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West request denies right to rap Editor’s Note: This column incorporates slang as deﬁned by the Bay Area Hip Hop Dictionary. Good luck!

ip-hop superstar Kanye West must be out the frame. He recently decreed white people should only use certain slang terms when they become out of style for black people. “White people are allowed to say ‘bling.’ They are allowed to say old-school black slang, like ‘hottie’ and ‘homie,’ ” he said. “I do not think that [white people] are allowed to use slang until it is at least a year old. If you say a slang word too early, it’s like you’re trying to be black. So as long as the slang is a little played out, you’re all good.” That’s savage like a runner on shards. Smell me? West, who is stackin’ weebles and stunnas fo sheedo, may be choppin’ it like he’s ridin’ in da mobie, but his message is bammer. Of course white people pick up on black slang and use it to be cool. That’s what we do; assimilate/annihilate cultures. “Nice culture,” we’ll say. “We’ll take it!” From Eminem on one end of

Michael S. Miller the spectrum to Paul Simon on the other (with Elvis in the middle), absorbing black culture is as Caucasian as Wonder Bread. My ﬁrst exposure to black culture was my sophomore year of high school at Libbey. I grew up in the Saltine-white town of Walbridge, so being dropped at Libbey wasn’t just a culture shock; it was a culture tsunami with an atomic bomb chaser. The black people I knew, from classes, student government and football, twisted phrases laced with terms from the birth of rap, with a cadence, rhythm and vocabulary beyond my experience. I respected my friends’ culture, but I never tried to emulate it. A longhaired suburb kid might enjoy “The Message” and “The Show,” but he was wise to refrain from parroting the slang, lest he appear

to be mocking (That may be the whitest sentence ever written; I’ll have to check what George Will wrote today). The cultural stereotype of the white guy pretending to be black is so prevalent, it has its own word, one not appropriate for this forum, and has inspired a commercial for cell phones in which a group of white kids are so whack, they provide a running punchline. Despite such lame cultural cross-pollinations, Americans should be free to borrow from each other’s sub-cultures; that’s what the melting pot is all about. How would West feel if an equivalent prominent white spokesperson, such as Jim Belushi or Tara Reid, said black people shouldn’t use white slang, such as “nerd,” “Weezer,” “Antiques Roadshow” and “Ottawa Hills?” Editor’s Note 2: The American Heritage Dictionary credits Dr. Seuss with inventing the word “nerd,” in his 1950 book “If I Ran the Zoo.” Maybe you can use that on “Jeopardy!” sometime. I will draw the line at adding the Snoop Dogg/Jay-Z “-izzle” to words, ever since the inexcusably famous Fran Drescher used “My shizzle’s gone fazizzle” in an

Old Navy commercial and Bob Newhart, the poster boy for white people, said “Fo-shizzle, my izzle” in “Legally Blonde 2.” I just read on www.wikipedia. com that “The phrase ‘fo’ shizzle my nizzle’ roughly translates, ‘With absoluteness, my AfricanAmerican brethren,’ ” which means I just lost the crown for whitest sentence ever written. Anyway, West’s manifesto is already the de facto standard. By the time the average white person hears a new black slang phrase, it’s already 10 to 12 months old. I remember when I first heard “blow up” as slang for “succeed on a large scale.” By the time I figured out what it meant, the new phrase was “cavi,” which was also speeding toward linguistic oblivion. What can I say? I’m just a 5150 cuzzo, flossin’ and saucy. Pixx. Editor’s Note 3: The Bay Area Hip Hop Dictionary defines “Blade” as “a sucka,” which is funny, but I couldn’t work it in.

Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press. He may be contacted at (419) 241-1700 or by e-mail at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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An offer you can’t refuse — can you?

elcome to Toledo and thanks for choosing to relocate your company to our elegant city! You know, since so many of our businesses have bailed out on us ... er, I mean ... given up on ... um ... that is, “arranged their geographical preferences in recent years, some prime locations have become available, and we’re confident you’ll find one to your liking! Let’s see, your storage warehouse can be right over there, your parking garage is across the street, your front office building is right here, and oh, yes, here they are: the brand-new staff we’ve selected for you is coming in now. And right on time, I might add. What’s that, you ask? The new staff? Oh, yes, you see we’ve taken the liberty of screening the applicants for the jobs you have available from our vast pool of candidates here in Toledo, and we’ve entrusted them with the financial security of your company for years to come. No, you don’t have to thank us ... just consider us your own personal human-resources department. You see, in the process of bribing you, er, inviting you, to bring your operation to Toledo, we’ve given you a nice incentive package in the form of tax abatements, free parking privileges for the first 10 years of your lease and a Cheese-of-the-Month club membership for your CEO (just wait ’til December ... Brie Month!). Well, those things don’t come free, you know, and we expect a little something in return. So instead of going out of your way (and the city limits) to find the best, most highly qualified candidates to fill your valuable positions, we’re requiring you to hire whomever we have available here in town.

Bob Frantz Wait a minute! Where you goin’? What? You mean you don’t like the idea of having your choice of employees limited to job-seekers here in Toledo? What’s wrong, Toledoans not good enough for you? WHAT DOES AN OREGONIAN HAVE THAT A TOLEDOAN DOESN’T? Oh, I get it. Toledo workers are fine, but you have a policy hiring “the best and the brightest” and some of the brightest might live out in the suburbs. Well, aren’t you special. Tell you what: how about if we just make you interview Toledo residents before you hire anybody else? Let’s say for, I dunno, maybe three to six months. If we haven’t found, screened, trained and prepared somebody to fill your job within six months, then you can go outside the city. Deal? Whaddaya mean you can’t let production lapse for two fiscal quarters? They’re doing it in Columbus! Greedy, greedy, greedy! Seriously, come on guys. You’re only in town a few minutes and already acting like you own the place. This is Toledo, pal. You don’t just go around demanding entrepreneur-

ial autonomy like that. Look, I know you’re already going to hire a significant number of Toledoans when you open your doors, because Toledo is filled with many of those best and brightest minds you seek. But it’s just not the same if we don’t have control over it. You see, in Toledo, we like to control things. We tell business owners what they can do in their buildings. We tell them where they can smoke. We tell them where they can build secure parking lots for armored-car cash deliveries, those terrorist bastards. And darn it, we have to be the ones to tell them whom they can hire. See, the rest of Ohio’s unemployment rates are dropping, along with the nation’s, but ours still stinks. And we’ve got to find a way, any way, to show Toledo voters that we’re putting them back to work, before they finally wise up and realize that “stagnation” isn’t really a synonym for “progression.” Seriously. We can only fool them for so long. All right, here’s our final offer: You go ahead and hire whomever you want to make your business as profitable and successful as it can be ... but if anybody asks, we forced them on you ... deal? Oh, and one more thing: If your out-of-town hires relocate to Toledo, then decide to move when your company inevitably leaves, make sure they understand one thing perfectly clear: They’re paying home-inspection fees before they sell. Bob Frantz hosts “Bob Frantz and the Morning News” each weekday on WSPD 1370 AM. He may be contacted by e-mail at letters@toledofreepress.com.

OPINION

September 28, 2005

COMMENTARY

Security sacriﬁces, both great and small

hree weeks ago Friday, while Katrina victims were awaiting help from FEMA, my chicken salad and my husband’s pastrami on rye were confiscated by security personnel at the U.S. Tennis Open. As we approached the grounds of this upper-middleclass sporting event, men in camouflage diverted us to a separate line. “ NO backpacks!” a sign growled. “How come?” I asked. “Dunno, exactly,” the security type admitted. “But it’s for your own protection.” “Seems damn arbitrary,” I muttered. Duffle bags were walking right through the gate. LL Bean totes, Coach clutches and Wilson racquet bags were similarly free to enter. Only backpacks were verboten. I started to complain but was shushed by my husband. “It’s a stupid rule,” he agreed. “But don’t say it out loud.” “Why?” I replied. “Somebody should.” Four years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists boarded jets with box cutters and nail clippers were reclassified weapons of mass destruction, we have bought into the “for our own protection” shtick big time. Getting to the airport two hours early, being wanded at concerts and frisked at the border is not an imposition; it’s a civic duty. But is it really protecting anything? Walking shoeless through metal detectors and being subjected to random searches (why not at least “informed” searches?) may make people feel more secure, but as a friend in the self-defense biz argues, it doesn’t take a gun or even a box cutter to commandeer a plane. A baddie so inclined could wreck havoc with a pencil. And anyway, she points out, the real protecting should be going on nearer to ports, food and water supplies and the oil refineries — places where harm is unlikely to be held at bay by the confiscation of knitting needles and manicure scissors. As we waited to relinquish the backpack, the truth of this was playing out in New Orleans. Thousands of Big Easy residents remained stranded without food, water or medical attention. Since 9/11, New Orleans has been high on Homeland Security’s list of likely terrorism targets, so why it took so long to triage this situation — even though the tragedy came naturally, not as a result of terrorism — is doubly

Barbara Goodman Shovers appalling. Tons of criticism has already been leveled at the Bush administration’s honchos and I’m not about to pile on more, but it sure seems that the money and energy employed asking travelers if they packed their own bags or patting down mothers in underwire bras could have been put to more constructive use. After forfeiting the backpack. I assumed our troubles were over; they weren’t. To assure patrons use authorized tickets, Open personnel have installed hightech scanners at entrance gates. A red beam pronounced ours unauthorized. This took another 45 minutes to reconcile. By the time we got to Arthur Ashe Stadium, I was swearing up a storm, an overkill response, I know, to a minor inconvenience. The U.S. Open is as chic-chi a sporting event as it gets. Day tickets cost as much as a week of minimum wage work in Baton Rouge. Watching Lleyton Hewitt and Taylor Dent smash serves at hurricane strength is a luxury few New Orleanians could afford even during when the bon temps rolled. Ace. Ace. Smash. Smash. Hewitt and Dent kept at it for ﬁve sets. Biff. Bam. Bang. My self-defense friend is right. These guys could take down an airliner with a tennis racquet. Eight weary hours later we retrieved the backpack and tried the sandwiches. The mayo had gone bad and the pastrami was day-glo. In the 75-degree heat of New York it takes an afternoon for food to rot. How much quicker must it turn in steamy New Orleans? What a waste. But the world or at least the patrons of the U.S. Open are safer for it. Now if only we could ﬁnd a way to get all those cuticle clippers and tweezers to Louisiana, at least the survivors would have health and beauty aids to restart their lives with. Barbara Goodman Shovers is contributing editor for Toledo Free Press. She may be contacted at bshovers@toledofreepress.com.

