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Reaching Higher:

Students & grads Karl Mullen at p12 the Hudson Gallery p20 create change p15 healing honey Bee Works’

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May 13 - May 26, 2009 Vol. 9 • Issue 47

Adams Street Publishing Co. Our special Higher Education section conjures up some fond memories for the TCP staff. But it also brings to mind some unhappy memories of our least

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MARXIST POLITICAL THOUGHT(TRIED TO APPEAL MY C- GRADE TO NO AVAIL)

Editorial

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BIO 101. IT WAS HARD NOT TO FALL ASLEEP. Calendar: Nathan Mattimoe (calendar@toledocitypaper.com)

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GEOLOGY 104. IT HAD PLATE TECTONICS. Contributing Writers: Johnny Hildo, Sue Lovett, Karen Zickes, Matt Cummings, Steve Athanas, Dennis Oblander Editorial Interns: Allison Wingate (editintern@toledocitypaper.com) Chevonne Harris (editintern@toledocitypaper.com) Dianah Victorian

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BUSINESS PROFESSIONALISM

Micah Lindenberger (micah@toledocitypaper.com)

Send in the clowns I think you should change your name from “Hildo” to “Hildon’t get it.” You wrote, incorrectly (what a shocker), that I proposed that refuse collectors take the place of police officers in Toledo.

Saaaawing and a miss.

On April 19, as part of a broad public safety initiative, I proposed that Toledo, like dozens of other cities in the United States, train its trash collectors to spot suspicious or criminal behavior in the neighborhoods they patrol and immediately report it to the police.

If the city decides to privatize trash collection, the company that is awarded the contract must train its employees to collaborate with our police officers.

So let me break that down for you so you can better understand: Trash collectors should H...E...L...P our police officers, not replace them.

Among other cities doing this are Salt Lake City, Denver, and Fort Worth. It’s a noor low-cost, technologically advanced, efficient way to help police keep our citizens safe at a time when budgets dictate otherwise.

Who’s not for that?

You, apparently.

That was cute, by the way, roping me in with some other elected officials as “clowns.”

But tell me, Hildie, who’s the one wearing makeup, a wig, and a big red nose so no one knows who he (or she) is?

Guess it takes one to know one.

American drive

Ben Konop

Lucas County Commissioner Toledo Democratic mayoral candidate

Dear Johnny, Laying-off seventyfive Toledo police officers is dumb. And diverting resources that could be used to prevent those lay-offs is dumber. But the suggestion that I’m proposing anything of the kind on City Council is, well, dumberer.

What I have proposed is using dollars that the city is legally required to spend on infrastructure to pave neighborhood streets. Due to legal restrictions previously approved by voters, this money cannot be used for police or fire protection as you suggest.

In September, Toledoans will have the opportunity to vote on legislation I authored that would change the rules to allow more money to be spent on safety services. If approved, this will free up approximately $3.9 million that could then be used to prevent police lay-offs.

I am fighting every day for common sense budget solutions to maintain essential services and keep police officers on the job.

Sincerely,

Joe McNamara

Well, Americans, are you happy with all your foreign cars? You have virtually wiped out about 80 years of great automobiles!

You have also wiped out tens of thousands of jobs! You complained about our high wages, but didn’t say anything about Hyundai paying their people $175/hr. Yes, we have improved our products above the foreign models, and yet you don’t buy U.S. Yes, we have made mistakes, but it has made us stronger and more efficient! You want a hybrid? Ford has the Fusion with 45 mpg, pretty good I’d say! For a premium, try the Lincoln, or Buick Lucerne! Yes, let’s bring back American to America!!!

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Driving change

Help make the world more lively and vibrant, with a license plate that helps reduce environmental and economic issues. The Ohio Department of Agriculture has produced a license plate that supports sustainable agriculture. The sales generated from these license plates will go to the creation of a grant fund to benefit producers seeking to improve farm sustainability. With these proceeds, more food can be manufactured to provide Ohioans with food and jobs not previously available. For more information about the organization and how to purchase a plate visit www.bmv.ohio.gov/vehicle_registration/special_plates.htm.

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Lighting the way

Want a new way to stay green, raise energy awareness, and help the global community?

Students and teachers at St. John’s Jesuit High School and Academy have done just that with the new program Schools Lighting the Way. The SJJ team paired up with SunNight Solar, the creator of a solar-powered flashlight called BOGO (buy one-give one), so that every time a flashlight is bought, another is donated to a Third World country in need of electricity. The

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goal of this project is not only to inspire others to make a global impact on impoverished nations but also to raise awareness about energy poverty around the world. Specially designed flashlights were made for the Schools Lighting the Way project in blue and gold colors and imprinted with the St. John’s Jesuit crest. The project has also expanded to include two other international schools selling BOGOs. Get your flashlight at www. schoolslightingtheway.com and help light the world.

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Free choice

Debating the Employee Free Choice Act by Matt Cummings

Banner Mattress & Furniture Co. Best Furniture Store 2008 Pajamas Not Included What’s the matter? Cat got your recliner?

Dog got your bed? When TCP readers are in need of new furniture, they head to Banner Mattress & Furniture Co. knowing they’ll find exactly what they’re looking for. Voted Best Furniture Store 2008, Banner celebrates its 80th anniversary in June. Owned by the son of the gentleman who purchased Banner back in the ‘60s, the company that began as simply a mattress manufacturer has evolved into three furniture superstores (with a fourth to open in Bowling Green in June) and two bedding superstores.

“We still make our own mattresses here in Toledo,” said Bard Strand, VP of Store Operations. The company produces 25 different types of mattresses, however, consumers can also find other brands — Sealy, Tempur-pedic, Broyhill, Lane, and Ashley — at their stores.

Besides manufacturing great mattresses and offering an abundance of well made furniture, Strand takes pride in the great customer service in the showroom, driving deliveries and everything in between. “We have some very, very seasoned long-term employees,” Strand said. Many employees have been with Banner for 20, 30, even 40 years.

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Check out their unique interactive room designer on their website at www.bannermattress.com. Better yet, stop into their showroom and see for yourself. But if you’re going to make yourself comfortable on one of the heavenly pillow top mattresses, just remember, it’s BYOP—Bring Your Own Pajamas.

6004 Hill Ave. 419-865-6164, 2521 Alexis Rd. 419-472-0220, www.bannermattress.com —KZ

Supporters of the EFCA believe that if signed into the law, the Act will make the choice to unionize a much smoother process.

The U.S. Department of Labor reported recently that the nation’s unemployment rates have jumped to 8.5 percent, the highest in twenty-five years.

Employers eliminated 663,000 jobs in March, bringing the total number of American jobs lost since the recession began in December 2007 to a staggering 5.1 million. Under the dark cloud of job insecurity, many of the nation’s workers are considering organizing unions as a way to protect their jobs.

Supporters of the Employee Free Choice Act, a piece of labor law reform legislation currently before Congress, claim that if the Act is signed into law, the choice to unionize will be a much smoother process.

The EFCA proposes to amend the National Labor Relations Act “to establish an easier system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations” and “to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts.”

Under the current system, if workers wish to form a union, they can either petition for a secret-ballot election, or they can be recognized when a majority of workers sign cards expressing their wish to form the union.

“The problem with this,” says Joe Rugola, president of the Ohio chapter of The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFLCIO), “is that the employers are the ones who choose the method the workers use.

And when you put that decision in the hands of employers, workers who support the union are often intimidated and coerced by the employer top either not participate, or to vote against the union through the threat of being fired, laid off, or having their wages and hours cut.”

If EFCA is passed, employers would no longer have the right to decide.

Opponents of the EFCA, such as the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, warn that the Act threatens workers’ democratic rights to participate in the decision to organize. In instances where private-ballot elections are not called for but the chard-check system is

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used instead, opponents say, workers who have not been contacted by union organizers have no say in whether their workplace organizes. Also, many claim that a worker who may vote against a union in a secret-ballot election may be pressured by fear of social stigma to change his or her vote.

Rugola and those at AFL-CIO see this as a misrepresentation of the way the amendment would impact workers’ rights, asserting that business interest groups have a history of objecting to increases in workers’ rights.

“There has never been a law passed that has been in favor of workers that wasn’t dramatically opposed by business interests,” Rugola said. Whether it’s been child labor laws, minimum wage laws, health and safety regulations, everything that’s been put in place, including protection for injured workers, has been decried by business interests and by financiers on the claim that it will make it impossible for people to do business. Workers with union representation make on average thirty percent more than those who don’t have a union, and in Ohio that comes to almost a $10,000 per year difference. So union representation needs available to workers without all the intimidation and delay they sometimes face now.

Rugola added, “The EFCA emphatically does not eliminate the secret ballot as an option for workers to choose whether they want to be represented by a union.”

Rugola and others who support the Act have been hopeful that the legislation will pass into law, and their hopes were bolstered when it was announced that Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), who recently switched to the Democratic Party, will likely to return to his earlier position of support for the EFCA. “I’m opposed to giving up the secret ballot or mandatory arbitration as they are set forth in the bill,” he said, “but I do believe that labor law reform is past over due.”

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Shun the frumious bandersnatch Curiouser and curiouser in T-Town by Johnny Hildo

Ever wonder what it would feel like to live inside a Lewis Carroll novel? To dwell inside the looking glass?

Impossible, you sniff. Carroll novels are mere fiction, you say. Fanciful and a bit bizarre fiction. Well, kidz, ‘tis brillig and the slithy toves are gyre-in’ and gimblin’ in the wabe.

Resting by the tumtum tree Exhibit A. The Toodley-doo budget continues to sink into a quagmire of red ink. The Cart-man says the problem stems from a lack of spine on the part of City Council and a lack of community spirit on the part of police and fire unions.

Council rises to the occasion by firing back at Hizzoner and running out of fingers to point blame with. All par for the recent govern-by-soundbite course.

Then the going gets weird.

Carty’s attempts to bargain concessions from the police union at a local eatery predictably fell flat. He passed the baton to his second in command, Bob Reinbolt, for some behind the scenes talks. Like normal folks bargaining a contract might do.

Reinbolt seemed to reach agreement with the union Prez Dan Wagner after a late-night session of talks.

Wagner allegedly agreed that some concessions on health care and pension contributions are needed to keep the City afloat. The two sides shook hands. The day saved, only an agreement by Hizzoner hizzelf remained to put a cheery stamp on what has been a bleak few months.

Fast forward to the next morning.

There was some guy who looked surprisingly identical to the same Bob Reinbolt decrying the agreement he had supposedly approved less than twelve hours before. Financials don’t work, said this

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look-alike impostor, acting as Carty’s mouthpiece. Bad agreement. Only a fool would agree to it.

At least we assume it must have been a look-alike. It couldn’t have been the same man dragging his own integrity through the mud simply out of loyalty to the Fink, could it? No, a retiree who returned to the fray out of high-minded civic spirit wouldn’t undercut his own word just because the Mayor is a fruitball. A pirouette like that would have been so shameful as to make even a borogrove mimsy.

Yet there it was. Reinbolt and the other Reinbolt doing a weird flip flop to stay in bed with the Fink.

A frabjous day, callooh,callay Speaking of council, two of the Carroll characters on council teamed up with another electoral loser to try to make political points out of the City’s misery.

Exhibit B. Never one to let a little leadership get in the way of a good press hit, District 6 rep Lindsay Webb stood with fellow whacky Republicans Tom Waniewski, from District 5, and failed At-Large candidate Dave Schulz to call for elimination of at-large council seats. Never mind that Webb is purportedly a D. Remember, this is looking glass territory we’re traveling.

Reducing council to nine seats, with the existing six districts and three “super districts” composed of two of the existing districts each, would save hundreds of thousands of dollars and let Council get its

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work done while attracting higher quality candidates, they burbled. True, the biggest problem with the current council is their lack of parochialism. They’re far too focused on the big picture, refusing to see the trees for the forest. True in the looking glass sense, that is.

Never mind that this effort is led by two council reps who wouldn’t be affected by the change and someone who couldn’t get elected to the seat he wants to eliminate. Or that the group far overestimates savings from the move. Or that an all District council would likely deadlock over issues of grave importance to the City. Or that sitting council reps have much bigger issues to address in the here and now.

Nine is fine, they chortled, as they came whiffling through the tulgey wood.

Maybe. But one would be fun, two is too few, three we’d let be, four could use some more, five would shuck and jive, six should be nixed, seven would displease Kevin, eight is not so great, nine is not on time, ten is the wrong blend, fourteen is lean and mean, twenty would be far too many. See, we can make up nursery rhymes, too.

One, two buckle my shoe. Now get to work on the real issues.

Alas, beamish boy. Where’s our vorpal sword when we need it?

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High Performance:

An EPIC race

Toledo has many secrets. Cultural arts, community services, festivals, businesses, and sports contests all contribute to the pulse of our city. To find these best kept secrets, EPIC is sending residents on a month-long race from May 14 to June 15. Teams of three will compete to visit a wide array of venues and events, tracking their journey with photos and submitting a presentation at the end of the event. The team with the best presentation wins $1500 and an evening in the Huntington Bank Suite at a Mud Hens game.

Toledo textile company makes its print on the world of apparel

Patrick Rodgers’ Tshirts may look like any other shirt you’d pull of the rack, but a close look at the label reveals some interesting distinctions. As the co-owner of P3 Apparel (Personal Performance Products) with Paul Jagielski, Rodgers offers apparel that is customizable, comfortable, and 100 percent made in the U.S. One of P3 Apparel’s most popular and intriguing items is the “moisture management” shirt, made from materials that pull moisture away from the body and allows it to dry quicker. While most people recognize this type of shirt from the Under Armour P3 Apparel’s brand, Rodgers said that there gear is are up to 40 companies now selling these customizable, types of shirts. P3 Apparel, however, is comfortable, the only brand American-made. and completely The “moisture wick” shirts are also made in the USA. unique in their composition. A 50/50 mix of polyester and cotton brings the best of both fibrous worlds together, allowing the shirt to be breathable and printerAnd their work friendly. hasn’t gone unnoticed. Although P3 While most textile companies rely Apparel opened recently in January 2009, on transfers for shirt design, P3 Apparel imprints on its apparel. In fact, they do Rodgers and Jagielski have more than a lot of imprinting for law enforcement, 60 years of experience in print producand are the exclusive printer for Dick tion facilities and have earned 11 Golden Kramer, an artist of military, police, and Squeegee Awards and 9 Impression firefighter renditions. Rodgers said this awards in their past. While the Golden seems to be their current niche, although Squeegee may not mean much to somethey are looking at athletic apparel in the one out of the textile industry, for Rodgers, it’s a huge honor. “It’s the most prestinear future. gious award you can receive,” he said.

