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OPINION

FEBRUARY 1. 2009

PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT

The big picture

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ast week, our special section on the Meta-Plan put the spotlight on regional economic development efforts. The plan is now called the less cryptic “Toledo-Regional Economic Plan,” but the mission remains the same: to enable conversation between local economic development agencies to make sure all the players know what is going on at any given time. UT, the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, Lucas County Improvement Corporation, Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce, City of Toledo, Regional Growth Partnership and Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments are just some of the organizations that are working with the state to move the development ball downfield with unity and cooperation.

It is important to call attention to this information again because as our economy struggles to recover from its slump, communication and cooperation will be imperatives, not luxuries.

As Dan Johnson, former UT president and one of the initial movers of the Thomas F. POUNDS Meta-Plan idea, wrote in our 2008 special section, “The rationale and arguments for strategic, high-level collaboration among our economic development agencies and organizations were discovered a long time ago by many successful cities and regions. Many are well-known and include Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Louisville, Ky., and Charlotte, N.C., to name a few.

Some have pursued these strategies through regional governance, some through regional alliances and others through enlightened private- and public-sector leadership. Whatever the tool chosen for strategic, highlevel collaboration, those cities and regions that have taken that step in the past are now among our nation’s leading metropolitan areas with respect to economic development.

“If we succeed in developing a more formal, integrated, collaborative approach to economic development in the region, we can all be confident that our chances for success have increased.”

Those words were true then and ring truer now.

When we assemble next year’s look at this vital effort, we will hopefully be able to show some tangible progress and results.

Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press. Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.

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LIGHTING THE FUSE

I fought the law

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n Oct. 28, a City of Toledo photo enforcement the even faster truck.

The video, shown in one medium-size box on a program camera clocked me driving 62 mph on laptop computer, lasted about three secthe Anthony Wayne Trail. The onds. First, there are no cars in the frame. posted speed limit on the Trail is 50 mph.

Then, two vehicles pass through the scene.

I knew the exact moment the camera Three seconds of actual time tracking the flashed; as I was approaching a green light, vehicles might be generous. The examiner a large Salvation Army truck rumbled up watched the video, then said, “You were beside me and passed me. I admit I was clearly keeping pace.” traveling faster than 50 mph, but it seemed “Was I?” I asked. “I’m not sure you can reasonable to me that the camera had been tell anything from that.” triggered by the truck, which beat me to The clerk laughed and made a lightthe next traffic light by several lengths. hearted joke that I was maintaining the The “notice of liability” I received in the mail was accompanied by three se- Michael S. MILLER footage “doesn’t go that deep.”

She made the joke twice, actually. quential photos, two of which showed the “How can you tell anything from that? I asked. truck passing me.

The examiner adjusted his smudged glasses and said, Now, if you catch me, you catch me, and I’ll pay up. In my 26 years of driving a car, I’ve received one speeding “I have a lot of experience squinting at these videos. This ticket that I remember. Let’s say I’m wrong and double hearing sides with the city. The sergeant will tell you how that; a hypothetical two violations in 26 years isn’t per- to pay your fine.”

And that was that. End of appeal. fect, but it’s not a habit or pattern, either.

Then, the examiner casually said “The cameras are I hate the idea of electronic eyes watching like unblinking sentinels, and because the camera showed the set to go off at 12 mph over the speed limit. If you had been going 1 mph slower, you wouldn’t have set it off.” truck passing me, I had a legitimate question.

So, I am to believe the camera can distinguish 1 mph My appeal was Jan. 22, in the city council chambers in One Government Center. As I signed in, the security between two vehicles four feet apart at 60 mph. No calibraguard recognized me from the paper and wished me tion issues, no technology issues, no margin for error?

Chris Finney, a board member of COAST, told me good luck with my appeal. He did not say so, but I received the impression he has not witnessed many people that my experience was typical.

“It’s not about due process, it’s about generating revleaving the hearings with their arms raised in victory.

The hearings are now public, thanks to the legal ef- enue for the city,” he said. “It’s not about safety; it’s about forts of the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending forfeiting 400 years of civil rights law for $120.” and Taxes (COAST). At the hearing was a police officer I checked with Maj. William Greenaway of the local referred to as “Sergeant,” a clerk keeping track of the Salvation Army, and he said one of their drivers did rehearings and a hearing examiner. ceive a ticket and pay the fine for the Oct. 28 “violation.”

The man in front of me was making the case that his car I have not yet paid my fine. Finney urged me not to, slid through an intersection on icy roads that had not been saying, “You don’t have to pay these tickets. It’s a frauduplowed or salted, setting off the photo enforcement camera. lent scam. They do not have any judgment against you, The hearing examiner said, “Let’s watch the video,” which no judge has ruled against you. They would have to take surprised me. I did not know the cameras were taking and you to court and prove their case all over again, and there storing video. I thought the video would help me make my is no record they have done or are willing to do that. case when my turn came, but the astute headline reader “They have no authority to get liens on you, touch has probably figured out how my story ends. your bank account, impact your license tags, garnish The officer, clerk, examiner and driver watched the your wages or in any other way enforce the fine. It’s a video, and the examiner, said, “Yes, you were clearly kangaroo court, and I hope you don’t pay it.” trying to stop.”

I have a few weeks to think about it.

The officer then said, “The city will maintain you As I left the hearing, I waved at the security guard, were driving too fast for the conditions.” shaking my head that the results did not go my way. He And that was that. End of appeal. did not seem surprised.

My turn.

He’s seen it before, many times.

The hearing panel was civil and professional as I Learn more about the efforts to dismantle the asked about the camera’s ability to distinguish my vehicle red light camera “photo enforcement program” at from the truck passing me. The officer and examiner wedemandavote.com/toledo/. were tremendously confident that the cameras made the distinction, but the hearing examiner invited me up to Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press. watch the video, to determine if I was keeping pace with Contact him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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CONNECTING THE DOTS

Take this job and keep it

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n January 22, my little (42- been 98 percent. I expected to get a year old) sister sent this e- good job, and I got one.

But there are some big differmail to me, my mom and ences this time around: The credit my older sisters.

Subject Line: Ken Not Laid Off: crisis (companies can’t borrow “If you watched the news this money to stay afloat). Plummeting morning, you saw that Microsoft home values (people can’t sell or refinance and save is doing a big layoff. money). EvaporaJust wanted you to tion of retirement know that Ken is not savings (people won’t a part of this layoff. spend the money Love, Sharon” they still have). And My brother-inthe forebodings law Ken works at Micoming from the crosoft’s headquarters White House itself in Redmond, Wash. that things are going It was almost like my to get worse before sister had written, they get better (the “If you watched the Jim HARPEN federal government news this morning, you saw that a plane crashed on can access money, but it’s gonna be takeoff from Seattle. Just wanted you a long while before it finds its way to know that Ken escaped from the to you).

It could scare Stephen King. wreckage unscathed.”

I’m no expert at getting a job, The economy is taking on the look of a plane crash or an earth- which might explain why I’m quake or a direct hit from a previ- self-employed. But I did some ously undocumented comet. We’re searching on the Web for tips from surveying the scene and counting experts on keeping your job: Be politically neutral at the casualties, with some of the dispatches reading, “Just want you work. Don’t suck up to the boss. to know I’m OK, for now, but ev- He might be the next one to go. Putting all your eggs in the eryone around me is toast.”

The daily drip of friends and “teacher’s pet” basket might be a acquaintances being laid off is just real bad move.

Don’t Complain. Nothing will plain eerie. Sometimes the hint of bad news comes when you send get you on the pink-slip short list them an e-mail at their work- like being a whiner. About anything. place, and the e-mail is returned From the slushy parking lot outside as “Unknown Recipient.” Or you to the crummy copier inside.

Wear a Mask. This one from call and ask for them at their place of work, and the person on the Chris Kalaboukis of AdviceTrader. com goes against my grain comother end starts with “Uhhh ...”

For my generation, a job pletely, but his recommendation market like this one is an unknown makes sense: “Every morning, beequation. A lot of our parents fore you go to work, put on your and grandparents were little kids “work mask.” Keep a SMILE on that during the Great Depression, and mask! It is never unhappy. At worst they remember the soup lines and it’s neutral. Smile, be happy, and hobos and cramming three fami- never give anyone a reason to say lies into houses that were built for “What’s wrong?” That, my friend, is one. But us post-boomers, we’ve the beginning of the end.”

