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Opinion

december 18, 2011

No confidence III

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he revelation of a whistle-blower suit filed against the Lucas County Board of Elections (BOE), combined with walkouts, drama and continuing stumbles, demands intervention from Ohio State Secretary of State Jon Husted.

Before the September primary and again before the November general election, Toledo Free Press urged Husted to end the chaos and establish stability in our local elections process. It is more clear by the day that the four men charged with operating the BOE are incapable of cooperation.

The resignation of Director Ben Roberts, who proved incapable of calming the waters under his command, is another straw on a very weary camel’s back.

The whistle-blower suit filed by fired employees Dennis Lange and Kelly Mettler, which provides evidence of what they claim are at least 10 people involved in election and voter fraud, raises many questions.

Why didn’t the BOE further pursue what appears to be an organized effort to rig an elecMichael S. miller tion as current BOE member Jon Stainbrook ran for chairman of the county GOP? Did the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office investigate the well-documented claims provided by Mettler and Lange in 2008 and 2010?

Why, according to the suit, did Husted’s office say it would not get involved in local personnel matters, then ignore the evidence Mettler and Lange provided and break the tie to fire them?

Stainbrook hinted during a Dec. 13 interview with Toledo Free Press that The Blade has known about the whistle-blower lawsuit but has chosen not to report it. The Blade tried to push away from Stainbrook in a Dec. 13 editorial that uses such descriptions as “inept” and contains the unflattering lines, “There is more to being party chairman than photo opportunities with state and national party dignitaries. … Mr. Stainbrook obviously enjoys the power and perks of being party chairman. But he also has to do the heavy lifting that’s necessary to make Republicans relevant in Lucas County.”

The Blade was a primary force in Stainbrook’s ascent, offering glowing profiles and Stainbrook-slanted news, while behind the scenes Stainbrook reportedly used his relationship with The Blade to threaten people in his grab for power. The Blade can try to distance itself now, but its role in creating the current political chaos must not be excused.

Again, we respectfully ask for and urge Husted to dismantle the BOE’s leadership and force a clean slate that can begin to rebuild confidence as we head into a presidential election year.

To repeat: If the Secretary of State’s office does not increase its oversight and guarantee the BOE can run an efficient and honest election, the resulting lack of confidence and potential legal issues will rest squarely on its shoulders. There will be scandal on a scale that makes the usual local political games look like preschool frolics, and Husted will carry direct responsibility.

If the chaos is allowed to continue, the only vote that will be believed is a resounding vote of no confidence in the process. O Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Contact him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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Occupy Tchaikovsky

t debuted in 1892, but Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” is warlock powers of the uber-rich to fix the nutcracker. Eager to ensure that Clara does not fall for her brother’s Occupy idea perfect interpretation of the 2011 Occupy movement.

The ballet begins in the home of an obvious pair of ology, he sprinkles magic dust, a stand-in for money, to trans1 percenters, The President and his Wife. These rich fat cats port her to a fever dream accessible only by the most elite.

Clara awakens and seeks the nutcracker, share the surname Silberhaus (which I aswhile Drosselmeyer perches on top of a sume would translate as “we live in a house clock to watch her ease to her destiny. made of silver” in some European language At that moment, a group of 99 percenters, if I got around to looking it up) but are usudepicted as lowly mice, invades the house ally referred to simply as “the parents,” as they to rescue Clara. They bravely circle around represent the faceless, nameless minority that her and try to explain the evils of money enjoys wealth and opulence at the expense and the inherent unfairness in the system. of the poor and downtrodden. The oblivious Drosselmeyer quickly conjures an army of money-grubbers are in the middle of a lavish gingerbread soldiers, led by a brought-to-life Christmas celebration, with piles of food and Nutcracker, which proceeds to use Tasers presents and decorations strewn about with careless, wasteful abandon. It is not written Michael S. miller and pepper spray on the mice to force them into submission. The noble and righteous into the stage directions, but one can imagine a group of noble 99 percenters pressing their noses against The Mouse King prepares to take on the elitist Nutcracker in President’s window, snow slowly turning their clothes and a sword duel. But the spoiled and petulant Clara throws her undoubtedly soft-as-silk slipper at the Mouse King, hair to white as they shiver and shake with cold and hunger.

The President and his Wife have two children: Clara, distracting him long enough for the Nutcracker to fatally who is also known by the religious-toned alias Marie, wound the People’s King.

As the 99 percenters mourn the loss of their leader, the and her younger brother, Fritz. Clara is cut from pure 1 percenter cloth. She is dreamy, starry-eyed, fanciful and Nutcracker is, of course, transformed into a Handsome comfortable. Fritz may be born of 1 percenter parents, but Prince, a reward for protecting the corrupt status quo.

What follows is a harrowing orgy of over-the-top celhis sprit is that of the revolutionary-minded 99 percent.

He expresses his discomfort with his unfair advantages by ebration and wasteful honoring, as the Handsome Prince acting out in a surly manner, pushing and prodding Clara escorts Clara to the exclusive, rich-only Land of the to wake up and understand how their family’s wealth could Sweets. A legion of patronizing sycophants greets them, be more fairly used by sharing it with the unfortunates fawning over their phony heroics in vanquishing those less equipped then themselves. looking in through the window.

The Sugar Plum Fairy, who represents an acquiescent At this point, the eye-patch-wearing Councilor Drosselmeyer arrives. He is the children’s godfather, an ominous mainstream media, helps the Handsome Prince and Clara title that in a criminal context matches his thuggish black take their throne, then proceeds to exploit a number of culVaderesque cape and marching boots. Drosselmeyer repre- tures. The trio delight in the capitalistic ravaging of chocosents the banking and financial wizardry employed by the late from Spain, coffee from Arabia, teas from China, candy 1 percenters to maintain control over the 99 percenters. He canes from Russia, etc. In a travesty of societal stereotypes, brings toys that symbolize working-class people — foolish a two-story-tall woman in a dress with enough fabric to harlequins and entertainers — that are forced to dance and clothe 40 1 percenters takes the stage, and a half-dozen children emerge from her dress. This mocks the notion that jerk like puppets for the amusement of the rich and elite.

Drosselmeyer also brings a nutcracker, the literal inter- poor people produce children beyond their means to care pretation of a common tool that serves a utilitarian func- for, in a cruel dance of welfare-state entitlement.

After this parade of contempt, Clara and the Handtion. It is cruel irony to use such a hardworking item as a some Prince are named rulers of the Land of the Sweets mere amusement for rich children.

Fritz sees through Drosselmeyer’s mocking implemen- forever, creating another elite fiefdom and closing any tation of the nutcracker, and immediately wrests it from his opportunity for advancement for those not born into spoiled princess sister. He defiantly throws it to the floor money and genetic advantage.

During this entire charade, no mention is made of Fritz; and breaks it, unapologetic for his illusion-shattering call to arms. Of course, he is whisked away by his authoritarian the true hero of “The Nutcracker” has been erased, a forparents, undoubtedly to be punished for daring to break the gotten, silenced protestor relegated to the outside of the system, forever banished to the fate of the 99 percenters. O conformity that protects his parents’ station in life.