Customers aren’t limited to specifAlthough P3 Apparel has a wide ic shirt or print designs at P3 Apparel. range of apparel, including sweatshirts Everything — including the shirt itself — is customizable. From creating a new and vests, the number one aim of each sleeve cut to finding the exact hue for a piece is that it has high performance. For company logo, they work closely with the him, the T-shirts are tools, helping people perform better throughout the day. “If shirt mill to make everything just right. you’re comfortable, your day is going to go better,” Rodgers said. -GS

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The race, presented by Huntington and the Greater Toledo Convention & Visitors Bureau, is the third annual, but features some exciting additions.

An interactive blog at www.epicrace. org will be a resource for “racers”, with tips and updates, an EPIC Race message board, links and FAQs, as well as photos from previous races. Race participants can also follow Twitter for the latest updates and tips at www. twitter.com/epictoledo. The race will kickoff on Thursday, May 14 at the Toledo Zoo African Lodge from 5:30 - 7 p.m. Racers can register at www.epictoledo until May 13. $15 per person for EPIC members, $30 per person for non-EPIC members.

safety is always key for a great day in the sun. If you lack your own boat and could use a little expert advice, She’s A Trophy offers charter fishing with an experienced guide. Find some of the biggest walleye and perch in the Western Basin of Lake Erie in an morning or afternoon trip. $100$125 per person (see page 33 for a TCP reader special). 734-652-3721/ www.shesatrophy.com If you’re new to boating and want to head out on your own, the Toledo Sail and Power Squadron is offering a Basic Boating Course for the public. Learn the basics on Saturday, May 16 and Saturday, May 23 from 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. at the Harrison Marina (3840 N. Summit St.) Fee is $35 and includes book and handout material.

To register, contact James F. Sommers at 419-691-7719/SomAGA@aol.com.

Happy “NO Father’s Day”!

This Father’s Day, while everyone is celebrating Dad, Humane Ohio will be doing the opposite. Their “NO Father’s Day” promotion encourages owners to neuter their male cats throughout the month of June for the special rate of $20. This special extends to residents of Lucas County and Wood County (proof of resiEvening dency required) with a hero and is by appointSometimes ment. Humane tragedy can bring Ohio offers the inspiration.

On highest quality October 15, 2004, veterinary care Sylvania-native possible, and all SPC Matthew T. neuter surgeries Drake (US Army are performed Retired) was critiby qualified, cally injured when licensed vets a suicide bomb(DVMs) For more er attacked the info or to schedarmored Humvee SPC Matthew T. Drake shares his ule an appointinspirational story at St. Luke’s he was driving in ment, call 419Hospital on Wednesday, May 20.

Iraq. Drake was the 266-5607 or visit only survivor of the www.humaneo five men traveling hio.org. in the vehicle, and spent weeks in a coma before months in rehabilitation.

On Wednesday, May 20, Drake shares In your dreams his story of courage, frustration, and What would you do with $150,000? determination at St. Luke’s Hospital for St. Jude Children’s Research the Second Annual Frank J. Bartell III Hospital is giving you a chance to Lecture. An Evening with American find out with their Dream Giveaway.

Hero Matthew Drake will begin Proceeds from the giveaway will benat 7 p.m. (registration at 6:30 p.m.). efit St. Jude’s and support its pioLight refreshments will be served. neering work in finding cures and Free. St. Luke’s Hospital, Auditorium, saving children with cancer and other 5901 Monclova Rd., Maumee. catastrophic diseases. Winners of www.stlukeshospital.com. the $150,000 and other prizes will be announced on June 9 on NBC-24 at 6 p.m. Tickets are avilable at the conDon’t miss the boat For some, there’s no greater sum- cierge desk at Westfield Franklin Park mer thrill than heading to the water Mall, or by calling 800-831-7061 or visitfor a day of fishing or boating. But ing www.stjudedreamgiveaway.org.

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a penny SAVED is a penny EARNED Salaries become key issue as the city scrambles to avoid deficits

by Kevin Moore

In these days of vanishing 401(k)s, double-digit local unemployment, and businesses that are permanently “closed,” it is commonplace for households to take stock of their personal finances and reevaluate their spending habits. People are beginning to go out less, shop the sales more, and, as they tighten budgets, look at how the governments that tax a significant portion of their income spend their hard earned dollars. The answer for federal, state, and even local government has been “deficit spending.”

The City of Toledo’s budget shortfalls have been no secret ever since the heavily publicized negotiations between city union officials and the Mayor’s Office over Mayor Finkbeiner’s proposed furlough plan.

Until March, the City was looking at an approximately $14 Million budget shortfall for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, but in April that number nearly doubled to $28 Million.

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The City’s Budget Division proposed numerous steps earlier in the year to reduce this deficit including closing out capital improvement projects, halving the tax credit with other cities for employees working outside of Toledo, reorganizing the Fire and Police Departments with the intent of preventing any layoffs for the current year, eliminating certain General Fund positions, and renegotiating contracts with Local 7, which resulted in a 1.5% rollback of the City’s pension payments, a mandatory 5-day furlough plan, and employee medical co-pays.

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After the mayor’s request The Lucas County Board of to cut the tax Commissioners have declined credit for those a raise in the face of the working outside of the city was area’s economic hardship. For denied more 2009, all three commissioners than once, the (Board President Pete Gerken, city announced Commissioner Tina Skeldon that it would Wozniak, and Commissioner need to layoff Ben Konop) will make upwards of 150 police officers of $87,000 each. which 75 were laid off at the beginning of May, and salary renegotiations and reductions became much more of a major cornerstone of the deficit reduction plan.

In late March, the mayor’s staff took a mandatory 10 percent pay cut with Mayor Finkbeiner himself voluntarily joining his employees. The measure, however, was not enough to stem the city’s financial woes. The looming shortfall persists; and it still seems to be the opinion of City Hall that police layoffs, increases in trash collection fees, and raising taxes on residents working elsewhere are key to reducing the deficit. In the midst of dire straits, the ever-increasing desperation to trim and prune begs the questions: exactly what does city government look like and how much do the city officials actually make?

CARLETON FINKBEINER MAYOR Toledo’s CEO: advises Council on

when viewing the mayoral staff salaries list, it is important to consider these interesting facts: Chief of Staff Robert Reinbolt’s two assistants make only a few hundred dollars less than he does.

The former Executive Assistant to the Mayor made $51,500 before being laid off. The position is now the Public Information Officer, held by Jason Webber.

The Department of Law employs 28 workers, including the Director. Of that 28 there are: 7 Senior Attorneys specializing in Prosecution, Taxes, Utilities, Law, and Labor earning between $52,191 and $63,000.

5 Prosecutor Attorneys averaging $39,689.

2 Legal Chiefs making $61,195 and $66,600.

6 Administrative Specialists earning $43,398 each, except the most recent hire who makes $33,523.

4 Secretaries with an average salary of $35,957.

3 miscellaneous employees (Clerk, Administrative Analyst, and General Counsel) who make $31,294, $55,804, and $69,749 respectively.

A 401(k) program is available for city employees, but the City makes no contributions.

These salaries reflect the current salaries at time of print. With T-Town deep in the red, who knows what looming cuts will be made in the not-so-distant future...

JASON WEBBER PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER

ROBERT REINBOLT CHIEF OF STAFF

THERESA GABRIEL CHIEF OF STAFF ASSISTANT

THOMAS KROMA CHIEF OF STAFF ASSISTANT

financial condition; submits budget to Council; appoints all board and commission members; conserves peace within City.

Coordinates information to public; manages public relation programs; maintains relations with all media; prepares speeches; conducts special events.

Coordinates supporting staff; primary aide to the Mayor; Mayor’s liaison to Council; oversees and implements the City’s top projects.

Assists Chief of Staff

Assists Chief of Staff

FORMER SALARY: $92,001 CURRENT SALARY: $82,800

FORMER SALARY: $92,001 CURRENT SALARY: $82,800

FORMER SALARY: $136,000 CURRENT SALARY: $122,400

FORMER SALARY: $38,002 CURRENT SALARY: $34,201

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FORMER SALARY: $92,422 CURRENT SALARY: $83,180

*SALARY is annual pay rounded to the nearest dollar. *CURRENT SALARY is based on March 2009 reduction.

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MAYOR salaries around the country Most city employees, including Municipal Court and Municipal Judges, receive medical dental and prescription drugs through the City’s self-insured programs.

Exempt employees also receive optical from the City while AFSCME union employees receive optical from their union. Some of the local unions receive medical insurance through their union’s Health and Welfare Fund, which the City provides funding for.

The following groups pay a monthly medical co-pay of $25/single, $40/single +1, and $55/family: Executive exempt Exempt (includes City Council) AFSCME Local 7

city CO-PAY

AFSCME Local 2058 Toledo Fire Chief’s Association

But the following categories pay no medical co-pays:

For many employment positions in many industries, salaries are gauged by what the going wage is in that particular job market. This is done by comparing the salaries of employees performing the same job function over various companies.

Applying the same kind of job marketsalary analysis for Mayor Finkbeiner with

CITY

the mayors of other Midwest cities is very revealing. A look at similar cities found that while Toledo sits 8th highest in population on a list of 12 cities, Mayor Finkbeiner’s current salary ranks 4th highest in the group. His salary did hold 3rd place above Cleveland’s Frank Jackson before the March 2009 10 percent reduction.

MAYOR

SALARY POPULATION

CHICAGO, IL

RICHARD M. DALEY

$216,210

2,836,658

COLUMBUS, OH

MICHAEL B. COLEMAN

$158,302

747,755

CLEVELAND, OH

FRANK G. JACKSON

$132,775

438,042

TOLEDO, OH

CARLETON S. FINKBEINER

$122,000

CINCINNATI, OH

MARK MALLORY

$121,291

ST. LOUIS, MO

FRANCIS G. SLAY

$120,000

350,759

PITTSBURGH, PA

LUKE RAVENSTAHL

$101,317

311,218

ST. PAUL, MN

CHRISTOPHER B. COLEMAN

$99,800

277,251

MINNEAPOLIS, MN

R.T. RYBAK

$94,000

377,392

GREEN BAY, WI

JAMES J. SCHMITT

$80,500

100,781

DAYTON, OH

RHINE MCLIN

$45,344

155,467

GRAND RAPIDS, MI

GEORGE HEARTWELL

$39,141

193,627

Local 92 (Firefighters) TPPA (Police Officers) TPCOA (Police Command Officers) Local 20 (Teamsters) Local 7 (Communications Personnel) Municipal Court (Clerks Office & Judges Division)

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295,029 332,458

*POPULATION is based on a 2007 estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau. *Many mayors faced mandatory salary reductions or they voluntarily declined wage increases. The above salaries reflect the most current salaries.

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On Saturday, May 9, Mayor Carty

Finkbeiner announced he would return 40 percent of his salary to the General Fund, effective May 28. He also

WILLIAM FRANKLIN PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR

KATTIE BOND NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTOR

Chief Executive of Toledo’s electric, water, wastewater, sewer, & trash utilities

Coordinates services to the citizenry (i.e. snow removal & lawn mowing)

FORMER SALARY: $92,019 CURRENT SALARY: $82,817

FORMER SALARY: $92,001 CURRENT SALARY: $82,800

Connects citizens w/city gov. by supporting housing renovation, enforcing building codes, and heading division of recreation

FORMER SALARY: $86,000 CURRENT SALARY: $77,400

PEG WALLACE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR

ADAM LOUKX LAW DIRECTOR

JOHN SHERBURNE FINANCE DIRECTOR

MICHAEL NAVARRE CHIEF OF POLICE

MICHAEL WOLEVER CHIEF OF FIRE & RESCUE

Leads department in developing & retaining productive & competent employees

Reports directly to Mayor on legal issues as specified in the City Charter & leads 12 department attorneys and senior attorneys

Serves as a steward of public funds and submits financial reports to Mayor

Coordinates city police to enforce municipal, state, & federal law

Coordinates Toledo’s fire & rescue to ensure public safety

FORMER SALARY: $110,001 CURRENT SALARY: $99,001

FORMER SALARY: $92,500 CURRENT SALARY: $83,250

FORMER SALARY: $82,499 CURRENT SALARY: $74,249

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FORMER SALARY: $80,001 CURRENT SALARY: $72,001

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DAVID LEFFLER PUBLIC UTILITIES DIRECTOR

OFFICIALS

ordered all nonunion staff “double dippers” (those who draw pensions from previously held positions while earning salaries for current positions) to take a 40 percent pay cut. Among those “double dippers” are Chief of Staff Robert Reinbolt and Chief of Staff Assistant Theresa Gabriel.

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Country charmers

Waterville-based company offers honey’s healing powers

by Allison Wingate

Waterville's Bee Works creates honey salves and balms to take advantage of honey's healing powers.

Dan and Bonnie Bollett have been in the bee business for nearly ten years, harvesting their hives throughout northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan, and selling honey products from their home-based business, Waterville Bee Works. Their honey is at its purest when it reaches your shelf: raw, organic and totally chemical-free. They pride themselves on offering excellent products while defending the dwindling honeybee population.

Many of their customers prefer eating the honey straight from the frame from cut combs in the wax, but the Bolletts suggest “cutting it into slivers and eating it on warm toast or biscuits” for a sweet treat. Not only do their wildflower, buckwheat and bathwood honey varieties soothe the soul, they have healing powers, too. Bonnie creates healing salves and balms from the gooey good stuff with its natural production of healing hydrogen peroxide.

The idea to make these products was derived from history, as honey was once used in wartime as a topical treatment for wounds.

Bonnie’s salves and balms are “best used for simple wounds as well as first and second degree burns,” she says.

When he’s not tending his own hives, Dan spreads awareness of the dwindling honeybee population and volunteers as a beekeeper for the 577 Foundation in Perrysburg. His work there assists organic gardeners in the area by maintaining the bee population, which allows plants to be pollinated. At the 577 Foundation, guests can view his buzzing creatures making honey in a plexiglass observation hive.

The Bolletts warn not to fret when you see a swarm near your home. Call a beekeeper, not an exterminator — “When a queen leaves the hive in a swarm it is nature’s way of propagating the species,” explains Bonnie, “half of the hive leaves in the swarm and half stays behind, raises another queen and the cycle begins all over again.”

