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LIGHTING THE FUSE

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ast week, we reported on former UT President Dan Johnson’s idea to rally local businesses to send Mayorelect Mike Bell on a world tour of successful port cities to see firsthand some of the programs that could spark Toledo development. There was an immediate response from several local businesses, and we are working with Bell to make this idea a reality.

Johnson elaborated on the tour concept: “Ideally, Bell would be accompanied by knowledgeable busiThomas F. POUNDS ness leaders who share the vision of Toledo as a future global city. This might include the chairman of the board of the Regional Growth Partnership, chairman of the Port Authority Board, chairman of the board of the Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce and possibly other business leaders.”

There are many possible choices for this trip that would meet the objectives noted above. Among the choices to consider are the following: ■ Germany: Major centers for photovoltaic research, manufacturing and markets; ■ United Arab Emirates: Dubai and Abu Dhabi focus on alternative energy and Masdar Institute; ■ India: High technology centers; ■ Singapore: Business community, chamber, port; ■ Shanghai: Visit SSOE and other Toledo-based companies; ■ South Korea or Japan: Possible stop-over just to see and meet consul general.

Johnson added, “The focus and selection of cities should be on those cities, regions and nations that share the economic strengths of Toledo or represent potential markets for Toledo products, particularly in the area of alternative energy, health care, transportation and other strengths. The mayor-elect will have his own ideas about which industries he should focus on.”

These are just some thoughts and suggestions, and the clock is ticking, but pulling this together would be a major coup for Bell, regional development and our immediate future. Thank you to those who have stepped up so far. To help, contact me and we’ll include you in the conversation.

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

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hildren’s Wonderland at the Lucas County Rec mean black, not to be confused with Black, such as the Center is one of those local fixtures that has later innovation of Black Bart Simpson). I loved those always just seemed to be there, like the High-Level stupid statues and kept them leaning on my dresser for Bridge, the UT clock tower and barely concealed racism. years (leaning, because they never seemed to be able to stand on their own). I never painted It is not possible to accurately rethem, like the illustrations on the macall the experience from my 12-yearchine showed; I kept them just the way old point of view, but I have pleasant they were. Last summer, I discovered memories of the Eskimo-and-elf-filled several such machines at the Henry Ford displays and the general holiday spirit Museum at Greenfield Village and paid the event provided. a dollar for an Abraham Lincoln bust, Completely separate from the spiribut it was fragile and hollow; it may be a tual birth-of-Christ celebration, there false memory, but I recall the Children’s is a fake snow, gaudy tinsel, plastic side Wonderland statues having a solid heft. to Christmas that Americans seem to Anyway, even though I stopped atcherish and revel in. Children’s Wonder- Michael S. MILLER tending the annual display (although land neatly falls into the side of the holidays that produces strings of lights haphazardly draped now that I think about it, I may have taken a college-era over outdoor bushes, fruitcake, inflatable balloon Santas date there to see if the penguin had been fixed, just to in NASCAR gear and annual series of Hallmark orna- test her sense of humor and sexual adventure, to invoke ments featuring Christmas stalwarts such as Batman, “Re-Animator” again), it was comforting to know it was Elvis, The Wizard of Oz and Harry Potter (I have not there. It’s the same phenomenon I witnessed while living checked, but I am guessing there will be a choice of in Washington D.C.; people who live there rarely visit “Twilight”-themed Hallmark ornaments soon. Nothing the museums and monuments.

Three decades passed. We took our sons to see the dissays “Happy Birthday, Jesus!” like a little plastic I-can’tmake-up-my-mind-between-Count-Chocula-and- play last year and they loved it, though most of the wax statue machines were out of order. The experience fell back Fruit-Brute Bella hanging from the tree).

Before last year, when we took our two toddler boys into its comfortable place in the local scheme of things.

But the attraction failed to at least break even last to see the event, it had been more than 30 years since I had seen Children’s Wonderland. I carried two specific year, so the Lucas County Commissioners, or at least two them — Pete Gerken and Tina Skeldon Wozniak memories of the display.

The first was a headless penguin sprawled at the — voted to mothball the elves, reindeer and penguins.

Now, Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop and bottom of an ice slide, its decapitated little bird-body belly down in the fake snow, its paint-chipped little flippers radio host/restaurateur Andrew Z are working to find reaching up as if to say, “WTF happened to my head?!” volunteers to re-open the display at a location to be I wasn’t scared or disturbed by the headless penguin; it named later. Konop, flush with his victory from rallying seemed funny to me and my peers. We spent a fun bus tens of thousands of Lucas County residents to rise up ride back to school contemplating scenarios in which the and oust Dog Warden Tom Skeldon, has taken some heat little bird’s head was separated from its body. A “Friday on some of the local blogs because he is Jewish and yet the 13th”-type killer who stalked sexually active penguins is working to save a Christmas display. This criticism is instead of sexually active teens was one floated theory, unfounded because, A) Konop represents people of all and if you remember the old “Re-Animator” movie, you religions; B) if Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand can know where that line of giggling theory ended. Another record Christmas albums, then there is some precedent; vision involved a jealous love triangle between the dead and C) as Bart Simpson says, “Christmas is the time penguin, a reindeer and a stocking-hanging woman from when people of all religions come together to celebrate a “Christmas Eve in America” display. I have a vague rec- the birth of Santa Claus,” so lighten up.

At press time, it is not known if Konop and Anollection of another version that involves a frighteningly drew Z’s efforts will be successful, but I hope they will vivid scene of blasphemy best left in the vaults. be. Lucas County’s kids deserve to have the same warm Who says American kids lack imagination?

The other feature I remember from Children’s Won- memories and filthy headless penguin associations that derland were the amazing wax statue machines on the us older folks do.

If they fail, I hope they will find a good home for those way out. These wonderful magic boxes would take your quarters and turn them into mono-colored wax figures wax statue machines. Maybe they can put them in storage of Disney characters. You could watch the entire process with Tom Skeldon’s throne made of puppy skulls. as the mold came together, filled with molten wax, then parted to give birth to a green Donald Duck, a brown Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press.

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aving read Michael S. Mill- an age where giving to those with er’s Nov. 15 column, “A less has gone beyond the bounds of Toledo Christmas Carol,” I good judgment and become almost a government obsessuddenly realized that sion. No longer conChristmas was only tent with the concept weeks away and it of charity, performed might be time I penned willingly by many my own holiday mesand accepted grudgsage to Toledo. ingly by those most in I considered in need, we have instead passing my resema mandated tithe, exblance to Santa Claus torted at the point of (who, I am told, does a gun from a working not in fact smoke cigars, class grown increasbut has been known to Tim HIGGINS ingly weary and angry indulge in a pipe on occasion), and hoped I might be able to over the process and redistributed to capture some of the spirit of the season a burgeoning “Oliver Twist” entitlebecause of this. I thought if perhaps I ment group, growing at an alarming dug down deep in my heart, I might rate and demanding ever more.

Toledo finds itself with a socome up with something equally intelligent, erudite and inspiring for called “balanced budget” that still the readership of Toledo Free Press. It curiously shows millions in the red. was then unfortunately, that I realized Questionable accounting and even that I was still an evil Conservative, more questionable revenue sources and therefore apparently without the leave little for our leaders to work required circulatory organ in ques- with than a document more fictional tion. As a consequence, this is the best than the Dickens classic itself.

Whether the future is to shine that I can offer; for it will be a difficult more brightly, however, is up to Christmas for Toledo in 2009 ...

The ghosts of Christmas past recently elected leaders who will have laid a heavy burden on those of decide upon either a new path or us left in “the good old city” today. more of the same. Shall we remain Much like the main character in the alone, eating a cold and bitter gruel original “The Christmas Carol,” so full of increasing taxes, unneeded and unnecessary ably parodied by Miller, Toledo has regulations led far too many years of a life that spending; or shall we accept our was less than exemplary; and has nephew’s invitation to dinner and begun to reap the rewards of the the company of neighbors who see high taxes, mounting debt and lim- us at present as little more than evil and untrustworthy. ited resources of that past.

As for the ghost of Christmas yet to So too do the chains of our past misdeeds, like those of Jacob come... there is much to be hopeful for Marley, bow our backs. Poor city as we follow the dread figure pointing contracts with its unions, profligate to our possible fate. A new mayor, a spending on decorations and invest- new face in city council, and yes, even ment in real estate that has proved a new dog warden may help to rewrite ill-advised at best and borderline some of the evil markings on the stone criminal at worst continue to weigh that destiny points to. This year, there down the city. These chains may yet are not only Christmas parties, but tea be broken, but it will not be done parties, where those of good faith and sound judgment seek actively to write without pain.

Our ghosts of Christmas present a new future upon the sins of our past are unsure. Far from the Scrooge- and present.

