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Opinion

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Publisher’s statement

Ringing for Bell

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here are a number of modest voices starting to squeak about replacing Mike Bell as Toledo’s mayor, but all of them together are going to have a tough time drowning out Bell’s record of progress.

There are still many months to go, but if the election took place next week, what arguments are there against Bell retaining his office? Bell has reached out to surrounding communities with an eye on cooperation and inclusion. His administration has put (contested) money back in the rainy day fund, arranged for a class of police officers and helped accommodate the smooth opening of Hollywood Casino Toledo, the city’s biggest development investment in a very long time.

Bell’s efforts to chisel out a place for Toledo on the global stage will have deThomas F. Pounds cades of continuing impact. His latest trip, a late-November visit to China, was another marketing and exposure success that further cultivates the seeds of commerce he has been planting on the international stage.

“The marketing of the Toledo region throughout all of China by the 5 Lakes Global team with the support of Mayor Bell, the Regional Growth Partnership and members of the Toledo business community has been astonishing,” said James Lindsay, president of Louisville Title of Toledo, who made his third trip to China with the recent Toledo delegation.

There are those who are ready to combat Bell over his 2011 support of Senate Bill 5, which would have restricted public employee collective bargaining; it is interesting that even though their side “won,” they would advance that ideology over what is best for the city’s momentum.

We have questioned and criticized some of Bell’s budget decisions and continue to be concerned about some of the communication issues between Bell and City Council. But with Matt Szollosi apparently out of the race, those publicly acknowledging their interest in the mayor’s office seem to be much more interested in their own advancement than what is best for Toledo.

Bell has restored dignity and action to an office that was sorely lacking both qualities. His challengers will need a lot more than the same old rhetoric and misguided ambition to take a serious shot at silencing his voice. O Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Contact him at tpounds@ toledofreepress.com.

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LIGHTING THE FUSE

God says the darndest things

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entered parenthood six years ago with the belief that But he looked me right in the eyes and said, with preternatchildren were blank canvases needing painting, empty ural calm, “Daddy, don’t hurt Evan.” It wasn’t his voice or his vessels requiring filling. It was my conviction that their tone. I remember taking a step back, grape juice forgotten, curious little minds and evolving personalities required shocked and dismayed that my action had warranted what I understood to be a supernatural intrusion. I have never shaping solely through parental influence and direction. again allowed any crisis or emergency to But as I have watched my sons grow — blind me to how I handle my sons.

Evan is 6 and Sean is 4 — I understand that Nothing like that has happened in the it’s not that simple. As our boys settle into ensuing four years, until a recent episode their identities, I am increasingly convinced with Sean. Since he has been able to sit up that their canvases were born with many and play, Sean has enjoyed princess dolls as brush strokes filled in, and that their vessels much as he likes superheroes. He will play were never anything resembling empty. with dream castles and fire trucks with equal That is not an abdication of our responjoy. He can set out a pretend tea party one sibility; clearly, our children’s sense of right moment and then wrestle or play soccer like and wrong, work ethic, affinity for education a demon the next. We let Sean play and exand inclination to kindness come from our example. But I also believe these little people Michael S. miller plore as he will; we are not going to yank a Barbie out of his little hands and force him to were born with large amounts of their personalities and centers intact. It’s not like shaping clay, as I march G.I. Joe across the playroom floor. There have been a thought it would be; it’s more like trying to color and rein- few times at school or at friends’ houses when I wish he had picked up Woody the cowboy instead of Cinderella, but in force clay that has already taken its form.

As Evan hurtles through first grade, he is asserting a very general we are not wringing our hands over Sean’s choices.

But we do have friends and relatives who make comreal idea of independence. We can take some credit for his initiative and fighting spirit, but what I see in him now has ments, and I know Sean has heard some of them. I do not always been there, emerging as slowly and surely as a plant know how to engage a 4-year-old in a conversation about pushes through earth in springtime. We can channel Sean’s gender roles and society’s expectations for sexual identity, precociousness and playfulness, but those have been ele- so we stick to letting Sean be Sean.

On a recent Sunday, we were watching the animated “How ments of his personality since long before he could speak.

In addition to the tendencies and traits they were born The Grinch Stole Christmas!” in our living room. Sean was sitwith, and the contributions of parents, family, teachers and ting on my lap, his little body warm and relaxed. Out of noculture, there is a spiritual element to their being that is where, as the Grinch pinched a Christmas tree, Sean, without more difficult to define. You may believe in God in any of looking up at me, said, “Daddy, I like the way I am.”

Startled, I said, “Sean, we like who you are, too. Don’t his many forms and faces, from the old guy with the long white beard sailing through the clouds on a Flash Gordon you know that?”

He shook his little head side to side, closing his eyes Jet Ski to Allah to a cosmic muffin. But if you have children, I bet you will relate to the notion that children are little against imminent tears.

“Well, we do!” I told him. “We love you and your brother radio receivers through which God occasionally speaks. just the way you are. We might get mad at you sometimes, This has happened to me twice.

One day in the month of Evan’s second birthday, he and but that never means we don’t love you or that we want to I were on the living room floor playing with blocks. He change you. What made you say that?”

“I don’t know. I just like the way I am.” liked to stack a few, then knock them down, then repeat.

For the second time, I felt like God was speaking to His bottle contained watered-down grape juice, the dark purple kind designed by nature to stain and ruin any carpet me through our children. How could a 4-year-old boy in not designed by NASA for space shuttle use. As could have preschool contemplate such a weighty concept as self-acbeen foreseen by anyone other than a first-time parent, ceptance? How many millions of adults are unable to make Evan managed to loosen the bottle top and spill the grape such a simple declarative statement as “I like the way I am”?

