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Break on through

Folkie Jessica Lea Mayfield settles down

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Are you one of Toledo’s discerning foodies? Cast your vote –– Dining Guide 2012 p.11

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August 08 August 22 , 2012 Vol. 14 • Issue 15

Adams Street Publishing Co. Masthead: A Novel

By Adams Street Publishing

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Collette Jacobs (cjacobs@toledocitypaper.com) It all began on a typical TCP deadline day ...

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Night moves

The game of golf will get a little cooler (literally and figuratively) during Harbor’s Night Golf charity event on Friday, August 24 at Bedford Hills Golf Course. The glow golf is for a good cause — proceeds from the rain or shine outing benefit Harbor, the largest mental health provider in Northwest Ohio. Enjoy some pre-game sustenance of grilled steak or chicken from Texas Roadhouse before you tee off; enjoy the music from RSO Razor Sharp Objects and an after glow party once you’re off the course.

The deadline to register is Friday, August 10; $100 per person. Contact Marlene Schmitt at mschmitt@ harbor.org or call 419-720-8586 to register. 6pm-midnight.

Bedford Hills Golf Club, 6400 Jackman Rd. www.harbor.org —AO

Marketplace changes

UPDATES IN LOCAL BUSINESS Sylvania feels a little luckier with the opening of Dooley’s Irish Pub, a new endeavor from lawyer Beau Harvey that will feature happy hour specials like $1.25 draft and $2 imported beers. (And salty balls — you’ll have to ask.) 7430 W. Central Ave. behind City BBQ. 419-841-2345.

Our favorite national pastimes — baseball and craft beer — can now be enjoyed together with the opening of Fifth Third Field’s new PUB 315. It’s located directly behind the 315 foot homerun marker over right field (hence the name). Fifth Third Field, 406 Washington St. 419-725-4367. www.mudhens.com.

Remembering heroism, honoring heroes

The names of even the greatest men and women can fade with time.

Some are never even recognized. The University of Toledo is helping to ensure that a hero of the darkest days of the last century will not be forgotten, with a special exhibit celebrating the life of Raoul Wallenberg.

Wallenberg (1912-1947) was a Swedish architect and diplomat who used his authority to save the lives of tens of thousands of Jews in Nazioccupied Hungary during the worst days of the holocaust. At war’s end, he was arrested by the Soviets for espionage and died in KGB custody, but in the decades since has been revered as a humanitarian. “It’s the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, so we thought we’d do something special,” says UT’s Dr. Tom Barden, dean of the Honors College.

“He’s not a household name — everybody knows Oskar Schindler, but not as many know of Wallenberg, and he’s just as important a human being [who did heroic things] in a horrible situation.” The exhibit, at the Carlson Library’s entrance, consists of panels chronicling Wallenberg’s life, and was assembled by students, led by Michael Gammo and Alyssa Brown.

The exhibit came about at the suggestion of donor Robert Karp, who established the University’s Raoul Wallenberg Scholar Award in 1987. This year’s award will be presented in a special ceremony at the new exhibit on Wednesday, August 22. The recipient, Carolina Wishner, is a master’s student in public health who has won praise for her medical work both at Chernobyl and in New York on September 11. (See TCP’s cover story on Wishner Carolina Wishner’s efforts at Chernobyl and from the August 31, 2011 issue online now at www.toledocitypaper.com). Dr. S. Ground Zero earned her a Raoul Wallenberg Amjad Hussain will also be honored for his community work. Carlson Library, Scholar Award 2801 W. Bancroft. 419-530-2298. — ­ MD

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Your garbage, his treasure

Vic Miller says he’s earned a reputation around his West End neighborhood as the guy who collects stuff nobody wants.

That fifth grade Huffy buried in the garage? Miller’s passion is to tinker with it until it becomes a cool new contraption.

The amateur inventor of sorts spent the past three months of weekends holed up in the garage with his 16-year-old son Mickey creating Recyclobot, an 8 foot tall, pedal-powered robot. The pair showed off their creation to fanfare at Maker Faire Detroit (the annual convergence of “makers” of DIY projects around the area during the last weekend of July). They won the Maker Faire Editor’s Choice Blue Ribbon. They will appear on the Mickey Miller shows off his Maker Faire Editor’s PBS science show NOVA in OcChoice Blue Ribbon while riding his Recyclobot tober explaining their monthslong process of using household cast-offs like old bikes and a Soviet-era world globe to create Recyclobot.

Miller says he’s not an environmentalist, per se, but this type of resourceful creativity happens to be an eco-friendly outlet. “I’m certainly not any kind of activist but I’m a curious person and I like to create a lot,” Miller says. “Sustainability is pretty important to me. It’s almost the key to living. All these materials are available in some form for free.” It was also a chance to do some classic father-son bonding — “what a wonderful cliche to actually experience,” Miller says — documented on recyclobot. tumblr.com. And that ribbon? Framed beneath the glass from a recycled computer scanner, of course. —AO

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Night sky nature Outdoor fun by moonlight

By Alison Wood-Osmun

Wood structure can vary significantly between species. Notice how different Red Oak, right, appears from Birch, on left.

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Among the stars

High on moonshine

Laughter and lively banter mingle with the sound of paddles pulling through shimmering water as the Northwest Ohio River Runners’ embark on another of their popular moonlight cruises. The group of kayakers like to take to the evening waters for a glide — a nighttime adventure on the Ottawa River that's open to all.

“The river offers a whole different experience in the evening. Your senses are more attuned to everything out there; it’s just a very unique and fun way to enjoy nature,” says organizer Bob Pulhuj.

Everyone is invited to participate in the next NWORR’s kayaking experience on Tuesday, August 28 (and also again on September 25th around the Harvest Full Moon) at the Howard Pinkley Landing on Shoreland Ave. Socializing begins at 7pm with free pizza and water provided (bring a chair and beverage — alcohol is not permitted in the public park); the launch is at 8:30pm. If you are not a kayaker, or have questions about the sport, you are also welcome to come. “It’s a great group of easy-going folks. The camaraderie and friendship is just fantastic,” Pulhuj says. Two kayaks are available (with life jackets and paddles) for free loan with a reservation. A bow light taped to your craft is required. Please visit nworr.org for upcoming activities, contact info, and to RSVP for the pizza and to reserve kayaks and bow lights.

Paddle with the group every Tuesday at 6:30pm from the Howard Pinkley Landing (May to October; life jackets required).

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The beautiful night sky is like a constantly shifting kaleidoscope with its glowing celestial bodies and the Moon, all surrounded by glittering stars. Awe-inspiring to observe, it can be confusing as the other planets and the Earth continue on their revolving paths. To immerse yourself in the glory of the heavens (and even to become adept at spotting the constellations) check out popastro.com. View and print out easy to read maps for each month’s night sky by clicking on Young Stargazers and then on Sky This Month (also click on the space videos). Hold the map up to the sky and decipher the wonders above you.

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Go against the grain and learn the real details about a material that’s all around you, with What’s That Wood?, a workshop presented by the Ohio Woodland Stewards Program. The session will explore what distinguishes one wood from Eric McConnell, instructor another, and teach the skills to identify key features like hardness, porosity, resin canals and more. You’ll learn the uses and history of each kind of wood and how to identify them at a glance. It’s ideal for landowners looking to manage their property, remodelers looking for perfect materials, or anyone curious about a beautiful material with a rich history. $35, or $60 with a wood kit of 24 species. Friday, August 17, 9am-3pm. Toledo Botanical Garden.

5403 Elmer Dr. 614-688-3421. —MD

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An old-school alternative Trading Toledo brings back bartering

By Ian Hubbard

The norm in today’s consumer environment is to frequently acquire products in their polished — and most expensive — form. But when need overcomes want, trading becomes a necessity.

Douglas V. Lutman realized and embraced this necessity. “I’d been going through hard times, as had many of my friends,” Lutman said. “So I began bartering by cleaning people’s homes in exchange for dinner. [I began] making my own laundry detergent. I was introduced to a friend of a friend who farmed their own fresh eggs. From this I wanted to create a local group as a venue for people to barter.”

Lutman’s idea gave birth to the Facebook group Trading Toledo. It’s a platform for offering trades of goods and services in order to fill personal product or service needs of any sort. “We’re still in a terrible recession and everyone is cutting back.

We want to alleviate the pressure any way we can,” Lutman said.

After forming two months ago, the group has exploded with over 1,300 members. “People began trading immediately after the page went up,” said Krista Lough, a charter member. “We had so many people offering to trade, it was hard keeping track. Each person wanted to help one another. There aren’t, any ulterior motives involved,” says Lough.

An impressive variety

The list of goods and skills offered by members of Trading Toledo reads like a treasure chest. “I was able to [organize] the bulk of my daughter’s graduation [party] by trading possessions I wasn’t using and hadn’t used in a long time,” said Lough. “I traded for a game board and a foosball table from a lady in exchange for baking a pie a month for an entire year.”

“I had a friend say they are receiving an hour of free legal advice from a lawyer for volunteering to cut the man’s grass,” said Lutman. “People are becoming very creative in order to maintain a semblance of decent living,” said Lutman.

Using social media to promote community could easily negate the purpose; instead of physically building commitment, the technology can control the transactions. But, Trading Toledo is doing it right: using Facebook to set up trades while relying on face-to-face contact to forge relationships. “A lot of the people I’ve traded with — people who I would not have met otherwise — I now consider close friends,” said Lough.

“A woman stopped me at the Old West End Festival and said ‘I don’t think you know what you did. I don’t think you know how you changed my life,’” said Lutman.

“These are real connections that people are making and I believe it’s slowly rein-

vigorating a true sense of community.”

