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OPINION

DECEMBER 6, 2009

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LIGHTING THE FUSE

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hings move very quickly in journalism. Things move very quickly in small business ownership.

Combine the two, with the c h a l lenges built into ordinary life, and seconds melt into h o u r s Thomas F. POUNDS into days, into weeks, into months, into years with a relentless efficiency that leaves you struggling to find equilibrium.

In mid-November, when former UT President and Toledo Free Press columnist Dan Johnson suggested the inspired idea of sending Toledo Mayor-Elect Mike Bell on a tour of successful global port cities before he takes office, it seemed like a great conversation starter to discuss the global market, Toledo’s role in that market and Bell’s role in the two.

Three weeks later, what could have been a pipe dream is drawing real smoke, as several local business leaders have stepped up to bring the concept closer to reality.

Many people immediately saw the value in Johnson’s idea; enable Bell to see for himself what is making the world’s port cities turn, and allow him to establish some face-to-face relationships that could pay off during his term as mayor.

Simple, yet potentially groundbreaking.

Because I strongly endorse the “Bell World Tour,” Toledo Free Press has taken a leadership role in facilitating the organization of the tour’s logistics. While our Editor in Chief Michael S. Miller, has not been involved in these activities, I have been, and remain, actively involved. This is exactly the kind of community-building project I hoped Toledo Free Press could be

a part of when we launched nearly five years ago.

Reader response has been largely supportive of this concept, and our role in it, with one or two exceptions. On Nov. 30, we received the following letter to the editor from Toledoan Catherine Schmidt: “The trip isn’t the issue; an adequately researched vacation (I mean, business trip) could very well supply the political and business leaders included on the ideal passenger list with valuable inspiration, information and contacts that would supplement well conducted research and focused analysis.

“What is troublesome is that Mr. Pounds has used his forum as publisher of a widely distributed weekly newspaper to raise funds for the proposed trip. It seems that Mr. Pounds shares Dan Johnson’s opinion (and my own) that regional government should study economic success factors in port cities worldwide. There is nothing unethical about newspaper management publishing signed, or unsigned, editorial opinions.

However, journalists (including editorial staff and owners) should be mindful to avoid involvement in causes that could appear to result in a conflict of interest or loss of objectivity and independence.

Can you provide your readers with assurance that TFP will remain an independent and unbiased provider of news when it comes to businesses and individuals that contribute to your request for help? How about some transparency as to who is the ‘we’ that is initiating, funding, conversing about, and/or determining the itinerary of our Mayor-elect’s travels?”

There’s nothing like a sudden fork in the road to make you reduce your speed in a hurry.

Ms. Schmidt’s thoughtful letter raises some issues that get to the very core of who Miller and I believe

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we are and what we believe Toledo Free Press can be.

We believe that Toledo Free Press has a legitimate and necessary role in assisting in the positive development of our city and our area. We also recognize that there is a real difference between that role and one that moves by gradation to being directive and/ or dictatorial. It is one thing to help steer the bus; it is another to hold a gun to the head of the bus driver. For that reason, we believe that our involvement should not include holding positions on public bodies of authority that determine how public money is spent.

I volunteer a lot of time to nonprofit, educational and economic development boards, but none that set public policy or dictate the expenditure of public funds (I did serve on the board of directors for the Toledo Zoo, BELL a commitment that was made before we launched Toledo Free Press and one that has now concluded.)

Miller and I have been very careful to limit JOHNSON our involvement to philanthropic and collegiate causes; even then, we are aware that there have been ethical pitfalls and conflicts to be navigated.

As Toledo Free Press has grown in reach and relevance, there have been more opportunities to play an active role in boosting Toledo and our region, in being a good neighbor who

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benefits from helping the neighborhood thrive. When does that involvement cross the line into conflict and compromise? Never. Every time. Sometimes. The truth is, there is no hard and fast truth.

If the Bell World Tour happens — at this point, time and logistics are working against us, and it should be noted that while Bell is involved in the conversation, he is not initiating any fundraising efforts — the primary beneficiary is the City of Toledo and our metropolitan area, through what Bell sees and learns. It certainly will not hurt Toledo Free Press’ burgeoning role as an opinion shaper and development facilitator. The idea was Dan Johnson’s and the money and support will be from private businesses, but our role as connective tissue does impact our relationships with all those involved.

I believe we have thrived editorially and financially because we have not abused our news pages to forcefeed an agenda. Miller and I (and our columnists) may try like hell to convince you of a point of view on these pages, but no news story has ever been a platform to enforce some imagined justice.

I cannot speak for the many companies who are working to make the Bell World Tour happen, but I hope they will allow their contributions to be conservatively noted at some point, to maintain the integrity of our publication, and far more importantly, the integrity of Bell’s administration.

Catherine Schmidt, and readers like her, are needed to stand with Miller and me to make sure we keep our promises and never step into the footprints of those who believe a neighborhood has to be destroyed before it can be reborn.

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

Michael S. MILLER

Hit list ■ Former Toledo City Manager Phil Hawkey ■ Port Authority President Gary Failor ■ Lucas County Commissioner Jim Holzemer ■ UT President Frank Horton ■ Developer Bruce Douglas ■ Radio personality Denny Schaffer ■ U.S. Rep. Paul Gillmor ■ Seneca County Commissioner Ben Nutter ■ Lucas County Improvement Corp.’s Jeannie Hylant ■ United Way Board of Trustees ■ Lucas County GOP Executive Director Joanne Wack ■ Port Authority President Jim Hartung ■ Port Authority Lobbyist Kathy Teigland ■ YMCA Executive Director Jody Alexander ■ YMCA President Robert Alexander ■ Lucas County Dog Warden Tom Skeldon ■ Me ■ You? Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press. Contact him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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resident Obama has chosen below poverty levels to make up the to address two of the most difference and then rely on those tax difficult tasks that face our levels to fund our international (and national) adventures, nation. As I type while cutting taxes for this, I’m listening to the wealthiest 1 perhis address on the cent is, in my mind, Afghan war, and on insane.

Dec. 3, he will conHas anyone novene a jobs summit ticed where all the to try to deal with tax money to bail the record high unout these bankers, employment that etc., comes from? It still looms. A quotacomes from you and tion I ran across ear- Don BURNARD me. When it was suglier sticks with me: “Nations have recently been gested that a small tax be put on led to borrow billions for war; no financial transactions in the money nation has ever borrowed largely markets to fund the next round of for education. Probably, no na- greedy misadventures, you’d have tion is rich enough to pay for both thought they were getting their corwar and civilization. We must porate fingernails ripped out. Why make our choice; we cannot have should they have to pay even a small both.” Abraham Flexner, educator fee when they can always take our pensions, savings and taxes and get (1866-1959).

This quote, for which I have no huge bonuses for doing it!

I suggest that it’s our turn to date, still rings true today.

