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OPINION

MAY 24, 2009

PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT

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LIGHTING THE FUSE

Teamwork Toledo A good place to call home

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or years, local pundits have decried the apathy that grips Toledoans, especially at election time. Why aren’t more people voting? Why aren’t more people involved? Why are people content with a broken status quo?

As we hurtle through 2009 and set our sights on November, many of those concerns are being addressed by a new wave of political activists.

The first rumblings rose in the mayor’s race, where four quality Thomas F. POUNDS candidates — Mike Bell, Ben Konop, Jim Moody and Keith Wilkowski — have entered the fray, and that’s not counting an unlikely run by incumbent Carty Finkbeiner, who has seen many of his former financial supporters peeled away by the challengers.

There are many qualified candidates declared for Toledo Public Schools Board of Education, including incumbent Darlene Fisher.

Toledo City Council will see six seats up for grabs, and as many as two dozen people may be running. In addition to whichever incumbents run, the Democraticand Republican-sponsored challengers will be joined by a new group, Teamwork Toledo. The members — John Adams Jr., Ty Daniels, Tricia Lyons, Kevin Milliken, David Washington and Michael Watson — say they stand for “no new taxes, back-to-basics government and a business-friendly community.”

It is heartening to see so many people stand up to put their time and money on the line, when our city and larger community most need the help.

Along with the apparent success of the Take Back Toledo recall effort, there is an unquestioned movement to take leadership in new directions.

As we peel away the calendar pages, Toledo Free Press will cover the candidates and races, sponsor debates and collect information online to help voters make educated decisions.

Thank you to all the candidates who are stepping up and stepping forward. The debate and competition you inspire can raise the standards for future elections.

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

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his is Toledo, May 20, 2009: There is political un- working with the American Red Cross, provided opening certainty, with major change possible in fewer than slots for the winner and People’s Choice winner for the July 175 days. There is economic uncertainty, with a 31 to Aug. 2 Smoke on the Water concerts. Community Relations Manager Chris Kozak has posibusted, mangled budget and a government tioned his company as an ally for this redesperate to cut services while increasing gion, its charities and its arts scene. revenue. There is social uncertainty, with ■ Michigan International Speedway fewer police patrolling a restless and insimilarly trusted us with its name and ofcreasingly reckless population. There is fered the plum of an opening slot for its development uncertainty, as the foundanational act in August. Thanks to Nick tion of the life-giving auto industry wilts Covill, song contest judge Sammie Luand prays for the do-or-die transition to kaskiewicz and Kevin Gregory for their less tested and trusted job categories. faith and partnership.

For one hour on May 20, all of that Strawberry Fields Recording Studio in melted away as six local musical acts joined on the front lawn of the Down- Michael S. MILLER Swanton is where Empire Drift will record its song in state-of-the-art facilities. town Toledo-Lucas County Library for ■ Thank you to our media partners, FOX Toledo and the “Song of Toledo” concert.

If allowing music to provide escape and solace re- the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. FOX Toledo quires a suspension of disbelief that borders on foolish, played the contest promo every chance it could; Allison the 100 people gathered to hear the bands seemed con- Brown reported informative profiles of the top five, and News Director Steve France and Creative Services Director tent to let it rock for at least that one hour.

Empire Drift’s “A Good Place to Call Home” is this Betsy Russell oversaw a tremendous amount of exposure year’s champion, winning by a thin two points, but there for the contest. “Face of FOX Toledo” Julia Johnston served as a judge, helped emcee the May 20 concert and makes were a lot of winners on stage.

After narrowing more than 50 contest entries to Toledo a better place by adorning and adoring it.

■ Tracy Montri, the audio-visual manager of the lifive, plus the Internet-voted People’s Choice Award winner “I Am Toledo” by Buck69, the concert chan- brary, along with Rhonda Sewell and CD case designer neled much-needed positive emotion and spirit to the Jake Jones, facilitated a smooth collaboration for the concert and the creation of the two-CD set. Montri has warm Downtown afternoon.

Seeing the faces in the crowd, some demonstrably given her time and efforts to our music projects, and, for delighted as they heard the songs for the first time, some the record, she rocks. I’m going to hold you to your offer mouthing every syllable, made the months of work and to present next year’s concert on the roof, Rhonda.

■ Thank you to the elected officials who understood collaboration pay off in exhilarating ways.

Thank yous in cold print cannot come close to ex- the value of this project. City Councilman George Sapressing our gratitude, but it’s our main conduit, so ... rantou facilitated the original Legacy project, which paved ■ Thank you to the musicians who poured their the way for this contest. Councilman Tom Waniewski hearts and souls into their entries. You provided a new served as a judge and helped present Empire Drift’s song map to life in Toledo, a new bridge to its musical past to council for “Song of Toledo” consideration. and new hope for its cultural future. There are amazing Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop has been songs from this contest yet to be discovered, but there a fierce proponent of the arts, and his staunch support is no doubt that Dirt Sayers’ “Black Swamp Heartland” of our historical and contemporary song collections has and Candice Coleman’s “City on the Miami” will join se- been an incalculable boost in reach and credibility. lect other songs in the city’s lore. Forty-five of the entries Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner’s office surprised us — including Empire Drift, Buck69 and finalists High- with wonderful proclamations of support for each indibinder, Purpose, Wanna Bees and Kyle White — are now vidual band, a welcome and appreciated gesture. available on a two-CD set at the library, and if you are ■ Thank you to the judges — Kozak, Johnston, looking for a couple of hours of testimony to life in To- Lukaskiewicz, Konop, Waniewski, Montri, Grebe and ledo, check them out and ... check them out.

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer Vicki Kroll — who sifted ■ Thank you to the people who created and guided through more than 50 songs and found the ones that best the contest, from originator Robert Grebe and true fit the spirit of the competition. believer Robert Russ to concert soundman Jeff Tucker In February 2010, we’re going to do it again. So start and Toledo Free Press Staff Writer Allison Wingate, who putting pen to paper and break out your guitars and keyhelped make the May 20 show smooth. boards. Your city is calling, and it needs you.

■ Thank you to the sponsors who flexed muscles and provided an amazing prize package. Columbia Gas of Ohio Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press. is one of this region’s strongest philanthropic forces, and Contact him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

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CONNECTING THE DOTS

Sign of the times

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here are two types of tele- the fears of people who’ve seen vision commercials we’ve their 401(k)s shrink, I don’t know been seeing recently that what does.

There’s a big difference betruly are a sign of the times. One tween these two type is entirely new; types of ads. The the other is growing car ads are aimed at in frequency on the selling cars that are airwaves. produced in facFirst, the new ads. tories that employ I don’t watch a tens of thousands lot of TV, but I’ve reof people. If the ally taken notice of ads work, people the number of car go back to work. companies that are By contrast, saying, “If you lose the ads the big law your job, we’ll con- Jim HARPEN firms are airing tinue to make the payments on your car.” Or, “If you are aimed at extracting millions lose your job, just bring the car of dollars from companies (who are probably struggling) who back. No harm, no foul.”

What the car companies are might or might not have been offering is a complete walk on our even slightly aware their products remaining debt, predicting that weren’t up to snuff. Nothing is there’s a reasonable chance that produced but mountains of payou, the new car buyer, are going perwork and a transfer of cash. to have a significant interruption And customarily, a third of any award goes to the lawyers. In a in your household income.

I don’t know if that’s wonder- class-action suit with hundreds fully accommodating or terribly or thousands of plaintiffs, that’s a huge amount of money. frightening.

I have a friend who works Some analysts are calling it “depression-era marketing.” The car for one of the country’s largest companies aren’t preying on our law firms, and he was telling me fears; they’re adjusting to them. a few months ago that the presSpecifically, the fear that we don’t sure was on at his firm to find want to take on debt that we can’t new “pools” of plaintiffs for repay in time to have our second just about any infraction under largest investment — our cars the sun. Their marching orders — snatched away by the repo man are, essentially, to go out there in the middle of the night along and find an ailment that might with our respectable credit scores. be caused by some company’s After bankruptcy and mortgage product. Then they’ll sue until foreclosure, repossession is about their unborn grandchildren the ugliest thing that can show up scream for mercy. And their on your credit report. These are hope is the company will settle offers that have genuine value to out of court to keep their own attorney fees down. Is that any consumers.

And then there are the other way to make a living?

These economic times are ads that are filling an increasing amount of air time. I’m talking forcing people to find new ways of about lawyers trolling for clients, making money. Hopefully most letting you and I know that “you will search out new, innovative might be a victim who might and honest ways of doing so. The be able to make millions from auto industry seems to be stepa wrong done to you that you ping up to the plate.

On the other hand, the day might not even know about.”

These types of ads have been might come when we turn on the increasing for years, but they’re TV and see another lawyer with rapidly growing into a staple of a bad haircut saying something the television advertising diet, like, “If you’ve ever had a hangwarning us of the dangers of ail- nail, you might be eligible for a ments we hadn’t even heard of cash award ...”

Me, I’d rather work. Better a couple of decades ago. There’s one law firm that actually has living through litigation is not the name of its target disease better living. in the firm’s name. Its ad claims “Proven Track Record. Collect E-mail columnist Jim Harpen at Millions.” If that doesn’t play to letters@toledofreepress.com.

MAY 24, 2009

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Honor veterans on Memorial Day TO THE EDITOR, Another Memorial Day is approaching, as a time to remember all military Veterans. I note almost daily as I read through the obituaries the number of veterans who are leaving us. There seems to be more lately.

I would like to share with Toledo Free Press readers that I continue to be a volunteer ambassador for the U.S. Army’s Freedom Team Salute program. This is a free outreach program to thank all U.S. Army veterans for their service to our country. Let’s honor the army veterans in our lives now while we still can. Army veterans will receive an official commendation package from the secretary of the Army and army chief of staff that includes a personalized letter of thanks and certificate of appreciation, an Army lapel pin, and two U.S. Army decals.

All I need to send to include you is the name of the honorably discharged army veteran (active, army guard or army reserve) and their address. You may also include rank, if known, but it is not required. Please send the information to my e-mail address at mwatson65@sbcglobal. net. You can also visit www.freedomteamsalute.com to honor your army veteran today. This free commendation package will arrive within three to four weeks. Let’s thank our U.S. Army veterans now while we can. Happy Memorial Day! MICHAEL R. WATSON U.S. Army Freedom Team Salute Volunteer Ambassador, Toledo, and Teamwork Toledo City Council candidate

THURBER’S THOUGHTS

The history of Memorial Day

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emorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation’s service.

It was the tradition to ‘decorate’ the graves of those fallen in service to our country during the Civil War. Over time, it was renamed Memorial Day. and the practice of decorating graves was extended to those who Maggie died in all U.S. wars.

No one is sure where Memorial Day began, as more than two dozen cities and towns claim to be the birthplace of the day, and there are many stories about how it started.

Officially, Waterloo, N.Y., was declared the birthplace by President Lyndon Johnson in May 1966. Waterloo — which had first celebrated the day on May 5, 1866 — was chosen because the town had made Memorial Day an annual, community-wide event during which businesses closed and residents decorated the graves of soldiers with flowers and flags.

However, a hymn published in 1867 by Nella Sweet carried a dedication “To The Ladies of the South who are Decorating the Graves of the Confederate Dead.” It is believed that women’s groups in the South were decorating the graves of fallen soldiers before the end of the Civil War. Most believe that the honoring of the war dead was practiced in cities and towns across the nation, giving rise to a movement that resulted in an official proclamation in 1868 by Gen. John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former sailors and soldiers.

On May 5, 1868, Gen. Logan issued General Order No. 11:

“The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land.

In this observance, no form of ceremony is THURBER prescribed, but posts and comrades will in their own way arrange such fitting services and testimonials of respect as circumstances may permit.”

On that day, Gen. James Garfield made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery, followed by 5,000 participants decorating the graves of the more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers buried there.

New York was the first state to officially designate the holiday in 1873.

By 1890, all the Northern states had established an official Decoration Day. Southern states, however, honored their dead on separate days, not recognizing the May 30 date until after the holiday was changed from honoring those who died fighting the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war.

In 1971, Congress passed the National Holiday Act which, ensured a three-day weekend for federal holidays, and the observance of Memorial Day was designated for the last Monday in May. Several southern states continue to have a separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead.

You’ll notice that veterans will distribute poppies prior to Memorial Day. In 1915, Moina Michael wrote a poem: “We cherish too, the Poppy red

That grows on fields where valor led It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies.”

She was the first to wear a poppy on Memorial Day in honor of those who died serving our nation. She sold the poppies to friends and coworkers with the money going to benefit servicemen in need. In 1922, the VFW (Veterans of Foreign War) became the first veterans’ organization to nationally sell the poppies.

Today, VFW members and American Legion Auxiliary volunteers distribute millions of the bright, red poppies in exchange for contributions to assist disabled and hospitalized veterans. The hospitalized veterans who make the flowers earn a small wage, which helps to supplement their incomes and contributes to their self-sufficiency.

Donations are used exclusively to assist and support veterans and their families.

The poppy also reminds the community of the past sacrifices and continuing needs of our veterans.

The poppy has become a nationally known and recognized symbol of sacrifice and is worn to honor the men and women who served and died for their country in all wars.

Additionally, these organizations join with volunteers to ensure that our flag decorates the grave of every American who died in the service of our United States.

