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OPINION

DECEMBER 19, 2010

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LIGHTING THE FUSE

Meeting the challenge Jesus and the Ghost Chasers

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ow, here is some sweet music.

We have been opposed to the Toledo Symphony Orchestra’s (TSO) request for $10,000 in public funds for its May trip to play Carnegie Hall in New York City. We have nothing but respect for the TSO, but we strongly believe this is an inopportune time to use public money for anything other than the most essential needs.

So Dec. 12, we extended a challenge to our business community.

Rather than complain without offering a solution, it was our goal to raise the funds from private sources, $1,000 per pledge, and respectfully ask Mayor Mike Bell to withdraw the request for funds from the Toledo CityParks trust.

We are pleased to announce that this goal has been met and we will deliver the news in person to City Council on Dec. 21.

It is a testament to the community’s respect for the TSO — and to its impatience with how public funds are sometimes spent — that our friends stepped up to meet the challenge.

The first company to join us was Clear Channel, courtesy of General Manager Andy Stuart, who also serves on the TSO Board of Directors. We soon heard from Fifth Third Thomas F. POUNDS Bank; Owens Community College; Rohrbachers, Cron, Manahan, Trimble & Zimmerman Co.; Romilio (Rome) Marinelli; Columbia Gas of Ohio; Dunbar Mechanical; Duke Wheeler Jr.; Paul and Carol Kraus; and some friends who have asked to donate anonymously. We profusely thank all of them for their contributions.

All of these benefactors and people praised the symphony and its ambitious trip to New York City and have contributed to making sure the TSO trip can be made without public funds. As we have reported, no other American symphony attending the Carnegie Hall event — even those that annually receive public money — has requested public funds for the trip.

As we approached the $9,000 mark, we ran into Mayor Bell at Table Forty 4 on Dec. 14. Not only did he agree to withdraw the request for public funds once we met the goal, he pledged $1,000 of his own cash to ensure we did.

That is putting your money where your mouth is.

After our comments on the symphony’s request, we received a flurry of emailed criticism from former TSO President and CEO Robert Bell, who wrote that Toledo Free Press demonstrated “a lack of sensitivity and understanding of where the orchestra fits in the cultural landscape of our community” and that Toledo Free Press appears “unable to grasp the common sense and practical value of our contribution to the quality of life and the need to nurture in every way possible our work on behalf of our fine City.”

While Robert Bell has not contacted us since we publicly announced our goal to help raise the $10,000. Now that we have, we hope he will re-evaluate his thoughts on Toledo Free Press and our understanding of how important the arts in general and the symphony specifically are to Toledo.

We invite him and TSO President and CEO Kathy Carroll to join us in Council Chambers on Dec. 21 as we stand with Mayor Bell to present our exciting news to Council. And while we cannot lead the charge on every cause, we hope all involved will think about talking to the private sector before making the next similar request for public money.

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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Dickens’ story is the starting point for a discussion of oliday music is one of the great delights of the Christmas season. From big bands to boy ghosts and Christmas. The very first words of the story are bands, from Bing to Sting, from Rosemary “Marley was dead, to begin with,” and that cheery start Clooney to Lady Gaga, songs secular and sacred make is followed by passages such as, “But how much greater was his horror, when the phantom taking off the bandage the season bright. round its head, as if it were too warm to After 40-plus years of exposure to the wear in-doors, its lower jaw dropped down classics, the lyrics of most treasured carols upon its breast!”; “The figure itself fluctufit with the familiarity of a favorite T-shirt. ated in its distinctness: being now a thing But with two boys under age 5 in the house, with one arm, now with one leg, now with every word and image now comes under twenty legs, now a pair of legs without a TSA-level scrutiny. While decorating the head, now a head without a body: of which Christmas tree this year, one of the songs dissolving parts, no outline would be visible filling our living room was the Andy Wilin the dense gloom wherein they melted liams standard, “It’s the Most Wonderful away,”; and “It was shrouded in a deep black Time of the Year,” and this refrain caught the garment, which concealed its head, its face, ear of our 4-year-old, Evan: “There’ll be parties for hosting/Marsh- Michael S. MILLER its form, and left nothing of it visible save one outstretched hand.” mallows for toasting/And caroling out in the From Dickens through the 2009 Robert Zemeckis/ snow/There’ll be scary ghost stories/And tales of the glories of Jim Carrey 3-D adaptation, “A Christmas Carol” reigns Christmases long, long ago.”

Anything about marshmallows and snow gets Evan and supreme as the scariest of haunted Christmas tales, but his brother Sean’s attention, but Evan was most interested it is far from alone in presenting goblins, monsters and other holiday beasties. in the line, “There’ll be scary ghost stories.”

There is the 1953 Louis Armstrong song, “Zat You, Santa “Daddy, why are there scary ghost stories at Christmas?”

Claus?” which manages to make waiting for St. Nick feel he asked.

As happens more frequently with Evan and Sean’s ques- like surviving the night in the Salem’s Lot Marsten House: “Oh there, Santa, you gave me a scare./Now stop teasing tions lately, I did not have an immediate answer.

“Halloween is over,” Evan reasoned. “Does Santa fight cause I know you’re there./We don’t believe in no goblins today./But I can’t explain why I’m shaking that way.” scary ghosts?”

In television shows, there is the Abominable Snowman An image flashed through my mind of Santa Claus addressing Lee Majors in the Bill Murray movie “Scrooged,” in “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” who threatens to proclaiming he would take on terrorists who captured the eat the story’s heroes until he is reformed by a well-timed North Pole with a bravado-laced, “This is one Santa who’s bounce and some quick dentistry.

The Heat Miser and Snow Miser from “The Year Without going in (sound of gun cocking) the front door.”

“No,” I said, “but some Christmas stories have ghosts in a Santa Claus” aren’t technically monsters, but they are defithem, like the one about Ebenezer Scrooge with the Ghosts nitely villains and bad examples for two brothers learning to get along and share. of Christmas Past, Present and Future, remember?”

The king of holiday monsters, The Grinch, is scary in Evan, who first experienced the immortal Charles Dickens tale “A Christmas Carol” as told by Disney through look and deed. He is also reformed at the end of his story, Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Scrooge McDuck, seemed to un- but not before he commits enough atrocities to keep PETA, the FBI and Homeland Security busy for months. derstand, and changed the subject back to marshmallows.

In more modern fare, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” But the thought continued to resonate in my pop culture-addled brain. There are a lot of ghosts and scary effectively combined Halloween’s ghouls with Christmas things that have woven themselves into the Christmas yules. Jack Skellington and his henchmen kidnap, tie up season. It is human nature to take even the most blessed and torture poor “Sandy Claws” while unleashing a swarm and sacred silver lining and attach a dark cloud to it, so of scary presents under kids’ trees.

Even during the season of birth and promise, mortality even the birth of Jesus has acquired secular shadows throughout the decades. The adult knowledge of the has its say, wearing bogeyman masks of varying degrees of baby Jesus’ ultimate fate and sacrifice certainly adds fright. So, Andy Williams was right, not that I’m ready to gravity to the hope and miracle of the Christmas story. fully explain that to our children. For now, we’ll stay fo(In my childhood, I thought Jesus went from being a baby cused on snow and marshmallows. in December to being grown and crucified by Easter, an incredibly short life span. To be fair, there aren’t a lot of Michael S. Miller is the editor in chief of Toledo Free Press stories about the savior’s time between about age 7 and and Toledo Free Press Star. Call him at (419) 241-1700, Ext. his mid-20s.)

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Havoc through malaise 90 percent of the people reading this make in years. This will do nothing to create enough jobs to even begin to alleviate the unemployment and will put paying for it on the backs of our children, grandchildren and maybe even our great grandchildren. ust a comment from one of our Don’t worry though; we’ll make Founding Fathers. I guess the it up by gutting every program that benefits the more things change, rest of us. Just for the more they stay the good measure, we’ll same, huh? The differchange the estate tax ence now, however, is so that the heirs of those “moneyed corpoobscene wealth will rations” own the govget theirs, too. We’ll ernment, lock, stock put out some drivel and barrel. about protecting If you’re not in small businesses and the top 2 percent or poor farmers, even so, they own you, though less than too. The past elec- Don BURNARD 3 percent of them tion showed us that the Democratic Party is just way would qualify. None of this would too disillusioned to bother to go contribute a cent to improving vote, I guess. Now they are about our crumbling infrastructure.

Meanwhile, the American busito find out just what havoc their malaise has wreaked on them and nesses in this country continue our country. This, of course, also to sit on $2 trillion in assets that includes the regular dupes that could be used to create jobs. The buy into the lies and deception top 25 hedge fund managers will foisted by the Republican Party, earn, on average, $1 billion this which fools them into thinking year, and thanks to their buddies that they are looking out for their in Congress, will pay taxes at a reduced 15 percent rate thanks to a best interests.

Meanwhile, the real millionaires loophole that taxes it at the capital and billionaires continue to reap gains rate.

My question is: When is it our their unjust rewards unabated. Trust me when I tell you that when the top turn for relief? The taxpayers are the 1 percent of the population makes first to be tapped to bail them out more than the bottom 90 percent of when these companies screw up and the country and controls 24 percent the last to be considered in times of of our nation’s wealth, that this is not need. That’s messed up. Is this the healthy. The last time things were new “American Way?” And finally, we’ll check in on the this out of whack, the outcome was Lehman Loony who we just elected the Great Depression.

Meanwhile, back in Bizarro governor. As previously stated, World, the GOP is holding the en- I’m going to be continually asking tire government hostage until we “Where’s the jobs?” This week, John give the rich even more relief! The Kasich turned down $400 million to hell with the 15 million or so un- build a high-speed rail system in Ohio, employed, of whom 2 million will by using outdated figures to ridicule run out of benefits by the New Year. it as a 39 mph boondoggle. This cost Never in the history of the country Ohio between 6,000 and 10,000 new since the Great Depression has jobs. He did, however recommit himCongress failed to pass relief for the self to a race to the bottom in Ohio by unemployed in times of massive un- promising to basically cut the wages of anyone in the state who makes a deemployment.

The GOP deficit sob-sisters cent hourly wage. So far, we’re at a net cry that we can’t afford the $58 loss of 6,000 to 1,0000 thousand jobs, billion that it would cost to extend and he hasn’t even been sworn in yet. benefits for another year, but are He appears to be content to turn Ohio willing to hold all the country’s into a backwater state in order to help business hostage, while fighting his friends. “It’s going to be fantastic!” to add nearly $700 billion to the deficit to give the wealthy tax E-mail columnist Don Burnard at breaks worth more than probably letters@toledofreepress.com.

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OPINION

DECEMBER 19, 2010

SHREDDING THE CURTAIN

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espite the “I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to in water rates charged to other areas contribute to the lack take it anymore” reaction to the proposed utility of revenue for Toledo. We are told the blame for creating rate increases by some Toledo residents, the the need for such a high rate increase lies with the previous administration, even though a number of staff worked for window is about to be shut for several years.

Tom Crothers, the director of the Department of Public both recent mayors and selected discounted water rates have happened under this administration.

Utilities (DPU), and his staff did an excellent job At the Dec. 14 Toledo City Council agenda in selling the reasons for the increase to our local review meeting, Mayor Mike Bell requested media. They reported the city’s reasons why the that Council remove the utility rate increase utility rate increase for water, sanitary sewer and legislation from committee. storm water by Toledo was felt to be needed.

