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Fighting dancer and getting old

Jeremy Baumhower on a 9-year-old Walbridge girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fight with cancer and Jeff McGinnis on the joy and pain of aging. page 3

Community

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Former Ohio judge Linda Rocker goes from the bench to the bookshelf with her courtroom-inspired novels. page 8

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Honoring vets

World War II project unites teens with local history. page 16

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Art therapy

Gallery featuring artwork by youth offenders opens at Juvenile Justice Center Downtown. page 21

STATE OF THE CITY

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Fighting dancer

alory Newton is a beautiful 9-year-old girl from Walbridge, a fourth-grader at Lake Elementary School and a dancer from The Dance Factory in Perrysburg. Val’s been dancing for five years, over half of her life. But now cancer is trying its best to make sure she doesn’t step-ball-change ever again. Last month, Valory was dancing with a lower left leg that had been bothering her all summer. Her parents thought it was a combination of growing and dancing. “One minute her leg would be hurting, the next she was on the trampoline,” her mom, Dyana, recalled. It wasn’t until early November that Valory’s pain became unbearable. Her leg was unusually swollen, so her mom, an emergency room nurse, make a doctor’s appointment to get it checked. On Nov. 26, the family traveled to Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, where their worst VALORY NEWTON fears were confirmed: Valory has osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer, in her left fibula. Doctors told Valory’s family the best action Jeremy BAUMHOWER would be to remove the tumor wrapped around a nerve and her left fibula. Removing the nerve will cause Val to have “foot drop,” which means she will lose the ability to point or flex her foot. She will learn to walk again after six months of rehab. There is also a chance that Valory may lose her lower leg completely. Valory began chemotherapy Dec. 5. This type of chemo will cause her to lose her hair. While this news would be devastating for any 9-year-old girl, Valory dreamed of a way to outsmart her chemo. She decided to cut off her hair and make it into a wig. Her family found out doing that would take about $2,000 and around 18 ponytails, each 10 inches long. On Dec. 2, Valory struck the first blow in her battle. She and three of her friends cut their hair to begin the process of making a wig. Her “dance sisters” and their families organized a cut-a-thon at Modern Chic Salon & Spa in Holland, where on Dec. 6 they collected an astounding 186 ponytails — enough for 11 wigs, which the family plans to donate locally. Between the cut-a-thon, a GoFundMe campaign and a hot chocolate sale set up by two classmates, $9,000 has been raised, which will pay for Val’s wig and some medical bills. Kelly Clark, a family friend and photographer from Josi Rae Photography, recently offered her services to capture Valory before her battle began. Valory chose a couple of dance outfits for the photo session, but first, she wanted to write something on her forearms. In black marker, you can read her words and see her spirit: “Fighting Dancer.” Valory doesn’t want to be identified by the disease in her body. She wants to be identified by who she is. In July, Valory was in Sandusky competing with her Dance Factory team; this month she’s in Columbus battling cancer. No child should ever have to deal with cancer or watch their friend battle it. Let’s show all of these dancers and dreamers what a community means, and how we are there for each other. For updates, visit her Facebook page, “Valory Newton — Support Our Dancer in Her Battle With Cancer.” O Jeremy Baumhower can be reached at jeremytheproducer@icloud.com.

FALLING FORWARD

he first sign hit me like a ton of bricks one morning. The smile lines I had cultivated over decades of laughing at I stumbled out of bed and to the bathroom, resisting my own jokes no longer went away when I stopped smiling. every urge to be considered awake. As I went through The lines in my forehead that appeared when I cocked one humanity’s most time-tested morning ritual and relieved my- eyebrow — a talent I developed trying to copy The Rock — now seemed to be a permanent addition to my self, I glanced up at the mirror in front of facial landscape, too. me. And there it was. Peppered among the The gray that started on my face began to sideburns that have been part of my face make guest appearances on my chest and elsesince childhood. where. No matter what they say, gray doesn’t Gray. make one look distinctive, especially when it beI wouldn’t exactly say the arrival of the gins to creep toward areas of the body that are gray was a crisis, per se. But it was a solid already pretty distinctive on their own. reminder, a warning shot from Father I reacted to these small signs of mortality in a Time. You are getting older, McGinnis. No very Jeff McGinnis fashion: Denial. I already pretty matter if you fancy yourself as some ageless much hate looking at myself in the mirror, and teenager, forever concerned with making Jeff McGinnis now I just have more reasons to avoid it. And as jokes about the minutiae of pop culture for your audience of dozens, the march time carries on, and you go long as I can’t see the changes, I can forget that they’re there. I’m not old! I’m not even young! I don’t wanna grow up! I’m along with it — whether you want to or not. Soon, other signs began to make themselves known. a Toys R Us kid! n MCGINNIS CONTINUES ON 4 Thomas F. Pounds, President/Publisher tpounds@toledofreepress.com