One of the biggest differences profit from our own hard work. between this recession and the We don’t need to return to the Great Depression is that the De- profligate ways of recent Wall pression was a combination of Street excess to wait for a few government spending, regulation droppings to dribble down. We and the advent of World War II need to be adequately paid for brought us out of it. Today, war- our work, too. As recently as the time spending is adding to the 1980s, the average CEO made problem rather than helping. The about 97 times the wage of his avcost of running two wars, neither erage worker. Today, that number of which we have any chance is about 511 times. This is hunof “emerging victorious” from, dreds of times more than any coupled with the train wreck of other countries’ CEOs make. This an economy we were left with by disparity is the highest it has been the last administration, have left since — wait for it — 1929! Does us in dire straits. I have serious anyone else see a repeat pattern doubts about any political will, here? Now, I know those of you let alone ability, to effectively deal who write to me in all caps will with it. Too many monied inter- think I really am a communist, soests are in play to hope for any cialist, or whatever, but I just don’t really helpful solutions for the think anyone should make more average Joe and Jane. The Blue money than they, their family and Dogs on the Democratic side are probably most of the people they still shilling for the banking and know, could spend in several lifebig med interests, and the Re- times for screwing up a company. publican side is doing the same The very biggest banks we bailed and giving its usual chant about out are on schedule to dole out how lower taxes and less govern- $130 billion in bonuses this year ment are the be all and end all to because they took the money from all of our problems, even though us and used it to improve their after 30 years of beating that dead bottom lines instead of putting it horse, they have no proof that it’s back into the economy through done a damn bit of good. In their loans to small businesses. Bizarro diatribes against anything this World indeed. Can anything be administration would try, they done? I think some real, effective steps can be taken to try to right offer no useful input.

So, what’s a mother to do? I believe the ship. While you mull this over, the only way out of this mess is to rees- I’ll try to put these thoughts into tablish a strong middle class, thereby coherent form for next time. establishing a strong tax base to fund a necessary social safety net. The idea E-mail columnist Don Burnard at you should keep cutting wages to letters@toledofreepress.com

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DECEMBER 6, 2009

Life after Carty

his December, when some are counting down the seconds to the New Year, others will be counting down the days until Carty Finkbeiner will no longer be mayor of the City of Toledo.

This is the passing of an era. For my generation, Carty has always been Toledo’s mayor — a four-year stint by Mayor Jack Ford notwithstanding. And for Terry Toledoans of any age, Carty was the first “strong mayor” after our city charter was amended to do away with the city manager form of government. Since then, he has held the post 12 out of 16 years — a full 75 percent of the time.

I am mixed in my views on Carty. I have often found his antics to be counter-productive and cringe at some of the things Toledo has gained national news coverage for during his tenure. There is a very small space in the American conscientiousness dedicated to modernday Toledo, Ohio, and unfortunately it is largely occupied by things like moving deaf people out to the airport, stopping Marines from conducting exercises downtown, and ticketing people for parking in their own driveways.

At the same time, I can’t help but love his give-em-hell spirit — an indomitable will that is, to me, distinctly Toledoan. I pray to have only half as many bonehead moments as Carty Finkbeiner, but I also hope I’ll have even half as much persistence and drive. Few people have sweat as much for Toledo as Carty Finkbeiner — then again, I guess few people have a $10,000 shower at their office to wash the sweat away.

But, regardless of whether you think Carty is the best or worst thing that has ever happened to Toledo, one thing is certain: with each passing day, there is less and less time for him to affect what he will leave behind. The rest of the political leaders in our community would do well to realize that the same is true for them. Amid all the extrospection about what kind of legacy Carty is leaving behind, our leaders should take the opportunity to look ahead and see what sort of legacy they’re building.

Whether newly elected or already seated, our leaders cannot afford “stay the course” unless they want to be remembered as the folks who were in charge when

Toledo finally passed the point of no return.

Toledo — and the rest of Lucas County — needs its leaders to seriously consider what it is that they will leave behind, not just what will help or harm their odds at the ballot box next time around. If our leaders leave behind more of what we already have, Toledo is BIEL doomed. “Doomed” is not a word I use lightly, but it is very much the truth.

If our elected officials think baby steps are enough to stop the decline, they are sorely mistaken.

Our region won’t recover because we chased out a cruel dog warden or banned texting while driving.

We probably won’t even be saved by automated garbage pick-up, red light cameras or a new arena. These are all important, of course, but they pale in comparison to Toledo’s average population loss of 2,000 people every year since 1980.

If the various leaders think the budgets are bad this year and the next, what exactly are they doing to combat not just today’s high unemployment rates, but the emigration of the past 30 years? That steady urban exodus is truly at the heart of our budget woes and reflects more than a loss of bodies: it’s a loss of skills, investment, civic pride, community identity, and optimism.

Baby steps won’t do, nor childish squabbling. We need fully-grown

men and women working together and taking big, bold strides.

Carty is leaving behind a $30 million deficit for 2010 and an asyet unknown deficit for 2009. He’s

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If our elected officials

think that baby steps are

enough to stop the decline, they are sorely mistaken.” also leaving behind a downtown baseball stadium and a Chrysler plant that went from nearly relocating in 1997 to being a frontrunner for expansion with new Fiat lines. It’s a mixed bag for sure, but it’s what we’ve got and it will soon be done. And it would be best if we didn’t spend a lot of time lamenting it or blaming future challenges on what Carty left behind.

It doesn’t have to end like this.

Cities don’t die of old age. They don’t have natural lifespans resulting necessarily in death. But we need more from our leaders than just making sure leaves are picked up on time, or Toledo will certainly go from seriously injured to fatally wounded, and history will list the names of those under whose stewardship she died. Is that the kind of legacy our elected officials hope to leave behind for their children, grandchildren and generations to come?

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On Dec. 2, cellular service provider Verizon Wireless told the 235 employees at its call center in Maumee that the center will close in April. Verizon is trying to consolidate its resources to save money and the more than 50 other call centers in the country can handle the Maumee center’s calls, said Verizon spokeswoman Laura Merritt. The employees in Maumee will have the opportunity to relocate to other call centers or other positions in the company.

GOVERNMENT

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

The owners of an abandoned property that has frustrated city officials have been located by Toledo Free Press.

Two men with connections to 1502 Elm St. have been found by Toledo Free Press fact checker Lisa Renee Ward. Ward, operator of the political blog Glass City Jungle, has connected Harold O. Miller and Frederick Clark of Select Properties Group LLC, based out of Florida, to the property.

Citizens concerned with the abandoned warehouse at 1502 Elm St., also known as 1510 Elm St., brought their case to the city. They claim the building, where the body of Cindy Sumner was found in September, is a breeding ground for crime. The six-story building was formerly the Sam Davis Building.