It does not matter which town was first or what the day is called. What is important is that we have a Memorial Day — a day to reflect, remember and thank those who made the ultimate sacrifice so we can be free.

Happy Memorial Day. Former Lucas County Commissioner Maggie Thurber blogs regularly at http://thurbersthoughts.blogspot.com/.

OPINION

MAY 24, 2009

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GUEST COLUMN

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Thanking Eminem

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e are on the return flight home from Los Angeles, and I still can’t believe it.

Three weeks ago, the idea that anyone, let alone rap mogul Eminem, would fly me and 200 other u n e mp l o y e d ZAPF United Auto Workers to a Hollywood, Calif. concert did not exist in my realm of possibilities.

Nowhere in my mind was the thought that we would ever be staying at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa, looking at the famous Hollywood sign up on the hill.

Some of my fellow UAW members are temporarily laid off due the Chrysler bankruptcy, but many come from plants that have closed, moved or are in the process of shutting down.

Now 200 production workers

whose future was at best unforeseen share in the dream of an allexpense paid trip out west for a live taping of a “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show and an Eminem concert. I don’t know exactly how to explain it, but it doesn’t feel like I am living my life. Everything, from the first-class warm towelette for all passengers on the flight out, to the king-sized bed with seven pillows (with a triangle-shaped one that I’m not sure what it’s for), to the handing out of $60 cash to spend has been surreal.

Everything exceeded expectations and was replaced by something better.

As we stood in line waiting to enter the ABC studios for the start of the show, everything finally made sense. This is a dream-come-true experience.

Even though the cash reserves were low, and the economy will probably get worse before it gets better, for this day I could not feel bad about the circumstances in my life at this moment.

The thought, “something good

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is happening to me,” which hasn’t popped in for many of us in a while now, invaded every cell of my entire being. Life was better than good.”

Not that I want to trade in the place I call home for the hustle and bustle of the Sunset Strip, but if the idea was to help auto production workers escape from the reality of their less-than-desirable future, the mission was accomplished.

Many thanks to Eminem, Jimmy Kimmel, the UAW, ABC and all those who helped to make this life-changing experience possible. As all of us who shared the experience now know for certain, even if the future looks bleak, anything is possible.

And to top it all off, they just handed us all tickets to Eminem’s “Relapse” release event in Detroit.

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SONG OF TOLEDO

By Julie Ryan TOLEDO FREE PRESS NEWS EDITOR news@toledofreepress.com

The members of Empire Drift wanted to write the best song they could before the Song of Toledo contest deadline. They also wanted to shine a positive light on Toledo and show it as a “little big city” just right for them.

On May 20, Empire Drift was crowned the winner of the inaugural Song of Toledo contest. The band was selected by nine judges and glorified with recording time at Strawberry Fields Recording Studio, stage time at Smoke on the Water — Ribs for the Red Cross and at the Michigan International Speedway.

Empire Drift’s guitarist, Rick Shugarman, said the band was “excited and thrilled” to win the contest and believes it will give them momentum going into summer — especially considering the competition they faced.

“There was a lot of competition, and we respect the other bands that were in there,” he said. “And a lot of the songs were great, too.”

Shugarman said he is looking forward to preparing for Smoke on the Water and other opportunities.

“We have been growing as a band, maybe for the past year and a half or so, the four guys have been working very hard and some of them have full-time jobs,” he said. “I’m really proud of them for how hard they’ve been working and sometimes it can pull your relations and it can pull at your job and everything, but the chemistry has remained good.”

The winning song David Pfenning’s voice woos

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Empire Drift wins first Song of Toledo title

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EMPIRE DRIFT, FROM LEFT, MICHAEL PFENNING, DAVE PFENNING, RICK SHUGARMAN AND ALLEN SPENCER.

listeners into Empire Drift’s winning song, “A Good Place To Call Home,” as he sings that he doesn’t want 40-minute drives or six-lane highways. David, the lead vocalist, along with twin brother Michael on bass, Shugarman on guitar and Allen Spencer on drums, managed to use the song to showcase the best

Toledo has to offer.

“We tried to make no mention of anything negative,” said Shugarman, also the band’s manager. “Some of the songs are kind of talking defensively about Toledo. Our intention was not to defend Toledo but talk positively about it.”

With the Walleyes, Mud Hens

and concerts at Promenade Park, Shugarman said you get big-city stuff without big-city crowds — the focus of the song.

“The basic theme of the song is to present Toledo and focus on how great it is because of how balanced it is. You have this incredible balance between big-city things

— like all the national food chains,” Shugarman said. “We get all the P.F. Chang’s and for the girls they get their Coach and designer stores in the mall. But you also get your littlecity feel with the fact that you’re not in Chicago: You’re not waiting 40 minutes to drive five miles.”

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MAY 24, 2009 The exposure from winning has already paid off, according to Shugarman. The band was invited by Kaptur’s office to play their awardingwinning song during a visit from the “auto czar” May 21. Ed Montgomery, who was picked by President Barack Obama for the position, toured the Glass City and listened to the entire song, Shugarman said.

“It was really an honor,” Shugarman said of the train station performance for the czar. “I keep using the word ‘honor,’ but that is what it was. I felt we were representing Toledo.”

Shugarman said the band hoped opportunities like this would arise after winning the contest, but never imagined the day after they would be playing for Obama’s go-to man.

“In a way, I felt close to Obama,” he said.

For David, who has a 2-and-ahalf-year-old son, a line less than a minute into the song rings true.

“I just like how you can raise your family here; it’s a good family city,” he said. “I grew up here and had all my friends in town.”

Typically, the band creates a song with a single inspiration and can spend as long as a year writing, practicing and recording.

“We kind of just say everybody is writing everything,” Shugarman said. “But actually, it will start when somebody will have a seed and brings it to the band, and the band together waters it and it grows.”

When the Song of Toledo contest was announced in Toledo Free Press March 8, the band had less than 26 days to produce a song.

Spencer said he had a friend The winning band who moved away from Toledo for David and Shugarman had six months, and when he returned played together for eight years when a year ago, he told Spencer that To- they started Empire Drift as an ledo needs pride. acoustic duo in summer 2007. In “That’s one thing September 2007, Toledo really lacks Spencer joined.

I’d love to play a lot of. So many “Literally, the people are so quick first or second it live at a to rag on Toledo practice with him, and put it down,” he could just play Mud Hens game.” everything; he was Spencer said. “My buddy, he’s involved a really natural fit,” — Allen Spencer Shugarman said. in music, and he said, ‘Someone needs to They played as write an awesome song about Toledo.’ a three-piece acoustic electric band And a year or so later, this competi- until February 2008, when Michael tion popped up. I couldn’t believe it Pfenning joined because they enbecause it was the second time in a tered the 2008 Regional Superstar year someone was like, ‘We need to Competition. write a song about Toledo.’ ” Michael had played with David “We were reading Toledo Free and Shugarman in Exhibit A in 2005, Press and looked at everything it a band that lasted a year. Michael was talking about for writing the said he picked up his first guitar at song and we just thought, ‘Let’s try age 14, began playing seriously at 18, it out,’ ” David said. and since then, it’s filled a void.

Spencer said the band got right With his help on bass, Empire to work: Shugarman spent an “enor- Drift won the regional competition, mous amount of time” creating lyrics a recording contract and played at and listing Toledo’s attractions. After the biggest show Club Bijou hosted a night of practice, and incorporating for unsigned bands in April 2008.

David’s guitar riff, the band had a Next, Empire Drift conquered song. They moved into a week of The Blade’s Battle of the Bands by practice and then headed to Big Sky co-winning and, in 2009, were voted Recording in Ann Arbor where they runner-up for best rock band in Torecorded the song over two sessions. ledo City Paper.

Empire Drift has plenty of Toledo Shugarman said the band pride. Shugarman said he would love has given away 17,000 CDs and to hear their song playing at the To- will send anyone an album if ledo hot spots such as the Mud Hens they e-mail their address to stadium or when the Walleye play. freecd@empiredrift.com.

“I’d love to play it live at a Mud “We play all kinds,” David said.

Hens game,” Spencer said.

“There’s great variety between the Upon hearing the song, with its 25 originals, everything from soft shout-out to her, longtime Con- acoustic love songs to modern algresswoman Marcy Kaptur said, ternative rock-type sounds. People “I’ve listened to the song twice and might label us, but between the now I’m singing along with Empire variety in songs we write and the Drift. I’m honored to be included cover songs we play, we try to hit in their bouncy score, which aptly everything at once.” describes our community as a wonderful place to live. Again, the arts On the web lift us and speak for us.” visit www.empiredrift.com.

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Library offers 2-CD set of Song of Toledo entries Copies of a compilation 45-song, two-CD set, compiled by Toledo Free Press, are available for check out at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library.

In addition to the five finalists — Empire Drift, Highbinders, Purpose, Wanna Bees and Kyle White — and People’s Choice winner Buck69, this compilation set includes original compositions by local artists, such as Candice Coleman, Eddie Boggs, Ragtime Rick and the library’s own Charlie Oswanski.

For information, call (419) 259-5285.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a five-part series about the New Schools, New Neighborhoods coalition, a mostly volunteer, privateand public-sector effort to revitalize the city of Toledo by focusing on the neighborhoods impacted by Toledo Public Schools’ Building For Success construction. From the initial April 5 overview story through a detailed look at the first four schools and neighborhoods on which the NSNN is focusing, Toledo Free Press will review progress made since late 2002 when the effort began and report on the coalition’s next steps.

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

The Sherman Elementary School neighborhood is one of four Toledo Public Schools neighborhoods targeted by the New School, New Neighborhoods (NSNN) initiative. The NSNN initiative was started in 2002. It’s a volunteer, private- and public-sector effort designed to revitalize the city of Toledo by focusing on the neighborhoods impacted by TPS’ Building For Success construction.

The new Sherman Elementary School, which has a neighborhood population of 2,400, opened with the 2008-09 school year. It includes students in grades kindergarten through third grade, while the previous Sherman School still houses students in grades four through six.

By the start of the next school year, all students are scheduled to be in the new Sherman School, according to Principal Anthony Bronaugh.

Trish Soto has lived in the

Sherman neighborhood for more than 40 years and lives across the street from the new school.

“It’s nice to have something new in the neighborhood,” she said.

“New houses are being built, and it’s making the neighborhood a lot more homely. We just need people to move in to them.”

Already, the Sherman community has several programs and achievements in place to demonstrate itself as a “neighborhood of choice.”

“Our goal is to be a neighborhood of choice. Just like people may choose to go to Perrysburg or Sylvania, we want people to choose to go to Sherman School, Chase School or Woodward High School, which will be a beautiful school,” said Terry Glazer, executive director of Lagrange Development Corporation, the development organization overseeing the Sherman neighborhood.

Glazer also is CEO of NorthRiver Development Corporation, which with Lagrange is in the process of merging into an umbrella group called United North. The United North organization also includes Chase Elementary School, as well as Woodward in its community. In all the United North organization represents about 30,000 residents, or about 10 percent of Toledo’s population.

Glazer said the community growth and support foundation in the Sherman Elementary district — and in much of the north Toledo area — has been in place for some time. Since the 1990s, for example, the Lagrange Development Corp. has been involved in more than $10 million in new and renovated housing construction in the

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Sherman School neighborhood.

“One thing that separates the Lagrange community from others is an active Lagrange Village Council, and it works closely with neighborhood residents in the area,” Glazer said.

As the new Sherman School was

taking shape, so were other programs and partnerships designed to build on the community’s existing foundation.

‘Fulfills our mission’

director of the Toledo Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo, said the group’s board started exploring a partnership with a community organization and talked with Glazer in the fall of 2000.

David Wehrmeister, executive

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■ SHERMAN CONTINUED FROM A8 As the Build For Success plans were evolving, Wehrmeister said the Boys & Girls Clubs made TPS aware of its desire to be part of the project, as it didn’t make sense for the group to embark on its own new construction when other cities like Milwaukee had proven a club-schools partnership could be effective.

Prior to the opening, Wehrmeister said he expected 80 to 100 kids participating in the Boys & Girls Clubs’ services. That expectation was exceeded as 140 to 150 boys and girls that regularly take part in the afterschool activities at Sherman.

“The response from Sherman School kids has been very well received,” Wehrmeister said. “Being part of Sherman definitely fulfills our mission. There’s no doubt the kids are receiving a positive experience.”

The Boys & Girls Clubs occupies 2,510 square feet of the new Sherman School, and shares another 12,000 square feet of space. The club

is open Monday through Friday, 3 to 7:30 p.m., and has two full-time staff members on site, plus volunteers and part-time staff who oversee the various departments and activity areas.

The Boys & Girls Clubs dedicated and shared areas include an art and craft room, a technology/ computer room, an educational activity center where students receive homework assistance, a café where upward of 90 hot suppers are served daily Monday through Friday, and a game/activity center, as well as the school’s gymnasium.

Lacee Tharp has two children, Anthony, 10, and Malaya, 12, who take advantage of the Boys & Girls Clubs at Sherman.

“The club has done a great job with my children and helps make sure they do their homework. My kids would rather be here than at home,” Tharp said.

She added that having a place for her children to go is helpful as her work schedule varies, and she is comforted that they have “a safe

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place for them to be.”

Once the school year ends, the club will remain open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and provide lunch.