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COMMUNITY GUEST COLUMN

Chicks for Mom’s House

fter nearly a decade and almost $1 million in cash and donations raised, a casual observer might think Chicks for Charity was a carefully planned organization. Actually, it started with an emotional reaction to serving a meal. Many years ago, I was with a group serving dinner at Beach House Family Shelter. A woman came through the food line. She was young, pretty, vibrant — and visibly upset. Eyes red, with a tear-stained face, it was impossible not to notice. Someone asked her what was wrong, and she pointed to those of us on the serving side of the counter and said, “I used to be there. I used to be the one standing there.” I didn’t understand what she meant, and stupidly commented, “Oh, don’t worry; we’re happy to serve you this evening.” As soon as those words came out of my mouth, it hit me. Before, she had been the one to help others, to give back, to serve a meal; now she was on the receiving end. Martha VETTER And there but for the grace of God we all go. In a moment, our lives can change and any one of us may be the one needing help. Standing behind the counter that evening is a moment I’ll never forget. Chicks for Charity — a group of women and girls who believe in giving back — is the result of that evening. We know not everyone has the means to make big donations, but working together we can raise enough money to help a small, under-the-radar organization have the much-needed resources to continue helping others. Over the past nine years, we’ve raised more than $400,000 in cash and more than $500,000 in in-kind donations and services for six organizations: the Toledo-Lucas County Furniture Bank, Beach House, Assistance Dogs of America, The Victory Center, International Boxing Club and Shared Lives Studio. Our charity for 2015-16 is Mom’s House. Our goal is for each chick to do something — anything — fun to raise money for our charity. We then give 100 percent of funds directly to the organization. It’s not always big money. In fact, the gift of $10.75 we received as nickels, dimes and quarters in a sandwich bag from one of our junior chicks this summer was as important as any donation we received all year. It came from the heart, from a little girl who understands others are not as fortunate as she is. She wanted to help. She is what we call an awesome chick. Chicks for Charity can’t cure all the ills of our community, but we are working together to make sure women of all ages know they have the ability to make a difference. Philanthropy at any age is a beautiful thing, and small amounts can make a big difference in someone’s life. This year, we started with applications from 31 organizations. We narrowed it down to three finalists: Mom’s House, Family House and Food for Thought. They shared their missions, their successes and their needs during presentations in early December. It was an incredible evening. After giving all 1,900 chicks the opportunity to cast a vote, Mom’s House was designated our charity for 2015-16. They are a phenomenal organization, going to great lengths to help young, single moms deal with the realities of motherhood while continuing their education. Many become the first in their family to get a high school diploma, college degree or jobs that any one of us would be proud to have. Mom’s House helps young women in crisis become contributing members of our community. At our voting meeting, a former client of Mom’s House shared her story. Once a high school girl in desperate need, she is now a college graduate and the regional palliative care coordinator at Mercy. She was the first in her family to graduate from high school; her son is now 10 and in classes for gifted students. She’s married with two other sons and a husband also counseled by Mom’s House. He hated his job as a janitor and, with their guidance, has since graduated from college and is working as a pretrial booking officer for Lucas County. They are a successful family, contributing to our community in every way possible. They are now on the “serving” side of the counter. Any woman or girl is welcome to join Chicks for Charity. There are no membership dues or meetings. To register, go to chicksforcharity.net. O Martha Vetter is founder of Chicks for Charity and CEO of R/P Marketing Public Relations. She can be reached at mvetter@r-p.com.

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LETTERs TO THE EDITOR Giving Tuesday a success

Without yet knowing the exact amount of money raised in Northwest Ohio during Giving Tuesday on Dec. 2, I can honestly say it was a great success. Thank you! This idea of a coordinated giving day is gaining momentum. We know at least 214 organizations throughout Northwest Ohio participated in this giving day — more than twice the number that participated in 2013. As it relates to Giving Tuesday, the intent of Toledo Community Foundation and The Center for Nonprofit Resources was to increase the capacity of local nonprofits to raise money for themselves. The Center for Nonprofit Resources offered a training session in early November to interested nonprofits and offered tools and techniques to help organizations prepare for this day. In addition, the foundation has built an incentive pool to provide matching grants to participating organizations. On Jan. 24, local nonprofits that participated in Giving Tuesday can apply for a grant to match, dollar for dollar, up to the first $1,000 raised Dec. 2. While we didn’t track the donan MCGINNIS CONTINUED FROM 3 But the passage of time has insidious ways of making itself known, even beyond the superficial physical changes. The people I work with seem to get younger with each passing year. One day I mentioned “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and got blank stares in reply. Dear God, is “Rocky” so old a reference you young whippersnappers have never heard of it? I shudder at the thought of mentioning any films from before even my time. (“It’s called ‘Citizen Kane.’ KANE. K-A-N-E. Directed by Orson Welles?” “Oh, that guy from the end of ‘The Muppet Movie”?) That’s just the tip of how ancient I am in pop culture terms. I am no longer in the prized demographic. Advertisers are aiming several years below me now. They’re beginning to reboot toy lines I was too old to play with the first time around. They’re remaking movies I saw in the theater, for God’s sake! I’m too young to pay to see the same thing twice! But I’m nowhere near too young. I’m thirty-(cough!) years old now, well into adulthood, far past most generous starting points for middle-aged. But I think we all trick ourselves into believing that wherever we are on the roller coaster ride of life is still “young.” Old isn’t us. Old is our grandparents. (Not our parents, though. Even as we jokingly refer to our folks as “old,” we never really mean it. Because if we have to admit our parents are aging, by proxy

tions of individual organizations, what we do know is that nonprofits jumped on the bandwagon and used proven practices and innovative strategies to raise funds and increase their own brand awareness. That alone is a great success because it’s something they can use in the future. We have heard stories of donors giving in incredible ways. In one case, a donor made a gift of $10,000 in support at a local school and in another case, the donor provided a check for $1,000 while emailing friends to encourage similar support. The result was the fivefold increase of this original $1,000 gift. Toledo Community Foundation will continue to report on these wonderful stories that far outstrip any “campaign” number. Of course, we hope to keep you appraised of the numbers as we learn them, but from the number of participating organizations, the partnerships leveraged, incentives and communications we heard about, Dec. 2 was a monumental day. Thank you to everyone in our community who participated in some way to make it a great day. O — Keith Burwell, president Toledo Community Foundation we’re aging, too.) But to deny the pain of aging means you miss out on the pleasures. Perspective is gained with time. Experience earned. A dollop of wisdom, perhaps. And most importantly, there’s a new generation to pass that on to. My nieces are growing up faster than even cliché can imply. Kadence, the elder, is 5 and just started her first year of preschool. Kendra, the younger, is 3. She is the most curious and cheerful child I know. They brighten my life every time I see them, and make me want to be the

No to NEXUS

The pipelines are coming! One of the first is the NEXUS pipeline, a 42-inch high-pressure natural gas behemoth snaking through the sensitive Oak Openings region. Why would responsible people run a potential time bomb through the wooded parklands of Northwest Ohio? Ohio Farm Bureau Director of Energy Policy Dale Arnold says the region will see many more pipelines in the coming decade. Will the region be crisscrossed with them willy-nilly, disrupting the lives of area residents for decades? The state or federal government needs to take action. We need established rights-of-way to route potentially dangerous gas pipelines across the state. No more eminent domain thievery by private companies leaving many homeowners with worthless tainted properties. — Paul Wohlfarth Ottawa Lake Editor’s note: The writer’s son has a 100-year-old 20-acre woods in the path of the NEXUS pipeline. O best example for them I can. I am so happy I will get the chance to watch these two tiny human beings grow up. And if the cost of that pleasure is a few more lines on my face and a few more numbers added to my age, well, so be it. A bargain at the price, I’d say. Stick around, gray. I’m starting to get used to you. O Jeff McGinnis is pop culture editor at Toledo Free Press. He can be reached at PopGoesJeff@gmail.com.