The ghosts of Christmas past, like tactics of the Dickens tale, however, we appear today to be living in present and future provide a warning

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and an opportunity. Let us hope that, like Scrooge, we have the ability to heed the warning and accept the opportunity presented gratefully. Let us hope we are willing to change and like him be as good as our word. Let

us hope that it be may be said of us as Dickens did of Scrooge: “... that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim ob-

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Sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick once asked if androids dream of electric sheep. Since Anthony Daniels has performed as the “Star Wars� droid C-3PO for more than 30 years, it is fair to wonder: Does the actor ever dream as C-3PO? “I have never dreamed as Threepio,� the British actor, 63, said during a Nov. 24 phone interview from Ottawa. “But since the concert tour started, I have woken up with ‘Star Wars’ music in my head.�

Toledoans will experience the full force of “Star Wars� music on Dec. 1, when “Star Wars in Concert� plays at the Lucas County Arena. “Maybe for that one night, they should call it the ‘George Lucas Arena,’� said Daniels, who added that while he is familiar with Toledo, Spain, this will be his first visit to Toledo, Ohio.

The slender, soft-spoken actor appeared in all six “Star Wars� films, recorded radio plays of the movies, visits with fans at “Star Wars� conventions and has provided the voice for three different animated series. He has appeared in costume at the Academy Awards, filmed episodes of “The Muppet Show� and “Sesame Street� and seen his character on cereal boxes, carved in soap and in scores of plastic incarnations. But he says this current “rock star� tour may be the highlight of his C-3PO career.

Invigorating response The concert features a symphony orchestra and choir playing composer John Williams’ film scores, as edited scenes from the moves are shown on a three-story-high screen. Daniels narrates the production. “Star Wars in Concert� travels with an exhibit of costumes and props, original copies of Williams’ handwritten score and videos from the Skywalker Ranch vaults.

Daniels said audience reaction has been “invigorating and amazing. I’ve been having a wonderful, joyous time.�

Daniels said the concert is a celebration of “Star Wars,� music and family. “Across the nation, across the world, people just go on loving ‘Star Wars,’� he said. “Don’t ask me why. Even George doesn’t quite understand why. We were together at the opening for ‘Dreamgirls’ in New York the other night, and he was saying how thrilled he was that this tour is working out so well. This is a new way of celebrating his films. It brings families together for a unique experience.�

The actor said he knows the concert will be many people’s introduction to live classical music, and he hopes the experience will excite them about the arts. He said as part of the show, images of musicians as they perform are shown on the big screen.

Daniels said Williams’ “Star Wars� score may have been commissioned for movies, but it should be considered “classical music.� “Beethoven got paid to write music. Mozart got paid to write music. Artists have always needed to be paid by somebody. In this case, it was George Lucas who could pay John Williams, who spent years of his life writing this score,� he said. “I can say this music is classical, because I am there each night, studying this music. It’s not just Darth Vader’s march, but the tremendous orchestration, various soloists and sections talking to each other, answering each other, overwhelming each other, subtly playing underneath, weaving the bedrock that you hear under the main tier. There is an absolutely lyrical violin solo in the Princess Leia theme. It is a thrill; I hear it every night and discover new things. This is a serious concert, but you won’t know it because it says ‘Star Wars’ in front of it.�

Although Daniels has to act in character each night, the rigid synchronization of the concert’s effects limits his ability to improvise. “I am working with a live audience, and just a little bit, I can nuance my delivery to their reactions. But a lot of my words key in effects and video playbacks, so it’s an incredibly rehearsed performance,� he said. ■CONCERT CONTINUES ON A6

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ANTHONY DANIELS NARRATES ‘STAR WARS IN CONCERT’ WITH A LIVE ORCHESTRA, AS HIS CHARACTER C-3PO APPEARS ON SCREEN. THE TOUR WILL STOP AT THE LUCAS COUNTY ARENA ON DEC. 1.

■ CONCERT CONTINUED FROM A5 “Plus, there is a live television mix showing me and the orchestra, so my eyes are like 60 feet wide on the screen. For an actor who played behind a gold mask for all these years, America is certainly getting a face full of ... my face.”

Daniels said Williams has been working on a harp concerto and has not yet seen the concert, but contributed new segues to the music for this show.

Christmas in the stars This is not the first time “Star Wars” has brought Daniels into the music scene. In 1980, he recorded “Christmas in the Stars,” a holiday album which featured C-3PO singing new and traditional carols. Daniels worked on the album with a young Jon Bon Jovi and Maury Yeston, who

later won Tony awards for the scores of “Nine” and “Titanic.”

“I remember that well,” Daniels said. “I was rehearsing a play in London, so I would take the 9 a.m. Concorde to New York, record all day, got up the next day, caught the 3 p.m. Concorde back to London. It was a weird experience, recording ‘What Can You Get a Wookie for Christmas When He Already Owns a Comb?’”

Daniels said an earlier musical experience involved working with live orchestras.

“I conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, as C-3PO, in full costume, at the Albert Hall, and later the Boston Symphony,” Daniels said. “They were truly the greatest nights of my life. And I have seen John Williams in action at Abbey Road, so I’ve been around

this music for a long time.”

In the context of his entire “Star Wars” career, Daniels said the concert tour ranks near the top.

“I adored ‘The Muppet Show’ and ‘Sesame Street’ experiences, but in the last few years ... well, I was reticent about what I was doing with my life and art,” he said. “But I had an experience a few years ago with a huge number of fans in front of me, and I realized, they get something from this, a collective joy and thrill from ‘Star Wars,’ something I’ve never felt a part of; because I am in them, I never got to experience them as a filmgoer. The scales fell from my eyes, and I realized there is an enormous love and joy for ‘Star Wars,’ people who love the depth and intricacy of it. If I am a little part of that, I get a little part of that enthusiasm, and that is a really good

feeling. This is the biggest thing I have done since that epiphany, so ‘Star Wars in Concert’ is the pinnacle of this experience.”

The Force is with him Daniels has more C-3PO on the horizon, as he is working a new version of “Star Tours” at Walt Disney World, providing a voice for the “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” TV series and is in discussions about taking “Star Wars in Concert” to other cities and countries. More than 30 years after “Star Wars” debuted, Daniels exhibits no resentment or second-guessing about his career path under the gold mask.

“I’ve lived long enough to get over that,” he laughed. “Playing C3PO, wearing that suit, is not the experience. Creating him, being him, is. This concert tour is a won-

derful leap. I am narrating, acting, living it live.

“I admit that at times, C-3PO just bursts out of me. Like from ‘The Exorcist,’ or ‘Alien,’ he just bursts out of my chest. I am very fond of him; I believe he has qualities that are very attractive, very amusing.

He can be irritating, but he is fully rounded. I like people being fond of him; he is a very good friend of mine, and therefore anyone who is a friend of his is a friend of mine. I am very proud to be him.”

Daniels said the concert experience has brought one puzzling realization: “John Williams has written themes for so many of the characters, but he never has written a theme for Threepio,” he said. “The next time I see him, I am going to tell him, ‘I have a bone to pick with you’ and ask him, ‘Why not?’”

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Former UT dean threatens legal action against blog A former UT dean has threatened Glass City Jungle operator and Toledo Free Press fact checker Lisa Renee Ward with legal action and is accusing her of racial bias.

Eric Yueh-Ting Lee, former dean of UT’s College of Arts and Sciences, said he would seek legal action if Ward did not remove a blog posting about him by Thanksgiving. He said he believes the posting would have been removed if he were white.

Yueh-Ting Lee claims Ward's July 16, 2008 positing, “Dean Yueh-

Ting Lee resigns from his post,” has had a negative impact on his career.

In an e-mail to Ward, Yueh-Ting Lee said, “I believe that the web blog you presented or managed in July 2008 is related to libels and slanders, racial biases, or it is at least very partial. It had produced a negative impact on me and my career. The media which White people control only displayed negative information about me as a minority and ignored the racial discrimination against me by working with UT to

hide racial discrimination [sic].”

The blog was posted the day after Yueh-Ting Lee resigned from his position on July 15, 2008, and links to stories from Inside Higher Ed and Toledo Free Press.

Yueh-Ting Lee referred TFP to his lawyer, Kevin Greenfield, who was unavailable for comment at press time.

Ward said she would not remove the posting from her site.

“I do not remove news material,” she said. “I do remove content if someone violates the rules of the

blog, but none of the content specific to him met that criteria. If anything, the material I posted showed he was treated unfairly by the university and was forced to resign. There was no mention in either the blog post or any links to his ethnicity being an issue. I’m sorry he’s having problems with perspective employers.”

Yueh-Ting Lee contributed a 2008 guest column to Toledo Free Press that was found to contain unattributed passages.