Sumner, 20, was reported missing by her family Aug. 6. Sumner suffered from muscular dystrophy and multiple sclerosis, and had some cognitive disabilities. On Sept. 17, her body was recovered from the warehouse at 1510 Elm St. The city has been forced to pay for the property because it has not been able to locate the owners of Select Properties Group LLC, which owns the building, an official said.

Bob Mossing, manager for code enforcement for the Department of Neighborhoods, said the city put tracers out and wrote the Attorney General of Florida to find the officers of Select Properties, an inactive corporation. The city knew Miller was an agent of the company, but

could not hold him responsible unless he was an owner, Mossing said.

In June, the Department of Neighborhoods was in court requesting Select Properties Group, LLC to board up the building.

Bench warrants for the company were issued, but no representatives ever came.

When the business failed to board up the building, the city covered the windows and doors, Mossing said.

A hearing Oct. 28 gave the city more time to locate and speak with the building’s owners, Select Properties Group LLC. Meanwhile, the city was ordered to place steel bars on all the first floor entrances and windows, after the first set of boards were torn down.

On Nov. 12, a follow-up hearing took place to give an update on the progress at the building. Judge C. Allen McConnell ruled the city’s progress in securing the warehouse was unacceptable and the city had 13 days to board up the location.

The city had to special order the raw materials to board up the building, costing about $4,000, Mossing said.

On Nov. 18, the city began placing metal bars over the 25 windows, eight garage doors and individual doors on the ground floor of the building. “In the long run, everyone would like to just demolish the thing,� Mossing said.

The city received a quote for demolition that was $384,000.

Messy sales history Ward said she used the Auditor’s Real Estate Information System

(AREIS), to track and find the owners of the property.

According to AREIS, the Elm Street property was donated on Dec. 11, 2003, to “National Heritage Foundation FBO The Sweetwater Foundation et. al� by Harold Frutiger and Deborah Rosetto, trustee.

That same day the property was sold to Select Properties Group for $230,000. However, both The Sweetwater Foundation and Select Properties had the same address at 333 S. Tamiami Trail Suite 283, Venice, Fla. According to the fiduciary deed for 1510 Elm St., however, a 46/100 interest was granted to Select Properties Group LLC and 54/100 was granted to National Heritage Foundation for the benefit of the Sweetwater Foundation on Dec. 11, 2003. Both sales were recorded on Dec. 16, 2003.

Then on Aug. 1, 2006, Select Properties Group gave the 1510 location to The Arts Center of Toledo LLC, which had the same 333 S. Tamiami Trail address. On Aug. 3, the property was sold back to Select Properties Group for $860,000.

Both transactions were recorded Aug. 16, 2006.

Select Properties Group then changed its address to 7350 S. Tamiami Trail, where a business Select Properties of Sarasota, Fla. is also located.

Confirming association After contacting Select Properties of Sarasota, the president of the company, Alvin Rees, confirmed it had no association with Select Properties Group. Rees provided Ward with the name Harold O. Miller from the mail drop com-

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Multiple businesses Clark and Miller also incorporated The Arts Center of Toledo LLC, which was previously one of the owners of 1502 Elm St. Miller and Clark are agents on numerous other active and inactive corporations in Florida.

Between the two, more than 100 corporations have been founded in Florida.

According to the Florida Department of State Division of Corporations, the cost of filing a new corporation in the state of Florida is $70, and an additional $8.75 if the corporation would like to receive a certification.

Where are they?

According to the Florida Bar Association, Miller is listed as an at-

torney in good standing.

Repeated attempts were made to contact Miller, who did not respond for comment.

E-mails sent to the last known address for Clark were neither responded to, nor bounced back as undeliverable.

separate legal person.

Barrett said there are rare circumstances when owners of corporations and LLCs could be held accountable for the company. The law in those situations is called “piercing the corporate veil.�

Holding LLCs accountable

The property at Elm Street was originally donated to the National Heritage Foundation for the benefit of The Sweetwater Foundation.

National Heritage Foundation is an organization that provides donoradvised funds. The organization had to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and a court declared all donor funds as assets this year.

More than 9,000 donor-advised funds and $25 million went to pay off lawsuits incurred by the organization.

Donor-advised funds are a product or fund the IRS allows to

LLC stands for limited liability company.

John Barrett, associate professor of law at UT, said the best way to understand an LLC for liability purposes is to think of it as a corporation. “When you become a shareholder in a corporation, you own a piece of it. If the corporation is sued, the owners aren’t personally held liable for what it does. The business itself is the only thing that is finanically responsible,� Barrett said.

The LLC would be treated as a

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A gift is made to the fund, and assets from that gift can be given away to charities, said Keith Burwell, president of the Toledo Community Foundation.

Burwell said an appealing aspect of donor-advised funds is operationally, they are much less expensive than a private or family foundation.

In order to avoid losing a charity’s or foundation’s funding, like what happened with National Heritage Foundation, Burwell has a few tips. “In every case when you look at an entity that is carrying out charitable work, nonprofit or community foundation, you want individuals who have no direct interest in the outcome to be in charge,� Burwell said. “Examine how many have a direct interest in the outcome of the organization or nonprofit.�

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He said the National Heritage Foundation had too many insiders on the board and no checks and balances were in place. “When you look at the charity and when you look at the board of directors, and they are all family members, you want to put as many guarantees in place that the money will be used wisely,�

Burwell said. “In charity, as in business, if it seems too good to be true it usually is,� he said.

The Toledo Community Foundation has a 12-page process to accept real estate to make sure it isn’t something that is getting passed around or dumped, Burwell said.

While the intention for the original donation of the Elm Street property was charity-based, taxpayers will most likely end up footing the bill now, and for the demolition.

EDUCATION

John Foley to resign at end of contract

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

Toledo Public Schools (TPS) Superintendent John Foley announced he will resign when his contract expires. “A lot of factors influenced my decision; No one thing that I could say was the final or de-

ciding factor. It was time to move on and let the board move on,�

Foley said. “I wanted to leave at a moment that allows the district the best opportunity to be prepared for change. Leave the district in good step for them to find the best leader.�

The TPS Board of Education accepted his resignation at a special meeting Nov. 30.

His announcement came one

week after the TPS Board of Education offered him a one-year contract extension.

The board’s decision to offer a one-year extension when Foley sought a two-year extension is one of many reasons for resigning, he said. Foley said personal issues and timing were also factors.

Foley will continue to serve TPS until July 31, 2010. “The goals are to continue to

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work hard so that our students can learn and the district [can] improve. The timeline changes but not the focus,� he said.

Foley served as superintendent since May 2007, and worked for TPS for 33 years. “I can stand behind the academic roads we’ve made.

We could always FOLEY do more, but we’ve made positive growth,�

Foley said. “We’ve reduced the number of suspensions and expulsions and set up some practices that will sustain the district in the long haul.�

Foley has not decided what he will do next, he said. “Foley will be greatly missed.

He’s done lots for our district.