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STATE OF THE CITY

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From the polar vortex to the water crisis to a number of percolating economic development opportunities, Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins spent most of his hourlong Dec. 9 State of the City address reflecting on his roller coaster ride of a first year in office. Looking ahead to 2015, he vowed to create more jobs and secure a developer for the former Southwyck Mall site. He also announced plans to add cultural sensitivity to Toledo Police training and install 55 “You Will Do Better in Toledo” signs at city limits. “We’ve been a government that’s been reactive instead of where I really wanted to be and that was to be more proactive in terms of giving us a different direction,” he told Toledo Free Press. “I’m hoping in 2015 we can take those dynamic steps to redefine Toledo.” Punctuated by short video testimonials from community members and business leaders, Collins’ presentation highlighted successes such as redevelopment progress Downtown and along the Reynolds Road corridor; the introduction of innovative technology like the SeeClickFix app and

an interactive crime map; and improvement of neighborhood safety and cleanliness through partnerships between police officers, city code enforcement officials and block watch groups. Saying his administration likely faced more obstacles in a single year than any of its predecessors, Collins also addressed the year’s major challenges, including August’s do-not-drink water advisory caused by a toxic algal bloom on Lake Erie; recordbreaking cold and snow; budget shortfalls that hampered infrastructure repairs; and the deaths of two Toledo firefighters. “Jan. 26 was a day that produced holes in all of our hearts,” Collins said, referring to the North Toledo blaze that killed Stephen Machcinski and James Dickman. “May they rest in peace knowing that their heroism will never be forgotten.” Calling public safety a subject “near and dear to my heart,” Collins, a former police officer, announced plans to add cultural sensitivity training to police academy training. Developed with the help of Latino community leader Baldemar Velasquez, the program will promote understanding of Latino culture as well as black, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender cultures. n COLLINS CONTINUES ON 7

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n TOLEDO MAYOR D. MICHAEL COLLINS PLANS TO INSTALL 55 “YOU WILL DO BETTER IN TOLEDO” SIGNS AT CITY ENTRYWAYS THIS MONTH. HE TALKED ABOUT THE SLOGAN DURING HIS STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS AT THE MAIN LIBRARY ON DEC. 9.

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Ferguson, Missouri, and elsewhere. “[Toledo Police] should not be stereotyped. They should not be looked upon as oppressors in a community,” Collins said. “I have full confidence ... they are committed to having your back.” Collins said the city and its partners created 444 jobs and retained 548 jobs in 2014 and vowed to increase those numbers by at least 20 percent in 2015. He pledged to work hard to keep Jeep Wrangler production in Toledo.

“In 2015 we shall continue our efforts to demonstrate it matters where you make it,” Collins said. “Wrangler is critical to both Toledo and Fiat Chrysler. We will advance our discussions with [CEO] Mr. [Sergio] Marchionne and fortify Toledo’s commitment to achieve this goal and advance his company’s position in the world market.” Development was a major topic, particularly ProMedica’s move Down-

town, which Collins called a domino effect that will “change the face of Toledo” over the next three to five years. He also praised the Mud Hens’ vision for the Hensville development, the Reynolds Road Clarion Hotel demolition and the East Toledo smokestack implosions as steps moving the city forward. Collins said he was proud of the work accomplished by 10 neighborhood-focused “T-Town” cleanup events, which filled 733 potholes, swept 97 streets and mowed 301 lots. City workers will install “You Will Do Better in Toledo” signs this month, replacing the “Rocket Country” signs at city limits. The cost is less than $10,000, said City Public Information Officer Stacy Weber. The slogan marked its 100th anniversary last December. “[At that time] people came to Toledo because they knew opportunities existed here that were not opportunities they would find in other areas,” Collins said. “I want to return that same image to Toledo.” Councilwoman Sandy Spang and Councilman Rob Ludeman were there.

“It’s really important to take a moment and review the year, but I also think it’s important to cast vision for the future,” Spang said. Ludeman said he thought Collins should have stayed more on point. “There was a lot of filler and side stories that just didn’t need to be part of the speech,” Ludeman said. “It was more of a history lesson than a state of the city speech.” Lucas County Commissioner Tina Skeldon Wozniak said she came to show her willingness to work with the city. “[Collins] did a really good job trying to highlight interested leaders who want to improve neighborhoods as well as business leaders who want to help,” Skeldon Wozniak said afterward. Although fellow commissioners Carol Contrada and Pete Gerken were not able to be there, all three said they were disappointed Collins didn’t mention the county as a partner. “I find that unfortunate,” Gerken said. “From the county’s perspective, the state of the city is critical to the state of the county and vice versa.” O