Drosselmeyer, eager to keep Clara in her state of daydreaming, hurries to fix the wounded nutcracker. He en- Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and courages Clara to sleep, and while she does, he employs the Toledo Free Press Star. His email is mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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DON LEE

Who is serving the people?

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he Republican Party has left no themselves to the moneyed class in doubt it is bought and paid for hopes that they will have a lucrative by its corporate masters (Dis- position after leaving government claimer: Several Blue Dog so-called “service.” After all, it worked for John Democrats also fall into this category). Kasich and myriad other politicians.

The Super-Special Save the Country The Occupy movement and its numCommittee was a colossal failure, as bers are starting to make the Tea Party movement look like, well, a tea party expected by just about everyone.

Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, who ran in comparison. The only thing they for office to supposedly bring his ex- have still working in their corner is the ingrained ineptitude pertise in monetary and lack of courage matters, proved to be exhibited by the Demjust what I thought he ocratic Party. A third would be: another corparty candidate or an porate shill. independent could fare During his recent well in 2012.

Toledo appearance he Robert Reich, Bill presented his sevenClinton’s secretary of step plan to boost the labor and chancellor’s economy. It was a reprofessor of public hash of every Repub- Don BURNARD policy at UC Berkeley, lican wish list since Ronald Reagan: We need lower cor- pointed out a number of fallacies in porate taxes so that the largesse will the GOP’s economic policies. First, trickle down to the little people; we that tax cuts for the rich trickle need more free trade agreements to down. Under Reagan and Bush II, increase our exports and lower trade taxes for the rich were sliced. Wages barriers; less regulation because it began to flatten under Reagan and will cost jobs; yadda, yadda, yadda. actually went down under Bush. The The only problem with all this is it Half In Ten Campaign, a group of has been tried for the past 30 years, experts studying how to cut povand it does not work! So now we’ll go erty, did a study that showed in the back to looking out for the “job cre- past 36 years real wages, adjusted ators,” as Republican strategist Frank for inflation, grew by an incredible Luntz has trained them to call the $1.23/hr, or 8.4 percent, from an rich. Wage earners need not apply average of $14.73 in 1973 to $15.96 for relief — unless it benefits, say, in 2009. The Congressional Budget the oil industry, even more. Look no Office recently released a report that further than the failure to pass the said that between 1979 and 2007, inmiddle-class tax extension and un- come grew 275 percent for the top 1 employment benefits extension. The percent and by 18 percent for those Repubs just can’t bring themselves to at the bottom. If there’s any trickling pass a simple bill that will help an es- going on, it’s up, not down.

Higher taxes on the rich would timated 160 million people without larding it up with gifts for the 1 per- hurt the economy and slow job growth. cent. Couple that with the cavalcade From the end of WWII to 1981, the of clowns running for the GOP nom- rich had tax rates of 70 percent or ination and we’re left wondering just above. Under Eisenhower, the top rate what the hell these guys are thinking. was 91 percent. Even with those high They are deliberately trying to set rates, growth was much higher than it up a massive failure of government so is now. And, as Reich and others have that the corporate interests can sweep pointed out, only about 2 percent of in and “save” the country. There is no the vaunted small business owners other rationalization that even be- would be affected by the higher tax gins to make sense. Ohio representa- rates that have been proposed.

Shrinking government will tive and Speaker of the House John Boehner and his minions were outed generate more jobs is another falas having played an instrumental role lacy. Wrong again. It means fewer in the egregious congressional redis- teachers, police, firefighters and sotricting map that’ will most likely be cial workers at the state and local the subject of the next major refer- level, and fewer safety inspectors and endum. Another possibility is that military at the federal level.

It’s time the so-called government they know that they have so thoroughly bollixed things up with their servants start serving the people they obstructionism and political pettiness were elected to serve. O that they could quite possibly be in the political hinterlands for another Email columnist Don Burnard at 30 years, and they want to endear letters@toledofreepress.com.

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LUCAS COUNTY

Fired Board of Elections employees file whistle-blower lawsuit, allege voter fraud

By Caitlin McGlade

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Two employees fired from the Lucas County Board of Elections in August have filed a whistleblower appeal against the board — charging instances of voter registration fraud and illegal voting hovering around Jon Stainbrook’s 2010 bid for Lucas County Republican Party Chairman.

The Ohio Secretary of State’s office asserted in a letter issued during August that Kelly Mettler and Dennis Lange were fired for “irreconcilable differences” between the two and Republican board members.

But Mettler and Lange, both Republican employees at will, allege that they lost their jobs in retaliation for investigating HUSTED voter registration and ballots cast in relation to Stainbrook.

The appeal was filed Nov. 1 at the Ohio State Personnel Board of Review under a section of the Ohio Revised Code that protects civil service employees from discipline for reporting violation of government rules or misuse of public resources.

The board has the authority to reinstate jobs and mandate back pay and benefits, said Mettler and Lange’s lawyer, Kevin Greenfield.

The board of review is still determining whether it will accept the case.

The board of elections has motioned for the case to be thrown out on the grounds that Mettler and Lange’s circumstances don’t meet the Revised Code’s stipulations.

The final word on the firings came from Secretary of State Jon Husted’s office because the elections board vote was a tie. The motion to dismiss, which states that the Secretary of State broke the tie, argues that Mettler and Lange would be unable to establish that the board was responsible for their job losses.

The rift began a few years ago when a series of voter registration addresses raised red flags for Mettler, Lange, former Director Linda Howe

and former Deputy Director Jeremy Demagall. The four found that a number of individuals had voted in precincts where they did not live.

After scrutinizing records, they drew a connection between these voters and Stainbrook, according to Mettler’s memorandum.

The document states that at least 10 individuals used improper addresses to vote for Stainbrook as county party chairman and turned over 10 names to the Lucas County Prosecutor’s Office.

Stainbrook scoffed at the lawsuit.

“It’s completely frivolous and made up by employees that were terminated,” he said after the Dec. 13 election board meeting.

“It’s sour grapes.”

He said the firing had nothing to do with the allegations because he did not know about the invesSTAINBROOK tigation at the time. The Board of Elections adopted a similar argument in its motion to dismiss, stating that Lange and Mettler’s names were not included on any of the filed reports so it would be implausible that Stainbrook or anyone else would have

connected them to the investigation.

In addition to the investigation, Mettler had filed a report with the Lucas County Sheriff ’s Office against Stainbrook in January 2008 after an argument in the Board of Elections office. The report says that Stainbrook visited the office to file a protest accusing Mettler of completing petition documents on county time.

Mettler confronted him and, according to the police report, Stainbrook got angry and told her that he would soon make changes in the Republican Party and she needed to decide whether she was with him or against him. The report indicates that he told her when he joined the elections board in the future, he would fire Lange.

Stainbrook denied the altercation, saying he was just visiting to file a complaint because he had learned Mettler was “politicking on the job.”

The case was closed with no repercussions for either party.

Conditions at the board of elections have groen volatile, with frequent altercations during board meetings, walkouts and the Dec. 9 resignation of Director Ben Roberts. Stainbrook maintained during the Dec. 13 meeting that he and his party mates on the board have been working to clean up messes, setting himself apart from previous Republican board members who he said

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Mettler and Lange said the Board of Elections before Stainbrook was an entirely different place.