Trading Toledo is continually evolving and plans to expand the operation to include what Lutman called a “once-a-week or once-a-month open venue” at a yet-to-be-determined downtown space. Support and funding are needed.

Every citizen with a financial void or a cluttered mess in the basement should try their hand.

After being introduced to a friend of a friend who farmed their own fresh eggs, Douglas V. Lutman created a local group for people to barter.

Want in on this old-school solution to the economic downturn? Search “Trading Toledo” on Facebook and start bartering!

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Things fall apart

Summer heat in T-Town politics

By Johnny Hildo Frankly, we’ve been a bit worried lately.

Loyal readers of this humble op-ed know our stock in trade is the foibles and faux pas of local politicos and their ilk.

Usually there are so many to choose from our only task is to winnow the chaff from the clods of dirt.

Things were lots quieter in the past few months, though. Carty hadn’t reared his pointy head. The TPS School Board had been uncharacteristically cordial. Toledo City Council, normally a grab bag of goofus, had been working through difficult issues like budgets and labor negotiations with frightening aplomb.

Thankfully, the center of rational discourse has fallen away and the whackaloes are back at the watering hole.

The life of Riley

Start with our own august City Council. Cracks in the genteel façade started to show around the edges as members started taking public shots at each other through the debate around domestic partner benefits and the allocation of federal block grant dollars. Who is married to whom suddenly became a matter for public debate.

During the block grant discussion, Councilman Adam Martinez took to the media to muse about the motivations of other members in supporting an emergency repair program for low-income seniors operated by the Economic Opportunity Planning Association (EOPA). Later, Martinez urged Council to support a compromise supported by the Bell Administration, warning that otherwise Hizzoner would likely veto the result. This led to a scathing Civics 101 lesson on separation of powers from noted Constitutional scholar, Councilman D. Michael Collins. After an excruciating session during which no decision was made, Council finally took action well after the July 1 start of the fiscal year.

This embarrassing escapade was only the warm up, however. A seemingly innocuous item on a recent Council agenda brought down the house of cards into the lap of Prez Joe McNamara. The decision involved approval of a permit for locating a new charter school in a building at Huron and Jefferson in the heart of the Downtown Entertainment District. Councilman Steven Steel made an objection based on the proximity of convenience stores and other adult-oriented venues located within the district. He then voted “No,” as did Council members Phil Copeland, Martinez, and Lindsay Webb.

Normally this would mean the permit passed eight to four. Except Councilwoman Paula Hicks-Hudson was on vacation.

And Councilman Tyrone Riley inexplicably abstained. Meaning the permit failed to garner a seven-vote majority.

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You’d think all Hades had splattered loose. Councilman Mike Craig demanded to know why Riley abstained. President McNamara, noting that abstaining requires a conflict of interest but not a disclosure of the nature of the conflict, declined to force the issue. Days after the vote Councilman Tom Waniewski and Rob Ludeman blustered rhapsodic in a scathing editorial, questioning the motivation of those voting in the negative. Waniewski called their reasons “stupid” while Ludeman chastised Riley for abstaining.

Rileyhasnowadmittedhemayhave made a mistake and asked for a doover. This comes just weeks after it was disclosed that Riley owed the City thousands of dollars in past-due water bills. Piling on is always du jour in City Politics, although do-overs are pretty gauche in our estimation.

Workin’ on the levy

Over at TPS, the Board was crossing its fingers that a proposed 6.9-mill levy might find favor with voters, giving the cash-strapped district its first infusion of ducats in over a decade. Things were going smoothly.

Until they weren’t. First the struggle between TPS and EOPA over administering federal Head Start angered folks in the central city, source of a large proportion of “Yes” votes on levies.

Then the other shoe dropped. Seems the State of Ohio has been looking into allegations that the district has been manipulating student data to enhance their chances of scoring higher on state report cards. TPS has allegedly been dropping chronically truant students then re-enrolling them so as to erase their poor data from the records. It seems to make sense to drop the scores of students who don’t come to school. But it might also be illegal.

The Auditor of State is looking into the practice at TPS and at Cleveland Public Schools. What do these districts have in common? That’s right, both were formerly headed by Dr. Eugene Sanders. It was on Sanders’ watch, you might recall, that one Dan Burns scammed both districts out of a total of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Just as it looked bleak for levy passage, TPS Treasurer Matt Cleland announced an unexpected surplus exceeding $10 million, causing the board to revise its levy request to 4.9-mills.

Does this make the levy more palatable and likely to pass? Or does it just add to perceptions of mismanagement?

If no news is good news, what does it mean when the third news shoe drops?

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A little bit of genius.

Writers are resilient. That’s why we knew they would have no problem if we switched our annual Poetry and Fiction Competition up a bit this year. We only asked for short stories, with the length being determined by what can fit on the two sides of a cocktail napkin.

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Consecrations for Women and their Children

by Steven Kapela

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he women was dabbing the sick and gurgling cat’s mouth with her husband’s golf glove. Her face curled at the ugly sight of the inside of the bubbling maw. The cat was getting less and less irritated with each poke and pry into its mouth, turning away less as it’s limbs slowed. The woman was unsure what to do. The cat was pregnant, and was expected to give birth to a big litter of at least six or seven kittens.

She couldn’t remember—this is what her husband told her. He said it wasn’t her responsibility. So she called him. When he didn’t answer his work phone she left a message on his cell. The phone was pressed between her ear and left shoulder. When her gaudy earrings jabbed her neck after dialing the vet, she took them out and nervously dropped them on the floor. She felt like she drew blood but couldn’t see it. The tabby brown cat was making strange sounds as it spread over the gray tile, sounding more like distance sirens than the lazy meows she was used to when she first started living here. The vet didn’t answer either.

She set the phone down and ran into the other room to make sure Tanner was still sleeping in his crib.

He was up. The precocious threeyear-old had managed to climb

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out his cage once again. As the hinge creaked, the door opened to reveal him standing, eyes pointed upward at her knees. She sighed and lifted his heavy body against hers. She then went upstairs to the closet and dumped out a box of shoes his ex-wife must have left behind after the divorce. The red and white heels fell to the floor and made thumping noises like fast footsteps. In the adjoined bathroom she saw some slightly damp towels lying in a dirty pile of clothes next to the shower. Leaning over with Tanner held securely between her breast and her arm she grabbed the towels and bounced back down stairs, through the arched frame into the kitchen to where the pain-stricken animal still lay in labor.

She set Tanner on the floor and accessed the cat. Carefully she moved it into the box as it stared silent, no sound; its eyes were glowing like gold and then closed slowly. After this, the thought darted into her mind that this animal might be dying or something. It was impossible to know because the vet still hadn’t called back and so she decided the only thing left to do was drive to see him. It was a Monday at 2:00 pm and her favorite soap had just started and she felt awful about still wanting to see what was going to happen on the show. Thinking she still had a minute, she set the boy on the tile flooring and used the remote to record the show. Now, she was ready to go.

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Continued from p. 9 The cat was still unmoving in the towels and smelled of a kind of soiled neglect. She ran outside and set the box down next to the car. She started it and threw on the AC full blast to cool the inside down. The black leather interior of the vehicle was unbearably hot for anyone, feline or human. Her shoes were sticking to the blacktop and the smell made her wince as the melting black rubber welled up into her nose. As she threw a towel over the opening of the box to cover the cat from the light, she dialed her husband one more time, no answer.

Back inside, Tanner was simply sitting, waiting for her and breathing oddly. She felt a growing sense of imminence in every part of her skinny body. Tanner appeared to be getting scared and so she lifted him to her breast and whispered quiet reassurances that he could not truly comprehend, nor can a human of any age comprehend or understands while in a state of shock and fear. She knew this, but she was scared too, shaking a little while trying to rock the baby back and forth, back and forth. She kept on speaking to him as if he understood as she walked with her thin white legs out through the heat and light of the blinding summer day to where the car was rumbling in the driveway.

The woman started to place Tanner into his car seat but he began to cough and fidget, his arms flailed and cut through the air, hitting her in the face and smearing the make up on her cheek. And when she felt the similar sting of metal stabbing her skin, she grabbed his hand and saw that one gold earring was clenched in his small hand. He was coughing more violently now. The other was lodged down his throat. She saw this now, and put together the irregular breathing from before. The horror and fear crept up her spine like a million needles, she felt the ghosts of every mother, Tanner’s—even her own— breathing at her back, watching and judging. She started to whimper as Tanner was wailing, choking in awful pain. The glove was nowhere in sight, and so the women stuck out her manicured pinky and with a steady hand that did not feel like her own, she opened the baby’s mouth to see the golden earring with its sharp barb gleaming back at her. Her jaw tightened and she bit her lip and thought of getting the glove but she feared the situation worsening, the shiny jewelry could fall deeper down into the darkness of his throat.

So the woman stuck her finger down the child’s esophagus and gently pulled the ring out. It exited the child and reentered the world along

I’m sorry Bug can’t come too, but you’ll make lots of new friends! Are you ready?”

“I Like My Clouds to Look Like Giraffes”

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with the lunch she had fed him earlier, which was a smooth carrot orange that flowed out his mouth like a volcano onto her white blouse.

He stopped crying; there was silence followed by normal waves of breathing out his nose that made her smile as she once again started to speak sweetly to the child, softly bouncing him as he nestled up to her chest.

No longer was the baby heavy in her arms, he felt weightless.

The woman grabbed the towel from the top of the box on the left side of the car and started to dab the vomit off Tanner when she heard the tiny squeaks of new life in the air. In the box, the cat’s eyes were open, alive, and licking her new kittens while the women leaned against the car in relief. The sun shined harshly but a cool wind blew through the air as the woman closed her eyes and felt her stiff body relax into the nursing pose of a female who felt the presences of past mothers breathing their calm breath on her, giving the woman their silent blessings and unbreakable promises that she could feel but never understand.

er daughter’s hand was sticky, sugary sweet from the ice cream they had just indulged in. Now the pair was headed home, past the playground. She knew what her little girl, Emma, would ask.