CONSIDER THIS

Liberal Air America spirals in By Reid Ahlbeck Special to Toledo Free Press

ocal (currently unplugged) liberal radio talk show host Dennis Shreefer’s guest column “The silenced majority” in the Sept. 21 issue of Toledo Free Press serves as a perfect example of why American liberal talk radio simply can’t get off the ground. The sad truth for liberals is even they don’t want to listen to the sort of misinformed leftist whining and propaganda Shreefer and his ilk like to crank out over the airwaves. Witness the much-ballyhooed and virtually DOA Air America Radio. Despite lavish underwriting from wealthy liberal investors and more free publicity and hype than anyone could possibly hope for from the mainstream liberal media, Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo and company barely gathered enough airspeed for AAR’s launch in early 2004 before the inevitable swift loss of power and ensuing death spiral. I like Franken as a comedian and admire Garofalo as an actress, but as angry groupthink liberal shills they are both awkward, pathetic and embarrassing. They come off like a couple of kids with colored hair, tattoos and pierced noses trying to act outraged and grown-up on their high school radio station. In their current desperate fund-raising campaign the cash- and audience-starved AAR boasts a presence in 70 markets. What it conveniently neglects to mention is that their ratings have tanked nationally across the board from day one. AAR’s New York flagship station WLIB (with its potentially massive liberal audience) has been a consistent bottom-feeder with a dismal 1.0 Arbitron audience-share rating. Even WLIB’s previous Caribbean programming format generated better ratings than this. In other liberal meccas such as L.A. and San Francisco, AAR has done even worse. Closer to home, Chicago’s Air America affiliate WCPT-AM tied for last place with a 0.4 share. AAR’s Detroit affiliate WDTW-AM disappeared from the ratings radar. After turning in an absentee ballot of 0.0 audience share, WDTW was replaced at the (still visible) bottom of the charts

by Canadian talk station CKLW-AM, which generated a 0.4 rating. As if AAR’s audience share and ﬁscal hemorrhaging problems aren’t bad enough, AAR CEO Eric Cohen has recently been forced to step down in the wake of an investigation into his alleged fraudulent misappropriation of some $800,000 for AAR’s dwindling coffers and his personal use. Cohen is alleged to have siphoned the funds from the Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club, a Bronx charity dedicated to helping poor inner-city children and senior citizens. AAR has agreed to pay the $800,000 back — over the next two years. AAR’s fragile ﬁnancial situation has been reported in the Wall Street Journal and this unwillingness to immediately reimburse the defrauded charity is further evidence of AAR’s potential impending insolvency. One blogger coyly speculated whether Al Franken’s next book should be titled “Embezzled Funds and the Embezzling Embezzlers who Embezzle Them.” Though AAR’s troubles have been well known for some time, the New York Times and other mainstream liberal media outlets continue to provide at best only stealth (if any) coverage of AAR’s woes. Unable to garner any success for themselves in talk radio, liberals are now actually attempting to put together legislation in Congress under the old so-called “Fairness Doctrine” that, if successful, would legally ban partisan talk radio. Those who wonder whether our society is really well-served by liberal trash culture — such as the sorry spectacle of Howard Stern telling pathetically willing and giddy women to bare their breasts in primetime national media — are accustomed to being lectured by smug liberals about First Amendment speech rights and the “vital importance of alternative cultural voices like Stern.” We are also routinely informed that if we don’t like it we can always change the station. When it comes to liberal talk radio, that’s exactly what most people do. Contact columnist Reid Ahlbeck at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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COMMENTARY

Appreciation for a lunatic

Congratulations Toledo Mud Hens!

By Michael S. Miller Toledo Free Press Editor in Chief mmiller@toledofreepress.com

“When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign: the dunces are all in confederacy against him.” — Jonathan Swift

Toledo Free Press photo and cover photo by DM Stanﬁeld

After 13 years on Toledo radio, Denny Schaffer is leaving for a gig with Clear Channel station WGST in Atlanta.

Schaffer prepares for exit I see a clinic full of cynics who want to twist the peoples’ wrist they’re watching every move we make we’re all included on the list The lunatics have taken over the asylum The lunatics have taken over the asylum — As performed by Fun Boy Three By Myndi Milliken Toledo Free Press Managing Editor mmilliken@toledofreepress.com

On a typical weekday afternoon, WSPD talk-radio host Denny Schaffer starts his three-hour stint with a cigar and a remixed version of “The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum.” Listeners never know what to expect,

but given Schaffer’s history, it’s a good gamble it will be emotionally charged. Friday, Schaffer will hang up his headphones and turn off his microphone after nearly 13 years on Toledo airwaves.

A brief history

Schaffer started as a disc jockey at a disco nightclub in Flint, Mich. In 1981, he did a brief stint on-air in Toledo for WRQN in 1983-84, but was fired. Being fired was common in Schaffer’s radio career, which took him all over the country with new radio jobs. “It’s pretty normal in the business, but when you are an outspoken personality you’re gonna get fired a lot,” he said.

“The ﬁrst six full-time jobs I had I was ﬁred. I didn’t take direction very well and thank goodness that’s changed.” Schaffer returned to the Toledo market in 1992, where he headed “Denny Schaffer and the Breakfast Club” for 10 years. He then switched to WSPD’s conservative talk radio format. Through the years, listeners were able to follow Schaffer’s public transition from a party guy to a deeply religious father of two. “I’ve always been passionate but now it’s better controlled and better directed,” he said. “There’s not just a complete radical, scream out of my Please see DENNY, page 8

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Based on Swift’s theory, Denny Schaffer is Toledo’s Albert Einstein. For 13 years — long enough for a person to enter kindergarten and exit high school — Schaffer has riled radio listeners and city leaders with the subtlety of a chain saw-wielding wolverine on crack. He is Toledo’s conscience, its Jiminy Cricket, if Jiminy were a cigar-smoking, salt-and-pepperhaired hellraiser wearing shorts and ensconsed in a broadcast studio. Obnoxious? Yes, but forgivably so. Schaffer’s approach to talk radio echoes John Lennon’s approach to art; if it fails to elicit a response, it is not worth doing. You can debate his approach, and his latterday indulgence in all things Jesus, but one point is beyond argument: Schaffer cares about the city and its people. We do not live in Cambridge, Mass. We live in Toledo. Schaffer’s blue-collar, blustery personality has connected him to a large group of people who work hard, do their share, yet watch with confusion as the people they trust to lead Toledo fail to make progress, year after year. His audience is frustrated, and Schaffer has captured that emotion and parlayed it into a three-hour place for Toleodans to vent. Schaffer succeeds because he reflects Toledo in all of its Midwest glory, its unique dichotomy of Jeep plant workers and Museum of Art aficionados. How many other people in the city have achieved the ultimate sign of status, being known by one name? Carty. Packo’s. Hens. Denny. His long feud with The Blade made Schaffer a local folk hero; the immovable object met the unstoppable force, and if the battle produced no real winner, Schaffer’s legacy was enhanced just because he stayed in Toledo. Schaffer’s exit forever changes the media and pop-culture landscape in Toledo. His inevitable exit to a larger market leaves a vacuum that cannot be filled. You can tell how important Schaffer is to Toledo by observing the caliber of cheering, happy, relived folks in the confederacy of dunces who will celebrate his exit.

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Denny Continued from page 6 mind ... I’ve matured. I used to shoot from the hip a lot, and I don’t do that anymore.” Schaffer will begin his new job at WGST in Atlanta, a Clear Channel News Talk station, hosting the 8 a.m. to noon slot sometime next week. “It’s going to be very similar to here. Probably a wider range of topics because there’s only so many things in Toledo we can talk about as far as politics and stuff,” he said. Schaffer said he didn’t intend on leaving Toledo — it was the station that sought him and offered him a threeyear contract. “I just bought a house,” he said. “I told my wife that this was the house I was going to die in, and three months later we’re moving.”

His departure

“There’s a lot of people I’m sure are celebrating that I’m leaving,” Schaffer said. “I just wish they’d invite me to the going away parties they are having for me without inviting me; the ‘I’m so glad he’s gone, life is going to be so much easier without that big mouth on the radio.’ They could have the decency to send me a thank-you note for going away.” Schaffer said taking the job has “been the most difﬁcult professional decision I’ve ever had to make. I have this beautiful studio, I’m treated very well by the company and I really truly respect my bosses. It’s really hard to leave because I’m so well-adjusted here; it’s my comfort zone.” After 24 years of radio, Schaffer said he needs to know if he can play in a larger arena. “A lot of this is about a new challenge and to test myself in a city that has no clue who I am. That excites me,” he said. Schaffer, who has ﬁlled in for nationally syndicated radio host Glenn Beck several times, said he still plans to help on The Glenn Beck Program, but has no interest in syndication himself. “My goal is to live in a city and be on one station and do well and hopefully change some attitudes and make it a better place to live,” he said.