“We were really like a family and partisan politics were not an issue,” Mettler said. “We left our political hats at the door.”

They said they hope justice is served.

“There were felonies committed and it needs to be made right,” Lange said.

In the meantime, Mettler is running against Meghan Gallagher — the employee who replaced her at the Board of Elections — for the Repub-

lican State Central Committee person for Senate District 11.

Matt McClellan, spokesperson for the Secretary of State’s Office, confirmed that the office received documents regarding the investigation of voter fraud. But he said the office was told that the Lucas County Prosecutor had already received them so the state office did not pursue the case further.

As of press time, the county prosecutor’s office had yet to provide information or comment. Brenda Meyer, the BOE’s legal representative, did not return numerous calls for comment. O

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By Duane Ramsey

TOLEDO FREE PRESS SENIOR BUSINESS WRITER dramsey@toledofreepress.com

The Port of Toledo makes an economic impact in Northwest Ohio by generating nearly 7,000 jobs with vessel and cargo activity resulting in more than $1 billion in economic impact.

The numbers were validated by a study conducted in the entire St. Lawrence Seaway system and released Dec. 14 by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority and St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.

“The results of the economic impact study clearly show the positive impact of our seaport’s operations to the entire Northwest Ohio region. It’s all the facilities and terminals along the Maumee River that contribute to the success of the port,” said Paul Toth, president and CEO of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, at a news conference. “We’re here to share the good news about the economic impact of the port, which validates what we do every day.”

Toth said the Port of Toledo has invested $25 million during the past 18 months in land, materials handling

equipment, two new cranes and a railroad loop to help move cargo from ship to rail and rail to ship.

“It shows the vision of the port board and staff to make these investments to take advantage of the opportunities out there. Northwest Ohio is the right place to be for transportation and logistics,” Toth said.

Thousands of people are employed directly or indirectly as a result of Toledo’s cargo handling operations. It includes not only dock workers but jobs with railroad and trucking companies, steamship agents, freight forwarders and many others, Toth said.

About 2,521 jobs are directly generated by the port’s marine vessel and cargo activity, according to the report. As a result of the local purchases by those individuals holding jobs, an additional 2,688 induced jobs are supported in the regional economy.

The study showed that another 1,763 indirect jobs are supported by $173 million of regional purchases by businesses supplying services at the Port of Toledo marine terminals.

Personal income from those jobs is estimated at $558 million. Business

revenue directly related to the cargo activity at the port is estimated at $381 million in the local economy.

The Economic Impacts of the Port of Toledo study, conducted

by Martin Associates of Lancaster, Penn., examined the effect of marine cargo activity at the Port of Toledo and through the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System.

“The Port of Toledo is one of the most important ports in the St. Lawrence system and is critical to the success of the entire system as the largest land mass port operated

by Midwest Terminals. It’s a port on the move and looking forward,” said Collister “Terry” Johnson Jr., administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. based in Washington, D.C. The Great Lakes and maritime system play a vital role in the economies of the U.S. and Canada by generating a total of $60 billion of economic activity, he added.

The St. Lawrence Seaway is the longest inland system in the world at 2,300 miles with 100 ports and terminals in eight U.S. states and two Canadian provinces, Johnson said.

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Terry johnson, left, and paul toth discusss the port’s impact dec. 14.

“Ohio is second only to Michigan in economic impact of the St. Lawrence system and with a lot less coastline and ports,” Toth said.

The Port of Toledo registered nearly 4.8 million metric tons of overseas cargo through the St. Lawrence Seaway in the 2010 navigation season, a 16 percent increase over the 2009 season. A total of 9.8 million metric tons were shipped via 567 vessels through the seaway

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After working at a dentist’s office, she saw an advertisement for a facilitator in the Dental Hygiene program at Owens Community College. She felt it was a once-in-a-lifetime chance and applied.

She got the job. She was in charge of assisting the students, sterilizing the equipment and managing the inventory at the dental clinic. Soon, she decided to enroll at Owens.

“The students I worked with were my biggest inspiration. They were in a challenging program and managed to fit it all in and still be successful,” said Cook.

She started out slowly, only taking one class per semester so she would have time with her two sons who were still in school.

“For me, all it took was just one class at Owens. Then I was hooked,” said Cook.

After 11 years, there was an opening in the Human Resources Department. Cook felt it was a chance she just couldn’t pass up.

Kim Cook Manager of Workers’ Compensation, Employee Relations and Immigration 2004 Graduate

She became the Manager of Workers’ Compensation. After three years, she took a position with the Record’s Office, where she served students directly.

“It was great to see the other side of operations at Owens,” said Cook.

She continued with her education and in 2004 graduated with an associate’s degree in Applied Business and Supervision.

The next year, a new position opened up in the Human Resources Department. Cook’s degree fit perfectly with the needed qualifications. She oversees all facets of workers’ comp and works as the liaison between the unions and management at Owens.

“I love what I do. Every day is a new challenge. The communication skills I learned at Owens are valuable to me everyday,” said Cook.

“I am so appreciative to Owens. I want to make sure other students have the same opportunities, so I donate to the Foundation every year,” said Cook.

“For me, all it took was just one class at Owens.

Then I was hooked.”

and Great Lakes systems.

Figures for the 2011 shipping season will be available in January.

Two new locomotives purchased

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Join The Alumni Association The Alumni Association is gearing up for its annual membership drive. Benefits include membership at the Student Health and Activities Center, job search services and more. Visit www.owens.edu/ alumni to sign up today.

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

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HOLIDAYS

By Jason Mack

Toledo Free Press Web Editor jmack@toledofreepress.com

Setting up a musical Christmas light display is time-consuming, but occasionally a moment arises to remind Robert Densic why he started his show seven years ago.

“This guy showed up last year, and he had been showing up with his wife for years since we started this,” Densic said. “He was in his mid-80s and his wife had just passed away a week before the lights came on. He said, ‘She was so looking forward to coming and seeing what you were doing this year. I just had to bring her.’ He had her in her urn. That’s when you know all the time, effort and standing out in the freezing rain, snow and cold is worth it.”

Densic upgraded this year’s display, called “The Ageless Childs’ Christmas,” from 55,000 to 66,000 lights connected with nearly three miles of extension cord. At full tilt, the display draws 135 amps of power.

“When everything goes bright outside, everything goes dim inside,” Densic said. “We have a 200-amp service. If we’re pulling 135 amps out here, it doesn’t leave us much inside. If we’re cooking dinner, our lights will dim. I don’t have much of a problem.”

The neighbors have also come to expect the display.

“They enjoy it as well,” Densic said.

“One neighbor next door and another across the street insisted we start using their yard. They are all very supportive and come out to help.”

The lights are managed with 23 control boxes, each of which controls 16 different elements in the show. Ev-

erything is connected with computer wiring and runs off a computer in the house. With such a complex system, the process of setting up the show starts long before the holiday season.

“The whole family is involved in the setup,” Densic said. “My wife and I start in early October. I program yearround. The setup and programming are separate aspects. My family, her family and friends come out and help.