While details can’t be publicly disclosed, Wehrmeister said the club is looking at similar partnerships with two other TPS schools, and planning a capital fundraising campaign.

Another recent program in place is a mobility program — designed to help students stay at Sherman School even though they have to move out of the district. It’s also active in the Chase School neighborhood. The mobility pilot program will continue through the 2009-10 school year.

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Morale, quality improve Sherman Principal Bronaugh said the changes around and inside Sherman school have paid dividends.

“Overall, student morale, the pride in the school and quality of students’ work, along with pride in the community has dramatically increased,” he said.

He also said the discipline problems and absenteeism are down.

Bronaugh said there’s been an effort to get more parents involved and to encourage students. Examples include reading and math nights and days programs.

Those programs are intended to show parents what the students are being taught, along with information on how the topics are taught, which is often different than when they were in school.

He said two years ago, he started giving a “State of Sherman” address, and working with partners like NSNN to maintain or enhance other

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Recently, before the students took the Ohio Achievement Test (OAT), Sherman had a pep rally for the students to get them excited and feeling good about taking the OAT they had studied for. During the week of the OAT test, not one fifth-grade student was absent, and the school had a 97 percent attendance rate — which was “phenomenal” for a school with more than 500 students, Bronaugh said.

“There’s been a whole paradigm shift at Sherman,” he said. “We have all these community resources, and the parents know they can come here to get information about them.

During the past two years, parents have become more comfortable about coming in to learn about programs that can help them.

“With all of these things in place, from the NSNN, Boys & Girls Club, the mobility project, combined with the teachers all are contributing to the success at Sherman,” Bronaugh said.

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TOLEDO INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA

Editor’s note: This is a continuing series on Toledo International Youth Orchestra’s planned trip to Tanga.

Toledo Free Press Special Sections Editor Brandi Barhite plans to travel to Africa with the group.

By Brandi Barhite TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR bbarhite@toledofreepress.com

A Monroe woman is making last-minute plans to travel with the Toledo International Youth Orchestra (TIYO) to her homeland in East Africa.

Sandy Tejura was born and raised in Tanga, Tanzania, which is Toledo’s sister city. Tejura moved from Tanga to London when she was 11, eventually coming to the United States after marrying a Ugandan man she met in London. Her husband, Manhar, is a local cardiologist. “This is more home to me than anywhere else,� Tejura said of the past 30 years. “Toledo is my home.�

That’s not to say she doesn’t remember her days in Tanga. Tejura’s great-grandfather first came to Tanga as a boat merchant from India. “My father was in advertising and had a retail shop ... I was blessed.

I went to a private school,� she said.

The last time Tejura was in Tanga was five years ago, and she described the people as “very, very poor.� She told TIYO parents who gathered May 17 that their children should not give anything to people on the

street because they will be swarmed.

Tejura also gave a brief lesson in Swahili, the language of those living in Tanga. “They appreciate you knowing a little bit of Swahili,� she said, though many of them speak some English.

TIYO is traveling to Tanga and other parts of the region as part of a musical mission. The group leaves June 28. The students already raised money to build a music classroom for the Toledo Secondary School in Tanga. They are also bringing instruments to teach the young Africans how to play. When the orchestra performs, TIYO parents will play percussion instruments because the string orchestra is playing some native music that requires that sound, said orchestra manager Liz Villarreal.

It will be considered winter when TIYO is in Africa, but Tejura said it is still quite warm and warned against wearing jeans and dark colors that attract the sun. When TIYO swims with the dolphins, the females will have to wear a cover-up. “Nakedness is not appreciated,� said Sally Russ, secretary for the nonprofit.

Those on the trip will not be allowed to wear shorts either because of the country’s Muslim influence, she said, or open-toed shoes because the roads are unpaved. “If it rains, it usually rains at night and cools down the day,� Tejura said.

The main diet in Tanga includes yaka, bananas, red kidney beans

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and corn, she said. The people use their hands, not silverware, and it is considered offensive to use your left hand because that is for personal hygiene, Tejura said.

It is also prohibited to take photos of government offices or airports, and travelers should ask permission before taking pictures of people living in the area. If they agree, Tejura said give them a tip because that is how they make a living.

When TIYO goes on safari, Tejura prepared them for unbelievable sights that will include giraffes that are a bright red brick color. Tanzania is the “Land of Kilimanjaro,� and the mountain can be seen from the distance. She also warned about the dust that blows throughout the country, as well as the mosquitoes. Russ said all the hotels that TIYO will be staying in have mosquito netting.

Tejura said Tanga has changed

since she lived there. People have moved away because of the Uganda exodus, and the form of government, which is now republic, affects people’s decisions to remain, she said.

She found out about TIYO recently when she met Russ’ husband at a school function, and he asked her origin. When she said mentioned Tanga, the memories started flowing. “Now, I am going to visit,� she said excitedly.

Gathering, golf fundraiser organized to support area children with ‘Cat Cry Syndrome’ Parents of newborns find themselves dealing with myriad concerns for their children’s health, sharing well-known problems, such as colic, diaper rash and sleepless nights.

But once in roughly every 60,000 births, they learn about a condition completely unknown to most people. The telltale symptom: The baby’s cry sounds just like a cat.

Known as Cri du Chat, Cat Cry Syndrome and 5p- Syndrome, the affliction leaves many victims unable to use language effectively, leading to suppressed educational development and ultimately lifelong care taking by parents and support professionals. The condition is also characterized by low birth weight, poor muscle tone, feeding difficulties and po-

tential health complications.

But not all victims suffer all the symptoms to the same extent. Eight-year-old Olivia Townsend speaks well for a child with Cri du Chat, according to her mother, Tiffany Townsend, placing her on the “higher-functioning end of the broad spectrum.� Olivia was diagnosed at 4 days old and since has benefited from the support available through the 5p- Society, which promotes communication among families affected by the condition. “Early intervention helps a ton, and we really try and promote that through our society as much as possible,� Townsend said. “Other than that, it’s therapy and the school and working with them at home.�

Townsend is organizing a gathering for the Ohio chapter of the 5p- Society in August. Plans have been made for a golf outing at Bedford Hills Golf Club to raise money to offset costs for parents and their children to attend. The event provides an opportunity for families to share experiences while creating awareness of Cri du Chat.

Nick Wallace, a Bellefontaine resident and co-founder of the Ohio chapter, described the process his daughter, Allison, endured in discovering she was afflicted. She was 2 months old, and doctors treating her had no experience with the syndrome. After four weeks in the hospital — nourished through a feeding tube — it was finally apparent that Allison would need to

be tended to for the rest of her life. That became the moment the Wallaces had to learn everything they could about Cri du Chat. “A lot of medical professions don’t know a lot about it,� Wallace said. “They have old information that’s not current and up to date. I know that there was one family who were told that their child wouldn’t live past, I want to say, the age of 10 ... [the mother] told me a few days [after I contacted her] that this was the best night’s sleep that she’d ever had knowing that kids with Cri du Chat have a typical lifespan.�

For more information, visit www.fivepminus.org. To sponsor the gathering or donate prizes for auction, call (419) 824-8496. — Scott McKimmy

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

Frustration can serve as a tremendous motivator.

University of Toledo associate professor and researcher Dr. Fan Dong specialized in hematology (study of the blood) at a hospital in his home country of China for several years. Most of the patients he treated who were diagnosed with leukemia died — and there was little he could do to help them.

“It was a very, very frustrating experience,” Dong said.

It was during his graduate work in the Netherlands where Dong discovered that a gene, which encodes a cell surface receptor called the GCSF receptor, was somehow mutated in the cells that became leukemia cancer cells. The G-CSF receptor plays an important role in the normal development of a type of white blood cells known as granulocytes.

The G-CSF receptor protein is present on the surface of granulocytes.

Once its function is activated, it determines how the cell should behave and develop in the bone marrow.

Dong’s graduate work laid the foundation for a four-year, $840,000 American Cancer Society (ACS) grant to study a protein called Gfi-1.

That protein is known as a transcription factor or gene regulator, and it controls gene expression.

Mutations or changes in the G–CSF receptor genes are associated with a subgroup of leukemia patients — those who are deficient in granulocytes in early life, a condition called severe congenital neutropenia. In about 90 percent of those leukemia patients, the G-CSF receptor protein is shortened or truncated. Interestingly, Dong said the level of Gfi-1 protein in granulocytes is up-regulated by the normal G-CSF receptor protein, but not by the truncated receptor proteins.

By studying the Gfi-1 protein, Dong hopes to have an answer, or at least a clearer understanding of how leukemia occurs.

“We hope to be able to identify proteins that we can target for leukemia treatment,” Dong said.

Dong teaches in UT’s biological sciences department, and has taught and conducted research at UT since summer 2002. His ACS research

grant began in January and runs through the end of 2012.

Dong’s grant is just one of 35 Ohio cancer research projects that received more than $19 million in funding by ACS. The ACS grant allows Dong to hire assistants such as lab technicians, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergrad students as needed for his research.

Also, he’ll be seeking out other researchers involved in the same type of research and look to collaborate where they can. Already, Dong has plans to collaborate with a University of Cincinnati researcher who also is looking at the Gfi-1 protein.

Dong’s ACS proposal for the grant was based on an article on the Gfi-1 protein he published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry in 2006. Earlier this year, he had another article on Gfi-1 (how it interacts with the Miz-1 protein) published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Dong will provide an annual update to the ACS and a report on his findings and recommendations at the end of the four years.

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Levis Commons walking club steps up A new walking club at The Town Center at Levis Commons aims to make it easier for the community to get active. The walking club, called Common Soles, is open to participants of all fitness levels and ages. There is no cost to join the program, which ends June 19.

Walkers meet outside the retail store Second Sole at 9 a.m. on Fridays.

Participants have the option of walking any of the four mapped routes ranging from a half-mile course to a two-mile course.

“We welcome anyone who’d like to join us,” said Casey Pogan, a spokeswoman for Levis Commons. “Our goal is to build a healthy and active community.”

Participants will receive exercise tips and other health-related information compliments of Second Sole and Total Rehab, which are sponsoring Common Soles. Topics, such as selecting healthy foods, the benefits of cardiovascular and strength training, and marathon training will be covered. Walkers must sign up for Common Soles on the Levis Commons Web site, which includes downloadable walking routes, a music playlist, walking journal, calorie burn counter and more.

So far, 10 to 15 walkers meet each week, Pogan said, and the feedback has been positive. “Our walkers are enjoying the chance to visit the Town Center for more than just the shops and restaurants, but for the walking routes and exercise tips,” she said.

The first 50 participants to sign up for the walking club will receive a goodie bag filled with a pedometer, mug, lip balm and more.

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my Schak was only 17 when to grow up right then and there.”

Thankfully, Mom’s House, a nonshe found out she was pregnant. Just entering her senior profit organization in Downtown Toledo, helped her. year at Northview High Mom’s House proSchool in Sylvania, she vides free day care for had spent the entire teen mothers while summer hanging out they attend school. with friends. Lately, Most importantly, she had been spending they offer counseling a lot of time getting and teach responsick. That’s when it sible parenting. Their dawned on her — she motto, “hand up, not was pregnant. a hand out” says it all.

“I cried,” Schak reIn return for members. “I couldn’t Lauren AMSTUTZ their services, young believe it and didn’t moms must attend school full time, know how to tell my parents.”

Her pregnancy became reality maintain passing grades and volunwhen she saw her child’s beating teer at Mom’s House each week. Between Mom’s House and her helpful heart on her first trip to the doctor.

“My dad was disappointed at family, Schak’s baby is well cared first, which to me was worse than for. This makes it possible for her anger,” she said. “Adoption, adop- to work toward a nursing degree at tion, adoption was his message to Mercy College, which she is on track me because it’s really hard to be a to complete this fall.

Unfortunately, Mom’s House single mother” The teen finished her senior year can’t take care of the hundreds of of high school early, but even that teens who get pregnant in Lucas was a challenge. Schak tried to hide County every year. According to the the pregnancy from her classmates, Ohio Department of Health, Lucas but most of them could tell she was County had an estimated 875 pregexpecting and the gossiping and nant females ages 10 to 19 in 2007, the highest number among all counname-calling began.

Even teachers proved to be ties in Ohio.

“I am afraid that we’re seeing two-faced by breaking confidentiality rules and talking about it a trend,” said Lisa Perks, CEO of Planned Parenthood. “Toledo is examong themselves.

The courageous teen weighed periencing what a lot of urban cities her options and decided she wanted are experiencing — it’s a cycle that’s to take on the challenge. Just before difficult to break.”

Many Toledo teens follow paher 18th birthday, her beautiful baby boy was born, and Schak’s young life rental examples, often keeping them in poverty. Perks said it takes an changed forever.

“Being a mom is so much harder entire community to change a comthan you can ever imagine,” Shack plicated problem, and unfortunately said. “Once the baby was born, I had the problem keeps getting more

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“These days kids are bombarded with sexual images, much more so today than years ago,” Perks said.

“The world has changed; kids have easy access to information on the Internet, even sexual images.”

As the world changes, so should education methods. Perks said she believes schools can’t talk just about how the body changes during puberty. She also said teaching an abstinence-based curriculum isn’t effective because it doesn’t prepare students for the real world.

Toledo Public Schools is trying to combat these statistics. Teachers are helping students deal with peer pressures through a curriculum called Reducing the Risk. Junior high and high school health classes throughout the district are learning alternative ways to avoid unprotected sex.