He’s passed levies during bad economic times, terrific job on building for success campaigns and negotiating teacher contracts,� said Bob Vasquez, TPS Board of Education president. “Although it hasn’t always been as much as hoped, he’s continued our academic improvement and will be sadly missed.�

Following Foley’s announcement, board members discussed performing a national search.

The board will put together a list of qualities it thinks are necessary in a new superintendent, Vasquez said.

“We need someone with vision, who is going to see down the road a number of years, not a year or tomorrow. Someone who can find our strengths and fill in where there are weaknesses,� he said.

Vasquez said the district needs to find someone to help underperforming schools. “Our next superintendent needs to be someone that understands underperforming schools in an urban area and how to tackle that,� Sobecki said. “We need someone that can work with our financial budget. We need to look for someone who can work with a community as diverse as we are and be able to handle those situations.�

Board member-elect Larry Sykes said he is prepared to help choose a new superintendent because he has been part of the process before. “Our new superintendent will need to be one that will be able to move the district forward academically. One that can bring the community together and get them involved,� Sykes said.

Currently there are no internal candidates, Vasquez said. “I applaud Mr. Foley for giving us enough notice to find the right person to run the district,� Sobecki said. “We have a lot of schools and a lot of big projects. We want to have a proper turnover.�

The board hopes to have a new superintendent by June, Vasquez said.

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Halkos excited, nervous about TLC documentary premiere

By Vicki L. Kroll TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Dec. 13 will be a big day at the Halko home. T.J. will turn 12, and Marla and Tim will watch “6 Going on 60,” the TLC documentary that focuses on their daughter, Kaylee.

“Kaylee says she’s going to be a movie star,” Tim said.

“We’re excited and nervous,” Marla added. “Anytime something’s going to be out and everybody’s going to see it, you get a little nervous if it has to do with you and your family. I’m sure they’ll do a really nice job.”

When asked if Kaylee and her brothers, T.J., Brendan, 10, and Jacob, 8, will watch the premiere, Marla said, “I don’t know. I kind of want to view it first. We’re definitely going to let them see it. We’ll have to see how it plays out.”

The program will air at 9 p.m.

TLC released this description: “‘6 Going on 60’ follows the story of two vibrant, young girls, Kaylee Halko, 6, and Lindsay Ratcliffe, 5, who suffer from a rapid aging disease called progeria, a fatal, genetic

condition that only affects 54 children in the world. This moving film follows these brave little girls as they try to live happy, normal lives in the face of such a rare, incurable condition and their families’ efforts to finding a cure.” “ Vi e w e r s can expect to see a moving, human film KAYLEE that focuses on the day-to-day life of two children who suffer with an extremely rare aging condition called progeria,” Suemay Oram, director and producer, wrote in an e-mail from London. “They will be surprised, touched by the normality of their lives, and how Kaylee and Lindsay — like all children — just want the same things out of life.”

Oram and cameraman Sean Lewis, freelancers who worked on the documentary for Blink Films of London, spent two weeks with the Halkos this year.

“Both families have a fighting,

incredible spirit,” Oram noted. “The goal was always to give a voice to these two wonderful girls and allow their personalities to come across through their own storylines. And I think Kaylee and Lindsay did an amazing job at speaking to the camera and voicing their thoughts, concerns and emotions.”

Since her diagnosis in 2004, Kaylee has become an area celebrity with appearances on local news programs.

“She has no problem with the cameras,” Marla said. “She loved making the documentary. She can’t wait to see herself on TV.” The Halkos decided to participate in the documentary to raise awareness about progeria.

“We’re hoping the documentary shows people that children with progeria are normal and act the same as any other kids,” Tim said.

“We are always striving to raise awareness of progeria,” Audrey Gordon, president and executive director of the Progeria Research Foundation Inc., wrote in an e-mail.

“Our hope is that a program like this will … make it possible to win this race against time for Kaylee,

Lindsay and all children with progeria around the world.”

The Progeria Research Founda-

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Group claims statewide smoking ban should have never been on ballot

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

Opponents of Ohio Bans, a group against the Issue 5 indoor smoking ban, said it has uncovered evidence of petition and voter fraud from the 2006 election.

“The issue was fraudulent from the word ‘go,’” said Bill Delaney, owner of Delaney’s Lounge and member of Opponents of Ohio Bans.

The group’s research found Issue 5 should not have been on the ballot.

A spokeswoman for Opponents of Ohio Bans, Pam Parker, said the group began making public records requests in January and found illegal practices and petition fraud.

During the petition process, a judge invalidated 23,270 signatures and gave Smoke Free Ohio 10 days to get more signatures, but the ban was sent to the ballot 20 days before the group provided the signatures, Parker said.

Because of the insufficient signatures, the ban should have been pulled from the ballot, Parker said.

Signatures were paid for, some appeared forged and individuals collecting signatures had their addresses listed as hotels, Parker said.

Opponents of Ohio Bans found at least 47 felons collected signatures.

“They claim smoke free policies don’t harm businesses... They lied, it does hurt our business,” Parker said.

“We all wouldn’t be complaining if it turned out to be lucrative like they said... Our economic downturn started the day we went smoke free.”

Delaney defied the ban and received $11,000 in fines from the state. Opponents of Ohio Bans wants the government to enforce what it said on the ballot, he said.

“We want exemption for familyowned and operated business and private clubs. They said those exemptions don’t apply to anything.

They lied on the front of the ballot,” Delaney said.

There is no legal precedent to invalidate a law passed by voters on the because of problems in the petition process, said Jeff Ortega, spokesman for the Secretary of State’s office.

“Certainly, people can bring forth another initiated statute, but the voters have spoken on the issue,” he said.

Ortega said the ban occurred under a previous administration and if there would be any investigation it would have to go through state prosecutors.

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Rossford teen performs with Masterworks Chorale

By Autumn Lee TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

A weekend concert marks the end of a musical learning experi-

ence a Rossford teen will carry with her forever.

Katie Kraus, a senior at Central Catholic High School, was one of three high school students chosen to intern with the Masterworks

Chorale, a nonprofit mixed-voice ensemble comprised of singers from the Toledo area.

Kraus, who sings soprano, began the audition process in May and learned in September she was chosen.

“I was surprised and really excited,” she said, adding she was a little nervous because it was something she had never done before.

Her last performance with Masterworks Chorale will be in its Christmas concert 8 p.m. on Dec. 5 and 4 p.m. Dec. 6 at Epworth United Methodist Church, 3077 Valleyview Drive. Kraus said the concert will offer a variety of music, including songs sung in a foreign language.

Singing and music are nothing new for the 17-year-old Central Catholic High School senior.

Kraus began singing solos when she was in the second grade. She took piano lessons from second to eighth grade and began voice lessons in the sixth grade. She has performed in two musicals at her school and is president of the school’s glee club.

Kraus’ glee club director, Debbie Barrow, encouraged her to audition.