My mother, niece and nephew were here constantly helping every weekend for a month. We need that. Our neighbors help us set up. It took us just shy of seven weeks to set this all up.”

The idea for the display came to Densic and his wife seven years ago.

“There was a video that started flying around the Internet of a house in southern Ohio done to the music of Trans-Siberian Orchestra,” Densic said. “Everybody saw the house and thought it was amazing. I saw the video and thought, ‘Wow. I have to do that.’ I still had dial-up, so it took about two hours to download the video. I called my wife, and she said we had to do it. We thought it was a great way to celebrate Christmas.”

This year’s show includes seven songs from Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

Densic, a Toledo Free Press political columnist, was enthusiastic about decorating for Christmas even before starting the light show. He decorated outside with 17,000 icicle lights, which used more power than his new display.

“I almost tripled the number of lights but went down in electrical costs,” Densic said. “That’s the first question we get from people, is what is our electric bill like. Honestly, it’s not that bad. At any given point in time,

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they are not all on, compared to a display where you just have timers with everything on. I keep arguing that as a cost-saving measure, I should put more lights and more controllers in the show, because obviously we’re saving money.”

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Fulbright scholar will travel to South Africa

By Brigitta Burks

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Fry graduated from Sylvania Southview High School in 2005 and from The Ohio State University in 2009 with a degree in political science and economics. He earned a master’s degree from Dominican University in the Chicago area in 2011. While in Chicago, he taught middle school at Parkman Elementary through the Teach for America (TFA) program. His experience with TFA and his teachers inspired him to pursue the Fulbright.

One of Fry’s high school teachers and current mentor, Janet Rogolsky, said she believes Fry will do “an outstanding job” in South Africa.

“I’m sure you will see him living a life of worth,” she said. “Scott’s work ethic is sublime, he truly has a dedicated work ethic and he has always shown that doing the job.”

Fry displayed that work ethic at Parkman Elementary by organizing a trip for 21 sixth-graders to The Ohio State University. During the school year, Fry’s classroom was Ohio Statethemed, complete with a Woody Hayes picture and a secret handshake.

Fry set up a fundraising website, a Facebook page and contacted OSU to raise money for the trip. Once the students were in Columbus, they attended the homecoming parade and OSU game, sample lectures and a speech by President Gordon Gee. Calling the trip his most meaningful life experience, Fry said, “Hopefully, it gave [the sixth-graders] an idea that university is a possibility and they should aim to go to university.”

FRY Fry’s family history in South Africa is another reason he was drawn to the country, which he visited last summer.

Fry’s grandmother and her family moved to South Africa from Germany in 1927 and his great-grandfather lived in an internment camp there during World War II. Some of Fry’s family still lives there.

“By trying to understand my family, I have come to a deeper appreciation of many South African struggles, especially the people’s desire for equality and prosperity in a country that guaranteed both for a select few,” Fry wrote in his personal statement for the Fulbright application.

The nearly yearlong application process of screenings, waiting and interviews was intense for Fry, who learned he was a finalist in January and a Fulbright recipient in May. As the date he leaves for South Africa approaches, he said he is excited.

“I can’t wait. I just signed a lease this past week. There are some things I have to figure out — like buying a car,” he said, laughing. O

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Williams DeClark Tuschman among U.S. News honorees

By Duane Ramsey

TOLEDO FREE PRESS SENIOR BUSINESS WRITER dramsey@toledofreepress.com

The Toledo law firm of Williams DeClark Tuschman Company L.P.A. has been ranked among the “Best Law Firms” in the country by U.S. News & World Report.

The law firm was recognized in a special issue of U.S. News in November, according to its partners. It has been recognized as a “Tier One” law firm for the past two years by the news magazine.

“The reason we’re getting the recognition individually and as a law firm is that we’re all good lawyers who are recognized by other legal organizations,” said Martin Williams, one of the firm’s three partners.

Williams was listed among the “best lawyers” for personal injury litigation by U.S. News.

Another partner, Chad Tuschman, was ranked among the Top 100 trial lawyers in the U.S. in 2011. Williams received that honor in 2008 and 2009, when he was also named “Top Personal Injury Attorney of the Year.”

Tuschman said their other partner, Peter DeClark, deserves recognition for his strong litigation work. DeClark recently received a favorable opinion from the Ohio Supreme Court in Schelling v. Community Hospital of Williams County Inc. “It’s rewarding to be recognized for our work,” Tuschman said.

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“While there are no hard and fast rules regarding holiday tipping, it is

a great way to recognize all that your service providers (hairstylists, etc.) do for you throughout the year,” said Communications Manager Christine Bailey of the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Once the list is narrowed down, the real question is how much to spend.

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Brandi Some might remember a time when baked goods were frowned upon, especially during the anthrax scares after Sept. 11, 2001, but Van Allen said there are no prohibitions against giving baked goods as a gift to a postal carrier.

Bailey suggested www.emilypost. com for people looking for gift and tipping guidance.

Some recommendations from Emily Post: Regular babysitter: One evening’s pay and a small gift from the children.

Barber: Cost of one haircut or gift.

Newspaper delivery person: $10$30 or a small gift.

Nursing home employees: A gift that can be shared among staff.

Personal trainer: The cost of one session or a gift.

Trash collectors: $10-$30 each.

BARHITE Emily Post also recommends keeping a few guidelines in mind if the budget is a concern.

“First and foremost, don’t feel obligated to go beyond your personal budget,” she said.

And never discount the value of a homemade gift or card.

“Remember that words are always a great way to express your thanks for a year of good service.” O Email Toledo Free Press Community Ombudsman Brandi Barhite at bbarhite@toledofreepress.com.

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UT center promotes dialogue between religions

By Sarah Ottney

TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR sottney@toledofreepress.com

Before David Gosser came to the University of Toledo, he had little interaction with anyone outside his own religion. Today, Gosser, a Christian, counts Jews, Muslims and students of many other faith traditions among his friends, thanks to his involvement with UT’s Center for Religious Understanding.

The center, which launched in October, has a mission of promoting a deeper understanding of religion on campus, in the Greater Toledo region, the nation and the world.

Through lectures, dialogues, interfaith forums and interfaith service projects, students and community members of diverse religious backgrounds regularly engage in conversation and relationship-building.

Gosser, an intern at the center, said he now has names and faces to replace what were once broad generalizations.

He likes to quote philosopher Elaine Scarry, who said, “Beauty always takes place in the particular.” But cruelty, Gosser said, prefers abstraction.

“I think that sums us up so perfectly,” Gosser said of the center. “Only in the general sense can you really say ‘Those Muslims did this and that,’ but once you really get to know someone, you cannot hold that same opinion because you see the beauty in the particular, and you see that, my God, we’re all just people trying to build

each other up in the world.”

Gosser’s friend and fellow intern, Amina Azam, a Muslim student, said the interfaith forums — small groups of students who meet regularly to talk — have been helpful in teaching her about other religions as well as prompting her to dig deeper into her own.

“We were all very shy at first. It’s kind of a sensitive topic,” Azam said.