However, according to Planned Parenthood, the reality is that young people also rely on their parents for information.

“I think we should talk to them at younger ages and explain that you may think you’re in love, but you won’t find your soul mate at age 14,” Schak said.

According to tips from www. plannedparenthood.org, children learn about sexual behavior from their parents.

“If you find it difficult to start a conversation, just use everyday occurrences to prompt one,” Perks said. “For example, ask them what they think about a family member or friend getting pregnant or ask them how old they should be before they start dating.”

In honor of Pregnancy Prevention Month, push aside any fear you have and muster up the courage to talk about sex. Even though it’s hard to believe, your pubescent and sometimes squirrelly teen really does want to have an open discussion about the birds and the bees.

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ECONOMY

Local transportation projects receive $100m in fed funds

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

Northwest Ohio will receive nearly $100 million to fund 31 new transportation projects and programs, according to the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (TMACOG).

TMACOG reports that $97.5 million will be allocated for projects in Lucas and Wood counties with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, more commonly known as the federal economic stimulus program.

Those projects fall into four funding categories managed by TMACOG, which is responsible for programming funds for specific transportation projects in this region.

Several projects will be funded with $31.3 million from Ohio’s allocation for District Two of the Ohio Department of Transportation.

The port authority will receive $15 million toward the modernization of the Toledo shipyard and $6.8 million for the new seaport crane system. $6.5 million was allocated for expansion of the Airline Junction facility operated by Norfolk Southern Railroad in Toledo. Members of the City of Toledo’s Joint Intermodal Task Force met with state officials May 18 to secure that funding.

“We have all the transportation assets in Northwest Ohio to be a major

regional hub, but we lack the linkages between the different modes,” said Warren Henry, vice president for transportation at TMACOG. “We’re in the process of strengthening those intermodal links with some of these funds.”

Another HENRY $11.75 million in federal stimulus dollars are allocated for the Transportation Improvement Program developed by TMACOG. About $7.13 million will be allocated to the City of Toledo for resurfacing or road improvements to several major streets, including: ■ $2.8 million for Secor Road from Laskey to Monroe Street, ■ $1.68 million for Michigan Street from LaFayette to Madison, ■ $1.18 for Hill Avenue from Detroit to Westwood, ■ $600,000 for South Avenue from Detroit to Airport Highway ■ $570,000 for Detroit from Interstate-75 to Central Avenue ■ $315,000 for Telegraph Road from Alexis Road to the Michigan line ■ Lucas County will receive $420,000 for upgrading 13 traffic signal locations.

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority is set to receive $1.17 million for upgrading George Hardy

Drive from Tiffin Road to St. Lawrence Drive. The port authority will also get $350,000 toward the cost of the new dry bulk loading system.

The City of Oregon will receive $3 million for reconstruction of Otter Creek Road, $1 million for repaving Wheeling Street from Navarre to Brown roads and $194,200 for upgrading the Coy Road and Starr Avenue intersection.

Northwood will receive $61,000 to update the Curtice and Bradner roads intersection.

The City of Maumee will receive $462,000 for resurfacing Illinois Avenue from Conant to Ford streets.

The City of Bowling Green will get $597,000 for upgrading North Main Street from Clay to Dill streets.

Several statewide projects with benefits to the Northwest Ohio region will be funded with $45 million from the Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) statewide allocation, according to TMACOG’s report.

The state has allocated $20 million for the CSX National Gateway project creating a double stack clearance at the planned intermodal yard in North Baltimore.

Another $7 million will be allocated to fund project development for the Ohio hub of passenger rail corridors, including Toledo to Columbus.

Toledo currently has the most passenger rail traffic in the state with most of it headed east and west, Henry said.

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Another $10 million is earmarked for plans and designs for future ODOT construction projects, while $5.9 million will be used for engineering tasks to monitor the work for stimulus projects.

Seven transit projects in the TMACOG region will be funded with $8.8 million through ODOT’s transit allocation.

TARTA will receive $8.82 million, including $5.8 million for 35-foot-plus buses and $1.8 million for under 35foot buses with the balance allocated for support vehicles, transit enhancements and preventive maintenance.

Bowling Green Transit will receive $16,950, including $12,400 for capitalized maintenance and $4,550 for a photo ID system.

TMACOG and other agencies working with federal stimulus funds

will monitor and document the proper use of those funds. TMACOG’s transportation department reports to ODOT and other federal agencies such as the departments of Commerce and Transportation.

TMACOG is responsible for compiling the Transportation Improvement Program for short-term projects over four years from 2008 through 2011. It also prepares longrange plans for 20 years into the future, which were last updated in July 2007 and extend through 2037.

TMACOG is the metropolitan planning organization for Lucas and Wood counties, and three southern townships in Monroe County, Michigan. It handles allocation of federal dollars for specific projects from bike paths to interstate highways, air, marine and rail transportation.

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to memorialize someone, which can include a garden or a special planting. The next time you are at Oak Openings, venture to the Evergreen Lake park entrance off of state Route 295 and take note of the new pagoda-like structure at the head of the trail, right by the parking lot.

The wooden structure begs you to use its new fresh surface to RUBINI stretch your legs before hiking, running or skiing the fourmile trail that lies in store. Beside the stretching station sits a rock, its beautiful natural sand-color hue glistening in the sun. On the face of the huge stone is a plaque that reads: Sunrise — Sunset

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Walk, Run, Bike, Ski Embrace the Seasons Embrace Friendship Embrace Life Dedicated to Jeff Armstrong in Loving Memory, by his family and many friends March 22, 2009 Jeff Armstrong did all of that and more for the time that he spent on this Earth.

He was just 58 when he died in March 2007, a victim of esophageal cancer, diagnosed just five months before. He left behind his loving wife, two sons and six grandchildren. Jeff was in great shape, ate well and accomplished more athletically than most can imagine.

Jeff was a multifaceted man. An ironworker for more than 30 years, he had obtained a two-year degree in architectural engineering. Upon retirement, this active man worked at Dave’s Running Shop, and then wanting to do more, went back to school and got a degree in physical therapy assisting.

“He was an inspiration to the young people at the school, as he was 56 years old, and the teachers were just amazed that he had come back to school,” said his wife Kathy. “He was very conscientious and worked really hard. The class started out with 23 students, and only seven graduated.”

On the same day he graduated, he got a job and his fatal diagnosis.

His new employer had a daughter with leukemia, so out of empathy, allowed Jeff to work when he could through his treatment. He worked up until two weeks before he died.

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friends through clubs he was active in: the Toledo Area Bicyclists Club, Toledo Road Runners and Team Toledo, which is a triathlon club.

He left many friends from all three groups who felt compelled to do something in his honor.

A committee was formed to plan a fundraising event. The group decided a family fun day with a potluck, games for the kids, running and bicycling routes and a silent auction would be the ideal way to raise money for a memorial.

After the fundraiser, the group considered different memorial options, including a garden. The group wanted something more “athletic,” so thus the stretching station, which is a natural remembrance of Jeff.

Under the guidance of Metroparks District Supervisor Joe Fausnaugh, the fundraiser and memorial came to light.

“The Metroparks and my staff, in particular, were honored to be chosen for the site of Jeff ’s memorial,” Fausnaugh said. “We worked with Jeff ’s friends and family for almost a year to design and build a lasting memorial.”

Standing at the foot of the memorial, Kathy said, “I have wonderful friends. I’m just awed by it … Every time I’m out at the park, it brings back memories.”

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Grassroots events raise funds for basic needs

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any fundraising events in helps our credibility as we work with the Toledo area depend the venue, contact the press, enlist upon grassroots promo- other acts, etc.”

Among the bands tion. Friends ask other joining Meyer and friends to join them in Augsburg Lutheran donations, event attenwere The Flecks. For dance or both. Recently both years of the two local nonprofit orevent, The Flecks have ganizations benefitted essentially been part from grassroots fundof the infrastructure, raising events, Family donating not only House and Feed Your their time, but their Neighbor.

Offering tickets for Christine SENACK sound system, amps and drum set for the $15 in advance and $20 at the door, “Dancing for the Home- other acts to use. Raise Some Cash less,” was an urban dancing event proceeds totaled $3,601, which will sponsored to benefit Family House. be used to purchase food from food It was the idea of Kerry Smith- banks to stock the pantry shelves to Emery, an employee of the homeless meet the neighborhood’s summer needs for emergency food. shelter for families.

One group of Emery’s friends included the owners of Mind, Body Frisch honored and Soul, a dance studio offering Kenneth C. Frisch, director of deurban ballroom and step classes. velopment for Hospice of Northwest Kelli Hinkle, one of the business Ohio in Perrysburg, is the recipient of partners, said they were pleased to the 2009 Comprovide free promotion of the event, munity Coundance demonstrations and gift cerseling Service tificates for the raffle.

Award for “We know people who are only Outstanding one paycheck away from homeFu n d r ai s i ng lessness. This is our way of being Professional grateful that we are not in that posipresented by tion,” Hinkle said. the Association Through the efforts of Emery and of Fundraising FRISCH her friends, the event raised $3,000.

Professionals Executive Director Janet Boswell (AFP). The international award is said the proceeds will be placed in a presented to the fundraiser who has pool of unrestricted funds. practiced his or her profession in Another group of friends united an exemplary manner for at least 15 through music at The Blarney Irish years. He or she must have demonPub to raise funds for a food pantry strated effective, creative and stimuin their neighborhood. Augsburg lating leadership and practiced and Lutheran Church hosted the second promoted ethical fundraising. Frisch annual “Raise Some Cash” concert received the honor on March 30 at to benefit the food pantry located in AFP’s 46th International Conference the church. The Blarney allowed the on Fundraising in New Orleans. group to collect the $5 cover charge “I am truly humbled by the as a part of the charity event. honor,” said Frisch, who is one of The event is coordinated by 84 fundraisers in the world to have Larry Meyer, who approaches some earned the Advanced Certified of Toledo’s most popular bands Fund Raising Executive credential. asking them to donate their time. “I would not have had any success Bands that are a part of the concert without the support and guidance of are asked to play one Johnny Cash colleagues, the enthusiastic committribute song and that creates the ment of volunteers and the generevent’s theme. Raise Some Cash is osity of numerous philanthropists.” now in its second year and Meyer can see the progress.

Christine Senack is a Toledo-based “As an event, I think that we consultant helping nonprofit organiare gaining a reputation for not zations, businesses and individuals only supporting a valid cause, but work smarter together. She also presfor building this first and foremost ents the TMZ Report on FOX Toledo from the ground up as an evening News First at 4. Connect with her on of great bar-band rock ‘n’ roll, pe- www.facebook.com or follow at www. riod,” Meyer said. “Hopefully that twitter.com/csenack.

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SPRING SPOTLIGHT Metabolic Weightloss Clinic promotes healthy living FINDLAY — Helping area residents maintain their health without hunger is the goal of the staff at Metabolic Weightloss Clinic, 106 1/2 W. Front St., Findlay.

Dr. John Ross, a board-certified obstetrician/gynecologist from Fostoria, and Mary Clemons, a certified registered nurse anesthetist, have operated the weight-loss clinic since October 2008.

The Weight-Loss Clinic uses a small dose and thighs. A return to organic foods is of what has been long known as a fertility recommended whenever possible. Green tea drug, Pregnyl, which is human chorionic is suggested to help increase metabolism, and gonadotropin, or HCG. It has been on the clients are instructed in portion controls to help market since the 1950s. It is used in higher them maintain their desired weight. doses — between 5,000 and 10,000 units — Cost of the program is $435 for four weeks to treat infertility, but it was discovered that and $555 for six weeks; most people opt for in much smaller doses, 125 units, it resets the six-week program. In addition to the HCG the hypothalamus. It is a naturally occurring and instructions on administering it, physician hormone in women which maintains a monitoring, and diet/nutrition counseling are pregnancy and provides nutrients to included. The clinic’s goal is to get the fetus by releasing the mother’s the community healthy, and weaned stored fat. off many of the medications they It stimulates the release of 2,000 may need for other ailments that to 4,000 of your own fat calories into may be weight related. The response your system. So you are using your so far has been phenomenal, she own fat stores. You need a lower said, with patients hailing from caloric intake, because you are not Cleveland, Cincinnati and even hungry. Clients are instructed to eat from Michigan. a regimen of recommended fresh When a client has phenomenal fruit, fresh vegetables and lean cuts results, the word of mouth has of meat, she added. Individuals lose snowballed the response we’ve I lost 98 lbs. between a half a pound to a pound a received. We have clients from the in 84 days! day. It’s good for diabetes, it lowers Dayton area, Fremont, Sandusky; Sherri blood pressure. they are coming from all over. New Findlay, OH The use of HCG — popular in clients must complete the initial states such as California, Florida, Texas and physical and lab work before being accepted Arizona — for weight loss is just catching on into the program. in this region, with this clinic the first in the From Monday through Friday, they take the area. The big thing with HCG is that you are HCG. They don’t have to come to the clinic; not hungry. You can maintain a low-calorie we teach them how to administer the injections, diet and you don’t have to exercise. Clients and injections are done with an insulin needle. actually are recommended to not exercise They keep in contact with us every Friday until they have reached their desired weight with their weight, and they keep food journals and stabilized. Then they are encouraged to to evaluate if there are any problems. Each begin exercising. Since opening the clinic, program is tailored to each patient. individuals have sought to lose anywhere from Many of their patients have undergone gastric 20 to 200 pounds. bypass surgery, so there is a specific program They may have a wedding or a class reunion for them because they must eat in smaller coming up, or they been on diets that aren’t quantities. Surgery is not always the answer to working anymore. All of the additives in our losing weight. It goes back to food portions and foods, including diet foods, add fat stores control, and resetting the hypothalamus. to internal organs, the abdomen, buttocks

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Exercise equipment may be firm’s turning point

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

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Recovery demands courage

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f you examine the words cascading over us today — crisis, catastrophe, fear, panic, recession, depression, losses, fraud, malfeasance — it is no surprise our confidence as a country has been shaken.