“I had no idea what to expect, [even though] I had auditioned for things before,” Kraus said.

Barrow said sometimes her students need a little push to see what else is out there. The internship is a wonderful opportunity for Kraus, she said.

“I thought she’d be competitive,” Barrow said. “[Katie] has a very lovely singing voice, and she sings musically.”

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mentor. Rayl said she has had the privilege of sitting next to Kraus for the past few months.

“Katie came to us with a very mature voice for a singer of such a young age and we hoped that through singing with Masterworks, her musicianship could also reach that level of maturity … because of the wonderful director that we have and the variety [and] challenge of the music,” Rayl said.

The internship allows interns to develop independence and the discipline to learn music on their own, she said.

“She’s been very diligent on that,” Rayl said.

As an intern with the Masterworks Chorale, Kraus practiced every Monday for more than two hours in addition to working on her own. Kraus said she has never been held to this level of expectation before, as far as a chorale group goes. Being an intern forced her to do enough work outside rehearsal so she could be as close to the level of the other performers, Kraus said.

She said the experience will help her with future college performances.

“Every new director I can work with is really valuable, too,” she said.

Kraus is planning to pursue a music performance degree, and said she hopes to perform for as long as possible. She is also considering obtaining a music education degree.

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Amy Burditt’s son Brandon has experienced a lot in his young life.

Born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, Brandon, 20 months, has already undergone three corrective surgeries and is expected to undergo two more when he gets older.

Brandon’s medical journey and developmental milestones are chronicled in “A Little Blessing,” a blog she started in July after reading another blog written by a parent whose son has similar medical challenges.

“My goal is to hopefully reach out to others in a way that is helpful and inspiring to them,” the registered nurse said. “The blog is a very big release for me; I just love it. I didn’t start it when Brandon was born. It was almost a year and a half later, so within 24 hours, I had the bulk of it done.

“I just kept typing; it came to me so easily that I felt I was meant to do it,” Burditt said. “It’s something for Brandon to look back on and say, ‘Wow, mom, this is cool. I’m glad I know what I went through.’”

According to the National Institutes of Health, a cleft lip and palate are birth defects that occur when the tissue that forms the roof of the mouth and upper lip don’t fuse together before birth.

The birth defect can range from a small notch in the lip to a groove that runs into the roof of the mouth and nose. Treatment involves surgery to close the lip and palate.

Brandon’s first surgery, which closed his lip, occurred when he was just 4 months old, Burditt said.

A second surgery at 9 months corrected an unrelated medical condition known as hypospadias, a birth defect affecting the urethra in

males. During that time, Brandon also had tubes placed in his ears because babies with cleft issues are more susceptible to infections.

A third surgery to close his Brandon’s palate took place when he was a year old.

Burditt said her son came through his surgeries just fine, thanks to his calm and upbeat demeanor.

“Brandon is a trooper,” she said.

“He makes it easy for me. He is so laid back and so good at the doctor’s offices. He’s comfortable and he doesn’t cry. He’s not scared. His spirit has always been very high; he’s been very happy, and there’s something about his nature that is very calming to people.”

A team of specialists continues to monitor Brandon’s development, including a plastic surgeon, oral surgeon and speech therapist.

He is expected to begin speech therapy at age 3 to help with his articulation, Burditt said.

He will also undergo two additional surgeries — one between ages 7 and 10 — to reconstruct his palate using a bone graft taken from his hip, and a rhinoplasty during his teenage years to improve the shape of his nose.

Despite the difficulty of seeing Brandon experience medical challenges at such a young age, Burditt said she wouldn’t change him being born with special needs and considers it a blessing that Brandon is doing so well.

“I hate that he’s gone through these things, but it hasn’t changed how we love him and take care of him,” she said. “He has brought so much joy to me. I can’t remember a time when I’ve smiled so much or been so happy. I feel like there was a purpose for me to be his mom.”

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Rarely do I make a trip out in public without having an unfamiliar, smiling face greet my little family ball of chaos with â&#x20AC;&#x153;I remember those days.â&#x20AC;?

The reminiscent statement is often followed by an opened door or a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Let me help you.â&#x20AC;? I get the feeling that along with a sense of relief that these chaotic days are over for my good Samaritans, that there is also a slight sense of longing to go back one more time in their offers of assistance.

Those viewing the chaos of parenthood from an outside perspective seem to glean more appreciation for its merit than those of us still in the midst of its whirlwind, just as those of us attempting to tread water through the chaos have more of an appreciation for the control that continually eludes us. While we are able to focus on the soothingly geometric and orderly aspects of control, those who actually have it may perceive more of its somberness. While we focus on the disorderly wild of our own chaos, those without it can more clearly recognize the vividness it adds to a life.

As much as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d sometimes like to have the option of flipping my lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s canvas for variety, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take one day having the option of looking back on a vivid life in exchange.

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This is life with children. Although here is a scene from the movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;Six Degrees of Separationâ&#x20AC;? we are living at a time when we should that pops into my head from be able to control every miniscule facet of our own lives, time to time. Donald because we have at our Sutherlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character disposal all of the inforis showing a friend his mation we would ever prized Wassily Kanneed to make sound, dinsky painting, which rational decisions for is painted on both sides ourselves, the lives of of the canvas. He expeople half our size plains that one side is continue to decide for that of control, â&#x20AC;&#x153;somber us. When we become and geometric,â&#x20AC;? while parents, our lives bethe other is that of Shannon SZYPERSKI come controlled by the chaos, â&#x20AC;&#x153;wild and vivid.â&#x20AC;?

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Truthfully, our parenting path painting back and forth for variety.

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“We’re always looking for new opportunities to provide work for our employees,” said Joan Uhl Browne, president of Lott Industries, a nonprofit organization. “We can do anything for anybody anywhere with our facilities and dedicated work force.”

Lott Industries has adopted the theme “Can do* … a Lott for your business and a Lott for our community.”

Lott employs from 900 to 1,200 developmentally and physically disabled workers at three production facilities in Lucas County. It has worked with companies of all sizes from the Big Three automakers to small businesses needing to supplement their work force.

Lott Industries served the automotive industry as a tier one supplier to Ford Motor Company for 26 years with an on-time and quality rate of 99.9 percent. In 2006, 75 percent of its revenue of $7 million came from its work for Ford.

Almost 80 percent of that work disappeared as it lost seven contracts when Ford closed the Maumee stamping plant in 2007. The overall parts business has decreased by 50 percent in recent years, Browne said.

Lott recently acquired new contracts for assembling 20-plus parts for a Honda supplier that kept 80 to 100 employees working.

Lott now offers digital imaging, electronic billing, dunnage, document and information destruction services, recycling of books and X-ray films, as well as making new “green” products.

Lott’s workers cut off book covers and sort them by paper grade for shipment to sources that use them by those grades. X-ray films are shredded

and shipped to sources that reclaim the silver contained in them.