The detractors

Schaffer never hid the animosity between him and The Blade. Media columnist Russ Lemmon often wrote about Schaffer and the paper regularly covered a lawsuit between Schaffer and its company. “Am I gonna miss Russ — the fun, the battles, the stuff off-air, the e-mails that no one ever heard about? I wish him well. I know he has a job to do and he does it very well, he’s answered the call of John Robinson Block and that’s his job,” Schaffer said. “He was complimentary the last time he wrote about me and that shows me he’s not a pup-

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pet of JRB, that gave me some hope.” As for the threat of litigation from The Blade: “I am free to leave now. I’m so looking forward to that chapter of my life being over.” Schaffer continues to be critical of The Blade. “It wears me out. I know people think I like it when I do, but I hate it when I have to go after The Blade. It breaks my heart that I have to go after a newspaper that doesn’t get it,” he said. “Most newspapers think they are better than the people and they try to change minds and opinions where they should just be writing an unbiased story. They slant stories, and The Blade editorializes on the front page. You could pick out any number of people over the years that JRB got ticked off at.”

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Love for Toledo

“The best thing about Toledo is the giving and loving hearts of the people,” Schaffer said, noting the disco parties he used to run at KISS FM raised nearly a quarter-million dollars (Schaffer will host one last party Nov. 23 at Gladiuex Meadows). “There are a lot of loving caring people here.” He said talking about local issues could prove emotionally draining, and he takes some of the responsibility for Toledo’s “lack of change.” “I don’t know if it’s because I failed, or I didn’t do my job well enough — I tick off so many people and they just shut down on me,” he said. “They think, ‘He’s just some angry white guy talk show host.’ I don’t do radio for a job, I don’t pick topics for a reaction; I pick them because it burns deep into my soul.”

Moving on

Schaffer said he doesn’t know how he’s going to get through his last show. “I’m gonna be a mess. It’s not going to be easy because I truly love this town. Even with everything I said. I love it here because this was the first time in my entire career that someone gave me the green light to do what I do,” Schaffer said. “Now they are going to give me a bigger market and a green light. I’m getting my shot, and if I fail, I fail. At least I tried. If you don’t try then you are miserable.” Currently filling in for Schaffer will be the show’s producer, Fred LeFebvre. LeFebvre has worked with Clear Channel radio in Toledo since 1980 and has worked with Schaffer during much of that time. He said he has applied for Schaffer’s position. “From my standpoint, that job is open and we are looking for the best person to fill it,” LeFebvre said. “If they find someone other than me, I will probably stay and produce.” WSPD officials said they have received applications from qualified individuals all over the country.

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“I’m so looking forward to not having to talk about the same politicians and the same politics and the same Democratic Party and how messed up they are,” Schaffer said. “I’m looking forward to getting out of a town that’s mainly a union town. I’m not bashing unions, I’m not bashing the people — God bless them, but I’m looking forward to new things to talk about.” Schaffer said he has seen little change in Toledo’s mentality since he got here. “There really truly are wonderful people here, but unfortunately the mentality has not changed a lot. Toledo has an inferiority complex; a bad self-esteem about itself, and it’s perpetuated by the labor mentality. I’m not bashing unions. I don’t know if that’s ever going to change in this town,” he said. “And The Blade doesn’t help it because they are the worst cheerleader — if The Blade was trying out to be a cheerleader, they wouldn’t even make it on the bottom of the pyramid,” he said. “It’s a shame because they think they’re doing it. They could be so much more positive and they just won’t do it. “When you’ve got a mayor that goes to Pittsburgh to run stuff by [John Robinson Block]; when you’ve got a mayor who consults with the editor of a newspaper, you’ve got problems. I think that’s why Jack Ford’s not going to win — he’s going to get destroyed Nov. 8 because people know he’s connected to John Robinson Block.” Schaffer said he has always had a love/hate relationship with Carty Finkbeiner, former mayor and mayoral candidate. “If I were to stay around, I was going to make every effort I could to have a good relationship,” he said. “I believe he’s changed.” Schaffer said Toledo’s biggest problem is lack of diversity in politics. “It’s a one-party town and you live and die by it. You should vote for someone who has the same ideas and represents you, not because there’s a D or and R next to their name,” he said. “From when I got here in 1992, the same people are in charge. How are things going in the last ﬁve years? Terrible.”

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Albert McCluster describes the Mott Branch Library as “my adopted branch — my base of activities.” It’s not only a place where he borrows materials and checks his e-mail — it also sparked the creation of the Toledo Urban Forum. During his visits to the library, McCluster noticed people coming in to talk about issues and share their opinions. “Mott is a lot like ‘Cheers,’” said Judith Jones, manager of the branch. “There’s usually some debate McCLUSTER and discussion that goes on. I think that’s where he saw the opportunity ... there’s something special about coming to a public place and sharing things.” “A lot of people have disillusions,” McCluster said of his observations at the branch. “People want a place where they can go and express their opinions and someone will listen, offer them a reference, or tell them where to go to complain.” The two-hour Toledo Urban Forum meetings, at the Mott Branch Library, are McCluster’s way of making sure citizens from lower socioeconomic groups are heard. “People don’t realize the potential that exists here in our urban communities,” he said. The ﬁrst two meetings focused on Hurricane Katrina, poverty and race. McCluster said he plans to

hold a meeting on issues AfricanAmerican males face. “I’m starting with African Americans because that’s what I’m most familiar with,” McCluster said. “But this [the forum] is for the lower-income community all together.” “I think Mac [McCluster] is ideal to head this type of organization, and I’m not surprised he took on this type of effort,” Jones said. “He knows how to incite the crowd. He’s not real judgemental. He knows how to make comments to get people talking.” McCluster said he also wants to be proactive with resources for attendees. “With older African Americans especially, they don’t know how to use the Internet. I don’t want to say, ‘This is what you should do.’ I want it instead to be hunting down some information for you if you need it.” Future forum dates and topics will be listed on its Web site (http://www.geocities.com/ ToledoUrbanForum/), with McCluster planning to add features such as comments and meeting minutes. But “I have no intention of making this into a board of directors,” he said. “It’s for people who want the opportunity to meet with like-minded individuals and those involved in other things.” For McCluster, editor in chief of HipHopDX.com, the non-partisan forums are his way of giving back “until I can make my million,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if you don’t have money — there are other things you can do ... The theme of the forum is ‘through debate grows understanding and action.’ You may not be the one to do it, but if you’re getting your message out there, it’s unknown what you can accomplish.”

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Parents Week builds on Devine motives “We are out there rescuing kids [through] government involvement, social services, even the churches, but we’re not paying any attention to parents who play the critical role in getting kids safely to adulthood,” Devine said. “We take them for granted.” After serving for years on the juvenile court, he said he became frustrated over the lack of consideration given to parents. He conceived Parents Week with comprehensive efforts to assist families in all aspects of community life. Each day offers activities devoted to one segment, with events related to faith, picnics and culture. “What we are trying to change is the mindset of the institutions, so that when they start a program they’re focused on the individual,” he said. Monday was slated for government, encouraging parents to eat dinner with their children as a source of family communication on National Family Day. Tuesday, education day, featured keynote speaker Shay Bilchik, CEO of Child Welfare League of America and a family visit to the Toledo Museum of Art. On Wednesday, for social services, the Lucas County Family Council will help parents with learning opportunities for kids from newborns to age 5. Thursday marks business day, when 10 essay-contest winners treat their parents to a Breakfast of Champions. Friday, dedicated to health and recreation, offers a family swim at the Bedford

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Organizations, state and local agencies and hundreds of volunteers cap a yearlong effort to dedicate Parents Week, a statewide series of activities designed to recognize parents and focus attention on the essential elements they serve in society. The slogan: “You Gotta Love Parents.” The annual event runs the fourth week of September, this year from Sept. 25 through Oct. 1. Ohio Parents’ Week, a Parent Community Partnership venture, operates without funding, solely on the efforts of its DEVINE volunteers. Gov. Bob Taft proclaimed the event ofﬁcially by under House Bill 493, and First Lady Hope Taft, chairwoman of the Parents for the 21st Century Committee, serves as an advocate. The idea, originated with retixred Judge Andy Devine, who organized a core group of people representing all segments of the community including faith, education, business, government and media. The collective goal seeks to strengthen the bonds between parents and children while emphasizing the importance of family.

which aims to extend the spirit of YMCA and discounts from COSI parents’ role in raising children during “Little Scientist Week.” throughout the entire year. The events close on Saturday, “We want it to be a yearlong neighborhood’s day, with a public reception at Erie Street Market. activity,” Fisher said. “For example, for faith-based day, we are Darlene Fisher, chairwoman for Lucas County of Parents Week trying to connect with all the congregations throughout Toledo to Activities, described the preparaget them to focus on how they can tions as a yearlong process. She �� has helped developed the program, do their work throughout the year

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GUN LAWS

Charges reduced in Green’s concealed-carry case

A felony gun possession charge was reduced to a misdemeanor for labor activist Michael Franklin Green on Sept. 23. Green was initially ticketed with a pair of misdemeanors on May 28 for possession of alcohol and a handgun in Swan Creek Metropark. When he showed up for his hearing on June 2, however, he found the charges had been increased to felonies. Brian Ramsey, Green’s attorney, persuaded the court to reduce the charge and set Green free without bond. GREEN