For information on ordering honey products from Waterville Bee Works, call 419-878-8959. Waterville Bee Works, 6515 N River Rd, Waterville.

Bee Works' bee hives harvest honey and help maintain the the bee population.

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What’s brewing at the Oliver House

Sweet success

The Maumee Bay Brew Pub at The Oliver House is giving you one smooth way to tap into springtime. For their spring season brew, Maumee Bay’s Brew master Jon Koester chose a golden-hued Dortmunder lager. Named after Dortmund, Germany, where the lager was introduced in the 19th century, this authentic interpretation has a perfectly balanced taste of Pilser and Vienna with German noble hops. Stop by and savor the springtime flavor.

Monday - Thursday 4-10 p.m., Friday - Saturday 4-11 p.m. 27 Broadway St. 419-241-1253/ www.maumeebaybrewing.com.

Randa Sweet’s specialty sauces top the market

by Dennis Oblander Randa Sweet samples her chocolate peanut butter cheesecake dip at the NOCK processing facility in Bowling Green.

Creole cuisine

In the mood for some Creole cuisine? Stop by the Attic on Adams on Wednesday nights for a New Orleans menu that's sure to please. Cajun seafood gumbo, New Orleans fish & chips Now, if Randa Sweet could only add a dash of her lively entrepreneurial spirit to her line of specialty sauces and toppings... Wait, she’s already done that.

“Because it is my only child, I adore every bit of it,” she said, “I love all aspects all of it.”

From the inception of her signature sauce 20 years ago as a home brew of peanut butter and chocolate microwaved in a cup, to her no nonsense marketing strategy, Sweet’s imprint is on every phase of the operation. “I wear all the hats and the hair net, too,” said Sweet, a native of North Toledo.

Along with her Pampering Chocolate Peanut Butter Multi-Task Topping, Sweet also produces and markets Charming Cherry Kiss Preserves and Soothing Apple Cinnamon Preserves.

A one-time kitchen designer for 20 years, Sweet processes her sauces at The Northwest Ohio Cooperative Kitchen (NOCK), a non-profit commercial kitchen facility designed to assist entrepreneurial efforts and expand food related businesses. With a little help from her friends, it takes Sweet about five hours to produce 50 cases – 600 nine-ounce jars – at the NOCK facility located in Bowling Green.

Sweet sold her first jar of sauce in June 2006. She now has some 70 wholesale clients scattered statewide and regularly travels the state doing demonstrations at grocery stores and festivals, including this year’s Ohio State Fair.

Sweet’s marketing approach is simple and direct, making a cold call on a prospect, asking for the manager and presenting them with a sample. “I dip in a spoon and hand it to them,” she said. It works.

Expanding into the food service sector, Sweet is offering her chocolate peanut butter topping to retailers in quantity units they can economically formulate into a mousse-like chocolate peanut butter cheesecake product to sell in consumer-friendly, deli-style servings – complete with recipes.

The larger challenge — adjusting ingredient ratios when she transitioned from the home stove to mass production — is mercifully behind her.

“It took a lot of doing. It was a lot of math,” she said. “And oh, how I wish I had paid more attention in school.”

Get a taste of Sweet’s sauces at www.sweetlouisesauces.com

high spirits [ friday, may 15 ]

Wine by the Glass Pavilion

7pm. Enjoy four wines and light snacks in the courtyard of the Glass Pavillion. $15 members, $20 non-members. Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion.

4 after 5

5-7pm. Sample 4 “lesser known” varieties, each accompanied by foods from around the Market. $5. The Anderson’s Sylvania Market, 38 West Sylvania Ave., Sylvania.

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Toledo Uncork’d

6pm. The evening features wine tasting, food, entertainment, raffles, wine give-aways, and more. $10 Suggested donation. Proceeds to benefit the Victory Cancer Center. www.FYPToledo. com. Dirty Martini, 18 Main St., The Docks.

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Wine Tasting at Doc Watson's

6:30pm. Sample a selection of 8 wines accompanied with hors d'oevres. $18 in advance, $25 day of. www.docwatsons.com. 419-389-6003.

Doc Watson's, 1515 S Byrne Rd #110.

Tastings at the Beer and Wine Cave Wednesdays 6-8pm, Thursdays 5-7pm. $10 beer, $15 wine. Beer and Wine Cave, 4400 Heatherdowns. www.toledomeatsandmore.com.

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Valley wines, mountain beers.

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Pacific Northwest Wines and East Coast Beers.

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Pool side wines and back porch beers.

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and blackened ahi tuna over fresh greens are just a few of the tempting plates available. Bud light draughts are $1.50 on Wednesdays and Elizabeth Hazel is available 5-8 p.m. for astrology and tarot readings for $20. Above Manos Greek Restaurant, 1701 Adams St.

Recipes to recovery

Rusty’s House is cooking up some new fundraising ideas for its teen drug and alcohol recovery programs. Their first cookbook, Recipes to Recovery, is comprised of over 300 recipes contributed by committee members, friends, family and even the teen program attendees. Proceeds from cookbook sales will go towards purchasing a new building, as well as funding current programs. Recipes to Recovery is available for purchase for $15 at Rusty’s House and online at w w w. r u s t y s h o u s e. org. Rusty’s House, 2428 Sylvania Ave. 419-824-4099.

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Dreaming of a unique drink?

El Sueño Bar and Grill is mixing up some fresh and fruity drinks for the spring season with their line of cucumber, peach, mango, raspberry and strawberry margaritas, all offered for $4.99. Are you a traditionalist? Their famous house margarita is still served up at $2.99. Visit www.elsuenotoledo.com for a list of daily specials as well as printable coupons. El Sueño Bar and Grill, 2640 W. Laskey Rd, Toledo.

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culinary [ friday, may 15 ]

Columbian Tea Time

3pm. This cooking class will focus on typical Colombian bakery. The bakery is a mix of Spanish and French ancient monastery bakery, enhanced with native ingredients from the colonial period.

Learn to make pandeyucas. Tea is included with guava-coconut pie, tropical juice and Colombian hot chocolate. $20. 419-874-4174. The 577 Foundation, 577 River Road, Perrysburg. www.577foundation.org.

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Passport to Paris Cookbook

6:3pm. Jane and Christina DiSalle present tips for fast and fun French cooking. $40. Call or see website to register. 419-872-909. Kitchen Tools And Skills, 26597 North Dixie, Perrysburg. www.kitchentoolsandskills.com.

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Brownies

6:30pm. Enjoy an evening of baking, talking about and, of course, taste testing a variety of delicious brownie recipes. Deb Normand of Debhouse Cookies will be there to share recipes, tips and secrets she has gained from many a batch of brownies. $30. Call or see website to register. 419-872-9090. Kitchen Tools And Skills, 26597 North Dixie, Perrysburg. www.kitchentoolsandskills.com.

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An artist in his own write

Karl Mullen brings art and music to the Hudson Gallery

by Steven J. Athanas If you buy into the work of psychobiologist Roger W. Sperry, then you’re one of those that believe that the left and right cerebral hemispheres of the brain perform different functions. Sperry’s Nobel Prize work stated, in essence, that the left cerebral hemisphere is the side that handles the cold, logical, verbal processes, while the right side is supposed to be the imaginative emotional, spatially aware side of our grey matter – with the left side being the dominatrix of the pair.

You may have a hard time convincing Karl Mullen of this. Mullen is not only a painter of vibrant, colorful paintings that ask your eye to linger just a bit longer, but he also writes beautiful, thought-provoking songs. There has got to be some angry, crossover synapse action going on in his skull, or the lad would be walking lopsided with all that right-sided output.

Mullen, who will be showing his work and singing a song or two at the Hudson Gallery on Saturday, May 16 from 5-7 p.m., is what critics like to call an outsider artist.

Mullen has no formal training in the visual arts – all those wonderfully loopy characters on his canvases come straight from his brain (right-sided, mind you) and, one can only assume, his Irish heart.

Karl Mullen was raised in Dublin, Ireland and though he immigrated illegally to the states in the ‘70s, he still to this day carries a thick brogue. He now resides in Philadelphia, but returns to Ireland as often as he can for “a good cuppa tea.” He was expelled from school when he was 14, and made his way as a dishwasher, plasma donor, hot dog flipper – you get the idea. He has made art

all his life, and not unlike James Castle, Mullen tends to shy away from traditional materials, i.e. the paint brush.

He prefers to paint with his hands, and it gives his work a primitive compelling feel. He uses a combination of walnut oil, wax medium and raw powder pigments, which also aid in the rough-hewn look, and he has painted on everything from bricks and car hoods, to shoes and bottles.

On the musical side, Mullen has recorded nine CDs, as well as doing music for theater and dance productions.

He was nominated for a Grammy in 1995, for his song “Whiskey in the Field.” The one CD that is available now, “Mercy Me With Curses,” (2000) is a lush production of acoustic guitars, Irish instrumentation and Mullen’s assured, capable vocals.

Mullen was at the Hudson in 2007, and it isn’t just the luck o’ the Irish that the gallery has brought

Irish folk artist Karl Mullen doesn’t paint by the rules this very talented artist/singer-songwriter back to Sylvania again. Runs through Tuesday, June 30 at Hudson Gallery, 5645 N. Main St. 419-885-8381/ www.hudsongallery.net.

LOOK WHAT’S The Toledo Museum of Art has collected more than 1,100 works since 2001. Find out what, why, and how in this multi-gallery exhibition experience! toledomuseum.org 419.255.8000 FREE admission 20

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Taking back Thursday

Thursday, May 21 marks the beginning of this year’s Third Thursday Art Walk in the Arts Zone and Warehouse District in Downtown Toledo. Presented by the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, as well as local artists, galleries and art enthusiasts, the Art Walk provides a great opportunity to meet with some of Toledo’s most artistic entrepreneurs. Participating galleries on May 21 include Secor Studio, MMK Gallery, 20 North Gallery, Sur St. Clair, the studio of Jack Wilson, the Little Gallery, South Wing Gallery, Olive Street Studios, Studio 356, and the brand new Ford Gallery.

Each gallery offers a distinct visual experience, from 20 North Gallery’s 9th

Artwork less exhibited

Forget paintings, drawings, and sculptures, the Toledo Artists’ Club is taking a more unusual approach with its latest exhibit, the Abstract Show.

Running through Sunday, May 24, this colorful exhibition — juried by local artist and teacher Neil Frankenhauser — features quilts, watercolor collages, hand-made paper and mixed media work.

This year’s Best of Show is “Lancaster Amish,” an art quilt by Joan Rigal. Check it out, along with the first and second place winners and several honorable mentions.

The Toledo Artists’ Club and Gallery at Toledo Botanical Garden, 5403 Elmer Dr. 419-531-4079/www. toledoartistclub. com.

Annual Derby Days exhibition to South Wing jobs. You have God-given talents Gallery’s fiber art by L. Leslie Design. Ford that people need to know about.

Gallery, located at 222 N. Erie St (second Show your work in the Ford floor) will host a grand opening celebration Gallery, and I’m going to help you on May 21, featuring artwork by students be discovered.” of various ages. Cynthia Ford, Toledo’s The Arts Zone/Warehouse former First Lady, co-host of “Coffee With District Third Thursday Art Walk will the Fords” and now gallery director, said take place every third Thursday of the Ford Gallery was designed to provide the month through September. maximum exposure to student artists and 6-9 p.m. For more information, their mentors. The gallery works as a co-op, www.acgt.org. benefiting emerging artists who might need —ER help promoting themselves.

“I’ve noticed that this generation is Photo of Cynthia Ford at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Ford Gallery, waiting for people to hire them,” Ford said. courtesy of Matthew Mickel, “And I’m telling them to create their own American Frame Corp

Horse talk

20 North Gallery’s Derby Days exhibition continues with a free talk on Preakness Day (Saturday, May 16) lead

by Art Director Peggy Grant. During the discussion of “All the King’s Horses,” Grant will speak about her adventures in Saudi Arabia, and her tour of the Royal Stables of King Abdullah Bin A’Aziz sons.

2 p.m. Don’t forget to check out all the fine equine artwork while you’re there — exhibit runs through Saturday, June 13. 20 North Gallery, 18 N. Saint Clair St. 419-241-2400.

Relative art

Local artists and sisters-in-law, Kate Argow and Mary McColough, present their premiere joint exhibit, “Adornments, Signs, and Symbols” at the Truth Art Gallery through Friday, June 5. The veteran women Nationally artists (Argow and r e n o w n e d McColough have been photographer creating art for more Clyde Butcher than 20 years) work in brings his landscape two distinct mediums. photography to Argow’s non-traditional Toledo’s National Sister-in-laws Kate Argow and crotched necklaces Center for Nature Mary McColough present a shared and beadwork are Photography at exhibit of vibrant artwork at the complimented Truth Gallery Secor Metropark in the venue in a captivating by her recent e x h i b i t i o n , venture into embellished coasts “America’s National Parks: A and coverings.

McColough works Monumental Vision.” The exhibit captures the essence of the country’s specifically with water media great parks through stunning black and paints and inks; her bold abstracts white images. Butcher’s signature large- reflect landscape vistas and cultural format view camera ensures quality work, references. Together, the sisters-in-law so realistic the viewer wants to be part create artwork that engages the viewer of the scene, as one spectator explains with originality, freshness and vibrant it — “To produce prints so large and so color. Truth Art Gallery, 1811 Adams St. vividly detailed that one wishes simply to 419-460-1343/www.thetruthtoledo. walk into the landscape.” Runs through com/gallery.

Picture perfect

Sunday, July 5. National Center for Nature Photography, Secor Metropark, 10001 W. Central Ave., Berkey. 419-407-9757/ www.naturephotocenter.com.

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TSA showcases ‘kaleidoscope’ of talent

The Toledo School for the Arts is again showing the Glass City their creativity with “Kaleidoscope 2009” — a showcase of some of the school’s most talented students. The annual event features an array of talent including a “where are they now” of popular Disney princesses, various forms of dance including ballet, jazz and African, and solo performances by nine TSA students.

Visual art created by TSA students and “Vol*U*Me,” a journal of creative writing will also be on display. “Kaleidoscope” runs Friday, May 15 - Saturday, May 16 at the Franciscan Center Theatre. 7 p.m. $10-$25. 6832 Convent Blvd, Sylvania. For more info, 419-246-8732/www.ts4arts.org.