“But then we started talking, and I felt like I learned a lot about other religions, a lot of things I didn’t even know, and also found a lot of things similar to my religion.”

“I also feel like this has made me closer to God through my own religion,” Azam added. “I want to do more research and learn more. I feel like it’s given me more interest about that.”

Although the center was officially launched in October, the initiative behind it has been building for more than 10 years, said director Jeanine Diller, an assistant professor of philosophy and religious studies. She traces the center’s roots to a CatholicMuslim dialogue organized in 2000.

“We think the best way to understand another faith is to know somebody from that faith and really relate to them,” Diller said. “With David, instead of ‘that Muslim student,’ it was now ‘My friend, Amina.’

Building relationships is a good way to build understanding.”

A group of fellows and an advisory board comprised of representatives from Catholic, Protestant, Jewish,

Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist traditions provide input and assist with programming.

Bryce Roberts, a campus minister at UT’s Corpus Christi University Parish and member of the center’s community advisory board, said Gosser’s experience shows him the center is accomplishing its purpose.

“He no longer views them by religious traditions, but who they are,” Roberts said. “When we heard that, it was just a breath of fresh air. That’s what we want. It tells us the center is functioning and functioning incredibly well.”

Roberts, a 2010 graduate of UT, said the group was as much a part of his undergraduate education as his religious studies courses.

“My background is Roman Catholic. I love my church and I spent a lot of time learning about it and how it functions, its background, its roots,” Roberts said. “What this did was not only give me an opportunity to take what I have learned and offer it to others, but also to grow from their foundations, experiences and traditions. It was incredibly influential in my having a more pluralized view of religion and a more diverse view of how religions function, both at UT and as a nation.”

The center’s annual lecture series features UT scholars and national experts on Jewish, Catholic, Muslim and Eastern religious thought. The annual Jewish Christian Muslim Dialogue draws 200 people, Diller said. All lec-

tures are free and open to the public.

“Toledo is very religiously diverse and devout,” Diller said. “It’s a pretty powerhouse combination for what we’re doing. The United States is supposed to be the most religiously diverse country in the world and the most religiously devout country in the West. Toledo is a nationally recognized microcosm of both those features.”

The center also works with WGTE on a TV program called “Faith Matters.” Topics for the half-hour discussions, facilitated by experts on contemporary issues in religion, include capital punishment, violence, women in contemporary Islam, social justice and consumerism. The videos as well as downloadable discussion guides can be found at wgte.org/faithmatters.

Upcoming events include:

O Feb. 16: “The New Atheism: A Catholic Response,” UT professor Peter Feldmeier, 7-8:30 p.m., Law School Auditorium.

O March 20: “From Mahavir to Mahatma Gandhi: The Jain Traditions of India,” Pankaj Jain, assistant professor of anthropology and philosophy and religion studies at the University of North Texas, 7-8:30 p.m., Law School Auditorium.

O March 29-30: “Islam in the New Middle East: Traditions, Transitions, and Trajectories,” a two-day academic conference.

O April 18: “Repairing the World: Is it Too Late?,” Jewish-ChristianMuslim Dialogue featuring J. Denny Weaver, professor emeritus of religion at Bluffton University.

For more information, visit www. utoledo.edu/llss/philosophy/cfru. O

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By Duane Ramsey

TOLEDO FREE PRESS SENIOR BUSINESS WRITER dramsey@toledofreepress.com

Toledo is one of several metropolitan areas that have experienced improved housing markets recently, according to the First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) released Dec. 6 by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

The number of improving markets continued to expand with 20 new additions on the IMI list in December, including Toledo and Canton, Ohio; Ann Arbor, Mich. Fort Wayne, Ind. and Washington, D.C. “The increases we continue to see in the number and geographic diversity of improving markets are quite encouraging and evidence of the fact that all housing markets are dependent on uniquely local factors,” said NAHB Chairman Bob Nielsen, a homebuilder from Reno, Nev. Nielsen said 21 states and the District of Columbia are represented on the improving markets list in December, up from 14 states in November.

“The December IMI results are in keeping with the latest government housing data and our own builder surveys, which have shown modest signs of improvement in certain individual markets where employment is gaining and distressed properties are not as numerous,” NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe said.

“These gradual improvements are now becoming evident not just in small, energy-producing metros that have previously dominated the IMI, but also in several larger markets and areas with more diverse economies,” Crowe said.

The IMI index is designed to track housing markets that are showing signs of improved economic health. It identifies metropolitan areas that have shown improvement in the number of home building permits, growing employment and price appreciation or increase in home values for at least six consecutive months.

Bill Brennan, executive vice president of the Home Builders Association (HBA) of Greater Toledo, said this area has seen some improvement

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13 villas have been sold at BroOklyn Park in the past nine months.

in the housing market in 2011.

The Toledo metropolitan market usually builds from 1,500 to 2,000 new homes per year, but has averaged only 400 annually during the past three years, according to James Moline, president of James E. Moline Builders and past president of the local HBA. “There has been so much pent up demand from the past three years.

Those people didn’t go away but just delayed their purchases. Many of those people are now looking to buy homes,” Moline said.

He said his company has sold 13 villas in the Brooklyn Park development on Dorr Street in the past nine months. The villas for seniors age 55-plus sell in the range from $120,000 to $130,000.

Moline Builders has seven homes under construction at the Deer Valley development in Monclova Township in the $300,000 to $600,000 range. Moline said the company has additional homes under construction in Sylvania in the $900,000 to $2 million range.

“Construction costs are down now so it’s a good time to build a home,” Moline said.

He also said if the housing market continues to recover, it could create a problem since the number of builders and skilled tradespeople is down about 50 percent in the Toledo

market. Demand could eventually outpace the supply of new homes, Moline said.

“Consumer confidence is rising and the job market is improving here.

Everyone is busy which is very unusual for real estate in December,” said Barbara Stout of the Danberry Company, who was instated as president of the Toledo Board of Realtors on Dec. 1.

“Interest rates are historically low and good news creates more good news. We hope 2012 will continue to grow and be another successful year,” Stout said.

Home sales in the Toledo market have shown modest improvement during 2011, according to information supplied by the Northwest Ohio Real Estate Information System (NORIS) Multiple Listing Service.

NORIS reports that 5,838 singlefamily homes have been sold in the Northwest Ohio MLS market year-todate in 2011, an increase of 2 percent over the 5,719 sold during the same period in 2010. Home sales increased 10 percent compared to last November with an increase of 6 percent in the average prices in November 2011.

The total volume of home sales increased by 1 percent from $588 million in 2010 to $592 million in 2011.

The average price of homes sold fell 1 percent from $102,849 in 2010 to $101,496 in 2011. O

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401(k) plans need real choice

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n a recent column on MarketWatch.com titled “Companies trim investment choices in 401(k)s,” Andrea Coombes said many employers have been going against the long-term trend of increasing investment options within their sponsored retirement plans. Many plan participants have been unsatisfied with the performance of their retirement accounts, and employers seem to be taking action to satisfy the unease of employees — but in all likelihood will only make things worse.