Green said that, while he was pleased with the court’s decision to lessen his charge, he is still frustrated over what he termed a “racist prosecutorial system.” “I have been unable to practice my trade as a merchant marine while the felony charge was hanging over my head because I was not allowed to leave Lucas County,” he said. “I also could not take a job offer helping with the reconstruction efforts in New Orleans.” Despite being allowed to leave the county for work, Green said assistant prosecutor Anita Mathew successfully convinced Judge Frederick McDonald to prohibit him from attending a peace rally in Washington, D.C. “I am being denied my constitutional rights,” he said, watching fellow demonstrators prepare to board the DC-

bound busses. “How many other people facing simple misdemeanors are barred from freedom of association and freedom of speech?” Attempts to reach Mathew were unsuccessful. Green said he is considering a civil lawsuit against the county and the Metroparks police for infringement upon his rights. “I have suffered signiﬁcant ﬁnancial loss because of the prosecutor’s ridiculous decision to try and charge me with a felony,” he said, adding that the fear of jail time has been stressful. “Why is it that white defendants like Bruce Beatty and Thomas Szych get charged with misdemeanors, while black defendants get charged with felonies?” — Michael Brooks

Blind therapy dog subject of fund-raiser for hip surgery By Pamela Crabtree Special to Toledo Free Press

His mission is to heal. His clients are children with emotional problems. His co-worker is a licensed social worker and he is a certiﬁed therapy dog through Therapy Dogs International. Bumper, a 1-year-old yellow Labrador Retriever, acquired his name because he bumps into anything that gets in his way; Bumper is blind. Bumper was rescued from a kennel by Kelly Garza, of Perrysburg. “He was born blind, neglected and lived in poor conditions where the puppies ate, slept, urinated and defecated in the same area, an area the size of a small closet,” she said. When the kennel owners realized they weren’t going to get their usual $600 from co6412 Greatand Rate Toledo_10.375x6.094 the lab puppy he would be another mouth to feed, they planned to put him to sleep. “I couldn’t let them do that to a puppy”

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Rally for Equality to take place at courthouse EqualityToledo, a local gay and lesbian equal rights organization, will sponsor a Rally for Equality at 10 a.m. Oct. 1 in front of the Lucas County Courthouse. Rally �� speakers will include Wade Kapszukiewicz, Rev. Cheri Holdridge and Dr. Carol Bresnahan.

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The friend who served as best man for Jim Karahalios’ wedding in 1970 earned the title. He gave Karahalios an original pizza recipe that helped launch a legacy one year later when he founded J & G Pizza Palace in Sylvania. Three-and-a-half decades, a dozen or so cities, a few states, several pizza joints and many thousands of house specials later, the old recipe has reappeared at Pappouli’s Pizza in Sylvania, where Karahalios’ children started the business to keep him active. The recipe has followed the Karahalios as they moved from Illinois to Tennessee, Ohio, back to Tennessee and back to Ohio, starting pizzerias along the way. In the latest move, he left his 65-acre farm, which he still visits occasionally, on the urging of his wife, Georgia; their children decided to plant stakes in the Buckeye State. “My kids, they like Ohio; they all moved here,” Karahalios said. “My wife, she likes to be with the kids, and she said, ‘We have to go there.’ ” Business startups have become a matter of tradition in a family where one of two daughters co-owns an Italian restaurant and the son owns a gas station and supermarket. The Karahalios family has opened stores in Missouri and Kentucky as well. He recounted the variety of consumer markets where he has done business, including a military base near Nashville. The base closed years ago, and he tucked the recipe away, converting the plaza to a shopping

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Jim Karahalios serves gyro meat at his Sylvania restaurant. center and renting space. Most of the pizza places Karahalios established still exist and use the same ingredients prepared the same way. Pappouli’s and J & G operate on Main Street in Sylvania, separated by less than a mile of pavement and a good chunk of a customer base. Karahalios said the city has a big enough market, especially considering its growth since he left a couple decades ago.

“When I came here to Sylvania, it wasn’t a big city like it is now,” he said. “I think there are plenty of people here for both of us.” Meanwhile, he said, he’ll enjoy his time with local friends, serving Greek food and waiting for a liquor license so he can add beer and wine to his menu. “If my kids decide to open something up then ﬁne,” Karahalios said. “If I was 30 years old, I’d do it.”

TRANSPORTATION

Board authorizes airport expansion From Staff Reports

The expansion and modernization of Toledo Express Airport moved forward last week after the board of directors of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority authorized commencement of construction, according to James Hartung, president of the Port Authority. The $22-million expansion will be completed in three phases. Phase I will reconﬁgure ticket counters, airline operations areas, and construct a new baggage sorting area. “Since the installation of the new bag-

gage-screening equipment last year, passengers at Toledo Express have had to carry their own luggage to a central drop-off point so it can be screened,” Hartung said. “When the new baggage conveyance system is in place, airlines will be able to take luggage from passengers right at the ticket counter and send it to be screened. This will put us ahead of most major airports in the country.” The ﬁnal portion of Phase I is the construction of a baggage make-up area to allow airlines to sort and load baggage in a modern facility.

“Sept. 11, 2001 so dramatically changed baggage handling for the airlines that airports are playing catch-up to ﬁnd ways to effectively sort and load baggage,” Hartung said. “When this new facility is completed, Toledo Express passengers will notice a substantial improvement in how their baggage is sorted and delivered.” Later phases will include new passenger screening facilities, new meet-and-greet areas, new lavatory facilities, and a complete aesthetic update for the terminal, Hartung said.

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The Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Government will host the annual transportation summit from 1 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at Owens Community College. The opening session will focus on TMACOG’s long-range plan, “On The Move: 2007-2035 Transportation Plan.” Those gathering at the summit will begin to identify speciﬁc transportation problems and opHARTUNG portunities during a “needs input” session. Public input also is being solicited for On the Move at area libraries this fall. “Citizen input is vital to our efforts to improve the region’s transportation infrastructure,” said James Hartung, president of Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority and chair of the TMACOG Transportation Council. “Transportation continues to be the cornerstone of our economy and we must meet the needs of the future to have a role in the global economy.” There will be a dinner and a keynote speech from Rohan E. Champion, former vice president of corporate strategy and worldwide business development at Federal Express. At Federal Express, his organizations were responsible for the formulation and execution of FedEx’s global electronic commerce and logistics initiatives. To register, call (419) 241-155 ext. 117, or complete an online registration at www.tmacog.org. Cost for members is $28, nonmembers $42, students $22.

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The Warehouse District’s Downtown Latté at 44 South St. Clair St. is not just another business among formerly dilapidated buildings. It’s a coffee house offering more than meets the eye. Proprietors Connie Dick and Pam Burns elaborated on their creation. Edward Slack: Describe what you offer. Pam Burns: Our lunch menu features sandwiches and fresh-made salads. We do business with vendors in the Erie Street and Farmers Market when we can. Curb’s Candles and Swan Creek Candles are on the tables during winter evenings. We usually have a full house for live entertainment at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. We’ve acquired a liquor license, serve beer and wine, and hope to serve mixed drinks soon. ES: What motivated you to open a business Downtown? Connie Dick: We wanted a unique setting that didn’t exist and this location lent itself to what we wanted to create. One of our goals to accomplish locally and affect globally is to buy fair-trade coffee, assuring that farmers get a fair and sustainable wage for their beans. We work with roasters working with small farmers and co-ops. Our organic coffees come from all over the world and we serve organic shade-grown teas. We also have an art gallery displaying the work of a different artist every month. PB: We promote local visual artists and performing artists, musicians offering jazz, classic, standards, piano, guitar and more.

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Pre-inspection offers beneﬁts Insight on inspections By Scott McKimmy Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Selling a home means preparation. Not only paint and repairs, but close scrutiny of the heating, electrical, plumbing and structural integrity. Before listing a house, owners may want to consider an inspection — or more precisely a preinspection — to determine any faults, weaknesses or liabilities that could add up to thousands of dollars in replacement or repair. A thorough inspection can accelerate the home’s sale, according to Philip Feltman, co-owner of Bridge Home Inspections in Toledo. “Pre-inspection allows everything to be on the table,” Feltman said. “It will also, I FELTMAN believe, sell the house quicker.” On discovering faults such as a damaged roof, crumbling foundation or a furnace reaching its life expectancy, the homeowner can negotiate a lower price based on required repairs or improvements. The preemptive measure prevents last-minute repairs during the closing process, avoiding premium costs for contractors to ﬁnish their work within a narrow time frame. It also stops potential buyers from backing out of a commitment because the sale was pending a satisfactory home inspection. Feltman said he prefers to approach sellers instead of buyers because of ethical reasons. Whoever contracts him to inspect the home owns the report, and charging a potential buyer for an inspection already completed for the owner becomes moot. “I document the actual condition of the home as

it sits right there,” he said. “The homeowner or the potential purchaser of the home can ask questions during the inspection and say ‘Well, what do you think about this? What do you think about that?’ I can say, ‘It’s near the end of its lifespan.’ ” He said he makes no recommendations to the value or desirability of the home, remaining as unbiased as possible. Yet, he said, common problems associated with a home’s age must be addressed, whether his customer is a buyer or seller. Even newer homes can require fresh paint, which may conceal water damage from a leaking roof. Other issues, such as electrical updates, depend on the building codes enforced at the time of construction. A home built in the 1920s must pass less-stringent codes than a house from the 1950s, 1970s or 1990s. A 60-amp circuit may have been standard in the past, but today’s appliances draw far more power than their predecessors. “When they built these houses back in the 1950s, they didn’t have microwaves that where 1,500 watts; they didn’t have hairdryers that were 1,500 watts,” Feltman said. Dividing homes by age —10 years and newer, between 10 and 25 years, and more than 25 years old — helps identify potential problems before an inspector visits the premises, according to Feltman. Rooﬁng tends to suffer most on old houses, especially around ﬂashing, vent pipes and soil stacks. Moisture frequently penetrates inconspicuously, leaving little evidence until the problem has become full-blown. Leaks occur slowly, and painting often conceals the problem until after the new homeowner occupies the premises. Feltman said an inspection, however, can reveal such issues and “alleviate a lot of anxiety through communication — before, during and after the inspection.”