Oncology on Canvas art exhibit, currently on display through Friday, May 17. Showcasing the artwork of dozens of people who share their emotional journey through cancer with paint and artistic expression — including Toledo’s winning artist Dr. William Horvath — Oncology on Canvas is a biennial art competition with participants from the United States and Puerto Rico who have been diagnosed with or affected by cancer. An artists’ reception will be held Thursday, May 14 from 6:30 - 8 p.m. with discussions by gynecological oncologists Dr. Kelly Manahan and Dr. John Geisler, followed by a narrative from local cancer patient and artist Beth Covert.

Mulford Library in the UT Medical Center, 3000 Arlington Avenue. 1-800-734-4131/ www.lillyoncologyoncanvas.com.

Healing art

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The University of Toledo Medical Center presents an array of emotion, thought and survival with the Lilly

The bra says it all The Wood County Historical Society hosts a variety of thought-provoking exhibits and lectures that serve as food for the brain and visual treats for the eye. Currently on display is Victorian’s Secret, an exhibition of women’s undergarments worn in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. More than just an exhibit of bras from back in the day, Victorian’s Secret helps us interpret the sexual repression, gender roles, Victorian’s Secret: a historical lesson on undergarments power structures and differences of the past between varying socioeconomic groups — exemplified through these restrictive brassieres and corsets.

The Wood County Historical Society and Museum, 13660 County Home Rd., Bowling Green. 419-325-0967/ www.woodcountyhistory.org.

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A natural perspective

Space 237 showcases lively artwork by Matt Cummings

Elyse Osborne’s pastel on paper, “Louie” Curators of Co-Opt, the exhibition currently on display at Space 237 featuring photography, fiber, ceramics, painting, metal and drawing, have organized a solid show featuring artists’ “perspectives on our relationship with and impact on the natural world.” Although Co-Opt has its share of pieces that don’t quite hit their marks, a handful of artists make gallerygoing a treat.

Jan Marie Thomas’ “White Garden Series” of stoneware sculptures, especially her “Capriccio,” an erotic and earthy cluster of crocuses sprouting from an undulating band of petals, subtly suggest sentiments other artists in the show labor over loudly with considerably less success. Septuagenarian photographer Franklynn Peterson’s work is brutal in the best way art can be. His wasteland images show a world up to its skinned knees in rubble to articulate the hurt of hunger without sentimentalizing or sanctifying poverty.

Elyse Osborne’s series of elephant images are one of the exhibition’s highlights.

Osborne, a remarkable draftsman, skillfully reveals the physical weight and emotional depth of her

elephants. When we see in her work these animals expressing mournfulness, affection, steadfastness and intelligence, our first impulse is to marvel at how they seem so human. But the power of these images exists in how they inevitably compel us to ask whether these characteristics are uniquely human in the first place.

But it’s Chicago artist Sari Maxfield who steals the show. Her ink-on-Mylar paintings of androgynous children literally exploring one another’s bodies convey the innocence and violence of youth, rebirth, sexuality, death and decay. The dreamlike, fairytale-withfangs scenes are at once singularly creepy and alluring. Because ink does not absorb into the Mylar surface, the lines and daubs of each sprite-like figure stream into the forests of lines and daubs surrounding it, revealing, with no heavyhanded narrative gimmickry, that, in the chaos of interconnectedness, to impact nature is to impact ourselves.

Co-Opt runs through Friday, June 5. Space 237 Galleries & Clayspace, 237 N. Michigan.

419-255-5117/www.space237.com.

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events friday 15 Held in the Heartland, German POWs in the Midwest, 1943-1946, 1-8pm. The Fulton County Historical Society is sponsoring the traveling bus museum from the Traces Museum. Traces is presenting “Held in the Heartland, German POWs in the Midwest, 1943-1946.” This exhibit tells the story of the POWs in the camps and of their interactions with the people of the midwest. Fulton County Fairgrounds, State Route 108, Wauseon.

Kaleidoscope 2009, 5:30pm.

TSA pulls out all the stops for the largest stage performance of the year, the annual Kaleidoscope production. Almost every TSA student finds a part in this fast moving display of talent. Kaleidoscope has become the highlight performance of the year, with student created performances and work from all the studios.

See website for a full schedule of performances. $25, $15, $10. www.ts4arts.org.

419-246-8732. Franciscan Center Theatre, 6832 Convent Blvd. Also May 16.

Downtown Tecumseh Art Walk, 6-8pm. Over twenty merchants will host guest artists and their creations. Many of the participating artists are members of the Lenawee Council for the Visual Arts (LCVA), showcasing work ranging from pottery, photography, jewelry and more.

517-424-6003. Downtown Tecumseh, MI. www.downtowntecumseh.com.

saturday 16 Lost Arts Festival, 10am. The Lost Arts Festival is a celebration of history and pageantry from 17001850. It features music, arts, demonstrations and a chance to learn about the history of early Ohio and the frontier years of the Maumee River Valley.

Traditional arts, crafts, music, entertainment, food, beverages, camp life, military demonstrations, and much more will be on hand. Adult admission is $5, seniors and children age 12-17 are $2, children 11 and under are free. Call 419-509-0095 or visit www.aclew.org or seven-eagles.org for more information. Seven Eagles Earth Center, 16486 Wapakoneta Road, Grand Rapids. Also May 17.

exhibitions [ new ] Terrific Teens, Through a compilation of historic artifacts, such as old yearbooks and photographs, young adult life in Northwest Ohio is revisited as attendees are able to view the evolution of teenage experiences through the years. The exhibit is a collaborative effort with Owens, Bowling Green High School and the Wood County Historical Center and Museum. 567-661-2721. www.owens.edu. Walter E Terhune Gallery, Oregon Rd. Through July 18.

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2445 Monroe St. 419.255.8000 www.toledomuseum.org

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it’s friday

American Chronicles, “American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell,” on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) explores Rockwell the artist, his images, and their impact and influence on American culture. Detroit Institute of Art, 5200 Woodward Avenue. Detroit. $8-$15. 866-342-8497. www.dia.org. Through May 31.

May 15 Features tours, a glass flower and flame working session, a cuff bracelet workshop, a gallery talk with Sandra Knudsen, a wine tasting (see pg. 13) and more. Open until 10pm. Admission is free, a fee applies for some activities.

May 22 Features tours, a glass flower workshop, special guest glass artists The Paperweights Collectors Association, a campfire tools workshop and more. Open until 10pm.

Admission is free, a fee applies for some activities.

saturday 16 Silk Painting Workshop, 3-6pm. Try your hand at silk painting with artist Paula Nowicki. $15 members, $20 non-members. Call the Museum to register.

419-254-5080.

exhibitions

Look What’s New!, “Look What’s New! The Second Century of Collecting at the Toledo Museum of Art” highlights the most exciting and significant works of art added to the collection since TMA’s centennial anniversary in 2001. Arranged in chronological order by year acquired, the works of art chosen by Museum curators reveal a rare glimpse into the complex, alluring world of art collecting, including international art dealers, exquisitely delicate conservation, competitive auctions, generous donors and gifts from living artists. Through May 31.

Visit the Parkwood Gallery to see more of Darlene Krohn’s colorful pieces.

Darlington, Krohn, Ulrich Exhibition, The exhibition consists of a variety of playful and colorful pieces in various artistic media.

The public is invited to a reception for the exhibition on Friday, May 29, from 6 to 8pm.

Parkwood Gallery, 1838 Parkwood Ave. Through May 29.

Seleucia-on-the-Tigris, Located between the cities of ancient Babylon and modern Baghdad, the ancient city of Seleucia-on-the-Tigris became, in 312 BCE, the capital of the Hellenistic kingdom of Seleukos Nikator, one of the successors of Alexander the Great. The city was a political and trading hub for more than 500 years. This exhibition offers the opportunity to see objects uncovered during the excavation of the site in the 1920s and 1930s. Through June 28.

Co-Opt Art Exhibition, Space 237 celebrates the beginning of Spring with their art exhibition featuring an array of artists and their diverse perspectives on our relationship with and impact on the natural world. Media exhibits include photography, fiber, ceramics, painting, metal and drawing. Space 237 Galleries and ClaySpace, 237 N. Michigan, Toledo. Through June 5.

Radiant Ensemble, This free exhibition entitled “Radiant Ensemble: Jewelry from the Nancy and Gilbert Levine Collection” celebrates the collection of 18th and 19th-century jewelry assembled by Nancy and Gilbert Levine. Through August 9.

Adornments, Signs, and Symbols, Local artist and sisters-in-law, Kate and Mary present their premiere joint exhibit “Adornments, Signs, and Symbols.” Kate and Mary have been creating their artwork for twenty years or more. Each artist works in a different medium. The Truth Gallery, 1811 Adams St. Casting: A 6000 Year Old Process in the Digital Age, The series explores the purpose and relevance of metal casting in the 21st Century.

Part one highlights new student works in cast metal, as well as the programs newly named “Rocket Foundry.” Regular gallery visits are by appointment only. The Grey Gallery and Sculpture Garden, 535 Oakwood Ave. Through June 5.

America’s National Parks: A Monmental Vision, Exquisite black and white images that draw the viewer into a relationship with nature. Clyde Butcher uses his photography as an inspiration for others to work together to save nature’s places of spiritual sanctuary for future generations. National Center For Nature Photography, Secor Metropark. Through June 28.

Three Women in the Woods: Preservation and Conservation of Ohio’s Woodlands, Jane Rogers, Jill Sell, and Barbara Krans Jenkins have joined together to help preserve beautiful and endangered Ohio woodlands. Through photography, fine art and poetry, this exhibit educates and encourages others to express their own appreciation for nature, and to ultimately raise the level of caring for the natural world. National Center For Nature Photography, Secor Metropark.

Through June 28.

The (un)Stable Artists of Flatlanders Exhibition, Features work by James Freeman, Michael Joseph, Denise Keeley, Nathan Longsdorf, John Leyland, Margo McCafferty, Tom Rudd, Kenneth M. Thompson, and Mark Wagar. Flatlanders Art Gallery, 11993 E. US 223, Blissfield. Through September 6.

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TMA hits the shelves

The museum releases a second book on its extensive art collection

by Chevonne Harris With its Glass Pavilion and impressive collections of artwork from throughout the centuries, the Toledo Museum of Art has fascinated local residents for years, always providing art enthusiasts with a first-rate museum experience. While TMA is one of NW Ohio’s best kept secrets, the word (and images) is spreading quickly.

“It’s a standard in the museum world for the most prominent museums to occasionally release books about their collections,” Garrow said. “It’s been really overdue for [TMA] to put out its own book and Masterworks is a great way to let people know how our collection has grown and changed over the years.”

Following in the footsteps of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Smithsonian, TMA is releasing its second collection of artwork in book format. Fifteen years after the release of the first book, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks comes as a long-awaited piece for museum-goers, featuring 300 of the museum’s most beloved work. From a 3100-year-old Chinese bronze wine vessel to a world-renowned piece by 17th century painter Peter Paul Rubens, the carefully-crafted, high resolution book is a testament to TMA’s vast collection of art, said Kelly Garrow, director of communications for the museum.

While the book highlights some of the museum’s most critically-acclaimed pieces, it also pays homage to local artists.

Glass artist Dominic Libino, the famous Libbey Glass Company punch bowl and a sculpture by Northwest artist David Smith are all showcased in the book.

A day for Claire

Celebrate the memory of a life lost early at “Claire’s Day” — a free, family book festival held annually in honor of Claire Rubini, who passed in 2000 from a heart condition at 10 years old. The festival on Saturday, May 16 will feature discussions with children’s book authors and illustrators from around the country, as well as a presentation of the C.A,R.E. Awards, which are presented to students with improved reading skills. On Friday, May 15 the public can meet participating authors and purchase books at Claire’s Night at the Main Library from 7 -10 p.m.

Claire’s Day is an all-day event at the Maumee Branch of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, 501 River Road, Maumee. For more info, 419-259-5360/www.clairesday.org.

Masterworks features several of the pieces included in the museum’s 1995 collection Toledo Treasures and also includes new pieces the museum has acquired since then. The project took two years to complete, involving some of the museum’s brightest minds and most artistic eyes, with museum director Don Bacigalupi (who also wrote the book’s

text on your screen.Check out an eBook online today. www.toledolibrary.com.

foreword) having the final say. Each piece is categorized by culture and period. The book also highlights TMA’s unique architecture with photos of the museum’s three buildings and the extensive glass collection.

With so much historical and breathtaking work in the book, Garrow said she hopes to show the diversity and richness of the museum and its commitment to providing the Glass City with top-notch art.

“The book is something Toledo should really be proud of,” Garrow said. “People realize the museum is a wonderful place but don’t realize the greatness of the collection we have right here in our own background.”

Come on, dust those books off

Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks is currently on sale in the TMA store for $39.99.

Make sure to check-out the four unique, collectible book covers. For more info, www.toledomuseum.org.

Frogtown Books, Inc. has brought back their Book Blowout Saturdays this month with 30 percent off discounts, $1 tables and more bargains every single weekend.

Book Blowout Saturdays are the perfect chance to trade in some of those long-forgotten books you have sitting in storage boxes. So bring your books out and get them circulating. Runs Saturdays, May 16 - May 30. 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Frogtown Books, Inc., 2131 N. Reynolds Rd. 419-531-8101.

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Reading for techies

If you haven’t sat down to read a book lately (maybe because it’s too hard to break away from the computer screen), the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library can help you get your read on, without disrupting your computer habit. The library’s Downloadable Media on www.toledolibrary.org offers a new feature called ePUB. The book equivalent of an mp3, ePUB is an eBook file format for library patrons that offers easy access to digital books. ePUB allows for easy reading with small file sizes, as well as the ability to resize

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Mr. Moto’s Warning, 2pm. Peter Lorre

Two lost souls

Cliché overcomes artistry in Crowley’s coming-of-age tale by Paul Brenner Is Anybody There?

PG-13, 95 minutes ★★ In John Crowley’s Is Anybody There? Michael Caine is Clarence — a bitter, retired magician slipping into senility and consigned to a family-run old age home. Upon arrival he surveys the landscape of human decrepitude sitting and twitching in the downstairs parlor and mutters, “A lot of jabbering simpletons... You live alone all your life and then they think it’s a great idea to shove you in with a bunch of strangers.” Clarence, once a popular touring magician with his beloved wife Annie, is now an angry and hateful widower raging at the world.

But there is another lost soul at the old folks home, ten-year-old Edward (Bill Milner), angry at having to give up his room to the dying tenants. His Mum (Anne-Marie Duff) and Dad (David Morrissey) run the facility out of their home in an English seaside town. The recent resident of Edward’s room has just

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died and Clarence has now arrived to take the dead man’s place. Edward is obsessed with death and ghosts. When asked why he is so morbid, Edward shouts back, “Because I live here!”