Since that day, we have worked to reassure Sean that we juice down his front and on the rug’s cream fibers. In a momentary panic, I righted the bottle and tried to stand up love him as he is, even when he is in trouble or not behaving as I picked Evan up under his arms. None of my intended at his best. But the real lessons of parenthood are that we actions worked. I respilled the bottle, started to totter back- have just as many blank areas, and empty spaces, as our ward and nearly lost my grip on the boy. Now angry and children. And just as we are trying to teach and mold them, desperate to stop the grape juice from further pouring on God is trying to teach and mold us. O the rug, I regained my balance and sat Evan on the couch, Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Tomuch more jarringly than I intended.

I set him down so hard I expected him to start crying. ledo Free Press Star. Email him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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THE HOT CORNER

A cavalcade of clowns

Opinion

DECEMBER 16, 2012

DON LEE

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s we near the deadline for Democratic stronghold of Toledo falling off the fiscal cliff, into two districts, represented by the Republicans continue two different representatives.

Thanks to this feat, my representheir obstructionist ways and continue to think that it’s their way or tative is now Bob Latta, one of the the Thelma and Louise highway. most useless Congressmen to ever They are doing everything they draw breath. He can be counted on can to keep the Do Nothingest to vote no on virtually everything Congress alive, right through the that isn’t ordered by the GOP bosses, the interests of his constituents be end of the lame duck session.

Throughout President Barack damned. His opponent, Angela Zimmann, carried the Obama’s first term, Lucas County portion they consistently of the 5th District and voted against bills that her portion of Ottawa they previously supCounty, previously ported or even intropart of Kaptur’s disduced themselves, in trict. Out of the 16 repthe attempt to keep resentatives in Conanything from getting gress from Ohio, 12 done that Obama or went to the GOP, even the Democrats could though more Demouse to show progress. cratic votes were cast This week, Senate Don BURNARD Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for Congressional candidates than took this to new heights by actually Republican votes. It hardly seems like filibustering his own bill. If ever we a representative democracy.

Keep in mind that this was in needed proof that the Republicans are more interested in playing politics spite of the voter suppression tacthan addressing the problems that tics that Ohio Secretary of State Jon face the American people, this has to Husted pushed to the state Supreme be it. The hypocrisy is staggering. If I Court, once again making Ohio were the president, I’d let them stew electoral processes the subject of nain their own juices. The last election tional derision.

To my mind, if you can’t win showed that the smoke and mirrors act was no longer fooling a majority of with your message, maybe you’ve the electorate, yet they keep doubling got the wrong message. The elecdown on their same old failed policies tion didn’t turn out as Republicans hoped. People turned out this time and talking points.

The GOP has long been en- and stood in line for seven or more trenched in its ways, but if it continues hours to cast their votes in some to refuse to change with the times, it places. People seem to be catching risks becoming irrelevant. Its mem- on to what the stakes are when they bers argue that they control the House, fail to vote. The GOP may still conthus giving them some sort of man- trol the House, but I have a feeling date. I would argue that their success if it keeps trying to do “bidness as in House races stems more from their usual,” the 2014 midterm elections gerrymandering of congressional dis- could get interesting.

Before the votes had all been tricts after the 2010 elections.

The election that brought us the counted, the pundits and journalists tea party was more a product of who started handicapping the 2016 presifailed to vote than who did vote. The dential election. The pundit money GOP numbers were relatively the seems to be on Hillary Clinton for same as the 2008 election, whereas the Democratic nomination versus the votes for Democrats and inde- an unnamed Republican candidate. pendents were decidedly fewer. Un- It’ll be interesting to see if they can fortunately, the so-called tea party do better than the Cavalcade of wave gave the GOP in the state- Clowns they put up the last time controlled legislatures the power to before settling on a candidate that draw up state and federal districts. even they didn’t really like. Newt Gingrich has said that the GOP They drew them with a vengeance.

In Ohio, one need look no fur- doesn’t have anyone who could go ther than Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s 9th head-to-head with Hillary Clinton, District. About three miles wide and and truth be told, there seems to be 100 miles or so long, and in places a lot of Clinton nostalgia these days. connected only by a bridge, it is the Yep, things could be interesting for poster child for gerrymandering. the next few years. O This creative drawing managed to pit two longtime Democratic legislators Email columnist Don Burnard at against each other while splitting the letters@toledofreepress.com.

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DECEMBER 16, 2012

Holidays

By Jeff McGinnis

Toledo Free Press Pop Culture Editor PopGoesJeff@gmail.com

In 2011, the first “Holiday Wishes” CD was released. With 100 percent of the proceeds going to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, local celebrities gave generously of their time and talent in an effort to raise money for a wonderful cause.

Luminaries such as Pat Dailey, Crystal Bowersox, Alyson Stoner, Sheri LaFontaine and Jamie Farr all contributed.

“I am so honored and proud to be able to do positive things for my hometown,” Farr said in a 2011 interview with Toledo Free Press.

That kind of generosity — by artists and the public alike — led to an album which grossed more than $25,000 for Make-A-Wish Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. This year, another outpouring in the spirit of giving has led to the creation of “Holiday Wishes 2,” a two-disc, 44-track collection featuring an even wider array of area talent. The CD was produced by Toledo Free Press Editor in Chief Michael S. Miller.

“We all find different ways to help,” said Jerry Anderson, WTOL-11 news anchor. “The holidays, to me, are a great time of family and reflection. And to me, it always refocuses [me] on the things that are most important in my life, which to me are faith and family.”