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Councilman McNamara exploring state Senate run Toledo City Council President Joe McNamara announced Nov. 20 that he will form a committee to explore a campaign for the 11th District seat in the Ohio State Senate. “ N o w , more than ever, we need MCNAMARA public servants that seek common ground and pursue common sense strategies to fix government, promote job growth and strengthen our middle class. That’s the kind of

councilman that I have been and the kind of senator I aspire to be,” McNamara said in a statement.

In the upcoming weeks, McNamara said he will talk with people across the district to find out what people expect from a representative in Columbus.

McNamara will make the final decision to run for the position before Jan. 31, but until then he said he will continue working for the community.

The 11th District seat will be vacated by Teresa Fedor.

McNamara, a Democrat, was elected to Toledo City Council in 2006 and is city council president.

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Eruzione to visit arena Mike Eruzione, member of the miracle 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and former Toledo Goaldigger, will be at the Toledo Walleye game Dec. 12.

“I’m excited to come and see the new rink and also to come back and see old friends and players still living in the area,” Eruzione said in a news release.

Eruzione will drop the ceremonial first puck at the Walleye game against the Elmira Jackals. He will also sign autographs during the game. Eruzione was a member of Team USA, gold medalists in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. For

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The Lilly Foundation will donate $2,500 to the Toledo State Hospital Cemetery Reclamation Project in honor of Larry Wanucha.

Wanucha, who has schizophrenia, received second place in the Artistic Contribution from the foundation Oct.16. “I’m honored and grateful for the award. I’ve worked on recovery for 30 some years and working on my artistic skills has helped with that recovery,� Wanucha said.

The Lilly Reintegration Awards have honored the achievements of those with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder since 1997. Individuals who improve their lives and the lives of their peers are awarded in areas of artistic contributions, mentorship and achievement.

Wanucha received a $2,500 grant for the charity of his choice as a result of the award. In addition, Wanucha received a trophy at the ceremony in Indianapolis.

Peg Morrison, Wanucha’s coworker and communications and fundraising manager for Neighborhood Properties, nominated Wanucha for the award.

“I heard about the awards and read the description and it had Larry written all over,� Morrison said. “Living with the disease, have used a talent to further their own recover and help other people in recovery — that’s just Larry to a ‘T.’�

Wanucha is a social worker and artist who successfully manages his schizophrenia with medication and treatment. Wanucha is employed as a housing support specialist at Neighborhood Properties Inc, a nonprofit focused on ending homelessness for individuals with mental illness and addiction.

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Wanucha started the local movement to honor those buried in the numbered graves of the Toledo State Hospital. “I heard about other projects around the country and wanted to honor and restore dignity for those people who were buried at Toledo State Hospital and forgotten about,�

Wanucha said. “I have a strong bond with the people of the cemetery because we share the mental illness, but I was lucky enough to be born in a time of medication. I was able to realize my hopes and dreams because there was treatment available to me that wasn’t available to those individuals.�

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The old cemetery, with burials from 1888 to 1922, is located behind Bowsher. The new cemetery, with burials from 1923 to 1973, is located on the UT Medical Science campus.

The project has been working to restore the 2,000 cement markers that are buried under ground and make sure they are visible from above ground. The makers have numbers that correspond with a log at the hospital that lists demographics and other information for the individual buried there, Wanucha said.

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Nextronex announces financing for new solar inverter

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Nextronex Energy Systems (NES) has secured $1 million in local investments to finance the production of the company’s new solar inverter manufacturing program in Northwest Ohio.

The company announced the Series A round of financing Nov. 24 with $250,000 investments from Rocket Ventures of the Regional Growth Partnership (RGP) and UT Innovative Enterprise (UTIE) and additional amounts from local angel investment groups.

Additional financing is available from both Rocket Ventures and UTIE if the company meets milestones specified in the agreements.

“Nextronex has developed the most efficient and cost effective solar inverter in the world that will reduce the production costs of generating electricity from solar power,” said Norm Johnston, chairman of the board for Nextronex and director of Ohio Advanced Energy.

Nextronex introduced the first solar inverter unit at its manufacturing facility located at Metcalf Field in Millbury where additional units will be produced in early 2010. The company expects to have as many as 100 people working on production, said Jim Olzak, a cofounder of the company with Johnston and director of manufacturing.

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stalled at the solar field at the Ohio Air National Guard base, Olzak said.

Johnston said the Nextronex inverter is the first new inverter on the market in Ohio and the final piece of equipment to have a complete solar installation made in Ohio.

“We want to go from being the Rust Belt to JOHNSTON be the renewable energy center,” Johnston said.

The first unit will be sent to Underwriters Laboratories in New York for certification before they begin production, according to Peter Gerhardinger, chief technology officer of NES. The distributed design of the low-profile cabinet and wiring system will reduce installation costs, harvest more energy under low light levels and run only as needed with multiple units operated by one master control, said Gerhardinger.

“Each unit only runs the equivalent of seven and a half years over 20 years for longer life. If one unit goes down, you can bypass it and never miss a beat,” he said.

The Nextronex inverter system takes DC current from solar panels, inputs it into the core inverter assembly to create commercial quality AC current for electric power grids.

The unique design includes an advanced heat extractor that uses natural air to cool it and reduces wiring

costs for solar installations by 15 to 17 percent, Gerhardinger said.

One Nextronex inverter will produce 150 kilowatts, so seven units would be required for a megawatt solar field similar to those at the Air National Guard and UT’s Scott Park Campus.

“It looks like we’re going to achieve it with the financial support of RGP, Rocket Ventures, UTIE and other investors. We intend to exceed all expectations,” said Nextronex CEO Norm Rapino.

UTIE is a separate corporation established by UT President Dr. Lloyd Jacobs to support economic development in Northwest Ohio.

Jacobs awarded $10 million from various business income sources at UT to the fund which has created an analysis and investment process reviewed by its board, according to Daniel Kory, associate vice president for technology transfer at UT. “The fund was established to finance businesses with business or research connections at UT and create a strong region for complete photovoltaic development. Its support provides credibility for Nextronex with other investors,” he said.

Kory reported that Nextronex will use $100,000 of its investment to establish production of the inverter units and have the balance of $150,000 available for future needs.

It was the second financial grant to Nextronex from Rocket Ventures, according to Greg Knudson, director of Rocket Ventures and vice

president of technology at RGP. “It legitimizes the entire Nextronex operation for the angel investors,” he said.

The Nextronex project received bipartisan support from Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Toledo) and Rep. Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) who attended the announcement at Nextronex.

“It’s great to be able to build a fully operational solar installation with products made in this region and Ohio,” Kaptur said.

She cited the importance of cooperation among the business community, such as RGP and Rocket Ventures with UT and BGSU to have stronger partnerships to support these kinds of developments.

“We’ve been a leader in alternative energy with cutting edge technology and educated work force here in Northwest Ohio,” Latta said.

“The federal government needs to recognize this area for funding thousands of potential jobs in the future here.”

Latta said he saw solar panels made in Northwest Ohio operating in Germany and wants it to happen here to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign energy.

“We’re a region that is moving forward with solar companies in Lucas and Wood County and understand the importance of solar energy for domestic use and exporting to other countries,” Kaptur said.

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Huntington Bank collects coats for area homeless Huntington National Bank and Food for Thought distributed winter coats on Nov. 21 to area homeless.

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“We wanted to give the employees an alternative way to get involved with the campaign. Give something back to the community that people

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Nearly 250 men’s, women’s and children’s coats were collected and distributed. In addition, bank employees helped serve food during the day. Loar-Tenney said the bank reached out to United Way to help distribute coats and it paired the organization with Food for Thought.

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Huntington Bank’s Bowling Green branch helped the Salvation Army kick off the Red Kettle Campaign on Nov. 20. The bank’s branch manager made the first ceremonial donation of the season.

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The 2009 Holiday Bazaar on St. Clair Street will take place Dec. 4 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Dec. 5 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Arts and crafts, food and gifts will be featured. More than 50 vendors will participate.

Fallen Heroes event Fallen Heroes has teamed up with Axemen Professional Fire Fighters Motorcycle Club to host “Comedy for a Cause,” on Dec. 3 at Connxtions Comedy Club. Proceeds from the evening benefit Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) and muscular dystrophy.

“There are numerous police and firefighters that are killed or injured throughout the country and that’s what the money goes for, to help their families and the kids,” said Rob Kay, founder of Fallen Heroes. “They are the unsung heroes, putting their lives on the line.”

The event will feature comedian Frank Roche, winner of Comedy Central’s Michigan comedy survivor.

He performs rapid-fire comedy, as well as celebrity impressions. For more information about Roche, visit www.comedianfrankroche.com.

Doors open at 7 p.m. with the show starting at 8 p.m.