If this sounds like the makings of a formulaic coming-of-age tale (that’s right, another one), give yourself a bedpan.

Clarence almost runs Edward down in his

truck at first meeting and Edward heaves a chunk of soil at the back of Clarence’s head. It’s hate at first sight. Soon enough you know they are going to bond and Clarence is going to show Edward how to live and Edward is going to show Clarence how to die — it’s Harold and Maude and Where’s Poppa? redone as an over-baked Yorkshire pudding.

Initially, Crowley creates a thoroughly despicable atmosphere in the old age home, with the elderly tenants deluded, spiteful, and self-centered, and you can almost smell the musty air. But Peter Harness’ screenplay almost immediately does the film in; Is Anybody There? is as obvious as Caine’s rancor. The clichés fly so fast that there is no sensible character development. There is not any discernible reason for Clarence and Edward to start hanging around together, they just do.

Based upon vivid recollections of old Walter Matthau movies, you know there is going to be a scene where the two sit on a bench and the old guy spills out his regrets (check), a scene where the two leave the home for a wild adventure and worry the boy’s parents (check), a scene where the boy gains respect from his peers due

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plays the Asian sleuth and soldier of fortune in a mystery adventure. John Carradine co-stars.

A theatre pipe organ mini-concert begins at 2:30pm. $4, $5, $15 per family. 419-244-2787. www.collingwoodartscenter.com. Collingwood Arts Center, 2413 Collingwood Blvd.

The friendship of Clarence and 10-yearold Edward shows Michael Caines' brief charm and softness to helpful old guy advice (check), and a death scene that takes the characters from misery to extreme happiness (check, check, check).

However, the film does have Michael Caine. Caine is one of those few actors who has never give a bad performance even in the most abysmal films (he was even good in Jaws: The Revenge). Caine makes Clarence’s anger into a canticle of rage. But just when Clarence’s nastiness becomes oppressive, Caine softens things up and sheds a dim light on his buried kindness. And Caine’s charm is in evidence during a staging of his magic act for the old-age home residents (a demonstration that goes sadly awry).

Unfortunately, Crowley slices and dices Caine’s scenes so that it is hard for Caine to get together head of stream. The result is a collection of clips that will look great during awards season but cannot uplift Is Anybody There? from its soft nougat center of hackneyed drivel.

Is Anybody There? is currently playing at Levis Commons Showcase Art.

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All in a day’s work

TCP’s 2008 Best Local Theatre Group, The Village Players, is at it again with their latest production Office Hours. The comedy is set on a Friday afternoon in six different offices located throughout a big city. What first appears to be six separate stories later comes together as one tangled plot, creating a wild ride with an ending that will send the audience into a collective howl. Office Hours runs through Saturday, May 23 with performances Thursday - Sunday at 8 p.m. $14 adults, $12 students and seniors. The Village Players Theatre, 2740 Upton Ave. 419-472-6827/ www.thevillageplayers.org.

A little less terror, a little more tea

Get ready for a theatrical treat as North Coast Theatre kicks of the premiere performance of Terror at Tea Time Friday, May 15 at 8 p.m. Written by Artistic Director Christine Child, Terror at Tea Time is a full length comedy companion to last year’s Murders at Little Wotting. In the play, a group of actors seize the rehearsals for a traditional British village mystery, and wreak havoc with the intentions of the missing director. Mildly mysterious or scary, but 100 percent comedic gold, Terror at Teatime is fun for everyone 10 or older. Runs Fridays and Saturdays through May 29. 8 p.m. $10. $5 for students. North Coast Theatre, South Wing at the historic Oliver House, 27 Broadway.

419-255-0416/www.northcoasttheatre.org.

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The life of Frank Gilhooley

Local legend Frank Gilhooley is the focus of the third documentary presented in Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s Sight and Sound Project. The documentary profiles the life and journey of this historic Toledo Mud Hens broadcast announcer. Gilhooley dedicated 20 years of his life working for the Hens and more than 50 years in television and radio combined. The film also details his experiences of playing for the Toledo Jeeps and his days touring with the Harlem Globetrotters.

Watch the documentary by visiting www.toledolibrary.org (under the

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Connect heading). Patrons can check out the Frank Gilhooley documentary on DVD at anyToledo-Lucas County Public Library location. Main Library, 325 N Michigan St, 419-259-5207/ www.toledolibrary.org.

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theater events [ wednesday, may 13 ]

Lord of the Dance, Lord of the Dance is

an Irish musical and dance production that was created, choreographed, and produced by IrishAmerican dancer Michael Flatley. $48, $43, $25. www.stranahantheater.com. 419-381-8851.

Stranahan Theater, 4645 Heatherdowns.

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wednesday 13 [ literary ]

Four Poets For Poetry Month, Features poetry readings by Leonard Kress, Cindy Bosley Smith, Eric Wallack and Steve Utterback. 11am. Owens Community College Center for Fine and Performing Arts.

[ spiritual fitness ]

Zen Buddhist Evening Practice, This traditional Zen Buddhist practice includes liturgy, Zen meditation, a talk and discussion. www.toledozen.org.

7:15pm. Shobu Aikido of Ohio, 6537 Angola Road, Holland. Every Wednesday.

[ miscellaneous ]

Tarot Card Readings, Liz Hazel does mini tarot and astrology readings every Wednesday night.

5pm. Manos Restaurant, 1701 Adams, Toledo.

[ sports ]

Toledo Mud Hens Baseball, The Hens take an the Pawtucket Red Sox. Wednesday 10:30am, Thursday 6:30pm, Friday 7pm. 419-475-HENS. www.mudhens.com. Fifth Third Field, 406 Washington St.

thursday 14 [ education ]

Speak Up. Stand Up, The Northwest Chapter of the ACLU of Ohio will host its 2009 annual dinner entitled “Speak Up. Stand Up.” The event will feature free speech activist Mary Beth Tinker and honor local LGBT advocate Brenda Spurlin. Includes dinner and a cash bar. Call or see website for reservations. 216-472-2220. www.acluohio. org. 6pm. The Toledo Club, 235 14th St.

[ spiritual fitness ]

The Woman at the Well, Dr. Mary Healy presents “The Woman at the Well,” a talk that inspires simple ways to allow scripture to enhance the spiritual thirst for meaning. 7-8pm. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Temperance.

[ miscellaneous ]

Let’s Rock! A Garden Club of America Flower Show, Arrangements will be judged in three categories: flower arrangement, horticulture and photography. 9am. W. W. Knight Preserve, 29530 White Rd., Perrysburg.

friday 15 [ festival ] Festirama at St. Joseph in Sylvania, The annual event features rides, food, games and a barbecued chicken dinner Sunday 11am5pm. Entertainment will be provided by Skoobie Snacks, Haywire and the Subtones. Friday, 6pm12am, Saturday, 12pm-12am and Sunday 11am7pm. St. Joseph’s Parish, Ravine Dr., Sylvania.

Through May 17.

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Claire’s Night, Enjoy complimentary food and beverage with enchanting music in the whimsical setting of the Children’s Library. Meet the Claire’s Day authors and illustrators and enjoy book signings. “Hidden Ohio,” written by Claire’s Day founder Julie K. Rubini will be released at Claire’s Night. Julie will be available for book signings, along with other very special guest authors and illustrators. $65. Call for reservations. 419-8910124. Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Downtown (Children’s Books), 325 N. Michigan.

[ outdoors ]

Bike to Work Day, Bike Week is May 11-15.

Bike to work from 3 locations: Detwiler Park, Ottawa Park, Walbridge Park. 7:30-9am. Set off at 7:30am, led by an experienced cyclist who will model safe cycling.

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For the people, for the prom saturday16 Relive your high school days and show your support for mayoral candidate (and Lucas County Commissioner) Ben Konop at “The People’s Prom” Saturday, May 16 at the Dirty Martini Lounge. The campaign fundraiser and mock-prom will feature dancing, refreshments and live models sporting the latest fashions by local boutiques including Bella Brie, Red Envy and Sophie’s Sister ( additional sponsors include Ticknor’s, Ulta, Real Seafood, Zia’s and Costume Holiday House). Guests are asked to dress in proper “prom attire.” Konop, dedicated to keeping young people active in the Toledo community, will speak at 10 p.m. $10 donation. 8 p.m. - midnight. Dirty Martini Lounge, 18 Main St. 419-320-5029. For more info, www.konop4mayor.com.

[ miscellaneous ]

Drums at the Rapids: Miniature War Gaming Conference, Fight epic battles on a small scale in the Visitor Center during this miniature wargaming event. Admission is $12 per day or $18 for both days, which includes admission on the site. Regular site admission applies to those who whish to watch but not participate. Fort Meigs, 29100 W. River Rd., Perrysburg. Also May 16.

saturday 16 [ benefit ]

Golf Outing to Benefit Heartbeat of Toledo, For only $55 per person the golfers will enjoy a round of golf in a scrambles format. The day also includes lunch and a picnic supper. Cash prizes will be awarded for closest to the pin, longest drive, longest putt and much more. Proceeds from the golf outing support Heartbeat of Toledo, a non-profit pregnancy support center. Heartbeat provides emotional, educational, and practical support in a free compassionate and confidential manner. 419-535-8729. Fallen Timbers Fairways, 7711 Timbers Blvd., Waterville.

Susan G. Komen Fun-Fest, The event will include 50/50 raffles, a silent ticket auction a food and bake sale, stuff for the kids and a Sale that includes tables of crafts, gifts and collectibles.

Free door prizes and admission. 419-537-7657.

10am. Calvary Bible Chapel, 3740 Alexis.

Only for Oregon sunday17 Celebrate the city of Oregon and all its glory on Sunday, May 17 at Oregon Fest 2009. This rain or shine event on Dustin Rd. (one block south of Route 2) offers fun under the tents with continuous stage entertainment, festival food, children’s games, a classic car show and arts and crafts. The Grand Parade starts at 3 p.m.

Don’t miss the Civil War encampment while you’re there.

Free. Noon-6 p.m.

Dustin Rd, Oregon.

For more info, 419-691-9750.

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Newborns In Need, Newborns In Need are looking for volunteers who knit, crochet and sew baby items for those in need. They currently serve 14 centers in N.W. Ohio. Supplies and patterns are available. Call for more info. 8am-1pm. 419-8654470. Calavary Assembly of God, 5025 Glendale, Toledo.

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St. Richard Spring Fling Festival, The annual festival features a car show presented by the Swanton Pharoahs, concessions, games, a Polka mass, chicken dinners, rides and a lot more.

419-826-2791. St. Richard Parish, 333 Brookside Dr., Swanton.

[ health ]

Uckele Health and Nutrition’s Spring Celebration, The day long health and equine oriented event will feature horsemanship clinics with nationally known horse trainer, Terry Myers, nutritional talks by Jack Grogan, Certified Nutritionist, complimentary chair massages with Mary Dandar, Certified Massage Therapist, and a live remote with Jerry Hayes and the WLEN Saturday morning radio show. Call or see website for more info. www.uckele.com. 800-248-0330. 9am-4pm.

Uckele Health and Nutrition, 5600 Silberhorn, Blissfield.

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farmer’s markets [ tuesday ] Augsburg Church, 3pm-7pm 1342 W. Sylvania Ave. [ wednesday ] Westgate, 3pm-7pm Elder-Beerman parking lot, Secor & Central [ thursday ] Mayberry Square (Sylvania), 3pm – 7pm Centennial just south of Erie Perrysburg, 3pm-8pm Downtown on Louisiana Avenue West Side, 3pm-7pm Church of Our Saviour parking lot, 2820 Alexis (near Whitmer HS) [ saturday ] Downtown Toledo, 8am–2pm Market Street between Erie and St. Clair

In The Life Black Gay Book Club, In the Life Black Gay Book Club will discuss “Basketball Jones” by E. Lynn Harris. This new book club is open to anyone; To RSVP or for more information, contact blackgaybookclub@ymail.com. 12-2pm.

Downtown Latte’, 44 S. Saint Claire.

[ outdoors ]

National Go Outdoors Event, Bass Pro Shops is offering kids and adults all kinds of ways to get off their couches and go enjoy the great outdoors.

Events include a life jacket trade-in, outdoor skill demonstrations, interactive activities and a chance to win a sweepstakes package. Bass Pro Shop, 10000 Bass Pro Blvd., Rossford. Through May 25.

Neighboorhood Beautification Weekend, Lighthouse Community Center will spend the weekend beautifying the Ottawa Dr./Upton Ave. neighborhood. Teams will “sweep” through the surrounding area to clean up and celebrate Spring. Lighthouse Community Center, 1849 Ottawa Dr. Also Sunday, May 17.

Toledo Bicycle Extravaganza, Bike with your neighbors and friends to the downtown Toledo Farmer’s Market. Choose a route and starting time from the map provided (attached) to arrive at the market at 10am. Around 12n there will be a group ride from the market to Manhattan’s for a lunch buffet and live music. Bands TBA. RSVP: greendrinkstol@gmail.com. 10am. Toledo Farmer’s Market.

[ sports ]

Dart Frog Dash, All races start and finish near the Zoo Amphitheatre, using both city streets and walkways in the Zoo. $18, $21.

See website or call to register and for more details. www.toledozoo.or. 419-385-5721. 8:30am.

The Toledo Zoo, 2 Hippo Way.

[ miscellaneous ]

Oliver House Fashion Show and Luncheon, Lynne Saad of L. Leslie Design hosts this fashion show and luncheon featuring over 10 local vendors. $25. Cash bar available. 12pm. Oliver House, 27 Broadway.

sunday 17 [ sports ]

Open Skate with the Glass City Rollers, The Glass City Rollers are currently looking for skaters, refs, coaches, and support staff. Come meet the girls and find out how you can get involved! All shapes, sizes, and skill levels.

18+. 7:30pm. Swanton Coliseum, 12725 Airport Hwy., Swanton.

tuesday 19 [ benefit ]

Anthony Wayne Spirit of Giving Fundraiser, Join the Flying Bean and Premier Jewelry Design for a jewelry party. 50% of Jewelry proceeds will be donated to Anthony Wayne Spirit of Giving. $350 in jewelry door prizes will be given out.

6:30pm. The Flying Bean, 2130 Preston Parkway, Perrysburg.

thursday 21 [ education ]

The Making of a Major General, Dr. David Skaggs, Professor Emeritus of Bowling Green State University, will speak on General William Henry Harrison and his command of the Army of the Northwest during the War of 1812. Free.