“One of the reasons that I think it is imporOnly a few dozen residents showed up tant to do, sooner than later, is that it does not at the hearings to protest the rate increases; get any cheaper and I know that everybody’s more commented on news websites, Facelooking for a cheaper way to do this, but there book and local blogs. While it’s clear members is not a cheaper way to do this,” he said. “I’ve of the Bell administration follow what’s being discussed on the Internet, all that was offered Lisa Renee WARD listened, and I’ve listened pretty intently for the was a reduction in the amount of the increase sought by .9 last 30 days or so of people talking about this and not wanting it. I think that it’s pretty succinct that it takes four things to acpercent per year for water and sewer costs.

Citizens have demonstrated that for the most part, they tually live; one of them is air, you stop that, you stop breathing will rant and complain but the manner in which they do so in five minutes, water most likely about a week, food about doesn’t often net results. This also creates a scenario where two weeks and shelter you need that, so we’re talking about a our elected members of Council give acquiescent accep- key component of what we need to be able to survive, just to live here in this city and I don’t think we want to jeopardize tance rather than risk the possibility of standing alone.

Is this a situation where those who are elected are that portion of it so, we need you to move forward with this.”

There was no discussion beyond a point of order raised by making an unpopular decision because they know it’s in our best interest? Utility rates are usually sought every four Councilman Mike Craig. This means the utility rate increase years. Few could disagree with the need for an increase — it will be marked “Item likely to be relieved from committee” on the agenda for the Dec. 21 Toledo City Council meeting. is the amount of the increase that gives some pause.

If you don’t support the utility rate increase being sought Councilman D. Michael Collins’ phrase, “is it a want or a need?” has been repeated by other members of Council, or if you still have questions, your time to act may be ending with most appearing to agree this is a “need.” The deeper soon. If relieved from committee, this could be voted on question of “where will it go?” remains publicly unanswered. and approved as early as Dec. 21.

Just talking about how mad we are or waiting for Left unanswered is the financial management of the DPU funds, especially when it comes to non-DPU posi- someone else to do something is not going to give us a tions being funded from DPU revenue. Left unanswered is better government. the planned purchases of equipment that the city has a long Toledo Free Press contributor Lisa Renee Ward operates the history of leasing or using contractors for.

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A Christmas letter from Dubai

alking through the malls of Dubai, you could easily find yourself getting into the holiday spirit. Christmas trees, beautifully wrapped gifts, (artificial) snow, images of Santa Claus and Christmas carols surround you. At the Mall of the Emirates, you can

watch as young people, bundled up in their warmest coats, ride the ski lift to the top of an indoor mountain and from there ski or snowboard to the bottom, much like the skiers in Vermont or New Hampshire.

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with small ornamental camels, giving Abu Dhabi. Taking them to the Burj it a true Middle Eastern look. In a few Khalifa, the tallest building in the days, we will stock up on groceries world, and the Dubai Fountains at its needed for a somewhat nontraditional base is always a thrill. Our children and Christmas dinner with a few friends grandchildren have also made the trip to the U.A.E. It is truly a and colleagues. place worth visiting.

At this time of year we I find my work at tend to look back at the past Zayed University chal12 months and take stock lenging and rewarding. of our experiences and reWe are building a new lationships. This year has “billion dollar” campus been very special in sevin Abu Dhabi that may eral respects. We continue well be one of the most to make new friends here beautiful university camin Dubai and Abu Dhabi. in the world. We My job as provost of Zayed Dan JOHNSON puses are on schedule to move University puts me in a position to meet many of the leaders in gov- to this iconic new campus in July ernment and business. A steady stream and August. This has been a unique of international dignitaries and delega- learning experience for me.

More than 90 percent of our students tions find their way to the U.A.E. and the university, where I introduce them to are young women. They are bright, moour students and faculty. Some of these tivated and ambitious. It is wonderful to visits result in meaningful international think how these students will soon leave partnerships that enrich the experience college as graduates and make their mark in a world that is now opening up of our Emirati students.

During the past year, we have had to them and where they can use their several Toledo friends and colleagues knowledge and talents to improve their visit us in the United Arab Emir- communities and their country. Every ates and we have thoroughly enjoyed single one is an advocate for peace.

Being here in the Middle East brings showing them the sights of Dubai and

a wholly new perspective on world events. I often find myself somewhat disappointed with the Western press because of its slanted coverage of this region of the world. I regret that the United States is not more visible here in the U.A.E. and I sometimes think we, as Americans, are not projecting a positive image here through the media, movies and our foreign policy.

One of our biggest challenges as Americans, I believe, is to gain a better understanding of the Arab and Muslim world. As an educator, I would give this a very high priority. We need to find ways to broaden our relationships and friendships in this strategically important region of the world.

A hand extended in friendship here is almost always warmly reciprocated.

I’ve never liked long Christmas letters so I will end with Christmas greetings to our friends and colleagues in Toledo and Northwest Ohio. Elaine and I are happy and healthy and we wish you the same for the holiday season and the New Year.

Dan Johnson is provost and COO of Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, and president emeritus of UT.

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Father of missing boys agrees to extradition John Skelton opted Dec. 14 against fighting extradition to Michigan, where he faces parental kidnapping charges in the case of his three missing sons, Andrew, Alexander and Tanner. Appearing Dec. 14 in front of Judge Gary G. Cook in Lucas County Common Pleas Court, Skelton waived his right to an extradition hearing and agreed to be surrendered to Lenawee County authorities.

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TOLEDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

By Michael Stainbrook TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Libbey High School might be a pile of rubble less than a year after its final graduates received their diplomas.

The Toledo Public Schools (TPS) Board of Education is taking steps to ensure the building will either be sold or demolished in 2011. The board’s desire to act on the 87-year-old structure results from ongoing fiscal woes.

According to the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC), TPS must begin the demolition process by Dec. 31, 2011 for the Ohio Board of Education to pay for any of the project.

OSFC will pay 77 percent of demolition costs if the building is razed by then. Otherwise, TPS must foot the entire bill, which could top $3 million.

“The timeline is given to us by the state,” said board president Bob Vasquez. “There’s a certain time by which we must make a decision.”

To proceed with demolition, OSFC requires any building fit for educational use to be offered to charter schools for 60 days. If no agreement to acquire the property results during that time, the school district may level the building.

Warren Woodberry, 2011 executive director for the Toledo Board of Community Relations, doubts any charter school will show interest in the massive structure on Western Avenue.

“They know that no charter school is going to buy that whole complex,” he said. “That’s 44 acres. [Charter schools] are for-profit, and for profit they want small operations with a lot of kids. That’s a little farfetched.”

At the Dec. 15 Board OSFC committee meeting, TPS chief business manager Jim Gant suggested filing the letter to charter schools on Dec. 22, the day after the board’s next gen-

eral meeting. That would make the building eligible for razing as early as Feb. 20. Gant expressed his approval of advancing toward demolition on a “short time frame.”

“We just want to make sure this process is going along … because we are under time constraints,” he said.

The board has not started accepting bids for the demolition contract but does not need to wait until after the 60-day period to do so. With OSFC paying more than three-fourths of the leveling costs, Vasquez said he expects the district’s share to fall between $800,000 and about $1 million.

But TPS has options other than leveling Libbey. One alternative would allow the city of Toledo to acquire the property from the school district. At the OSFC committee meeting, board member Lisa Sobecki spoke in favor of keeping the city’s option open until the middle of February. She said a definite timeline would keep any discussion on task and would allow the board to move forward with the demolition process if no agreement was reached.

Libbey Graduate and Toledo City Councilman D. Michael Collins said Toledo does not have space in its budget for Libbey.

“Clearly the city of Toledo is not in a position to take over the responsibilities of maintaining and ownership of that building,” he said. “We do not have the ability to do that financially, nor do we have a need for it.”

Vasquez recently sent letters to more than a dozen nonprofit organizations in the area to measure interest in acquiring the building. The Board of Community Relations received one of those letters.

“It’s unlimited what can go in those facilities,” Woodberry said. “I’m sure an appeal could be made to fund a community facility in that neighbor-

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hood. We would have 100 percent neighborhood support.”

Woodberry is particularly interested in finding a use for the skills center, field house and football field, none of which were a part of the original structure built in 1923. He said Little League baseball games could take place on school grounds, while after-school programs could be housed inside. The field house, he said, could host community events and provide local residents with a place to exercise.

Even if part of the building is razed, Woodberry said the newer sections should be saved, although questions exist whether the utilities that service these parts of the school can still function if the original building is removed.

Libbey has central heating that might not be operable without the building’s core. The skills center is connected to the original structure by a hallway.

“Once you take out the hallway, they’re two separate buildings,” he said. “It’s not like they’re wall-to-wall.

It looks like it’s stand alone heat and air conditioning.”

Woodberry is not alone in fearing the neighborhood will lose its identity if the former high school is brought to the ground. The South Toledo YMCA also closed in December 2009.

“I feel that Toledo Public Schools has created a great injustice to that area of our city,” Collins said.

“I realize that the fiscal issues that the Toledo Public Schools system has are overwhelming. However, to deprive an entire neighborhood of their school with all the new construction that went on throughout the city of Toledo is compromising a neighborhood that Libbey students reside in.”

Councilman Mike Craig, who represents the Libbey area, said he had not been contacted by anyone about plans to demolish the school.

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EDWARD DRUMMOND LIBBEY HIGH SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 1923.

“The field house is an excellent field house. That’s definitely something that should be saved,” he said.

“The building itself is historic. It does anchor the neighborhood. I don’t know if they should rush into demolishing this building.”

Vasquez defended his businesscentered position by pointing to the district’s economic troubles.

“My whole thing with the Libbey building is this: because of the budget deficit, I don’t want to miss the opportunity to have the state pay,” he said.

“There’s no bad will in that. From my point of view, we need to get out from under the cost, and so we don’t get stuck with the entire cost of demolishing it.”

If the building fails to sell, Woodberry would rather see it donated to the community than destroyed.

“If they tear it down, there’s no value; if they donate it, there’s some value,” he said.

“TPS has sold schools for a dollar.

They washed their hands, which is what they said they wanted to do.”

Vasquez did not say whether the board would look to donate the

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building if it did not sell, noting a majority of board members would have to approve any transaction.

One step in the process that has been delayed is the auctioning of the school’s contents. The auction was originally slated for Monday, Dec. 20, but at the Dec. 15 meeting Sobecki moved to postpone the sale until January or February. She cited a lack of publicity and the poorly received auction at the old Scott High School as her reasoning.

“The board members were never notified (about the Scott auction). I woke up that morning to news stations calling me going, ‘what about this auction?’ and I had no idea,” she said.

“We would be criticized beyond belief because I know there’s a huge interest in people that are waiting for the day which we do the auction.”

Woodberry said the auction would remove value from parts of the building he is interested in preserving.

“We want to hold on to whatever they’re trying to save,” he said. “They could go in there and auction off all the seats in the gym. They can auction off the lights, the benches, the seats, all the desks and everything.”

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By Kristen Criswell

Toledo Free Press Special Sections Editor krapin@toledofreepress.com

George Sarantou, Toledo city councilman and candidate for Lucas County Commissioner, filed a Contest of Election Dec. 13 in regard to the outcome of the November commissioner’s race. Sarantou, who was originally declared Lucas County commissioner by 1,376 votes, lost the election to Carol Contrada by 191 votes after provisional ballots were counted.

Based on an initial review of documents from the Lucas County Board of Elections (BOE) by Sarantou, his lawyers and political consultant, Sarantou decided to file a Contest of Election surrounding issues with the provisional ballots.

“Over the past month, I have stressed that I only wanted an honest and open review of the facts surrounding the provisional ballots issue,” Sarantou said.