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Linda Rocker was practically born into the legal system. Her father was a judge before she followed in his footsteps, and she proudly proclaims herself a “troublemaker,” just like him. As such, she has some ideas why readers find the courtroom such a fascinating setting for drama — both in fiction and in real life. “They understand the stakes,” Rocker said in an interview with Toledo Free Press. “For so many people, it is life or death. It is loss of career or opportunity. And too ROCKER much of it, in my view, remains a sort of profound mystery that is highlighted only when we see incidents such as that that has occurred in Ferguson, and most recently on Staten Island. “I think the fascination is, it is always drama. Every court case, particularly criminal cases, is like a small opera, playing out on a stage where the parts are kind of preordained, and emotions run deep and high at the same time. And the characters are usually true to form. But as we all — at least at my age — have learned from ‘Perry Mason,’ there are often surprises.” Rocker experienced many such

surprises firsthand during her years as a lawyer and trial judge for Ohio’s Common Pleas bench. But in a way, her passion for writing has brought her career full circle: Her undergraduate degree was in English, so her latest project, a series of legal thrillers focused on a bailiff named Casey Portman, serves as a union of two important parts of Rocker’s life. Three, if you count their setting: West Palm Beach, Florida, where Rocker currently resides. “It would have been easier for me to set my books in Ohio, because of course I know Ohio law so well and I know our court system so well. But even setting my books here in West Palm, where I’ve had to do a great deal more research about law and the court system, has not dissuaded some of my former colleagues from accusing me of using them as the prototype for some of my characters,” she said with a laugh. Rocker is also cheerfully upfront about what inspired her to begin pursuing her new career. “Boredom,” she said. “After I discontinued running for election ... I began to sit as what we call in Ohio a ‘visiting judge.’ But that allowed me to hear only a single civil case at a time. And they were usually cases that were sent over by the sitting judges at the court across the street, meaning cases they really had

no interest in trying in their courtroom. “It was just downright boring. There was just too much time sitting in chambers with just not much to do. So I started to use the very nice computer in my chambers as a new weapon in the pursuit of justice.” That sense of right is woven into the fabric of each story in her trilogy, which began with “Punishment” in 2012. The second book, “Blame,” was published in November. Each story is based on a case Rocker was involved with. “I always take a real case as the centerpiece that all the other action kind of revolves and evolves around. So, in ‘Punishment,’ it was a pit bull case that actually transpired in my courtroom. And in ‘Blame,’ it is a case that is actually occurring here in West Palm Beach as we speak. “The doctor who is the inspiration for the case [in ‘Blame’], lives near me and has become a good friend. I never imagined three and a half years later, his case would not have come to trial. But that is, in fact, true. So in some ways, I’ve cheated myself, because there are more twists and turns to come. But I’ve promised him he’ll at least get part of a chapter in [the forthcoming final book] ‘Innocence.’” O

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Eighty-eight kids in Northwest Ohio will get bikes this Christmas thanks to a partnership between Lucas County Children Services (LCCS) and a Columbus-based nonprofit. The bicycles, donated by Bike Lady Inc., were assembled Dec. 5 by seven inmates at Toledo Correctional Institution. LCCS will distribute 50 of the bikes as part of its annual holiday gift drive for caregivers and parents to give as gifts. Twenty bikes will go to Wood County, eight to Hancock County, six to Sandusky County and four to Fulton County. This is the third year for the partnership in Lucas County and the first year for the other Northwest Ohio counties. Most of the bikes will go to kids living with relatives or in their own homes while their parents work with LCCS, said Julie Malkin, public information officer for LCCS. The remainder will go to children in foster care. LCCS is working with donors to make sure each child also gets a helmet with the bike, Malkin said. “This is huge,” she said. “Bikes are a ‘big ticket’ item, especially the teen bikes. Many of our families couldn’t otherwise afford to purchase a new bike for the child or children in their lives. It means a lot to us as an agency to be able to allow these families to give such an amazing gift to the kids we serve.” Joshua Faulkner, 30, of Toledo got a little teary during assembly thinking about his own children and his own first bike, a neon green Huffy he got for Christmas when he was 7 or 8. “My mom tricked me on Christmas,” he said. “She said I’d been bad so there were no presents under the tree. She asked me to feed and water the dog — and all my presents were there on the back porch, including the bike.” The bike is still in his garage, even though no one rides it anymore. “I just can’t part with it,” he said. Faulkner, who is serving a five-year sentence for burglary, is scheduled for release in February. He said he volunteered because he can’t be with his own four kids this Christmas. n BIKES CONTINUES ON 11

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environment. Doing projects like this helps prepare you. It’s very humbling to do something with nothing expected to be given back. “The best part is some little kid will be smiling riding this bike — maybe a few crashes and burns — but it will be all right,” he added, smiling. Armondo Ballard, 22, of Cincinnati is serving four years for drug traf-

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A Toledo tradition since 2005 ficking and a weapons charge. He is scheduled for release in 2018. “I’d do whatever for the kids, just to see the smile on the kids’ faces,” Ballard said. “It means a lot. Everyone doesn’t get to have bikes. Just to think about someone getting on this bike I put together, asking ‘Can I ride my bike?’ That feels good to be part of them smiling.”

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Ballard said it’s good for kids to stay active. “You want to give kids a lot of activities — something busy and positive — so they don’t end up in places like this,” he said. Anthony Wheatley has helped assemble the bikes for two years now. “Gotta make sure kids have something to have fun,” said Wheatley, 33, of Toledo. “If I was out there with one of these babies, I’d be riding in the snow.” He’s serving nine years for two counts of felonious assault and one count of escape. He shot two people in a car outside a North Toledo carryout during a botched robbery in 2010. “It makes me feel good. It makes my heart warm,” Wheatley said. “It helps me out, shows I can do something positive and not just negative things. It’s a good opportunity to redeem myself and show people we’re not all who they think we are. We’re not monsters; we’re people who made mistakes.” Everyone who’s part of the pro-

cess is touched by it, said Bike Lady founder Kate Koch, a foster-turnedadoptive parent. “The inmate who assembles it. The caseworker who passes it to the caregiver and the caregiver who passes it to the child. And the donors — they tell me they get up on Christmas morning and go through their normal family routine, but in the back of their minds, they’re thinking about the 1,000 kids in Ohio who just saw a bike and are flipping out and it makes them feel really good,” Koch said Bike Lady, which was founded in 2008, distributed 1,141 bikes in 16 counties last year. Bikes will be distributed in 16 counties again this year with four more on a waiting list if extra funding comes through, Koch said. “Everybody remembers their first bike. When you’re talking about kids who don’t have a lot of really positive memories from their childhood, this is one they’ll have that they’ll carry lifelong, and I think that’s a positive thing.” O

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Civil War exhibit ‘Life and Limb’ on display at library till Jan. 2 By Danielle Stanton

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A traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine called “Life and Limb: The Toll of the American Civil War” remains on display until Jan. 2 at the Toledo-Lucas County Main Library, 325 Michigan St., in The Gallery on the second floor. The six-panel, freestanding exhibit documents the medical equipment used in the Civil War, and the experience of the common soldier. A glass case is filled with medical instruments on loan from Dr. Dale Derick, a Toledo obstetrician and member of the Civil War Surgeons Association, who recently gave a talk at the library on medicine in the Civil War. The instruments — a pocket instrument, chloroform can, glass flytrap, traveling pharmacy beaker and several saws — will probably be unfamiliar to modern visitors, but they once played a very important role, Derick said.