419-874-4121. 7:30pm. Fort Meigs Visitor Center, 29100 W. River Rd. Perrysburg.

Remembering fallen soldiers saturday23 Downtown Toledo Come honor those who have fought and died while serving our country at Toledo’s annual Memorial Day Parade on Saturday, May 23. Hosted by the Toledo-Lucas County Memorial Day Association, the Parade Route follows Summit Street, turning onto Jackson Blvd, and ending at the Civic Center Mall. Following the parade will be a memorial ceremony, conducted in front of the War Memorial. Free. 10 a.m. Downtown Toledo.

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Taxis Gone Wild! saturday16

What better way to honor glass paperweights than in the Glass City? Paperweight collectors from around the country will come together for the biennial Convention of Paperweight Collectors, Inc. Wednesday, May 20 - Saturday, May 23 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. This year’s theme is “Midwest Weights - Their History and Charm” and will feature more than 1000 glass paperweights.

Paperweight Collector’s Association members must register in advance.

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Two Seagate, 444 N. Summit St. For more info, visit www.paperweight.org.

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saturday 23 [ education ]

First Siege 1813, Tour American and British military encampments and watch musket and cannon firing demonstrations. Explore a Woodland Indian encampment to learn about the Ohio Shawnee in the early nineteenth century. Handson activities are offered all weekend long. Call or see website for details. www.fortmeigs.org.

800-283-8916. Fort Meigs, 29100 W River Rd. Perrysburg. Through Sunday, May 25.

Toledo’s entertainment district is rockin’ while local taxi companies keep driving long into the night. Join Downtown restaurants and late-night hot spots on Saturday, May 16 for Taxis Gone Wild!, hosted by the Greater Toledo Convention and Visitors Bureau. Hail a cab to all of your favorite downtown venues — each offering drink and appetizer specials throughout the evening. Participating businesses to date include: Pizza Papalis, Home Slice Pizza, Fusion, Legend’s Sports Grille, Packo’s at the Park, The Attic on Adams, Ottawa Tavern, Toledo Main Street Bar & Grill, The Oliver House, Bronze Boar, The Docks (Navy Bistro and Tangos), The Blarney, Crown Plaza’s Aqua Bar, Manhattan’s and Sidelines. Black & White Cab will offer a free ride back to your car the following day, providing you use their service to return home safely that night. Other participating cab companies include Yellow Cab, Checker Cab and Silver Cab. Taxi services available 7 p.m. to closing time. For more info, www.ci.toledo.oh.us.

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[ miscellaneous ]

Wood County Flea Market, There will be vendors with all manner of collectibles, from coins and sports cards, to military items and knives. There are many vendors who specialize in “garage sale” items as well. Free admission.

9am-4pm. Wood County Fairgrounds, 13800 W. Poe Rd., Bowling Green.

[ festival ]

Urban Chicken Festival, The event features raffles, an egg hunt, a rummage sale, games for children and adults and BBQ chicken. 1-6pm.

Padua Center, 1416 Nebraska.

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Smile, you’re on (not-so-candid) camera

FLASHToledo.com portrays the real Toledo nightlife

By Emily Rippe “Now that’s a Facebook picture!” everyone you know.

In an age where websites like Facebook and Myspace dictate how we dress and where we go out, it’s fair to conclude that we live in a photo-obsessed culture. Few understand the logic behind this phenomenon, but photographer Matt Lewis has a theory.

“People in general are consumed by appearances,” Lewis said. “On top of that, they also like to have their time documented.”

Taking this theory to another level, Lewis and his business partner Jamie Williams recently introduced a web-based photography company, FLASHToledo. com. The idea came to the two selfdescribed “electronic nerds” when Lewis was living in Las Vegas. Out west, it was quite the compliment for a beautiful show girl (or guy) to be featured on a photography website. But how would the idea pan out in a smaller-sized city with ordinary people just having fun?

“After seeing the website stats, we’re completely flabbergasted,” Lewis said.

“We thought it would be a hit, but also anticipated it taking a while to catch on.”

It’s only been nine weeks since the launch of FLASHToledo, and Lewis — also known in the community for his live DJ sets — is a popular and well-received paparazzi. Taking their expensive equipment to some of the busiest Toledo clubs and events, Lewis, Williams and a handful of respected local photographers document Toledo’s night life, promptly displaying the photos online.

“We don’t cater to just the 10s,” Lewis said. “It’s fun for everyone to go on the site the next day and see a picture that compliments them, or at the same time is funny and something they can laugh about.”

Of course, FLASHToledo is not the first attempt at providing nightlife photography for Toledo.

Lewis remembers (and played a role in) past online photo ventures, including ToledoNightLife and ToledoPartyBlog.

“The issue with the past sites is that they lacked structure and support, not to mention the time that needs to be invested into such a project,” Lewis said.

With his attention solely on his business, Lewis is confident that FLASHToledo will be a long-lasting and constantly updated site for Toledoans to see themselves at their finest. And the best part: it makes for great Facebook material. www.flashtoledo.com.

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Chicks Mix 2009

Hundreds of "Chicks" from Chicks for Charity gathered at the Toledo Botanical Garden July 22 for their annual fundraising event. The evening's proceeds were donated to The Victory Center, their chosen charity for 2009-2010.

THE MELTING POT'S LADIES MAKEOVER NIGHT Macy's professionals stopped into The Melting Pot to celebrate beauty on July 30.

Victory Center's Executive Director Kelly Brooks (left) and Chicks for Charity founder Martha Vetter (right) with Joy Ortyl and Barbara Manley.

Regina Martin (support staff supervisor) and Tammy Holder (director) of Beach House celebrate the night with "beach babes" Kim Iott and Shelley Iott.

Macy's Estee Lauder rep Jennifer Ruiz and Andrea Slusarski.

Jean Faber and Bev Welker of the Imagination Station toast to a fun evening for a fantastic cause.

TCP's Pub Crawl

Sam Tischler, Kate Waggoner, and Kristin Brochetti mix and mingle at the lively Chicks gathering.

Our pub crawl on July 24 kept nightcrawlers busy with stops at Chuck's, Basin Street Grille, Nick & Jimmy's and Claddagh Irish Pub.

Staci Slasiak and Bonnie Everett, a Macy's Clinique rep enjoy a ladies' night out.

OMNI BIKER MIKES BENEFIT On July 24, The Omni welcomed "Biker Mike" supporters for a special fundraising event for Michael McCloskey Jr.

Yvonne and Tom Goodwin take it easy at the Basin Street Grille.

Chad and Gretchen Matuszewski, Janelle and Scott Czubek, and Cassie and Clark Staszak hanging out Claddagh Irish Pub.

Pub crawlers smile for the camera on their way to Nick & Jimmy's.

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Omni owner Jimmie Dibari with Biker Mike.

(Photo courtesy of flashtoledo.com)

Amanda Loughton, Angela Reed, Monica Lynn, Nicholas Lucht, Shannon Murphy, Gina Peluso, Mathew Abel and Emily McAllister enjoy Chuck's patio.

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A crowd of Biker Mike supporters gathered at the Omni.

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Rhouse: Karaoke w/ DJ Georgia Peach

WED, MAY 20 ROCK, POP, AND HIP-HOP Howard’s Club H: Coliseum w/ Disconnected, Big Fat Japan and Wretches J. Patrick’s (Holiday Inn French Quarter): Green Eyed Soul

JAZZ, BLUES, AND R&B Murphy’s Place: College Night Ragtime Rick’s Second Edition: Rusty’s Jazz Cafe Night SouthBriar Restaurant: Ray Heitger’s Dixieland Jazz Jam Session

ACOUSTIC, FOLK, AND ETHNIC Basin St. Grill: Jeff Stewart South End Bar & Grille: Mark Mikel (6-10 p.m.)

The Village Idiot: Nate and Evan Treo Retaurant: Bobby May and John Barile

DANCE AND TECHNO TCP Avalon: Volume Toledo's Mainstreet Bar and Grill: DJ Tommy Ray

OTHER Attic on Adams: Creole in the Attic Claddagh Irish Pub: Name That Tune (7 p.m.) and Service Industry Night (9 p.m.)

Frankie’s Inner City: Open Mic

THUR, MAY 21 ROCK, POP, AND HIP-HOP Howard’s Club H: Pitch Red w/ A Gun for Hire and Zenadare

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J. Patrick’s (Holiday Inn French Quarter): Green Eyed Soul Mickey Finn’s Pub: The Falling Spikes TCP The Roadhouse: Chris Shutters Band Village Inn: Don and Rachel Coats

Howard’s Club H: Falling Spikes J. Patrick’s (Holiday Inn French Quarter): Green Eyed Soul Mickey Finn’s Pub: North w/ The Hat Company Mulvaney’s Bunker: Empire Drift Pizza Papalis: Boffo The Blarney Irish Pub: Jeff Stewart and The Twenty Five’s The Blue Devil: Running With Scissors TCP The Omni: Otto’s Jacket Top Shotz: The Travelers Tres Amigos: Don and Rachel Coats Woodchuck’s: The Static Rituals w/ Bo Bo’s Boo Boo and Confront the System

JAZZ, BLUES, AND R&B Home Slice Pizza: Mike Whitty TCP Manhattan’s: Quick Trio Murphy’s Place: Open Mic

ACOUSTIC, FOLK, AND ETHNIC TCP Attic on Adams: Sarah Cohen Buffalo Wild Wings (Oregon): Acoustic Outcast Mulvaney’s Bunker: The Acoustic Shoes Ottawa Tavern: Chris Shutters Pizza Papalis: Jeff Stewart The Blarney Irish Pub: Kyle White

DANCE AND TECHNO

TCP Club Eclipse: Eclipse Thursdays Parkway Bar and Lounge: Live Old School DJ Route 66 Kitchen: Live ‘70s and ‘80s R&B DJs The Distillery: ‘80s Night DJ Party The Omni: Therapy Thursdays w/ DJ Rob Sample

OTHER Sidelines Sports Eatery: Karaoke

FRI, MAY 22 ROCK, POP, AND HIP-HOP Frankie’s Inner City: Highland w/ the Comeback TCP Headliner’s: People in Planes w/ The Sanderlings

JAZZ, BLUES, AND R&B Fat Fish Blue: Curtis Jr. and the Midnight Rockers w/ Bobby G. Murphy’s Place: Anna Givens Ottawa Tavern: Frostbite Blues Band TCP Packo’s at the Park: Voodoo Libido Ragtime Rick’s Second Edition: The Cakewalkin’ Jass Band

ACOUSTIC, FOLK, AND ETHNIC South End Bar & Grille: Mark Mikel (6-10 p.m.)

TCP The Blarney Irish Pub: Jeff Stewart & Twenty-Five’s

COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS Whitehouse Waterville Moose Lodge: Silvercreek

DANCE AND TECHNO Dexter’s Jamaican Club: Jump-Up Friday South End Bar and Grille: DJ Rob Sample The Distillery: DJ Party Wesley’s: Old School Friday’s w/ DJ’s Folk, N. Mattimoe, and Todd Perrine

The Flutterbies featuring Maureen Davis Sunday, May 24 The Zodiac (formerly Club Bijou) Country music — it’s either your thing, or it isn’t. And while my opinion has, for a significant portion of my life, fallen into the latter category, I’m starting to understand the appeal.

Thanks to alt-country, a hybrid genre of country and alternative rock, country music is reaching a broader audience, becoming more accessible to not-in-my-lifetime listeners.

Bands and musicians like Wilco and Ryan Adams have helped me see the light, and now there’s a female alt-country counter-part on the rise. Maureen Davis, formerly of Toledo’s own Maureen Davis and the Movers, is currently on tour with The Flutterbies (based in California), and their sound has received tremendous praise for successfully blending the two genres.

Davis is the whole package: soul-stirring vocals, provocative lyrics and sultry looks. This combination, on top of guitarist Bart Ryan’s mad slide guitar skills, helped them win the 2009 South Bay Music Award for best country artist. The band is sure to convert other rock enthusiasts who might want to break on through to the country side.

Also recommended for any existing country music lovers. The Flutterbies featuring Maureen Davis take on Toledo at The Zodiac on Sunday, May 24. The Coosters also play. $5. 9 p.m. 135 S. Byrne Rd. www.theflutterbies.com.

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Raise Some Cash Vol. 2 Saturday, May 16 The Blarney Irish Pub Johnny Cash, a man of good faith and great country music, is the focus of the second annual Raise Some Cash benefit show this weekend at The Blarney. Six musically-diverse bands have agreed to play renditions of their favorite Cash songs. And while the line-up features some of Toledo’s best-known cover groups, including Locoweed, The Bridges, Kentucky Chrome, Voodoo Libido, The Coosters and The Flecks, the real reason behind the musical gathering is for a truly amazing cause. The fundraiser benefits Augsburg Lutheran’s Feed Your Neighbor program, which is a local Christian-based food pantry fighting hunger in Toledo. While traditional holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas are usually the most generous to Feed Your Neighbor, it’s these “off-season” months that the non-profit sees a decrease in donated funds. Raise Some Cash offers an opportunity to give back to a charity that never stops giving, while at the same time revisiting some of your favorite Cash tunes. $5 donation. 7 p.m.

The Blarney Irish Pub, 601 Monroe St. 419-418-2339/ www.theblarneyirishpub.com.

SAT, MAY 23 ROCK, POP, AND HIP-HOP Big Digger/ Clamdigger’s: Jane Doe TCP Frankie’s Inner City: Homeward Bound w/ Death By Rodeo, CL1 and Ten Bars North Howard’s Club H: Frank & Jesse J. Patrick’s (Holiday Inn French Quarter): Green Eyed Soul

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Mickey Finn’s Pub: Banana Migration w/ Mahmen Schmidt Ottawa Tavern: Crucial 420 TCP Pizza Papalis: Boffo Six Pack Bar & Grill: The Coosters The Blue Devil: Running With Scissors The Distillery: Shucking Bubba Deluxe

The Longhorn Saloon: Grommet w/ Bathhouse Betty, Gillitone and K.E.G. Top Shotz: The Travelers TCP Woodchuck’s: The Falling Spikes w/ Extra Extra, Wee and Stop Don’t Stop

JAZZ, BLUES, AND R&B TCP DeSimone’s: Aaron Williams and the Hoodoo

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Fat Fish Blue: Big Blues Bob Ragtime Rick’s Second Edition: Ragtime Rick and Banjo Betsy TCP The Blarney Irish Pub: Andrew Ellis & The Setting Sons The Daily Grind: Ashley Nowak

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COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS TCP

Dave’s Hideaway Lounge II: Bandera Manhattan’s: Gregg Aranda & White Trash Bags

DANCE AND TECHNO TCP

Parkway Bar and Lounge: DJ Sounds & Music The Omni: Local Love Saturdays w/ DJ Matt Lewis South End Bar and Grille: DJ Jesse Dorr

MORE MUSIC

Lunch concerts/Festivals/Orchestras/Outdoors/Music your parents like Friday, may 15

SUN, MAY 24 JAZZ, BLUES, AND R&B

Toledo Symphony’s Classic Series: Miraculous and Magical, 8pm. The program,

directed by Larry Rachleff and featuring soprano Susan Lorette Dunn, features pieces by Vaughan Willians, Bartok, Canteloube and Ravel. Call or see website for ticket information. www.toledosymphony.com.