Tickets for the show are $10 and can be purchased by contacting Rob Kay at (419) 450-0151, Rob Britt at (419) 343-6900 or Diane Miscannon at (419)861-1507. Connxtions Comedy club is located at 5319 Heatherdowns Blvd. For more

Owens Community College Foundation Board of Directors elected Arthur H. Smith to serve as the chairman of the Owens Foundation for a second one-year term.

Smith is the retired vice president, general counsel and secretary for Libbey Inc. The board also re-elected Tom Pounds, president and publisher of Toledo Free Press, as vice chairman, and Diana H. Talmage, retired educator, as secretary. Both positions are one-year terms. Daniel Kimmet, retired chief operating officer for Dillin Corp, was re-elected as treasure for a third year.

In addition, four directors, Charles Bills, James Carter, James Geers and Rasesh Shah, were reelected to serve three-year terms.

During the board meeting Jeannie Hylant, executive vice president of Hylant Group, was also elected to a three-year term.

On Nov. 23, Owens Community College and the Rotary Club of Perrysburg announced a new endowment through the Foundation for Penta Career Center graduates.

The Rotary Club of Perrysburg presented Owens’ Foundation with a $20,000 donation to fund the endowment. The goal is to grow the scholarship program to a $100,000 endowment. The new scholarship will be awarded to a Penta Career Center graduated who has at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA. The scholarship has no set amount.

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When it comes to Christmas lists, retailers have only one wish: staying out of the red.

Most retailers lost last year and would probably like to break even in 2009, according to Thomas Passero, instructor in business and marketing at Owens Community College, who has researched retail marketing and sales trends.

Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, used to be the launching pad for Christmas goods, but that is no longer the case, Passero said.

“Retailers are aggressively pursuing Christmas business earlier with in-store displays and multiple media advertising,” he said.

National retailers, such as the Gap, Target, Wal-Mart and even Sears are using crisp, upbeat, well-choreographed commercials featuring popular culture and music from television shows or movies to appeal to the younger audiences, he said.

“If price is the issue, people will go to Wal-Mart, Meijer or other largechain stores,” Passero said. “Some shoppers focus on service rather than price. Many people prefer good shopping and values without the crowds.”

Those consumers are more likely to shop at local stores or places like Levis Commons or Fallen Timbers where they can park closer and walk around in a Main Street atmosphere.

Business trickles down to the individual boutiques, more unique or upscale shops, according to Passero.

Luxury goods companies are minimizing their inventories and keeping their prices up in jewelry stores or high-end gift shops, he said.

Smaller communities like Maumee, Perrysburg and Sylvania can attract shoppers with holiday decorations and atmosphere. Every store in those small towns can benefit from holiday events or parades that attract people from outside those communities, Passero said.

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“Some privately owned smaller stores sponsor local holiday events or hold after-hours, private parties for their customers,” he said.

In-store product demonstrations and samplings are not just at Costco, Sam’s or Meijer, but have found a place in smaller stores like Walt Churchill’s Markets in Maumee and Perrysburg where a resident chef demonstrates holiday food preparation.

Hallmark stores have a practice of putting smaller fliers about special sales or holiday promotions in the bag when people are purchasing greeting cards. It is subtle, but can be effective, Passero said.

The family-owned Swan Creek Candle Company has been selling candles and gift products retail and wholesale since 1978. The business has a 30,000-square-foot factory in Swanton, a distribution center in Downtown Toledo and outlet stores in Swanton and To-

ledo, as well as in Dundee, Perry and Jackson, Mich.

Swan Creek Candle accepts orders online at www.swancreekcandle.com or by phone at 888272-2773. All orders are usually shipped within a week, pending stock availability and always include a free candle to help defray shipping charges, according to its Web site.

Toledo Choose Local, an organization of locally owned businesses, encourages people to shop and support local gift and retail stores in the area, said executive director Stacy Jurich. When people buy local, the money is recycled in the community, support local jobs and companies and helps to stabilize the region’s economy, Jurich said.

For every $100 spent at locally owned businesses, $68 stays in the local economy. For every $100 spent at nonlocal businesses, only $43 stays in the local economy.

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two years or so dealing with the deaths of my father and mother-inlaw and the health struggles of my father-in-law. These circumstances can definitely be a downer.

I was reading a book by Norman Vincent Peale not too long ago and he told a story of someone who had come to him and said, “I have lost everything.”

CLAIR The man had made a fortune BAKER in business and lost it all in a bad economy. Peale asked the man several questions.

“Do you have a wife and does she love you?” “Do you have children and do they love you?” “Do you have friends and do they support you?” Does God love you?” After thinking about it, the man was encouraged and realized he had not lost everything but that he still had much to be thankful for and decided to get back to living life.

As we enter this Thanksgiving and Christmas season, here are some of our conclusions and since you “can’t take it with you,” they are not all related to your money: 1. Life is short. Enjoy each day to the fullest. Look for all of the positives in each day and enjoy the time with family and friends.

2. Life is good. I bet if you count your blessings, they will far outnumber the trials you may have to go through.

3. These are the good old days.

Don’t spend too much time looking forward or looking back.

4. God is faithful. He will do what He said He will do! He has never failed keeping His promises!

5. We are all works in progress.

God will finish what he started in us.

6. We can choose what we focus our thoughts on; choose happiness.

7. Be grateful. If we are focused more on gratitude, we feel better and are more likely to have the desire to help and serve others.

8. Get your financial and estate plan in order. Smart planning will benefit you and your family for years to come.

We are thankful for you. Thankful we get to write this column, do our radio show and have the opportunity to meet and work with many great people. Count your blessings, name them one by one. Thanks for being a blessing to us.

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As we enter the holiday season, if we can get past the hype and the many obligations, many of us take a moment or two to reflect on things like what we are really thankful for and what is really important in life. As I think back to the past, I am thankful that I had parents who brought me up in a home that focused on a strong faith.

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Senior seasons are composed of the stuff that dreams are made of.

That has not been the case for UT senior quarterback Aaron Opelt.

“It is unfortunate that has happened to me,” Opelt said. “If it was my left shoulder, it wouldn’t have been a problem, but you can’t look at it that way.”

The shoulder in question, Opelt’s throwing shoulder, has been on the mend since he injured it during the Western Michigan game. The Rockets signal caller was trying to gain a few yards, when he was tackled. Opelt landed awkwardly on his shoulder, creating a partial tear in his rotator cuff.

“It has been frustrating for me.

It sucks,” Opelt said. “But that’s football and that’s life. Stuff gets thrown at you all the time and you

just have to figure out a way to get through them.”

However, the Fremont native’s time to conquer the nagging injury is quickly running out. Before the Nov. 20 game against Eastern Michigan, Opelt’s understudy, freshman Austin Dantin, was given the reigns to the offense to start the game. That meant that Opelt watched the majority of his final game in the Glass Bowl from the sidelines instead of being lined up under center.

“You always look back and say ‘what if,’ he said. “I was trying to make a play, and I was just doing what any other player what have done. If I could go back in time and change things, I would, but it is one of those things that you can’t change. You just have to rehab and get better.”

Since Opelt’s injury, things have not gone well for the Rockets, either.

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terback went down. A season that started out with much promise has quickly taken a detour for the worst.

UT needs to win its final two games just to qualify for postseason play and to accomplish a winning season for Toledo, which is something the team has not done during Opelt’s tenure with the Rockets.

“We want to send them out as a winning team and give ourselves an opportunity to be 6-6 and play in a bowl game,” said head coach Tim Beckman One of those wins will need to come in the battle of I-75 on Nov. 27. The Rockets will need to beat their arch nemesis, the BGSU Falcons, to even have a chance at a postseason bowl berth.

“It seems like just yesterday we were playing against BG in the Glass Bowl for the first time,” Opelt said.

“We love to play in that game and play for the peace pipe. It is always a big game anytime we take the field against them.”

With the added pressure of a winning season and post season play for the Rockets hinging on the outcome of the contest at Doyt Perry Stadium, the team knows the 2009 version of the rivalry game takes on even more significance than usual.

“We know that everything rides on that game,” Opelt said. “It is huge for us. If we could get that sixth win and get to a bowl game that would be awesome.”

Beckman, who has been on the other side of this rivalry when he was an assistant coach with the Falcons, recognizes the sense of urgency, too.

“Having been able to be a part of some of the other rivalry games, this one ranks right up there,” Beckman said. “Winning this game would give us a boost into our winter workouts,

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and it would mean that we would accomplish our goals. It also means we get to spend extra time with these 19 seniors preparing for a bowl game. If we don’t get that sixth win, we miss out on many opportunities that we could have, so we have got to do it.”

The first-year head coach also recognizes that in large part his team needs a healthy Opelt to make the goals the team set forth a reality.