Derick began collecting Civil War items 14 years ago after he became involved in re-enactments at the urging of his son. He needed items to set up his faux field hospital. He has traveled the country, from Gettysburg to New Orleans, visiting antique stores to form his collection. Ninety-five percent of his collection is original to the time. Most of his items are from the North because he portrays a Union doctor, but he does have some Confederate items. He and his wife attend about eight events a year, including performing re-enactments of amputations at Gettysburg. Contrary to popular belief, most amputations were performed with chloroform, Derick said. Of the 80,000 surgeries performed during the Civil War, only 254 were done without anesthesia, he said. Prior to amputations, patients were given just enough chloroform to render them unconscious so they could still breathe on their own, he said. But the procedure — meant to prevent gan-

grene — often left the soldier with what is called a “ghost limb,” in which he could still feel the sensation of the missing limb. Many of the soldiers thus believed they had not gotten any anesthesia because of the pain they felt. The scene at a typical field hospital

was “chaos,” Derick said. Doctors were evaluated on how fast they could perform a surgical procedure. Amputations were done in 10 minutes. Toward the end of the war, doctors performed fewer amputations and saved more limbs. “This was an era where a pregnant

woman was not encouraged to walk around the street,” Derick said. “If a man did not have a leg, how is he going to plow a field or support a wife? Women took up as shopkeepers and made a success of it. It was the beginning of the suffrage movement.” O

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14 Worship

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December 14, 2014

By Joel Sensenig

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It’s not every Christmas one sees living camels in nativity scenes. Now in its 20th year hosting a live nativity scene, All Saints Lutheran Church, 5445 Heatherdowns Blvd., decided to make the annual tradition a little more lifelike for its 6-8 p.m. Dec. 20-21 drive-thru event. “In the past we’ve brought in llamas and tried to pass them off as camels,” said the Rev. Richard Rentner with a laugh. “But this year we’re working with a different supplier in Michigan who’s bringing in some real camels.” The humped animals will join a donkey, sheep and goats in the church’s seven-scene retelling of the Christmas story. The scenes will feature two casts of about 40 church members apiece, with each performing half-hour shifts. Rentner said it takes up to 10 minutes for motorists to pass through the scenes, which are accompanied by Christmas music. Visitors are encouraged to bring nonperishable food items, which are collected by volunteers prior to the

first scene. The items are then distributed to area food banks. Rentner, who has been pastor at All Saints for six years, was surprised when he discovered what the nativity scene entailed. “I didn’t know quite what to expect,” he said. “But the first time I saw it and participated in it, it just blew me away. It was absolutely one of the most fun things I’ve done in the church.” The church encourages all of its members to take part in the event, with few requirements for each role, Rentner said. “One year we had a woman in a wheelchair as Mary,” he said. “It was neat, because it didn’t matter. It wasn’t critical. But there’s Mary in a wheelchair — it was wonderful.” The church expects to welcome about 400 visitors to the nativity scene, Rentner said. Off-duty Toledo police officers help direct traffic at the scene. The pastor said the event unites the community, both from the church and, hopefully, the neighborhood. “It brings people together,” he said. “It gives everyone an opportunity to tell the Christmas story, from the little

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kids on up.” Although the church has not had much success with its efforts to invite its neighbors on Heatherdowns Boulevard to help take part in the nativity scene, Rentner said it will keep trying. “We keep pushing it,” he said. “We want this to be an inclusive thing. We

try really hard to build bridges with our neighbors.” The pastor said the church realized the importance of the nativity scene to the community several years ago after someone broke into its storage shed and stole all of the electrical equipment — three weeks

before the nativity scene was set to occur. Rentner said area residents donated more than enough money for new equipment. The church then donated about $1,000 in extra funds to area food banks. For more information on the church, visit allsaintstoledo.org. O

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ost religions begin with a story. That story infects the imagination of the practitioner with a sense of wonder and hope. Encounters with the holy, albeit fleeting, break through into the soul and the celebrant senses a belonging to something greater than the self. That something has different names. For some it is God. For others it might be Allah or Yahweh or Jesus

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Christ or Vishnu or Buddha or the counter, there is no sense of belonging to something greater Great Spirit or Mother than the self. Mary or Sophia or These stories from the Ground of Being. varied faith communiRegardless, the story ties are healing, life-enbecomes important beriching and liberating. cause it is the Rosetta At their core is a simple stone of a particular affirmation: There is religious community’s something transcenfaith. dent out there beyond Without the story, the self (or deep within there is no wonder. Eric McGlade the self) that is genWithout the wonder, there is no encounter. Without the en- erous, gracious and desires for us a holistic, peaceable and just life. So candles are lit, songs are sung, rites and rituals are rehearsed annually at the appointed time. These things are done so that we practitioners of our various faith disciplines might remember and allow the holy to rekindle that sense of wonder that is often worn away by the brutalities and vulgarities of life. Two things never cease to amaze me. The first is that these ancient rites and celebrations still have a lot of punch to them. This is one of the grand mysteries of the practice of the religious life. Every year my parishioners and I work to get that pregnant mother to Bethlehem so that this child of hers (and ours) can be born and then gently laid in a manger. And every year, no matter how crazy the marketplace is behaving and how overscheduled our calendars are, the silence of that night breaks through and the tired and beleaguered spirit rediscovers the bread of heaven. I like that very much. The second is more troubling. How quickly those of us who wear the