Anderson performs a reading of the Edgar Guest poem “At Christmas” on “Holiday Wishes 2.” Though this is his first year directly contributing to the project, he helped promote the original CD with coverage on his show “Leading Edge,” and was eager to directly participate this year.

“I think it was as casual as, ‘Hey, would you be interested in doing a reading for the CD this year?’ And

I was thrilled to say yes. I mean, my partner Chrys Peterson sings on the record every year, and she’s a really accomplished performer. And I certainly don’t have that kind of skill,” Anderson said.

Also skilled behind the microphone is 1370 WSPD morning host Fred LeFebvre, who lends his voice to “Holiday Wishes 2” with a reading of “The Boy Who Laughed at Santa Claus.”

“Miller got ahold of me this year and asked if I’d get involved, and I said yes right away,” LeFebvre said. “I wasn’t even sure what he was going to have me do. And then when I found out it was an Ogden Nash poem, that made it even better, because those are always a lot of fun.”

Miller said opening the project to readings expands the types of contributors he can pursue.

“In addition to serving a great cause and being a lot of fun, this annual series can serve as an archive of Toledo history,” he said. “To have tracks by legends such as Jamie Farr and Dennis Staples, and contemporary media talent like Harvey Steele, Rick and Mary Beth from The River and now Jerry and Fred, is to preserve Toledo’s culture and legacy.

“Jerry, Fred and our media participants have been incredibly gracious with their outreach and helping us spread the word about the CD, and we can’t thank them enough,” Miller said.

LeFebvre recorded his piece in the same studio from which he broadcasts daily on WSPD, though he said his performance on the CD was a deliberate attempt to present another side of himself than his regular listeners usually hear.

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“I was going for not so much a dramatic reading, but more of a fun type thing. Not the radio voice that people normally hear, but there’s a little bit of personality in there that I think people will enjoy when they listen to it,” he said.

Anderson, meanwhile, recorded his piece just down the same hall — at the 101.5 The River studio at Clear Channel headquarters. His moving reading of “At Christmas” is all the more impressive given that he didn’t know the piece before getting involved with “Holiday Wishes.”

“I wasn’t familiar with ‘At Christmas,’” Anderson said. “The message in it was just so on point. There’s just something about this time of year that should bring out the best in people. Petty differences don’t matter. When you’re thinking more of others than you are of yourself, you’re less selfish and you’re more giving.”

Of course, the spirit of giving can be heard in every track of “Holiday Wishes 2,” with the money raised going toward a cause that both Anderson and LeFebvre say they were honored to support.

“What I like about this one — the Make-A-Wish, and some of the other ones that we do — is, No. 1, they’re local. I like it when the money stays

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“Plus, the stories that they have to share, after they take a kid out and give them that wish — that’s just amazing.

That’s what Christmas is about.”

“To me, it’s what we should be doing — like the poem says — we should be doing all year long,” Anderson said. “To do something that was just fun to do, had meaning for me, and then to be connected to this tremendous group of talented people — I’m the least of all of them — these tremendously talented people on the CD. “And the bottom line is, there’s going to be wishes granted, there’s going to be smiles on people’s faces, there’s going to be times that the individuals and their families are going to forget about their circumstances for a while, when a wish is granted. It’s just very humbling and satisfying to think that you in some little way might be able to help somebody else.”

“Holiday Wishes 2” is available at all area Panera Bread locations and select stores at Levis Commons, including Lily’s, Second Sole, The Flying Joe and the Levis Commons management office. O

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Don’t fall victim to a holiday heart attack

M

y father-in-law suffered a heart attack Dec. 8.

He thought he was having one that morning and pulled into the parking lot of the emergency room. He sat there, waited and left because he started to feel better.

That night, he doubled over with chest pains, started sweating and began experiencing numbness on his left side.

He had triple bypass surgery Dec. 12.

Data shows that deaths from heart attacks are more prevalent during the holiday season, according to Dr. Brian Kaminski, medical director of ProMedica Toledo Hospital’s emergency department.

First, the ER sees more patients for medical reasons during the winter months. Summer attracts traumarelated injuries because of warmer month activities. People are outside

more, participating in sporting leagues, swimming, biking and enjoying the weather.

In the winter, people aren’t as active, but the cold weather can affect those who are suffering from underlying heart conditions. The body working to stay warm Brandi can stress the heart, as can shoveling the snow.

Also, during the holiday season, people are more likely to travel and will sometimes avoid going to a hospital in an unfamiliar town if they start to feel poorly, Kaminski said.

Holiday parties or gatherings might also prevent a person from seeking help right away. A person might think, “I will go after the

kids finish opening their presents.”

Kaminski has worked several Christmases in the ER and says the day always starts slow, but picks up as people who had symptoms earlier in the day finally start to come in at night.

He said symptoms BARHITE of a heart attack should not be ignored. The typical signs are chest pain that is described as pressure and lasts for more than a few minutes, pain in the arms, back, neck, jaw or stomach, shortness of breath with or without chest pains, nausea and breaking out in a cold sweat.

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A social gifting application developed by a Toledo startup harnesses the simple yet revolutionary way consumers are interacting with businesses in today’s social media-saturated world.

Givt allows users to send free electronic gift cards to their friends via a website or free smartphone app.

Recipients can redeem the gift cards, worth between $3 and $500, at participating local businesses.

Businesses pay a fee to Givt only when offers are redeemed. There is never a cost to users, who also earn credits toward gift cards for themselves every time an offer they gifted is redeemed or a friend they referred starts using Givt.