Dunnage services include assembling, sorting, inspecting, packaging, labeling and shipping products for domestic and foreign companies.

Lott has the resources to inspect and package as many as 50,000 parts in three days, said Browne.

Lott recently inspected a shipment of items from China for the United Service Organization to send to U.S. troops overseas, Browne said.

Reliable work force For 20 years, Lott has provided compliant destruction of documents and multimedia information for local sources with pickup service within a 100-mile radius. It is certified by the National Association for Information Destruction.

Lott has developed numerous partnerships with local academic and business sources to create new opportunities for its workers.

The Center for Innovative Food Technology presented Lott with an idea for producing bio-preferred products made from renewable agricultural and biological materials from animal, plant and marine sources.

Lott manufactures and sells environmentally friendly cleaning products, such as a multipurpose degreaser, glass and hard surface cleaner, foaming hand cleanser and cream cleanser.

The cleaning products were approved for general distribution contracts by the State of Ohio office of procurement Nov. 13, making them available to government agencies, offices and state universities.

Students from UT’s College of Engineering worked on a senior design project at Lott this year. They developed a fireplace brick made from recycled fiber and bio-materials that will be packaged and sold in the future, Browne said.

for several local clients, including 15 contract workers doing digital imaging for electronic records at the Lucas County Clerk of Courts office.

“They are great people doing quality work in high-tech jobs for us,” said Bernie Quilter, clerk of courts.

Quilter said the court originally hired one person from Lott to do image prepping work to save money.

When the county established its imaging lab, it went back to Lott for additional qualified workers and trained them to work on computers and scanners for digital imaging of court cases and records.

“Those workers have indexed and scanned about 20,000 documents and helped reduce the county’s storage costs,” Quilter said. “We’ve had visitors from other counties in Ohio, national and international companies such as Chase Bank visit ■ LOTT CONTINUES ON A15

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Then, we received a letter from the school, letting us know it was providing the shots in a few days.

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We talked with a couple of parents who had already the shot, and we knew of others who had gotten sick.

In the end, we decided it was a good idea to protect our children.

I wish when it comes to protecting our families for excess taxes, getting a shot was a simple solution.

I could see it now, a line of local residents outside our office walking in and getting a quick shot for their year-end tax planning.

The reality is, year-end tax planning often takes time. It takes time to complete a review, work up a plan and implement strategies to save on taxes. The process often involves hours, not minutes. Yet, the results can be a savings of thousands of dollars. So, the investment of time can be well worth the long-term results.

In a few weeks, we will be ringing in another new year, and when the clock strikes midnight, there isn’t a whole lot anyone can do to change their taxes for 2009. You are pretty much stuck with the decisions.

You did nothing and might end up overpaying or you have taken time to review your situation and made changes to help lower your tax bill.

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Doing so may only make you and your family come down with the “tax flu” in a few months.

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our imaging operations to see the results of their work.”

“We’re re-inventing the work we can do to keep people employed.

Lott has proven that people with developmental disabilities can be viable members of the work force,” said Lon Mitchell, manager of public affairs for the Lucas County Board of Developmental Disabilities.

The county provides professional support staff at Lott to train disabled people.

“We help place people in the community by coaching them, refining their job skills and helping them find employment inside and outside the organization,” Mitchell said.

In the past year, Lott opened a Shared Lives Studio where 10 to 12 regular artists and other contributors are making artwork, jewelry, greeting cards, notebooks and other products from recycled materials.

Lott will be a participant in the Heralding the Holidays event at the Toledo Botanical Garden Dec. 4 through Dec. 6 by selling products made in the Shared Lives Studio, Browne said.

“Joan is very creative at finding green ideas to generate additional work,” Mitchell said.

Lott Industries recently received national media coverage with an article published Nov. 28 in the Wall Street Journal. The reporter drove from Pittsburgh and spent a day with the people at Lott before writing the story, Browne said.

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ot by choice, but more perception, community colleges throughout the country carry with them a black sheep stigma in terms of higher education and the athletic programs they offer.

At Owens Community College (OCC), head men’s basketball coach Kevin Skaggs is working to bridge the Ryan social and athletic gap and build an understanding of what it means to attend OCC and play for the Express.

“We made the decision to reconnect with the local coaches,” coach Skaggs said. “We wanted to show them that Owens CC is a viable option. Our frustration has been watching good players leave the area and then, after a year, come back.”

Perusing this year’s roster, I have to confirm coach Skaggs has accomplished his mission. Half of his roster played basketball in either the Toledo City League or Northern Lakes League. Six of those high school heroes just graduated last year.

Owens’ third head coach in three years recruited four former Rogers Rams and has players from Central Catholic (Bruce Huntley), Rossford (Tommy Kralovic) and St. John’s Jesuit (Jon Dunn) playing for him.

Tapping the local talent pool creates chemistry and a formula that translated into national championships in the late 1980s and ’90s and coach Skaggs witnessed it firsthand from the other bench.

“I remember looking at the roster loaded with Toledo players,” Skaggs recalled. “You’d look at that roster and see kids from

Scott, Rogers, Libbey and even Clay High School.”

Skaggs says his coaching staff scouted seven Rogers Rams games last December as they tried to coax the talent down Interstate 75.

They landed 6-foot-7-inch twin towers DaLante Heard and Craig Short to beef up the paint.

“It’s fun because I know exactly how they FOWLER want the ball,” Heard said of playing with his friends. “I know where they want the ball and what they are going to do with it.”

“We have our times when we joke around,” Short said. “Because we know what each other is going to do when it comes down to it. We already have that chemistry.”

Fellow Ram Derrick Sanderfer was hesitant to play at first and thought about redshirting this season due to some nagging injuries, but elected to play.

“He [Derrick] can shoot the heck out of the ball,” Skaggs said.

“He’s one of those raw talented kids. When he realizes how big he is and how good he can be and he commits to that, he could be a surprise for us.”

For Rossford alum Kralovic, it was a quick drive around the corner to keep his basketball career thriving. Though bigger schools like Baldwin Wallace, Bluffton and Ohio Northern were hoping to snag the sharp shooter, Kralovic saw potential in staying closer to home and joining the Express.

“We’ve all bonded together,” Kralovic said. “If coach Skaggs has confidence in [the local kids] he’s going to throw us out there. He throws me out there when he needs somebody who

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can shoot, which is fine with me.”

“Tommy is tough as nails,” coach Skaggs said of the second leading scorer in the NLL last year. “He works hard, never complains and does a lot of little things really well.

He has to get used to the athleticism at this level.”

Ask any college athlete, the change in pace from the prep to the college game is intense.

“I found that to be one of the toughest challenges to get through some of the city league guys,” coach Skaggs said. “I know they came from a good league, but everybody who we play comes from good leagues.”