“Can I play for awhile?” she chimed on cue.

Her mother, Ida, smiled. “Sure.”

“Will you play too?”

Ida had yearned and dreamt endlessly of her own fantasy when she was little. Nothing consumed her more than the grand want of a fairy tale where she and Bug could be the heroes. For a moment, the ladybug’s words struck something deep within her heart, and she felt that old need to escape again, as strong as she had ever felt it before.

She glanced over at Emma, who had stilled her swing, and was simply looking up at the sky. Her face mirrored joyous content. Ida could only imagine what the clouds looked like to her, and what adventure she was dreaming of.

“No thanks,” Ida finally said.

“In a minute okay? Mama’s tired.”

Emma chirped happily as she rushed the swings, and Ida gave up on the worn bench nearby, stretching her arms out along its back.

Her head tilted toward the sky. Above, clouds sauntered slowly by, a snail’s parade.

That one could almost be a giraffe, she thought. When she was little, giraffes had been her favorite, with their silly horns that Ida just knew were really antenna. She had a pink one back when she was Emma’s age, a stuffed pink giraffe named Bug. There was a sudden little bop beside her ear, and there, floating beside her head, was a miniature hot air balloon. Its sparkling blue basket harbored what appeared to be a ladybug, done up in a very fine suit. He was smiling widely at her.

“Hi there Ida!” he cried. “I’ve come to spirit you away.”

“But—but adventure! Magic! Fantasy!” he sputtered, stunned.

“I’ll pass.” She looked at the ladybug in his fine little suit in his sparkling blue balloon, and grinned. “I like my clouds to look like giraffes,” she finished, and tapped his basket with a finger.

The image dissipated into mist, and for a moment, the fog swallowed up her head.

Then a breeze came, and the cloud twirled away, back up into the sky.

Ida stood up, and went to play.

“Do what now?” she asked flatly.

“Take you on a grand adventure, where endless possibilities await!

I’ve come to start you on a perilous journey, just like you always wanted.

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by Karen Meyer id you bring it, jerk?”

“Of course I brought it; nice to see you too!” Matt said sarcastically.

“Well, let me see it!” said Wendy.

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The Life of Henry

Anniversary in the Park

“Henry? ... Hennrry! .... HENNRRY!!!”

Sheesh, heard ‘ya the first time. No wonder the neighbors think I’m some kind of bad seed. You’d think a 30-year-old would get more respect.

“No, not ‘til you show me the goods. Cough it up, sister.”

Guess I gotta see what Mom’s squawkin’ about, can’t even have a smoke in peace.

Wendy pulled out a burlap sack from her incredibly too large Coach purse. She thrust the bag carelessly onto the picnic table, opened it and revealed its contents.

“Henry — finally! Why can’t you answer me when I call you? Do you think I enjoy yelling my head off? And what will the neighbors think: Just how —”

“Wow. Those are beautiful. You know what they say, ‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.’”

“Yeah, yeah, got it Mom. So what’s the big deal? I thought you were going to the store. I’m getting tired of being out of Mountain Dew.”

“Yeah, whatever. Show me my ‘treasure,’” Wendy sniped.

“Oh, Henry! Something has happened — the plant called and Hank has been in an accident! We need to get to the hospital right away.”

Matt poured out the contents of the ripped paper grocery bag onto the picnic table.

“Her ya go, sweetheart,” his eye purposefully winking at her.

On the table lay an assortment of oddities that would look like junk to a passerby. For Matt, his 1989 class ring, 1988 football state champions trophy, and his contest winning short story from tenth grade. For Wendy, her picture of her and the actor Johnny Depp, her Swatch watch from 1985, and her mix tape of love songs, circa 1987, made by her first love.

“Blackmail is a beautiful thing. Here’s to the ending of a crappy relationship.” Matt turned toward Wendy who was already gone.

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“Wait, what? An accident — with Dad? How bad is it? What did they say?”

“Oh, honey, I don’t know, they wouldn’t tell me.

Please, just get in the car!”

“Well, wait a sec, Mom, I wanna run in and grab another pack of cigs. This one is almost empty.”

“Dear God, Henry!

Don’t you understand?

We don’t have time — just get in the car. Will you drive? I’m too upset.

You’ll just have to get more when we get there.”

“Oh, right, Mom. All hospitals sell cigarettes — right next to the oxygen tanks.”

“You really are driving me crazy, Henry! We are going right now!”

II. I couldn’t believe I was smack dab in the middle of the whole ‘Doctor breaking the news to the family’ scene. The guy was doing a pretty good job of it, considering. Considering he had a nice, big, secure income and he had no clue how ‘the news’ was going to change my life. My old man gone. That father son bond never quite took for us.

Now it never would.

“Oh, Hank ... Hank! ...” My Mom kept sobbing and wouldn’t stop calling Dad’s name.

Dear God, now what were we going to do?

III. Walking quietly down the brightly lit hallway, our footsteps muffled by the mauve carpet. Trying not to be repelled by the sweetened, cloying, antiseptic smell that couldn’t cover the aging human odors. Thinking how I’m thankful for all the people who come here to work everyday and everyday continue to care.

“Mom? It’s me, Henry. Hey, Mom — look here, at my face.

Yeah, that’s right, Henry, remember? Julie and I brought your favorite — Tulips! Pink ones — see? Here’s little Hank. He really looks just like Dad, don’t you think? Things at the plant are good. Joe, Dad’s old boss, said to tell you hello.”

Napkin Novel Party

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culinary [thursday, august 9 sunday, august 12] 29th Northwest Ohio Rib-Off/ Lucas County Fairgrounds

Spot on

The late-night cheesesteaks at Mister Spots draw lines

By Alia Orra

Enjoy the finger lickin’ fun at this classic area event — four days of the best local and national barbecue chefs all competing for the top spot. Let your food digest while checking out the numerous vendors and get your fix of classic fair foods like funnel cakes and snow cones for dessert. $5-$10.

Check website for day’s admission times. Lucas County Fairgrounds, 1406 Key St., Maumee.

419-893-2127. www.lucascountyfair.com

If anyone can call himself the Philly cheesesteak king of Ohio, it’s Jim Gavarone. But the Philadelphia native — a Bowling Green State University hockey recruit lured to town in the 1980s who never left — is too modest for proclamations like that. He has no shame revealing his cheesesteak eatery is named after his former cat. When we met, he was in an unassuming red t-shirt.

He had no egotistical tales of his BG restaurant venture — according to Gavarone’s account of his success, it just sort of happened.

“I don’t know how we did it,” Gavarone says. “But the day we opened there was a line out the door.”

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A new ‘Spot’

Bringing a taste of Philly

That was in 1985. He was a semester shy of graduation with 12 thousand dollars and a suggestion from a friend that he bring his native city’s greatest food contribution to Ohio.

He put down the lacrosse stick (after he was injured in his first semester playing hockey, he became the lacrosse team’s go-to guy). He was the hungover 21-yearold making sandwiches. He became the self-deprecating purveyor of cheesesteaks at Mister Spots, where hungover 21-yearolds come for late-night meals. (They’re open until 2:30 am seven days a week.)

Which brings us to those sandwiches: cheese oozing over chopped beef, nestled in rolls shipped from his native city, slices of tomato placed gingerly on top. (For

$9.25 you can have the sandwich with waffle fries and a soda to wash all that delicious saltiness down.) The man at the table nearby says they’re the best cheesesteak in Northwest Ohio — he drives all the way from Toledo to have one. He was wearing a neon green safety vest, which in terms of judging sandwiches is as reliable a uniform as any.

There are chef salads and chicken strips, but at 1 o’clock in the morning do you really want a salad? Mister Spots is meant for that late magic hour Cheesesteak, when done right, quenches some evolutionary urge for a fattening calorie fix.

The new Mister Spots on Main St. in Bowling Green (just around the corner from the original location they closed) opened Monday, August 6. It’s a little more sterile, (the old one made charming use of a ketchup squeeze bottle as a soap dispenser — there is a law recorded somewhere that the best greasy joints’ bathrooms are an afterthought) but has lost none of its simple charms. The walls are still pretty spare, the namesake Spots hasn’t endured any generic makeover.

Gavarone has owned Howard’s, the bar next door, since 1999 (it’s been a BG staple since the 1930s).

There’s a Mister Spots in Ann Arbor, as well (his friends run that franchise) that once drew Tom Brady and the entire offensive line of the Patriots. To Gavarone the appeal of his cheesesteaks is hard to explain. “It’s just like a hot dog at a baseball game. You can’t explain why it’s good. You just know.”

Mister Spots, 206 N. Main St., Bowling Green, Ohio. Open 11am-2:30am seven days a week. 419-352-7768. www.misterspots.com.

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[thursday, august 16] Pizza on the Grill/ Super Suppers Chef Geoff McKahon will discuss various methods of making flat breads and pizzas that are cooked in open and closed grills. Healthy seasonal ingredients will be incorporated and participants will be able to sample their work and take home the recipes. 6:30pm. $40. Super Suppers, at the crossroads of Progress Dr. and N. Dixie Hwy., Perrysburg. 419-872-6325. www.ssperrysburg.com

[friday, august 17 & saturday, august 18] Taste of Maumee/ Uptown Maumee Try food from all around the world at the Taste of Maumee food festival. Eighteen local restaurants will be cooking up their specialties (from Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina to Deet’s BBQ). Get your forks ready Friday from 5-11pm and Saturday 11am-11pm. Conant, Wayne and Dudley Streets.