Take a salary cut gracefully got a sense of entitlement about having jobs — at least some type when offered. Your response should of job — as long as we’re willing go like this: “I know that it’s all for to suit up, show up and do good the good of the company.” That’s the work. No longer true. right answer even if you know the There were periods of time in the boss is leaving for his vacation home professional lives of my generation in The Keys the next morning. when the economy was on the skids, Remember Johnny Paycheck’s but we of youthful indestructibility song “Take This Job and Shove It”? were blithely unaware and gainfully Delete it from your playlist. employed. We didn’t know, or care, Replace it with the rock band what was going on. When I got my Cinderella’s line “You don’t’ know first postcollege job, the nation’s un- what you’ve got until it’s gone.” employment rate was higher than it is today — 9.8 percent in August of E-mail columnist Jim Harpen at 1982. For all I cared, it could have letters@toledofreepress.com.

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THURBER’S THOUGHTS

Drilling is an immediate stimulus

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The immediate impact would y the time you read this column, the American Re- be that oil companies — using their covery and Reinvestment own funds — could begin the process of designing and Act, also known at the building oil rigs in var$1 trillion stimulus, ious places. If permismay be law. The House sion to drill were given, passed the measure it would mean archiWednesday, and the tects and engineers Senate was expected would instantly be put to put it on the fast to work. As plans were track, with President completed, steel and Obama waiting to other supplies would sign it into law.

It should come as Maggie THURBER be ordered, instantly creating a demand in no surprise that I oppose this package, as I’ve done with those industries for raw materials all the other so-called “stimulus” and goods. As structures were ideas. I’ve never understood the built, steelworkers and carpenters logic that government spending and other trades would find work. (which can only come from bor- As the oil was extracted, shipping, piping and other rowing money, distribution industaxing citizens or In the outgrowths tries would see the printing bills) can impact. actually cause the economy to ex- of the decision to drill, Other industries, dependent pand. It might appear to work on it is U.S. workers and upon oil as a raw material, would a short-term, but companies that find increased eventually the bill supply from a local comes due and will benefit.” supplier.

Plastic we’re in worse manufacturers, one shape than before of the biggest users of oil, would be the government decided to “help.”

Democrats and liberals believe more competitive.

In the outgrowths of the decithat government spending will solve the problem. Republicans and sion to drill, it is U.S. workers and conservatives are more inclined to companies who benefit. That means support tax cuts as the alternative. the impact of a decision that costs With these two strongly held but no tax dollars is an immediate and opposing views, I couldn’t help but positive influence on the economy wonder if there was something gov- of our country.

Mexico and Brazil are ramping ernment could do that wouldn’t pit up their drilling in The Gulf. They the two sides against each other.

I had a journalism teacher in col- are eagerly building new drilling lege who encouraged us, when faced platforms, even considering selling with questionable uses of words, to their access to other countries — “change the sentence entirely” to like China. They are there, taking avoid the problem. In an effort to the oil right from under us — and apply such an approach to the stim- then selling it back to us with a ulus, I tried to see if there were po- markup. Why shouldn’t we access tential actions Congress could take that same source of oil for ourthat wouldn’t result in additional selves and, in the process, help acspending and could still garner the complish a key goal of Democrats and President Obama to “reduce support of both parties.

The idea of drilling for oil came our dependence on foreign oil?”

Yes, I know, environmentalto mind.

Think about it. Congress could ists think this is bad. But they are decide to open up many areas that a special interest group — and a are currently off limits to drilling. small one, even if they do have a That wouldn’t require any govern- loud voice. President Obama said ment spending. They could stream- he wanted to bring “change” to line the permitting process which, Washington. It would certainly be again, wouldn’t require any govern- a change for a president to support a common-sense approach to acment spending.

They could pass a law that cessing our own oil and not cater limited the number of lawsuits to the special interests who oppose special interest groups could such a plan.

My support of drilling does not bring to try to stop the drilling.

Again, that doesn’t cost anything mean I want the freedom to use as much oil as I can get my hands on. in terms of dollars.

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No, I believe we need to conserve our resources, just like most other people: I just don’t believe that “conservation” means “never using.”

I also support the private sector (not government) continuing to develop alternative energy sources.

But we are decades away from being able to have those other energy sources supply more than an extremely small percentage of our energy needs.

So while we continue to conserve and innovate, let’s drill. It won’t cost any tax dollars and it would be a quicker solution to the economic crises than anything Congress had included in the stimulus.

Former Lucas County Commissioner Maggie Thurber blogs at http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com.

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GUEST COLUMN

Konop’s run for mayor would be hypocrisy

By Tom Morrissey

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ucas County Commissioner Ben Konop has reaffirmed for the residents of Toledo that he is seriously pondering whether he should join the race for Toledo’s highest office.

Mayor Carty Finkbeiner is up for re-election, and the field appears to be wide open with a great opportunity presenting itself to Konop and other mayoral candidates.

“Eschewing the good ol’ boys network and the old way of doing things,” Ben Konop is holding nine meetings with the citizens of Lucas County to give them a voice as he considers a run for mayor.

I support anybody 100 percent who wants to get involved in politics on any level. Toledo and Lucas County need more people willing to take a stand for what they believe in and not afraid to take the step out into the political arena. However, honor, integrity and character still matter in Northwest Ohio.

Among other promises, Konop made two ethics pledges that included serving his full term as Lucas county commissioner. In 2006, Konop promised twice that he would serve the entire four-year term. Unfortunately for Konop’s political aspirations, to keep the promise he made twice, he would not be able

to throw his hat into the mayoral race. Konop such as keeping one’s word, it is the “Greatest would have to break his word to the electorate Generation” — America’s senior citizens. in order to run for the Toledo office.

With a disgusting level of audacity in deKonop is well aware of the pledge he made, manding ethics for others except himself, and it is shameful that he is brazenly marching Konop is moving forward with his unethical forward despite ethical quesmayoral considerations, adtions. In the unlikely event his unethical agenda While Konop has vancing that Konop had forgotten at senior centers. America’s what pledge he signed in citizens have seen it not committed any senior 2006, he was reminded of all, and to act as if Toledo’s his pledge in September citizens, or any age crime in breaking his senior 2008 when he hinted at a group in Toledo, do not care run for mayor. ethics is ignorant, reword to the voters, the about A reporter even asked pulsive and disrespectful.

Konop about the pledge he his campaign fact that he is violating for During signed twice and the online the commissioner’s seat, petition launched at www. used the pledges his own ethics pledge Konop onetermis.notlong.com he signed twice to accuse urging Konop to do the his opponent, George Sais unforgivable.” honorable and ethical thing rantou, of planning to use in keeping his word by serving his full term the office of commissioner as a springboard as commissioner. Konop practically shrugged to the mayoral office.

Konop issued a press release in May 2006, off the importance of keeping his word as he challenging Sarantou to sign the ethics pledge stumbled for an excuse.

What is even more despicable than quoting Edmund Burke in that the only thing breaking a pledge he has signed twice is that necessary for the triumph of evil is for good two of the nine venues Konop is holding men to do nothing, while citing various scanevents at are senior centers. If any generation dals and corruption.

In 2006, Konop clearly felt that Sarantou understands what old-fashioned values are,

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did not want the office of commissioner solely to serve the residents of Lucas County, and he thought Sarantou would use the office of commissioner to become Toledo Mayor. Now Konop is participating in the same act he saw as utterly deplorable in 2006. Konop’s actions are the epitome of hypocrisy.

Konop’s actions are more than just small ethics violations. While Konop has not committed any crime in breaking his word to the voters, the fact that he is violating his own ethics pledge is unforgivable. There are no such things as small ethics violations, for it is through one’s performance in the little things character and integrity is built. If Konop cannot be trusted to keep his word and finish his term, what can he be trusted with? He certainly cannot be trusted with Toledo’s highest elected office.

If Konop ultimately ends up running for mayor of Toledo and ignores his ethical breach, his actions will be screaming to voters, “I am in this for myself. Broken promises to the electorate do not matter to me.”

Please visit www.onetermis.notlong.com to sign the online petition to urge Ben Konop to honor his word.

Tom Morrissey is a Lucas County resident and lifelong Toledoan.

Profile of Excellence: Natalia Bautista Owens Community College Alumna Natalia Bautista attended Bowling Green High School. When she graduated, she hadn’t given a lot of thought to college. Neither of her parents had graduated high school, so it wasn’t something that they spent a lot of time talking about at home.