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Even if the Sienna grabs a larger piece of the pie, that pie has been shrinking. Minivan sales, already on a downward trend as families gravitated to crossovers and SUVs, fell 32 percent through November. Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. have pulled out of the minivan market altogether.

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married an Italian girl many world, and instantly a picture of years ago. She represents all a bright red sports car will pop that is good in life. She also into their heads. demonstrates what In a much simis so remarkable pler time, long beabout Italy. fore the Internet Italy is known for and even before its fine food and red the Great War, wine. Italians have a the International great love and devoRacing Federation tion to their families. assigned colors to I don’t do enough each country that manufactured cars for my wife, so when that participated in I decided to write Nick SHULTZ about the cars of the international the world, I chose to racing events in start with the cars of Italy.

Europe.

Alpha Romeo, De Tomaso, Britain was assigned green; Ferrari, Fiat, Lamborghini, France was assigned Bugatti Blue; Maserati, Pagani, Tazzari and the Germany was assigned white; and Zagato Perana are all Italian car Italy was assigned red. manufacturers. Although these It is sacrilege to order prime names may not be commonplace rib well done and it is equally so in the Midwest, be assured that to order an Italian sports car in every gear-headed Italian boy any color but red. Do they come knows those names well. in any other color?

The Italian car names roll off the As I write this piece, I can tongue as smooth as water flowing clearly see a red Ferrari gliding over a rock-bottomed creek. along the curves of a country Just mention anyone of the road, and I can hear the deepabove Italian car names to true throated tune of her exhaust as motor heads, anywhere in the each gear is meshed. Drive an

Italian car rough and she will bite you, but handle her gently and she will fold her arms around you and give you a ride like no other sports car in the world.

While German or American sports cars might be referred to by masculine names, all Italian sports cars are high-spirited females demanding constant attention.

Pitch-black leather interiors contrasted against bright red paint can be the only image that comes to mind.

Like an Italian girl with raven black hair dressed in a long flaming red dress, her matching red pursed lips begging to be kissed, Italian sports cars are pure and passionate sex.

They demand and they receive constant attention. They demand to be driven. When they pass us on the streets, our heads turn, our hearts race as we imagine what it must be like to drive them.

Italian sports cars are all about style. If a police officer pulls you over at a traffic light, you must be driving an Italian-made car.

These Italian-made beauties not only look fast, but they are

fast. Don’t expect to get great fuel mileage with an Italian sports car. Expect, however, to get lots of stares.

You can also expect to have an adrenaline rush each time you push on the throttle because the Italian sports car comes with plenty of power.

That equates to lots of speed.

If you buy one of these Italianmade cars, you’re not considering fuel mileage anyway.

Most of us will never experience the pleasure of driving an Italian sports car. For most of us, the thrill of that ride remains just an image in our minds.

Nick Shultz is an instructor of Automotive Technologies at Owens Community College. He is an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau who specializes in cases involving the Ohio and Michigan Lemon Laws. He is a certified master automotive technician by ASE, General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. Shultz, a Toledo native, will take questions from readers at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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Holiday decorations, cookies and a variety of vendors will welcome attendees of the Toledo Opera Guild’s newest fundraiser.

The first Holiday House Walk in the Hills from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 10 will feature seven decorated homes in the estate section of Ottawa Hills, said Barbara Baumgartner, president of the Toledo Opera Guild.

Attendees can drive or take a shuttle from Wildwood Park Ward Pavilion, and admission is $20 with a $2 discount for tickets purchased at Kroger stores. Admission the day of the event is $30. Proceeds will benefit the Toledo Opera.

The houses are decorated by the owners, private decorating companies and florists, Baumgartner said.

The guild also will host a white elephant sale of unused gift items, as well as a bake sale on the Ward Pavilion with “every type of holiday cookie you can imagine,” Baumgartner said.

Fourteen local vendors also will set up on the pavilion to make a holiday boutique, she said.

Baumgartner said she hopes the new event is successful, especially in the current economic climate.

“Our support financially hasn’t been in large amounts as of recently.

I feel very strongly that if you’re not doing what needs to be done, that you need to reinvent yourself,” she said.

The opera guild president and her fellow chairwoman said they are thankful for everyone who has helped with the fundraiser.

“We approached people and we were just amazed at the people who stepped forward and said, ‘Yes, we will do this,’” Baumgartner said about residents offering their homes for the tour.

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THE HOME OF STEPHANIE HARMON IN OTTAWA HILLS IS PART OF THE HOLIDAY HOUSE WALK. SEVEN HOMES ARE FEATURED ON THE WALK.

Other community partners, such as the Toledo Symphony League, The Ability Center of Greater Toledo, The Toledo Chapter of Links and Stone Oak Garden Club will provide security for the homes during the tours, she said.

Owens Corning provided financial support for the event.

“To see all the cooperation between the groups is absolutely incredible,” said Barbara Baker, a chairwoman for the walk.

All of the proceeds from the tickets, the vendors’ booth registration costs, the bake sale and the white elephant will support educational outreach programs for students.

Groups of students can come see the final dress rehearsal of an opera for $10 each. Operas normally cost about $50, Baumgartner said.

Performers also travel to different schools. The program, which has been going on for more than 25 years, reaches about 24,000 students per year, Baker said.

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Last feminist bookstore in Ohio hosts open house TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Growing up in Toledo, Gina Mercurio said she always wanted to open a feminist bookstore.

After living in Seattle and Boston for a number of years, she moved back to Toledo and turned her dream into reality.

“I saved some money and borrowed some money and moved back home and opened the bookstore,” she said.

People Called Women, 3153 W. Central Ave., will celebrate its 16th birthday Dec. 5 with a potluck at 6 p.m. and an auction at 7 p.m.

“It’s really a lot of fun,” Mercurio said. “Every year, people donate auc-

tion items, gift certificates, arts and crafts, some of which are amazing.”

While normally closed on Sundays and open Tuesdays through Saturdays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., People Called Women will open Dec. 13 for a holiday open house from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Mercurio said a couple of women who do incredible, fancy gift wrapping will be wrapping anything purchased that day for free. The store will also offer sales throughout the holiday season.

“It’s really important for people to shop locally,” she said. “In terms of feminist bookstores, we are the last one in Ohio. It’s important to keep this place going.”

In addition to new and used feminist books, the store sells

women’s music not available elsewhere in town, political T-shirts, buttons and bumper stickers.

People Called Women also sells local artwork, homemade boxes, handmade soaps and jewelry.

“We want to have a variety and offer things you may not be able to get elsewhere,” Mercurio said.

“Customers even have a say in what I order. Some of my best titles are from customer recommendation.

“We really try to offer some books that aren’t bestsellers or mainstream sensations,” she said.

“We don’t ignore those, but we also try to get feminist classics, books that may not be on the shelves at Barnes and Noble.”

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Kris Berger Long, executive director of the Northwest Ohio Restaurant Association, said gift cards to restaurants make a great gift.