419-246-8000. Toledo Museum Of Art Peristyle, 2445 Monroe St. Also May 16.

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w/ Rage

Boody House: Eccentric

The Village Idiot: Bob Rex Jazz Trio

COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS Sports Venue: Rodney ‘Hot Rod’ Parker and The Liberty Beach Band TCP Zodiac (formerly Club Bijou): The Flutterbies featuring Maureen Davis

OTHER TCP

Harp Festival, Harpists from 10 States and Ontario, Canada will gather at the Sauder Heritage Inn. Participants will enjoy workshops, concerts, jam sessions and fellowship. The public is welcome to attend any of the three concerts. See website for more information. www.harpgathering.com. Sauder Village, 2661 St. Rt. 2, Archbold. Through May 17.

DANCE AND TECHNO

Caffeini’s Coffee: Open Mic w/ Sarah and Estar Cohen

TUES, MAY 26 ROCK, POP, AND HIP-HOP TCP

The Village Idiot: Mark Mikel

JAZZ, BLUES, AND R&B Murphy’s Place: Clifford Murphy and Claude Black TCP SouthBriar Restaurant: The Big Band- Jeff McDonald’s 17 piece swing band

COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS TCP Yeeha’s Bar and Grill: Rodney ‘Hot Rod’ Parker and The Liberty Beach Band

DANCE AND TECHNO Route 66 Kitchen: Live ‘70s and ‘80s R&B DJs The Distillery: 80s and 90s Nite DJ Party

OTHER

TCP Rhouse: Karaoke w/ DJ Georgia Peach

MON, MAY 25 ACOUSTIC, FOLK, AND ETHNIC The Village Idiot: Bobby and Frankie May

saturday, May 16

Collage Concert. 8pm. A fabulous combination of choral singing, ballet, featuring the Ballet Theatre

of Toledo, jazz, including jazz vocalist Kim Buehler and a jazz trio from the Toledo Jazz Society, and special appearances by harpist Julie Buzzelli and flutist Kelly Hill Kretzer. Call or see website to purchase tickets. $20-$25. 419-246-8000. www.toledosymphony.com. Maumee Performing Arts Center, 1147 Saco St., Maumee.

SUNDAY, may 17

Music of Medieval and Renaissance France, 3:30pm. Musica Antigua de Toledo presents

“The Hundred Years War and More - Music of Medieval and Renaissance France.” This concert offers some of these various forms and sounds unique to medieval and renaissance France. $8; Students & Seniors $7.

419-475-6177. www.musicaantiguatoledo.org. Epiphany Lutheran Church, 915 N. Reynolds Rd.

Festival of Praise at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Temperance, 4pm. The combined choirs of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Ida, Zion Lutheran Church of Summerfield and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Temperance will present a a concert of their favorite anthems, hymns and songs. Everyone is welcome and the event is free. The concert will be held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 9144 Lewis Ave., Temperance, MI 48182. Phone 734-847-3400 for more information.

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_____________________________ 30 GALLON FISH TANK. Everything needed for startup! Filters, food and (5) African Cichlids.

Inquire at 419-410-4393 _____________________________ FUTON. COMPLETE. Green mattress. $100.

419-868-5622. ____________________________ TOSHIBA 27” COLOR T.V. Asking $75.

419-474-1876. ____________________________ NEW MACHINE SHOP ITEMS, large and small drills, reamers, band saw and portable grinder. 419-726-8180. ____________________________ NEW SCHWINN EXERCISE bicycle with computerized controls. Asking $75. 419-243-4189. ____________________________ VARIETY OF MISC. vintage items. 1930’s1970’s. Toys, collectibles, decorative items and knick-knacks. Glass wear, maps, holiday.

419-475-3898 LM _____________________________ NEW ELECTRIC POWER WHEELCHAIR. With battery charger. Excellent condition.

Asking $550. 419-474-2470. _____________________________ REFRIGERATOR, GAS STOVE and apartment sized dryer. Whirlpool refrigerator-$75, Apartment sized dryer-$60 and Gas stove-$60.

419-531-7256 or 419-514-7700. LM ____________________________ NEW SINGER SEWING MACHINE. Good condition. Asking $15. 419-893-6839 _____________________________ GOLF BALLS. Titanium. Box of 18. Brand new. $15. Dunlop “Locos.” Box of 15. $15.

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APHASIA SUPPORT GROUP meets at Dazy Aphasia Centre, 2940 Douglas Rd. Toledo 43606. Every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The group is for stroke survivors with Aphasia & their caregivers. _______________________ NEW BOWSHER CLASS OF 1988 is announcing 20 plus 1 year reunion Saturday June 20th at Angola Gardens Please contact bowsher88@gmail.com ________________________ SATURDAY CHESS PLAYERS Every Saturday, 9-11am. Grades K-6. Do you want to learn to play chess or improve your game? Drop in on Saturday mornings for fun and practice in the Children’s Library at Toledo Lucas County Public Library. 325 N. Michigan St. 419-259-5231. _______________________ NEW THE FULTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY is sponsoring the traveling bus museum from the Traces Museum. Traces is presenting “Held in the Heartland, German POWs in the Midwest, 1943-1946. This exhibit tells the story of the POWs in the camps and of their interactions with the people of the midwest. The bus-eum will be at the Fulton County Fairgrounds on May 15th from 1:00p.m. To 8:00p.m.

There is no charge for this special event.

Please make plans to join us for this very special exhibit. _______________________

NEW ADOPTION HEALING SUPPORT GROUP, for adoptees, birthparents, adoptive parents, and anyone affected by adoption. Wednesday, May 13, 7 p.m. at Park Church, 1456 Harvard Blvd, Toledo. For more information, call 419-260-5782. _______________________ NEW GARAGE/YARD SALE- Friday, Saturday, Sunday: May 15-17 9am-5pm 23646 W Moline Martin Rd. Millbury 43447 _______________________ LONGABERGER BUS TOUR: June 20, 2009- Bus Tour to Dresden, Ohio and the Longaberger Homestead. For more info, please contact Johanna at (419) 389-5135. ________________________ DISCUSSION CIRCLES for women incest and child sexual abuse survivors.

Meets twice monthly. (419) 729-0245 or www.mynirvananow.org. ________________________ NEW FREE $10 GIFT CARD- First 200 people to register at www.sparksgiftshop.com receives a free $10 Sparks Gift Shop gift card. Only 1 free gift card per household. ________________________ PHASE 3 PARANORMAL - Free paranormal investigation and support. Visit us online at www.phase3paranormal.com” ________________________

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CUSTOM SLIPCOVERS: Draperies, window treatments, upholstery, pillows and much more... Call Tricia 419-810-0832. ________________________ EXPERIENCED Handyman! No job too big or small! CHEAP rates! References.

Leave a message at (419) 691-1460. ________________________ FOUNDATION REPAIR: Large local company specializing in bowed walls, sinking foundations, crawl space excavation, and BASEMENT WATERPROOFING. Lifetime, transferrable warranty.

1-800-343-2357. www.abetterchoiceinc.com ________________________ AFFORDABLE MOTORCYCLE REPAIR-15-years Harley Davidson service experience. Dirt bike, ATV, small engine repair, pick-up & delivery available. Call Bob at 517-486-4818. ________________________ FREE COMPUTER AND ELECTRONIC RECYCLING Business and residential pickup. Call Retro PC Recyclers at 734-347-7004 Or email at jwauctions@bex.net ________________________ CHILD CARE FOR YOUR baby in my west Toledo home by responsible reliable mom. Experience and references.

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APT NEXT TO OWENS COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 1 Bedroom Apartments within walking distance to Owens C.C. $388 to $415.

No Pets. Laundry. Clean, Spacious.

Call 419-410-0095. _______________________ NEW ART STUDIOS TO RENT: 300 sq. ft. $150/mo INCLUDES utilities.

River view. Work space for serious 2-D Artists only. No Musicians. Paul @ 419-243-4944 ________________________ NEW OLD WEST END one bedroom, upper loft apartment, security system, laundry facilities, air-conditioned, $335 a month water included plus one month’s security deposit. Call (419) 243-2247. ________________________

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PANORAMIC RIVERVIEW Townhouse for Rent in the Historic Oliver House. Located at 27 Broadway and Ottawa Street this venue offers the best in urban living. $925 month plus utilities. Applications can be picked up M-F 9am-5pm in the main office or after 5 in the Rockwell’s Lounge. Questions?

Phone 4 19-243-1302 ext 2. Townhouse tours by appointment only ________________________

________________________ TERRIFIC WELL MAINTAINED HOME with many updates - great Maumee location/($125,000)! For more information call 419-410-4718 or view online http://toledo.craigslist. org/reo/1112127665.html ________________________

RENTALS

Now Accepting Applications for Efficiencies, One Two Bedroom Apartments at the PLAZA APARTMENTS 2520 Monroe Street Housing Community for Elderly (62 and older) or Handicapped/Disabled.

Air Conditioning and Appliances Furnished Utility allowance.

Rent based on income.

Applications taken by appointment

419-244-1881 ________________________ BEDROOM FOR RENT: Full use of house; must like dogs, non-smoker. $300 per month, call 419-344-3693 _______________________ WALK TO PARK OR ZOO-Bike to MUO from clean spacious (2) two bedroom upper. Washer/Dryer available.

Covered parking. $550+utilities. First month discount to UT/MUO students.

419-382-5069. ______________________ NEW APARTMENT AND ROOMS FOR RENT. Quiet, clean. Laundry facilities. Utilities all paid. Inquire at 419-215-7759 or 419-508-2187 _______________________

4423 VERMASS, West 1 BR Duplex, nice area. SUPER CLEAN, New Furnace & Carpet. Inc. Wash/Dryer Only $445!

Must see! 419-349-6086 ________________________ FOR RENT: WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP: 2338 Brookridge. Appliances included. A/C . (3) Three bedroom. Living room, vaulted ceilings in family room and kitchen. Open Sunday from 1-3 PM. No pets/No smokers. $800/month + deposit. 419-265-2426. ________________________

HOUSE SPACIOUS 3 BEDROOMS like new, quiet neighborhood, garage, 2508 Locust, $650/month.

419-410-7193. ________________________ SPACIOUS 2 BEDROOM DuplexWest Toledo. Hardwood Floors, New Paint Job, Great Vintage Feel! 2 bedrooms, both upper and lower unit available. Appliances included, garage available. Close to UT and Ottawa Park.

Cats OK. $530/ month. 2114 Wyndhurst.

Call Jim at 419-266-0842 ________________________ NEW 2 BEDROOMS FOR RENT: Includes utilities: "Pre-determined amount usage." Furnished option.

Shared living w/separate entrance.

University of Toledo area. $330/month plus $120 deposit. Call 419-578-0306. ________________________

DUPLEX W. Toledo north Haven, 2 bedroom spacious upper. Bay windows, natural wood work, fire place, appliances, basement. Great neighborhood & location. $550, call 419-474-9062. ________________________ 1 BEDROOM, VERY CLEAN, CARPETED, TASTEFULLY decorated w/ heat, water, laundry, kitchen appliances and garage. $450/month plus deposit. $200 discount. 419-262-4447 ________________________ BEAUTIFUL 3 BED SINGLE family FOR RENT next to Toledo Hospital/Midwood Dr. Major updates w/new furnace, windows, carpet, fenced yard, 2-car garage, all new appliances. Call 419-460-4505 for an application to qualify! $900 month...CALL TODAY!!

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WHOLISTIC VIEW Foreign languages and performing arts. Ages 12-17.

Monday-Friday 8:30-4:00. Call 419-973-8510. Ms. Stuart. ________________________ BASEMENT SOLUTIONS: Do-It-Yourself + installed systems. Get a honest solution for your situation starting at $795. 419-508-4042 ________________________

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Ask anyone who lives here - it’s the best kept secret in condo living!! Greet your guests in the large common receiving entrance, then take them to your condo w/vaulted ceilings, crown molding, gleaming hardwood floors, leaded windows - spacious rooms, newer kitchen w/appliances, 4 closets in master, linen closet, laundry and amenities that are unbelievable!

Tony Bassett of the Danberry Co. (419-340-7843) Judy Stone of The Danberry Co. (419-241-1717) Char Winckowski of ReMax Central Group (419-349-7663)

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HOUSE IN HOLLAND FOR RENT: Flexible tenant needed; 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bath, partially furnished. $1,500/ month; plus utilities. Call 419-902-9232. ________________________ CONDO FOR RENT: airport & bernath $800 per month, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, NO PETS; appliances included.

419-215-8526. ________________________ TOLEDO: 1748 SYLVANIA AVE. Ideal location. $400/month. 90-days FREE rent!!! Needs redecorating.

419-290-4791. ________________________ ADIRONDACK LAKEFRONT CABIN May Special! Natural Paradise - beach, boat, fishing, hiking, relaxing, fireplace.