“A review of the limited information provided shows concerns and inconsistencies regarding how provisional ballots were handled by the Lucas County Board of Elections.

Those provisional ballots changed the

outcome of the commissioner’s race in the November election,” he said.

Sarantou said he has been encouraged by Democrats and Republicans to question the handling of provisional ballots. Some issues of concern include ballots cast in at a precinct where an individual doesn’t live and incidents where individuals may have voted more than once, said Terry Casey, election consultant for Sarantou.

Additionally, Sarantou takes legal issue with the changing number of provisional ballots as well as the access to public records the BOE has given Sarantou and his campaign.

Casey said the lack of cooperation from the BOE in regards to records does not allow them to have a complete idea of how many questionable provisional ballots there may be.

“We want to make sure this board of elections does it right, does it honest and does it complete. So far we have not been satisfied,” said Casey, who has assisted with recounts in more than 40 Ohio counties and served on the board of elections in Franklin County for 14 years.

Sarantou said he knows when to give up but deserves his day in court.

“When you are in politics, like I’ve

been since 1997 when I ran for City Council and lost, you accept the fact you can either win or lose. Having been on the losing end, that’s part of life,” he said. “This is about making sure the provisional ballots were validated in a legal and proper manner.”

The BOE released a statement in response to Sarantou’s filing stating it stands by its “results, process and procedures.”

“During the entire election process, the Board has been nothing but open and accommodating to all the candidates and political parties. There is no evidence that warrants the election results or the recount results to be changed. We have released all information allowed by Ohio law, federal law and directives issued by the Ohio Secretary of State’s office,” the BOE said.

Contrada responded to the filing by releasing a statement that said she is “confident in the election process, including the recount, and believes that all legal votes were properly validated and correctly counted by the Board of Elections.”

Contrada said based on her knowledge of the election process she believes the filing is a waste of taxpayer

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money as well as prosecutorial and judicial time. She said she is confident the law has been followed and the election results will be verified in court.

“Mr. Sarantou was also satisfied with the election process until he found out he was the loser. He had the opportunity to question the validity of provisional ballots for 10 days following the election while they were

being processed, and he chose not to.

Instead, he now wants to throw out an entire election because it didn’t go his way,” she said. “That is an insult to every legitimate voter in this county.”

According to Ohio Revised Code, contest of election hearings must proceed quickly, with a hearing scheduled within 30 days and only one additional 30-day extension.

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Critics: Springfield Twp. JEDZ might have adverse effects

By Caitlin McGlade TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Springfield Township’s latest proposal to bring in revenue might increase income taxes for some, redirect taxes for others and affect business taxes for hundreds of shops around Airport Highway.

The move could help fill a gap for a township that lost 16 percent of its property tax income just within the past year and barely has enough to fund a sheriff ’s deputy in the coming years, said Leslie Kohli, township administrator.

The solution, called a Joint Economic Development Zone (JEDZ), would enter Springfield Township into an agreement with Holland to start collecting taxes on businesses within the township in designated areas.

The zone is spread out across portions of Airport Highway and stops at Holland-Sylvania Road. It includes, among many others, places such as Spring Meadows Shopping Center and the area around Old Navy and Gander Mountain.

Springfield Township citizens would have to vote the zone into effect next May or November. Rob Lusak, an Ashley Furniture Home Store employee, is trying to stop the proposal before it makes it to the ballot.

“This is going to affect well over 100 businesses and 1,000 employees

and many people live in other cities,” Lusak said. “Once this gets on the ballot, it might be pretty popular with people who don’t work at Spring Meadows — you’ve got other people to pay your taxes for you.”

He and some other employees plan to start canvassing the potential zone to drum up support from other businesses. His goal is to pack Springfield Township’s public hearing on Jan. 3.

Holland will also host a meeting Jan. 4.

The deal would pull in 1.5 percent of employees’ income taxes and net profits of each business in the zone.

Springfield would receive 78 percent of the revenue, while Holland would receive 22 percent.

Lusak would not see a tax increase because he is already paying income taxes to Holland, where he lives. But if an employee lives in a township that does not collect income tax, he or she would see that 1.5 percent income tax hike.

Increase or not, Lusak said he doesn’t want the citizens of Springfield deciding where other people’s taxes are going.

“They don’t want to see their tax money siphoned away into the boonies,” Lusak said.

Deflecting some income tax away from employees’ home cities might have a negative effect on Toledo’s tax revenue, said Toledo City Councilmember Rob Ludeman, who is chair of the economic development committee.

Whether Toledo would notice a

change depends on how many Toledo residents work in the zone. For now, it’s too soon to tell what the potential effects might be, Ludeman said.

Kohli said the township is just catching up with how most municipalities collect income taxes. State law does not permit townships to collect income tax or administer their own taxes, which makes forms of income difficult especially in the slow economy.

“When townships were developed, they were large pieces of land with few people because most of them were large family farms so the whole concept of three trustees and not having these services didn’t matter,” she said.

“People have tended to move out of the urban areas and into the suburbs and as they do, it’s almost as if we’ve become a small city without the authority of a city.”

Establishing a JEDZ is an option to remedy that problem, Kohli said.

Springfield and Holland would not be the only beneficiaries of the money.

Ten percent of the total income tax collected would be reserved for a “Maintenance Fund” for the business district, according to the proposal.

The fund, which has a cap of $1.5 million, would cover new infrastructure costs, help new businesses and generally develop the zone, said Andy Glenn, trustee chairman.

A six-member board of directors, comprised of three from Holland and

LUSAK three from Springfield, would control the JEDZ and could raise or lower the cap at any time. The directors could also expand the zone without a citizen vote, Glenn said.

Mike Yunker, the mayor of Holland, said the deal has benefits for businesses too because of the maintenance fund. Increased car breakins and crime have provoked worry among business owners and managers, he said. Having the fund could help clean up the area and show that the township can provide for businesses’ needs, he said.

The Holland-Springfield Township Chamber of Commerce does not know enough about the proposal to decide whether it’s a good or bad move

for businesses, said Pat Hicks, executive director of the chamber.

Kohli said the township is “not trying to keep anyone in the dark” and that she is working on a comprehensive list of all the businesses in the area before she can educate everyone involved.

Trustees have talked about the concept for a while but it became reality when township citizens voted down a levy that would have funded more sheriffs’ deputies last month, Kohli said.

Last year, the Lucas County Sheriff ’s Office announced it could no longer provide free deputy services to townships. The township now has one deputy that costs $415,000, which is only a portion of how much the deputy costs the office. Springfield will have to pay more until it reaches the full amount, which will get difficult given strapped revenue sources, Kohli said.

The money accumulated from the JEDZ would dump into the general fund and has no specific purpose as of now, Glenn said.

“We’ve cut everything extra out of our budgets, we’re just trying to ease the impact,” he said. “We’ve cut back to the basics and unfortunately we’re at a point where either services are going to be cut to our residents or we’re going to have to find a source for our tax dollars. We think that this is a better solution than placing the burden on the taxpayers.”

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Leadership Toledo, TFP to launch ‘Restaurant Week’

By Sarah Ottney TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Leadership Toledo is teaming with Toledo Free Press and other media

partners to organize a Restaurant Week to benefit the local nonprofit as well as showcase the area’s diverse culinary options.

Cory Dippold, director of youth programs for Leadership Toledo, said

Restaurant Week is something that is done across the country in most midsize and larger cities.

“The main goal is that it is a fundraiser for Leadership Toledo, but it is also designed to bring awareness

to locally owned restaurants and some of the menu items they have to offer,” Dippold said.

Restaurant Week Toledo is set for Jan. 30 through Feb. 5.

Twenty-five locally owned, nonchain restaurants in Toledo and the surrounding area will create menus especially for Restaurant Week and will offer either a three-course meal or two meals for $20.11. The price represents the year 2011, Dippold said. Under the three-course option, diners will have several choices for each course, typically an appetizer, entrée and dessert.

Beverages, tax and gratuity are not included in the price.

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CITY OF TOLEDO

Union leader questions Ottawa Hills fire services merger

By Lisa Renee Ward TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Toledo and Ottawa Hills are offering opposite responses to an information request from a police union official.

Dan Wagner, president of the Toledo Police Patrolman’s Association, made an information request to the City of Toledo and the Village of Ottawa WAGNER Hills on Oct. 19 related to the possible merger of fire services. Wagner told Toledo Free Press on Dec. 12 that fiscal concerns were the motivation for his request.

“When I heard [Toledo Mayor Mike Bell] say that taking on 10 firefighters was going to save money, I knew that was not true. Anyone who knows the benefits and salaries knows it comes to over $90,000 per firefighter.”

Toledo Safety Director Shirley Green told Wagner, “The City of Toledo does not possess documents that are responsive to your requests” in answer to Wagner’s information request.

But Ottawa Hills Manager Marc Thompson provided more than 60 pages of e-mails, letters and other documents to the TPPA on Nov. 17, which were obtained by Toledo Free Press on Dec. 11.

Thompson e-mailed Toledo Deputy Mayor Steve Herwat on Oct. 22, informing him that Ottawa Hills had received an information request from Wagner. No response from Herwat was in the information release.

“The foundation of trust in government is transparency and there is no trust in this administration,” Wagner said.

Some of the communication from Thompson to Bell took place prior to Bell becoming mayor and some was prior to the merger discussion. On April 7, Thompson wrote an e-mail to Herwat on Toledo’s labor discussions.

He said, “the City’s position on the labor issues with the TPPA is the right way go to. You can’t have a vote to reject and then have the city take action and then let them accept something they rejected.” Thompson later in that same e-mail said, “The union looks extremely childish in this entire process.”

One of the first meetings with Thompson and Herwat appears to have taken place May 19. The first email that specifically references the combining of services was dated Sept.

3. Thompson references phone call communications from Herwat in several e-mails.

“Toledo firefighters are already training Ottawa Hills firefighters for Toledo services” Wagner. “I was told this started on Tuesday or Wednesday.

What people need to know is I have heard internally that the life squad on Bancroft is to be moved, that is how they are going to staff it, to get around the contractual language. They are not going to have a pumper or truck — no life squad in the Central City and no fire trucks in Ottawa Hills.”

Wagner said he was surprised that Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE) had not filed a complaint on the merger since the 10 Ottawa Hills firefighters have not taken the Toledo Civil Service Test and would be placed ahead of those on the fire service eligibility list.

“If there is a lawsuit, a judge could order those ten from Ottawa Hills to be removed,” Wagner said.

Toledo City Council is set to discuss the merger at a 6 p.m. Dec. 16 Law and Criminal Justice Committee hearing. Ottawa Hills Council appears to have taken no formal action at its last meeting, which was on Dec. 13.

On Dec. 13, Jen Sorgenfrei, public information officer for Toledo, confirmed that Ottawa Hills firefighters were training with the Toledo Fire Department. She said this was, “so there may be a seamless transition for all department employees.”

The city disagreed with Wagner’s statement about a life squad unit being placed in Ottawa Hills. Sorgenfrei wrote, “There is not currently a ‘life squad’ at Station No. 7 as Mr. Wagner claims therefore there is no life squad to move. There is a heavy rescue squad stationed at Station No. 7. The difference in equipment is substantial, primarily because a heavy rescue squad is a general response vehicle that may provide first response, on-scene medical assistance, and hazardous materials response, but is not equipped to transport patients.”

It was also felt there would be no gap of service, as Wagner claimed, since there are other life squad units that could provide patient transportation and emergency medical technicians or paramedics stationed at every Toledo fire station.