“The more you give, the more you get back, so it pays to be generous,” said COO Josh Cooper, a Sylvania Northview High School and University of Toledo graduate.

It’s a win-win arrangement that sounds almost too good to be true, said founder and CEO Justin Blanchard.

“Probably our biggest barrier to overcome right now is people are just like, ‘What’s the catch?’” Blanchard said. “There really isn’t a catch.”

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New frontier

The phenomenon of social gifting is relatively new.

“Social gifting emerged out of the Groupon era and, with the emergence of smartphones, it’s changed consumer buying habits. It’s a new delivery system for gift cards,” Cooper said. “It’s kind of where advertising is going. It’s honestly just this new frontier of advertising that’s now available because of the changing face of the modern consumer.”

Toledo area businesses using Givt include 7 Little Cupcakes, The Art Supply Depo, BadDog Fighting, Balance Pan-Asian Grille, Barr’s Public House, The Blarney Irish Pub, Bleak House Coffee, Burger Bar 419, Computer Discount, Definition Fitness, Dooley’s Irish Pub, East of Chicago Pizza, HomeBody Xtreme Fitness, Interior Channel Basement Waterproofing, The Kitchen Store, LAPuTOPia, Manhattan’s Restaurant, Maxwells Brew, Nedley’s Ice Cream & Coffee Cafe, Papa G’s Pizza ’n Grill, Perretti’s Auto Detailing, Picture Perfect Painting, Rooter Pro, Shakin’ Street

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“Givt allows people to truly share their favorite local places with others.

It’s one thing to say to your friend, ‘You’ve got to go check out Manhattan’s or Balance Grille’; it’s another thing to give them money to go there,” Cooper said. “The goal is to drive traffic to local businesses. We want to be supportive of the local economy.

We want users to experience, to rediscover their city and discover new and unique places.”

Givt helps “level the playing field” for small-business owners, Cooper said.

“With Givt, they don’t need to have a $5,000 advertising budget to reach people,” Cooper said. “They just need to have a great product and a passionate fan base.”

Givt removes the hefty upfront cost of traditional print mailings and also aims for a better return rate thanks to personal referrals, which creates a positive branch image, Cooper said.

Plus, since the gift appears on a recipient’s Facebook wall, companies get free advertising even if the offer isn’t redeemed.

“Even if the card is not redeemed, you saw it, other friends on your Facebook wall saw it. There’s social media chatter, which is a really valuable thing in and of itself,” Cooper said.

The gift cards typically expire after

about 14 days, allowing unused offers to be gifted to someone else, Cooper said.

“Daily deal sites are going to give you a big run of traffic all at once and then it’s going to die off,” Cooper said.

“Givt can drive you traffic consistently, 365 days a year, because somebody’s always having a birthday, an anniversary, a baby and gift cards are always available rather than only available once every few months.”

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Balance Pan-Asian Grille, with locations in Maumee and Sylvania, has partnered with Givt from the start.

“I’ve seen it all come together,” said CEO and Creative Director Prakash Karamchandani. “It’s definitely groundbreaking. It’s going to be a game changer. One of the main reasons Givt will work out is it’s 100 percent brand focused. You are putting your brand in front of customers’ faces and promoting yourself the best way possible and it’s all done through social media.

“Why it’s going to grow fast is there’s no payment involved, no hurdle to push someone over. You just download the app and send someone a gift for free,” Karamchandani said. “For a merchant, with traditional advertising you’re just throwing money in the air and seeing what comes down on your side of the fence. With Givt, it’s clean and easy. There’s no out-of-pocket ex-

DECEMBER 16, 2012 pense. I’m not paying any fees until I get a customer through my door.”

The Blarney Irish Pub in Downtown Toledo was another early Givt merchant partner.

“Givt has helped bring new folks through the pub,” said general manager Bill Kline in an email to Toledo Free Press. “We’ve redeemed quite a few so far and, from what I’ve heard, people like the idea of sending a Givt to their friends and/or relatives and it doesn’t cost them anything. People are evolving from paper coupons to

smartphone coupons that can be redeemed with one swipe and we’re glad to be in on the ground floor with Givt.”

The Givt team is excited to officially launch in Toledo and kick off its national expansion.

“This is the season for gifting so we’re excited to launch here in Toledo in December,” Cooper said. “You can share with your friends cool, unique places and help support local businesses at the same time. What a win-win overall.”

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By Brigitta Burks

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Striking up a conversation about tissue donation before a loved one dies can make things easier for everyone, said Reg Dawson, director of Community Tissue, which organizes local tissue donations.

“If you’re not interested in donation, that’s fine, just tell your loved one,” he said.

“If it’s something that you want to do, yes, tell your loved one because you don’t know when [death’s] going to happen. And I hear so often, ‘We never talked about it.’”

Community Tissue, which has locations all over the country, has been in Toledo since 2002 and serves 28 hospitals in the area.

Dawson said there are three categories of donation: organ, tissue and cornea. Tissue donations can include skin, bones, heart valves and ligaments.

Community Tissue handles tissue and cornea donations while Life Connection of Ohio handles organ donations.

“To become an organ donor, you have to be brain dead, meaning there’s no blood flow to the brain. So those people have a beating heart, but if you were to take them off a ventilator, they wouldn’t breathe on their own,” Dawson said. “To be a tissue donor or a cornea donor, you have to sustain cardiac death, meaning your heart has stopped.”

About 54 percent of Ohioans are on the donor registry, which you can sign up for at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Although this figure is higher than many states’, Dawson said, there is still a need for more donors.