Point-of-sale proposal tabled for clariﬁcation A proposed city ordinance requiring an independent inspector to report to the city for approval before the sale of investment property has been tabled for redrafting of the language, according to Tom Kroma, deputy director of economic and community development for the City of Toledo. He said since its introduction to council, news of the legislation has pleased some residents and angered others — especially investors — who believe it will curtail future investments into rental properties. He is attempting to quell misconceptions about the mandatory compliance to current building codes, assuring compliance only to codes existing at the time of construction. The ordinance is referred to as “point of sale.” “For example, if you have a structure that was built in 1890 that had knob-and-tube wiring, as long as that wiring is in good physical condition, that would meet the point-of-sale requirements for that inspection.”

If passed, point of sale would empower the city to certify inspectors capable of providing their services. On approval by the private inspector, the city would decide whether to issue a certiﬁcate granting approval for sale to a new owner. Only investment property — those not occupied by the owner for a period of about six months — would be affected by the ordinance. Kroma said he has heard several complaints based on erroneous information, primarily regarding the intent of the ordinance. “That you have to have brand-new wiring in every single home out there, that’s not what the point of sale is intended to do,” Kroma said. “Some people who don’t understand the ordinance automatically think this is a terrible, terrible thing.” A committee assigned to study the issue has met twice, he said, but no date has been set for reintroducing the proposal to city council. — Scott McKimmy

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hat about that tiny water spot on the ceiling?” “Are those little tunnels on the wood from termites?” Those are just a few of the questions I’ve asked while shadowing home inspectors. Before sealing the deal on a purchase, most Realtors recommend buyers get a home inspection. There’s good reason. In residential transactions, one of the most frequent reasons buyers and sellers ﬁnd themselves in court is the seller’s failure to disclose property defects. Most contracts are written subject to satisfactory property inspections. The likelihood of post-closing disputes is lessened when buyers have more knowledge of the property’s condition in advance. What’s not so obvious is how buyers should react to the pages of information the inspector hands over. When should buyers demand repairs? When should sellers refuse? Market conditions can be a factor, but here’s one reasonable notion: Buyers should ask sellers to pay for necessary repairs, but plan to foot the bill for upgrades. The job of the inspector is to inform the buyer of the home’s condition affecting habitability. Examples include items such as a leaky roof or plumbing, a faulty furnace or wiring, improper water heater venting, extremely low water pressure and evidence of excessive water in a foundation area. Some examples of cosmetic items that do not affect habitability are sagging eaves troughs, minor cracks (less than 1/8 inch) in a basement wall or garage ﬂoor, chipped or missing grout and peeling paint or wallpaper. Inspectors should identify these as maintenance items but prospective buyers should plan to take care them. Just because electrical service is older doesn’t mean it’s defective. It may mean it’s not up to new home standards and codes.

Jody Zink Shadowing during the inspection is a good idea. Depending on the size of the house, a good inspection usually takes between two and four hours. You can learn a lot about maintenance by sticking close by and asking questions. It’s also important to know that a general inspector cannot detect every problem. Know when to bring in specialists and find out whether they include pest and/or radon inspections. When choosing a home inspector, consider experience, qualifications and professional affiliations, such as the National Association of Home Inspectors (www. nahi.org) or the American Society of Home Inspectors (www.ashi. org/find), where you can type in your ZIP code for a list of certified inspectors in your area. Another good resource is the ASHI referral line at 1-800-743-2744. The inspector should provide a written report within 24 hours that reviews every major system and component within the home. Be prepared for the good, bad and quirky. Your home may be your biggest investment. Isn’t it worth trying to find out as much as you can before heading to the closing table? A good inspection is worth every penny. Nobody likes surprises. I hope you won’t have to learn what termite damage looks like. Jody Zink is a licensed Realtor in Ohio and Michigan with the Loss Realty Group. She can be reached at jody@jodyzinkrealtor. com or (419) 725-1881.

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Napoli savors Hens’ success, plans for All-Star week ■ Team to partner with Farr Classic, shoot ﬁreworks from High Level Bridge By Scott Calhoun Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

The Toledo Mud Hens and its fans are savoring a storybook season that culminated in the team’s ﬁrst IL Governor’s Cup crown since 1967. A franchise-record 556,995 fans witnessed the Hens go from worst to ﬁrst while amassing a league- and AAA-best record of 89-55 during the regular season before grabbing the Cup by sweeping the Indianapolis Indians. Larry Parrish has been named the Sporting News’ 2005 Minor League Manager of the year in addition to winning International League Manager of the Year. “In ‘Field of Dreams’ someone said something along the lines of ‘the cosmic tumblers clicking into place.’ That happened here this summer. Toledo got to enjoy that where everything just fell into place,” General Manager Joe Napoli said. Top Hens players Chris Shelton and Curtis Granderson departed permanently for Motown in the middle of the Hens’ season to assist the Tigers, but Napoli said their absence was overcome by those “cosmic tumblers.”

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“It’s so easy to overstate the chemistry after you win but the fact of the matter was, if you were looking to epitomize chemistry this was the club to perform a case study on,” he said. How does Toledo’s pride and joy follow up? Napoli said not since the winter prior to Fifth Third Field’s inaugural season has he and his staff been so excited and busy planning for the following year. The reigning IL champions are set to host the 2006 AAA All Star game during the second full week of July. It will give the franchise the opportunity to showcase what is already widely acknowledged as the premier minor league baseball facility. “The fans now have a ballpark they can brag about. And it’s a regular block party every day we have a NAPOLI game. I can’t tell you how many times throughout the park fans have introduced us to friends and family they’ve brought in from out of town to show off Fifth Third Field,” Napoli said. The block party is set to become minor ball’s Mardi Gras when fans, players and media from all over the nation descend on Downtown next July to enjoy the nationally televised game and accompanying festivities.

Napoli said festivities will run July 10 to July 12, when the game is played. The annual All Star Home Run Derby will be at Fifth Third the evening of July 10. “We have a lot of unique twists during the derby that we will be announcing soon,” Napoli said. During all three days there will be a fan festival in a joint gala with the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic, which will begin its annual LPGA tournament July 13. Featured golfers to play the Farr will be on-hand to greet Toledo’s sports fans. The festival will consist of baseball interactive games and clinics, autograph sessions, live music and behind-thescenes tours, along with other activities. Napoli said as part of the gala festivities on July 11. There will be a free, massive ﬁreworks show launched off of the High Level Bridge spanning the Maumee River Downtown. “We’re looking forward to ﬁlling up both banks of the Maumee,” Napoli said. Napoli said there will be a ceremony for the fans to have that opportunity when the club opens its home schedule next spring. “We won on the road so we didn’t have the appropriate party to celebrate. That’s going to take place Opening Day in 2006,” he said.

This week, the development office of Notre Dame announced seven members of this year’s senior class had been recognized as National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists. Attaining this level of academic achievement is an honor, but to do so while also excelling in the athletic arena is especially noteworthy. Two members of the Notre Dame Academy soccer team, Laura Smith and Chrystal Okonta, have accomplished this feat. Smith and Okonta are both four-year members of the Eagle soccer team. This year, they are co-captains of a team on-target to challenge perennial league favorite St. Ursula for the league crown. Both young ladies said it was the academic environment at Notre Dame that first attracted them to the school and that the athletic program had little to do with their decision. They both said the same is true of their choice relative to their college education. Okonta described this decision as being “completely academic” while Smith viewed it as her “first priority.” Okonta and Smith’s road to Notre Dame came from different directions. Okonta took the traditional route through the Catholic grade school system, having attended nearby Christ the King, while Smith attended Westside Montessori. Despite these differing

Ottawa Hills quarterback Sam Miller has been mulling over potential opportunities for college after graduating in the spring. Should he play football at a Division III school or hang up his helmet and concentrate on business? The 6-foot-3, 210-pound senior said he is considering a career in business or real estate, but on the gridiron, it’s all about chemistry. Miller connects regularly with his No. 1 receiver, Aaron Crooks, his childhood friend and long-time teammate. “I’ve grown up with Aaron since first grade; we’ve been playing catch since first grade,” Miller said. “That chemistry has always been there.” Seven seniors form the team’s nucleus — all in their third year as starters — and the reaction could be explosive. Ottawa Hills won two of its first three games this season, a feat Miller said hasn’t happened for years. The Green Bears tied for first in the Toledo Area Athletic Conference last year and placed second in the league in 2003. With multiple offensive sets, some in spread formations, opponents will have to guard against perimeter passes. Three to four wideouts could put defenses on their heels with every snap of the ball as the receiver core features at least a couple of players with outstanding speed and ball control. “There’s always a main receiver in every package, but if I need a go-to guy on third down and short, I’m going to go to Aaron. He has the best hands on the team,” Miller said. “We also have a great receiver in Ken Valuska. I grew up with him,

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routes, both said they felt comfortable immediately in the halls and classrooms of Notre Dame Academy. The classroom is not the only area where Okonta and Smith excel. They are both important members of a Notre Dame soccer team that is among Northwest Ohio’s best. Eagles coach Gary Ehrmin, said he looks toward both young ladies for leadership and places a great deal of the credit for his team’s success during the past few years on “Okanta’s athletic skill,” and “Smith’s intelligent play.” Both young ladies received consideration last year for all-league honors. Okonta is regarded by many experts as one of the area’s best goalkeepers. Okonta and Smith said they would like to continue playing but not at the risk of endangering their education.