She discovered that one of the best things about Owens was she could take core classes in a variety of fields right away. She used this to her advantage and learned more about the radiography and accounting programs.

She found a job at an automotive factory and began to make good money. She started her family and spent four years working at the factory. When they closed in 2002, she found herself trying to support her five children and had difficulty finding another job that would pay as well.

Through her customer service role in Enrollment Services, she discovered that she spoke well in public and decided to study communications and supervision.

“I was crying every day and was forced to apply for public assistance. What is worse, I didn’t see a turning point in my future,” said Bautista.

At the urging of a friend, she decided to enroll at Owens Community College in the fall of 2003.

“When I began at Owens, I was searching my car seats for change to buy gas money so I could drive my kids to school,” said Bautista.

Through the work study program, she got a job in the Enrollment Services Department at Owens and was able to make ends meet. She worked there for three years as a student worker and part-time employee while she was attending school.

Natalia Bautista 2007 Graduate Secretary, Academic Department, PENTA Career Center

After graduation in May 2007, she continued to work at Owens while looking for the perfect job. She found it at PENTA Career Center.

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She helps students enroll in online classes, works with other secretaries on a variety of jobs and helps teachers with special projects.

“Owens gave me the confidence to believe I was capable of doing any job,” said Bautista.

Her oldest daughter will graduate high school this spring. Bautista makes sure they talk about college and career options regularly and her daughter is narrowing down her final decision – Owens is on that list.

“Owens gave me the confidence to believe I was capable of doing any job.”

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

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OPINION

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

BALANCING THE SCALES

Doughnut Recovery Plan has no hole in it W

hen I was in business money per person. If I got a $600 school getting my MBA, rebate check today, I would pay off one of my economics some debt for the inevitable rainy professors said, with absolute cer- day, just like the people who actually tainty, that any recession, no matter got that money did. If we want to be sure that the money how bad, could be we spread around gets ended almost immespent, then it has to be diately if everyone in the right amount.

America would simply My proposal is that go out on the same day everyone in America and buy a doughnut. get money. Rich, Once you’ve poor and middle class stopped rolling your alike, the government eyes or chuckling should send money to about that, consider my single one of us. professor’s fairly sound Steve HARTMAN every However (and here reasoning. If 300 milcomes the important lion people went out on the same day and spent a few dol- part), they should only send us lars, it would be an enormous cash $27 each.

Think about it: $27 isn’t enough infusion into the economy. It would cause a lot of money to change hands, to pay a credit card payment or and that is what the economy needs the finance charges on that plasma TV you bought. Heck, right now in a recession.

All the experts talk about loos- it doesn’t even put a dent in your ening credit markets, juggling interest monthly gas bill. So what are we rates, cutting taxes and buying “toxic going to do with that money? We are going to spend it. assets,” and they are How do we know, all really trying to I defy anyone to you may ask, that find ways to make people won’t just more money shift back and forth be- come up with a more deposit the checks in their bank actween us all. That is a hallmark of a effective and efficient counts, mix this with all their healthy economy, but there is a much way of infusing a large other money and still pay off debts easier way to get there than what amount of cash into rather than spend?

Well (here is the Washington is atthe system to stimulate really beautiful tempting. part of my plan), Of course we our economy.” we don’t send need to prop up them checks. some of our largest That’s right — we send cash. banks, because allowing them to fail would have catastrophic con- Everyone in America, or at least sequences, but we shouldn’t also everyone 16 and older, would get be giving them part of this $825 $27 cash in the mail from Uncle billion bailout package to stimu- Sam. It would be in small bills, too, late the economy, because it’s only so it doesn’t seem like anything but going to have an indirect impact, at pocket money. We should get three 5-dollar bills and 12 singles, or some best, on spending.

It didn’t work with the first round combination like that. Think about of funds because the banks just used it, what would you do with that it to buy other banks and shore up money except slide it in your pocket their cash reserves, so why would or wallet to spend the next time you we possibly think it is going to work go out and need cash.

To really drive the point home, this time? What the government needs to do to directly stimulate the we shouldn’t send out any new bills. economy is give a large portion of Give everybody $27 in wrinkled, old fives and ones, and I guarantee that that money to us.

I can hear you saying “that money will get spent. It will buy gas, wouldn’t work.” It didn’t work before dinner, coffee and groceries. It may, when the Bush administration tried for those of you who pay attention, it by sending $600 rebate checks to pay your turnpike toll, and yes, it may even get spent on a doughnut millions of taxpayers.

Why didn’t that work to stimu- or two.

Say there are 250 million Amerilate the economy? Those people (I didn’t get one of those checks) didn’t cans age 16 and older. If we send spend the money. It was too much them all $27 dollars, we’re only

going to be spending $6.75 billion.

That is less than 1 percent of the total amount of the bailout package ($825 billion) that the Obama administration is proposing. But nothing they will do would have a more imme-

diate impact on the economy than our $27.

Laugh if you must, mock if you want, but I defy anyone to come up with a more effective and efficient way of infusing a large amount of

cash into the system to stimulate our economy.

Now, where is my $27?

Steve Hartman is an attorney in the Toledo firm of Kerger and Hartman.

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By Duane Ramsey TOLEDO FREE PRESS SENIOR BUSINESS WRITER dramsey@toledofreepress.com

EPIC Toledo will celebrate its second annual Birthday Bash at 7 p.m.

Feb. 6 in the Fifth Third Center Concourse at One SeaGate.

EPIC stands for “Engaging People, Inspiring Change,” and is a program of the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce formed in 2007 to involve younger business people in the community.

“EPIC was formed to answer the brain drain, to show the community there is a lot of diverse young talent here and to create a medium for them,” said EPIC Director Paulette Cousino.

Today with more than 1,050 members representing its 50 corporate sponsors and other local firms, EPIC keeps growing in Toledo, Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. The organization is split evenly between male and female members, most between the ages of 24 and 36, but up to 60 with no age limit for membership.

“Membership is based on attitude, not age,” Cousino said.

“We’ve just scratched the surface.

We’re opening EPIC to anyone who wants to become involved in being positive and moving forward with the next generation of business leaders,” said Jake Cox, a client executive with The Hylant Group.

Cox is chairman of EPIC’s advisory council for 2009. The group is comprised of action teams in the areas of community involvement, cultural arts, economic development, marketing, membership, leadership and professional development, networking and public affairs.

“It’s really about the membership telling us what they want and what direction to take in the community,” said Matthew Yarder of The Yarder Manufacturing Co., a fourth-generation family-owned business.

“Involvement is based on individual members’ desires and interests.”

EPIC is a structure for developing young leadership for the future, created and supported by the chamber of commerce and its corporate sponsors.

“We all make up the community and care about its future. We work with people who are self-motivated to do things beyond their self-interest,” said Julia Habrecht, director of philanthropy for Leadership Toledo, a nonprofit group that fosters regional community involvement.

“We want to bring more positive people together who care about what happens to the community,” Cox said.

“We want to make it here, and there’s no reason why we can’t. The excitement for Toledo is contagious.”

EPIC is cooperating with the chamber, the Regional Growth Partnership and nonprofits working in the community to make a difference, according to Cousino.

These members agreed that EPIC tries to remain a bipartisan organization that educates and informs its members about local candidates and issues. They have had some discussions with the Take Back Toledo group, but EPIC has not taken any position on that campaign.

“We expect more for the future of Toledo and we want to be part of the new direction,” Cox said.

“We’re an information pool for our membership,” said Samantha Scott, communications coordinator for EPIC. EPIC brought the Young Democrats and Young Republicans together to conduct a political discussion and straw poll for the 2008 election.

“We have to represent the diversity of our membership and maintain our responsibility to our corporate sponsors,” Habrecht said.

Habrecht said EPIC and Leadership Toledo are working with students in 34 area high schools to get them more involved in their community.

“We have a great group of teen-

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agers who are interested in making Toledo better,” she said.

Earlier this month, EPIC held its annual meeting where the advisory council discussed its goals and aspirations for the year. The group wants to encourage further development of local businesses through education and community involvement.

“Our corporate membership in EPIC Toledo reflects our commitment to the growth and stability of our community,” said Bob LaClair, president and CEO of Fifth Third Bank in Northwestern Ohio. “We realize our strength as a company and community partner is in getting our employees engaged and involved.

They are the future leaders of both.”