4 Days - $415, Weeks Available. www.shelteredlakes.com, 727-937-0712. Sheltered Lakes. _______________________ THE RENTAL/SALE of real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 as amended which makes it illegal to advertise "any limitation or discrimination." This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hearby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal housing opportunity basis ________________________

HELP WANTED

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THERE HAS NEVER been a better time to start your own business, and you won’t find a better partner then AVON.” Open your door to unlimited earnings potential. Contact Michelle/unit leader 419-902-3612 www.youravon. com/mdavis0327 _______________________

ATTENTION CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS. From home, flex hours, great pay; will train. Apply online ktpglobal. com OR 800-330-8446. ________________________ ASSISTANTS HIRING IMMEDIATELY! Attention no exp. Needed. Start up to $600/wk, rapid advancement. Ft/pt 419-724-0123. ________________________ ������������������� ���������� ������������������� �������������������� �������������� ������������������ ���������������������������������� ��������������������������������

THE OMNI is looking for Entertainers: Mimes, Tarot readers, jugglers, stilt walkers, fire breathers, tumblers, etc. If you have a unique gift or talent we may want you call 419-535-6664 or email : omnineal@gmail.com ________________________ STYLIST/BARBER WANTED booth rental, Reynolds & Glendale area. Rent negotiable. Call Kelly at 419-810-6566. ________________________ THEATRE TECH STAFF NEEDED. The Toledo Rep is looking for some talented backstage volunteers to help with performances. Different levels of skill are acceptable. We need lighting & sound crew as well as running crew. Call Aggie at 419-243-9277. ________________________ THE OLIVER HOUSE at 27 Broadway St. Toledo is looking for part time office help 2 days a week. Duties to include typing, filing, copying, etc. $7.50 hour. Please email resume to jvolpi@theoliverhousetoledo.com., or phone 419-243-1302, ext 0 to set up a time to apply in person. ________________________ LOOKING FOR A MORNING barrista Monday thru Friday 6:30 am -10 at Petit Fours Patisserie & Cafe, now located at 27 Broadway, at the Oliver House.

Entrance located on the Ottawa Street side. Please apply in person. Questions call Liz Grosjean @ 419-724-4477 ________________________ WEBCAM MODELS NEEDED Make up to $1,500 a week Must be 18 or older, full and part-time positions available. Visit www.webcamstaffing.com or Call 419-309-3532. ________________________ FOR ALL YOUR TRAVEL and entertainment needs, please visit www.ytbtravel.com/silcox or please call 419-260-2544. ________________________

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JAM SECTION Ads run for 2 issues and must be renewed after the two issues. You must be: advertising for band members or selling instruments under $200. Business related ads run for $20. Limit 20 words per ad; $0.40 per additional word.

Log onto www.toledocitypaper.com or call 419-244-9859 to post your ad!

MUSICIANS SEEKING

WORKING MODERN COUNTRY MUSIC GROUP is seeking a female singer who

plays keyboard. Call 419-460-7112.

MODERN ROCK SINGER needed for

cover band. Now auditioning. For more info. email JT6919@gmail.com

FOR SALE KENWOOD 350 WATT AMP and (2) two

POLK 6x9’s and 6 1⁄2 inch speakers.

NEW in box!!! Paid $375, asking $250.

419-902-8277

ALVAREX ACOUSTIC GUITAR: excellent

LESSONS

FREE GUITAR LESSONS Rock, Blues, Country, all styles; 30 yrs. experience.

Give me a call, what do you have to lose? 419-514-6097.

5-STRING BANJO WORKSHOP:

Tablature instruction. (3) Three most common roles: forward, reverse, forward-reverse combo and thumb alternating. Easy, fun and fast! Taped lessons.

Speed-reading. 47 yrs.

Experience on the 5-string banjo. Professional, extensive recording. Allied Music Center. Jesse Riley. 419-381-0300 or 419-324-6457

RENTALS

condition, leather strap and hard case included. $250 OBO. Nicole 419-205-5746.

BANDS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS:

MACKIE CFX 12 MIXER, with

light in case. Mint condition. $250.

419-474-1876.

PIANO-“SPIN-IT-STYLE” by Kimball.

Excellent condition. $350.00 Call after 4:00 p.m. 419-476-0635.

Rehearsal practice art and now storage space.

Available 24/7 Access.

FREE electricity. No noise restrictions. Located in the Hip Downtown area. Alarms available. $150 + mo. Call now: 419-346-5803.

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BARTENDERS AND WAITSTAFF. Apply at 707 Matzinger No phone calls ________________________

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integrated health services, homeopathy and more. Guest speakers include Michael McVicker (“The Mouth/Body Connection”), Charmaine Bassett (“Rebuild your Immune System”), Kerry Patrick Clark (“Spiritual Music”) and Norma Stark (“Perspectives and Landscapes Change Lives”). 10 a.m. - 7p.m. $3, children under 10 free.

3535 Executive Parkway. 419-537-1001/ www.unityoftoledo.org.

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Beautiful blue LUPINE BICYCLE RIDE CELEBRATES BLUE WEEKEND

What’s so special about the wild lupine flower and the Karner blue butterfly?

Discover their amazing relationship on Sunday, May 17 at 1 p.m. at the Lupine Ride in the Oak Openings Region.

Hosted by the Nature Conservancy and Hostelling International-Toledo Area, the event will feature a bike ride, an optional short hike through prime lupine and Karner blue butterfly habitat, and an ice cream stop with homemade blueberry sauce to celebrate Blue Weekend. The ride begins and ends at Crissey School, 9220 Geiser Rd., Holland. $3. Register at 12:30 p.m. day of ride, or preregister at www.hitoledo.org.

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YOGA TEACHER TRAINING. Comprehensive 200hour yoga alliance registered yoga teacher training program. 10-month program. One weekend a month. For information visit www.stillwatersyoga.com or call Kathie. 419-877-9038. ______________________________ POLE DANCE FITNESS, build strength, flexibility and confidence in a fun and relaxed environment.

Ladies only. Classes forming now. Pre-registration required. Classes held at 10 S. Holland Sylvania Rd. Suite 302. Call Paulette’s Studio of Dance for more info. 419-654-3262 or www.Paulettesdancestudio.com. ______________________________ BE A PART OF THE CURVES/AVON FITNESS STUDY to research the benefits of regular exercise. 30 Days $30. 1734 Laskey Rd. 419-478-8112. ______________________________ MO’DIVA FITNESS IS POLE DANCE FITNESS structured for the needs of full-figured women. Learn pole dance movements, stretches, and fitness

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techniques in this unique workout. Classes atart May 14th. Pre-registration is required. Classes are held at 10 S. Holland Sylvania Rd. Suite 302. Call Paullette’s Studio ofDance for more information 419-654-3262 or visit www.paulettesdancestudio.com. ______________________________ INTEGRATION YOGA STUDIO, the Place to Be: Outdoor Yoga at Toledo Botanical Garden, Yoga, Pilates, Nia, African Dance with ALMA Dance & Drum. Reiki I Training 5/31. Belly Dancing with Aegela 5/15. Nia Week: Promo Class 5/18, 5:45 p.m., Boot Camp 5/18-5/22, 6-7:15 a.m., Party 5/22 5:30 p.m. 4633 West Bancroft (just west of Talmadge). www.integrationyogastudio.com.

(419) A-OM-YOGA. yoga.jenn@sbcglobal.net ______________________________ LEARN HOW TO TEACH YOGA TO KIDS: Yoga Playgrounds Training with Leah Kalish, M.A.. July 31-August 2. Register by May 1st for discount. For yoga teachers and parents, teachers, counselors,

care-givers, health and para-professionals with some yoga experience who desire to share yoga with kids. Learn fun and effective ways to design and present yoga to children at home, school, yoga studio and beyond. www.yogaplaygrounds.com. www.integrationyogastudio.com.

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By Appointment Only. 419-661-2465. www.peaceful-balance.com.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) When you wake up on the 16th your health is improved and you enjoy “no stress.” On the 20th you are raring to go as the sun enters your third house making staying home impossible. The new moon on the 24th says that being quiet is not in your stars.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Mercury moves into your sign on the 13th. You can do whatever you want to do, with whomever your please. Celebrate Saturn going direct on the 16th where you can take a chance and win.

Money looks better after the 20th so you can be gone for the holiday.

games. You are a winner. The sunlight on the 20th highlights travel so confirm your plans for Memorial Day. Avoid confusion by getting it all in writing. A wonderful preview of a delightful summer.

SCORPIO (October 23-November 21)

Mercury moves into your seventh house on the 13th so you proceed with new projects.

Work on your home on the 16th and 17th to get it in shape. You may entertain there from the 22nd thru the Memorial Day holiday weekend. See the parade on the 25th.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 20) On the 16th Saturn goes direct where you

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) If all goes well you enjoy a weekend jaunt from the 14th thru the 17th. Happy Birthday to you on the 20th.

On the 24th the new moon makes its annual visit to your sign. This is your New Year’s Eve. Make your resolutions and set your goals as you celebrate.

are out in the public. You will shine wherever you are. The fun begins the 21st and then when the new moon shines on the 24th you are in the middle of a Memorial Day celebration. Take your camera.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) The 13th is lucky but only if you take a chance. Some works shows up on the 16th and 17th but for a good cause....not for money. You are too outspoken on the 21st when Mars joins the moon. Watch yourself! Don your chef’s hat for the holiday.

on the 16th at 10:06 PM. That is when Saturn ends its 4-1/2 month retrograde motion. Go full speed ahead now. The week of the 18th is exciting – leave early the 22nd for a perfect long holiday weekend.

LEO (July 23-August 22) Follow up on career plans on the 13th. On the 17th and 18th go slowly on shopping or making investments. The new moon on the 24th makes you chairman of all holiday plans. You are on the go all weekend and everyone follows your lead cheerfully.

VIRGO

(August 23-September 22)

Revise your list of goals and schedules and be ready to go full speed ahead on the 16th.

Saturn goes direct in your sign then, ending the feeling that you take two steps forward and three steps backward. Late on the 21st you are packed and ready to celebrate.

LIBRA (September 23-October 22) On

the 15th and 16th the emphasis is on fun and

CAPRICORN (December 21-January 19) On the 13th make plans for a celebration

AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18)

You feel the effect of Jupiter joining Neptune in your sign on the 14th. You overextend yourself financially and over-estimate your own strength. Be cautious for the remainder of May. Your most favorable days are the 16th, 17th, 21st, 22nd and 25th.

PISCES (February 19-March 20) On the

16th Saturn finally goes direct in your seventh house ending months of confusion with a partner or associate. The 18th and 19th clear up some things. Spend Memorial Day weekend on or near the water. Enjoy time with your loved ones.

Sue Lovett is available for personal astrology readings and private parties.

Visit her on the Web at www.suelovett. com or call her at 419-474-6399.

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Fasten your seat belt and be ready for a wild ride. Mercury and the sun change signs; Saturn ends its retrograde motion; there is a new moon and we celebrate Memorial Day. Check your sign below.— BY SUE LOVETT

©2009 Ben Tausig

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Double Switch ACROSS 1. State where Brigham Young is buried 5. Entrepreneur’s need 9. Old Indian honorific 14. “You’ve Got Mail” writer Ephron 15. Car without seatbelts, usually 16. Toledo zoo animal 17. Military exercises for the Allies?

19. Sugar alternative 20. Pie cuts, geometrically 21. Keep out of sight 23. In a geriatric fashion 25. Allows to continue, as a song 28. In danger 30. “Calendar Girl” singer Neil 31. Dick in a Box, commonly, a few Halloweens ago 34. Modern Maturity org.

35. High seas prosthesis 38. Triple H, Undertaker, Vince McMahon, et al.?

40. Airline that serves quite a bit of salmon 41. Hmong country 43. Contest submissions 45. Spicy, in a way 47. Ritzy properties 51. Losers 54. How good tools are built 55. Flow forth 57. DEA activity prefix 58. Off the drugs 60. Time of year for getting punched in the gut?

62. Quattro times tre 63. Furry accessory 64. Nothing but 65. Sounds of resignation 66. “Make ___” (“Star Trek: TNG” command) 67. Retired jets

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DOWN 1. Expose, as your package 2. Fee for tugboat service 3. Having less rainfall 4. Like some believers in a Jewish messiah 5. Simpson judge Lance 6. Ste. Jeanne ___ 7. Praise highly 8. Argonne Forest river 9. Involved tattoo 10. Organization whose 2008 endorsement John McCain did not reciprocate 11. Drives a truck full of batteries?

12. R. Kelly’s “___ Flirt” 13. Amt. owed 18. Drooled-on thing, perhaps 22. Lucas County Courthouse docket 24. Cry during a speech by Barack Obama 26. Gumbo need 27. Goes out for twenty minutes?

29. As-good-as-any Battleship guess 32. NYC-based educator’s org.

33. Demand made by the hungry 35. One may be entered in court 36. “My Name is ___” 37. Bird-brain test?

39. Perfume ingredient 42. Tolerate 44. Islamic greetings 46. Tehran natives 48. Former ABC TV honcho Jamie 49. Date for whom EVERYTHING is paid 50. Sticks’ partners 52. Watts or Wolf 53. Dark brew from Great Lakes 56. Certain verbal “bombs,” more politely 58. Sound Asylum stock 59. CIV half 61. Airport with a connection to the BART

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cinco de mayo celebration

Toledoans gathered for the Cinco de Mayo ďŹ esta at El Camino Real. The outdoor patio seemed to be the perfect spot to relax with a cold one and enjoy a warm evening.

El Camino Real owner Jesus Angel takes a break withJean Martin and Amanda Holman of TCP.

Carona Light Girls Patricia Meehan (L) and Natalie Crawford (L) pose with Adrianne Crawford.

Ashley Schroeder shares a laugh with Neal Rhodes of the Omni.

Ginger Ewing of Fusion, Lisa Dettling and Carrie Kitzmiller are all smiles for the celebration.

Corona Light Girls keep the party moving at El Camino Real.

opening encore It's been years since Chef J.D. Wesley

Glenn Murdzia, Ryan Grodi, Lesley Shanks, Ruth Gamber, Beth Golday, and Douglas Kukiela enjoy an evening on the patio.

said goodbye to his restaurant home at 5333 Monroe St. So when he opened the doors of his new restaurant, Encore, on Friday, May 1, it was quite a cause for celebration.

Dan and Hope Finch enjoy the return of Chef Wesley's fresh and original dishes.

Reps from Treu House of Munch join TCP staffers Amanda Holman and Jean Martin in festive attire.

metro salon turns two To celebrate their two-year anniversary, Metro Salon (4024 N. Holland Sylvania Rd.) welcomed Toledoans to their open house on May 1.

Professional photography, live music and discounts on salon services added to the day's excitement.

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Owner Dawn McNear enjoys the day with Emily Masteric, Sara Wells, and Pam Reynolds.

Owners Rich and Mary Gallegos celebrates the opening with baby Kinley Childress.

Owners Dan Finch and Chef J. Wesley take in the bustle of their grand opening.

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Artist Dave Wisniewski's work adds to the unique atmosphere of the newly-opened restaurant.

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