419-794-1090. www.maumeeuptown.com

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Taste the world (in a few pages)

For a Midwestern town, Toledo boasts an embarrassment of riches when it comes to international cuisine. It can actually be overwhelming, especially if you happen to be new to the area, like many University of Toledo students.

The University’s Center for International Studies and Programs navigates our area’s ethnic food network, with a handy guide to some 150 different eateries, from Afghan to Vietnamese.

Toledo International Food Guide is a free 11-page pamphlet which is available free to anyone, from homesick international students to curious locals. You can pick up a copy at the Center’s office at UT’s Snyder Memorial, or download a free PDF. 419-530-5268. www.utoledo.edu/cisp. —MD

Chef Roberta Acosta will teach how to prepare pan-seared chicken with a mole-style sauce, a dish perfect for the end of the summer. Step-bystep instruction will ensure you leave with enough cooking fortitude to make the meal yourself.

1-4pm. Free. The Fresh Market, 3315 West Central Avenue. 419-531-5218. www.thefreshmarket.com

Just Wednesday Tastings/ The Beer and Wine Cave [wednesday, august 8]

Try local favorites of Ohio brewed wine and beer.

[wednesday, august 15] Beer from EPIC Brewery and wine from Tortoise Creek Wines.

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Donut dreams

It’s the culmination of a sweet dream for Shawna Easton, and a satisfying stop for Sylvania folks, as Syd’s Bakery in Mayberry Square cruises along under new ownership. Easton took over the business in the spring, after a chance meeting with previous owner Julie Spencer. She’d been interested in the location for years while working in the restaurant business, and seized her chance to break into baking. Syd’s features fine cake decorating for all occasions and hand-rolled and hand-cut donuts made fresh every day. You’ll even find them at local In-and-Out Marts! 8252 N. Mayberry Square, Sylvania. 419-882-1900. www.sydsbakery.com. —MD

Dough throw down

We hate to sound conceited, but we gotta say, our spinach and artichoke pizza won the Pizza Palooza media challenge by a landslide. (The evidence is the gleaming trophy pictured with TCP assignment editor Alia Orra). While victory is sweet, sorely missing from the competition was Blade food editor Daniel Neman. Around the TCP office we go big or go home, and we won’t consider the flour settled until we’ve battled Mr. Morsels himself in a pizza cook-off. What do you say, Neman?

You’ve been challenged — your move.

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Try Belgian inspired, American-brewed beers. [All tastings $10-$15. 6-8pm. The Beer and Wine Cave. 4400 Heatherdowns Boulevard. 419-382-6221. www.toledomeatsandmore.com]

[tuesday, august 21] 50 Shades of Grey Wine Tasting/The Bistro at Maumee Wines Sample wines that are featured in the hit bestseller 50 Shades of Grey. Hors d’oeuvres will be available. 6:30-8:30pm. $25. The Bistro at Maumee Wines, 2556 Parkway Plaza, Maumee.

419-893-2525. www.maumeewines.com

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Won’t back down

She was in a coma for five weeks. Then a wheelchair for five years. But through all the dark days, the famous Seattle-based glass artist Ginny Ruffner never let the car crash that almost stole her life in 1991 affect her tireless journey to continuously re-create her style and the medium of lampworking in general. And you can clearly see in the film A Not So Still Life — which screens at the Toledo Museum of Art on August 24 — that the misfortune that left her with speech and mobility problems didn’t make her bitter, it just made her stronger. Free.

7:30pm. 2445 Monroe St. 419-255-8000. www.toledomuseum.org —SR

film events

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Glass artist Ginny Ruffner is the subject of A Not So Still Life, free at TMA on the 24th

Signs and wonders

Arts Commission calls for submissions for bold new billboard project by Matt Desmond If two words can create exactly opposite impressions, “billboard” and “beauty” are a pair that qualify. Sure, if you’re an advertiser, a honking big sign by the side of the road will get your message across real nice, but if you care about the aesthetics of the urban environment, well, you’re probably not a big fan. With a new project, the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo is ready to change what you thought you knew about the signs you love to hate. And they want local artists to help.

“We’re excited about it,” says Dan Hernandez, the Arts Commission’s Art in Public Places Coordinator. “This seemed like a perfect fit for us.” He’s talking about the just-announced Toledo Digital Billboard Art Project, which will let artists display their work in a format that’s not only larger-than-life, but larger than pretty much anything. The space to be used will be two digital billboards in West Toledo (one at Monroe and Secor, the other at Secor and Central), owned by ToledoDetroit Outdoor Media. The idea is that interspersed with the usual commercial messages, creators will insert eight second blasts of inspiration.

It must be a sign

Yvonne Goodwin of Toledo-Detroit approached the Arts Commission with the idea earlier this year, spurred by

similar projects in other cities. She offered the use of the company’s billboards, and, as Hernandez says, “it seemed like a perfect fit for us.” The commission enthusiastically got on board, and the call for artists went out in late July. The submission deadline is at the end of August.

Artists can submit up to three works, and winners will be selected by a committee assembled by the Arts Commission. “Typically we try to pull in different community stakeholders for the selection committee,” Hernandez says. “We’ve had city council members, engineers, arts advocates, other professionals ... we try to build a nice cross-section. It’s a great way get those folks interested in the arts and find value in them.”

Hopefully, the project will have the same effect on the community. Like the Arts Commission’s recent bike rack project in UpTown, the billboard project aims to inject beauty into a prosaic space. The commission is looking for arresting work that’s simple and expressive enough to catch the attention of people driving by. “We want to provide an aesthetically pleasing pause” among the flood of commercial messages, Hernandez says, “to add to the identity of our city as a growing center for artistic pursuits.” And, if you’re an artist, why wouldn’t you want your work displayed in lights, for an audience of thousands? All the signs are right.

[Thursday, August 16]

Evan Almighty

DVDs Breaking Bad, Seasons I - IV:

Confession: I don’t get into many TV shows, but this one is extremely well written and acted. Walter White is a high school chemistry teacher (played brilliantly

by Bryan Cranston, of “Malcolm in the Middle” fame) who learns he has terminal lung cancer. Add impending death to the mix of overwhelming bills, a wife, a son and a baby on the way, and struggling to make it all work on a teacher’s wage, and White decides to do the right thing by his family: use his knowledge of chemistry, and create the best methamphetamine the world has ever smoked.

Vince Gilligan makes all this work, while adding enough bizarre entries (crazed meth junkie dealers, the Mexican cartel, plane crashes, sleazy lawyers, chicken restaurants and the list goes on) to make your head spin — just like a good meth rush. —SJA

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The sequel to Bruce Almighty, this film is a religious comedy that chronicles a lighthearted modern-day spoof on Noah and his Ark. Free.

Dusk. Downtown Blissfield, Lane Street. 517215-4356. www.blisslfiedmainstreet.com

Homegrown from left: Nicholas Boggs, Megan Shiplett, Joseph Jones, James Christie

Locally raised

A compilation of four different plays, Home Grown is the A2CT Studio Series season opener. The start of the play is based around Pre-existing Conditions, a one-act written

by Ann Arbor local Madeline Diehl. The plot focuses on a man and a woman who develop an unexpected connection with one another.

The second half of the performance is a series of three, 10-minute plays, starting with Assigned Blessing by Connie Bennett. Home Grown then flows into Corker, written by Sophia Blumenthal and How to Kill Yourself With a Gun and a Bottle of Pills by Ron Riekki. The concluding three plays are all selections from the summer’s original play festival. These four original plays come together to tell an interesting story for the audience to enjoy. August 17-19. 8pm Friday-Saturday; 2pm Sunday. $10-$20. Ann Arbor Civic Theater, 322 W. Ann Street, Ann Arbor. 734-971-0605. www.a2ct.org. —AR

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All things must pass

Holgin On To Puddles

People hold on to bittersweet memories of the past in many different ways, but capturing that fragile nostalgia through art has always been a vivid way to close the gap. The Gionis, Hudson Spencer Exhibition — which is currently open at the Parkwood Gallery, with a closing reception on Friday, August 17 — explores that theme.

Tina Gionis explores the Glass City’s past and present by pairing vintage imagDecorative es with contemporary photos, Kendra porcelain vessel by Hudson pairs images of forgotten manElizabeth Spencer made and natural relics and Elizabeth Spencer celebrates the pleasure of decoration. 6-8pm.

Parkwood Gallery, 1838 Parkwood Ave. 419-254-2787. www.acgt.org —SR

A small commercial village turns into Northwest Ohio’s largest art gallery during the 8th annual Levis Commons Art Fair. On Saturday, August 18th and Sunday the 19th more than 125 artists display in the town center for this juried event. Sponsored by the Toledo City Paper, this show captures the diverse artistic talent the Toledo area The Levis Commons Art Fair features diverse artistic has to offer in terms of talents such as paintings by Mary Jane Erard of both mediums and age. Toledo, above, and glass by Meredith Wenzel of Students from Toledo Toledo, at left School for the Arts will be at the Festival again this year to help children make pinwheels, submarine windows and sequencing story boards. Levis Commons, Levis Commons Blvd., at Route 25 and Interstate 475.