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mantle of “religious” allow the healing and reconciling power of these stories to drift away. We replace that power with the harder edge of doctrine, law and belief. We are quick to make judgments, draw our lines, define who is in and who is out, who is saved and who isn’t, who is going to heaven and who will roast forever. This temptation to moral certainty has led to diverse acts of character assassination, prejudice, violence and wars throughout history. Religion is not rational. The problem is, many of us in the religious community want religion to be rational. This leads us to define, objectify and literalize the stories of faith. Once this has happened, the story loses its natural power to inspire wonder, instill hope and bring healing. It becomes a hammer or, as the late Leonard Bernstein suggested in the sermon portion of his “MASS”: “God gave us the cross. We turned it into a sword.” All that is left is the brute force of decree. Religion is driven by a story and if we are willing to trust the story and get lost in it, a sense of wonder emerges. The interesting thing about wonder is that it never requires of us the need to be “right” about something. It never requires of us the need to control or define or even divide. It only requires of us our imagination and a willingness to simply “be” in the moment, a moment when we encounter the holiest of all mysteries: that we are loved — all of us — and because of that, we all belong to each other. O The Rev. Eric McGlade is pastor of First United Methodist Church in Perrysburg.

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December 14, 2014

By Joel Sensenig

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While World War II remains a popular setting in video games and movies, many of today’s teenagers are familiar in only a peripheral way with the war that ended 70 years ago. A project undertaken by 33 Toledo high school students ensures the lessons of the war hit home. As part of their semester-long studies in a WWII course, students from Rogers, Scott, Start, Waite and Woodward high schools will present the stories of Toledoans killed in the global conflict during the second annual Fallen Heroes Memorial Assembly, set for 10 a.m. Dec. 15 at the Waite High School auditorium. For the past several months, these students have used a number of national and local resources to research a fraction of the more than 1,000 veterans from Lucas County who died in the war. In that time, they’ve tracked down school activities, family names and addresses, career paths and military histories of their subjects. Joe Boyle, a social studies teacher at Waite, got the idea for the project after taking part in a World War II project called the Normandy Scholars Institute, sponsored by National History Day. As part of the project, Boyle and a student from Rogers traveled to George Washington University in Washington, D.C., for a week to study with scholars of the war. They spent another week in Normandy, France, where they learned from the battlegrounds before ending with a visit to the Normandy American Cemetery, where students read graveside eulogies of the veterans they had been studying. “For a number of reasons, it was one of the most powerful moments of my life,” Boyle said. His great uncle,

Sgt. Paul Boyle, is buried at the cemetery. “I grew up with stories of my Uncle Paul, and that’s what got me involved in history in the first place.” After thinking of ways he could duplicate the international experience back home, Boyle came up with the plan to have students learn about Toledoans who died in World War II and write eulogies for them, which will be read at the assembly Dec. 15. “The most important thing to me was the war became personal [to them],” Boyle said. “I think pop culture is doing a better job than it did maybe 10 years ago, but a lot of World War II pop culture really glorifies the war. I hate to say it makes it look like a video game when we’re actually talking about video games here, but kids play ‘Call of Duty,’ and it’s fun and the war looks like it was a great adventure. “What I want them to get out of this project is it wasn’t a video game for these guys. These were guys just like you and I from Toledo who went off and did extraordinary things and paid the ultimate price.” Dylan Reed, a Waite senior, studied the life of Harry Brooks, a Toledo resident who died in 1943 after his B-24, nicknamed “Superman,” was attacked. The bombardier of the plane was Louis Zamperini, a man whose story was chronicled in the book “Unbroken.” The story will be released Christmas Day as a major motion picture produced and directed by Angelina Jolie. Brooks is a character in the movie. Reed, a wrestler, said he admires the mental toughness Brooks showed after sustaining his injuries. “He held on for nine days after he was hit in the head with two pieces of shrapnel,” Reed said. “He obviously didn’t lack the fighting spirit. Which makes him a true hero. I

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n WAITE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DYLAN REED, LEFT, AND SYLVIA ROMBACH ARE AMONG THE 30 LOCAL STUDENTS TAKING PART IN THE FALLEN HEROES MEMORIAL ASSEMBLY ON DEC. 15 AS PART OF TEACHER JOE BOYLE’S WORLD WAR II COURSE.

hope to carry some of that mental toughness with me, to help me get through life, in order to be successful. As a wrestler, you never stop going until you hear the whistle, and that seems like something Harry Brooks would understand.” Sylvia Rombach, a junior at Waite, studied the life of Baird Brooks Jr., a Waite alum who was rejected from three different branches of the military four times. He died near Rome in June 1944, days before Rome was liberated by the Allies. “This project really opened up a new interest for me,” Rombach said. “To learn all about someone who was sitting in the same place I do every day, and had the courage to go into the military right out of high school to

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fight in a world war is extraordinary. This project was far more intriguing than any other project I’ve done.” Rombach said the perseverance Brooks displayed will stick with her. “He never gave up on anything,” she said. “I look up to my fallen hero, and I’m fascinated by the fact that he never gave up despite his flaws. I try to do everything with a can-do attitude and do my best in all of my endeavors. He is a great inspiration.” Boyle, who teaches students in each of the high schools through a distance learning program, is passionate about the project. “There is a spirit that moves behind the scenes that makes this project magical,” he said, noting that the surprising facts learned about

these subjects never cease to amaze him. “It never occurred to me that there would be a Toledo connection to Zamperini’s story.” For the instructor, seeing the students identify with local people who paid the ultimate sacrifice is most gratifying. “I try to reiterate this to the kids again and again and again: You come from a city of heroes,” Boyle said. “This city gets run down so much. There’s so much negative about Toledo all the time, and it’s hard to find role models that aren’t sullied by something. Every one of these kids has found a way to grab on to these guys from 70 years ago, from the same city, and find something to believe in. It’s my favorite thing about this.” O

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The well-known Banner brand of locally produced mattresses is still available in Toledo from Banner Factory Direct, which recently opened a new showroom in Toledo to sell mattresses and other furniture. “It’s a brand-new company. We started a new company, bought the rights to use the Banner name and purchased the mattress factory,” said Bard Strand, one of four former Banner Mattress employees who formed the new company. Banner Factory Direct opened the 18,000-square-foot retail showroom in the former Bedland store at 2544 N. Reynolds Road just before Thanksgiving. The company is leasing the building, Strand said. The four owners include Strand, who is responsible for sales and marketing; Wayne Leahy, who is in charge of buying and merchandising; Chris Frybarger, who runs the factory operations; and Ray Rygalski, who is responsible for delivery, service and warehousing. Including the four partners, the company has a total of 10 employees.