EPIC invites the community to join its Birthday Bash that will include a band, food, cash bar, fun and games. The cost is $5 for EPIC members and $10 for nonmembers. Register online at www.epictoledo.com.

A look back at EPIC’s origins EPIC is here to connect the 20- to 40-year-old age demographic, not only to each other, but to current community leaders and initiatives to become involved in the formulation of our community.

“EPIC’s committee members have been working hard in such areas as advocacy (to engage membership in issues and ideas that directly impact their lives and the community around them); community involvement (connect members to philanthropic/volunteer programs); cultural arts (promote awareness and involvement in the region’s cultural arts institutions, destinations and expeEPSTEIN riences); economic development (provide members with the knowledge, tools and contacts to influence economic development efforts); Marketing and public relations (market EPIC to members and prospective members while partnering with community organizations to make a positive impact in Toledo); membership (identify and recruit potential EPIC members and leaders by promoting the benefits of membership); networking/social (host and promote events and activities within the region to connect EPIC members with one another and to showcase a Northwest Ohio that is more attractive to diverse young talent.

— Brian Epstein, EPIC’s first chairman, writing in the Feb. 4, 2007 edition of Toledo Free Press.

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Owens hosts Give Kids a Smile Day

By Lori Golaszewski TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Elementary and high school students have an opportunity to receive free dental services during Give Kids a Smile Day on Feb. 6, at Owens Community College.

Low-income children ages 6 months to 18 are eligible to receive the care, which includes checkups and Xrays. Members of Owens’ Dental Hygiene Program and the Toledo Dental Society will provide the care.

Dental services will be offered from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. at Owens’ Dental Hygiene Clinic,

located in Health Technologies Hall on the Toledo-area campus.

Appointments must be made in advance and are limited to 150 individuals. Call the Dental Hygiene Clinic at (567) 661-7294 or (800) GO-OWENS, Ext. 7294.

If it’s determined during the visit that a child needs additional restorative care, such as fillings or extractions, an appointment can be scheduled for 1 to 4 p.m. on Feb. 13 or 20.

The Toledo Dental Society and Expanded Functions Dental Auxiliary will provide the services.

Give Kids a Smile Day was started by the American Dental Association (ADA) to provide education, preventive and restorative care to lowincome children who do not have access to care. The national event

is held yearly on the first Friday in February during National Children’s Dental Health Month.

“Give Kids a Smile Day is a wonderful opportunity to raise the importance and awareness of preventive dental care such as flossing, brushing and regular dental visits,” said Beth Tronolone, chair of Owens’ Dental Hygiene Program. “Our goal is to give each attendee a positive dental experience and help them feel comfortable smiling again.”

According to the ADA, more than 12,000 dentists and 32,000 other volunteers have signed up to participate in this year’s Give Kids a Smile Day. At least 450,000 children are expected to receive dental services.

Owens has participated in the event for the past several years.

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Open house rescheduled Because of inclement weather, The Knight Academy’s open house originally scheduled for Jan. 28 has been rescheduled from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4.

The Knight Academy is located at 3001 Hill Ave., between Byrne and Westwood. Contact the school at (419) 720-4444 for details.

WGTE programming highlights ■ “American Experience: The Polio Crusade,” 9 p.m. Feb. 2 on WGTE TV: The story of the largest public health experiment in American history, the effort to eradicate polio.

■ “An Evening with Eartha Kitt,” 10 p.m. Feb. 3 on WGTE TV: Taped before Kitt’s sudden death in late December, Gwen Ifill interviews the legendary performer about her stage, dance and acting career.

■ “The New York Philharmonic,” 8 p.m. Feb. 4 on Public Radio FM 91: Conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads The New York Philharmonic in Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.

KITT ■ “George Carlin: The Mark Twain Prize,” 9 p.m. Feb. 4 on WGTE TV: Stars lined up to honor Carlin, who died just a week after learning he was to receive the Twain Prize.

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{And now, the people of National City.} For over 150 years PNC has operated according to a very simple, customer-driven philosophy: Deliver value. To us that means providing the leadership and solutions that most benefit our customers in the long run. It means a disciplined, downto-earth approach. It means lending to hardworking families looking to own their own home, and to creditworthy businesses looking to grow. It’s a way of doing business that has strength and stability at its very core.

The success of this approach has helped PNC earn wide recognition, including the designation as one of FORTUNE® magazine’s “Most Admired Companies.”1 More important, it has helped us earn the confidence of millions of individuals, families and businesses of all sizes, for more than a century and a half.

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Like National City, we have always believed that strong communities are built from the ground up. To ensure that the National City tradition of supporting important local causes and programs endures, PNC has pledged $28 million in support of National City’s foundation for 2009.

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I’m obviously Tom RICHARD losing a percentage of the heat I’m paying for because of the inefficiencies of my home. I know that I can spend some time and money improving the home to make it more efficient and, some day, I will. Until then, I know I have to set the thermostat at 72 for my family and me to be comfortable.

Paying taxes can be frustrating in much the same manner. You work hard for your money only to have some siphoned off each week by the government. Like the weather, taxes are a fact of life. Every working person in our country knows that they’re going to lose a percentage of their income to taxes. Therefore, there is no sense wasting energy being stressed or even angry about having to pay taxes. Your energy is better spent figuring out how to take home the money you want and need.

We all have a finite number of things we must accomplish each week in order to make a living. We know that if we talk to enough people, write enough proposals and make enough phone calls and visits, that we will hit the goal we made for ourselves at the beginning of the week.

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Average Toledo worker will benefit from Obama reinvestment package

By Lori Golaszewski TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

If passed by Congress, the $825 billion economic recovery package introduced by Democrats in the House of Representatives on Jan. 15 would utilize spending and tax cuts to boost the ailing economy.

The proposed stimulus plan, called the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009,” calls for about 60 percent, or roughly $550 billion, in new spending and 40 percent, or $275 billion, in tax cuts.

The tax cuts would be achieved through a reduction in Social SecuBOXELL rity withholdings in employee payroll checks. Individuals would receive up to $500 and families up to $1,000 on the first $8,100 of income.

If they were to go into effect, the average worker would benefit from the tax cuts immediately, which are aimed at boosting consumer spending, said Charles Boxell, in-

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“It’s a borrow-and-spend policy,” he said. “You use income tax reductions to get more money in one’s pocket.

How long these proposed tax cuts would remain in place is uncertain at this time, but it is likely that some of the cuts would only be temporary.”

The stimulus package also includes funding to increase unemployment benefits and job training, as well as food stamp benefits. Despite talk about the possibility of suspending income taxes for those collecting unemployment, Boxell noted that a specific plan addressing this issue has not been outlined.

Aside from his goal of stimulating the economy through tax cuts, Boxell said President Obama is also most likely focused on fulfilling his campaign promise to change tax rates to redistribute the wealth to low- and middle-income Americans.

“The Obama plan would place a heavier tax burden on upper-level incomes by increasing upper-level income tax rates while lowering the tax rates for most married taxpayers earning less than $200,000 ($100,000 for individuals) per year,” he said.

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Rudolph, his brother, Phil and cousin Allan Libbe, cofounded the nationally ranked construction firm in 1955.

RUDOLPH In 1983, Rudolph and his co-founders acquired GEM Inc., a Toledo-area electrical and mechanical contracting firm, and in 1986 started a real estate development company, Rudolph|Libbe Properties.

Rudolph was a past president of the Associated General Contractors of Ohio and the Associated General Contractors of Northwest Ohio, a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and the World Presidents’ Organization. In 1989, he was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young. He was recognized for contributions and leadership to the construction industry by the Construction Contractors Council in 1998.

Frankl resigns The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority announced Jan. 29 that Eric Frankl, airports director, will resign effective Feb. 13 to accept the position of interim executive director with the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Ky. Interim Port Authority President Paul Toth will oversee operations on a temporary basis in conjunction with Steve Arnold, director of maintenance, operations and safety.

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Whatever you are doing to make money, do more of it to make up for its inherent inefficiencies and imperfections. Your efforts will put cash in your pocket and a smile on your face. With your monetary obligations met for the moment, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have the time and emotional resources to take a look at your plan. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have the ability to make the improvements to your sales or business plan that you need to make without the feeling of being watched by a hungry lion.

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“Originally, the plan was to reduce taxes for taxpayers earning less than $250,000 per year, but the numbers keep changing as more politicians get their hands into the debate over what to cut and how to do it.