419-931-8888. www.shopleviscommons.com —SR

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Pop-up art village

Off the Wall

Cruise down Adams Street in Toledo’s Uptown District and it’s hard to miss the waves of color adorning the side of a building adjacent to Wesley’s Bar, between 12th and 13th. The inimitable Rachel Richardson and Art Corner Toledo (ACT) has teamed up with two local artists under the monikers Mede and Mr. Taylor (pictured above) to create a vibrant mural to encourage marriage equality. The mural is a work in progress, and will eventually read: TOLEDO LOVES LOVE. The project began July 23 and already has become a hit withpassersby. Stay tuned to TCP as we keep you updated on the mural’s progress. Show your love at www.facebook.com/pages/ Art-Corner-Toledo. —JG

Capturing a century

Walter Chapman is a master of capturing the things he sees. His watercolors reflect the combat he was in during WWII, the cities he traveled to and, of course, the local landscapes the Sylvania resident has spent a lifetime exploring. 20 North Gallery is celebrating his astonishing career by throwing a party for his upcoming 100th birthday. The exhibition, Walter Chapman Centennial: Celebrating a Career in Art, opens with a reception on Thursday August 9, and includes decades of work highlighting Sandcastle Shops Harbor Rockport, Mass, the vibrant watercolors that have made him watercolor by Walter Chapman one of Northwest Ohio’s most beloved painters. 6-9pm. 20 North, 18 N. St. Clair St. 419-241-2400. www.20northgallery.net —SR

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events thursday 9 Cut paper by Mary Gaynier. Working in the same method used to create paper snow-flakes, she employs tiny scissors, x-acto knives, patience, and creativity to develop black and white cut paper masterpieces. 6-9pm. Art Supply Depo, 29 St. Clair.

419-720-6462. www.artssupplydepo.com Art Walk. More than 20 galleries and venue display various mediums in the Uptown and Warehouse Districts. The City Paper is hosting JV. 6-9pm Downtown. 1838 Parkwood Ave. 419-254-2787. www.acgt.org

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Tectonic Systems & Chess Pieces. Ceramicist

Timothy Wallace reflects the organic and historical nature of clay and earth as well as well as the intricacies of chest pieces. 7-9:30pm. Library House Gallery, 24164 Front St. 419-830-3080. www. libraryhousegallery.com

Make a Clay Whistle. Utilize basic hand building

and ceramic glazing skills to create clay whistles. $30. 2-3pm. Art Supply Depo, 29 St. Clair. 419-7206462. www.artssupplydepo.com

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Downtown Monroe Art Fair. Various artists from several mediums display their work at Loranger Square on East First and Washington St. 10am-7pm Sat.; 10am-6pm Sun. www.monroefineartfair.com

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Rug Hooking Exhibit. Recognized as one

of the best exhibits of traditional hooked rugs in the country, the 2012 Sauder Village Rug Hooking event includes hundreds of additional rugs on display, featured guest teachers, rug hooking demonstrations, workshops and vendor booths.10am-5pm Wednesday - Saturday. Sauder Village, 22611 State Route 2, Archbold. 800-5909755. www.saudervillage.org.

their features – with dramatic results.

Subjects include frogs, snakes squirrels, birds and a Monarch caterpillar.

419-407-9700. www.metroparkstoledo.com

Vivian Ivey. With a style that’s equally playful and ominous, Vivian Ivey’s vibrant paintings of cartoonish children are wildly surreal and ambiguous. Collingwood Arts Center, 2413 Collingwood Blvd. 419-244-2787. www.collingwoodartscenter.org.

Prologue v. 2.0. The new co-op has expanded the work in the gallery. Launch Pad Cooperative, 911 Jefferson Ave. www.launchpadcooperative.com

Mr. Atomic. New and old, vibrant and surreal paintings from Michael and Mark Kersey, the twin brothers that paint under the moniker Mr. Atomic. Toledo Public Library Main Location, 325 N. Michigan. 419-259-5200. www.toledolibrary.org

Toledo Museum of Art 2445 Monroe St. 419.255.8000 www.toledomuseum.org

it’s friday

August10 Watch a free demonstration by local glass artist Matthew Paskiet in the Glass Pavilion at 7pm. Make a glass piece yourself at the free hands-on activity The Sounds of Color at 7pm at the Museum Terrace.

Listen to the funky sounds of the high-energy Toledo rockers Gold at 6:30pm in the Glass Pavilion. And wash it all down with some wine in the GlasSalon.

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Ladies Night at the Moon. Learn to create a fused glass garden stake. Enjoy delicious & complimentary finger foods, wines, and refreshments. $55. 6 or 8pm. 419-867-0683. www.coppermstudio.com

Local glass artist Matthew Paskiet will give a free demonstration in the Glass Pavilion on the 10th

August17 Summer Fare II at Library House features works such as In flight by artist Robert Vanitvelt

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Summer Fare II. Featuring works by D. Buchanan,

J. Byers, M. McColough, R. Vanitvelt and many more.

5 - 9 p.m. Library House, 24122 Front St., Grand Rapids. www.river-house-arts.com

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Curious Critters. Ohio photographer FitzSimmons photographed animals at eye level in plain white, softly-lit backgrounds to isolate and emphasize

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Join an interior designer, a Jeep color manager, and TMA’s Exhibition Designer, Claude Fixler, for a free discussion on how colors are chosen in each of their lines of work at 7:30pm in the Little Theater.

Listen to the notable local band Athens Wheeler perform in the Peristyle Terrace at 6:30pm. And don’t miss a free tour of the exhibition Fire & Ice that meets in Libbey Court at 7pm.

ongoing exhibition

For the last two months, museum visitors have pumped out some spontaneous and creative doodles on napkins, the focal point of Doodle: A Community Drawing Exhibition.

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Shelter from the storm Jessica Lea Mayfield steps out of the rain

by Scott Recker

She wasn’t at all what I expected.

All the articles I read about her, all her songs that I listened to, the stone-faced glare with a dangerous hint of wild in some of her promo photos; they all pointed to Jessica Lea Mayfield being dark, moody and possibly a difficult interview.

What I got was a happy, conversational and kind Midwestern girl whose almost bubbly personality didn’t match the razor-sharp scorn she relentlessly casts at former flames through her music.

But something has changed since she released her second album, Tell Me, last year. She fell in love and this time it led to marriage.

thing in her brother David’s bedroom, only printing a handful of copies — luckily one fell into the right hands.

“Me and my husband, when I met him, we were both just these two crazy, do-anything kind of people and we had this wild night, in, of all places, Des Moines, Iowa,” Mayfield says, in our phone conversation, the day before she left on tour. “And once I met him we kind of became inseparable and when you have important things in your life, you don’t really want to...ya know, be found dead in a bathroom. I want to have a life and take care of the people around me.”

Then came last year’s brilliant Tell Me, her fearless tour de force that laughs in the face of the genre constraints set for a minimalist songwriter and flashes the middle finger to failed relationships.

It was definitely apparent Mayfield was changing: she wasn’t as innocent and she was proud of it. But, at the same time, she became more reflective.

But, a normal life isn’t the goal. She likes the road and the hectic schedule of back-to-back dates — last year she only had four days at home per month — and it’s readily apparent that rambling is in her blood.

“I absolutely wish my house was a hotel room, but it’s not. If I puke on the floor and then leave the room and come back two hours later, somebody hasn’t cleaned it up,” says Mayfield.

Jessica started touring with the Mayfield family band, One Way Rider, as a pre-teen. And at 22 she’s a songwriting veteran, having released her 2006 debut EP White Lies — a charming and intelligent twang-fueled series of coming-ofage tunes — when she was just 15. The Kent, Ohio native recorded the entire

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Those happened to belong to Black Keys guitar player Dan Auerbach, who was about to record Attack & Release (which Mayfield sings on), an album that changed the duo’s status from kings of Akron to coolest rock band on the planet. He contacted Mayfield through Myspace, and ended up producing her first full-length, With Blasphemy So Heartfelt — rounding out her country roots with layers of ominous guitar work that matched her dark, straightforward style of songwriting.

“When I was younger I was writing a lot of songs about first experiences, now, in the last album and currently, I write about a whole well of experiences,” she says.

Most people record their youth through a series of photos, using a scrapbook to remember who they used to be — Mayfield has her songs.

“I’ve definitely been writing differently. I’m a different person than I was [when I recorded] the last record. And same with the one before that. I can look back three years ago and say, ‘Who the hell is that chick.’ I had all my teenage years and the embarrassing coming-ofage sort of thing as part of my career.”

Jessica Lea Mayfield plays at Mickey Finns on Friday, August 24. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. For more information, call 419246-3466 or visit www.innovationconcerts.com.

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Ted Nugent

Lucas County Fairgrounds / Sat., August 11 America’s craziest liberal-bashing, president-threatening, coyote-shooting guitar thrasher is taking a trip to a place he knows all too well these days: the stage at a fairgrounds. You know what you’re going to get when Uncle Ted comes to town — some heavy riffs, deep solos, howling vocals and, if you’re luckily, a few bat-shit crazy rants about guns, foreign wars and Obama. Just make sure you’re lighthearted enough to laugh or insane enough to cheer at his one-liners like the recent, “The whole world sucks, but America still sucks less.” 8pm. $29.97. Lucas County Fairgrounds, 1406 Key St., Maumee. —SR

wed, aug 8 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Highland Meadows: Nine Lives Frankie’s Inner City: Goldhouse Ottawa Tavern: TCP Kansas Bible Company, Pisces at the Animal Fair

JAZZ,BLUES & R&B

Degage Jazz Café: Gene Parker Bier Stube: Ragtime Rick and the Chefs of Dixie Land 151 on the Water: Open Mic Aqua Lounge (Grand Plaza): Jazz on the Maumee Centennial Terrace: Night Session Big Band Star Bar: Andrew Ellis & Lucky Lemont

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Potbelly: Don Coats Village Idiot: Old West End Productions Fusion: Open Mic w/ Todd Anthony Bar 145: Dan Fester

Other

Mickey Finn’s Pub: Open Mic Mulvaney’s Bunker: Karaoke Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): Open Mic Manhattan’s: Open Mic Bier Stube: Karaoke