“We sometimes find it difficult to

meet the needs of burn patients,” he said. For burn victims, donated skin can act as a natural bandage, keeping infection out and moisture in.

Misconceptions

Some people have misconceptions about becoming donors, he said.

They are sometimes worried about being able to have an open casket or show the body in cases of skin donation. However, the graft comes from the legs and the back.

It’s also a misconception that certain religions frown on donation, he said.

“The religions that don’t support donation are Shintos from Japan and European Gypsies,” Dawson said.

He added, “Some people are afraid to put themselves on the registry. They think, ‘People won’t take care of me.

They’ll see that I have the heart on my driver’s license and I won’t get the care that I need.’

“My response to that is I would think a hospital would do everything they can to keep you alive to pay your bill and no one has ever argued that.”

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Tissue donors can help up to 50 people

Process

Whenever there is a death in the area, Community Tissue receives a call from the hospital or coroner’s office.

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DECEMBER 16, 2012 n TISSUE CONTINUED FROM A16 “If [the deceased] have placed themselves on the registry [and the family still says no], we ask them if there’s anything we can do to help them understand that their loved one

has said yes. We’re not gonna twist arms,” he said. “Legally, could we perform the recovery? Yes … we choose not to because the family is not in a very good place and we step away.”

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An average tissue donor can help or save 50 people.

Bruce Joseph, a financial adviser at Directions Credit Union, is one of those people whose quality of life was improved by a donation.

A high school football injury led to several knee surgeries — two of his surgeries involved donor parts.

“If it weren’t for those surgeries and if it weren’t for the donors, I wouldn’t be as active as I am,” said the 43-yearold dad of three.

His original surgery, done in his early 30s, used his own bone graft and was deteriorating.

“What really got difficult was when my middle child was an infant. I would lay down on the living room floor and play with him and then I noticed it was difficult for me to get off the floor,” he said, adding that it also hurt to climb the stairs while holding his baby.

“I’m thinking, ‘This is not any way for somebody to live,’” Joseph recalled.

“When they told me they could take a donor’s ligament or tendon and create a ligament out of it, I though that was just the coolest thing ever. It almost sounds like science fiction,” he said.

Now, Joseph can stay active and is also the coach of his son’s baseball team.

He also volunteers for Community Tissue by speaking to donor families.

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Denien Wilde

Denien Wilde, who works in the medical field, is in a donor family. About four years ago, her 2-month-old son Quinn, who had a seizure disorder, died.

“I had declared myself a donor years before. I never thought I would be in a position to make that decision for one of my children,” she said.

She and her husband decided to donate their son’s heart valves.

“I really think that our grief would be very different if we hadn’t made the decision to donate his heart valves,” Wilde said. “It’s just been something really positive and beautiful to think about and hold on to.”

Wilde also wrote a children’s book, “Who Will Feed My Goldfish?” based on her family’s experience.

“When we were at hospice, my brother said to my daughter, ‘Now Quinn will be able to help feed your goldfish in heaven,’” she said. “The book just basically expresses that God loves all creatures and we go to heaven and live with God and have what we need.”

Wilde has not met the heart valve recipients’ families yet.

“It’s entirely up to them to initiate that. I hope that it happens someday, but I realize that it might not. It’s such an emotional, sensitive thing,” she said.

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HOLLYWOOD CASINO TOLEDO: YEAR ONE

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TOLEDO FREE PRESS MANAGING EDITOR sottney@toledofreepress.com

The marketing team at Hollywood Casino Toledo likes to be ahead of the curve.

Whether it’s developing a free userfriendly mobile app, placing QR codes on slot machines so guests can track jackpots, allowing Marquee Rewards members to check their points online or generating a massive pre-opening online buzz, the focus is always on improving guest experience.

“I want people to get knowledge of our casino the simplest way, the most practical way, so they don’t have to go out of their way to get information,” said 28-year-old Eric Saliba, a multimedia designer with Penn National Gaming. “I always like to be ahead and having something out before everyone else is really cool.”

Many casinos have mobile websites, but only a few, including Toledo, have mobile apps, Saliba said. “[Apps] are more mobilefriendly,” he said. “If it’s designed for your iPhone or iPad, it’s going to be a better experience.”

Available for both iPhone and Android, Toledo’s app was developed by Saliba in-house and has more than 7,100 downloads so far.

Penn National has expressed interest in replicating the app for its other properties, Saliba said.

“The delivery method of an app is perfect since it’s right on their phone and it’s always with them,” Saliba said.

“They really liked this one. It’s in talks right now and it sounds like they are going to roll it out companywide.”

User commenting is one of the app’s most popular features, Saliba said.

“People love the comments.

That’s definitely No. 1,” he said.

“They comment on everything.

They just like to get their voice heard, so that’s really cool.”

Users who create a free account within the app can like, comment, upload photos and more, earning points and badges for interacting.

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Penn National Gaming MuLtimedia Designer Eric Saliba developed Hollywood Casino Toledo’s free mobile app.

complishments,” Saliba said. “It just encourages them to use our app more, but there’s potential for [rewards] in the future.”

Another popular feature is the howto guides for table games, Saliba said.

“If you’re not sure how to play a table game you can actually go in and learn how to play, so that’s really helpful,” Saliba said. “Or if you have a question while you’re playing or if the dealer does something, you can look right in the app and make sure.”

Many gamblers appreciate being able to browse a list of available games, said Keira Finnegan, advertising and

promotions manager.

“Most slot gamers are die-hard for a machine,” Finnegan said. “They call us and ask us if we have x, y or z, so this is really helpful.”