No pumper truck being at Ottawa Hills was confirmed, the City’s position is that there are fire trucks at nearby stations that currently respond to Ottawa Hills’ calls for service through automatic mutual aid.

Sorgenfrei took issue with Wagner’s statement that Ottawa Hills provided documentation Toledo said did

not exist. She said that his information request was not specific enough.

“If you examine the records they provided him, many did not exist until after his request was made and very few, if any, pertain to any of items

2-7 in Mr. Wagner’s request to the city – further evidencing that they indeed did not exist at the time of his inquiry.

Had he made a revised request to the City of Toledo at a later date, the same would have been granted.”

The documentation obtained by Toledo Free Press shows 53 pages of material was dated on or before Oct. 19, four of those pages were not related to the fire merger; 13 were dated after Oct. 19.

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Blank family prepares for Christmas at son’s house Editor’s note: Toledo Free Press will follow the Blank family of Millbury for the next year as they rebuild their lives after a June 5 tornado destroyed their Main Street home.

By Brandi Barhite Toledo Free Press Associate Editor bbarhite@toledofreepress.com

The Blanks are planning to spend Christmas at son Eddie’s house.

It is the first time the kids won’t come to their home for the holidays, but it made sense because Ed, Julie and Casey Blank are moving into their new house Dec. 17.

“We are doing Christmas at our house on Christmas morning. We used to do it at the old house, but this year with all the chaos, we are doing it at our house,” Eddie said.

Later that day, the Blanks will celebrate Christmas at Julie’s sister’s house, because it is her turn. The families switch every other year.

Julie said she’s not sure if she will decorate the new house for Christmas because nobody will be visiting. She usually likes to decorate the week before Thanksgiving and take everything down shortly after Christmas.

“It will depend if we get in there by the weekend and have everything put away and if I feel like it,” Julie said.

Eddie said it will be nice to get everyone together for Christmas and have space to move. Ever since the June 5 tornado destroyed his dad and stepmom’s house, they have lived in an Oregon condo.

“Words cannot describe how beautiful the [new] house is,” Eddie said.

“Rigg Builders deserves tons of credit.

It is amazing how quickly they put the house together.”

Family patriarch Ed said it won’t be long before family and friends are invited to the new house.

“We will have our kids over for Sunday dinner and we will invite our

friends over.”

Ed said even though the house is on the same property, it “definitely feels brand-new.”

The inside of their house has taken on a new look. It is a lot more colorful.

The solid oak has been replaced with

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Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop campaigned on the platform of transformative change for the county.

As his term ends and he prepares to move to Washington, D.C., Konop said he wasn’t able to accomplish that goal, but he did propose and enact a number of initiatives to help improve the county.

“There’s this saying, ‘You campaign in poetry and govern in prose,’ I think that’s a good way to bridge the divide on what I campaigned on and what actually was happening,” he said. “To get something that I campaigned upon enacted gets ugly … I certainly did not come out of it unscathed. I thought I was doing the best for the community and it’s what I campaigned on.”

Change During the past four years, the 34-year-old Democrat said he has tried to create transformative change in Northwest Ohio. People are often resistant to change and that was one of the many problems Konop faced when proposing new ideas, he said.

One resolution Konop proposed was a government-funded scholarship program to increase the number of county residents with college degrees.

“More and more it’s all about how trained and educated your workforce is. That’s the No.1 factor in economic development,” Konop said.

The scholarship would have created no new taxes and have been funded by privatizing EMS services, implementing four-day workweeks and adjusting thermostats in county buildings. After six months of research, Konop’s resolution was shot down 2-to-1.

More recently, Konop proposed the idea of reforming county government. Konop met and spoke with area business leaders about the proposed county executive form of government.

Ultimately, Konop didn’t have sufficient funding to collect signatures to get the issue on the ballot.

Mayoral campaign Konop is often outvoted by his fellow commissioners, Pete Gerken and Tina Skeldon Wozniak.

Konop said he didn’t expect everything he proposed to pass, but the continual no votes was “very disheartening.” Konop’s frustration with being outvoted 2-to-1 on every major initiative was eventually what led to him running for the mayor of Toledo, he said.

“It’s like hitting your head against

the wall every day,” Konop said. “I thought I’d be in a better position to do things for the community as a one-person executive versus a threeperson executive.”

During his campaign, Konop made national news when a YouTube video from one of his press conferences went viral. The video featured Konop being continually heckled by a man sitting on his front porch.

Konop later participated in a video for MonkeY DomE that spoofed the heckler incident.

“It obviously distracted people from whatever message I was trying to get across in the campaign. I thought it was kind of funny and I can see the humor in it. It’s not really relevant to anything,” he said. “From a political standpoint it probably wasn’t helpful.

I think the knock on me is that I’m young and inexperienced and that kind of goofy scenario we had going between me and the heckler reinforced that stereotype to the community — he’s too inexperienced or not polished enough.”

Konop finished fifth in the primary election out of six candidates.

Positive resolutions Konop has passed several resolutions during his time as commissioner that he said have contributed positively to the community.

Konop proposed 911 Cell Phones for Seniors, which has provided more than 2,000 free cell phones for seniors to make emergency calls. He helped end the practice of no-bid contracts and halt all non-essential travel by county employees.

Additionally, Konop proposed accountability in all board appointments, requiring the disclosure by board applicants and their immediate family of any contributions or business dealings with the commissioners or agency they’re seeking appointment. Konop also passed a resolution requiring the board of elections to post campaign finance reports online.

“I think these are positive steps forward to a more open and ethical government,” Konop said. “Is it transformative? Probably not.”

Konop is also proud of the work he did to save Children’s Wonderland last winter and the progress that has been made within the county dog warden’s department.

Moving forward Konop said it’s been a “tremendous honor” to serve the county and he will continue to serve the county as commissioner until his last day in office.

Konop participated in his last commissioners’ meeting Dec. 14, as the final meeting of the year was cancelled by a 2-to-1 vote.

Konop said he was “surprised” by his fellow commissioners’ decision to cancel the meeting and was upset that he wouldn’t be able to honor volunteers who worked on the Dog Warden Advisory Committee. Konop said it is also unfortunate because at that meeting he was planning to propose placing laid-off sheriff ’s officers in Toledo Public Schools to replace the Toledo Police Department officers who were removed due to budget cuts.

Both Gerken and Skeldon Wozniak were contacted for comment, but neither responded before publication.

Following his term, Konop will take a break before heading to Washington, D.C., where he plans to work as a public servant on the federal level.

Konop said the position wouldn’t be an elected one, but declined to comment further on his plans.

“I can probably do more good in many ways from Washington, D.C., for Toledo,” he said.

Konop previously worked in Washington at Fulbright & Jaworski, one of the largest law firms in the country.

Carol Contrada will replace Konop on Jan. 1, barring court action on the Contest for Election filed by George Sarantou changing the electoral outcome.

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Christ Child Society helps high-risk pregnant women TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

The Christ Child Society (CCS) of

Toledo recently distributed 800 newborn layettes to area hospitals and agencies, contributing to a greater initiative to help high-risk pregnant women.

Mary Murnen, CCS Toledo

chapter president, headed the layette distribution for the first time this year.

“We’re a service organization, and what we try to do is service the needy in Toledo. That would be the very

neediest, children that are coming into the world with nothing,” Murnen said.

The signature program for CCS, which has chapters nationwide, is the assembly and distribution of layettes. A layette is a package of newborn essentials including clothing, blankets, diapers, toys, books and infant necessities.

CCS volunteers purchase, assemble and deliver more than 800 layettes each year to Toledo hospitals and social service agencies that serve needy families.

“I think it’s very special. The mothers that are chosen are mothers that they [the agencies] have followed up with. It’s not just anyone who’s having a baby that’s coming in,” Murnen said. “Part of the program is to make sure that the babies receive proper nutrition before they’re born.”

CCS works with the Lucas County Initiative to Improve Birth Outcomes to connect its layettes with the agencies that need them the most. Maggie Welty, project coordinator for the initiative, said the layettes are just part of the services the initiative provides in hopes that low-income women have full-term, healthy babies.

“Layettes are an extra resource and are something that these women value and show them that somebody cares, especially since they’re low income and have nothing or very little,” Welty said.

The initiative serves as a hub for county services to reach low income, high-risk pregnant women that mainly come from ZIP codes 43604, 43607 and 43610, Welty said. Women in these ZIP codes have a higher prevalence for babies with low birth weights and are pri-

marily African-American, Welty said.

The Lucas County Initiative to Improve Birth Outcomes began in 2006 out of donations from the Community Foundation and the Stranahan Foundation. Since the program’s inception the initiative has helped 600 women, including 92 in 2010, Welty said.

“We canvass neighborhoods that have a higher percentage of low birth weights and high-risk pregnancies,” Welty said. “Several of our coordinators have contacted drug dealers to see if they know any pregnant women in an effort to find women that are not seeking prenatal care as early and as often as needed.”

The initiative not only provides transportation, it also enrolls women in WIC and pays home visits to ensure women are able to take care of their new babies.

The Christ Child Society is also committed to following the needs of families and children from birth to childhood. They provide Angel Layettes containing hand-sewn and knit caps and dresses for stillborn babies, as well as wardrobes and coats for children through their Clothe-A-Child program.

“One of our members was in a Kroger store a couple weeks ago; this little boy was sitting there with his great-grandmother. He said, ‘I know you, you gave me a coat and socks and underwear.’ It was so cute and so unexpected,” Murnen said. “None of this is for us, it’s all for other people.”

Founded in 1887 by Mary Virginia Merrick, CCS has 40 branches across the U.S.

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Woman turns to faith, technology to deal with cancer

By Caitlin McGlade TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Three years ago, Marion Jones taught her oldest son how to pray again.

He asked her to show him when she revealed she had breast cancer. The now 58-year-old told her sons about death and sickness, and about her faith. “When you hear the word ‘cancer,’ you think of a death sentence,� Jones said. “But there are new technologies that make it better JONES for us. I don’t look at it in a negative manner; otherwise I think I might just as well give up.�

Jones has hardly wavered — after at least seven different treatments, various surgeries and frequent chemotherapy rounds, she takes every day as it comes. She makes lists to keep herself busy and cooks dinner for her siblings who live with her. She sings hymns to herself and breaks out the sewing machine to fix up her sisters’ clothing.

Jones is one of the 12 to 13 percent of women in the United States struck by breast cancer, a statistic that the medical community has combated for years. New technologies that Jones mentioned evolve so quickly that local oncologist Tim Kasunic, M.D., has noted major changes recently. “Five years ago, every woman with breast cancer greater than 1 centimeter would automatically get chemo therapy,� said Kasunic, who works with the Toledo Clinic. “Now less than 50 percent do.�

The shift has to do with a more personalized approach to cancer treatment.

Doctors used to treat cancer as if it were identical in everyone’s bodies, but recent molecular testing technologies have helped doctors see the biological differences in different patients’ cancers.

The testing, a three-year-old technique, determines whether the pa-

tients have a high, low or medium risk of reoccurring cancer cells so that the doctor can personalize their treatment plan, Kasunic said.

Since then, doctors have been able to understand why some patients have more aggressive cancers. These types of patients were discovered to have a receptor on their cancer cells called HER2. Scientists created a drug that blocks the receptor called Herceptin.

Now, Kasunic is testing whether adding a newer drug called Tykerb will make treatment more effective.

The new drug is exciting because it is a pill, while Herceptin has to be dosed through IVs every three weeks for a year, he said. That study is one of 14 that the Toledo Community Oncology Program is conducting for breast cancer treatment.