THU, aug 9 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Frankie’s Inner City: 80’s Night Hollywood Casino: Disco Inferno 70’s Tribute Bar 145: Arctic Clam Lucas County Fairgrounds: TCP The Marshall Tucker Band Spicy Tuna: Monte Tucker & Lisa Yoder (Gypsy Luvin) Ye Olde Cock & Bull: Captain Sweet Shoes

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic

Rosie’s Italian Grille: Don and Rachel Coats Papa’s Tavern: Bobby May & Frankie May and Friends The Bronze Boar: Steve Kennedy Treo: Acoustic Thursday on the Patio Ye Olde Durty Bird: Ben Barefoot Village Idiot: SDMT wsg Evan Bates

Jazz, Blues, R&B

Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Michael Peslikis Stellas: Eddie Molina

Country & Bluegrass

Ottawa Tavern: Sarah & the Tall Boys

Dance & Techno

The Distillery: DJ Mark EP

Other

Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): Karaoke Bier Stube: Karaoke Bronze Boar: Open Mic w/ Steve Kennedy

FRI, aug 10 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Wesley’s: Old School Fridays Frankie’s Inner City: Blessed By A Broken Heart Rocky’s Bar: The Smugglers Headliners: Soulfly Ye Olde Durty Bird: Jeff Stewart and the 25’s Hollywood Casino: Distant Cousinz Bar 145: Flabongo Nation Bronze Boar: Mojopin Ottawa Tavern: She Bears Holiday Inn French Quarter: Double Dare The Omni: Zoso

JAZZ,BLUES & R&B

Mutz @ the Oliver House: Chris Shutters Trio Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Damen Cook and Friends

ACOUSTIC, FOLK & ETHNIC Rosie’s Italian Grille: Mitch Kahl Pizza Papalis: Chris Knopp Chowders ‘N Moor: Ron Daniels ICE Restaurant & Bar: Aaron Reed Stellas: Gregg Arranda

Country & Bluegrass

Village Idiot: Sarah and the Tall Boys Lucas County Fairgrounds: Phil Vassar

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Other

Madison Bistro: Karaoke Bier Stube: Karaoke

SAT, aug 11 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Bar 145: Kamel Hollywood Casino: Vinyl Underground Mickey Finn’s Pub: The Aggrolites Lucas County Fairgrounds: TCP Ted Nugent Bronze Boar: Crucial 420 Ottawa Tavern: Desert Noises, Brothertiger Holiday Inn French Quarter: Double Dare ICE Restaurant & Bar: Dan & Don Show Centennial Terrace: The Cheeks Stroh Center (BGSU): Sanctus Real

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic

B-Bop Records & Third Space: Valerie June Stellas: Meaghan Roberts

Jazz, Blues, R&B

Dégagé Jazz Cafe: Damen Cook and Friends Basin Street Grille: Andrew Ellis & Lucky Lemont

Country & Bluegrass

Village Idiot: Shit Dang Monster Trucks

Regina Spektor - What We Saw From the Cheap Seats: The Russian born Spektor writes songs that stick in your head long after the CD stops. Her melodies and lyrics are quirky, and she also frequently adds little vocal hiccups that make you giggle and perk up your ears. The songs from Cheap Seats aren’t really anything different from her past endeavors, but they’re fresh enough that the listener doesn’t mind. To get an idea of what she does, check out her latest video at: www.reginaspektor.com. —SJA

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Dance & Techno

Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): DJ Nate Mattimoe

Other

Bier Stube: Karaoke

SUN, aug 12 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Hollywood Casino: Moon Dogs Frankie’s Inner City: TCP Shadows Fall

Jazz, Blues, & R&B Village Idiot: Bob Rex Trio

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Oarhouse: Bobby May & Jon Barile Village Idiot: Nathan Roberts

Other

Bier Stube: Karaoke Our Brother’s Place: Karaoke

MON, aug 13

The Bronze Boar: Open Mic w/ Chris Knopp

TUE, aug 14 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Headliners: Deuce Village Idiot: Burning Bush Toledo Zoo Amphitheater: Train TCP

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic

Sundown Cantina: Jaime Mills Potbelly: Tom Drummonds

Jazz, Blues, & R&B

Trotter’s Tavern: Jeff McDonald’s Big Band All-Stars Basin St. Grille: Tom Turner & Slowburn Trio Jam & BBQ Degage Jazz Café: Gene Parker

Other

Claddagh Irish Pub: Karaoke The Bronze Boar: Karaoke Bier Stube: Karaoke Rhouse: Karaoke

wed, aug 15

Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Frankie’s Inner City: Psychostick & Downtown Brown Headliners: Black Stone Cherry

TCP

Jazz, Blues, R&B

Ottawa Tavern: Water House, My Dad

Village Idiot: Frankie May and Friends The Bronze Boar: Chris Knopp Chowders ‘N Moor: Acoustic Magic Eddie Zeddie

Other

Manhattans’s: Open Mic Night with Jason Quick and Rachel Richardson

South End Grill: Bobby May & Jon Barile Ye Olde Durty Bird: Jeff Stewart

Other

Mickey Finn’s Pub: Open Mic Mulvaney’s Bunker: Karaoke Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): Open Mic Manhattan’s: Open Mic Bier Stube: Karaoke

THU, aug 16 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Bar 145: Splendid Chaos Frankie’s Inner City: The Strong Talk Ottawa Tavern: The Dwells, TCP Small Houses Ye Olde Cock & Bull: Captain Sweet Shoes

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic

Toledo Zoo Amphitheater: Dukes of September Rhythm Review (Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald & Boz Scaggs) Mickey Finn’s Pub: MC Chris P

Rosie’s Italian Grille: Don and Rachel Coats Papa’s Tavern: Bobby May & Frankie May and Friends The Bronze Boar: Steve Kennedy Treo: Acoustic Thursday on the Patio Ye Olde Durty Bird: Ron Daniels Hollywood Casino: The Bridges Band

JAZZ,BLUES & R&B

JAZZ,BLUES & R&B

Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop TCP

TC

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic

indicates our picks for the week

Degage Jazz Café: Gene Parker 151 on the Water: Open Mic

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Potbelly: Don Coats Village Idiot: Old West End Productions Fusion: Open Mic w/ Todd Anthony

ICE Restaurant & Bar: Jeff McDonald Degage Jazz Café: Leo Darrington Stellas: Eddie Molina

Dance & Techno

The Distillery: DJ Mark EP

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Mickey Finns / August 15 I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there’s something about MC Chris’ half-serious, goofy-ass rap style that just works.

Sometimes I can’t tell whether he’s making fun of new-age cheesy euro-hook techniques or if he has mastered the catchiness. Either way, the dude’s hilarious; whether he’s spitting his nerd rhymes about Star Wars bounty hunters, “drinking blunts,” or being a “hoodie ninja,” he is always on point. All hail the king of the dorks. $13 adv. / $15 door. 8pm. Mickey Finns, 602 Lagrange St. 419-246-3466. www.innovationconcerts.com —SR

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Ottawa Tavern: Nick Tolford & Company, Bo & the Locomotive, Netherfriends

Other

Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): Karaoke Bier Stube: Karaoke Bronze Boar: Open Mic w/ Steve Kennedy

FRI, aug 17 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

ACOUSTIC, FOLK & ETHNIC

Rosie’s Italian Grille: Mitch Kahl Pizza Papalis: Chris Knopp Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): Jeff Stewart ICE Restaurant & Bar: Mike Fisher TCP Stellas: Meaghan Roberts

Wesley’s: Old School Fridays Ye Olde Durty Bird: The Bridges Frankie’s Inner City: Cadaver Dogs Hollywood Casino: Candice Coleman & the Chris Brown Band Holiday Inn French Quarter: Noisy Neighbors Bar 145: Nine Lives Mickey Finn’s Pub: Hip-Hop Revival Chowders ‘N Moor: Crossover Band Mickey Finn’s Pub: Tansmission Bronze Boar: Stonehouse Village Idiot: Nu-Tones

JAZZ,BLUES & R&B

Degage Jazz Café: The Silverbacks Swig: Andrew Ellis & Lucky Lemont

Other

Madison Bistro: Karaoke Bier Stube: Karaoke

SAT, aug 18 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Ye Olde Durty Bird: The Bridges

Frankie’s Inner City: Poor Young Things Mickey Finn’s Pub: TCP Raine Wilder, C-Fifth, Phillipe High Count, Simon Downey Bar 145: Empire Drift Hollywood Casino: 56 Daze Bronze Boar: Dave Carpenter & The Jaeglers Village Idiot: Hullabaloo Band Ottawa Tavern: Animals in Human Attire ICE Restaurant & Bar: Dan & Don Show Holiday Inn French Quarter: Noisy Neighbors

ACOUSTIC, FOLK & ETHNIC

Stellas: Kyle White

JAZZ,BLUES & R&B

Degage Jazz Café: The Silverbacks Centennial Terrace: Johnny Knorr Orchestra

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Dance & Techno

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic

Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): DJ Nate Mattimoe

Sundown Cantina: Jaime Mills Potbelly: Tom Drummonds

Other

Jazz, Blues, & R&B

Bier Stube: Karaoke

SUN, aug 19 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

Hollywood Casino: Venyx Band Mickey Finn’s Pub: For the Foxes

TCP

Jazz, Blues, & R&B Village Idiot: Bob Rex Trio

Trotter’s Tavern: Jeff McDonald’s Big Band All-Stars Basin St. Grille: Tom Turner & TCP Slowburn Trio Jam & BBQ Tres Belle Lounge: Microphonics Degage Jazz Café: Gene Parker

Other

Claddagh Irish Pub: Karaoke The Bronze Boar: Karaoke Bier Stube: Karaoke Rhouse: Karaoke

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Oarhouse: Bobby May & Jon Barile Village Idiot: Mike Fisher Ye Olde Cock & Bull: Danny Mettler

Other

Bier Stube: Karaoke Our Brother’s Place: Karaoke

MON, aug 20 Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic

Village Idiot: Frankie May & Friends The Bronze Boar: Chris Knopp Chowders ‘N Moor: Acoustic Magic Eddie Zeddie

Other

Manhattans’s: Open Mic Night w/ Jason Quick & Rachel Richardson The Bronze Boar: Open Mic w/ Chris Knopp

TCP

TUE, aug 21 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop

wed, aug 22 Rock, Pop & Hip-Hop TCP

Ye Olde Durty Bird: The Eight Fifteens

JAZZ,BLUES & R&B

Degage Jazz Café: Gene Parker Bier Stube: Ragtime Rick and the Chefs of Dixie Land 151 on the Water: Open Mic

Acoustic, Folk, & Ethnic Potbelly: Don Coats Village Idiot: Old West End Productions Fusion: Open Mic w/ Todd Anthony

Other

Mickey Finn’s Pub: Open Mic Mulvaney’s Bunker: Karaoke Mutz Pub (at the Oliver House): Open Mic Manhattan’s: Open Mic Bier Stube: Karaoke

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Saline Summerfest Friday, 5pm-9:30pm; Saturday, 7am-8:30pm. Downtown Saline.