In a recent edition of USA Today, I counted 282 uses of one of those words in the stories that day. Well, big surprise that consumer confidence is at all-time lows and the uncertainty about what will happen over the next year weighs on nearly all Americans in a way that we have not felt as a nation since the 1970s (See how easy it is to be negative!).

Many believe that this deluge of media cynicism around our nation’s economy has actually deepened the speed and severity of the decline.

Think about 2008. After an extended period of prosperity, we have hit some very rough water. This created an immediate slowdown in consumer buying behavior. That led to a breakdown in confidence, which ratchets down consumption further, which escalates fear; well, you get the point. What we need now is to stop perpetuating the cycle of negativity, take account of the realities of our situation and then react with the resolve and courage of the great nation we are.

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A new virtual company, Turning Point, is collaborating to develop, produce and commercialize electronic equipment for the exercise and physical therapy industries.

Alan Schultheis, a novice entrepreneur from Connecticut, was looking for expertise in technology and manufacturing to bring his idea for a new exercise device to market.

He was surprised to find everything he needed in the Toledo area.

“It literally started with a phone call to an engineering professor at the university. Dr. [Vijay] Goel is responsible for getting the whole thing started here,” said Schultheis, founder of Turning Point.

Schultheis connected with Goel, who was chairman of the bioengineering division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Goel specializes in bio-mechanical devices for spinal disorders, so he was interested in the entrepreneur’s concept.

“My goal was to bring the company to Toledo and it worked out that way,” said Goel, endowed chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Bioengineering at UT. Goel is leading the research and development of the device called the “Core Trainer.” It focuses on the core parts of the body, including the upper legs, upper and lower abdominals, gluteus and mid-tolower back, which are critical to back health, posture, movement and sports performance.

UT provided the brainpower for the project as Goel assembled a team that included Danny Pincivero, an associate professor in kinesiology; David Dick, a bio-engineer in Goel’s department; and John Jeagly, a lab supervisor in mechanical engineering.

Schultheis and Goel worked with Daniel Kory, associate vice president for technology transfer at UT, on commercializing the technology

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DAVID DICK OF UT’S BIO-ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DEMONSTRATES THE CORE TRAINER TO (FROM LEFT), JOHN KLOTZ OF RGP, ALAN SCHULTHEIS OF TURNING POINT, RICK WASSERMAN OF PINNACLE TECHNOLOGY, THOMAS UHLER OF TTL ASSOCIATES AND DON VOLLMAR OF LOCKREY MANUFACTURING.

developed in collaboration with the UT professors. They suggested that he talk to the Regional Growth Partnership (RGP).

“I couldn’t have done it without RGP, its assistance in creating the virtual company and knowledge of other companies we needed for the project,” Schultheis said.

RGP helped Schultheis and his academic partners identify the appropriate standards for testing the product established by the Food and Drug Administration and Underwriting Laboratories. Turning Point is continuing the innovation, manufacturing and technology required to meet those standards.

“Working with RGP, I was in a position to interpret and judge the resources available right here in Toledo,” Schultheis said.

Turning Point is working with three local companies on various aspects of the project. The Core Trainer will be developed, tested

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Pinnacle Technology is developing the hardware and software for the touch-screen computer controls for the device. TTL Associates is testing the device to ensure that it meets industry standards, and Lockrey Manufacturing is working with the other sources to produce the piece of equipment in its Toledo facility. Schultheis said they plan to have the product ready for delivery by the end of this year.

Goel said they recruited Matt Franchetti, an assistant professor in industrial engineering at UT, to manage the project and its timeline with everyone involved.

A prototype of the Core Trainer is being tested in the athletic training facilities at UT’s Savage Arena in collaboration with the Central Park West Rehabilitation Center.

The Core Trainer will include an innovative mix of information and technology with total control by the

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athletic trainer or physical therapist that is not found in the industry today, Schultheis said.

“The device uses hydraulics to exercise muscles needed for different activities and is applicable to baseball, golf, tennis, many other sports and physical therapy for rehabilitation,” Goel said.

“We use computers to control the resistance required for the desired exercise, preserve the data for comparison and provide bio-feedback to improve performance.”

Turning Point received a $50,000 Ignite grant from Rocket Ventures at RGP for the development of the touch-screen electronics for the Core Trainer.

“I didn’t want to start a big company with a lot of employees so it takes an organization like RGP and its people with support from the business community to make it work today,” Schultheis said. “RGP’s proactive approach is what made the difference.”

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A18 ■ TOLEDO FREE PRESS ■ SHERLINE CONTINUED FROM A17 Since when are Americans afraid of a challenge?

Borrowing from another adviser I know, my new response to negative aspersions is “Yes. I have heard there is a recession going on; I am choosing not to participate.” I, for one believe that it is time to stop the madness, take a stand and push back on those who want to sell us on apocalypse theories.

Yes, I realize that these problems are real, but this decline is ultimately about a loss of confidence in our economic system. I greet that opinion with open defiance. Our system has fostered the single greatest economic force ever seen in the world.

At nearly $14 trillion in output, the U.S. economy is not just the largest in the world; it is larger than the next four countries combined. Most countries rely on our stability more than they know. Even some who

thought that they might benefit from a U.S. downturn, like China and France, have quickly seemed to recognize how dependent they are on the health of the U.S. economy.

I wonder if we collectively decided to simply refuse to be baited into doomsday thinking, if that might be in itself the stimulus we need to accelerate a recovery.

Speaking as a jury of one, I will not convict my country for its mistakes.

I believe that this environment provides us a great opportunity to reconnect with the entrepreneurial spirit that is at the foundation of our system. We can and should flourish once more — but it will require courage.

Of course, if you have recently lost your job or your home, acting with courage is decidedly more difficult — and more important. Interestingly, many of the most successful people I have ever met have struggled mightily at some point

in their lives, having dealt with illnesses, bankruptcy and the loss of employment. Most of them point to that period of struggle as an asset to them. Some describe it as the very source of their current success.

The root of the word “courage” comes from the French word, coeur, or heart. So when you act with courage, you’re acting from the heart, or put another way, you trust your inner instincts. Mark Twain famously wrote, “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the willingness to act in spite of it.”

What matters most is to personally believe in our system and in our country. Regardless of your position in society, courage is always an individual action. It always starts with you.

So when you’re feeling uneasy, anxious or frightened about what your next move should be, remember this handy formula: When C > F=S. Defined, this means, when

MAY 24, 2009 courage is greater than fear that equals success. Keep in mind however, success is this context is a verb — it requires you to take action and when you do, I believe great things will happen for you.

Put a different way, an individual can approach today’s circumstances by being bitter — or by being better.

I’m in the camp of better.

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ohnny Desmond, the great vo- limelight with Tex Beneke, The Four calist with the Glenn Miller Or- Aces, Lawrence Welk and Bob Hope to name just a few. I chestra, once told urge you visit the Web another Johnny, “You site www.johnnyknorr. play that sax the way I com. like to hear it.”

I doubt there is a Johnny Knorr baby boomer anywhere coined that compliwho doesn’t have some ment as his trademark, memory of his or her “The music you like, parents fondly talking the way you like to about some ballroom hear it” and has been in time. using it ever since.

Michael SHAW somewhere For Park and Helen Next year marks his 50th anniversary as one of Amer- Shaw, it was Toledo’s Trianon where ica’s most accomplished big band they danced to the music of Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw (no relation) leaders.

When he was 9, Johnny was on and Glenn Miller. And yes they were stage at school playing violin solos. Johnny Desmond fans.

Many years later, I discovered In junior high, there were Trianon ballrooms in he performed other places like Chicago, Philawith Limadelphia, Seattle, Cleveland and born Helen Croweburg, Kan. And there were O’Connell, a ballrooms with enchanting and big star back in intriguing names like the Rendethe early ‘40s vous in Balboa, Calif., the Ritz in with hit reBridgeport, Conn., the Trocadro cords that inin Boise, Idaho, the Blue Moon in cluded “Green KNORR Aurora, Ill., the Cinderella in ApEyes” and pleton, Wis. and the Hippodrome “Tangerine.”

From Libbey High School, in Oakmulge, Okla.

For decades ballrooms were Johnny went on to Ohio Northern University on a music scholarship, the heart and soul of social life in trading in his violin for a tenor sax America. The 1930s and ‘40s were along the way and then toured with the highpoint of the ballroom era Jimmy Dorsey and Les Brown. After and the Big Bands were the main the war in 1945, he came home to attractions, but the Jazz Age in the play with the Sonny Dunham Band. ‘20s is when many ballrooms got In 1960, Johnny answered the their start.

Toledo’s Knorr has played thoudoor when opportunity knocked and formed his own band. He went sands of gigs in ballrooms nationon to share the marquee and the wide and he is one of our most cher-

ished local icons.

In 1996, the U.S. Postal Service honored the Johnny Knorr Orchestra by presenting an award to commemorate the orchestra’s contributions to big band music in conjunction with the American Music Series. Of all the people I’ve met, I don’t know anybody else with their own stamp.

Knorr is one of the most humble guys I know. I had the pleasure of enjoying a melancholy lunch with him recently along with my music partner, Walter Guy. Walt and I just sat there and listened as Johnny reminisced. It was a rare experience. Absolutely wonderful and a real honor.

I own a small interest in an independent record company called US20 Records, and we’re going to do our share to help preserve some of the great music Johnny has given us through the years. It will be a collection of works performed by the Johnny Knorr Orchestra and will be released this fall.

I called Johnny at home before I started writing this article to check a few facts.

He answered by saying, “You’ll never guess what I was just doing. I was playing my sax.”

Just the way we like to hear it, Johnny, I thought to myself.

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Face it. If you are running a busi- has absolutely nothing to do with ness, creating a marketing plan or your level of service, has nothing rolling out a new product, you will to do with your personal mission in not be able to please everyone. How- life, nothing to do with your profesever, if you are going to be successful, sional goals.

These people should not be able you are going to be able to please a very discerning and deliberate group to steal your attention and siphon your energy. Their words should be of people.

You have to; that is what doing able to be looked at without an emotional reaction. You are not going to business is all about.

The same is true when people be able to get to this place of nonre-

action until you begin your journey of honesty. Be honest that it does matter what some people say.

Whose words matter? Simple.

Who do you serve? Successful living starts with service. You serve your family; you serve your friends and you serve your colleagues and customers. These are the people who matter. These are the people who you should be catering to, and these are the people who you should consider when you are listening to the word out on you.

You can control what people say about you, at least those in your immediate sphere of service (those who actually matter). You control what people say because you control yourself.

Remember that, when people talk, they (generally) do not invent stories out of nowhere. The stories have an origin and inside of every fabrication lies a grain of truth. The key to survival is to admit that you’re not a victim of bad luck; there is no conspiracy to defame you or paint you in a bad light.

Stop focusing on the words that are being spoken and start focusing

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Words are like symptoms. Positive words indicate that you’re doing something right. Negative words mean that you may need to look at who you are more closely.

With your newfound level of personal honesty, you’ll be able to see similarities in the words that you hear about yourself, your product and your company.

You will see that there are congruencies between positive feedback and the same areas of improvement that are indicated in every conversation that you hear.

However, good decisions can only be made when you have good information. Good information begins with personal honesty — bellying up to the bar and admitting where you need to improve and deliberately choosing only to listen to those who matter; those people you serve with pride.

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Mud Hens left fielder Wilkin Ramirez slammed his way into history May 20.

He was the first Tiger to hit a homer in a major league debut in 35 years.

Ramirez was called up to the Tigers on May 19 to take the roster spot of Magglio Ordonez. The trip is expected to be short, but has already been successful.

While Ramirez enjoys being a Mud Hen, he wants to be a big leaguer.

“I’m trying to get out of here as soon as I can,” he said.

Ramirez started playing baseball before he was even born.

“My dad said [I started playing] when I was in my mom’s stomach,” he said. “He said, ‘It’s going to be a boy and he’s going to play baseball.’”

When he was 10 years old,

he hit his first home run.

“It just kept going and going,” said 23-year-old Ramirez. “It was in a little softball stadium, and everyone was excited.”

Ramirez, who was born in Bani, Dominican Republic, said Little League baseball isn’t the same in the United States.

“It’s totally different — totally different,” he said. “Here you have to be a certain age. There, if you have enough talent to be playing, you can be producing.”

He started getting looked at by major league teams when he was 16 and he signed with the Detroit Tigers when he was 17. He has power, size and speed. He just needs to work on one pesky thing: hitting the breaking ball.

“Wilky’s one of those guys that if you look at him as a scout, he could hit it big — if he hits [the breaking ball],” said Larry Parrish, Mud Hens manager.