WEEK NINE: Anthony Wayne Generals sophomore running back Nate Sherman goes high for the ball over a pair of Maumee Panther defenders. The intensity and excitement are the same but not as many are on-hand to watch the Saturday morning junior varsity games. Toledo Free Press has commissioned photographer Art Weber to chronicle the 2005 varsity football season of the Anthony Wayne Generals. Each week, one photo will capture the evolving season. Art Weber may be contacted at aweber331@adelphia.net.

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Ottawa Hills QB Sam Miller is considering a career in business.

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Laura Smith, left, and Chrystal Okonta.

Green Bears’ QB Sam Miller faces on-field litmus test too; he’s the fastest guy on the team.” Head Coach Chris Hardman said by the time the Green Bears wrap this season, Miller, a three-year letter winner, will hold every quarterback record in school history, including passing yards, completions, touchdowns and career passing percentage. If there existed a way to measure finesse, Miller would own that record, too. “Not only is his arm strong — he can make all the hard throws — but what I think is attractive is that he can make all of the touch throws,” Hardman said. “I really believe he’s the complete package when it comes to throwing the football.” During the summer, Miller attended the invitation-only Purdue University’s elite quarterback school, where college coaches worked with top prep prospects from around the country. The three-day camp allowed quarterbacks to analyze and perfect their technique. “They would have you do a three-step drop and then your five-step drop — all being videotaped,” Miller said. “And then they’d take you up to the film room, and the quarterback coach would break it down for every individual.” Speed may be the only element limiting Miller’s future in collegiate play, where coaches often like a quarterback who can run options and draws. Hardman said Miller functions best in a system where the quarterback throws from the pocket, which may lead him to any of Ohio’s hotbed of top Division II or Division III schools. “If he ran a tad bit faster, I think he’d be recruited by a lot of people,” Hardman said. “But we don’t ask him to run the ball very much. In today’s college offense, many of them do.”

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‘Stand Up’ for Trapt at Club Bijou In 1999, Trapt guitarist Simon Ormandy was majoring in biochemistry at the University of California at Santa Barbara. “We grew up in a suburban kind of town, Los Gatos, California It’s the kind of place where your path is predestined — you go to college, do what your parents want you to do,” Ormandy said. He and Chris Brown, vocalist and guitarist, and Peter Charell, bass, chose their band’s name to reﬂect their feeling while in Los Gatos High School. “For me, staying on that path, I wouldn’t have accomplished what I wanted to do,” Ormandy said last week from a tour stop in Chico, Calif. “We didn’t expect the music to get serious until we dropped out of college, and that’s when we really focused on it.” That was in 2000. Two years later, drummer Aaron “Monty” Montgomery joined Trapt and the band released its self-titled debut. The single “Headstrong” earned two Billboard Awards

for best modern rock track and best rock track in 2003. Sales of the disc topped 2 million. Trapt’s follow-up, Someone in Control, was released Sept. 13. The group co-produced the disc with Don Gilmore, who has worked with Linkin Park, Pearl Jam and Dashboard Confessional. “Don is a very interesting cat. He’s totally a funny guy, deﬁnitely good to work with,” Ormandy said. “We had the songs before we made the record, so we just had minimal tweaks. We worked most with lyrics.” The quartet is known for its intense lyrics, driving guitar riffs and Brown’s sweet and explosive vocals. That recipe is evident in the new single “Stand Up.” “I describe our music as heavy, alternative melodic rock,” Ormandy said. Trapt will be at Club Bijou, 209 N. Superior St., Oct. 5 with Aphasia and Blindside. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $22.50 the day of the show. — Vicki L. Kroll

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next great writers are going to be. One thing I learned in New York is that it’s the writers, more than the actors, who make or break this industry.” All of the theater’s creative staff, many recent university graduates, are paid, “although it may not be much more than gas money.” Quinlan said he feels that using professionals “is a sign of status, growth, maturity as a theater company. Big name writers and actors will look at us more seriously if we’re professional.” So far, the theater’s administrative positions

are all-volunteer. “I’d love to have a full-time staff and pay actors what they’re worth,” Quinlan said. Performances are at the Collingwood Arts Center, 2413 Collingwood Blvd. Tickets are normally $17-$20, but Wednesday performances are “pay what you can” nights (tickets available at the door, $1 minimum) and Thursdays are “buy one, get the second ticket at half off ” nights.

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For the ﬁrst time in its 104-year history, the Toledo Museum of Art has created a named staff position. The William Hutton Curatorship honors the memory of its namesake, whose curatorial career at the Museum spanned nearly 40 years. Before Hutton retired as senior curator in 1992, he served in the development of TMA’s internationally renowned collection, including the acquisitions of Bassano’s “Flight into Egypt” in 1977, Monet’s “Water Lilies” in 1981, and Gainsborough’s “The Countess of Essex and Her Daughter” in 1984. When Hutton died in 2000, former director Roger Berkowitz proposed the naming of the position as part of the Museum’s Founders of the Second Century capital and endowment campaign. The endowment of the position was successfully completed in 2005, and TMA Director Don Bacigalupi recently announced Lawrence W. Nichols, whose specialty is European and American painting and sculpture before 1900, will serve as the ﬁrst William Hutton Curator.

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When Bill Quinlan moved with his wife and mother-in-law to Toledo from the East Coast last October, they increased the local membership in Actor’s Equity (the professional stage actors’ union) by 50 percent. Quinlan, a San Francisco native and a veteran of more than 150 productions as an actor (plus 30 as a director) founded Toledo’s new Harvest Theatre with the goal of bringing professional regional theatre to the area. He said many smaller cities and towns have theatres with national reputations. The new theatre’s inaugural season opens Oct. 6 with “Night by Michelangelo” by upand-coming playwright Gary Giovannetti. Michelangelo is a story of a breast cancer patient’s cross-country journey in search of friendship, family, and meaning. The play is being staged in conjunction with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “I knew I wanted to do plays which are interesting, challenging, and not what you normally see around here,” Quinlan said. “This ﬁrst play is by a friend of mine. It’s very funny, very emotional.” “Michelangelo features” local actors CONTINUED ON PAGE 25

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Local poet’s work noted for politically charged verse By David J. Coehrs Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

“Harvey Keitel, Harvey Keitel, Harvey Keitel” is going to be reviewed for the New York Times by its namesake, actor Harvey Keitel. That’s not the only odd fact about Toledoan John Dorsey’s latest volume of outlaw poetry: It was co-authored via e-mail with two guys he didn’t meet until the book’s press tour. The facts surrounding it may be peculiar, but the politically charged verse of “Harvey Keitel ...” has struck a chord with poetry devotees. The press run of 2,000 copies is considered large for the genre, and sales have been impressive since it hit the stands in April. “The book is about not feeling a connection to our own form of government,” Dorsey said. “The book has been called a love letter to America. [The poetry] almost feels like a heartbeat to me.” DORSEY Co-authored by S.A. Grifﬁn and Scott Wannberg, “Harvey Keitel ...” is Dorsey’s seventh volume of published poetry. Introduced to both men by email, Dorsey shared their views and admired their writing styles, and a collaboration was born. “Mostly it’s written in a very common form or dialect,” he said of the volume. “No matter what your background, you can connect to it. It generally got a good response in Toledo.” A former New Yorker and Pennsylvanian, Dorsey has

had an eclectic career. His poetry and prose have been published in magazines such as Thunder Sandwich, Circle and Dublin Quarterly since he was 14 years old. Several of his screenplays were sold in Hollywood, and another project, “Family Recipe,” was produced and nominated for an audience award at the Sundance Film Festival. He has also worked as a playwright; “Moon Magnets” was performed in New York, and “Ghostown” in Stuttgart, Germany. Perhaps Dorsey’s strangest gig was writing the pilot episode for a Russian television miniseries, “Love Without Order.” “It was a really strange job to have,” he said. Dorsey said his underground poetry, dubbed “outlaw” because it’s not written in an academic style, meshed perfectly with his co-authors. “We had written a whole book together and we hadn’t even met,” Dorsey said. “People have commented on how balanced it feels, as though we sat down in the same room and wrote it together.” Published by Butcher Shop Press of Long Island, N.Y., “Harvey Keitel ...” sold 400 copies in two months, an impressive number for a volume of poetry, Dorsey said. “It’s more of a labor of love, because (the publishers) don’t even expect to turn a profit.” Speaking from Los Angeles, Griffin said, “Our job comes to report what we’re seeing and hearing around us.” He said the book addresses the nation’s current “political and cultural flux and the emotions of those who wrote it. The interest is fundamentally the way a lot of business is conducted, period. “What’s cool about the book it that we all do our own thing. We don’t try to be each other. That’s why the book balances out so well. It’s not only important to reach peo-

ple, it’s extremely important to entertain them.” Grifﬁn said the idea of collaborating by e-mail is not so novel. “More and more people are coming to electronic medium,” he said. “A lot of what we see around us is manifest through the Internet.” Although he has returned to writing short ﬁction, Dorsey will tour again in October to promote “Harvey Keitel ...”. The author of about 1,000 poems, he said his career has taken him down some strange roads. “It’s been a weird ride. I never expected it to be like this.”

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ated FWG at a local mental health facility to give voice and artistic expression to those he said are often stigmatized my society. But he also wanted to educate the public about their potential and abilities. “So often, the people who should have the greatest concern for these people have the greatest contempt,” he said. The group has retained the Collingwood Arts Center as a ﬁscal agent. Its ﬁve-person board of directors is currently creating by-laws and working to expand operations. Murphy said FWG sprang out of his own drug dependency. He was addicted for 13 years to Valium prescribed to counteract side effects of asthma medication. He said treatment and stays in halfway houses “jolted me out of complacency and made me see a world bigger than myself. My second act was pulling my life together.” Upcoming FWG gigs include a Christmas program at the Northcoast Behavioral Health Care Center in Toledo and a venture with a Bowling Green human rights organization. FWG member Peter Van Schaick said the group “allows me to connect with folks I probably wouldn’t interrelate with. I’m a supporter of ‘marginal people.’” Murphy said the performers are bolstered by feelings of self -worth and purpose. “You realize your experience hasn’t been in vain and you’re not alone. I think it’s a way of connecting with other people as well.”