Another major change has affected

Kasunic’s work in the past month.

A new drug called Halaven hit the market in November, which extends a terminal patient’s life expectancy. “It could be the difference for a given patient to make it to the next holiday or the next graduation,� said David Cox, director in US Medical Affairs for Eisai Incorporated.

Eisai is the company that introduced Halaven. The design for the drug came from a sea sponge.

Scientists discovered that sponges off the coast of Japan had anti-cancer agents 18 years ago. They developed a

synthetic model of the molecule, conducted tests and found that patients who took the drug lived about two and a half months longer than those who took standard medications, Cox said.

Jones said fighting cancer has been just as much psychological as it has been physically straining.

Michelle Cocchiarella is a breast health nurse at Flower Hospital who helps patients through support groups, particularly focusing on survivorship programs. Support groups range from things like educational sessions, to patient-to-patient chats to engaging ac-

tivities to help others, she said. “We’re finding more and more that people want to give back and do something for other cancer survivors and patients so we have classes where they make cards and give them to people who are going through treatment,�

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Another personal struggle has to do with post-treatment self-esteem.

Women often come with questions about how recovering from their illness will affect their sex lives or their personal appearances, she said. Thus, specific programs for skin and hair are offered.

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Cardiothoracic Surgeons for Northwest Ohio and The Toledo Hospital are now ranked among the nation’s top 12 percent of providers for heart surgery. The ProMedica surgical practice and hospital received the highest designation, according to the comprehensive three-star rating system developed by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).

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Anthony Bruno is following his father Stanley Bruno in the jewelry business at the young age of 14.

Anthony is working with his father at J. Foster Jewelers located in The Shops at Fallen Timbers in Maumee where Stanley is a managing partner of the business.

“I would like to attend the Gemological Institute of America to learn the jewelry business and open my own jewelry store one day,” said Anthony, who has been working about 20 hours per week at the store during the holiday season.

He may be an eighth grader at St. Patrick’s of Heatherdowns School but he already knows he wants to pursue a career in the jewelry business. First, he plans to attend St. John’s Jesuit High School in Toledo next year.

He said his interest in jewelry started in his younger years, but became serious when he started working with his father at the store this year.

Anthony has been selling Pandora bracelets and necklaces to customers at J. Foster Jewelers. The line offers gold and sterling silver bracelets and necklaces with more than 1,500 different beads or charms to satisfy the individual tastes of teens to senior citizens.

The silver base bracelet starts at $55, the gold at $1,300, the necklaces from $100 with charms selling for $25 and up.

“Anthony sells a lot of those bracelets that are the modern day charm bracelet,” Stanley said. “We started him out in the Pandora jewelry so he can work his way up to diamonds.”

“I usually start up a conversation about their interests and offer a few suggestions for charms,” Anthony said. “Women are usually buying for themselves and men are buying for women.”

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laces. People usually begin with one to three charms on a bracelet,” he said.

The beads include gemstones, glass, wood, gold and silver with a special pink bead for breast cancer, crosses and the Star of David for religious charms, and a selection of Christmas charms including a drum, gift package, sleigh, snowman and Santa.

The necklaces are often sold as a follow-up to the bracelets, Anthony said. He suggests starting with a larger colored bead with silver or gold ones on either side for a symmetrical look on a necklace.

They also sell other Pandora jewelry that matches the bracelets and necklaces.

“The Pandora jewelry is doing very well for us along with the traditional diamond tennis bracelet, stud earrings and watches as holiday gifts this year,” Stanley said.

“Watches are a passion of mine so I enjoy selling them,” said Anthony, who has about 12 different watches that he wears for different occasions.

Anthony recommends the Swiss

brand of Movado men’s and women’s watches which range in price from $500 to $4,000. They also carry Bulova’s Accutron limited edition watch that sells for $4,000.

Away from jewelry and his school studies, he enjoys boating with his father and flying with his uncle who is a pilot. Anthony traveled alone to Los Angeles this summer to visit his cousin there and accompanied his family on a trip to the Bahamas.

Stanley said he is proud that his son wants to follow him in the jewelry business. He is teaching Anthony about selling jewelry from his years of experience.

“Business has been very good for us going into the holidays this year,” said Stanley, who usually works 12hour days at this time of year.

J. Foster Jewelers operates the store at Fallen Timbers and one at Westfield Franklin Park Shopping Center in Toledo. The retailer is offering its 2010 Holiday Collection, an assortment of contemporary and fine jewelry for a sale in its stores and online catalog at the website www.jfosterjewelers.com.

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Putting this off can be the easiest solution, but is it the right solution? It is often an event such as retirement or the addition of a new baby that makes an individual or family seek out professional advice. Relying on a company for a pension or any type of benefits can be a risky move. Do you feel the Mark CLAIR government is going to take care of you Nolan BAKER and your family? Managing finances is now, more than ever, a personal responsibility. If now is the right time to choose an investment professional for your family, here are a few tips on what you should ask about that many others overlook.

■ Search for an investment professional based upon what the needs are, find a specialist. Financial Services is a pretty broad term to use to pick an investment professional, but it is a category in the yellow pages and online.

This may make sense for an investor who is looking for general guidance. In many cases looking for financial advice involves very specific financial goals or needs. Consider specialists first. If a person is in their 40s and is looking to go back to college, a college planning specialist may provide more value than a person listed under general financial services.

■ Ask for client references at the first meeting. Although confidentiality and privacy is paramount in the financial services business, the professional should be able to provide at least three references. Call every reference, but don’t just ask about investment results. Ask about the communication the investment professional provides. Ask the reference why the advisers contacts them. Asking how the reference gets value working with that professional is a great way to decide if you are at the right place.

■ Never rely on a rating alone. Although ratings can be useful when making smart financial decisions about products and companies to work with, investors should be educated about investment options before buying or selling any investments. FINRA, the main regulatory body for licensed investment professionals, in a report on Understanding Securities Analysis Recommendations, says do your own homework first. Just because the company you are considering working with has a great rating doesn’t mean that it is a suitable choice for you. Listen to the positives and ask what the negatives are about the recommended product.

■ Many investments have both disclosed and undisclosed fees and expenses. No one in the financial services works for free. Fees and expenses are not always a bad thing. The cheapest isn’t always the best depending upon what the needs are. Yet, cost does count. Bottom line, there has to be a “got versus cost” analysis completed.

■ How safe is the investment? That question involves both the stock market losses of 2008 and the Bernie Madoff question, and it’s another OK question to ask. Although the vast majority of financial professionals are good and caring people, a quick check into their background is a good idea.

Do a background check into an investment professional at www.finra.org and it can help protect against fraud. A general rule of thumb is, as you get older, be safer with your money.

For more information about The Retirement Guys, tune in every Saturday at 1 p.m. on 1370 WSPD or visit www.retirementguysradio.com. Securities and Advisory Services are offered through NEXT Financial Group Inc., Member FINRA / SIPC. NEXT Financial Group, Inc nor its representatives provide tax advice. The Retirement Guys are not an affiliate of NEXT Financial Group.

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Port Authority launches program for diversified contractors The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority launched the Diversified Contractors Accelerator Program (DCAP), which provides financial solutions to encourage increased participation by Northwest Ohio-based minority- and women-owned contractors in publicly bid work and privately funded construction projects.

The DCAP offers both access to bid, performance and payment bonds to contractors who are unable to obtain bonding through traditional sources. It also offers access to capital for the purchase of materials and payment of labor costs.

Bonding is an essential piece of both public and private construction and construction-related businesses.

By allowing the bonding and project cash flow decision to be brought to a local community level, DCAP intends to remove some of the obstacles that many minority- and women-owned businesses face in securing bonding and managing project cash flow. Access to capital is equally critical to fund project materials and labor costs.

“The Diversified Contractors Accelerator Program has been a vision of

the Port Authority for several years,” Paul Toth, president and CEO of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority said in a statement. “We are incredibly appreciative of our partners at the City of Toledo and The University of Toledo for assisting us in bringing this program to fruition.”

The Port Authority, the city of Toledo and The University of Toledo all contributed $200,000 in seed money to initiate the program. The Port Authority will establish a credit facility of up to $2 million from a syndicate of local banks to facilitate the program’s capital flow to program participants.

The Port Authority continues to reach out to other private and nonprofit entities interested in the success of the program to secure additional in-kind contributions and expand the scope of its ability to serve the greatest amount of participants within this constituency base.

Interested contractors can get started with the program by completing a company overview, which is located on the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority website at www.toledo

portauthority.org/dcap.

DCAP governance will consist of the Port Authority being the program sponsor with an Executive Board providing advisory oversight. The

board will be comprised of members representing the Port Authority, University of Toledo, city of Toledo, Toledo’s African-American Bureau of Commerce, Northwest Ohio Hispanic

Chamber of Commerce and two additional financial contributors and local community representatives appointed by the program sponsor.

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Greg Meck, a salesman at Taylor Cadillac of Toledo, agreed.

“All the cars are popular through the holidays,” Meck said. “Each month, the manufacturers will come out with new programs and different incentives that will help to stimulate sales. But we anticipate a big December here.”

Lexus’ “December to Remember” sales event has been a noted promotion for many years. Brad Iagulli, sales manager at Jim White Lexus of Toledo, said Lexus pioneered the “December to Remember” theme.

“Whenever it’s ‘December to Remember,’ there are always special deals,” Iagulli said. “We have special lease rates on every model, which is very popular. Additionally, we offer special financing on select models and have some pretty huge incentives to clear out all the remaining 2010 models.”

During the “December to Remember” sales event, Lexus aims to make the gift of its vehicles a bit more special by literally wrapping it with a big red bow.

“If somebody is going to give a Lexus as a gift, we let them take one of the red bows to surprise the recipient,” Iagulli said. “These are specially made red bows sent to us from Lexus. You can’t go to any florist to have these made.”

John Mamayek, new car sales manager at Franklin Park Lincoln Mercury of Toledo, said his company always offers special deals during the holidays.

“We have our Lincoln Wish List Event,” Mamayek said. “There is a sign-and-drive on the Lincoln MKZ at $399 per month and the Lincoln MKS at $499 per month. We offer 27-month red carpet leases.”

Kim Taylor, sales manager at Dave White Acura of Toledo, said her company is promoting the “Season of Reason” sales event and is offering many incentives.

“We have special rates on the remaining 2010 models, as well as 0.9 percent financing for 60 months,” Taylor said. “We have zero security deposit and zero first payment at signing. There are sign-and-drive leasing options available.”

Don Siewert, general manager at Yark BMW of Toledo, said his company also makes it a mission to make the presentation of its vehicles special for customers.

“We place bows on the vehicles and cover it with a silver nylon silk sheet,” Siewert said. “It makes the presentation a little bit more special for the customer. They just got done investing a lot of money into their new vehicle and we try to make it a little special when they come to pick it up.”

Perry said there are a number of ways Vin Devers Autohaus of Sylvania delivers its vehicles during this season.

He said the procedure is tailored to the individual client.

“We try to sprinkle a little bit of holiday cheer when we do deliver a Christmas present on Christmas Day,” Perry said. “Sometimes, the vehicle is placed in the client’s garage or driveway with a bow on it. There have also been instances where we have delivered the vehicle to a restaurant for a client.”

The issue lies in deciding which brand to choose.

Though the economy has been on a downslide, Perry said the quality of Vin Devers’ vehicles, in addition to marketing strategies and special deals, has kept sales up.

“2010 has really been a great year for Autohaus of Sylvania,” Perry said.