Nonetheless, it does appear that $200,000 is the breakpoint, although the amount of the rate reductions and corresponding rate increases for upper-level earners is uncertain at this time and is dependent upon the total amount of tax reduction the administration has targeted to achieve through its stimulus plan.”

Boxell said the controversial alternative minimum tax, or AMT, an extra tax paid on top of one’s regular income tax, has the potential to be reformed under President Obama’s administration because it has been imposed on more than the high-income earners for whom it was originally intended.

The alternative minimum tax was imposed in 1969 for only a few high-level taxpayers, but it has affected an unintended large number of people,” Boxell said. “The tax is projected to affect some 10 million taxpayers by 2010 if not changed or repealed. While no specific plans are available, the Democratic approaches in the past have been aimed at eliminating the alternative minimum tax and replacing it with an additional tax on upperlevel incomes.”

Also set to expire in 2010 are tax rates related to dividends and capital gains, Boxell said, as well as the estate tax, all of which President Obama may choose to reform.

By Duane Ramsey TOLEDO FREE PRESS SENIOR BUSINESS WRITER dramsey@toledofreepress.com

People who operate a business or work out of their homes can benefit from understanding the tax benefits that may be available to them.

“Many people who work out of their home don’t understand that they can deduct for the business use of their home. A home office or business is a good way to get deductions they can’t otherwise take,” said Laurie Fulkerson, a certified public accountant (CPA) who has worked out of her home in Temperance, Mich., for the past 15 years.

The owners of home-based businesses can deduct for the business use of their homes. To qualify, one must use part of the home exclusively as a principal place of business, according to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) publication 587 “Business Use of Your Home.” One may also qualify if the home is used on a regular basis for certain storage of inventory or products or if it is used as a day care facility.

According to the IRS, a “home” includes a house, apartment, condominium, mobile home, boat or similar properties that provide basic living accommodations. It also includes structures on the property, such as a garage, studio, barn or greenhouse that is used for business.

“Home business owners have more meaningful tax deductions to claim on their business taxes than on personal taxes,” Fulkerson said.

Home-based business can take deductions for mortgage or rent, real estate taxes, utilities, insurance, Internet service and repairs

and maintenance to the property on Schedule C. The tax deductions for business use of the home are based on the percentage of the space in the home used for business. If a home office is 240 square feet in a 1,200-squarefoot home, the business percentage is 20 percent, according to an example given by the IRS. Home business owners who file a Form 1099 return can deduct that percentage of those expenses on Schedule C. Those types of expenses are not claimed as deductions on most personal tax returns, Fulkerson said.

Business expenses not related to the use of the home, such as telephone usage, office supplies and equipment depreciation are better deducted as a separate business expenses, Fulkerson said. Those deductions can be made at 100 percent of the expenses rather than the business percentage.

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If an employer provides for a home office or if a person chooses to work at home rather than commute to an office, there are no deductions for business use of the home, according to the IRS Publication 587.

However, Fulkerson said that anyone who is a W-2 employee filing Form 1040 can deduct many of those same items under business expenses on Schedule A if not taking a standard deduction. Sales representatives and other employees who work out of their homes are eligible for such deductions.

“I tell my clients that profitable is better than bigger, so businesses should control their costs,” Fulkerson said. “The efficiency of working out of their home rather than renting an office or space makes sense for a lot of small business owners.”

For more, see IRS Publication 587, “Business Use of Your Home” at www. irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p587.pdf.

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Cold, outside temperatures and hot, indoor air can wreak havoc on your skin. But there are ways to keep your skin healthy: • Long, hot showers feel good, but they can be damaging. Hot water actually dehydrates your skin by stripping its natural oils.

Quick showers with warm or cool water are a better bet for keeping skin soft.

• Pay attention to the kind of soap you use. Antibacterial soap is great for getting grease off your plates, but it strips the oil from your skin. Perfumes in deodorant soap can irritate stressed skin. Stick with unscented, moisturizing soaps and detergent.

• Even people with naturally oily skin need moisturizer in the winter; it helps trap essential oils and keeps skin supple. Look for a “noncomedogenic” product so it doesn’t clog your pores. Your moisturizer should also contain a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 because the sun’s harmful rays pose a threat year-round.

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Should you fire your investment professional?

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ou have just opened your investment statement and you get the feeling that you just got punched in the stomach again. You feel you did your part, stayed the course, but now you are at a point where you want to consider a change. Should you change your investment professional?

That is the question I posed to about 50 local residents who attended an educational financial workshop.

Now to be fair, this group of people signed up to attend a financial workshop, so we have to assume they were interested in change already. The interesting part is the answer to that

question. Here’s what they said: “It’s my professional’s job to keep up with the ever-changing rules and investment choices, and he should keep me informed. I would switch advisers if he did not stay up-to-date.”

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cerned with her own money, not mine. frame, risk level and your liquidity That was when I was done with her.” needs before they make recommenda“If our investments were doing tions. A plan can be anything from a worse than the one-page summary market or if of recommendathe pro was too tions to a detailed unavailable or financial plan. seemed irresponEither way, there sible or dishonest, should be some I would change.” analysis done and a At the end of plan created before the day, it’s your you make a change. money and only Poor perforyou can decide mance could be Nolan BAKER when and why another reason to you should make consider a change.

Mark CLAIR a change. But Don’t just judge your you may feel like many of the people performance based upon your statefrom the workshop. If you are consid- ment; compare your performance to ering a change, here are some things others. You may be upset if your acto consider beforehand. count is down 10 percent, but if others Have you talked with your cur- with a similar strategy are down 20 rent investment professional about percent, things may not be as bad as your concerns? Communication is they seem. On the other side, if you a two-way street, and it’s important are losing a substantial amount of to contact your professional and dis- money, it may be important to stop cuss your situation. Your investment the bleeding before you go beyond professional may not realize you are the point of no return. For example, a concerned. Plus, he or she may be 50 percent loss will take a 100 percent able to review the strategies with return just to break even. your current account to address toChanging an investment profesday’s economic uncertainty. Or your sional can be a scary thing to do, current plan could be adjusted. but, in the end if you have lost conYour professional should take a fidence or have lost trust, a change proactive approach staying in con- may be just what you need. tact with you, but if you have difficulty getting a return phone call or if For more information about The Reyou feel that you just get pawned off tirement Guys, tune in every Saturday on someone else, it may be time for a at noon on 1230 WCWA and every change. It’s that old saying: “You feel Sunday at 11 a.m. on 1370 WSPD or like a small fish in a big pond.” visit www.retirementguysradio.com.

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“The 11 Biggest Mistakes That Routinely Cost Many Retirees Thousands” Maumee, Ohio — Many retirees are caught in “money traps” and don’t even know it. These financial mistakes made by many retirees can needlessly cost thousands of dollars each year.

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Saving tips to stretch your vehicle budget C

utting expenses is a high pri- also unlikely to call you and say, “I ority during these tough eco- replaced the part we agreed on and nomic times. When it comes now I have found another part that to our cars and trucks, we have needs replacing.”

What that shadeto spend money in tree-mechanic is reorder to save money. ally saying is; “I really Waiting for your vedon’t have an idea hicle to break down what’s wrong with will usually take a your vehicle, but I inlarge bite out of your tend to keep hanging vehicle budget. Having parts on it till it’s scheduled maintefixed or until you run nance performed at out of money.” regular intervals is alA professional ways cheaper than folNick SHULTZ technician does not lowing a breakdown need to use the hitmaintenance plan.

It will cost you much less to have and-miss approach to diagnosis. It your vehicle serviced on a regular is true that a professional may cost basis than it would to wait for your you more per hour in labor excar to break down. A good example is penses; however, you will find that brake-system maintenance. Servicing he or she is well worth that expense, our vehicles’ brakes on a regular basis and the overall repair bill will most can save us hundreds of dollars in a likely cost less.

Economy priced parts are a waste short period of time. Waiting for our brake systems to fail can cost us three of valuable money: discount oils and or even four times as much money in filters and even replacement parts are often a waste of money. Those additional parts and labor.

It is true for virtually every items are usually poorly engineered system on our vehicles. From our and don’t meet minimum stanvehicles heating and cooling systems dards. Sometimes they are rejected to the transmission and differentials, by manufacturers and repackaged a regular maintenance plan will save and then sold to the general public us big bucks in the long run. Our car under a different label or brand will last longer and perform better as name. Beware of these parts. well. The single greatest way to save money on our vehicle expenses is to Properly inflate tires perform regular scheduled mainteNot only will maintaining our nance upon them. tires at the proper air pressure get us better fuel mileage, but it will also Hire a professional help our tires to last longer.