In fact, during the past several years it seems that more and more employer-sponsored retirement plans have been limiting investment options to broad debt- or equity-focused funds (e.g. largecap growth, small-cap value), along with the more recent additions of target-date retirement funds Surveying the change in landscape, it would seem that companies think they’re doing employees a favor in trying to dumb down 401(k) plans by simplifying the options available. Given more recent developments — namely, the increasing dis- Dock David TREECE satisfaction among plan participants — we are likely witnessing the culmination of this trend.

For a prime example of how these developments are adversely affecting investors, consider that at present the Dow Jones Industrial Average is at roughly the same level as it was in 1999. That certainly doesn’t mean there hasn’t been plenty of money to be made in the markets; it’s just been in certain sectors.

A growing number of plan participants have been wising up to the fact that buying and holding a broad range of stocks — essentially the market — simply isn’t a viable option. The recent growth of popularity in target-date funds is yet another example of plan sponsors’ misplaced intentions.

Put bluntly, it’s safe to say that target-date funds miss the mark, by and large.

In fact, most investors don’t even realize how these products work, though they’re assumed to be an “easy button” for investing.

Target-date funds are nothing more than an actively managed portfolio with a shifting balance between equities and bonds. While these funds always have some composition of bonds, the fixed-income allocation increases as the fund’s target date approaches. If most of those people currently utilizing targetdate funds were asked whether they wanted to put 40 percent or more of their portfolio in bonds, they’d probably say “no,” and with good reason. It should be obvious to the investing public that right now is a terrible time to be buying any bonds at all, and any fixed-income portfolio will likely suffer in the near future.

A quick scan of a long-term interest rate chart will show the United States to be at the bottom of a long-term cycle, with rates having fallen since peaking in the early 1980s. The probability of rates rising in the future is exponentially higher than of staying low much longer.

As interest rates begin to rise, target-date funds — and most bond funds — will certainly see their prices suffer. These funds are priced daily, meaning that the underlying bonds they own have to be valued daily, priced to the market.

As interest rates rise, the market value of those bonds will fall, pushing fund prices lower. This is only one example of a shortcoming in target-date funds.

The subject of higher expense ratios is a topic for another day. The bottom line is that employers’ recent efforts to simplify investment options in retirement plans have been counterproductive.

The task at hand for plan sponsors will be to include a greater variability of sector-focused investment options, as well as providing the plan participants with more resources to help in the selection process. O Dock David Treece is a discretionary money manager with Treece Investment Advisory Corp and is licensed with FINRA through Treece Financial Services Corp.

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ROCKET FOOTBALL

By Zach Davis Toledo Free Press Staff Writer zdavis@toledofreepress.com

With the departure of former head coach Tim Beckman, the Rockets were left scrambling for a new leader.

They didn’t have to go very far to find one.

Just three days after Beckman was introduced at Illinois, Toledo introduced offensive coordinator Matt Campbell as the 26th head coach in the program’s 91-year history.

“I wish Tim Beckman the very best of luck at the University of Illinois,” Toledo Athletic Director Mike O’Brien said. “With this hire tonight, it’s obvious this was a special group of coaches that understand how to build a program. These last few days have been intense with many phone calls and emails, but it had

clearly gotten to the point that after watching Matt Campbell work for three years that we need not prolong the search — we had the very best candidate right here.”

“I’m excited to be here,” Campbell said. “I can’t wait for the challenge and I look forward to being a part of this community for a long time. There’s no place I’d rather be than right here at the University of Toledo with these great people.”

Just two weeks after turning 32 years old, Campbell became the youngest head coach in the nation with the promotion on Dec. 12. Memphis Head Coach Justin Fuente held the title of youngest coach at 35 years old, for a total of four days before UT’s hire. As far as his age is concerned, however, Campbell doesn’t believe it will be a problem. n CAMPBELL CONTINUES ON A15

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december 18, 2011 n CAMPBELL CONTINUED FROM A14 “I know right now that the question is my age,” Campbell said. “I know that is going to be a question. Age is a number, coaching is leading. I’ve been a leader of men my entire life.”

If the Rockets wanted to keep Campbell, they were wise to move quickly. A source close to the situation told Toledo Free Press that Campbell was being sought after for other jobs, including the Akron head coaching position. That was not the only offer, as Beckman had asked Campbell to join his staff as offensive coordinator. Campbell declined to comment on interest from other teams during his news conference.

Campbell signed a five-year deal with the Rockets, earning $360,000 per season plus incentives.

“When coach Beckman made his decision, Matt was at the top of my list,” O’Brien said. “He’s special. He has ‘it.’ I don’t want to use the term ‘slam dunk’ for a football hire, but it was darn close.”

If the timeline is any indication,

O’Brien isn’t exaggerating.

Campbell was introduced as the head coach at a news conference at 7 p.m., less than hours after the search committee’s first meeting, which took place at 10:30 a.m.

“It was an honor to sit on a committee to hire a coach that I got to play for,” said UT Student Government President Matt Rubin, who was a member of the team from 2007-09. “I gained a close relationship to coach Campbell. It was great that the committee was talking about ‘Well, the kids said this‚ and I could say ‘Well, when I was sitting there and he was yelling at me I certainly felt inspired.’ He played a big part in how far we have come and he’s such a strong figure for the players.”

Among the reasons Campbell was promoted was the overwhelming support he received from the team after the departure of Beckman.

There was a growing concern that not only could some recruits decommit from the program, but that many of the younger players would transfer if Campbell did not get the

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job. One veteran player estimated that “between 10-15 players” were mulling a change in schools.

“I believe there was concern [about transfers],” junior defensive end T.J. Fatinikun said. “Everybody’s heads were all over the place.”

“I thank our football players and I thank this football team,” Campbell said. “Three years ago when myself and this staff came here there was a lot of change and change is hard. They committed to our staff and there’s no question I wouldn’t be here today without their commitment to me and this staff and I thank them for that.”

Campbell will face his first test Dec. 28 when he takes the reins from Beckman in the Military Bowl against Air Force. Campbell is often credited for the success of this season’s offense, which ranked eighth in the country in points (42.25) and yards per game (493.17).

As he is immediately thrust into the limelight, Campbell will try and keep that offensive success going in his first game on a big stage. All eyes will be on the young coach, ready to com-

Visit www.toledofreepress.com pare him to the departed Beckman who, in three seasons, compiled a 21-16 record, including a 14-2 mark in league play the past two years.

“We are both high-energy coaches, we are both extremely intense and we are extremely competitive,” Campbell said. “I think the only difference is that I am better looking.”

All jokes aside, Campbell said he believes that learning under Beckman for the past three seasons has not only prepared him to take the job, but to do what Beckman hasn’t — win a bowl game and a MidAmerican Conference Championship starting next season.

“Change in life is inevitable.

Greatness is a choice,” Campbell said. “Right now we have been consistently good at this football program. We are going to make the choice to be great. We have that opportunity starting on Dec. 28 and I look forward to it. It’s an opportunity to kick off this excitement of our era and get going towards the ultimate goal in 2012 of bringing our MAC Championship back home to Toledo.” O

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Right now we have been consistently good at this football program. We are going to make the choice to be great.”

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Humid summers like this year’s are especially hard on fuel and engine parts because of the moisture in the air, Cunningham said.