The app’s dining section allows users to make reservations, view menus and hours, browse monthly specials and more.

The entertainment section lists upcoming concerts and events.

“You can actually say you’re going to be going and can post photos and share your experiences there, so that’s pretty cool,” Saliba said.

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In mid-October, the casino installed QR codes on about 50 highlimit slot machines.

“It’s really cool. You just scan the little code and it shows the recent jackpots — anything more than $200 — won on the machine and the date and time it happened,” Saliba said. “We’ve had that planned since the beginning, but just rolled it out recently. We’re just testing it in high-limits right now and gathering feedback and if it seems to

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Even though slot payouts are random, people are superstitious, Saliba said.

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The structure of the app allows room for future growth as well, including possibly adding geotargeting, a location-based marketing tool, said Marketing Operations Manager John McNamara.

“That’s one of the big reasons, when we were looking at mobile vendors, that we picked Mobile Roadie, because they had that geotargeting capability,” McNamara said. “For those who opt into receiving notifications, the app will automatically send an alert if you go within a boundary we set, to let people know, ‘Hey, you just missed us. Turn around.’”

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The casino also recently started allowing its 222,000 Marquee Rewards card members to check their points online or through a link in the app. Previously, points could only be checked at kiosks on the casino floor.

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Hollywood Casino Toledo recently installed QR codes on its high-limit slot machines. Scanning the codes with a smartphone tells guests when the machines last hit a jackpot.

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Creating buzz

The marketing team built a big enough pre-opening buzz that Hollywood Casino Toledo topped Penn National casinos in number of Facebook likes before it even opened, Saliba said.

“We built the excitement really high,” Saliba said. “We did that by asking questions and encouraging people to comment and like and share our tweets. We made sure our Facebook was up-to-date way before we opened so people could check in and share, so that helped us a lot. Even the construc-

tion workers were checking in.”

Finnegan said the team is always trying to raise the bar for guests.

“We hope they gather all our information, all our promos, all our concerts,” Finnegan said. “We want guests to be able to have easy access to it since today’s world is definitely turning to social media, apps, things of that nature, and we want to be the forefront for Toledo here as a Penn property.”

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Forget the gold standard, let’s go platinum

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received an email chastising me for advocating America go back to the gold standard. The writer said it was a waste of time to talk about it because there isn’t enough gold in the world for us to cover the outstanding currency the Federal Re- Gary L. serve has issued.

In my usual charming way, I talked about this on air and said that while I agreed there was not enough gold to cover our outstanding currency, it was only because gold was priced too cheaply.

If gold was priced at $1 trillion an ounce then we would have plenty of gold. So my contention is that there is plenty of gold — it’s just not priced properly.

Well, apparently The Washington Post listens to the show, because last Friday it came out with an article indicating Congress could legally mint a trillion-dollar platinum coin. The writer says should President Barack Obama want to “avoid an economic calamity next year, he could always show up at a press conference bearing two shiny platinum coins, worth ... $1 trillion apiece.”

This would also make it so that Congress didn’t have to go on record voting to raise the debt ceiling. Under the law, the Treasury is allowed to mint as many coins as it wants from platinum and assign an arbitrary value to each coin.

So it could, legally and probably constitutionally, create a platinum coin or 10 and send them over to the Fed to hold on their balance sheet at whatever value the Treasury determines.

The Fed would then move the money into the Treasury’s account and presto, you have no more debt problem. Economists will love this

because now the debit and credit ledgers will balance. Politicians will love it because they can spend any amount forever without creating any “formal” debt.

This is a politically perfect solution because Congress would have RATHBUN no backlash from the electorate, the president could spend all he wants, the Fed would have even more power and the general population of the U.S. wouldn’t understand or care to understand the consequences of such stupidity.

Platinum is priced at around $1,600 an ounce, so if the Treasury minted a $1 trillion coin either the spot price would go through the ceiling or it would drop to being cheaper than tin. If it went through the ceiling, the dollar would be able to hold its value in the world because it would be backed by a hard asset. If it fell through the floor, then we would be worse off in the world since the dollar would be worth less than it is today.

Making a trillion-dollar platinum coin would essentially be the same as defaulting on our debt. Imagine that someone owes you $100 and instead of paying you back in the same currency that was lent out he decides to pay you in pop bottle caps because he has declared that they are now worth $20 apiece. You probably wouldn’t be very happy unless you were very certain that someone else would exchange the bottle caps for something else of value.

This is likely to happen with the platinum coin idea. As far as an accounting entry, it will make everything nice and neat and probably give

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Martin Freeman stars as Bilbo Baggins in ‘the Hobbit.’

‘Hobbit’ is long, rewarding journey

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“Good stories involve embellishment.” So says wizard Gandalf the Grey to Bilbo Baggins at the beginning of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.”

In the first installment of director Peter Jackson’s latest trilogy, audiences are taken back to Middle-earth, the fantasy universe from author J.R.R. Tolkien. The opening scenes of “The Hobbit” show an old Bilbo writing a memoir of sorts and describing his “unexpected journey” 60 years prior.

“I am old now, Frodo,” he writes, mentioning his nephew (Elijah Wood), who makes a brief appearance. “It is time for you to know what really happened.”

In his writings, he describes what had been happening in Middle-earth — specifically, the Lonely Mountain in the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. This mountain had been home to the dwarves until the dragon Smaug the Magnificent attacked, forcing them from their only home — with nowhere to go.

The narration ends and we see Bilbo (Martin Freeman) as younger man.

Gandalf (Ian McKellen) stops by Bilbo’s home in The Shire, a quaint and quiet village inhabited by the hobbits, small people with large feet.