“We’ve seen our traffic increase by 50 percent. Audi sales are up 50 percent. Our Mercedes sales are up 30 percent. 2010 has been a dynamite year. People aren’t sitting back and wondering when the right time to buy is. They’re realizing that now is the time to buy.”

Larry Gardner, sales associate at Monroe Superstore, said the Dodge Chrysler Jeep dealership has plenty of deals for leasing as it focuses on a big finish for 2010.

“Leasing is coming back strong,” Gardner said. “We’ve got zero down, zero security deposit, zero due at signing, zero first payment, and lease options on quite a few vehicles for less than $300 a month.”

As a holiday special, Monroe Superstore customers who buy a vehicle before the end of the year will get free oil changes for a year, as well as zero down, zero security deposit, zero due at signing and zero first payment, said owner Ralph Mahalak Jr. Meck said his company aims to market the Cadillac just as they would any other time of the year.

“It’s an ongoing process and it’s not anything we don’t do every day,” Meck said. “The only difference between ordinary and extraordinary is doing something extra. At Taylor Cadillac, we strive to do something extra every day.”

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In his Second season as rockets head coach, tim beckman led the team to an 8-4 record and its first bowl game since 2005.

Rockets gear up for bowl date with FIU

By Mike Bauman

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

In the Toledo football coaches’ headquarters on the second floor of Larimer Athletic Complex at the north end zone of the Glass Bowl, one detail is far more prominent than any of the blown-up pictures of past Rockets football lore that adorn the walls. Above every coach’s office nameplate is a picture of each one with his family. Family is not merely a theme for University of Toledo football. It’s what they’re all about.

“It comes from my mom and dad,” said second-year Toledo head coach Tim Beckman. “My dad being an NFL coach and a college coach, me being a youngster watching and going to every practice at the University of Iowa, and then [having] big linemen coming over and my mom cooking spaghetti for them — I was always around it. Everything that I’ve ever done, I’ve been around it.”

For as long as he can remember, Beckman wanted to become a football coach. When he first went to a coaches’ convention with

his father, Dave, several coaches in attendance wondered why Beckman would want to enter such a grueling profession that requires countless hours of preparation, dedication, studying and traveling. After watching his dad’s relationship with the sport his whole life, though, there was no doubt for Beckman about what he wanted to do.

“I’ve seen how my father enjoyed it and what football meant to him,” Beckman said. “So in the long-run, it’s something that I wanted to do because I saw that he was having fun doing it.”

As a high-energy coach, Beckman certainly was well-equipped for his chosen profession. His coaching career has spanned nearly 23 years with seven different institutions, the most recent stops being with Oklahoma State as the Cowboys defensive coordinator under Mike Gundy (2007-08), the cornerbacks coach at Ohio State under Jim Tressel (2005-06) and the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach at Bowling Green (1998-04), where Beckman worked with Urban Meyer. Combine that energy with a career where you’re almost always on the move in some fashion, and it’s no surprise that Beckman interviewed for the Toledo job in The

Westin at Detroit Metro Airport during a recruiting trip he was on following the Oklahoma-Oklahoma State game two years ago.

And, in Beckman fashion, the interview was high-energy.

“I just felt that the tradition of this program, the community and being involved in the Mid-American Conference like I’ve been involved with the Mid-American Conference, I really believed that this is as good a job as there is in the Mid-American Conference,” Beckman said.

When Beckman took over as the Rockets 25th head football coach in December 2008, his energy and family values were apparent to the players from the first time he addressed the team.

“He was just talking about competing at a high level and being accountable and just starting the winning tradition all over again and bringing the team closer together,” Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Stephen Williams said in a phone interview with Toledo Free Press. “We had to do different activities where we got to get to know each other as a team, not just hang out with people you know.” n BOWL CONTINUES ON A26

A26 n Toledo Free Press n BOWL CONTINUED FROM A25 Williams played at Toledo from 2006-09 and was part of last season’s 5-7 (3-5 MAC) squad in Beckman’s first year. He finished his only season WILLIAMS under Beckman as Toledo’s alltime leader in receptions and reception yardage.

“He just brought a different aspect to my game, of just being more physical,” Williams said. “It helped me a lot because that’s all the NFL is. It’s about being physical. So when I came, I was already mentally prepared.”

Senior center Kevin Kowalski said it didn’t take long for Beckman to earn the team’s respect because of his passion for the game and his winning history.

“He turned the attitude of this program around,” Kowalski said.

“His passion for the game I think is the first thing, just how much energy he brought and how much he showed that he wanted to win, and also his prior success. He’s won a lot, and that makes you respect him and believe in him.”

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LITTLE CAESARs PIZZA BOWL to buy in as Beckman has guided the 2010 Rockets to an 8-4 (7-1 MAC) overall record and their first bowl appearance since 2005, all this despite a young roster with only 13 seniors and a schedule that put Toledo on the road for four of its first six games. On Dec. 26 at 8:30 p.m., the Rockets will take on Sun Belt Conference co-champion Florida International (6-6, 6-2 SBC) in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit. While 6-6 might not impress some onlookers, the Golden Panthers are much better than their record indicates.

After starting the season 0-4, FIU won six of its last eight games en route to the first SBC championship and bowl game in school history. Statistically, the Golden Panthers rank in the top five in several SBC categories, including No. 1 in both total defense (363.3 ypg) and scoring defense (26.9 ppg), as well as No. 3 in total offense (402.3 ypg) and scoring offense (28.3 ppg), respectively. Considering that FIU has only had a football team since 2002, the program has made leaps and bounds in a relatively short period of time.

“The biggest thing is they’re champions,” Beckman said. “In all honesty, they’re tied, but they beat the team that they’re tied with. I’m very impressed. We know a little bit about

them because we’ve played them the last two years.”

The Golden Panthers defeated the Rockets 35-16 at the Glass Bowl in 2008 for their first-ever nonconference Football Bowl Subdivision victory, while Toledo won by a score of 41-31 last year in FIU Stadium. Not only is FIU a familiar opponent, but also features a familiar face in offensive coordinator Scott Satterfield, who served as the Rockets’ passing coordinator and quarterbacks coach in 2009.

“That’s the exciting thing about this football game is we both know each other,” Beckman said. “Mario Cristobal has done a great job with that program. We know it’ll be a challenge and it’ll be a four-quarter game.”

Another sideline similarity is that the Golden Panthers have their own version of Toledo sophomore wide receiver Eric Page in junior wide receiver and 2010 SBC Player of the Year T.Y. Hilton. Like Page, Hilton is a smaller but speedy playmaker at 5 foot-10 inches and 185 pounds. Hilton has a team-high 56 receptions for 816 yards and four touchdowns this season. He has also rushed for four scores and returned a kickoff for a touchdown, ranking second in the SBC in kick return average with 27.5 yards per return. In two career games against the Rockets, Hilton has 11 catches for 165

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yards and two touchdowns.

“You have to know where he is at all times because he is a playmaker,” Beckman said. “We’ve played some pretty good wide receivers this year, but I would say that he definitely ranks with the tops that we’ve faced and the tops in this conference, for sure.”

For Beckman, going to the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl and having the opportunity to bring a victory back to Toledo is great not just because it’s been part of the plan he’s put in place to rebuild a championship program, but also because his players are translating their on-field success off the field as well. Involvement in the community has drastically increased, as each player does five hours of community service work during the off-season and two hours during the season. Academically, the Rockets have made significant strides since Beckman took over. The team’s cumulative Academic Progress Rate during the 2008-09 academic year was the highest in program history at 934, up from 908 the previous year.

“They’ve fulfilled our expectations of this plan that we’ve set in place,” Beckman said. “Much like a father, you’re proud that they become successful, and they’re being successful not just on the football field, but in everything they do.”

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While everything about the program itself is first-class, the attendance isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always so stellar.

That first game I covered was last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contest against Northern Illinois, which ended up a 20-19 victory for the Rockets. At the time UT was in the early hunt for a MAC title and a postseason berth in a bowl game.

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The Rockets also rolled out their $55 season ticket plan, which aided in the effort to get fans through the turnstiles.

It also helped that Rockets head coach Tim Beckman really ratcheted up the pressure on the fans to come out and support his team this season. He regularly took to his Facebook and Twitter accounts, urging fans to â&#x20AC;&#x153;rock the Glass Bowl.â&#x20AC;? Beckman did everything short of impersonating the famous Uncle Sam poster to attract fans to the stadium.

While that support did improve (UT averaged around 20,000 tickets sold for most home games), there were still some dismal turnouts. The Ball State game had just 15,010 fans, and the season finale, which was Senior Day for the team, attracted a season-low 12,121.

When it came time for bowl games to select their combatants for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games, many believed the Rockets would be a shoo-in to get a spot in postseason play.

I was more skeptical. There are many factors that go into a boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to select a team for a bowl game.

Attendance is definitely one of those factors. A bowl gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main purpose is

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to make money, and they ensured that by getting a good matchup and selecting teams that will travel well.

The Little Caesars Pizza Bowl gets first choice when it comes to picking bowl-eligible MAC schools, and there is a reason why they picked the team that finished third in the conference.

Simple geography tells you why the Rockets were picked. It was a deliberate move on the bowl committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part to draw the highest possible attendance.

However, when speaking with coworkers, friends, and fellow media members in the Glass City, there seems to be a sense of impending doom when it comes to the attendance at the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.

The thought is that there may be just 10,000 to 15,000 total fans who may show up for the game. With the game on national TV and locally on the radio, it is easy to just stay home and not go watch the game.

But the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl represents a prime opportunity for fans to take a quick post-Christmas jaunt up I-75 to watch the midnight blue and gold.

A solid showing of support would be a boon for the program and for the bowl,

whose legitimacy and existence have been questioned by pundits recently.

I know not everyone is a die-hard Rockets fan, but we do have a duty to support our local community.

Every autumn these young men represent our city and our cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s university with pride and vigor.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show our Rockets that same effort that they show us every week on the gridiron. While four teams from the MAC received a bid in a bowl game, one with a winning record did not. Temple, who has an identical record to UT, will be staying home this holiday season.

With a poor showing by the UT fan base at the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, next time it might be the Rockets who are left out in the cold.

Chris Schmidbauer is sports editor for Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Contact him at cschmidbauer@toledofreepress.com. He is also the co-host of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Odd Couple Sports Showâ&#x20AC;? on Fox Sports Radio 1230 WCWA and can be heard every weekday from at 10 a.m. to noon. He can also be seen weekly on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Friday Night Frenzy Tailgate Showâ&#x20AC;? on NBC 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s America One.

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Four on the floor has a new meaning in basketball. Well, at least for the Harlem Globetrotters and the Washington Generals.

Each team will be able to launch four-point shots this season.

“Some people say all the Globetrotters can do is dunk,” Tay “Firefly” Fisher said. “We have a lot of great shooters; we have a lot of great ball players. And we feel like this would be a great time for us to show our ability to not only continue to do what we’ve been doing for the last 85 consecutive years, but to also show off our shooting ability.

“There’s no better way to show it but to add this four-point shot and show the difficulties of it and show how often we can make them. Right now, we’re all practicing, just getting ready, so we can come out there on December 28.”

The Globetrotters will play a double-header against the Generals at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dec. 28 at the Huntington Center. Prices range from $16 to $125. “[The four-point shot areas are] going to be two 4-foot circles on each side of the court. They’ll be in between the three-point line and the half-court line, 35 feet from the basket,” Fisher explained. “The NBA three-point line is about 24 feet, so this is a significant difference from the NBA three-point line; it’s a very difficult shot.