His numbers with the Mud Hens tell the story. In counts where he is ahead, when hitters tend to see more fastballs, he hits .464.

When he’s behind in the count, he hits .200.

However, Ramirez doesn’t focus on that; he looks at the big picture.

“People say I’ve got to work on the breaking ball. [However],

I work on everything. They say, ‘You can’t hit a great breaking ball anyways.’”

Nevertheless, Ramirez has continued to work. Along the way, he has battled through injuries, including his current one where he had his thumb stretched back from his index finger while hitting an inside fastball.

The injury didn’t slow him. He hit 7-8 with three home runs, four RBIs and a stolen base in his first two games back May 16 and 17.

Ramirez said the toughest injury was when he missed the entire 2004 season after shoulder surgery. In 2006, he had a left shin contusion, costing him half of the season.

“It’s funny if you look at him,” Parrish said. “He looks like a bull, a guy that would never be hurt.”

Despite the injuries, Ramirez has improved at each level of his minor league career. This year, with the Mud Hens, he’s hitting .316, with five home runs, 13 RBIs and 14 stolen bases in 30 games. Since May 8, he’s hitting .545 with four home runs and six RBIs. “He’s a blue-chip type guy,” said Dave Dombrowski, president, CEO and general manager of the Detroit Tigers. “He’s got tremendous tools.

He’s had them for a long time. Anybody that’s got that type of power and speed has a chance to play [in

the big leagues].”

Dombrowski said Ramirez has made adjustments and continues to improve.

“He just needs more reps,” Dombrowski said. “We switched him from third base to the outfield, so that takes some adjustments. He can probably skip [back] in there and play a game at third base, but that’s not our plan. Plus, we can take advantage of his speed [in the outfield].”

“He’s showing the ability to put the ball in play, make contact and use the middle of the field,” Parrish said.

“If all the pieces fall into place, he could be a big-time player,” he said. “The kid has a lot of tools.”

Aside from the position switch, the injuries and learning the breaking ball, Ramirez has begun to grasp the English language with the help of his wife Julie. He didn’t really begin learning English until he met her in 2004. They married in 2006 and have a toddler, Derrick.

Miguel Tejada is also instrumental in his life. Tejada, a shortstop for the Houston Astros, is his friend, and Ramirez was a shortstop when he signed with the Tigers.

“He’s taught me a lot offensively,” Ramirez said. “I call him a lot, not just about baseball.”

Thiss Week’s ee s SONIC High School Athletes of the Week Tyler Seibert, Senior, Northwood

Kasey Graham, Junior, Clay

Tyler is a senior and a member of the Northwood varsity baseball team. He helped lead Northwood to a 10-0 victory against rival Maumee Valley by throwing a no-hitter.

He recorded nine strikeouts and did not walk a batter. He also was 1-for-1 with an RBI triple and two runs scored.

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ROCKY CICERELLA, OWNER OF ROCKY’S ANTIQUE MALL, IS SUPPORTING BOXERS AT THE EAST SIDE BOXING GYM.

Rocky to the rescue for the ďŹ ghters at East Side Boxing

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arlier this spring, East Side Boxing Gym (ESBG) was homeless.

The building the coaches had poured their blood, sweat and tears into had been sold by its owner.

With no options and no money to rent a new building, the gym’s coaches improvised.

Navarre Park was Ryan transformed into their training ground Monday through Friday evenings.

Boxers would run around the track and float like butterflies around the parking lot. The pop, pop, pop of the pads echoed in the wind.

But something was missing.

There was no ring. No place to

hang the heavy bags and no place to hide when the weather turned cold.

Without a roof over their head, East Side Boxing Gym had lost an important piece of its identity.

In early April, I featured this group in one of my stories for NBC24. Together we made a plea for someone to donate FOWLER some space for ESBG. For weeks, we heard nothing.

Then out of the blue, I received a voicemail from some guy in North Toledo who had just bought a strip of property that used to be an old Food Town.

The guy said, in a strong bari-

tone voice, that he had invited East Side Boxing to use some of his extra space. The cost: free.

Recently, I met Rocky Cicerella, a quasi-small business owner. He’s dabbled in selling fireworks and owns Rocky’s Antique Mall.

In order to meet Rocky, I had to weave my way around his flea market. Dozens of vendors were on standby ready to sell anything from those creepy dolls from the 1950s to Elvis Presley dinner plates to Ricky Bobby stickers.

After asking around, I found Rocky, a middle-aged guy, rocking the hat backward and wearing one glove with the fingers cut off.

He reeked of coolness.

Rocky’s personality is much like a boxer in the ring. Never standing still, full of nervous energy, but

happy to make your acquaintance.

When I actually got him focused enough to talk about his good deed, his modesty kicked in.

He told me he heard the kids were looking for somewhere to box and somewhere to stay out of trouble.

Rocky’s motive behind his charity was to keep these kids off the street.

Rocky had helped all types of fighters at East Side Boxing.

You have Brandon Morris, a lanky high school student who packs a mean punch on his way to the Junior Olympics for the second year in a row.

Then there is Ruben Soto, a 7year-old who is not tall enough to “ride-this-ride,� but snaps off fists of fury inside the ropes.

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placed over their heads. “Since we started training here, there’s been nothing but smiles, nothing but smiles,� Wright said.

Over the past two months, I’ve covered budget deficits, pointshaving scandals and steroids.

For that, I thank people like Rocky Cicerella, who prove there are still good people in this world.

He may have helped one of these fighters follow his dream and become the next Devin Vargas.

And how is this for irony: East Side Boxing Gym saved by a guy named Rocky.

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NASCAR

MIS hosts Web teleconferences to help fans

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Michigan International Speedway (MIS) is hosting a series of Web-based teleconferences to make a day at the track less overwhelming for visitors.

Each MIS Live! session is hosted by Roger Curtis, MIS track president. “[MIS] can be a very overwhelming place due to the size,” said Dennis Worden, MIS manager of public relations. “It can be an intimidating place and we encourage fans to talk to Roger.”

The first teleconference, for veteran campers, was a success, according to Worden.

“Camping is a big part of what we do here,” he said.

“They have a good experience and we want to continue to do that for them.”

The sessions are hosted at 7 p.m. and last about an hour. The next one is May 27, and the theme is first-time ticket holders; June 3 is for veteran ticket holders.

Fans can go to www.ustream.tv/channel/MIS-Live to participate. They will need to register for a Ustream account and password, but that, along with the teleconference, is free. The streaming audio and chat sessions will be posted on www.MISpeedway.com and on Twitter.

Worden said each session isn’t necessarily for those groups on those certain dates, and he said fans can participate in any of the sessions and ask any question.

“It’s an informational thing for fans. It’s also how we learn. If [the fans] don’t tell us what they like or what needs to change, we don’t know.”

In fact, these teleconferences are a direct result of surveys MIS distributed, according to Worden. Those surveys said 20 percent of track ticket accounts are new and have never been to MIS. Worden said MIS conducted the surveys each season, and staff use the research gathered from the results regularly.

“It’s a big reason why we’re doing some of the things

we are doing, such as signage, as well as the capital improvements with the new sound system and scoreboard,” Worden said. “It definitely makes a difference for fans to speak their minds.”

In general, Worden said MIS is searching all avenues to connect with fans, not just the traditional TV, news and radio.

“We have put a lot more of our efforts into it,” he said.

“It gives us other avenues to connect with fans.”

MIS will be participating in live updates on Twitter during race weekends, as well as hosting monthly, online podcasts with Curtis. In addition, fans can e-mail Curtis directly at askthepresident@MISpeedway.com, where he will answer all questions.

As a fan courtesy, Worden said MIS will send out a series of RACE Ready e-mails to all current ticket holders 30, 20 and 10 days prior to the big race weekends in June and August.

“We will be preparing a lot of fans, letting them know what’s new and what’s changed,” he said.

Worden said if the first series is successful, MIS will host another set of teleconferences leading up to the next big race weekend in August.

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Golf: Tiger Woods has a coach. hands of frenetic children. And people everywhere are pawning This to me has always seemed to be their gold jewelry left and right, overdoing it.

Quidditch: Yes, times are so causing former trophy wives to fibad, even fictional sports in Harry nally look like the rest of us.

Potter books need to trim the fat.

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Mixed martial arts: Just fire need. It harkens us to the days of “NBA Jam.” Finally, LeBron James everyone, since I’ve never warmed up to the sport. Some of them will doesn’t need teammates.

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Ed Montgomery, known as President Barack Obama’s “auto czar,” promised additional federal help for the automotive industry during his visit to Toledo on May 21.

Montgomery announced that the federal government has allocated $50 million for retraining autoworkers for green jobs in distressed automotive areas such as Northwest Ohio.

The government would be issuing guidelines for applying for such funds in the next few weeks.

“We have a commitment from the president for the U.S. auto industry.

We need a strong auto industry in this country,” said Montgomery, director of recovery for auto communities and workers. “I am here to take back to Washington information about what you have in Toledo.”

Montgomery said he was “very impressed with the facilities” after touring the Chrysler Jeep plant, which is idle due to the company’s bankruptcy restructuring. He had visited auto facilities in Dayton on May 21 and was headed for Akron and Twinsburg on May 22.

Montgomery was unable to confirm a report that the Government Services Administration had ordered 17,000 vehicles produced

by Chrysler in Toledo but said he would investigate it.

Chrysler and UAW officials conveyed the same message to Montgomery.

“You are seeing the best production facility for Chrysler in North America, where we build the best vehicles,” said Luis Rivas, plant manager of the Toledo North Assembly Plant.

The UAW leadership wanted Montgomery to understand that more federal recovery funds are needed for the auto industry and what it has to offer in Toledo.

“We want him to know that we have the two newest plants for Chrysler and the latest operating style between the company and union workers,” said Bruce Baumhower, president of UAW Local 12.

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur reiterated those opinions by telling the small audience of auto workers, “You are the best autoworkers in the U.S.” She also wanted to introduce Montgomery to “our way of life in Northwest Ohio.”

Montgomery later held a roundtable discussion with community leaders at the Amtrak station to learn more about what people in this area are facing.

Bill Kitson, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Toledo, at the roundtable offered a different perspective of how the job losses in the auto industry have affected the community. Autoworkers in the Toledo area contributed $1.5 million to the United Way through corporate and employee giving in 2005. Last year, the total dropped for the third consecutive year to $898,915, a 38 percent decrease in funds to support people in our community.

“This is a multiple blow to our community as not only do we have significantly less money flowing into our organization to help people in need, but the number of people in need is rising daily,” Kitson said, referring to the displaced workers.

The assembly plants on the Chrysler Jeep Toledo campus employ about 3,200 workers, according to UAW officials. About 2,200 people work at the North Assembly Plant and another 1,000 at Toledo Supplier Park or South assembly plant as Baumhower called it.

Baumhower emphasized the international cooperation in Toledo with four companies that own parts of the Toledo Supply Park. He referred to Kuka Group of Germany that makes bodies, Magna Steyr of Canada that paints bodies, Hyundai-owned OMMC from Korea that makes the chassis and drive trains, and Chrysler that is responsible for the final assembly of Jeep Wranglers at the plant.

“Now we bring Fiat and the Italians into the mix. We’re well-positioned for this new relationship,” Baumhower said.

He reported there are 12 auto suppliers within five miles of the Jeep plants in Toledo that are shutdown.

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Toledo’s biking culture catching up with green trends

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spokesman Scott Carpenter, Toledo’s burgeoning bike culture can be attributed to the area’s growing system of bikeways. Toledo Area Metroparks manages three bike trails that run for several miles, including the popular University/Parks Trail that connects UT to Sylvania.

There are also shorter bicycle paths and lanes in Toledo, Sylvania, Oregon, Perrysburg and Bowling Green. Plans are under way to build more interconnected bicycle paths and lanes, including a route that would stretch from the Maumee River through Oregon to Maumee Bay State Park.

Toledo Metroparks is purchasing land that would be used to build a bike path from Secor Metropark on West Central Avenue to Oak Openings. However, it will likely be a few more years until the project is complete, Carpenter said. “With bike trails, it really is a case of ‘build it and they will come,’�

Carpenter said. “I’m a bicyclist my-

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It’s hardly surprising that Jill Wersell loves to ride bikes.

As the owner of Wersell’s Bike and Ski Shop on West Central Avenue, and the daughter of Harold Wersell, who founded the store in 1945, Wersell has been around bicycles all her life. “When you’re born into the family, you don’t have much choice.

It’s in your blood,� Wersell said. “It’s a great way to keep healthy.�

She’s not alone in her enthusiasm for biking. In fact, as someone on the front lines of Toledo’s bicycle culture, Wersell has noticed a big increase in the number of people coming to her store to buy bicycles or to get their old bikes fixed.

Wersell said money is a driving force. More people are leaving their cars at home and cycling to work because of gas prices. The economic

downturn is likely to deepen that trend this summer, she said, making Wersell’s Bike and Ski Shop one of the few businesses expecting to do well, despite the recession.

There are other reasons interest in biking has increased. Wersell believes rising health consciousness is spurring many people to take up cycling, as well as growing environmental awareness.

That’s true for Josh Comes, who runs a solar-powered Web hosting service from his home in west Toledo.