“He is a competitive guy and his drive has had a lot to do with us winning the games we have won this season,” Beckman said. “He has so much to do with the success we have had this season, and since he has been hurt, we have struggled. I think our record since he has been out really kind of speaks to how im-

portant he is to our football team.”

Despite the hardship and the grim prognosis for his shoulder, Opelt is determined to lace up his cleats, slap on the pads, don the midnight blue and gold one more time and finish his career as a Rocket with a victory over Bowling Green. The senior quarterback wants to have the last word and write the storybook ending to what has been anything but an ideal final season.

“I’m not ready to give up yet,” Opelt said. “I have not even thought about not playing. I am doing whatever I have to do, and I am going to continue to do that. I am going to fight, claw and scratch to get back out there.”

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WASHINGTON — Senators are calling on General Motors and Chrysler to release more details on ongoing talks over the automakers’ plans to close thousands of auto dealerships as part of their bankruptcies. In letters Nov. 20 to the two companies, the majority of the Senate Commerce Committee sought information on the negotiations brokered by Congress between dealers and the automakers over whether the decisions to shutter dealerships should be reversed.

“Given the federal government’s ownership stake in GM, it is our

shared obligation to ensure all impacted dealers are treated as fairly as possible,’’ the letter to GM stated, signed by 22 of the committee’s 25 members. The Chrysler letter included similar language.

GM is cutting 2,400 dealerships from its 6,000-dealer network by the fall of 2010 by not renewing franchise agreements and winding down stores with outgoing brands.

Chrysler slashed 789 dealers as part of its bankruptcy proceedings this summer, leaving it with about 2,400. The companies say the moves are needed to cut costs and align their dealerships with the lower demand for cars.

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The Obama administration opposes efforts to overturn the closings.

Talks began in September over ways to resolve the issue without legislation, but no agreements have

GM analyst predicts solid November U.S. sales DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto sales could top an annual rate of 10.8 million in November, General Motors Co.’s top sales analyst said Nov. 19.

That would mark the first month this year that sales jumped to such levels without the aid of Cash for Clunkers rebates, which boosted sales in July and August.

Executive Director of Market Analysis Mike DiGiovanni says the industry is having a solid sales month through the first 19 days of November, another sign that the economy is beginning a slow recovery from re-

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GM spokesman Greg Martin said in a statement that the company is in “productive discussions’’ on the dealer restructuring plan and that it hopes to reach a solution without legislation. A Chrysler spokeswoman did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said a deal needs to be made by the end of the year.

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The letters to GM and Chrysler also asked for additional details on issues such as whether closed dealers get the first right to reopen if the automakers decide to open franchises in the area and on help for closed car lots such as retraining of auto mechanics.

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Nearly 25 years after their era of prime chart dominance, Daryl Hall and John Oates are still making waves in pop culture. “You Make My Dreams” played a prominent role in the recent indie film hit “500 Days of Summer”; they are playing recurring roles on the “Family Guy” spinoff “The Cleveland Show”; they have filmed a cameo appearance for a major Disney film to be released in 2010; and each musician is promoting new work, while making a solo CD. The new Sony Legacy box set “Do What You Want, Be What You Are” collects 74 hits, album tracks, live performances and rarities, including 16 previously unreleased songs.

Both Hall and Oates are now in their early 60s, and while a career-spanning box set might seem like an opportune time for nostalgia, neither man seems invested in the glory days.

“I will very rarely listen to the old music,” Oates said during a recent phone inter view from his Colorado home. “I will hear songs by accident in a store or on the radio, but I don’t sit around and listen to the records. I’m not jaded, but I am used to it; it’s been happening for a very long time. But I am still very appreciative. To know the music is being played 20, 30, 40 years later is a testament to the songwriting. The

songs stand up and still sound good.”

Hall struck a similar theme during a phone interview from his New York home.

“Working on the box set was the first time I tried to hear myself objectively, to listen to the body of work, which I never do,” he said. “It gave me a feeling of what we accomplished to this point. It was illuminating.”

Oates said he and Hall enjoyed just enough success throughout the 1970s to prepare them for their ’80s dominance of five No. 1 and 12 top 10 songs in five years.

“We were hyperaware of the run at the time, because our lives were in complete chaos,” he said. “We were in such demand, recording, writing, touring, making videos, the press responsibility, it never stopped. It was a five-year whirlwind, and we were traveling the world at a pretty heady time.”

Hall and Oates are in harmony on how their relationship has survived four decades.

“We are very different people, different from other people and from each other,” Oates said. “We have personal and professional space that doesn’t interfere with each other. I am easy going, I take a long-term outlook. Daryl is focused, very passionate.

When we get together,our common bonds allow us to collaborate.”

Hall echoed that sentiment: “We have very different personalities but we share a love for making music; it’s our reason to live. That has intensified over the years. We were friends

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before we were musical partners, and our long-term relationship has self-imposed rules that allow us to be individuals, as well as collaborators.

Oates said the relationship has a “very complex dynamic that is hard to explain.”

The two men have appeared together for a DVD concert and some special projects recently, but they did not get together to work on the box set.

“We were never in the same room for it,” Oates said. “We listened to the music, talked to each other, talked to the guys at Sony and made lists of songs. From 400-plus songs, the 74

we picked represent us at our best, as artists, singers, writers and producers.

The hits of course are included, but there is a lot of good material. We did not put songs on our albums to fill space; with this box set, we want to let world know our focus was not as hitmakers. The hits were a byproduct of the quality of the songwriting.”

Oates said the box set reinforces the group’s musical growth.

“We started with Arif Mardin as our producer, who used consummate jazz musicians in the studio, then worked with Todd Rundgren, who was more rock and experi-

mental. Combine those two approaches, and that’s what we ended up being. Our goal was always to record live with our band in our home of New York, and when we got that in the ’80s, that’s when we hit our stride. That’s when we got it right.”

One honor that has eluded the No. 1 charting duo in Billboard history is a nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

“I never expected it,” Hall said. “I know these things tend to be political, with secret committees within committees, and I’m on the outside of that.

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Among the solo projects Oates is working on is an album of 1960s folk music.

“I was asked to do a track on a compilation album, ‘The Village,’ of great folk music from Greenwich Village in the 1960s. That was my music as I was learning, so I did this track for the album, which also features Bruce Hornsby, Lucinda Williams and Amos Lee. It was folksy and raw.

The record company asked if I’d like to do a whole album, so we are.”

Hall is working on a new solo album for Verve Records that he will begin recording in January. He is also working on “Live From Daryl’s House,” an Internet show in which he jams with musicians as disparate as Smokey Robinson and members of The Doors to such newer groups as Plain White Ts, Eric Hutchinson and Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump — as well as John Oates.

“I was made for this kind of show; it’s just unbelievable,” Hall said. “It’s the most fulfilling of all the things I’ve done in my life. I love collaboration, and this is real on-your-toes improvisation and a lot of good feelings. It’s like walking into a party.”

Hall said once legal and rights issues are cleared, an album and DVD will collect the best of the shows.

Hall & Oates are also appearing as devil and angel consciences for

If it happens, it will be a surprise to me. Rock journalists create their own history of reverence, and they’ve never embraced us. To validate us they have to invalidate themselves to some degree.”

Oates was a bit more feisty on the subject.

“It bothers me, but not a lot,” he said. “It’s politics and we don’t seem to fit in with their agenda; I am not sure why that is. It’s run by the older school of rock journalists, and they never gave us respect; they treat us as lightweight hit-makers. That’s just the way it is. But the new generation of musicians has more respect because they understand how hard it is to sustain this kind of commercial success.”

Asked about the perception of being a secondary player in his own band, Oates responds without rancor: “The casual fan does not understand my role; they have no clue; but the rabid fans, they understand what I bring to the group,” he said. “Look, Daryl has a great voice, and his voice became the sound of our hits; he is one of the great pop singers of all time, and I know that better than anyone because I have sat beside him for 35 years. But I am a good singer as well; it took a backseat on our records, but that’s the way it is. I have been able to do a lot

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the title character on “The Cleveland Show” on FOX. “We met Seth McFarlane, and then Mike Henry, who voices Cleveland, asked us to be on the show,” Oates said. “It has been a lot of fun.”

The duo recorded their parts at Hall’s studio, while Henry coached them over the phone.

“We had a script and Mike directed us,” Hall said. “I don’t know if I have been miscast as the angel.”

With several projects on the horizon and a new box set, the duo seems prepared to reach a new generation of fans.

“We’re proud of the music and proud of the new set,’ Oates said. “It stands for a lot of work and a lot of our attitude. The title of the set is not an accident.”