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Characters in ‘the closing broadcast’ waTCH A CITY UNDER ATTACK IN A NEW FILM WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY OWENS COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT MATTHEW COOPER.

Owens student writes, directs movie about terror attack

By Jason Mack

Toledo Free Press Web Editor jmack@toledofreepress.com

Terrorists are attacking the city and all Jeri Kline can do is hole up in the studio and report the news as her relationship and the world around her come crashing down. This is the scenario faced in the film “The Closing Broadcast,” written, directed and produced by Owens Community College student Matthew Cooper.

The lead role of Jeri Kline is played

by Bowling Green student Eli Brickey, who was excited about the Dec. 16 premiere at Owens.

“I have never been to a premiere like this before and I am beyond excited,” Brickey said. “It is a completely different experience as far as theater goes. I cannot adapt or change anything about my acting like in theater and so it will be interesting to sit back and see our work

from a few months ago.”

The idea for the film came to Cooper while shadowing his fiancée as she worked the overnight shift at 13abc.

“It was really dark,” Cooper said.

“She was the only person in the building.

There was no sound except the police scanners that were saying every horrible crime that was happening in the city. It had this really dour feeling to it. The original idea was, what if there was a zombie apocalypse and you don’t actually see anything happening. You’re hearing about it like a radio drama, hearing all these things take place and trying to have an impact on it when really you don’t have any ability to.”

Since Cooper was working on another sci-fi/horror project, he decided to take zombies out of the equation.

“I didn’t want to start off being seen as one type of filmmaker,” he said. “I decided to take it in the direction of more reality. I took away the zombie aspect and thought of what

a plausible situation is that would be just as horrible. Ironically, when I was finishing the script, situations were occurring that are very close to the subject material. I was upset we couldn’t have the movie done and out right then.”

Cooper spent time at 13abc as a floor director and camera operator and used that experience when writing “The Closing Broadcast.”

“I was able to figure out the relationships, dynamic and politics of making the news and utilize that for the story,” he said. “I found the way the anchors worked with the producers so entertaining and unique.”

Cooper began making films in his early teens. This project was important to him because most of the cast was involved in a previous film called “Preliminary Testing,” which wasn’t completed due to personal reasons.

“To not be able to let them experience it going out there and people

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seeing them, I took that as a great personal failure,” Cooper said. “This was a chance to do something even bigger than that ever could have hoped to have been and give them something they can be proud of.”

The cast consists mostly of theater students and community actors including Brickey, Nicholas Anthony Corbin, William Toth, Heath Huber, James MacFarlane, Jordan Jarvis, Kari Duffy-Shrader and Casey Toney.

“I was really impressed with how professional the rest of the cast was,” Brickey said. “At the same time, they were all able to keep their sense of

humor while shooting such intense scenes. I think this kept everyone grounded and we were all able to connect easily because of it.”

Brickey almost wasn’t part of the cast. After filming a trailer for the movie, the actress playing Jeri Kline had to drop out and recommended Brickey audition for the part. “[Brickey] was very personable and showed us two great sides of her,” Cooper said. “She could be friendly but also very dramatic. She had this incredible monologue that showed how far she could take this character.” n BROADCAST CONTINUES ON A19

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n BROADCAST CONTINUED FROM A18 “I remember sitting at home debating whether or not to drive to Owens to the audition and I am so thankful that I went for it because it was a wonderful and challenging experience,” Brickey said. “When Matt contacted me about being cast I was just so thrilled. I was filled with all these nerves about it, too, because I wanted to do the best that I could and I didn’t want to let the cast and crew down.”

Another late addition to the cast was Brickey’s boyfriend Casey Toney, who she recommended when another actor dropped out two weeks before they began shooting.

“The character had the information that pushed the story forward, and there wasn’t much more to him than that,” Cooper said. “Casey came in and brought this weight to it, like he was the only guy who understood what was going on and how bad it was. It totally changed the dynamic of the characters around him. We ended up changing the relationships of the characters to accommodate that. It took a fairly static character and made him one of the most powerful characters in the story.”

Cooper received $7,500 of funding from businessman Rich Iott and added $1,500 of his own money as well as various donations. He decided to spend $3,500 of the budget to rent

“She grounded that character in a way I didn’t anticipate,” he said.

“When you look into her eyes in these really dramatic moments, there are so many layers going on at once with the hurt, the happiness and the anger. She could put those on top of each other, which is an incredibly hard thing to do at this stage in an acting career.”

“This was my first time working with Matt and it was really great because I could see the passion he had for this project and that was inspiring,” Brickey said. “It made me want to do the best that I could each time. He was so handson throughout the process rather than being passive, so it was nice to get the feedback from him and to apply it there and then. He really made sure that I had an understanding of all the scenes before we shot them and was so helpful if I had questions about anything.”

Cooper has written two books as well as several feature-length scripts and shorts, and said he works something personal into every project. For “The Closing Broadcast” it was his struggle to balance his career and a personal life with his fiancée.

“Every single one of them is me working out some sort of neurosis or some personal demon,” Cooper said.

“A lot of times I don’t know what it is until I’m done. Writing is always very therapeutic for me. Film is at its strongest when it’s cathartic and gives people an emotional reaction they

a Red One camera for a week. It is the same camera used to shoot “The Social Network.” The two days it took to transport the camera left five days for filming the 45-minute movie. The setting of the film required them to shoot at night as they worked 12-14 hours each day.

“I am finding that I am falling more in love with the film aspect to performing,” Brickey said. “Film acting has its challenges, but I am learning more about it and it is so exciting. This project was different in the sense of the filming process. Since this film takes place during a third shift essentially, filming took place sometimes from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. and that was the challenge I found, was staying on my toes for that long.”

Brickey also shadowed Cooper’s fiancée at 13abc for an evening.

“I am such a hands-on learner, so this allowed me to see and experience all the work that goes into just one evening of news,” Brickey said. “It was the best information I could have asked for as an actor and I got a deeper appreciation for those doing the behind the scenes work. I was able to experience that sense of isolation that those who regularly work third shifts might feel. That is what I love about acting, getting to see the world through a different lens and growing from that.”

Cooper said he was impressed with what Brickey brought to the role of Jeri Kline.

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might not have in everyday life.”

Cooper plans to show the film in nine regional theaters.

“It’s a great moment for me, because I took acting classes at Owens,” Cooper said. “There was something about that space that just grabbed

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By Vicki L. Kroll

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer vkroll@toledofreepress.com

Miles Davis fired up his Ferrari and took him for a drive. He roamed the stage at Woodstock in 1969. And Janis Joplin performed a private concert just for him.

He is Baron Wolman. As Rolling Stone’s first chief photographer, he chronicled the music scene for the publication from 1967 to 1970.

“For the most part, it was just working. It was a fun job,” he said. “At the time, there was no context, you know, like this was really cool; it was just that’s what we’re doing today.

“The thing with Janis, I knew at the time that was very special.”

Wolman shares special memories, classic photos and the stories behind them in “The Rolling Stone Years.” Released by Omnibus Press in August, the 176-page book features icons from Jimi Hendrix and the Grateful Dead to George Harrison, Carlos Santana, Bob Dylan, and Ike & Tina Turner.