I am sure your neighbor’s son is a fine young man. I doubt, how- Keep your vehicle clean ever, he is qualified to work on your Yes, a clean vehicle lasts longer and car. The money you think you are is less likely to break down. Vehicle saving most likely will be absorbed owners who keep their vehicles clean in system-related failures. These are more conscientious and, thus, more failures are most likely brought on likely to maintain the entire vehicle. by technician error.

Here’s an example: Removing Extended idling uses fuel bolts from some modern-day enA vehicle needs to develop oil gines in the incorrect order can pressure when first started in order destroy or seriously damage the en- to operate properly and prevent engine. The damage to the engine can gine damage. cost thousands of dollars to repair.

This occurs almost immediately You heard me right: Tearing one or after it is started. Even on a cold two bolts off a modern engine in morning, your engine develops the incorrect sequence can destroy proper oil pressure in just a few moit. This is only one example of the ments. It is not necessary to have the many things an unqualified person interior of our vehicles at 80 degrees can do to damage our vehicles. Do before we begin to drive them. you really have that much trust in ■ SHULTZ CONTINUES ON A18 your neighbor? A professional is

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vehicle’s air conditioning system.

As much as a 10 percent loss in fuel economy can be noticed. Even the latest A/C systems use power. I operate the A/C on my vehicle only when absolutely necessary. That usually means whenever the wife is with me.

A few more savers Use the manufacturers recommended oil viscosity for the temperature at which your vehicle is operating. Most manufacturers

recommend a different oil viscosity in the winter than in the summer.

Using the correct oil viscosity can save fuel and money.

Also, replace or repair safety-related components as they fail. This includes all lights and wipers. Our vehicles safety-related components and devices are meant to keep us safe. They were also designed to make others aware of our presence

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and intentions. We all can share stories of people driving without their headlights on or failing to use blinkers when changing lanes or turning corners. An accident eats up the auto budget quickly regardless who was at fault. Good common sense and good auto sense most often are one in the same.

When we exercise either, we begin to save money.

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Honda output up as China offsets U.S., Europe TOKYO (AP) — Honda’s global production in 2008 rose to a record high with booming demand in China offsetting sluggish sales in the United States and Europe, while worldwide output by Toyota slumped for the first time in seven years. Japan’s No. 2 automaker said Jan. 28 it rolled out a record 3.96 million vehicles, up 1.2 percent year-on-year. Honda’s output in China jumped 11.7 percent to 517,571 units last year. Honda’s Accord sedans and CRV sport-utility vehicles are popular in China. But Honda’s production in the United States fell 2.8 percent to 987,169, marking the first year-on-year decline in four years. Honda’s exports to the United States tumbled 17 percent due to sinking demand amid a recession in the world’s largest economy.

Nick Shultz is an instructor of Automotive Technologies at Owens Community College. He is an arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau who specializes in cases involving the Ohio and Michigan Lemon laws. He is a certified master automotive technician by ASE, General Motors and Ford Motor Company. Schultz will take automotive technical questions from readers at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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ne hundred to 0. Mercy, mercy. The big winner was Covenant School in a recent girls’ high school basketball game against Dallas Academy.

The big loser was Covenant School.

Mercy? Mercy? There’s no mercy in girls’ high school basketball!” to slightly rephrase actor Tom Hanks’ great line from the movie “A League of Their Own.” We leave items such as benevolence, Dave WOOLFORD compassion, respect and honor to the control of coaches, administrators and parents. They often leave such items by the wayside in pursuit of the imperative goal, winning at all costs; the margin of such victories a measure of superior competence with accompanying ego stimulation.

All Covenant School had to do was show up, and victory was theirs against the Dallas Academy, which consists of 20 female students, eight of whom were on the basketball team.

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Choosing the right fitness center is critical to achieving personal goals, according to industry experts.

The fitness centers and health clubs in the Toledo area offer a wide variety of facilities and programs for men and women.

Convenience is important, said Gregg Schwartz, a certified personal trainer who operates American Mobile Fitness. Make sure the facility is one that is close to home or work with hours and class times that fit your schedule, he said. Schwartz writes a health and fitness column for Toledo Free Press.

Urban Active Fitness is opening a new facility in Maumee on Feb. 7 with a grand opening sneak preview party for members and the community.

The event begins at 9 a.m., with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 12:30 p.m., and ends at 7 p.m.

New members joining that day will avoid paying the regular $199 enrollment fee and save more than $300 on monthly dues with the special grand opening promotion.

The 46,000-square-foot facility includes an indoor swimming pool, elevated track, racquetball courts and cardiovascular areas with 110 pieces of the latest equipment with personalized flat-screen TVs, movie cinema, sauna, tanning equipment, locker rooms and a smoothie bar. It also provides a supervised children’s playroom with computers, movie viewing and an infant area.

“Urban Active’s mission is to create active communities by offering the latest in fitness and wellness programs that takes the concept

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of ‘health club’ to the next level,” said Sean Phillips, area manager for Urban Active.

The chain, owned by Global Fitness Holdings, has operated a full-service fitness center in Toledo since February 2008.

“We’re not experiencing any downturn but are seeing a positive increase in the Toledo market,” Phillips said. “We only planned to have one facility there but are adding the second location due to the local response.”

There are several franchises in the area with Bally Total Fitness, Power House Gym, Curves for Women and Lifestyles for Ladies Only, among others. Curves has numerous locations in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan, all operating as individually owned franchises.

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Two of the Curves centers in Toledo, one near Miracle Mile and another in Point Place, are now Curves Smart facilities that offer the latest electronic program. The program provides a precision-designed system of workouts with instant feedback and progress reports to help clients achieve their weight management goals, according to Jueckstock.

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This Week’s SONIC High School Athletes of the Week Charlie Hughes, Junior, Perrysburg High School Demi Moschetti, Senior, Perrysburg High School Charlie is a junior and a member of the Perrysburg boys varsity basketball team. He helped lead the 11-2 Yellow Jackets to a victory against NLL rival Maumee with 28 points. Charlie is a 6-4 forward who is averaging 18.6 points and 7.5 rebounds per game this season. Charlie plans on attending college and continuing his basketball career. Sonic congratulates Charlie Hughes and the Perrysburg Yellow Jackets for their outstanding performance.

Demi is a senior and a member of the Perrysburg girls varsity basketball team. She scored 18 points to pace the unbeaten Lady Yellow Jackets to a 46-38 win against NLL rival Anthony Wayne. Demi is a 6-1 forward who is averaging 13.8 points per game this season. She has committed to play for Owens Community College for the 2009-10 season. Sonic congratulates Demi Moschetti and the Lady Yellow Jackets for their outstanding performance.

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It’s a team that had not won in more than four years, a team with no seniors, a team that found a small measure of solace in just hitting the backboard and took a total of only seven shots in the game.

Pushing all of that aside, as Covenant was more than willing to do, its girls shot 3-pointers and pressed at times with an assistant coach reportedly joining spectators in cheering wildly as their glorious girls approached 100, the ultimate completion of the carnage.

For the winners, will it be something to brag about for years to come or will it be a source of embarrass-

ment, something not worth even mentioning for fear of reprisal from those who believe in sportsmanship, fair play and integrity?

The latter holds precedence.

Covenant apologized with a statement on its school Web site that used such words as “shameful” and “embarrassment,” along with a reference to it not being “Christ-like.”

The school’s head coach, Micah Grimes, disagreed and was fired.

In an e-mail posting, Grimes stated, “We played the game as it was meant to be played. My values and my beliefs would not allow me to run up the score on an opponent, and it will not allow me to apologize for a wide-margin of victory when my girls

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played with honor and integrity.

“I believe in the lessons that sports teach us. Competition builds character and teaches us to value selflessness, hard work and perseverance. As a coach, I have instilled in my girls these values. So if I lose my job over these statements, I will walk away with my integrity.”

Character? Values? Integrity? Is that what Covenant and its coach took from this slaughter? Most certainly not.

Grimes later posted this message: “It just happened. Please know Covenant intended no harm against them. I see this as a real learning opportunity, so we can prevent this from happening in the future.”