Kelli’s question Kelli, a local fan of Hall & Oates, said she remembered the duo appearing on “Will & Grace” and commenting that every so many years, they switch from “Hall & Oates” to “Oates & Hall” to keep things fair. She wanted to know what the musicians are calling themselves today.

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

People might be tipping less during the holidays, according to the annual survey conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center.

The holiday tipping advice from Consumer Reports suggests those who need to cut back should tip a little earlier in the season and make it personal.

The report suggests using crisp new bills, which seems more special than wrinkled ones, a handwritten note or delivering the tip in person

to the barber, hairstylist, mailperson or other service professionals.

Waitresses and waiters depend on tips. The servers are usually required to work on holidays or extra hours with special family dinners, business or corporate parties hosted at restaurants.

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A22 ■ TOLEDO FREE PRESS ■ TIPPING CONTINUED FROM A21 “Our money is based on service to people,” Lisa Reichert said.

Reichert and two fellow waitresses at Mancy’s Steakhouse in Toledo said it’s a tough job, but they are compensated well for their work.

All three said a bad tip is anything under 15 percent, but they get tips as high as 35 percent. Luu Yamashiro said, “It usually balances out.”

“We’re at the higher end of the tip scale due to the quality of the food and service at Mancy’s,” said Dawn Wood, who once received a tip equal to the entire bill.

Working with people can be a positive and negative aspect of their job, according to the trio.

“It depends on what kind of day you and the customers are having,” Wood said. “You have to make sure the customer is happy.”

“We have a better clientele here,” Yamashiro said. “A lot of regulars have been coming for years. Many come to celebrate anniversaries, birthdays or holidays every year.”

“It’s hard to leave a job like this

where we work 25 to 30 hours a week and make as much money as others make for 40 hours,” Reichert said. “We also have benefits and 401(k) here.”

The veteran serving staff at Mancy’s Steakhouse includes Lynne Whiting, Sharon Warner and Diana Roth who have worked there for as many as 38 years, according to coowner Gus Mancy.

Yamashiro is one of the veterans with 32 years at Mancy’s. She came to the United States. from Vietnam in 1971 speaking some English.

She said she met the late owner George Mancy socially while working at another restaurant in 1977. He offered her a job on the spot, so she came to work at his restaurant.

“I raised my four children on my income working here,” Yamashiro said with pride.

Reichert also worked as a waitress at another restaurant when she responded to an ad for openings at Mancy’s and was hired about five years ago. Reichert is single and has an associate degree in business, which she said helps her to understand the operation of a restaurant. Waitresses need to know a lot about drinks, wines, food

and its ingredients, she said.

Wood grew up in the Toledo area, graduated from Bedford High School and went to college in Colorado where she earned a bachelor’s degree in biology. When she couldn’t find a job in her field, she returned to work as a waitress, a job she had during college.

Wood and her family returned to Toledo in 2004 after living in Colorado for 13 years.

She said the job works well for them as her husband Sean is a nurse who works during the day. She can be home for their 7-year-old son Devon during the day and work in the evening when Sean is home.

“It’s a great place to work. We’re like a bunch of sisters working in a family environment. They treat us like family at Mancy’s,” Wood said.

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Holiday calendar at www.toledofreepress.com Some highlights from this week’s online holiday events calendar: ■ “Mary Wolcott’s ‘Southern Hospitality’ in the Maumee Valley”: Visitors can see how the Louisville, Ky., transplant would have celebrated the holidays in Northwest Ohio in the early 1800s. Noon-4 ThursdaysSundays with guided tours at 12:30 and 2:30 through Dec. 19, Wolcott House Museum, 1031 River Road, Maumee. $5 adults, $4 seniors and $2.50 students. (419) 893-9602 or www.wolcotthouse.org.

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Shopping for sports enthusiast can be a win-win

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ere are a few holiday gift ideas to place under the tree for your sports enthusiast.

“Our owner, Merrilee Zawadzki, has been doing this for a long time and she is contemplating retirement,” said store manager Tim KraBuckeye/Wolverine Shop volic. “The location in Perrysburg If you are shopping for a die-hard will be closing at the end of the year, and we will stay open Buckeye or Wolverine till at least April. After fan, then the Buckeye that, it is up in the air and Wolverine Shop for us.” on Monroe Street in The Buckeye and Sylvania or its location Wolverine Shop has on Dixie Highway in many items for fans Perrysburg is the perof Michigan State as fect place. well. The shop boasts The stores will have many Spartan gifts sales on apparel for for fans of the green Ohio State and Michigan fans, and some Chris SCHMIDBAUER and white instead of other specials certain to delight the scarlet and gray or the maize and blue. sports enthusiasts of all ages.

The shop is open from 10 a.m. to Also, this holiday season takes on added significance for 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and the 30-year-old store because it from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.

The store is closed Sundays. might be its last.

The Swamp Shop If you are looking for some local appeal, then the folks at the Swamp Shop, located at Fifth Third Field and at the new Lucas County Arena, will fit the bill. The stores will have sales on Mud Hens and Walleye apparel and novelties for fans.

Director of merchandise and

licensing Craig Katz said the store also has some surprises in store.

“We are planning to have special events where parents can bring their kids out to meet Muddy and Muddonna, who are our Mud Hens mascots, as well as, our Walleye mascots, Spike and CatTrick,” Katz said.

Fans interested in those promotions

should check the Swamp Shop Web site at http://toledomudhens.stores. yahoo.net/ for the specific dates.

The Swamp Shop’s holiday hours are Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 3 p.m.

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Perhaps you would prefer to shop online. If so, here are some online sites that might have just the gift to surprise your special sports fan.

■ College Snuggie: Yes, we have all seen the commercials for the Snuggie, billed as the blanket that has sleeves.

But a recent development in the product might just be the perfect combination for your sports fan during the cold winter months.

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The only drawback to the College Snuggie is it isn’t available in BGSU and UT yet.

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The site offers a wide assortment of various grill accessories from college logo branding irons to a Detroit Tigers grill tools set.

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help. He usually has no qualms about informing the proper authority, and this was no exception.

However, his attempt to help as a first grader knows how, by commissioning a higher power, was not enough to wash away the stained image of schoolyard sportsmanship from his principle-laden little mind or alleviate the feeling that he could have done more.

As thankful as I am to send my son out into the world each day knowing he will try to do right by others, I am equally fearful that there will not be enough others who will do right by him.

The idea of bullies reaching the levels of delinquency that can affect someone’s life forever or end it all together is nerve-racking enough. No longer being afforded the confidence that a greater good just wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen is almost too much to take. Even more terrifying is the fleeting thought that my beautiful little 6-year-old conscientious objector could ever be led down a path to complacency, apathy or something even worse by the time his teen years roll around.

Now that my son’s little Jiminy Cricket has arrived, all I can do is try my best to keep him fresh, well-groomed and here permanently. When principle-testing incidents occur in my child’s life, which they surely will continue to do, I have to use them to the best of my parental ethics-building ability. I have to keep reminding my little Pinocchio that he is responsible not only for himself and his own actions, but also for keeping a watchful eye on and a willingness to help out the rest of the world. Fingers crossed that the rest of the world will do the same.

Shannon and her husband Michael are raising three children in Sylvania.

Follow her blog online at www.

WhatsWithWomen.com and e-mail her at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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8 pm

Brothers & Sisters (N) News

Movies

The Amazing Race 15 A Dog Named Christmas (2009) Premiere.

Simpsons Cleveland Fam. Guy Amer Dad News Seinfeld

Football Night Great Performances ›› At First Sight

NFL Football Pittsburgh Steelers at Baltimore Ravens. (S Live) (CC) News Knut Radio City Christmas Spectacular Change Your ›››› Almost Famous (2000) Billy Crudup.

Cops (CC) Cops (CC) Armstrong Crime

The Office The Office Payne Payne CSI: Miami (CC) Criminal Minds (CC)

Half Half Criminal Minds (CC)

News CSI: NY The Office The Office

Monk (CC) Criminal Minds (CC)

Cold Case Files (CC) CSI: Miami (CC)

› The Ex (2006, Comedy) Zach Braff. (CC) ›› Jackass: Number Two (2006) (CC) ›› Tinker Bell (2008) Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure Wizards Phineas Montana

Futurama Futurama Wizards Montana

››› Knocked Up ››› The Wedding Singer (1998) SportsCenter (Live) (CC) College Football Live (Live) (CC)

The Soup Chelsea SportsCenter (CC)

Girls

Lamas

›› Home Alone 4 (CC) The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2009) (CC) The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2009) (CC) ›› A Town Without Christmas (2001) (CC) Home by Christmas (2006) Linda Hamilton.

