.” “There’s a lot of truth in humor. A lot of times, humor is just a person taking himself seriously,” she said.

“Truly finding people in their place and time, like an uncle just barely keeping it together as his pagan relative is visiting, those are really funny people, but they’re also really endearing and they’re also very much a part of our experience. In a lot of ways, that nervous Christian uncle is where the country is right now.”

Williams will play two shows at 8 p.m. Nov. 18 and 19 at the Ark in Ann Arbor. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are $35 and can be purchased at TheArk.org. O

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The Toledo Refining Company, LLC is currently hiring First Class Maintenance Machinists.

The Toledo Refining Company, LLC is currently hiring First Class Maintenance Pipefitters.

Overview The Toledo Refining Company is located in Oregon, Ohio and is owned by PBF Energy LLC. The refinery has a crude oil processing capacity of 170,000 barrels per day. Our company is committed to a foundation of safe and environmentally compliant operations so all employees must follow all procedures and safe work practices. Starting pay is $32.09 per hour. After six months the rate of pay is $34.07.

Scope of Work Completion of assignments relative to the maintenance or installation of equipment within the Refinery utilizing First Class prime skills. Work to be performed is inside shop as well as outside in all weather conditions. Candidate will perform tasks in other incidental craft areas as assigned; be held accountable for the quality and quantity of work; participate in training programs as assigned; and understand and comply with Toledo Refining Co. work rules, the Code of Conduct and Company Policies and Procedures.

Qualifications Must be at least 18 years of age; be legally authorized to work in the United States without restrictions; hold a High school diploma or equivalent; and hold a current driver’s license.

Completion of a Machinist apprenticeship program or equivalent work experience is required.

Equivalent work is no less than 3 years as a Machinist or millwright. Successful candidates must possess First Class Machinist work experience and First Class Machinist skills as a field Machinist and/or a shop Machinist. Ability to demonstrate First Class performance is required.

Working knowledge of blueprint reading and hand-sketching related to prime skill. Ability to work from written and verbal directions to perform assigned tasks. Ability to coordinate work; function as a member of a team to get work done; perform tasks in any craft as incidental work; and participate in training programs to maintain and/ or upgrade skills. Must have working knowledge of equipment and tools required to expedite the efficient installation of refinery equipment. Candidate must have the physical ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs. Must meet written test and skills demonstration requirements.

Unusual Working Conditions Must be able to perform physically-active assignments including work on high structures and within confined spaces. Mandatory overtime as required as well as occasional shift work required.

Conditions of Employment Written tests and assessments; meeting physical criteria for the job; a physical skills demonstration test; ability to demonstrate basic computer skills; and pass a post offer pre-employment physical, background check and drug screening.

Overview The Toledo Refining Company is located in Oregon, Ohio and is owned by PBF Energy LLC. The refinery has a crude oil processing capacity of 170,000 barrels per day. Our company is committed to a foundation of safe and environmentally compliant operations so all employees must follow all procedures and safe work practices. Starting pay is $32.09 per hour. After six months the rate of pay is $34.07.

Scope of Work Completion of assignments relative to the maintenance or installation of equipment within the Refinery utilizing First Class prime skills. Work to be performed is inside shop as well as outside in all weather conditions. Perform tasks in other incidental craft areas as assigned. Candidate will be held accountable for the quality and quantity of work; participate in training programs as assigned; and understand and comply with Toledo Refining work rules, the Code of Conduct and Company Policies and Procedures.

Qualifications Must be at least 18 years of age; be legally authorized to work in the United States without restrictions; hold a High school diploma or equivalent; and hold a current driver’s license.

Completion of a state approved Pipefitter apprenticeship program with no less than 5 years work experience or equivalent work experience is required. Equivalent work is no less than 8 years as a Pipefitter. Successful candidates must possess First Class Pipefitter work experience and First Class Pipefitter skills. Ability to demonstrate First Class performance is required. Working knowledge of blueprint reading and hand-sketching related to prime skill. Ability to work from written and oral directions to perform assigned tasks.

Ability to coordinate work, function as a member of a team to get work done; perform tasks in any craft as incidental work; and participate in training programs to maintain and/or upgrade skills.

Must have working knowledge of equipment and tools required to expedite the efficient installation of refinery equipment. Candidate must have the physical ability to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.

Must meet written test and skills demonstration requirements.

Unusual Working Conditions Must be able to perform physically-active assignments including work on high structures and within confined spaces. Mandatory overtime as required as well as occasional shift work required.

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In order to be considered for this position, applicants must submit their resume per the following process on or before 11:59 PM on Sunday, November 27th, 2011. All contact information must be accurate and up to date. Selected candidates will be notified and assigned a testing date and time by phone and letter.

In order to be considered for this position, applicants must submit their resume per the following process on or before 11:59 PM on Sunday, November 27th, 2011. All contact information must be accurate and up to date. Selected candidates will be notified and assigned a testing date and time by phone and letter.

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REAL ESTATE AUCTION

For Sale Musical Instrument 1979 Rogers drum set, 6 pc. black, 7 Paiste cymbals w/stand. All excellent condition. $1,800 419.754.4640 All real estate advertised in this paper is subject to the federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, in the sale, rental, or financing of housing. This Publisher will not knowingly accept any advertising that violates any applicable law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this paper are available on an equal opportunity basis. If you believe you have been discriminated against in connection with the sale, rental, or financing of housing, call the Toledo Fair Housing Center, (419) 243-6163.

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