“It’s only going to be activated at the three-minute mark of every quarter,” the 5-foot-9-inch guard said. “If we hit a lot of these shots, it’ll open the floor

for us and they’re going to have to respect them; therefore, I’ll be able to showcase my dribble a little bit more.”

Fisher brings firepower to the court. The Globetrotters noticed his sharp-shooting skills during his senior year at Siena College when he led the Saints to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season and postseason titles and an upset over Vanderbilt in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Fisher shot 44.4 percent from three-point range as a senior.

“I had a really good year with Siena in 2008 when we went to the NCAA Tournament and I was on CBS and I did really well. [The Globetrotters] just followed me from there,” he said.

“They just happened to call me and told me they were interested, asked me how I felt about it, and they then invited me to a tryout where they could meet me personally. I didn’t look back from there.

“Everything just worked the way it was supposed to, which leads me to right now being with the team for a second year.”

The team had no trouble coming up with his nickname.

“I’m one of the shortest players on the team. They say I’m quick and I light it up as soon as I get on the court,” said Fisher, who also is known for his bright smile.

What’s the best part of being a Globetrotter?

“Besides traveling the world, seeing different cultures, meeting new people, I have to say it’s just seeing the smiles on people’s faces after the game,” Fisher said.

“I can’t think of a better situation to be in at the age of 24 than doing what I’m doing so far; it’s great, I love it.”

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The Toledo Museum of Art has a new resident. “The Infant Christ,” a 17th century sculpture, now stands among the museum’s collection of Baroque-period paintings. His realistic toddler-like body stands out from the walls, beckoning attention.

This 33.5-inch tall interpretation of Jesus is not just a fresh face for the Baroque room — but a rare form carved

by Spanish artist Juan Martínez Montañés, known as the “god of wood.”

“I’ve been looking for this kind of imagery for 15 years,” said Lawrence Nichols, the William Hutton curator for paintings and sculptures before 1900. “This was really filling an enormous void.”

The Montañés sculpture marks the first 17th century Spanish sculpture that the museum owns, said Kelly Fritz Garrow, director of communications.

No one knows how many wooden sculptures of baby Jesus Montañés made, but there are only four known existing works, Nichols said.

Montañés Jesus bears a solemn, mature face, with eyes that pierce the onlooker with their darkness. His right hand extends, suggesting a gesture of blessing, while his left hand lies lower.

He might have held a crucifix some time ago, Nichols said.

He contrasts many other impressions of baby Jesus in the room, as many of them are cherub-faced and rather angelic in presentation. Montañés’ version appears real, the troubled look on his face suggesting he knows what the future has in store for him.

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Nichols referred to the baby Jesus style as “shocking realism.”

“The realism of it is consciously confrontational,” he said. “It’s made so that we can identify with it. There’s an awareness of what will transpire 30 years later in that child’s face ... a kind of nervous character to it.”

The sculpture’s new home is much different from its original residence.

Montañés most likely crafted him for a convent, as much of his work was commissioned by religious figures to fill places of worship, Garrow said.

But he wasn’t just a piece of art — nuns dressed and undressed him with priest-style robes.

Others paraded him through the streets during the annual procession of the Corpus Christi (body of Christ).

“There are some sects that would think this inappropriate but it’s definitely a sign of Catholicism during those times,” Garrow said.

The museum acquires between 90 and 300 new pieces each year, Garrow said. This statue is one of the more exciting finds, just in time for Christmas, she said, adding that museum guests should analyze the piece in relation to the bigger connection and compare how Montañés interprets Jesus versus other artists from the period.

“It’s an interesting thing to think about this holiday season of Christmas and faith,” Garrow said. “It gives people something to reflect on the meaning of Christmas.”

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The award was created to recognize alumni who are ministering to others through their actions in secular settings, said Cindy Edwards of the department of music and technology. The school already has a similar award honoring alumni serving in Christian fields.

“Obviously, he has ministered to others just by his dedication to his country and his service through the reserves,” Edwards said. “It’s a real opportunity for students to see what past students are doing and we greatly encourage patriotism here at the school so this is a great opportunity to do both.”

The event, a schoolwide assembly that is open to the public, is set for 2:15 p.m. Dec. 17 at the high school gym, 4607 Laskey Road, and will run about 20 minutes, Edwards said. Beat will speak and a pep rally will follow.

“I feel very honored,” said Beat, who uses crutches as he continues to rehabilitate his foot, which was badly broken in two places. “They don’t

have to do this. Obviously, I’m very proud of my military service and to be honored in any way for that makes me proud. But I’m sure there are others more deserving.”

Beat, who attended ECS from kindergarten through 12th grade, said he will talk about his experiences as a Christian in the Army.

“I’ve never been in a format where I can talk about the Army from a Christian perspective,” Beat said.

“Not that you can’t talk about Christianity or God in the Army, but for a certain extent you just don’t. Except for chaplains, it doesn’t fall into the normal workday.”

He also wants to thank the ECS community for the prayers, support, calls and e-mails to his parents after he was injured.

The ceremony will be the first time Beat will be back at the school since graduating in 1997.

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“I like to say that in addition to showing him the countryside and locals, I figured I’d show him an IED, too,” joked Beat, quickly adding that the soldier was not injured.

The heavily armored vehicle, which was lifted off the ground, is designed to deflect the shockwave of an IED. “It did its job,” Beat said. “That thing saved our lives.”

Beat said the explosion lasted only a few seconds, but felt like slow-motion.

“The first thing I noticed was that the bomb didn’t sound as loud as I would have thought, so at first I was like ‘What was that?’ Maybe because my hearing was messed up for a second,” Beat said.

“But when I realized we were up in the air, I had time in my own mind — because it felt like a long time — to reason that it was an IED, that we might roll over and to do the steps that were drilled into us over and over. I remember putting my hands on the ceiling and pressing my feet to the floor to make sure I stayed in my seat. When I slammed back down to the ground, that’s when I broke my foot. At that point we all knew what happened.”

Finding the back door blocked, the soldiers turned to evaluating injuries.

Luckily none were life-threatening.

“A couple people were going in and out of consciousness, which had us a little worried,” Beat said. “They could have been going into shock, so we knew we had to get out of the vehicle quickly.”

But at first, they had to stay inside, as others in the convoy returned a small amount of enemy fire. Then Beat and the others were helped out of the wreckage

n HEART CONTINUED FROM A31 ECS athletic director Dave Regnier wrote in an e-mail that Beat, who played soccer, baseball and basketball, left a legacy beyond sports at the school.

“Robbie was always a caring and diligent student who gave his best effort in whatever he did,” Regnier wrote. “He was a stellar athlete in three sports, but the thing that marked him in all of his endeavors, whether athletics, school work or service at our church, was that he did it all with great effort and a kind heart.”

Jenifer Christiaanse, who was Beat’s high school Spanish teacher, said he was “one of the good guys.”

“I heard about it (the IED) after knowing he was fine — otherwise my heart would have stopped,” Christiaanse said.

On this deployment, the 32-year-old Beat worked as a civil affairs officer in the northern part of Afghanistan’s Konar Province with the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, based in Whitehall, Ohio. He trained and mentored local leaders on providing essential services, like health clinics, clean water and school buildings, through the elected government instead of relying on American aid. He also helped with disaster aid after a flood.

“It was a very challenging job as you can imagine,” Beat said. “After nine years of being there, I think the Afghanis have gotten used to us giving them things. But it was rewarding because some guys actually did get it and they wanted to take the ball and run with it. So in that sense I think I had a successful mission, but there was so much more I wish I could have done.”

At the time of the blast, Beat was

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“It was really just all reaction,” Beat said. “I don’t remember feeling really that scared; we just wanted to make sure we took care of the situation.”

The injured soldiers were treated at their base and several other military hospitals in Afghanistan before being transported to Germany and then the U.S. Beat, who works as an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Toledo,

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Beat said he feels the military mission in Iraq and Afghanistan is vital to democracy and U.S. national security and is proud to be serving.

“I don’t want to give the enemy any credit (for the IED),” Beat said. “We all returned to duty. We will all come back and be as good or better than we were.”

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said the plan for now is to enjoy the holidays and continue to rehabilitate his foot while awaiting his next orders.

“It’s good to get home,” said Beat.

“The doctors said the healing is doing very well, so I’m encouraged by that. I have to learn to put weight on it and learn to walk and run again.”

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He likes to be groomed and doesn’t mind being dressed up in funny little outfits. His long hair will need to be brushed at least once a week to keep it from matting. When he feels like being active he will chase bugs, mouse toys, feather wands or crackly things.

When he feels like being lazy, he will

curl up on the couch and take a nap.

He can be fussy at times and will demand a completely clean litter box and fresh water right from the tap. He has been front declawed, neutered, examined by a staff veterinarian, is current on his vaccinations and is microchipped.

Toledo Area Humane Society is located at 1920 Indian Wood Circle, Arrowhead Park, Maumee. Adoption hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tuesday through Sunday. Call (419) 891-0705 or visit the website www. toledoareahumanesociety.org.

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DEC. 19-25, 2010

Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse in Gemini and Sun enters Capricorn (21st) Aries (March 21-April 19)

Leo (July 23-August 22)

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

Head start. Arrangements with others, both open and secret, face swift changes Monday. Messages pile up Tuesday and can overload the system. Identity and affiliations count and results roll in midweek. The holiday yields clever gifts and reunions. .

XXX’s and OOO’s. You’re a holiday junkie with an insatiable need for all the trimmings. Surprises come from all directions. Work efforts give good results midweek and yield bonuses. You’re a happy camper surrounded by loved ones over the holiday weekend.

New name tags. This is a portentous week – you’re compelled to understand who you are now, and to identify your priorities and traits in new ways. Intimate friends can help you with these puzzles. Your genius for generosity is apparent as gifts are delivered all week.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

Rising bread dough. Literary and verbal efforts begin the week; be clear about what you want. Inner realizations surface midweek as multiple harvests arrive from different efforts. Love and a sense of belonging thread through holiday gatherings, bringing a sense of peace.

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Treading water. Balancing a multitude of events and tasks keeps you dashing as the week starts. You’ll feel more focused and in the holiday mood after Wednesday. Old songs stir emotions. You get plenty of prizes and extras when Santa makes his rounds.

Libra (September 23-October 22)

Sensual textures. Although holiday preparations demand attention, you may be discovering new skills behind-thescenes through unusual projects. A midweek discussion lures you to consider future directions for 2011. Holiday gatherings fulfill your fondest desires.

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

Club members. You’re hyperactive and oversensitive as the week starts, but also quick to spot details that others miss.

Drive defensively; bad weather may delay arrivals. After Wednesday, you’re in harmony with others and share full benefits of the season.

Cookie plates. Your treasured ideals and concepts are expressed as the week starts. Communications gush as the holiday approaches, and people scatter in various pursuits.

You can make unusually good connections with family members during the holiday weekend.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

Pisces (February 19-March 20)

The correct choices. You prefer traditions and comfortable patterns, but may diverge from these as the week progresses.

Double-check details Tuesday. A special message lights your tree Wednesday, and the holiday is filled with heartwarming connections.

Magical mixture. The cloak and dagger side of Christmas brings out your best abilities to plot and sneak around in a good cause. Others are in transition as the year ends. Enjoy peaceful and fun-filled moments after Wednesday; some gatherings have fateful overtones.

Gift tags. You’re invited to (and may host) multiple events this week. Your extensive networks and connections keep your dance card overflowing with offers, messages and gifts.

Settling into cozy surroundings with loved ones over the weekend offers a chance to relax.