The great wizard asks the young bachelor hobbit to accompany him on a journey.

Bilbo, who was once a fiery teenager with a sense of adventure and wonder, has grown up into a young adult who cherishes his grandmother’s china, delicate dish doilies and the cleanliness of his home. He has become safe and ordinary.

Gandalf still sees the potential of

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the younger, adventurous Bilbo.

“You’ve got the wrong hobbit,” Bilbo warns.

A raucous lineup of 13 dwarves later show up to Bilbo’s residence and the plan is revealed.

There are signs that the dragon is dead inside the mountain and the dwarves want to reclaim their kingdom before anyone else does. Bilbo, being a small, stealthy hobbit could help the team once they arrive at the mountain.

And the story and mythology continue as Bilbo decides to go along on the journey.

Director Jackson is at his best in the “Lord of the Rings” realm.

What he has created is not only a 17time Academy Award-winning movie franchise with 30 nominations among the three films, but he has also set the bar extremely high for fantasy films — almost too high even for himself.

Fans of the “Lord of the Rings” series will very much enjoy this movie, which can feel more like a director’s cut at times.

However, “The Hobbit” suffers slightly from gorging on every minute detail, which casual fans may find slightly arduous. The new trilogy is based on one 300-page book, along with various other writings and “Lord of the Rings” appendices by Tolkien. On the other hand, each film of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy was based upon a specific book, each about 400 pages.

While watching “The Hobbit,” it is clear Jackson is embellishing, just as Gandalf suggested.

Jackson allows his audience to savor every possible on-screen moment — ad nauseam. But this is not all bad.

Audiences are treated to wonderfully extended scenes between Bilbo and Gollum, along with Gandalf and others.

Look for a shared screenplay credit with

Guillermo del Toro (“Pan’s Labyrinth”).

But while the story may drag at times, the visuals more than make up for Jackson’s indulgences.

The picturesque landscapes, stunning CGI and 3-D are some of the year’s best visuals at the cinema.

Middle-earth appears real. This makes the recent “Star Wars” trilogy visuals seem amateurish. Once again, the animating of Gollum is exquisite and frightening at times. The trolls, goblins and orcs are also impressive.

For this movie, Jackson implemented filming in 48 frames per second. The industry standard for movies is currently 24. Television uses 30 frames per second. Rave Fallen Timbers and Franklin Park will be showing “The Hobbit” in the new format (look for HFR, high frame rate, 3-D). This reviewer did not screen the new format.

After investing 2 hours and 49 minutes into the movie, there is a feeling of grief since there is no real story payoff, which may not come until the third movie.

As for the second installment, fans will have to wait until Dec. 13, 2013, for “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.”

It’s going to be a long 12 months. /5

Rated PG-13 for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence and frightening images. O Toledo Free Press Lead Designer and Film Editor James A. Molnar blogs about all things Oscar at TheGold Knight.com. Watch him discuss movies on “WNWO Today” around 5:50 a.m. on Fridays. Also, listen to James discuss movies on “Eye on Your Weekend” on 1370 WSPD every Friday at 6 p.m.

The Johnny Knorr Orchestra is bringing the big-band sound back to New Year’s Eve with its gala celebration. Last year was the first time in decades the party did not occur.

This year will mark the 27th New Year’s Eve Gala, said Jerry Knorr, the musical director. Knorr’s father Johnny started the orchestra in 1960 and died in August 2011.

“The Stranahan Great Hall (the party’s location), they had booked another party [last year] and it was shortly after my father’s passing and it was just a little too much to handle. We’re pleased to be able to bring it JERRY KNORR back this year and resume a longstanding tradition,” Jerry said.

The party will feature a large dance floor, a buffet by Michael’s Gourmet Catering and a performance by the ballroom act “Strictly Show.” There will also be a champagne toast to welcome 2013. “Ragtime” Rick Grafing and Dennis Williams will emcee the event.

And of course, The Johnny Knorr Orchestra will perform.

Jerry took over as musical director in early 2011 and has continued to lead the band since his father’s death. He joined the orchestra as a high school student.

“I’ve been with the orchestra since day one and have always been a part of it and this is just an evolution, continuing the tradition. As we approach our 53rd year, to me, it’s just been a natural transition of carrying on the orchestra,” Jerry said.

Michael Drew Shaw, a longtime friend of Johnny’s who also produced a documentary on the orchestra, said, “I think that it’s been a difficult year for Jerry. … These guys weren’t just father and son, they were business partners.

They lived next door to each other out in Oregon. I know Jerry took the loss of his pop pretty hard, but I’ve been impressed with his determination to keep the band going.”

The reason the orchestra is so successful is because of its commitment to Johnny’s principles — and to pleasing the crowd, Jerry said. “[Johnny] grew up as what was known as a sideman and played with several different orchestras. And he thought he just wanted to do things a little bit better so he formed his own orchestra,” Jerry said. “[He] always was striving for a little bit better and I guess that’s what brought about the longevity (of the group). He always was observant and played for the dancers … we always played for the audience, the dancers, so they always wanted us to return.”

Shaw said the orchestra’s work ethic is why it has been on the Toledo music scene for so long. “[Jerry and Johnny] have a passion for the music they play. … The orchestra members have that same passion. They just love to get out there and play the music. n KNORR CONTINUES ON A22

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“I think it’s that collective passion they have for keeping big-band music alive,” he said.

Although they have the same work ethic, Jerry said there are differences between him and his father.

“Dad was a very stern taskmaster and I guess I’m a little more relaxed about it and achieve similar goals in a different manner” he said.