This is an admission of guilt and it could have easily been prevented. It didn’t “just happen.” Passive restraint could have been the order of the day, but these were children again guided by misguided adults. How about no 3-pointers, no press, no fast break, more passes and longer possessions.

Those restrictions could have easily been imposed after halftime when the score was 59-0.

Granted, shifting into a submissive posture can be difficult at times.

Telling kids not to play their hardest, to back off on defense and play keepaway is a hard sell. It’s a submission to shaping such things as class, respect and moral fiber.

Yuck! Right, coach Grimes?

I witnessed the same thing at a recent soccer game. One team was superior. The coach of the runaway leader told his players not to shoot, to control the ball, but not embarrass the opponent. A soccer mom representing the opposing team who was intent on displaying her hearty lungs and lack of astuteness, screeched that the other team was “just playing around” with her son’s team and was “embarrassing” said team when the opposite was true.

There’s the argument that Covenant School should not have had to apologize, that its girls played hard, deserved to rack up 100 points and that Dallas Academy knew they were pitted against superior talent and if they didn’t want to accept that, they shouldn’t have scheduled Covenant School.

The lessons in sports stretch far beyond just winning and losing.

There are also very noble lessons in humanity to be learned, as long as they don’t get in the way of winning, of course.

Mercy, mercy.

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The grand opening of the new super fitness center was scheduled for January, according to Ron Hemelgarn, owner and president of 21st Century Fitness Centers in Toledo.

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Dora the Explorer trivia

■ Dora’s cousin is Diego, the animal rescuer on “Go, Diego, Go!” ■ There are nearly 20 “explorer stars,” including Hero Star and Navy Star.

■ Voices for the show have been provided by the late Ricardo Montalban, Cheech Marin, John Leguizamo, Paul Rodriguez and Esai Morales.

■ Dora runs in more than 20 languages, including Chinese and Russian.

■ A live-action Dora movie is slated to premiere in 2010.

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By Michael S. Miller TOLEDO FREE PRESS EDITOR IN CHIEF mmiller@toledofreepress.com

For a generation of kids (and their parents), Dora the Explorer is the globe’s most famous cartoon adventurer. After eight years, more than 100 episodes and billions of dollars in merchandise, Dora is as recognizable as her Disney and OLIVERAS Sesame Street counterparts. It’s fitting that Dora’s messages of exploration and ecology tour the country for live shows, just as Mickey Mouse and Elmo do.

“Dora the Explorer and the City of Lost Toys will bring the intrepid character and her animal friends to the Stranahan Theater on Feb. 3 and 4.

Brooklyn native Susan Oliveras plays Dora onstage. Oliveras studied at the “Fame” high school, the Fiorello H. LaGuardia H i g h School of Music and Art and Performing Arts in New York. She has worked in touring companies and in productions aboard the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

She recently spoke with Toledo Free Press from rehearsals, before her first performance as Dora.

Toledo Free Press: How familiar were you with the character before you won the role?

Susan Oliveras: I was pretty familiar with her. I have two nieces and one nephew who grew up with Dora, and I knew what was going on.

TFP: Because Dora is a rock star to the kids ...

SO: Absolutely! I see my nieces and nephews react to her when she’s on TV. We sing the songs in the car, and they love her.

TFP: This isn’t like performing Hamlet in front of John Gielgud, but there’s a great responsibility to how you perform this role for all these children. Is that intimidating?

SO: It’s not intimidating, but I do recognize the responsibility that I have; this isn’t just some character no one’s heard of. Dora has a history and following, and I have to stay true to her character, her nature, everything the original creators of the television show want her to be. It is a challenge, but I am more than ready.

TFP: How did your nieces and nephew react when you won the part?

SO: The two who are old e n o u g h to know w h a t’s going on are very exc ite d.

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They’ve seen me in children’s theater before, but not as an established character they love, so they are super-excited. I’m kind of hoping the real little one doesn’t recognize my face and can suspend her disbelief.

TFP: This is a very physical role.

SO: It’s very interactive with the audience, and just for that part, one has to be very energetic and upbeat. It’s important to grab their attention and get them into it. It demands a lot of energy. I am talking, singing, dancing and reacting, sometimes all in the same few moments. It’s a joy to do and very fulfilling. I lucked

out with this role; it incorporates everything I love to do.

TFP: Dora is a child, but obviously a very learned one. How do you combine those characteristics?

SO: Dora knows a lot. But I find that children in general know a lot.

Dora is very curious and adventurous, and all those traits have to be portrayed, but through the eyes of a child. It’s a delicate balance, and I hope I do it well.

TFP: Dora is a pioneering force as a mainstream Hispanic character on a children’s show.

SO: More and more shows are incorporating diverse nationalities. For this role, I can highlight the nationality, and it is still wide open to all the kids in the audience. I can fall back on my background and reference that and help keep Dora true to the great

example she is.

TFP: How do you manage the choreography with the puppets and large costumes?

SO: It’s ... interesting. They’re not human size, and they have long tails, so it takes some getting to used to. It requires some imagination. The actor who plays Boots the monkey has to incorporate monkey-like physicality to make it believable. It has to be interesting for the parents to watch as well, and that adds another dimension to the performance.

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Think about be they trains, Icarus and the planes or automelting wax mobiles. thing. The PilStatistics grims who came would probably so close to getshow that travel ting mushed off disruptions are Plymouth Rock. no greater or Those broken lesser than they wagon wheels Roger HOLLIDAY ever were. It just on rutted trails Claudia FISCHER seems that way across the prairie. because of 24/7 Stage coach holdups. Railway banditos. Sinking news, rapid-fire lifestyles ... and our insatiable desire to move, ASAP. Great Lakes paddle steamers.

Well, sad to say, today’s traveler The bottom line is that getting there isn’t much better off in the disrup- is no longer “half the fun” — if it

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We have learned a thing or two about mitigating, and even avoiding, some of those aggravations.

The basic concept is to be prepared for anything and keep things simple.

Begin by putting together a simple flight plan. Multiple connections for the sole purpose of saving a few dollars are usually a recipe for disaster. One tiny hiccup and the whole thing falls apart. On international trips, keep it simple by flying directly to your destination or to an international hub like London or Amsterdam, where there are many more options should delays occur due to weather, mechanical misadventure or industrial-action.

Also avoid making overly tight connections. Thirty minutes may indeed be the “legal minimum connect time” at a particular airport, but you can be sure that there are at least a thousand fates conspiring to guarantee that you’ll never make that connection. It’s much better to chill out for an hour — or four — than worry yourself silly about missing a flight or a train. And, of course, actually missing it is even worse!

Practice flexibility. Include an extra day or two in the itinerary so that one mishap doesn’t throw everything out of kilter.

And, by all means, use our favored “base-city-approach” rather than moving to a new destination every day. Every switch wastes time, energy and money. Instead, spend several nights in one place and make day trips around the area. Then it’s

easy to add or subtract a day without messing up everything else.

Travel with a single piece of light luggage, something that allows you to easily move from gate or platform. Walk a mile or more to a hotel, absent other transportation. Move your stuff easily onto overhead racks, into trunks of cars, up flights of stairs or along cobbled streets, and still have a hand free to read a map or ward off any bad guys.

Also, acknowledge that disruptions are sometimes inevitable. And plan for how to spend those potentially long, inactive hours stuck in an airline terminal.

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Make time for a proper sitdown meal and entertain yourself by complaining about the cost.

Find a tranquil spot away from the gate, but within range of announcements, and read, listen to music, play games or just doze.

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And finally, even if all your careful preparations fail to avert catastrophe, never ever lose your cool or sense of humor, even when those about you are losing theirs — because smiles beat bluster every day.

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“I absolutely love Verdi. His music is perfect for Valentine’s Day because it is just very universal and all about love, even when he is dealing with tragedy,” Smith said. “I’ve been eagerly preparing for this show since CONLIN [Thomas and Renay Conlin] asked me to get involved in the fall.

I first performed with the Toledo Opera a few years as Canio in ‘Pagliacci’ and have been looking forward to coming back ever since.”

Smith is a busy man; his 200809 season currently includes appearing as soloist in Verdi’s “Requiem” with the Eugene Symphony; as De Grieux in “Manon Lescaut” with New Orleans Opera; he performed as Calaf at Volksoper Wien and Opera Birmingham, also with Opera Carolina and the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra; and as soloist in Beethoven’s “Missa Solemnis” with the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra. In 2007-08

he performed Calaf in Memphis and Vienna; Erik in “Der fliegende Holländer” at Opera Grand Rapids; Pinkerton at the Steyr Music Festival in Austria and at the Aspen Music Festival; and Verdi’s “Requiem” at the Kennedy Center.