He took up cycling two years ago as a way to get fit and because he wanted a green alternative to his Jeep Cherokee. He still drives his car for longer trips or to transport his two young children, but he said he uses his bike to run errands whenever he can. “You save gas and it’s obviously a lot more environmentally friendly,�

Comes said. “It’ll keep you in shape and the best thing is almost anybody can do it.�

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self and it seems to me that’s bicycling has never been more popular around here.�

Nevertheless, Wersell said she would like to see more of the proposed bicycle trails completed sooner and more bike lanes in Downtown Toledo. “Riding down Central Avenue or Monroe Street, there’s no way you can ride your bike down the street — there’s just too many cars,�

Wersell said. “It would be nice if they would finish or complete and connect all of the trails. If we had more of those, I think people would commute a little bit more.�

Stacy Jurich, who organized the recent Toledo Bicycle Extravaganza to celebrate National Bike Week, agreed with Wersell’s assessment. “We have some great routes and

places to bike, but as far as the average person riding their bike to work, there’s room for improvement,� she said, as well as a lack of bike lanes. “One of the biggest obstacles is that car drivers need to be more aware of bicyclists and share the road,� Jurich said.

Still, even though Toledo has room to grow in becoming a bicyclefriendly city, Wersell is hopeful it can get there.

Toledo’s biking culture “isn’t as strong as in other cities like Chicago and Columbus, but Toledo is starting to make more of a statement,� she said.

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n the early 1900s, electric cars that they are emission-friendly. The made up about 25 percent of industry refers to total electric cars all vehicles sold. The advent of as “zero-emissions vehicles.” That means they don’t cheap, internal gasopollute the environline engines and the ment. The reality is development of that somewhat different, infrastructure led to however. The batthe early demise of the teries themselves electric car industry.

Things have must be disposed of changed in dramatic properly or they will ways the past several create an environyears, and electric mental hazard. cars are becoming Another advanNick SHULTZ tage of electric veviable. The recent dehicles is the amount mand from the White House for vehicles that average 35.5 of torque they produce. Torque is miles per gallon (mpg) by 2016 and a useful measurement. The famous stiffer tailpipe emission require- auto racer, Big Daddy Don Garlits, ments will only benefit the electric said, “Horsepower sells cars, but vehicle industry. torque wins races.”

An electric car produces a lot Technology of torque from the moment the An electric car is exactly what motor starts to spin. The torque the name implies. It is a vehicle production in electric cars tends to that operates solely on electric decrease as revolutions per minute power. It derives that power from increase. An example of how this a storage battery. Electric cars have advantage applies to the real world several advantages and disadvan- is the locomotive train. Most of the tages compared to their internal trains we see on the railroad tracks combustion engine counterparts. are powered by electric motors.

They have diesel engines on board, Perhaps the greatest advantage is

as well, but those diesels are simply providing the electric energy necessary to power the electric motors.

The downside The biggest disadvantage is how far an electric vehicle can travel before a battery recharge is necessary. Most electric vehicles on the market will run out of energy somewhere between 50 and 120 miles. Using the air-conditioned system in the summer or the heater in the winter could seriously limit the miles traveled before a recharge is necessary. Driving at night will limit overall miles available, too.

This limited range may not be a big issue in a large metropolitan area where the consumer is only travelling a few miles to and from work.

Here in the Midwest, however, the limited mileage range of the electric vehicle could make it difficult to justify to the consumer.

As battery technology improves, so will the range of these vehicles.

Automotive engineers have been steadily working on the problem and the future looks bright. A reasonable range, for rural customers, is still several years away.

The cost of the batteries is expensive, too. The cost ranges from $3,500 to nearly $9,000, depending on size, and the life expectancy can be as little as three years. Consequently, most electric vehicle manufacturers are warranting the batteries for five or more years. The cost of the replacement battery is simply folded into the original price of the vehicle.

Once again, however, those numbers will only get better as technology and production costs improve.

The future The cost of an electric vehicle is significantly greater than its gasoline-powered counterpart. Electric vehicles, available in the U.S. market, cost about $10,000 more than a standard vehicle, although proposed tax advantages for their purchase could come to fruition.

Using $2.50 per gallon of gasoline as a baseline, the cost of recharging an electric vehicle could equate to an astonishing 175 mph. If a carbon tax is passed by Congress, the cost of a recharge will most probably rise.

As more and more electric vehicles are sold, we can expect Con-

gress to impose a road-use tax in order to recover the tax revenue lost on gasoline sales.

Another consideration is their size.

Almost all electric cars are subcompact.

Many of the electrics I reviewed may actually be considered mini-designs.

Once again, however, as technology improves, the size of the vehicles will most certainly increase.

Virtually every major automotive manufacturer has plans for the production of an all- electric vehicle by at least 2012 for sale in the U.S. market.

Our grandchildren will probably only see the gasoline vehicles we drive today in parades or at auto shows. The electric car will help clean our environment and aid in destroying our nation’s dependence on foreign oil.

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 Corp. and Ford Motor Co. Shultz, a Toledo native, will take questions at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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COMEDY

British musician/comedian brings show to Ramada

By Vicki L. Kroll TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER vkroll@toledofreepress.com

Elton John. Billy Joel. Ray Charles. Jerry Lee Lewis. Tom Jones.

Willie Nelson. Michael Jackson.

Neil Diamond. Mick Jagger. Barry Manilow. Jimmy Keys imitates them all.

But the British piano player and singer does have a favorite.

“I like doing Joe Cocker because he’s so funny,” Keys said during a phone interview from Southampton, Bermuda.

It’s all there. The facial grimaces.

The odd arm and hand movements.

The voice.

“I tend to stick to the classic people, especially because I do a lot of my shows in Florida where there’s an older crowd; they want to see KEYS people they know, so it’s hard to put in anybody modern,” Keys said. “Although there’s not the characters like there used to be, it seems to me. A lot of

the classic guys are such characters, they’re fun to do.”

The comedian even did one imitation right in front of the superstar — and made him laugh.

“Rod Stewart. I was doing a party at one of the mansions in Palm Beach down here in Florida and he was at the party, right next to me, in fact,” Keys recalled. “That was quite a lot of fun. At the time, he had his hair darker; I think I looked more like him than he did.”

The musician/comedian will bring his cast of characters to the Ramada Hotel Westgate, 3536 Secor Road, for a dinner show June 5.

Doors open at 6 p.m., dinner will be at 7 p.m., and the show will start at 8 p.m. Tickets are $55 and include a dinner buffet and one drink. Reservations are required: (419) 5357070.

“I do a real variety show, I call it, a bit of dying art, I guess,” Keys said. “I do the comedy, I do the characters, I do a couple of Broadway pieces.”

He may sport a sequined suit emblazoned with the union jack.

“I use [the suit] now for Prince Charles. I got to meet Princess Anne when she was in Bermuda.

I’m glad she didn’t see me doing

an impression of her brother. She might have taken my passport away,” Keys quipped.

He hopes people in Toledo are ready to have fun.

“People send me e-mails and say with the economy the way it is, they love to come and forget about all their problems when they’re watching me. Everybody says laughter is the best thing and it really is; it’s a cliché, but it really is.”

On the web visit www.jimmykeys.com and click on links for more information.

New band avoids ‘labels’ with its music styles

By Scott McKimmy TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

A Sandusky-based band debuted its first CD, toured the nation in 2008 and hopes to repeat its success with a second release this summer.

The Sewing Circle, a trio that often plays with additional musicians, views itself as a “revolving door” group because of the diversity of its members. At the same time, the repertoire crosses the boundaries of several genres, from pop to folk to rock. For founder and guitarist Andrew Rohde, the inability for critics and fans to peg it as one specific type of group merely adds to the allure.

“I really like and appreciate when people say that they can’t [put us into a category],” he said. “We all have really eclectic backgrounds, and every musician wants to say they’re different, and that’s what we strive for.”

Rohde met his counterpart, keyboardist, guitarist and percussionist Meghan Blake, in 2006, and the two extended a single project

into a long-term collaboration. The previous drummer left the band after Ghetto Recorders in Detroit produced the 12-track, self-titled debut, and Cajon Keeton joined to fill the role.

During their tours, they often play cover tunes at small-town venues, such as Peach’s Grill in Yellow Springs — one of their favorites — and original songs at venues in larger cities, where Rohde said audiences tend to appreciate the new stuff. The Sewing Circle will likely appear in the Toledo area, where local audiences can experience the variety of music offered, which reflects the genesis of the band’s name: a quilt sewn from different fabrics.

Blake credits Rohde for the songwriting; however, she plans to leave her mark on the second CD with a few tracks of her own.

“Andy comes up with the melodies, so it all starts with him, and then we kind of just build off that,” Blake said. “I might add a softer piano piece if we feel the song is taking a soft turn, or we might add more electric guitar if it’s kind of a harder-sounding song. The more we play it, it kind of develops its own personality.”

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She added that the group handles all of its own duties, from promotion to booking to hauling equipment but eventually hopes to find an agent and broaden its fan base from a national market to a global following.

Blake believes, with the right opportunities, The Sewing Circle can draw aficionados from every corner of the music industry.

“I think that there’s a lot of people out there that can find at least two or three songs of ours that they can identify with and enjoy,” she said.

“So whether they like country music or pop music or rock or blues, I think that we could reach people that like all types of music.”

For more information, visit www.myspace. com/thesewingcirclemusic.

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HOLLIDAY TRAVELS

Remembering the fall of The Wall T

“The weather was sunny. The o mark the passing of another National Train Day, we’ll start clouds were high. And a nice breeze with a quote coined by our was blowing ...” Keith said.

Kew is curUK correspondent, rently celKeith Fletcher, that ebrating its we found tacked up 250th birthday. on his office door.

But sadly, when “The train you Keith and his are waiting for is wife arrived, always late. The they discovered train you are runthat the queen ning for is always had been there on time!” just the day beAfter comfore ... to cut the muting to London Roger HOLLIDAY birthday cake. by train from his Claudia FISCHER Despite this Hertfordshire short-lived dishome for the better part of 12 years, Keith prob- appointment, they found “the plants and trees amazing, particularly ably knows what he’s talking about.

He also sent in a fascinating re- some of the original ones from the port of a trip he made recently to mid-18th century which are acKew Gardens — 300 acres of plants, claimed “champion trees,” being the trees and architectural delights — largest and best specimens in the alongside the River Thames, just 10 British Isles.

“Most impressive, however, was miles west of central London.

While still primarily a scientific an exhibition near the main gate research center, the Royal Botanic of giant sculptures of seeds illusGardens (Kew’s official moniker) is trating the wide diversity of seed also a major tourist attraction with form. These sculptures were woven in willow by Tom Hare, who is runmore than 1 million visitors a year.

In fine weather, it makes for a ning willow-weaving workshops at perfect out-of-London day trip, Kew this summer,” Keith said.

More information at www. especially if you follow Keith’s lead and take the river launch from West- myspace.com/tomharewillow. Kew’s minster Pier (next to the Houses of Web site is www.kew.org So if you have a botanical bent Parliament) for the 90-minue upor just want to take a beautiful boat river ride to Kew.

ride, this would certainly be the perfect time to: “Go down to Kew in lilac time (it isn’t far from London!)

And you shall wander hand in hand with love in summer’s wonderland” (Alfred Noyes 1880-1958) ■ Our Black Forest-based correspondent, Stephen Dodds, advised us recently that the beautiful Austrian city of Linz is this year’s “European Capital of Culture” — and lots of appropriate activities and celebrations are being planned.

Nicely situated near Prague, Vienna and Munich, Linz makes a perfect base from which to explore these world-class cities.

■ 2009 also marks the 20th anniversary of the end of the Cold War and German reunification. Stephen writes that there are all manners of events along the former border to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 8 and 9.

Most of these, he said, are centered on Leipzig and Berlin and include permanent exhibitions and tours highlighting private and political life in a divided city.

With the passing of time and the popularity of movies like “Goodbye Lenin” and “Sonnenallee,” Stephen said there’s been a growth in nostalgia for the former East Germany.

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“So, if you’re visiting Berlin this year, want to get “nostalgic” and find out what it was like to live through those times, you can visit some of the museums depicting life in the GDR, take a ride in a Trabant, enjoy a tasty Vita Cola and munch of Spreewald pickles, but sadly not at 1989 prices.” he said.

The Web site: www.germanytourism.de/ENG/culture_and_ events/fall_of_the_ wall.htm We had our own experiences of life in East Germany when we visited Erfurt, Weimar, Dresden and Berlin in December 1989. And it wasn’t a pretty sight.

The country was overhung by a thick smelly yellow fog caused by high sulfur coal, two-stroke Trabant engines and the burning of tires for heat.

Restaurants were few and far between. The service was dismal everywhere. And our hotels had to be preapproved and prebooked by a wretched woman in the East German Embassy in New York.

That said, the unique insights we got into life behind the Iron Curtain and the chance to attend that particular New Year’s celebration at the Brandenburg Gate, with millions of Germans on both sides of the stillintact wall, will never be forgotten.

E-mail comments for Holliday Travels to letters@toledofreepress.com.

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Memorial Day events include parades, tours

By Whitney Meschke TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

■ Toledo Museum of Art tours: Get the inside scoop on what’s new, interesting and artful during docent-led tours. Most start from Libbey Court, 2445 Monroe St. (419) 255-8000.

Memorial Day Remembrance, 2 and 3 p.m. May 23 and 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. May 24.

■ Memorial Day Parade: The Glass City will salute area veterans and those serving in the military.