Home by Christmas S. Park S. Park Fantasy Fantasy ›› Beavis and Butt-head Do America (1996) True Life (CC) ››› Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) Mark Hamill. ›››› Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977) ›› Jingle All the Way ››› The Santa Clause (1994) (CC) ››› The Santa Clause (1994) Tim Allen. (CC) Daddy ››› One, Two, Three The Importance of Being Earnest ››› The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Playing ››› Cinderella Man ››› Gladiator (2000) Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix. (CC) ››› Cinderella Man

Monday Evening 7 pm 7:30

8 pm

Entertain

Monk (CC)

Grinch

8:30 Shrek

9 pm

House “Teamwork”

November 30, 2009 9:30

10 pm 10:30 11 pm 11:30

Find My Family (N)

Castle (CC)

News

Nightline

Fortune Jeopardy! How I Met Purpose The Office The Office House “Wilson” (N)

Two Men Big Bang Lie to Me (N) (CC)

CSI: Miami (CC) News

News Seinfeld

Late Show King-Hill

News News NewsHour Business

Heroes (N) (CC) The Big Band Years

Trauma (N) (CC)

The Jay Leno Show News Tonight Magic Moments: The Best of 50’s Pop (CC)

Name Earl Inside The Office Friends Intervention “Asa”

Law Order: CI Law Order: CI Intervention “Marci”

Law Order: CI Law Order: CI Intervention “Linda”

Law & Order: SVU News Friends Hoarders “Augustine”

Dunham Wizards

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Monk (CC)

MOVIES

›› Beerfest (2006, Comedy) Jay Chandrasekhar. (CC) Montana ››› Spy Kids (2001) (CC) Phineas

E! News Daily 10 Soup Monday Night Countdown (CC)

Cold Case Files (CC) The Office Fam. Guy Hoarders (CC)

Futurama Futurama Daily Phineas Montana Wizards

Colbert So Raven

The Soup 15 Remarkable Celebrity Body Bouncebacks Chelsea NFL Football New England Patriots at New Orleans Saints. (Live)

E! News SportsCtr.

The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2009) (CC) Grey’s Anatomy (CC) Grey’s Anatomy (CC)

Naughty or Nice (2004) George Lopez. (CC) Rita Rita Rita Rita

The 700 Club (CC) Will-Grace Will-Grace

Grounded Grounded S. Park S. Park ›› Phone Booth (2002) Colin Farrell. ›› Phone Booth ››› Crimson Tide (1995) Denzel Washington.

CSI: Crime Scn CSI: Crime Scn CSI Name Earl Name Earl Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Lopez Tonight (N) Parade Playing Bones (CC)

››› The Lady From Shanghai ›››› The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (CC) (DVS) Bones (CC) The Closer (CC) Law & Order Law & Order

NCIS “Call of Silence”

NCIS “Chained” (CC)

Wednesday Evening 7 pm 7:30 8 pm Entertain

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December 2, 2009

MOVIES

8:30 Middle

9 pm Family

White Collar “All In”

9:30 Cougar

10 pm 10:30 11 pm 11:30 Eastwick (N) (CC)

News

Nightline

Criminal Minds (CC) News The Jay Leno Show

News Seinfeld News

Late Show King-Hill Tonight

NewsHour Business Name Earl Inside

Andre Rieu Live in Dresden: Wedding The Unit (CC) The Unit (CC)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live Change Law & Order: SVU Cold Case Files (CC)

The Office Friends Bounty Hunter

The Unit (CC) Bounty Hunter

News Seagal

Daily Wizards

Scrubs Scrubs Futurama Futurama S. Park The Ultimate Christmas Present Phineas Phineas

Colbert Montana

Family

WWE Monday Night Raw (S Live) (CC)

Fortune Jeopardy! Rudolph, the Reindeer Grammy Nom. The Office The Office So You Think Glee “Mattress” (N) News News Christmas-Rockefeller Law & Order: SVU

The Unit (CC) Bounty Hunter

Friends Seagal

The Office Fam. Guy Dog Dog

S. Park Montana

Daily Wizards

Colbert So Raven

E! News Daily 10 Celebrity Plastic Surgery Stories Extreme Dr. 90210 (N) Chelsea E! News College Basketball Illinois at Clemson. (Live) College Basketball Duke at Wisconsin. (Live) SportsCenter (CC) Pixar Short Films (N) (CC) Grey’s Anatomy (CC) Grey’s Anatomy (CC) Grounded Grounded S. Park S. Park

Pixar Short Films (CC) The 700 Club (CC) Lost Holiday: Jim & Suzanne Shemwell Story Will-Grace Will-Grace Real World-Rd Real World-Rd Real World-Rd

UFC Unleashed (CC) UFC Unleashed (N) Name Earl Name Earl Payne Payne

The Ultimate Fighter (N) Payne Browns Payne

››› Marked Woman Bones (CC)

››› The Petrified Forest (1936) Bones (CC) Forensic

NCIS “Blackwater”

NCIS (CC)

Friday Evening 7 pm 7:30 ABC 13 CBS 11 FOX 36 NBC 24 PBS 30 MNT 48 MNT 20 A&E COM DISN E! ESN FAM LIF MTV SPK TBS TCM TNT USA

9 pm Housewives

60 Minutes (N) (CC) Football The OT

Monk (CC)

ABC 13 CBS 11 FOX 36 NBC 24 PBS 30 MNT 48 MNT 20 A&E COM DISN E! ESN FAM LIF MTV SPK TBS TCM TNT USA

8:30

Funniest Home Videos Extreme-Home

Monk (CC)

ABC 13 CBS 11 FOX 36 NBC 24 PBS 30 MNT 48 MNT 20 A&E COM DISN E! ESN FAM LIF MTV SPK TBS TCM TNT USA

November 29, 2009 9:30 10 pm 10:30 11 pm 11:30

MOVIES

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NCIS “Bloodbath”

8:30

Supernanny (N) (CC)

9 pm

The Ultimate Fighter Lopez Tonight (N)

››› Dead End (1937) Sylvia Sidney.

Kid Gala Forensic ››› A Time to Kill (1996) Sandra Bullock. (CC) NCIS “Ravenous”

White Collar (CC)

December 4, 2009

MOVIES

8 pm

Browns

9:30

Ugly Betty (N) (CC)

Fortune Jeopardy! Ghost Whisperer (N) Medium (N) (CC) The Office The Office Dollhouse “The Public Eye; The Left Hand” (N)

10 pm 10:30 11 pm 11:30 20/20 (CC)

News

Nightline

NUMB3RS (N) (CC) News

News Seinfeld

Late Show King-Hill

News News NewsHour Business Name Earl Inside

Law & Order “Fed” Dateline NBC (N) (CC) The Jay Leno Show News Tonight Wash Wk Deadline Bill Moyers Journal (N) Doo Wop 50 History and style. (CC) WWE Friday Night SmackDown! (N) (CC) Law & Order: SVU Cold Case Files (CC)

The Office Friends Criminal Minds (CC)

WWE Friday Night SmackDown! (N) (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC)

News Friends Criminal Minds (CC)

The Office Fam. Guy CSI: Miami (CC)

Daily Suite Life

Iglesias: Fluffy Wizards Suite Life

Presents Wizards

Live at Gotham (N) Phineas So Raven

Colbert Suite Life

E! News Daily 10 SportsCtr. NBA

Gabriel Iglesias: Fat Phineas Phineas

Presents Montana

Football Wives: THS Girls Soup The Soup Soup Chelsea E! News NBA Basketball Chicago Bulls at Cleveland Cavaliers.

NBA Basketball: Heat at Lakers

Frosty’s ››› Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe. (CC) Grey’s Anatomy (CC) Army Wives Army Wives Army Wives Grounded Grounded S. Park S. Park MTV Special UFC Unleashed (CC) UFC Unleashed (CC) UFC Unleashed (CC) Name Earl Name Earl ››› Dan in Real Life (2007) Steve Carell.

The 700 Club (CC) Will-Grace Will-Grace

Woodies Award Show (N) Jackass UFC Unleashed (CC) UFC Unleashed (CC) ››› Dan in Real Life (2007) Steve Carell.

››› Edge of the City ›› Enchanted April (1991), Alfred Molina (CC) ››› Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) (CC) Bones (CC) Bones (CC) ››› War of the Worlds (2005) Tom Cruise. Premiere. (CC) ››› 300 Monk (CC)

Monk (CC)

Monk (N) (CC)

White Collar (N) (CC)

Monk (CC)

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Critic’s Choice Sunday 9 p.m. on CBS 11 A Dog Named Christmas: A mentally challenged young man (Noel Fisher, “The Riches”) with a soft spot for animals in distress embarks on a mission to find dogs homes for the holidays by persuading his family and the entire community to participate in a Christmas foster-care program at the local animal shelter. Bruce Greenwood (“Star Trek”) and Linda Emond (“Julie & Julia”) also star in this new Hallmark Hall of Fame production.