Fellow soloist Barbara Quintiliani is equally at home in the concert repertoire. Quintiliani has appeared in concert with leading orchestras across the country. Recent appearances include Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9” with the National Symphony Orchestra and the Madison Symphony, her Carnegie Hall debut with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

“Maestro Conlin has wonderful connection with the artists on stage.

He truly listens to any concerns you may have and is just very open, which is pretty rare in my experience. I just think this is going to be a really great show,” Smith said.

Tickets for “Viva Verdi!” range from $20-$75. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. There will also be a Viva Amore after party at the Toledo Club where patrons can enjoy music by Hepcat Revival and a complimentary glass of champagne and gourmet appetizers. Tickets are $75.

For information, call (419) 255SING or visit www.toledoopera.org.

From Renay Conlin’s blog (http://toledoopera.typepad.com/): Toledo Opera’s 2009 Gala is one of the most anticipated performances each year. It gives the opera a wonderful opportunity to showcase great singers in repertoire that we normally are not able to mount in a fully staged production at the Valentine Theatre. Operas like “Nabucco”, “Aïda” or “I Vespri Siciliani” would be quite difficult, if not impossible, for a full scale production. But, we still want you to have the opportunity to hear selections from these great masterpieces. And so you will, at the opera gala.

There are also operas that have great music, but their stories are really impossible and convoluted. These operas are no longer performed, but we shouldn’t be denied the opportunity to hear their music. One such piece at the opera gala is the overture to “Oberto”. We have also thrown in a couple of barn burners that simply have to be included because they are so exciting like the “Anvil Chorus” from “Il trovatore” and the “Drinking Song” from “La traviata”. All in all, this should be a really fun evening.

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The Glacity Theatre Collectiveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest production is definitely a laughing matter. The company is offering patrons twice the funny business with a pair of rotating comedies by noted Canadian playwright George F. Walker.

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1. How much average snow does it take to equal an inch of rain?

2. Guess how much snow Toledo usually receives per year.

3. In what month does Toledo usually receive the most snow?

4. Toledoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest one-day snowfall was on 2/28/1900.

What amount of snow did the city receive?

A) 8 inches B) 18 inches C) 48 inches 5. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your favorite thing to do when school is canceled because of snow?

6. When is a snowstorm officially a blizzard?

7. What do you call a snowman on rollerblades?

ANSWERS: 1. It takes about 10 inches of average snow. 2. Toledo averages 37.4â&#x20AC;? of snow per year. 3. January 4. B 6. A blizzard is a snowstorm when winds exceed 35 mph and the temperature is 20° F or lower. 7. a snowmobile

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Aries (March 21-April 19)

Libra (September 23-October 22)

Confidential exchange. People are playing for high stakes this week. On Wednesday and Thursday, courageous leadership is critical. Choose words and key phrases to coax others past fears. A fresh social network opens as the weekend arrives.

Think pink. Dormant issues revive this week with unexpected results. Midweek encounters are turbulent, and assigning responsibility for cleanup is unclear. A sweet, funny person helps you laugh away your worries on Saturday.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

Aeon flux. Matters that have been on hold spring into motion. People dance at the ledge of weirdness and emotional unpredictability midweek. Retain your common sense and patience. Saturday brings charming invitations and opportunities to meet new people.

Pick three. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re surrounded by change on many levels, and the whirlwind of emotions can cause you to lose sight of your own priorities. A discussion with an astute friend on Thursday night or Friday will help restore your composure and see the big picture.

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Fulcrum of change. Political animals wander freely, and may engage in dramatic head-butting midweek. People who come out on top may not stay there long. Keep your loyalties to yourself. Good news arrives on Saturday, and leads to an exciting project.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

Hovering dragonfly. Important decisions made late in 2008 require further efforts this week. Othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; indecision or fearful stalling can incite tempers midweek; vulnerabilities require a gentle touch. Sharing your concerns helps you make choices with minimal regrets.

Strict arbiter. A free flow of information and education helps those around you perform successfully.

Restrictions of time or money require creative thinking.

Developing secondary or outside sources helps bridge the gaps on Friday.

Leo (July 23-August 22)

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

Secret indulgence. Who you are and what you do may hang in the balance this week. A woman hands down crucial information midweek. As one door closes, another opens through offers and suggestions from caring friends as the weekend arrives.

Swamp thing. People near you are affected by economic pressures and health concerns, and are most likely to hit emotional peaks on Thursday. Your ability to mediate and to collect and apply useful information will make big improvements over the weekend. .

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Pisces (February 19-March 20)

Glad rap. You are in possession of critical knowledge; sharing it could make you a hero or get you in trouble.

Hard proof is the key to success. Powerful friends are in a position to help and protect you, if you ask. Take a short journey with a fun friend on Saturday.

Best foot forward. Gear up to tackle changes. Whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re starting a diet or an austerity program, attitude is crucial to success. Weekend gatherings assemble unusual and diverse groups of people â&#x20AC;&#x201C; unleash your inner social animal for productive elbow-rubbing.

Elizabeth Hazel is a professional tarotist-astrologer and author. She gives readings every Wednesday at Attic on Adams above Manos Greek Restaurant. She may be contacted at ehazel@buckeye-express.com (c) 2009

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The 2008 tax year has been it, sometimes wonder how much it actually costs my husband and though. I think it may have been me to raise our children. I see a the year that our children started to cost way beyond any child-rearing cost esfinancial benefits we timate floating around may be seeing on our the news from time tax return. to time, but it is never This is the year that quite close enough to one shared kid’s meal my family’s own situasimply was no longer tion to give me a clear enough to satiate the idea. The clothing esgrowing appetites of timates alone are a far a 3-year-old and a 5cry from the amount year-old. Our son has we have had to spend Shannon SZYPERSKI also figured out that on our children’s apour once-coveted half juice/half parel thus far.

The cost of our children’s ward- water cocktail isn’t quite as special robe to this point could mainly be as he once believed. His reminders measured in hours of toil instead not to forget to add the water have of dollars and cents. For the most turned into requests for no water part, we have been lucky enough added at all. It is only a matter of to clothe our children in gifts and time before his sister catches on to hand-me-downs since birth. The the fact that adding the water doesn’t toiling comes in sorting, organizing make the juice any tastier.

This is also the year that our and storing second-hand garments from multiple sources. The finan- daughter’s inheriting of my rather cial burden lies only in the cost of large feet became quite obvious. The much-appreciated cousin handthe plastic storage containers.

We seem to be on the discount me-down shoe store has closed due family plan. We have managed to to lack of appropriate sizes. As for knock the high child food and day our son, boys’ gently worn jeans care estimates seen on morning and shoes seem to be much harder shows down to almost nothing for our to come by in the elementary school children’s first few years at least. The age bracket than they did back in amusing remarks I had heard prior the not-so-rough-and-tumble todto parenthood about children being dler days.

It is not just the common ex“little tax deductions,” as if producing a child is almost some sort of tiny fi- penses, however. As this year has nancial windfall, has been fairly close proven, we must learn to expect quite a few unexpected child-related to true for us up until this point.

incidentals for years to come. Take a broken arm, for example. The medical bills that start rolling in once the healing has fully commenced suddenly seemed a lot more significant than they did the night all we cared about was getting our child put back together. What feels more financially strapping, however, are all of the ancillary costs we just never considered, such as having to purchase another new coat to replace the just-purchased one that doesn’t quite fit over the cast.

I do sometimes wonder how much our children actually cost us, but I’m far too busy chasing them around to ever come up with an exact number. And, honestly, I really don’t care.

My husband and I certainly do not associate their little faces with a line on a tax form until Turbo Tax asks us to. Tax deductions and child tax credits just don’t play much of a role in our family financial equation more than one or two days a year. Even though this may be the year that tax deductions and child tax credits pale in comparison to our actual child expenses, we likely won’t give it a second thought.

Don’t get me wrong, though. We’ll take what we can get.

Shannon Szyperski and her husband Michael are raising two children in Sylvania. E-mail her at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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NEED TO SELL! King size bed wood wall unit. Single user. Medium wood finish. Asking price $800. Negotiable. 567-249-4290

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