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The Junior League of Toledo, Inc. will host Dancin’ in the Streets Oct. 1 on the Boulevard at the Town Center at Levis Commons. The event will feature live music, a variety of grazing stations and a chance to spend the night dancing in the streets of Levis Commons. The revenue raised from the event will go to Junior League initiatives. Tickets are $75 per person; (419) 534-3138.

2 BARBERSHOP HARMONY

The Stateline Chorus, under the direction of Aaron Kujawski, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at Sylvania Northview High School, 5403 Silica Dr. The barbershop group will feature guest quartets Odds On and Erie Street A Cappella. Tickets are $10, $5 students; (419) 729-2147.

3 I spent much of Tuesday waiting for a call. Rather than sitting idly in front of a TV, I decided to go exploring along the Maumee River at Sidecut Metropark. Along the way I was fascinated by this solitary creature. A common miracle, the water strider takes advantage of physics to walk across the water’s surface in search of its next meal. It relies on its slender legs and the surface tension between water molecules to keep from getting wet. Technical information: this photo was taken at 1/200 sec., ISO 1600, f/ 2.8 and 70mm.

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SPACE EXHIBITION Space 237 will hold its annual Fall Art Exhibition opening night from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 7 at 237 N. Michigan St., Downtown. The “Untitled” art exhibit will showcase the work of national, regional and local artists. Media includes glass, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, painting and mixed media. Refreshments and live performance by Spoken Word. The exhibit runs through Dec. 30; (419) 255-5117. EXPOSE YOURSELF Northwest Ohio’s cultural arts institutions offer a unique opportunity for backstage access through Expose Yourself to the Arts. This six-part program offers participants to sample backstage tours, meeting the performers and educational opportunities about the performance. Programs include performances such as “Madame Butterﬂy,” “The Nutcracker,” “Shirley Valentine,” Toledo Symphony Classics and more. Tickets are limited to 100, and are $125 per person; (419) 2468000. Ave Jones, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at The Mill, 5115 Glendale Ave. Admission $15.

top of the LIST GET YOUR TICKETS Connecting Point’s Triumph Awards Gala, celebrating local teens who have overcome adversity, will be take place at 6 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Wyndham Hotel, Downtown. Special guest will be Cookie Johnson. Tickets $30 adult, $15 youth, $100 VIP reception; (419) 243-6326. THEY WALKED HERE BEFORE US Join a Native American Pow Wow with singing, dancing, arts, crafts and more from 11 a.m. to dusk Oct. 1 and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 2 at Buttonwood Park, Perrysburg. There will be a children’s tent with Native arts and crafts, a wildlife tent with birds of prey, and an 18th-Century Indian Woodland village with a lacrosse/double ball ﬁeld. Flinknapping, Atl Atl and bow demonstrations.

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Full Blown Chaos, Madball, Misery Signals, Walls of Jericho Beachland Ballroom & Tavern, Cleveland

Michael Penn, Fluffgirl Burlesque, Rosie Thomas Blind Pig, Ann Arbor

Smokestack, Bump BGSU Kobacker Hall

Band Prism Concert Brewed Awakenings

Dawn Xiana Moon The Bronze Boar

Russel Martin & The Relics Club Bijou

Rock Fight Week Eight Detroit Orchestra Hall

Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise Harpo’s, Detroit

Lourdes College Franciscan Center, Sylvania

Alvin’s, Detroit

Skoobie Snaks

Bayside, I Am the Avalanche, June, The Forecast

Magic Stick, Detroit

The Ark, Ann Arbor

Acceptance, Augustana, Cartel, Paramore, Receiving End of Sirens Manhattan’s

Frostbite Blues Masonic Temple Theatre, Detroit

The White Stripes, M. Ward Mickey Finn’s Pub

Whit Hill & The Postcards, The Love Butlers Murphy’s Place

Glenda Biddlestone, Roosevelt Hatcher, The Murphys Nate & Wally’s Fishbowl, Bowling Green

Stylex, The Press Gang, Thunderbirds Are Now!

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Biza Sompa & the Bichinis Bia Congo Dance Troupe Beachland Ballroom & Tavern, Cleveland

Alejandro Escovedo Blind Pig, Ann Arbor

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Soundtrack, The Starting Line, Panic! at the Disco The Underground

Cory Branan, Picciuto, JWC

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Black Swamp Blues Society Battle of the Bands The Mill

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St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit

Sleater-Kinney, The Ponys

University of Toledo Doermann Theater

Stranahan Theater

UT Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rico McNeela UT Flatlands

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Queensryche UT Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall

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Chris Konopp & Friends

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Lyrics Born, Pigeon John

Lou Barlow Josh Joplin

Majestic Theatre, Detroit

Bob Mould, Uncut Manhattan’s

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The White Stripes, Brendan Benson Mickey Finn’s Pub

JT & The Clouds, Phonograph Palace Theatre, Cleveland

Vince Gill, Jon Randall

Tower City Amphitheater, Cleveland

Nintendo Fusion Tour featuring Boys Night Out, Fall Out Boy, Motion City

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Toledo Symphony Orchestra

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House of Blues, Cleveland

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Student Jazz Combos

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Black Mountain, Blood Meridian, Ladyhawk

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People in Planes, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Bravery Manhattan’s

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House of Blues, Cleveland

Charlie Sexton, John Mayer Trio

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In praise of Yoopers A few weeks ago, I turned in my column from Los Angeles. This week I’m shaking the dust of Marquette, Mich. off my shoes. It was my first trip to the Upper Peninsula, a seemingly endless vista of smoked fish and jerky sellers, gloriously campy old-school tourist traps, creepy bungalows available for the summer (provided they hold up that long) and isolated college towns. Playing a gig in Marquette means being the only form of entertainment after 9 p.m., which makes for a good turnout even when no one knows who you are. Of course, the reason no one goes up there to play is because it’s as far to Marquette as it is to New York, almost. Add in miserable weather and the apparent decision to fix the entire length of I-75 from Ann Arbor to the Mackinac Bridge all at once, and it makes the trip even longer. The people are some of the nicest I’ve encountered. In an age where civility is disappearing fast, a dose of small-town friendliness is a tonic. I recommend going up there, even if you’re not in a touring band looking to lose tons of money on gasoline. Rent a creepy bungalow, do some fishing, eat jerky. You’ll love it. I did regret missing the reunion show of Uncle Knucklefunk last Saturday, apparently to a packed house at Club Bijou. These twang-tinged hard rockers were the hardest-working band in Toledo in the early to mid 1990s, and apparently no one’s forgotten how much ass they kicked. Good job, fellas — any new music forthcoming?

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Friday, tiny Bowling Green watering hole Nate and Wally’s is the place to be. Thunderbirds Are Now! are coming back through town, and its whacked-out mix of electronics, manic guitars, pop hooks and raucous noise is a helluva lot of fun. Not to be outdone, BG madmen Stylex open with some equally off-the-rails electro-rock mayhem, and new band The Press Gang (risen from the ashes of the Modern Soviet Enemies) start the night. Based on the newly released demo song posted on myspace.com, The Press Gang is sure to go down a storm with fans of the other two bands. If these guys can back it up live as well as MSE did, they’ve got a bright future. Saturday’s must-see is JT and the Clouds at Mickey Finn’s Pub. These guys have a loyal local crowd who make it out to every show to hear frontman Jeremy Lindsay’s country-tinged bar rock. No less an authority than local blues record label owner John Rockwood says, “JT & The Clouds are American originals. Sly Stone soul and Gram Parsons heartbreak.” If that doesn’t sound appealing, see a specialist about your crippling lack of soul.

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MUSEUM OF ART

IN CONCERT

Pavilion’s glass panels fabricated overseas

After Alice

By Scott McKimmy Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Show to beneﬁt hurricane victims By Vicki L. Kroll Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

While the Rock and Rebuild concert is all about giving, After Alice likes to make sure its fans receive something. “We pass out our CDs for free at the shows. If people don’t like it, they can use it for a coaster,” said Jason Kubicki, singer and guitarist. “We just want to get our music out there.” After Alice is one of several bands that will play the free Rock and Rebuild show at Headliners, 4500 N. Detroit Ave., Sept. 30. There will be a 50/50 rafﬂe and a donation box, with proceeds going to local charities involved in helping rebuild cities affected by Hurricane Katrina. “We’re always up for anything. We’ve played a lot of beneﬁt shows,” Kubicki said. “We’re just average people, people like everyone else.” Kubicki, drummer Adam Haley, guitarist Justin Kubicki and bass player Steve Marx have been together four years. Marx is the only original After Alice member. “Steve says someone said the group would do something after Alice — that’s the myth, the legend,” Jason said. “We thought about changing the name. People think it’s drug-related, about Alice Cooper, Alice in Wonderland, Alice in Chains. We like the mystery and how people always ask us about it.” One thing is clear: After Alice is all about

original music. “We like to try to blend some classic rock along with newer stuff,” Jason said. “We’re trying to move forward. You can’t do that trying to play what’s on the radio. We do our own stuff.” And the band has a good time. “For us, it’s all about having fun up there and connecting with people,” Jason said. After Alice will take the main stage at 11 p.m. Door open at 7 p.m. Free tickets are available at Freon Beats, 1855 S. Reynolds Road, and Culture Clash, 3301 W. Central Ave.; without a ticket, cost is $2 for 20 and younger and $5.