“We’re working owners who are involved in the business every day,” Strand said. “We want to thank the Toledo community for the tremendous support they have given us. It’s been very positive.” Banner Factory Direct is the only retailer making and selling two-sided “flippable” mattresses in today’s marketplace, Strand said. The mattresses are produced in the former Banner Mattress factory located on Bishop Street in Toledo. “Nobody else makes them any longer but us, so we’re the only retail outlet for these locally made mattresses,” he said. Strand said the mattress selection in the new showroom is complete and they are working to expand the furniture selection. He said they wanted to open their own showroom rather than occupy one of the former Banner store locations, which were being sold by the former company. Strand said the partners are also looking at possible locations for a second showroom in the Toledo area. The new company is talking with several companies about making private-label mattress products for other regional retailers due to the production

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capacity of the factory, Strand said. The Banner brand has been made and sold in Toledo since the original company was founded in 1929. It was operated by three generations of the Karp family and employed as many as 100 people until the business was

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ProMedica to build new hospital in Lenawee Co. By Joel Sensenig

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ProMedica has announced plans to build a new hospital in Lenawee County to replace ProMedica Bixby and Herrick hospitals. The new 145,000-square-foot hospital will be located on M-52 on the site of the former Mission Pointe Golf Course. The location is between the current sites of ProMedica Bixby Hospital in Adrian and ProMedica Herrick Hospital in Tecumseh. The facility will be a full-service hospital with up to 80 acute care beds, an emergency department, surgical capabilities that include orthopedic care, a women’s health center, a cancer center, a pain management clinic and an inpatient psychiatric unit, ProMedica officials stated in a news release. The building will be developed following LEED Silver Eligible Certification standards to ensure sustainability and offer best-in-class design,

construction and energy efficiency. “The two facilities are only 12 miles apart. Both of them provide almost identical services,” said Tim Jakacki, president of ProMedica Bixby and Herrick hospitals. “This will eliminate redundancy of those services, and by doing that it makes it much more cost effective, much more efficient and it concentrates all of those services in one location.” ProMedica has owned Bixby and Herrick hospitals since 1999. The project will begin in early 2016 and be completed 18-22 months later, Jakacki said. Staffing adjustments are uncertain, but Jakacki said the company will weigh whether to replace certain positions left empty due to attrition between now and when the new facility opens. “Internally, we referred to this as a generational investment, because it’s going to be here for multiple generations and decades to come in the same way these two facilities have been,” he said. For more information, visit www.promedica.org. O

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Wayne Gaston,15, is among the youth whose artwork is featured in a new exhibit at Toledo’s Juvenile Justice Center. TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAR PHOTO BY CHRISTIE MATERNI

ART THERAPY Youth-created art gallery opens at Juvenile Justice Center.

By Danielle Stanton Toledo Free Press News Editor dstanton@toledofreepress.com

oledo’s Juvenile Justice Center recently opened a gallery displaying artwork from a program that’s being touted as the first of its kind in the country. Displayed on the first and second floors of the building at 1801 Spielbusch Ave. in Downtown Toledo are works of art created by incarcerated youth at the Juvenile Detention Center and the nearby Youth Treatment Center. Wayne Gaston, 15, was one of two artists present at the opening reception

Dec. 10. He created a Native Americaninspired sculpture of a snake, eagle, elk and wolf representing “life, freedom and the struggle” of his time at the Youth Treatment Center, where he’s still enrolled in a treatment program. “It’s just a little thing I put together,” Gaston said. “I feel proud.” The 21-piece gallery is an example of what troubled youth can accomplish with support and encouragement, said Assistant Court Administrator Kendra Kec. “We finally have an avenue to see the great work these kids can do,” said Kec, who said she has watched kids thrive in the art classes over many years. “This is a great outlet for [the youth].”

Lucas County Juvenile Court Judge Denise Navarre Cubbon said the center is charged with helping children and their families make important changes in their lives, and the gallery can help with that process. The center’s goal is to create law-abiding, successful citizens and art is one way to do that, she said. “The art represents the process of learning,” Cubbon said. “It’s a positive activity to promote responsible behavior. Many children never had the opportunity to explore this talent.” The gallery was a year and a half in the making and is the brainchild of teachers Joe Szafarowicz and Jan Revill, who instruct the art class. The classes are integrated, meaning they use art to

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help teach another subject, such as history, social studies and language arts. The art classes are based on State of Ohio standards and are the same as classes you would find in a regular high school, Revill said. Both Szafarowicz and Revill have been teaching for 10 years. They teach one female class and three male classes every day. They also teach at the Youth Treatment Center, 225 11th St., in the Discovery Art Program. Students at the Youth Treatment Center also worked in the field at the Toledo Zoo and The Art Supply DepŌ with local professional artists Robert Garcia, Tom Lingeman and Jules Webster.