Monday 8:30 p.m. on ABC 13 Shrek the Halls: What’s not to love about a Christmas special

Tuesday Evening 7 pm 7:30 ABC 13 CBS 11 FOX 36 NBC 24 PBS 30 MNT 48 MNT 20 A&E COM DISN E! ESN FAM LIF MTV SPK TBS TCM TNT USA

Entertain

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8:30

Christmas Elves

9 pm

9:30

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Scrubs (N) Scrubs (N) the forgotten (N) (CC) News Fashion Show News

News News NewsHour Business

The Biggest Loser (N) (CC) The Jay Leno Show Ed Sullivan’s Rock and Roll Classics: The 60s Motown-Definitive

Name Earl Inside The Office Friends Criminal Minds (CC)

Smarter Smarter Smarter Smarter Criminal Minds (CC)

Daily Wizards

Scrubs Scrubs S. Park S. Park S. Park ››› Happy Feet (2006) Voices of Elijah Wood. Phineas

Colbert Montana

E! News Daily 10 Murder College Basketball Wake Forest at Purdue.

Without Santa Grey’s Anatomy (CC)

Nightline

News Seinfeld

Late Show King-Hill

News

Tonight Excuses

Deal No Deal No Law & Order: SVU Cold Case Files (CC) Deal No Deal No News Friends The Office Fam. Guy ››› True Lies (1994) Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis. (CC)

Little Girl Gone College Basketball

› The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Grey’s Anatomy (CC) Sherri Sherri

Girls

S. Park Montana

Daily Wizards

Colbert So Raven

Girls

Chelsea E! News SportsCenter (CC)

› The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Sherri (N) Sherri Will-Grace Will-Grace

Grounded Grounded S. Park S. Park The Hills/City The Hills The City Hills-City The Hills UFC Unleashed (CC) Ultimate Knockouts 3 Super Ultimate Knockouts 4 Super UFC Unleashed (CC) Name Earl Name Earl The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office The Office Lopez Tonight (N) Take-Run Playing Bones (CC)

››› The Far Horizons (1955) Fred MacMurray. ››› The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) Bones (CC) Law & Order Law & Order CSI: NY (CC)

Law & Order: SVU

Law & Order: SVU

Entertain

Insider

Law & Order: SVU

Law & Order: SVU

8:30

9 pm

White Collar (CC)

December 3, 2009

MOVIES

8 pm

9:30

FlashForward (N) (CC) Private Practice (N)

Fortune Jeopardy! Survivor: Samoa (N) The Office The Office Bones (N) (CC) News News Commun Parks

CSI: Crime Scn Fringe “Snakehead” The Office 30 Rock

10 pm 10:30 11 pm 11:30 Private Practice (N)

News

Nightline

The Mentalist (CC) News The Jay Leno Show

News Seinfeld News

Late Show King-Hill Tonight

NewsHour Business Name Earl Inside

Toledo Stories “Holy Toledo” (CC) Toledo Stories “Holy Toledo” (CC) ›› Home for the Holidays (1995) Holly Hunter. Law & Order: SVU

Brain Fitness Cold Case Files (CC)

The Office Friends Criminal Minds (CC)

›› Home for the Holidays (1995) Holly Hunter. News Friends The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (CC)

The Office Fam. Guy Seagal Seagal

Daily Wizards

Scrubs Dunham Dunham Bill Engvall ›› Ice Princess (2005) Joan Cusack. (CC) Phineas

Daily Wizards

Colbert Montana

E! News Daily 10 SportsCenter (CC)

Dunham Montana

Last Days-Jackson Fatal Beauty: 15 Most Notorious Women Chelsea College Football Live College Football Oregon State at Oregon. (Live)

Colbert So Raven E! News

››› The Polar Express (2004) ››› The Polar Express (2004) Voices of Tom Hanks. (CC) The 700 Club (CC) Grey’s Anatomy (CC) Grey’s Anatomy (CC) Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus (2004) (CC) Will-Grace Will-Grace Grounded Grounded S. Park S. Park True Life (CC) Jersey Shore (N) Jersey Shore (N) The Ultimate Fighter Name Earl Name Earl Fam. Guy

Fam. Guy

TNA Wrestling (N) (CC) ›› Rush Hour 2 (2001, Action) Jackie Chan.

Ways Die Ways Die Lopez Tonight (N)

››› The Rack (1956) A Christmas Carol ›› Little Women (1949, Drama) June Allyson. (CC) (DVS) 10th Ave. Bones (CC) NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at San Antonio Spurs. (CC) NBA Basketball: Heat at Nuggets NCIS “Witness” (CC)

Saturday Evening 7 pm 7:30 ABC 13 CBS 11 FOX 36 NBC 24 PBS 30 MNT 48 MNT 20 A&E COM DISN E! ESN FAM LIF MTV SPK TBS TCM TNT USA

Wednesday 8 p.m. on NBC 24 Christmas in Rockefeller Center: Jane Krakowski (“30 Rock”) and Zachary Levi (“Chuck”) co-host this special, as musical artists and personalities from NBC programs gather together at the real-life “30 Rock” to participate in the 77th annual tree-lighting extravaganza.

Fortune Jeopardy! NCIS (CC) NCIS: Los Angeles The Office The Office So You Think You Can Dance (N) (CC)

Thursday Evening 7 pm 7:30 ABC 13 CBS 11 FOX 36 NBC 24 PBS 30 MNT 48 MNT 20 A&E COM DISN E! ESN FAM LIF MTV SPK TBS TCM TNT USA

starring a family of green ogres? Shrek (voice of Mike Myers) isn’t a Christmas kind of guy, but Fiona (voice of Cameron Diaz) loves the holiday, so he goes along — with a little help from Donkey (voice of Eddie Murphy) and the rest of the fairy-tale gang. If this special doesn’t join Rudolph, Frosty and the Grinch in the pantheon of holiday classics, something’s wrong with the world.

To Be Announced

House (CC)

House “Joy” (CC)

House (CC)

December 5, 2009

MOVIES

8 pm

8:30

9 pm

White Collar (CC)

9:30

10 pm 10:30 11 pm 11:30

College Football Big 12 Championship -- Teams TBA. (Live)

Football Cash Exp. Medium (CC) CSI: NY “Help” (CC) Simpsons Simpsons Cops (N) Cops (CC) Most Wanted

48 Hours Mystery (N) News Seinfeld

News News CSI: NY Wanda Sykes

News Paid Prog. Parks ››› The Incredibles (2004) Voices of Craig T. Nelson.

News Sat. Night Great Performances (CC) Straight No Chaser -- Live Great Performances (CC) The First Noel Flight of Fury (2007) Steven Seagal, Alki David. ›› Cutthroat Island (1995) Geena Davis.

Fam. Guy Paid Prog. I Me Wed (2007) Erica Durance.

Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC) Criminal Minds (CC)

The Hills The Hills Criminal Minds (CC)

Cold Case Files (CC) CSI: Miami (CC)

›› Accepted (2006) Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009) ››› Hot Fuzz (2007) Simon Pegg. (CC) ›› The Santa Clause 2 (2002) Tim Allen.

Santa Clause 3: Escape Clause Montana Wizards So Raven The Wedding Singer Scoreboard

› The Sweetest Thing (2002) Cameron Diaz.

Sexy Vegas Job College Football ACC Championship -- Teams TBA. (Live)

The Soup Chelsea SportsCenter (CC)

Harry Potter-Chamber ››› Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Daniel Radcliffe. › Home Alone 3 (CC) Undercover Christmas (2003) Jami Gertz. (CC) 12 Men of Christmas (2009) Premiere. (CC) 12 Men of Christmas Adam Sandler’s S. Park S. Park For the Love of Ray J Gone Too Far (N) The Ultimate Fighter The Ultimate Fighter (S Live) The Office The Office The Office The Office ››› Dan in Real Life (2007) Steve Carell.

True Life ›› Bewitched (2005)

›››› My Fair Lady ››› Random Harvest (1942) Ronald Colman. ››› The Talk of the Town (1942) Cary Grant. ››› The Rock (1996) ››› War of the Worlds (2005) Tom Cruise. (CC) ››› Men in Black (1997) (CC) ››› The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) › I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007) Premiere. Law Order: CI

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OCEAN CORP. Houston, Texas. Train for New Career. Underwater Welder, Commercial Diver, NDT/Weld Inspector. Job placement and financial aid for those who qualify, 1-800-321-0298.

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Dave Newland 3220 River Rd, household items stored at 5202 Enterprise will have items donated to charity on or about 12/5/09 at said location.

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The pre-bid meeting will be held on Thursday, December 3, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. at the former Larchmont Elementary School, 1515 Slater Road, Toledo, Ohio.

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