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Center Stage Prologue to Spring Rediscover The Fury 1200 Mindshift Bradshaw’s Project

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Specially designed glass panels enclosing 76,000 square feet of glass artisan shops, exhibits and galleries next spring at the Toledo Museum of Art represent the new global era of industry — made in Germany, fabricated in China, then assembled in the Glass City. TMA’s search committee spanned continents to find an architect and a glass fabricator to meet its vision of the Glass Pavilion, calling it an “international marvel,” which will house 5,000 glass pieces including the Art in Glass gallery. The committee selected SANAA, based in Tokyo, Japan for the architectural design and UAD, a Chinese-based company, for fabrication of the sheets, most 8 feet by 13-and-one-half feet. Only two companies worldwide, through their subcontractors, could meet the all of the museum’s requirements for shaping, laminating and polishing the glass, according to Carol Bintz, COO for the museum. The committee identified potential architects worldwide, then narrowed the field and submitted letters of interests to prospective candidates. Based on the responses, two finalists were chosen, and the committee selected the project’s architect after studying other buildings each firm had designed. “The architect was chosen by a group of our donors, our staff and someone on the university staff,” Bintz said. “There was a team of people that were appointed to find an architect that would create this new glass museum building for us.” Among the fabricators consid-

ered, four U.S. companies lacked capabilities for either size or curvature of the glass panels. Rudolph/ Libbe Inc., in Walbridge has served as the general contractor since the project began last year with installation of the infrastructure. “The [fabricator] in China was the one that had the most modern and the newest equipment and the best process to do the fabrication,” Bintz said. Pilkington North America donated $150,000 in glass, a low-iron type allowing maximum luminosity from both within and outside of the pavilion, according to Stephen Weidner, vice president of sales and marketing. He said the properties of the glass, known as Optiwhite, a nearly colorless material suitable for showrooms and solar collectors. Although iron exists in all glass, greater amounts reduce its ability to transmit light. “It’s a very low iron-containing product,” he said “It’s a clearer glass; it has higher visibility.” The project so far has the roof installed and work in the lower level completed or nearing completion, Bintz said. Other preparations included razing buildings, preserving mature trees and paving a new parking lot for visitors to the pavilion. The installation of the glass panels will complete the construction of the building, which will stand 15 feet at the main level. The $27-million project, which began with planning ﬁve years ago, was funded through a $30million capital campaign. Bintz said admission to the pavilion will be free, and unpaid lecturers will provide tours to educate visitors on the art of glass blowing. Exhibits will include functioning shops where artisans will create their works in front of an audience.

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Visiting actor to perform training college. He also works with ethnic-Hungarian artists in places such as Serbia-Montenegro, Transylvania and France. Under the former Communist regime in Hungary, Várszegi’s work was banned as “dangerous.” “The government was afraid of good artists,” he said. “I was a student and university artists were especially dangerous.” Várszegi will work with UT theater students. “I would like to write a story using bodies and props. The movement will write the text. But ﬁrst I must get to know [the students], learn what they think about movement, performance language, talking without words.” Várszegi’s visit is part of the Theatre Department’s new collaboration with the Institute of English and American Studies at the University of Debrecen in Eastern Hungary. Szabolcs Szilágyi, a teacher and director from Debrecen, is also in residence and will be assistant director for the department’s production of “Homebody/Kabul” by Tony Kushner (Nov. 4 to 20), visit theater classes, and conduct workshops in directing. In May, UT students will travel to Hungary to perform in two theatre festivals. “The Maiden Taken to Heaven” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 29 and 30 and Oct. 1 at UT’s Center Theater. Performances are free; call (419) 530-2202. — Lauri Donahue

GAME REVIEWS BY MICHAEL SIEBENALER The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (Vivendi Universal Games) Enough with the puzzles and coded doors, I want the Hulk to smash things! Hulk gets mad. Hulk smashes and even jumps long distances. You get rewards with smash points, which get be redeemed at your church base for special moves such as the “critical atomic slam” and “air recovery.” You can interact with almost any object in your path. You can crush cars in half, then use the steel as gloves to lay waste to the environment and/or enemies. The unlockable jump points are a great feature that allow you to access different areas quickly. Repetition won’t be a problem once you start completing the missions and various objectives, but take your time — there’s a lot to experience! Excellent surprises, options (including costumes) and comprehensive interactivity boost the replay value to a high level. You also get lots of minigames. Sorry, no PC version yet. (GameCube, PlayStation2, Xbox — rated T for violence, language). Darkwatch (Capcom) Set in 1876, this first-person shooter follows the story of outlaw Jericho Cross, a greedy crook who encounters Darkwatch, an ancient organization fighting devilish evils. This storyline sets a good tone for the single-player mode. A vampire lord, Lazarus, makes a decent bad guy while Jericho’s horse Shadow and Cassidy Sharp provide support. Special vision, jumps and a host of weapons supply basic fighting necessities while good powers (color coded in blue) and evil powers (red) allow customized choices and styles. The controls target enemies well as you shoot it out in various terrains and methods, even horseback, with four different levels of difficulty. The multiplayer mode and online mode (Xbox only) expands the game even further, though the gunslingers, banshees and other creatures get a bit repetitive. Online capabilities only for the Xbox version. (PC, PlayStation2, Xbox — rated M for blood, gore, intense violence, language and sexual themes).

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On his ﬁrst visit to America, Hungarian actor/producer/director Tibor Várszegi said he is surprised at how different it is from the image presented on American TV shows like “Friends.” “It’s normal. I saw a lot of TV and it’s not the same. It’s VÁRSZEGI very human. Everybody’s smiling. Nobody’s nervous. In Hungary, Central Europe, everybody’s impatient.” Várszegi is in residence at the University of Toledo Department of Theatre and Film, where he will present his one-man show, “The Maiden Taken to Heaven,” based on a folk ballad about a maiden who dies before she can be wed, and the comfort her mother takes in the knowledge of her daughter’s joy in the afterlife. Várszegi’s theatrical specialty is movement improvisation, and his performances include music, text and dance. His UT show will be in English (a language Várszegi only learned in his 30s), although only about nine minutes of the work include the spoken word. In Hungary, Várszegi publishes a review of contemporary performing arts and a literary journal, as well as writing essays and short stories, performing, and teaching literature at a teachers

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The Library Legacy Foundation announced its third annual “A Midsummer Night Up On the Roof” will be July 22, 2006. A Midsummer Night Up On the Roof takes place on the rooftop Civic Plaza of the Main Library. July’s A Midsummer Night Up On the Roof raised $20,000 for youth services programs at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (419) 259-5123.

Hearse Club meeting set Eerie Shores Hearse Club is hosting a night out at Ghostly Manor, 3319 Milan Rd. (U.S. Rt. 250) Sandusky, from 6 p.m. to midnight Oct. 1. Drivers who bring a hearse, ambulance or livery limo get a free tour, and their riders get in for half price. See www.eerieshores. org for information.

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Events: Mars retrogrades on Oct. 1st (until Dec. 4th); solar eclipse in Libra on the 3rd. Aries (March 21-April 19) Accept endings and move on. Creative juices flow on the 29-30th, but others’ motives are suspect. Giveand-take issues can boil over the weekend; revise expectations of self and others on the 3rd. Workable compromises evolve through discussions on the 4-5th. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Promises made in trust are kept through integrity. Inner mandates and urges must be acknowledged. If battered by external demands or raging dissatisfaction, reflect to identify root feelings. Start a new personal chapter after the 3rd; quiet improvements on the 5th. Gemini (May 21-June 21) Strive to overcome obstacles. Confidential information arrives on the 29th — keep it secret. After the 1st, others can’t assist you because of their own problems. Self-reliance and inner strength ensure progress. Seek/develop alternate resources and ideas on the 4-5th. Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Libra (September 23-October 22) Ambitions may require travel. The Libran solar eclipse signals the need to eliminate the obsolete, or revise unworkable goals. Wise friends or professional advisers should be contacted after the 3rd. Follow advice precisely; master the fear of confrontations and direct actions. Scorpio (October 23-November 21) The ball and chain is optional. Overwhelming desires can be your undoing. Change yourself instead of trying to change others. Your hidden well of self-discipline can be leveraged on the 1st. A trusted conﬁdante makes an excellent sounding board on the 4-5th. Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

Make your dreams a reality. Run with an opportunity given on the 29th. Although loved ones experience turmoil over the weekend, you need solitude to promote personal interests. Dump unworkable goals on the 3rd; valuable contacts expand your agenda on the 4-5th.

Professional advice reduces risks. Through this period upheavals in the status of others, particularly family, causes drastic yet necessary revisions. Urgent desires/unleashed tempers can overcome good sense. Discussions after the 4th provide a more stable footing.

Capricorn (December 22-January 19) Focus on process, not results. Take on one-time projects that promote your long-term goals during this period. Instigate strategies that minimize stagnation. Authority or protocols change after the 3rd. Beneﬁts of these changes arrive after the 5th.

Leo (July 23-August 22) Open desires can be manipulated. A crossroad in your life path stands before you. Dreams for the future may be blocked by obstinate obstacles. Rethink tactics and strategies in silence. You may need to assume a speciﬁc role to move forward; dialog on the 4-5th is critical.

Aquarius (January 20-February 18) Be courageous, but not impetuous. Long-term problems clash with current demands during this period. Family status requires protection from external agencies that undermine stability. If potential assistance is scuttled on the 3rd, a better source arrives on the 4-5th.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Stability doesn’t always produce contentment. Ideas about your long-term future enter a period of regeneration. Suspicion or envy may surface over the weekend — avoid careless reactions or outbursts. Turn to distant or unusual sources for support on the 4-5th.

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