“I knew I was documenting a very important part of American history; the changes that were taking place were phenomenal and very visual,” he said during a call from his home in

Santa Fe, N.M. “I was another guy with a camera working hard to take pictures of an important time in San Francisco.”

He was 30 years old and living in Haight-Ashbury in 1967, the year Rolling Stone began publishing.

“So many of the people that I photographed lived in the Haight also; it wasn’t as though you were seeing rock stars, you were just seeing neighbors.

See Janis walking down the street, see The Dead walking, Jefferson Airplane hanging out,” Wolman said.

What was his strangest job?

“The most crazy situation had to be with Frank Zappa at his house because I was a little concerned about getting along with Frank because he was so smart and, musically, he’s a creative eccentric, and I didn’t know what I was going to get when I got there,” Wolman recalled. “It turned out he was in some kind of Frank Zappa mood to play around with me and the camera.”

Who was the shyest subject?

“Tiny Tim was reluctant to be photographed or interviewed, so [the writer and I] brought him a bouquet of daisies and, for some reason, that touched his heart,” Wolman said.

The most photogenic musician?

“Jimi Hendrix was always moving.

Not only was he a phenomenal gui-

tarist, he was a great performer,” the 74-year-old said. “Being on stage with Jimi Hendrix was phenomenal; I couldn’t stop taking pictures.”

The Ohio native started shooting during high school in Columbus.

“The moment I picked up a camera and looked through the viewfinder and could isolate moments that meant something to me, the camera became my friend,” he said. “I couldn’t believe how easy it was for me to take pictures. It was so meaningful, so wonderful, so special.”

Wolman was known for his photojournalistic style: “Maybe it was more honest; this is the world I saw in front of me at the moment and that is the world I wanted to reflect. I didn’t want to create a world. Annie Leibovitz went on — to her credit — and did very well at creating reality.

“I was more interested in, who are these people? How do they behave? I wanted them to give me, as the Native Americans say, a little piece of their soul when I photographed them.

“A good photo should cause you to pause for a moment to look at it for some reason or there’s something there you want to take a second look at,” Wolman said. “It should, in that moment, give you a little bit more information about what it means to be alive.” O

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The Way Library in Perrysburg continues its free international film series with “Welcome” (France) on Jan. 20, “Cherry Blossoms” (Japan/Germany) on Feb. 17, “The Grocer’s Son” (France) on March 16 and “Today’s Special” (India, but in English) on April 20. They begin at 7 p.m. and refreshments are free. O — Judy Pfaffenberger

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BOOKS

Toledoan’s book offers life-changing ideas

By Brigitta Burks

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Toledo native Jason Daniels offers readers a step-by-step guide on how to change their lives and reach their full potential in his book, “Get Off The Gerbil Wheel.”

Daniels, who is vice president of strategic initiatives for United Way of Greater Toledo, began writing his book in 2003.

“I sat down to what we would call today an antiquated old computer, one night at about 1 or 2 in the morning. I just felt the need to write and I love to write, but never did I think I’d write a book,” he said. The first two chapters of “Get Off The Gerbil Wheel” were written that night.

A case of writer’s block halted the book while Daniels started his own company, Jay Ramon LLC, in 2004.

Daniels and his wife of four years, Kelli, co-own the business, which specializes in inspirational speaking, seminars and workshops. Daniels added more to his plate in 2005 when Bill Kitson, CEO and president of

United Way of Greater Toledo, hired him as a development officer.

“Jason is an incredibly talented and driven individual, and on a professional level we have been lucky to have those talents for the past six years,” Kitson said. “On a personal level, one of the things I admire most about Jason is his determination. He told me six years ago he was going to write a book. Not only did he do exactly what he said he would do, but it has a message others will find inspiring, motivating and passionate.”

Daniels’ book stayed in its early stages until 2010 when he had the chance to attend a workshop at Gap International. The workshop, which focused on how to develop breakthrough strategies in 90 days, inspired Daniels to tackle his book again.

“It was really that training, those people that were part of my three-

day class, that taught me that I can actually write this book and it’s not going to be as cumbersome as I thought it would be,” Daniels said.

He wrote the rest of the book in 15 days.

Since the book’s launch, Daniels has received positive feedback.

“One of the things that people keep talking about is [how] I talk about your exponential potential in the book and especially about how your potential knows no boundaries, it knows no limits, your potential is always speaking to you,” Daniels said.

He said the book doesn’t just help readers take that first initial step, it walks them through an entire process.

“I tell people, ‘Once you get off the gerbil wheel, how do you get out of the glass cage that houses you’?”

Daniels said.

The book’s process inspired Daniels to start a publishing wing

of Jay Ramon. In the future, Daniels plans to make “Get Off The Gerbil Wheel” into a series with possible books aimed at women, Generation Y and college students.

“There will be a book that is written, produced and ready by the spring of 2012 because my goal is to write a book a year, if not more, because I have this writer’s bug now,” Daniels said.

Ashley Lanagan, who recently started her own marketing firm AL2 Marketing Solutions, worked with Daniels to develop cover art, marketing and layout for the book.

“It’s the first project that I actually did as having my own business,” Lanagan said. “The book would really help people refocus and really help them re-evaluate their priorities and where they want to be later on, a year from now, two days from now.”

2012 will be another busy year for Daniels, whose first child is due in March.

One thing that won’t change for Daniels is his love for Toledo.

“I love my hometown Toledo and one thing I would say is if you can

DANIELS start a business here, you can start one anywhere,” he said. “ All the talent and everything we need is right here.”

“Get Off The Gerbil Wheel” is available for $13.99 at www. jayramon.com. Daniels will host a book signing from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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In bowing to the skepticism of our groups of very particular believers determined to convince us that we’re own skeptical age, we spend much of doing it wrong, no matter how we cel- our time nitpicking at the details, the ebrate, and the light of the season can semantics and the nuances of it all begin to cast a dark, confusing shadow. while missing the larger-than-life ideas “In this great universe of ours, man that make it all worthwhile. The spirit is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, of Santa Claus exists throughout huas compared with the boundless world manity in different forms. As much as about him, as measured by the intelli- some may try to manipulate or stamp gence capable of grasping the whole of it out, removing the idea behind it is no more attainable than doing away with truth and knowledge.”

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Bid Documents for the project may be examined at the F.W. Dodge plan rooms in Columbus, Builders Exchange in Toledo, University of Toledo – Capacity Building, E.O.P.A. – Hamilton Building, Northwest Ohio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and The Plan Room in Ann Arbor, Construction Association of Michigan, Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce and Ohio Construction News.

Bidders may obtain copies of the documents starting December 14, 2011 which can be purchased from Toledo Blue Print, 6949 Wales Rd., Northwood, Ohio 43619, phone: (419) 661-9841. Drawings may be obtained on CD-ROM for no cost with the purchase of the specifications.

A PREBID CONFERENCE will be held on January 4th, at 8:30 am at Toledo Public Schools Board Room, 420 East Manhattan Blvd, Toledo, Ohio 43608.

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