Like his father, Jerry plays the saxophone and the clarinet. His grandfather was also musical and played the piano.

Jerry has an engineering degree and also attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. Today, his orchestra has 12 members and two vocalists. The average tenure of an orchestra member is 25 years, Jerry said.

“These are all professional musicians and they travel as much as 100 miles to come play with us,” he said.

The orchestra will release a new

CD, “We’ll Meet Again,” at its New Year’s Eve party.

“We’re very excited about being able to have this new CD and have that be a part of the New Year’s Eve function. It’s been a few years since we did a recording, so we’re pleased to bring it out,” Jerry said, adding that the new album is “a little bit of the past, the present and the future.”

The CD will also be available for $15 at johnnyknorr.com.

The gala draws in people from all over, Jerry said.

“The event is sometimes quite amazing as to the following we have.

I have people who have obtained tickets from Columbus and from as far away as Florida.”

Tickets for the gala are $60 per person and must be purchased by Dec. 28. Call (419) 697-7612 to purchase. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 31 at the Stranahan Great Hall, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd. O

Donations sought for children’s shopping event Local nonprofit Feet on the Street is organizing its fourth annual 12 Kids of Christmas shopping event.

Children are recommended for participation in the program by police department members, school employees, social agencies and family shelters, according to a news release.

The event is set for 8 a.m. to

noon Dec. 21. The children will be served breakfast at the Toledo Police Patrolman’s Association Hall, featuring appearances by Santa Claus and Ronald McDonald. Afterward, Toledo police officers will help the children shop for Christmas gifts at Meijer.

After shopping, the group

will eat lunch and be entertained by a visit from Spike the Toledo Walleye mascot, Christmas music from Kyle White, Jeff Stewart and Johnny Rodriguez, and animals from the Toledo Zoo. For more information, visit feetonthestreet.org. O — Staff Reports

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Those who have been meaning to check out Toledo Museum of Art’s (TMA) “Manet: Portraying Life” exhibit have until Jan. 1 before it leaves the country.

Toledo is the exclusive U.S. venue for the exhibition, which drew from more than 30 public and private collections worldwide to comprise the first exhibit focused on the portraiture of 19th-century French painter Édouard Manet. After TMA, the works will be shown at London’s Royal Academy of Arts.

Born in 1832, Manet painted his family, friends and the literary, political and artistic figures of his day, often in casual settings rather than traditionally posed portraits, according to a news release from TMA. Often credited as “the father of modernity,” Manet’s style inspired many well-known Impressionists,

including Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet and Edgar Degas.

Upcoming museum programming related to the exhibition includes: O 2 p.m. Dec. 16: “Portraits in Prints and Prose,” with Tom Loeffler, assistant curator of works on paper.

Meet at Matisse mural.

O Noon to 6 p.m. Dec. 31 and Jan. 1: Family Center activities, including hat making, photo ops with props, decorating a frame for photographs, 3-D clay portraits and paper cuts.

Admission to the exhibit is $8 for adults, $5 for seniors 65 and older and students age 6 to 22 and is free for TMA members and children 5 and younger with a paid adult admission.

An audio tour is available for $3. General admission to TMA is free.

For more information, call (419) 255-8000 or visit toledomuseum.org. O — Staff Reports

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Events: Sun enters Capricorn – Winter Solstice (21st) Aries (March 21-April 19)

Libra (September 23-October 22)

All forms of communication are emphasized; even intuitive senses are tingling. Glad tidings arrive Wednesday. Gossip grapevines are sizzling with hot rumors. There’s a tendency to go overboard as the weekend arrives. Expect lavish events and hospitality.

Messages zoom back and forth all week. Major choices hang in the balance and it’s hard to see which way to jump. A friend steers you straight and boosts your mood midweek. By Saturday the most important factors are clear.

Big changes are in the wind.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

You want to settle plans or lock in deals, but negotiations are mad pingpong balls bouncing back and forth. Modest steps or small quantities are a good way to test new supply lines. Joyful holiday events contrast with serious work or ongoing financial/career choices.

Big plans developed in the autumn may be wobbling now. Much depends on people's ability to follow through and keep promises. You can choose to take on burdens to compensate for others’ shortcomings, or turn your attention to pressing personal concerns.

Gemini (May 21-June 21)

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

The week builds up to a huge crescendo. Monday starts it off with multiple talks and tasks. Midweek news relates to extra money. After Thursday, your ability to juggle everything at once it tested to the max. Personal, professional and work obligations are a big pileup.

Energies scatter between many interests and commitments – it’s important to stay grounded. A political storm may be raging around your workplace. Good news arrives midweek. Joyful seasonal events are mixed with turbulent personal and career matters.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

Good organizational skills are critical, as your abilities and resources are strained this week. Time flies and pressure builds. Extreme stress can trigger physical or emotional collapse. Pace yourself, delegate, simplify and streamline.

Accept your limitations with grace.

This week tests your ability to present a calm exterior while hidden or private matters boil and bubble. Unexpected twists midweek change the direction of these situations.

After Friday, you’ll have a better grip on the way things are going to work out.

Leo (July 23-August 22)

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

Friends and relatives keep you hopping. An offer or opportunity arrives midweek. Priorities and goals are in flux. Discuss your options and concerns with a trusted friend on Thursday evening. A fabulous event on Saturday is a social coup for you. Dress for success.

Intuitively you know that certain situations are in temporary accord, and slight nudges can trigger a mess. Go with the flow and enjoy the blessings of the holidays. Don’t worry about problems that haven’t happened yet. Spend time with good friends Saturday.

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