Szafarowicz said he noticed that the art classes had a positive effect on the students and that carried over into the atmosphere at the Juvenile Justice Center. “It really engages them,” he said. “It makes them calmer and better.” Students in the program were often hesitant about creating art. Many had never picked up a paintbrush or pencil before, Revill said. The biggest benefit, she said, is the sense of accomplishment they feel. “I’m really proud of them. Most of the students have never done anything like this before,” Revill said. The gallery will display new artwork three to four times a year. O

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North Carolina-based Rink Specialists has begun changing Fifth Third Field into an outdoor ice hockey rink in preparation for Toledo Walleye Winterfest, which will include two outdoor Walleye games. Winterfest, which will feature many other games and events, runs Dec. 26 through Jan. 4. TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAR PHOTO BY CHRISTIE MATERNI

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Nelson Overton II and Lauren Smith: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Dec. 17.

Name That Tune

✯ The Oarhouse, 5044 Suder Ave.: 8-10 p.m. Mondays, 6-8:30 p.m. Fridays. ✯ Ralphie’s Sports Eatery, 6609 Airport Hwy.: 8-10 p.m. Tuesdays. ✯ Jed’s Barbeque and Brew, 855 S. HollandSylvania Road: 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays. ✯ Pat & Dandy’s Sports Bar & Grill, 3344 W Laskey Road: 9-11 p.m. Wednesdays. ✯ Ralphie’s Sports Eatery, 5702 Monroe St.: 7-9 p.m. Thursdays.

One2 Lounge at Treo

Live music starts at 7:30 p.m. 5703 Main St., Sylvania. (419) 882-2266 or treosylvania.com. ✯ Old State Line: Dec. 12.

The Ottawa Tavern

1815 Adams St. (419) 725-5483 or www. otavern.com. ✯ Acoustic Christmas (to benefit ProMedica Toledo Children’s Hospital): Dec. 12. ✯ Bona Vega Dance Party: Dec. 18.

Plate 21

3664 Rugby Drive. (419) 385-2121. ✯ The Fritz Byers Band: 6-9 p.m. Dec. 18.

Potbelly Sandwich Shop

4038 Talmadge Road. (419) 725-5037 or www.potbelly.com. ✯ Jaime Mills: Noon-2 p.m. Fridays.

SWINGMANIA

With its focus on swing music, Jeff McDonald’s group of musicians provides a peek into another era. (419) 708-0265, (419) 874-0290 or www.swingmania.org. ✯ Trotters Tavern, 5131 Heatherdowns Blvd. (419) 381-2079: 8 p.m. Tuesdays. ✯ The Toledo Club, 235 14th Street. Dec. 12.

The Village Idiot

309 Conant St., Maumee. (419) 893-7281 or www.villageidiotmaumee.com. ✯ The House Band: Fridays. ✯ Dooley Wilson, Bob Rex and friends: Sundays. ✯ Frankie May and friends: Mondays.

✯ John Barile & Bobby May: Tuesdays. ✯ Andrew Ellis: Wednesdays. ✯ Killer Flamingos: Dec. 13. ✯ Merry Chrimbus Bash!: Dec. 17. ✯ Zimmerman Twins: Dec. 18.

Ye Olde Cock n’ Bull

9 N. Huron St. (419) 244-2855 or facebook. com/cocknbulltoledo. ✯ Danny Mettler hosts Open Mic Night: Wednesdays. ✯ Tore Down Blues Jam Band: Sundays. ✯ Bobby May and John Barile followed by Sugar Pax: Dec. 12. ✯ Nine Lives: Dec. 13. ✯ Tore Down Blues Band Jam: Dec. 14. ✯ Jeff Stewart: Dec. 16. ✯ Danny Mattler: Dec. 17. ✯ Captain Sweet Shoes: Dec. 18.

EVENTS Eastwood Theater

Movies for $5. 817 E. Broadway St. ✯ “Free Family Flicks” – Free admission with concession purchase including “Home Alone” at 1:30 p.m. Dec. 13 and 7 p.m. Dec. 18. ✯ “The Maze Runner”: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 12, 9:15 p.m. Dec. 13 and 5 p.m. Dec. 14. ✯ “Lucy”: 8:50 p.m. Dec. 12, 7:15 p.m. Dec. 13 and 7:25 p.m. Dec. 14.

Toledo Walleye

Toledo’s hockey team play against the Kalamazoo Wings with a “Sing for Santa” and a Marco’s “Make It Snow” coupon drop at 7:15 p.m. Dec. 13 and the Greenville Road Warriors with a School Appreciation Day theme at 10:30 a.m. Dec. 16. Huntington Center. 500 Jefferson Ave. www.toledowalleye.com.

The Toledo Zoo

2700 Broadway St. $11-$14. (419) 385-4040 or toledozoo.org. ✯ Free-flight Butterfly Exhibit: Free with zoo admission. Open daily. ✯ Lights Before Christmas: through Jan. 4. ✯ Festive Feast with buffet, photos with Santa

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Way Public Library

101 E. Indiana Ave. Perrysburg ✯ “Doctor Who” Party: crafts, snacks and an episode viewing of the cult favorite: 7 p.m. Dec. 16.

Library Holiday Concert Series

Main Library, Wintergarden, 325 N. Michigan St. This event is free and open to the public. ✯ Toledo School for the Arts, Holiday Orchestral Ensemble: Dec. 12. ✯ Cantor Ivor Lichterman, Congregation B’nai Israel, Chanukah celebration: Dec. 17. ✯ Susan Hedler & Cecilia Johnson: Dec. 18.

Lourdes University

6832 Convent Blvd., Sylvania. ✯ The Mystery of the Christmas Star. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12 and 13. Lourdes’ Appold Planetarium. Admission is $5 for adults and $4 for children.

St. George Orthodox Cathedral

738 Glenwood Road, Rossford. ✯ 11th Annual Holiday Cookie Sale: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 13. For more information, call (419) 662-3922.

Stranahan Theater

4645 Heatherdowns Blvd. ✯ The Nutcracker: 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 13, 2 p.m. Dec. 14.

UpTown Toledo 5k Santa Run

This event will raise funds for the UpTown Green park, which will open in the upcoming summer. An after party will feature live music and food. 9 a.m. to noon Dec. 13. UpTown Toledo, Adams St. www.uptownsantarun.org. If you would like your event in The Pulse, contact Matt at mliasse@toledofreepress.com.

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