“They’re an easy way for people to help friends and family enjoy a great night out. The gift of food and dining is a great holiday option,” she said.

While most restaurants sell gift cards in standard amounts of $25, $50, $75 and $100, most also offer the flexibility for gift-givers to make the cards in any denomination they wish.

“We do usually see a huge spike in holiday gift cards,” said Gus Mancy, part owner of the Mancy’s Restaurant Group.

With the Mancy’s cards being redeemable at any of the four group restaurants, he said many people like giving a single card

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Like nearly all restaurants, Mancy’s gift cards do not expire. Mancy said he once honored a 1964 gift certificate a customer brought in.

Jeff Gase, general manager at Fat Fish Blue Home of the Funny Bone, 6140 Levis Commons Blvd., Perrysburg, said he sees a wide demographic in those who purchase gift cards.

“We see a good mix because our gift cards can be used at the restaurant and the comedy club,” he said.

Gase said in 2008, Fat Fish Blue’s first Christmas season in the Toledo market, about 35 percent to 40 percent of total sales were from gift cards. Gase said, it recently added an online option to purchase gift cards.

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Toledo Rep presents Dickens’ classic ‘A Christmas Carol’

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Get ready to rediscover the true meaning of Christmas when the Toledo Repertoire Theatre presents Charles Dickens’ beloved holiday classic, “A Christmas Carol” Dec. 4 though Dec. 6 at the Stranahan Theater.

This year’s production features more than 100 performers, many of them well known mainstays of the Toledo theatrical community. In the director’s chair once again is Toledo Rep veteran Debra Ross Calabrese.

“I have been involved with this production for the Rep since 1987. I have directed it, acted in it, choreographed it, etc. I try to make every year different in some way so people don’t stop coming because they have

seen the piece before. I also try to keep many things the same so that the audience always has something to return to. You’ll definitely notice a few little changes in this production from previous years. The main thing is maintaining the quality of the piece and trying to make sure that each production is even better than the last. I think that this production really achieves that; we really have such an amazing cast,” Calabrese said.

In addition to her work on “A Christmas Carol,” Calabrese worked for more than 14 years in Young Rep programs, teaching dance and choreography. She is also well-known throughout the Toledo arts community from her years working as a dance instructor for the Toledo School for the Arts.

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Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wonderland may open at the Erie Street Market later this holiday season, but volunteers are still needed to set up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s progress being made, slow but steady. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taking it one day at a time. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a challenging mission,â&#x20AC;? said Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop.

Konop is optimistic the display will open this holiday season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m encouraged by not only the amount of people whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve volunteered, but their attitudes have been inspirational,â&#x20AC;? Konop said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was talking with a woman who was setting up the tree display and she said she wanted to get involved because she was tired of the community saying we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do things but wanted to see that we can do things. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the attitude Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m seeing a lot of.â&#x20AC;?

Konop said it is still too early to declare an opening date and Andrew â&#x20AC;&#x153;Zâ&#x20AC;? Zepeda agrees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The county had set a date for opening as Dec. 17, which I feel is too late. And I set the date of opening as Dec. 4, but it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look

like it will be happening that soon. I think the work we get done the next few days will be provide a realistic idea of opening,â&#x20AC;? Zepeda said.

Zepeda said he is unsure Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wonderland will open, but hopes it does. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want all this work to be for nothing,â&#x20AC;? Zepeda said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of the bigger, more complicated displays have yet to be moved â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the displays that make Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wonderland what it is. We could set up a nice display, but without those exhibits, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just not Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wonderland.â&#x20AC;?

What the cause needs now is volunteers, Zepeda said.

Volunteer coordinator Lauren Lauman said she has been in contact with approximately 200 people through telephone and e-mail who are interested in volunteering. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just hoping for the bodies to show up,â&#x20AC;? Lauman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re grateful for the people that have showed up for any time that they have available.â&#x20AC;?

Lauman said the group is still in need of big trucks to move things from the Lucas County Rec Center to the Erie Street Market.

Volunteers will be working every day from 9 a.m. to midnight assem-

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December programs scheduled at Way Public Library On Dec. 6, local author Andrew Fisher will discuss his new book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What a Time It Was: Interviews with Northwest Ohio Veterans of World War II,â&#x20AC;? at the Way Public Library in Perrysburg. Fisher interviewed 500 local veterans and 80 were selected for his book.

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resident and Navy veteran of Pearl Harbor James Gilbert will speak.

The event will take place in the main level auditorium at 2 p.m. with a book signing after. Copies of the book are $25.

On Dec. 10, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goodbye My Lady,â&#x20AC;? will be shown at 10 a.m. as part of the libraryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monthly classic movie series.

The library will continues its Art and Foreign Film series on Dec. 11 with the Iranian film, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Children of Heaven.â&#x20AC;?

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“The sale allows us to acquire a lot of things that we wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford,” said Bill Schurk, BGSU sounds recording archivist. “The sale is also about goodwill. We are making friends and introducing people to the library. You get people that come in that would otherwise never set foot in the library.”

Cassettes, CDs, 45s, 8-tracks, sheet music, books and posters will be available to purchase. Sales benefit the library and proceeds are used to purchase additional materials for the collections.

The sale will be hosted in the first floor Pallister Conference Room of the Jerome Library.

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State Rt 224 Tiffin Avenue

Cable Rd

Eastown Rd

State Rt 236

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Diller Road

Meijer

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Lima Mall

State Road 309

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7450 Timberstone Dr (Behind Wal-Mart) Findlay ı 419•423•2323

3223 Elida Rd (Across from Meijer) Lima ı 419•331•3131

Hours: Mon-Fri: 10am-8pm • Sat: 10am-6pm • Sun: 12-5pm

1520 Spring Meadows Dr. Toledo ı 419•868•5600 Hours: Mon-Sat: 10am-9pm Sun: 12-6pm

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*No interest for 12 months if balance paid in full within 12 months. On approved credit. Minimum purchase of $499 required. Financing provided by CitiFinancial Retail Services. Finance Charges will accrue on the purchase from the beginning of the credit promotional period, and minimum payments will be due each billing cycle. However, if you pay the purchase price in full by the expiration date of the credit promotional period, all of the accrued Finance Charges will be waived and no Finance Charges will be assessed on the purchase. Otherwise, all of the accrued Finance Charges will be assessed. Credit promotional period may be terminated if you default under your account agreement. STORE FOR DETAILS. Some pieces and fabric prints may vary by region. Selection may vary by store. Although every precaution is taken, errors in price and/or specification may occur in print. We reserve the right to correct any such errors. Prices valid for a limited time only. Participation times may vary. HomeStores are independently owned and operated. An amount equal to sales taxes and delivery charges must be paid at the time of purchase. Previous purchases excluded. Picture may not represent item exactly as shown, advertised items may not be on display at all locations. ©2009 Ashley HomeStores, Ltd. Expires 12/21/2009.

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