Hiding places. Unusual and talented people surround you as the week starts and reveal a new type of friend you’re attracting now. Abundance flows after Wednesday, and you hit the mark with thoughtful gifts. Love is expressed in many ways over the holiday.

Elizabeth Hazel is a professional tarotist-astrologer and author. She gives readings every Wednesday at Attic on Adams above Manos Greek Restaurant.

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MOVIES

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10 pm

Ent Insider Grinch ›› Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) News Nightline Wheel Jeopardy! Big Bang Dad Says CSI: Crime Scene The Mentalist (CC) News Letterman The Office The Office Million Dollar Money Drop (N) (CC) Fox Toledo News Seinfeld King-Hill Jdg Judy Jdg Judy Commun 30 Rock The Office Outsource The Office (CC) News Jay Leno NewsHour Business Toledo Stories (CC) Monarchy: Fam Orchestra Charlie Rose (N) (CC) The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (CC) The First 48 (CC) Peace Peace Peace Peace Real Housewives Real Housewives Real Housewives Real Housewives Shep Real Daily Colbert Jeff Dunham Jeff Dunham: Arguing Jeff Dunham Daily Colbert Good Good Santa Clause 3: Escape Clause Deck Fish Fish Deck Deck SportsCtr Football College Football: San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl SportsCtr ››› The Santa Clause (1994) (CC) ›› Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992, Comedy) (CC) The 700 Club (CC) Ultimate Recipe Iron Chef America Iron Chef America Cakes Cakes Chopped Hunters House First Place First Place Property Property House Hunters Hunters House Pawn Pawn Pawn Pawn ›› The Break-Up (2006) Vince Vaughn. (CC) How I Met How I Met Pregnant Teen Mom True Life Pranked Pranked Pranked Bully Megadrive Fantasy Seinfeld Seinfeld Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Conan (N) The Black Stallion ››› The Human Comedy (1943) (CC) ››› The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Bones (CC) NBA Basketball San Antonio Spurs at Orlando Magic. (CC) NBA Basketball: Heat at Suns Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU ›› Bad Boys II (2003) Two Men Two Men The Vampire Diaries Nikita “The Recruit” Entourage Curb Scrubs Scrubs

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December 23, 2010

MOVIES

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Saturday Morning

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Ent Insider Landing Christmas ›› The Santa Clause 2 (2002) Tim Allen.

News Nightline Wheel Jeopardy! CSI: Crime Scene CSI: NY “Redemptio” Blue Bloods (CC) News Christmas The Office The Office › Are We Done Yet? (2007) Ice Cube.

Fox Toledo News Seinfeld King-Hill Jdg Judy Jdg Judy ›››› It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) James Stewart. (CC) News Christmas NewsHour Business Wash.

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Seinfeld Seinfeld ›››› A Christmas Story (1983, Comedy) (CC) ›››› A Christmas Story (1983, Comedy) (CC) ››› Scrooge (1970) ››› The Bishop’s Wife (1947) Cary Grant. ››› Make Way for Tomorrow (1937, Drama) Bones (CC) ›› The Holiday (2006) Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet. (CC) ›› This Christmas (2007) (CC) ›› National Treasure (2004) (CC) ›› National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007, Action) (CC) The Bourne Ultimatum Two Men Two Men Smallville “Lazarus” Supernatural (CC) Entourage Curb Scrubs Scrubs

1 pm

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December 24, 2010

MOVIES

8 pm

Thursday Evening

11:30

Middle Better Family CMA Country Christmas (CC) News Nightline Home-Holidays Criminal Minds (CC) The Defenders (CC) News Letterman Human Target (N) (CC) Million Dollar Fox Toledo News Seinfeld King-Hill Undercovers (N) (CC) Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU News Jay Leno Christmas With The Buddha Life of the Buddha. (CC) (DVS) Charlie Rose (N) (CC) Dog Dog Dog Dog Storage Storage Storage Storage Top Chef (CC) Top Chef Top Chef (N) Top Chef Nick Swardson Swardson Swardson Swardson Swardson Daily Colbert ››› The Polar Express (2004) (CC) Fish Fish Deck Deck College Football Maaco Bowl Las Vegas -- Boise State vs. Utah. From Las Vegas.

SportsCtr ››› The Santa Clause (1994) Tim Allen. (CC) › The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Unwrapped “Cookies” B. Flay B. Flay Diners, Drive Diners, Drive Property Property Disaster Disaster House Hunters Property Property Pawn Pawn The Christmas Hope (2009) Madeleine Stowe. How I Met How I Met 16 and Pregnant “Ashley” (CC) Teen Mom Movie Payne Payne Browns Browns Browns Browns Conan (N) ››› True Grit (1969) John Wayne. (CC) ››› Rio Bravo (1959) John Wayne. (CC) Bones (CC) Bones (CC) Bones (CC) CSI: NY “Blink” (CC) WWE Tribute to the Troops (Taped) (CC) Psych “Yin 3 in 2D” Burn Notice (CC) Hellcats (CC) Hellcats (CC) Entourage Curb Scrubs Scrubs

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December 22, 2010

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Disney Parade NBA NBA Basketball Boston Celtics at Orlando Magic. (CC) NBA Basketball Miami Heat at Los Angeles Lakers. (Live) (CC) ››› Transformers (2007) Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson. (CC) News Anatomy Cold Sm. Coach Coach Coach Happy Holidays A Nanny for Christmas (2010), Dean Cain News News Wheel Lottery CSI: Miami (CC) The Defenders (CC) 48 Hours Mystery News America ›››› Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Hol. Festival on Ice The Unit (CC) The Closer (CC) Bones (CC) Simpsons Simpsons TV’s Funniest Holiday Moments News Seinfeld Fringe “Olivia” (CC) To Be Announced To Be Announced To Be Announced Tribute to the Golden Age of Skating (N) News News News Paid Commun 30 Rock Law-Order L.A. Law & Order: SVU News SNL Christmas With Orchestra Tonic Sol-Fa Michael McDonald - Great Performances Mormon Lawrence Welk In Performance...

Antiques Roadshow As Time... As Time... POV “Salt” (CC) Intervention “Adam” Intervention “Darick” Intervention (CC) Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Dog Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Storage Jersey Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Housewives/NJ Shep House (CC) House “Euphoria” House “Euphoria” House “Forever” House (CC) House “No Reason” ›› Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle ›› Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991) (CC) ››› Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (CC) ›› Employee of the Month (2006) Dane Cook. (CC) ›› The Girl Next Door (2004) Emile Hirsch. (CC) Suite Life Hannah Fish Good Deck Phineas Mickey’s Christmas Phineas Mickey-Twice Phineas Sonny Deck Hannah Phineas Fish Shake it Hannah Hannah Suite Life Deck NBA Basketball: Bulls at Knicks BCS Quarterback Sup. Bowl SportsCenter Year in Review (N) SportsCenter (Live) (CC) NBA Basketball: Nuggets at Thunder NBA Basketball Santa Buddies (2009) (CC) ››› The Santa Clause (1994) Tim Allen. ›› Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) (CC) ›› Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) ›› Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) Giada Contessa Unwrapped Chopped Iron Chef America Iron Chef America Challenge B. Flay Food Chopped Chopped Chopped Iron Chef America House House House House House House House House House House House House House House D. Design Color Dear Block House House Hunters Hunters The Christmas Hope (2009, Drama) (CC) The Christmas Blessing (2005, Drama) (CC) ›› Comfort and Joy (2003) Nancy McKeon. Undercover Christmas (2003) Jami Gertz.

A Diva’s Christmas Carol (2000) (CC) The Fairy Jobmother 16 and Pregnant Ashley hopes for adoption. Teen Mom 2 ’70s ’70s ’70s ’70s ’70s ’70s ’70s ’70s ’70s ’70s ’70s ’70s Teen Mom 2 16 and Pregnant A Christmas Story ›››› A Christmas Story (1983) (CC) ›››› A Christmas Story (1983) (CC) ›››› A Christmas Story (1983) (CC) ›››› The Wizard of Oz (1939) (CC) (DVS) › Surviving Christmas (2004) Ben Affleck. ›››› Ben-Hur (1959, Historical Drama) Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd. ››› King of Kings (1961) Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna. (CC) ›››› The Lion in Winter (1968) Peter O’Toole. (CC) Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ››› King Kong (2005) (CC) ›› The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (CC) Librarian: Return to King The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice ››› The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Elijah Wood. (CC) Mummy National ›› National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) (CC) ›› Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) ›› The Pacifier (2005) Vin Diesel. (CC) ››› Elf (2003) Will Ferrell. (CC) ››› Elf (2003) Will Ferrell. (CC) Welcome Hme Icons Career Payne Browns Without a Trace (CC) Cold Case (CC) American American Fam. Guy Fam. Guy Two Men Two Men ›› Christmas With the Kranks (2004) Entou Curb American American

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KINSEL, Eleanor G. age 95 Toledo, OH MATHIAS, Mary Virginia age 94 Toledo, OH SCOFIELD, Lucille age 98 Toledo, OH

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The Construction Manager for the Project is: Lathrop/Gant/Barton Malow, LLC 701 Jefferson, Suite 302 Toledo, Ohio 43604 Phone No. 419-776-5600 Fax No. 877-281-0784

Sealed bids will be received for: Bid Item No. 1: Asbestos/HazMat Abatement of the former Woodward High School

Estimates $1,750,000.00

Abatement Dates: February 8, 2011 through July 29, 2011 until Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. (as determined by Stratum clocking (cell phone time)) and will be opened publicly and read immediately thereafter.

The pre-bid meetings will be held on Thursday, December 23, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the former Woodward High School, 600 East Streicher, Toledo, Ohio. ATTENDANCE AT THE PRE-BID MEETINGS IS MANDATORY FOR ALL CONTRACTORS INTENDING ON SUBMITTING A BID.

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Bids will be received by the Toledo Public School District (the “District or TPS”), at the School Board Office, Treasurers Room 3, 420 E. Manhattan Blvd., Toledo, Ohio 43608 for the former Robinson Junior High School Abatement and Removal of Windows in accordance with the Drawings and Specifications prepared by: TTL Associates, Inc. 1915 N. 12th Street Toledo, Ohio 43604 Phone No. 419-324-2222 Fax No. 419-321-6252

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The Plan Room 3135 South State St., Suite 210 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 PH: 734-662-2570 FX: 734-662-1695

University of Toledo Capacity Bldg.

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Builders Exchange 5555 Airport Hwy, Suite 140 Toledo, OH 43615 PH: 216-661-8300

Northwest Ohio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 303 Morris St. Toledo, Ohio 43602 PH: 419- 351-1521

E.O.P.A. - Hamilton Building 505 Hamilton St. Toledo, Ohio 43602 PH: 419-242-7304

Columbus F.W. Dodge Plan Room 1175 Dublin Rd. Dublin, OH 43215-1073 PH: 614-486-6575 FX: 614-486-0544

Construction Association of Michigan 43636 Woodward Ave. Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 PH: 248-972-1014 FX: 248-972-1136

Ohio Construction News 7261 Engle Rd., Suite 304 Cleveland, Ohio 44130 PH: 800-969-4700

Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce MCBAP 300 Madison Ave. Ste. 200 Toledo, Ohio 43604-1575 PH: 419-243-8191 FX: 419-241-8302

All real estate advertised in this paper is subject to the federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, in the sale, rental, or financing of housing. This Publisher will not knowingly accept any advertising that violates any applicable law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this paper are available on an equal opportunity basis. If you believe you have been discriminated against in connection with the sale, rental, or financing of housing, call the Toledo Fair Housing Center, (419) 243-6163.

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