734-604-0051. www.salinesummerfest.org Come to downtown Saline for a sweeping assortment of activities, entertainment, attractions, and more. Enjoy good food, a 5k run/walk, and RC Car Racing.

8/17

Ypsilanti Heritage Festival

August 17-19. Riverside Park, 515 East Cross St. Ypsilanti.

734-483-6071. www.ypsilantiheritagefestival.com For over 30 years, the Heritage Festival has celebrated Ypsilanti’s history, culture, food, and arts. Enjoy live music, community performers, and historical presentations in the Riverside Arts Center. Enter the gambling tent to win big, and make sure you watch the annual parade. Visit the website or call for full schedule.

8/22

Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys With Red Tail Ring

8pm. $15. The Ark, 316 S. Main St., Ann Arbor. 734-761-1818. www.theark.org Lindsay has a unique set of experiences on which she draws to write her songs, and her band the Flatbellys is by now a fluid, exciting unit after several years of playing together.

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Festival of India 2012 Hindu Temple and Heritage Hall / Friday, August 17Sunday, August 19 The Festival of India has been one of Toledo’s most enlightening cultural events for the past 25 years.

To celebrate one of the largest movie industries in the world, this year’s theme is Bollywood Spices, and pays tribute to various songs, dances and costumes from Bollywood. In addition, there will be Indian food and vendors selling Indian cloths and arts & crafts. Visit the website for a full schedule of events. Hindu Temple and Heritage Hall, 4336 King Rd., Sylvania. 419-843-4440. www.hindutempleoftoledo.org —JG

Erie County Fair - Enjoy live musical performances, watch a truck pull, or enter the variety of showmanship contests. There’s plenty to do at this festival with food and activities for everyone. August 7-12, 8am-9pm. $7. Erie County Fairgrounds, 3110 Columbus Ave., Sandusky. 419-625-1000. www.eriecountyohiofair.com

Mill Fest: Kernal of Truth - See the power of corn in action through historic baking, crafts and demonstrations. Try your hand at corn shucking and then see how our ancestors harnessed the power of the mighty Maumee and put the river to work grinding our corn.

Purchase some freshly ground corn meal from the General Store and test your new knowledge in your own kitchen. 12pm. Providence Metropark, 13827 US 24 West, Grand Rapids. 419-407-9700. www.metroparkstoledo.com

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wednesday 8 [ festivals ]

Grantsmanship 101 - Linda Koss, Grants Specialist, will show how to use Library and Internet resources to find grant sources for nonprofits, and Mary Sobecki, Program Officer for the Needmor Fund, will give a presentation on do’s and don’ts for proposal writing. The programs are a joint project of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library and the Nonprofit Resource Center and are free. Registration required. 9:30-11:30am. Main Library, 325 North Michigan St. 419-259-5200. www.toledolibrary.org

friday 10 [ festivals ] Flag City BalloonFest - It’s the beloved annual celebration of the skies, as dozens of hot air balloons sail into view. Mass balloon flights happen all three days of the festival. There’s a kids fair with inflatables and games, helicopter and balloon rides, a classic car show, a 5K run and plenty of food vendors serving the summer snacks you love. Friday, August 10-Sunday, August 12. Emory Adams Park, South Blanchard St., Findlay. www.flagcityballoonfest.com

sunday 12 [ miscellaneous ]

Village Garage Sale - Over 40 homes will be participating in this community yard sale. Come out for unique finds and a fun day of searching! Locator maps available at the Log Cabin Visitors Information Center.

August 12-13, 9am-5pm. 24165 Front Street, Grand Rapids, Ohio. 419-832-7520. www.grandrapidsohio.com

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saturday 11

Roundhouse Bars Bartender Olympics - The Olympics find a new twist with the Roundhouse Bars Bartender Olympics. Competition will include a parade, lighting of the Olympic torch and skits and theatrics by local bars and restaurants. 7pm. Put-in-Bay. 614-619-0858. www.putinbay.com

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[ outdoors ]

Toledo Pride 2012 - Toledo mayor Michael Bell and Jennifer Tyrrell, a Bridgeport, Ohio mother who has recently been in the national spotlight for taking on the Boy Scouts of America’s policy are the grand marshals. Enjoy music from great bands and artists like Arctic Clam, DJ Kenneth Thomas, Wideband Network with headliners Spearz, an all-male Britney Spears cover band. The Drag Extravaganza will wrap up the night, featuring RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 2 contestant Mystique Summers along with local performers. 12pm-1am. $5. Levis Square, Madison & St. Clair. www.toledopride.com

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Car Show - Take a stroll down Main Street while browsing classic cars. There will also be musical entertainment by Cruisin Zeake, along with food and family fun. 10am-1pm. The Shops at Fallen Timbers, 3100 Main Street, Maumee. 419-878-6255. www.theshopsatfallentimbers.com

Grieving the Loss of a Child: Finding New Life Following the Death of a Child - Join Kay Bevington of Alive Alone Inc., and Joyce A. Harvey contributing author for Chicken Soup for the Soul books, as they provide motivation for moving on with life after the death of a child. Register by August 8. 9am-12pm. St. Michael the Archangel’s Auditorium, 750 Bright Rd., Findlay. 419-244-6711. www.toledodiocese.org

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Side Cut Explorer - All Aboard! Cruise along the banks of the Maumee River and down the canal towpath in Metroparks open air trolley. A naturalist will highlight the scenery, as you relax in the 12 passenger, wheelchair accessible tram. Every Tuesday, June through October. Registration required. Side Cut Metropark, 1025 W. River Rd., Maumee.

419-407-9700. www.metroparkstoledo.com

wednesday 15 [ education ] Watch It Grow Garden Tour Series: Container Gardening - The Zoo creates stunning container gardens every year, and the staff is happy to share secrets to success. Tour includes tips on plant selection, containers, soil, fertilization, maintenance and “avoiding the thugs.” Meet at the Zoo’s Conservatory aand be sure to wear comfortable walking shoes.

10:30-11:30am. Tours are free with Zoo admission.

The Toledo Zoo, 2 Hippo Way (off the Anthony Wayne Trail). 419-385-5721. www.toledozoo.org

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80s Explosion Dance Party - Go back in time and party in style at this 80s Explosion Party! The fun begins at 9pm. General admission $25, VIP Table (10 people) $300. Centennial Terrace, 5773 Centennial Rd., Sylvania. 419-882-1500. www.centennialterrace.org

[ education ] Roundtable Discussion: How do you choose color? - Learn how workers from different visual fields choose color at this round table discussion. An interior designer, a Jeep color manager and a TMA exhibition designer will be on hand. 7:30-8:30pm. No cost. The Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St. 419-2558000. www.toledomuseum.org

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Overnight At Oak Openings: Owls of Oak Openings - Spend an amazing night in one of the world’s last great places. Bring your own tent, sleeping gear and breakfast foods and enjoy a relaxing evening at a primitive camping area in Oak Openings Preserve.

A naturalist will be on hand to guide you on a starry night hike through the preserve. End the evening with a fire and s’mores. Perfect for the family! Registration required. 7pm. Fee of $25 is for up to 6 people. Oak Openings Preserve Metropark, 4139 Girdham Rd., Swanton. 419-407-9700. www.metroparkstoledo.com

saturday 18 [ festivals ]

Birmingham Ethnic Festival - Come celebrate a “Weekend in the Old Country” with St. Stephen Church for the 38th Annual Birmingham Ethnic Festival. This family-friendly event features Hungarian and other ethnic foods, arts and crafts exhibits, cultural displays, and a wide variety of music, dance and continuous

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entertainment. Don’t miss the “world famous” Chicken Paprikas Dinner on Sunday. There will also be a raffle with a Top Prize of $1,500! Saturday, 12-10pm;Sunday, 12-9pm. Corner of Consaul and Genesee St.

sunday 19 [ festivals ]

Sunset Jazz & Arts Festival - Take in an evening of live jazz music, wine, beer, tasty treats and a juried art show all in the beautiful atmosphere of downtown Grand Rapids. 2-9pm. Grand Rapids Towpath. 419276-0749. www.grandrapidsohio.com

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Navy Week - Join Imagination Station in celebrating those who protect us from sea to shining sea as we celebrate Navy Week! Active sailors will be there all week talking with visitors about their individual careers within the Navy. Navy ships will be docked in the Maumee River and available for touring throughout the week. August 21-26. Visit the website for a full schedule of events. Imagination Station, 1 Discovery Way. 419-244-2674. www.imaginationstationtoledo.org

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Sandusky County Fair - Take in live music at the grandstand from Lonestar, shop at flea markets, and watch races and 4-H competitions at this fun event.