A ceremony will be conducted in front of the War Memorial after the parade and a picnic for veterans will follow. 10 a.m. to noon May 23, Summit Street to Jackson Boulevard to Civic Center Mall, Downtown Toledo.

■ First Siege: Re-enactors will portray U.S. and British soldiers and Woodland Indians in a re-creation of War of 1812 battles. Visitors also can accompany the “1813 Patrol” on a scout around the fort, try period skills and tour the soldiers’ camps.

9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 23 and noon-5 May 24, Fort Meigs, 29100 W. River Road, Perrysburg. $5-$9. (419) 8744121 or (800) 283-8916.

■ Free rides for military: The Toledo, Lake Erie & Western Railroad is offering free trips aboard the Bluebird on the Nickel-Plate Railroad for active and past servicemen and servicewomen with a regularticketed rider. 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m.

Saturdays-Sundays and holidays and 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays, June-August, 49 N. Sixth St., Waterville. $7.50-$11. (419) 878-2177 or visit www.tlew.org.

■ Civil War remembrance: Union and Confederate soldier re-enactors, civilians, musicians and historic presenters immerse visitors in the life of this turbulent American era. 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m. May 23 and 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. May 24-25, Greenfield Village, 20900 Oakwood Blvd., Dearborn, Mich. $16-$22; $5 parking. (313) 982-6001 or (800) 835-5237.

■ Memorial Day Parade and commemoration: A ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. May 25 at Veterans Memorial Tower in Toledo Memorial Park, 6832 Monroe St., Sylvania.

The parade will step off at 10 from Lourdes College on Convent Boulevard toward Main Street and finally to Veterans Memorial Field on Erie Street, where a second ceremony will be held at 11 and feature an Ohio Air National Guard fly-over.

■ Memorial Day parade: Maumee will pay tribute to those who died in service to our country, as well as to present and past servicemembers, at this moving ceremony.

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BRET MICHAELS OF THE ROCK BAND POISON WILL PLAY AT THE OMNI ON MAY 27. HE IS SCHEDULED TO SING AT A TOLEDO MUD HENS GAME ON MAY 26.

Roll up! Bret Michaels’ love bus to stop in Toledo

By Vicki L. Kroll TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Bret Michaels may have a thing for women from the Buckeye State.

“Both girls [Taya Parker and Mindy Hall] I loved this time were from Ohio,” the singer-songwriter said about the two finalists from the third season of his VH1 reality show. “I call the show ‘Rock of Dating’ rather than ‘Rock of Love;’ I don’t know that you’re going to find love on TV in a month and half of filming.”

Will there be a season four?

“I thought Taya was the right choice, so we’ll see where it goes,” the Poison frontman said. “If it goes somewhere, then probably not. If it ends up just being dating and that’s all it becomes, then I would do another show.”

There’ll be “Nothin’ But a Good Time” when Michaels’ “Rock of Love” Bus Tour stops May 27 at the Omni, 2567 W. Bancroft St. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $35. Neon Black and Saturnine Hello will open the concert.

“The solo show is a super party,” Michaels said from a stop in Indiana. “I get to play all the Poison greatest hits, plus I get

to add in all the new solo stuff — the theme song from ‘Rock of Love’ and all the music I play there, ‘Bittersweet,’ ‘Go That Far’ — and I also mix it up with some of my favorite songs I grew up with, which is some Lynyrd Skynyrd, some Bob Dylan.”

Millions have watched Michaels’ dating game.

“The first time VH1 asked me to do the show, I turned it down, only because I had just come out of a relationship and I have two daughters, and I just wasn’t mentally prepared,” he said.

The cable network asked him again a few months later. “[VH1] came back and said, ‘Look, what if you just bring in all your ideas and it’s an actual reality show,’ “ he said. “It’s just me being me ... my music is involved and the idea of taking the girls motocross racing and having fun. I’m very outdoorsoriented; I said what if we get like mud football, stuff like that ... [VH1] absolutely let me do what I wanted.”

The 46-year-old also called the shots for his autobiography, “Roses & Thorns: The Reality of My Rock & Roll Fantasy,” due out June 23.

“Before ‘Rock of Love,’ [HarperCollins] was mainly looking for just the sexcapades and the Pamela [Anderson] years ... they were looking for mostly playmate dirt,” Michaels said. “That’s not my style, so I said I can’t do that. These people are in mar-

riages; they have kids. I said I could tell the stories, but I’m going to tell them my way.”

After “Rock of Love,” Simon & Schuster showed interest.

“They came and said, ‘Write the book you want to write; we’re not going to do anything. Give us your pictures, your book your way, and we’ll put the book out.’ “ The superstar delivered.

“I went back through my life and I thought, ‘Let me find some moments that are completely raw, truthful.’ Obviously, you’re going to get the sex, the drugs, the rock ‘n’ roll, the craziness — but I want to tell it as a kid who grew up in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area and comes from a small town and made it big, building a career brick by brick,” Michaels said. “And I tell everyone this: I actually have the pictures to prove it.

“Just the photo alone of my prom shot with the actual floods — you know, the powder blue tux and the Napoleon Dynamite look —just that alone is worth the purchase of the book.”

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Fortune

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Don’t Forget

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My Wife

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May 24-30, 2009

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Libra (September 23-October 22)

Real or illusion? This is a good week: people cooperate, plans start to move forward, and conflicts fade. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re feeling pretty successful as the weekend arrives.

Celebrate with friends or take a relationship to a new level of intimacy.

Change of place. You may be on the verge of moving, changing jobs or shifting some other major factor in your life. This is a great week for taking bold steps. Sort out the little details over the weekend. Good news comes from many mouths.

You might be surprised at how many big words you know.Think of a nine-letter word for each meaning.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

A gift in time. The mental fog thins and options get clearer as the week progresses. A significant conversation on Tuesday points you in the right direction.

As the weekend arrives, lost items or money owed turns up. Next week will be even better.

Change of pace. Inspiring, inventive creative juices are bubbling from your inner core. While your head is in the air, make sure your feet remain solidly on ground.

Drive carefully. After Friday, your attention turns to social gatherings and formal ceremonies.

1. What youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re reading right now 2. East or west 3. You can buy one at McDonaldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4. Someone who solves crimes 5. Between morning and evening 6. Two fruits: a small red bumpy one and a round orange one 7. Unscramble this animal: CROPPUNIE 8. How many nine-letter words you can list that begin with B?

Gemini (May 21-June 21)

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

Hope for tomorrow. Powerful orators move hearts with inspirational words as the week begins. Ideas are easy; the trick is putting them to work in practical ways.

Confusions of the past few weeks get cleared up as the weekend arrives. Restore order to your world.

A glimmer of light. People are interested in your ideas and opinions this week. Sparks of attraction may be igniting as well. Networking in groups or associations is highly productive. Worries or pressures fade away as the weekend arrives. It becomes annoying to spend time with people who are depressed.

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Events: New Moon in Gemini (24th); Mercury direct station (30th)

ANSWERS: 1. newspaper 2. direction 3. hamburger 4. detective 5. afternoon 6. raspberry, tangerine 7. porcupine 8. Answers include: ballerina, bandwagon, barricade, beautiful, blueberry, blueprint, boardwalk, bodyguard, bookshelf, breakfast, brilliant, broadcast, and many others.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Happy endings. This is a good week to make transitions with positive conclusions. Push hard through Wednesday. The pressure eases after Thursday, and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in a contemplative mood on Friday. A phone call on Saturday relieves worries.

Leo (July 23-August 22)

Capricorn (December 22-January 19)

Full powers. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asked to spearhead a project and make the pleasant discovery that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very good at it. This might be the start of a whole new career.

The weekend focuses on celebrations that honor achievements; loved ones are a source of pride.

Aquarius (January 20-February 18)

Source of stability. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready for unlimited action and adventure this week. Cutting edge ideas fire your imagination. Not everyone is ready for this, but you are.

Some career decisions or resolutions are in place as the weekend arrives.

Baby talk. You unleash your special abilities this week without interference. Keep the vision clear; donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overcomplicate it, and results will be excellent. Take a well-deserved journey with your significant other over the weekend.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Pisces (February 19-March 20)

Shopping for possibilities. Planned activities flow easily all week. Some tricky exchange on Tuesday goes off without a hitch. After Thursday, new equipment or skills can be put to work. Saturday is a special day â&#x20AC;&#x201C; your loved ones are thriving.

Lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s little luxuries. The new moon inspires beautification in your home, garden or work space this week. Calls on Tuesday give you something to look forward to. You dress up for a date on Friday night and dress down for a cookout on Saturday.

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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I was tempted to stick with the maternity pants for ’m not much of a weight watcher. I’ve had the good genetic fortune not to have to worry much about giving or a while longer, but the only shirts that seem to hide the taking a few pounds here and there, because it all seems elastic part of the pant that yells out “I’m pregnant” are maternity shirts. to work out in the end. Even through two Instead, I was off to the store. My postpartum chapters of my life, my body grajourney to pants that fit could not have ciously seemed to snap back to its pre-pregcome at a more rock-bottom moment. nancy form by each baby’s first birthday.

The only pairs of maternity jeans that fit Never having had to put forward much me both ended up in the wash at the same effort myself, I feel a little guilty when I time, so I had to venture out in a pair of see other moms so committed to fitness yoga pants that I had only worn to bed that they spend most of their days in up until that point. It’s rather humbling to workout clothes. I imagine them coming buy clothing in your pajamas because you straight from spinning class when I spot just have nothing else to wear. them picking up a few things from the Shannon SZYPERSKI I was happy to find that three sizes above store in athletic pants and a tank top. My own health regimen, which consists mainly of the oc- where I had been pre-baby seemed like they would do the casional walk around the block, the often-suggested trick. It turned out that the real trick was trying to find the eating of small, frequent meals and fidgeting relentlessly right style of jeans in the right size. All of the jeans I could throughout the day, pales in comparison in the effort de- find left in my size were labeled “stretch,” “low rise” and/or “skinny,” which are three words I avoid at all costs. partment but has always been good enough.

At some point in the recent past, most women’s jeans But now, as I attempt to return to some semblance of normalcy following the addition of baby No. 3, my body is started to come with some degree of stretchiness. I don’t not quite following suit. I vaguely recall some friends com- get it. In the morning, I put on a pair of jeans that fit menting on decreased body elasticity when having a baby just fine and by lunchtime I have to do everything in my after age 30. Being 27 and only having one baby at the time, power to keep them around my waist because they’ve I barely took note. I do, however, specifically remember grown two sizes. For similar reasons, the term “low rise” and I just don’t mix either. talk of a baby bulge that didn’t seem to go away.

Then there’s skinny. When I’m buying something As I take in my postpartum-over-30-third-baby shape, I finally have a visual of what they were talking about. I three sizes over the size I think of myself as, the word seem to have not one but two baby bulges left over this “skinny” certainly does not come to mind.

And then it hit me. Maybe all of those fitness clothestime around. It is as if I have two fanny packs stacked one on top of the other but without the practicality of zipper clad moms I see at the park, at the store and on the street didn’t just come from spinning class like I thought. pockets to store my car keys and cell phone in.

Hoping that the dual nature of my postpregnancy baby Maybe they aren’t even as athletic as I assumed. Maybe bump had something to do with the banded maternity they’ve got the baby bulge, too, and just couldn’t find any pants I had been clinging to, I decided to move on to my other pants that fit. after-baby wardrobe. I attempted to slip into my two-sizesabove-normal jeans that had done the job after my second Shannon Szyperski and her husband Michael are child was born. Sadly, each side of fabric failed to even bridge raising three children in Sylvania. E-mail her at letters@toledofreepress.com. the gap of flesh necessary to meet in the middle.

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USED CARS TO BE SOLD FOR $333 The Monroe Superstore would like to give back to our community and offer preowned vehicles for as low as $333 The Monroe Dodge Chrysler Jeep Superstore just announced plans for a $333 sales event this Saturday, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. According to Sales Director, Ralph Mahalak, Jr., Monroe Dodge Superstore has made a management decision to liquidate their used vehicles directly to the pubic by means of a $333 Price Slasher sales event. Every used car, truck, minivan, sprinter van, sport utility and commercial vehicle will be sold below market price! Kim Roe, Used Car Manager said, “Our customers will find these one-day sales event prices at or even below auction pricing. It is the perfect opportunity to get a car, truck van or SUV at the lowest price possible, including cars for only $333.

THIS IS NOT A MISPRINT! Registration will begin at 10:15 am. Saturday. Prices will be slashed one time to the rock bottom price. The price slasher approach allows everyone to get a great deal on a used car, truck, van or SUV-with no bidding. The $333 vehicles will be sold at scheduled intervals throughout the day. Other opportunities to purchase vehicles at or below auction prices will exist.

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General Manager J.P. Mahalak said, “We have over 550 new and used cars, trucks, minivans, sprinter vans, commercial and sport utility vehicles in stock. Over $12 million worth of inventory. We have ne of the best selections of vehicles in SE Michigan and NW Ohio! Our goal is to deliver 100 vehicles in one day.”

Ralph Mahalak Jr. added that, “In these challenging economic times, this innovative approach to selling vehicles will make it quick and easy for everyone to purchase one or two vehicles at a very low price with no hassle. This is our way of giving back to the community. We would rather allow Michigan & Ohio residents to buy these vehicles than sell them at an auction!”

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