Gates open at 10am. General admission tickets: $8.

Sandusky County Fairgrounds, 901 Rawson Ave., Fremont. 419-334-4877. www.sanduskycountyfair.com

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The modern woman must be a master juggler of work and family life — but she sometimes drops the ball when it comes to her health. That’s what the For Every Woman by Mercy initiative aims to change. The new program kicked off July 12 under the guidance of Mercy’s CEO Andrea Price, a juggler in her own right. “Not only is she a leader in health care, but she’s a wife and a mother of four children,” said Sarah Velliquette, media relations coordinator for Mercy. “It’s one of those things she’s very passionate about.” The initiative will feature experts appearing at Toledo metroparks throughout the coming months, focusing on exercise and work/life balance. Two events in August will be held at Wildwood Metropark — Velliquette will lead a zumba class every other Thursday starting August 9 at 9am. Saturday, August 18 at 9am brings Family Fitness Day — healthy activities that will start with a one-mile walk led by Price herself and WTOL news anchor Chrys Peterson. “[Women] are so focused on others that they don’t necessarily focus on themselves,” Velliquette says. “We’re just trying to help them connect.” For more information on upcoming events, visit www.foreverywomanbymercy.org or www.facebook.com/foreverywomanbymercy. —AO

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Free Skin Cancer Screening - ProMedica Cancer Institute is hosting a free skin cancer screening for the public.

Registration through the ProMedica Cancer Institute call center is required. 8-11am.

Sylvania Senior Center, 7140 Sylvania Ave., Sylvania. 877-291-1441. www.promedica.org

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Beginning and Gentle Yoga - Classes cover releasing stress through deep breathing and body/mind awareness, gradually increasing strength and flexibility and proper body alignment. All levels of fitness welcome. 7:30pm. Six weeks for $75. It’s About Movement Yoga Studio, 26597 N. Dixie Hwy., The Shoppes at RiverPlace, Perrysburg. 419-868-9199. www.itsaboutthemovement.net

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) No more

repeating yourself now because everyone listens. From the 11th to the 16th you are a little bit lazy so you may need a jump start. The new moon on the 17th makes you concentrate only on pleasure. Work after the 21st.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) You think

about career moves and try to mix business with pleasure. Strange offers come your way the week of the 13th. Tie up loose ends to do some volunteer work on the 18th and 19th … perhaps helping your favorite candidate.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Pop a cork at 1:40 am on the 8th to celebrate Mercury going direct. You should wait until you get up that morning. Have a terrific time at the Rib Off the 11th and 12th. The new moon on the 17th shines where you go – go – go.

What’s new?

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You are the

most patriotic sign of the zodiac. You are involved in helping your favorite cause or candidate. Get organized on the 10th and spend the 11th and 12th doing your civic duty. The new moon on the 17th can bring money. Enjoy!

LEO (July 23-August 22) Organize a

group of friends so you can go to the Rib Off on the 10th and 11th. Make a list of goals to put into effect when the new moon makes its annual visit to you on the 17th. Shop the 18th and 19th wherever you may be.

VIRGO (August 23-September 22) Celebrate on the 8th because three weeks of confusion are over. You are off and running on the 11th and 12th. The new moon on the 17th brings a return of someone from your past. On the 18th and 19th you are both busy and helpful.

LIBRA (September 23-October 22) You

are extremely creative on the 9th and 10th.

Carry a camera wherever you go. You are then involved with large groups of people from the 13th to the 15th. Festivals and parties are on your agenda the 18th and 19th. Count your calories.

SCORPIO (October 23-November 21)

You may get a job offer on the 8th. From the 11th through the 15th Mars aligns with Saturn giving you more responsibility. On the 17th you think of moving (but not too seriously). An old love calls the 18th or 19th.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 20) Thanks to Mercury you can begin

to formulate travel plans on the 8th. That is your favorite sport. You are at parties and festivals the 11th and 12th. The new moon on the 17th highlights travel AGAIN. Make the trip spectacular.

CAPRICORN (December 21-January 19) You have fun lined up on the 11th and 12th, but you agreed to help your favorite candidate.

You can do both by playing on the 11th and 19th and working on the 12th and 18th.

The week of the 20th there is emphasis on education.

AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18)

Mentally you are in perfect shape from the 8th until the 20th. The new moon on the 17th is in your seventh house so partnerships and projects are in perfect shape. There is work to do on the 18th and 19th which is your civic duty.

PISCES (February 19-March 20)

A co-worker offers to help after the 8th.

Concentrate on those projects the 11th and 12th. The week of the 13th begins on a happy note. The new moon on the 17th brings good news about your health. Go someplace new the 18th and 19th.

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.

CELEBRITY LEOS

Leos are often found in positions of power but they need to be careful not to abuse that power. President Obama and Bill Clinton are both Leos.

Locally Crystal Bowersox and Lucas County Auditor Anita Lopez also celebrate.

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Rejoice as Mercury goes direct at 1:40 am on the 8th. No more frustration over having things go haywire. The Rib-Off and Birmingham Festival give everyone a chance for great fun and outstanding food.— BY SUE LOVETT

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More is Less Across 1. What 22-, 35-, and 47-Across cease to be, if you subtract an “s” from their ends 9. He hosted “The Tonight Show” longer than all its other hosts combined 15. So to speak 16. Working without human input 17. Settles a score 18. Enter into Google Maps, say 19. First word of several Irish airlines 20. Call ___ day (quit) 21. Frau Farbissina’s husband 22. Spa offering that’s not quite godlike?

26. “La Dolce ___” 27. Toledo Metro Park trees 28. “Mad Men” subject, casually 31. Amy Poehler hosted its first episode this season 32. Some printers, for short 35. Cut-throat stockbroker’s skill?

40. VH1 personalities 41. Snow Leopard, e.g.

42. Groomed 43. Skater’s prop 45. A long, long time 47. Tuba for beginners?

52. Warning before flooring it 53. Terms of ___ 54. Lambda followers 57. Puzzle 58. Butchered, say 61. Cry “uncle” 62. Ice climber’s hazard 63. Quick tennis competition 64. Gab Down 1. Viking story 2. “No more explanation needed” 3. Gunpowder ingredient, to a Brit 4. Pontiac sports cars 5. Notoriously terrible director Boll 6. Joseph Gordon-___ 7. Daughter of Detroit preacher and civil rights activist C.L. Franklin

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8. Related to nephrology 9. Telemarket, in a way 10. Inuit jacket 11. They set out to cross the line 12. Slick 13. Super Bowl XXV MVP Anderson 14. Carols 23. Fanatical 24. 2005 film about krump dancing 25. “___ Cassius has a lean and hungry look” (Shak.)

28. Environmentally irresponsible off-roader 29. Winner of the first slam dunk contest 30. Common Bowling Green degs.

31. Instrument with a solo during “Maneater” 32. Clothing line?

33. Sony subway distraction: Abbr.

34. Old label for Sonic Youth 36. Ruling 37. Keith Olbermann’s old network 38. Big-box in which I get extremely tired 39. Untouchable Eliot 43. Crests 44. Social breakdown 45. Screwy 46. German girl locked in a forest cage 47. What busy people are on 48. 1998 De Niro thriller set in France 49. 1993 Ethan Hawke film about cannibalism 50. Oft-knocked-off brand 51. Big hit 55. Latin bear 56. Editor’s word in the margins 59. Detroit, e.g., in Toledo: Abbr.

60. MoveOn.org, e.g.

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Bill Rowland, Professor Karen Ruderick-Lingeman, Tara Byczynski and Taylor Pasquale

Pizza party

Toledoans were given the lucky task of taste testing as area pizza joints battled for the title of best pie in town at Pizza Palooza, held at the Centennial Terrace the last weekend of July.

Sarah, Olivia, Cindy and Scott Tuttle

For the love of art

Patrice a nd Martin White

Art On The Mall, The University of Toledo’s 20th annual juried summer art fair, drew artists and art lovers alike to the Centennial Mall on July 29th.

Willa Norris and Sherri Swartz

Party like a rock star

Zebra print dress?

Check. The Toledo Zoo hosted Rock N Roar, their annual ‘wild’ summer dance party, on Friday, August 3, which invited Toledoans to put on their best animal prints, of course.

Rick Schafer and Kevin Lent with Don and Janeen Miller

STYLE SENSE

Jordan Hutchiso n and Ja n Bocke rt

Lindsay Kozak Lindsay Kozak may work in the family business at Manchester Roofing, but her style is completely individual — and pretty sexy, we have to admit. We caught her at the Arts Commission’s Art Glass event and talked style.

How did you put together your look for the event?

The Arts Commission draws such a diverse crowd. I felt I could take fashion risks that I wouldn’t normally try — like a sparkly metallic dress! But I thought it was a perfect mix of dressy, trendy, fun and comfortable.

man Whit n a th o. o Zo ll, Na oste he Toled C h at T , Jos enee g Corley R i k e Rik nd M a

Amanda Canady, Jorge Gallard o and

Rose Toth

What do you think is a style strength in Toledo?

People are what MAKE fashion in Toledo. They are not afraid to be themselves, which I love. You can walk downtown at lunchtime and see so much diversity. Or go somewhere like the Old West End where young, old, rich, poor, trendy and traditional all mix together. But it seems so right!

What’s a trend that makes you shake your head in disbelief?

By Pat Nowak www.toledocitypaper.com

Guys in skinny jeans — it’s never, ever okay!

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