Toledo Free Press – Sept. 8, 2013

Sept. 8, 2013

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Endorsing Bell and five for fighting Tom Pounds makes the case for Mike Bell; Michael S. Miller on TFP’s fifth consecutive SPJ award for “Best Weekly Newspaper in Ohio.” page 3

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Unfinished business Toledo Mayor MIKE BELL wants four more years. By Bailey G. Dick, page 6

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DON LEE

Bell for mayor

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hen Mike Bell faced Keith Wilkowski in the 2009 mayoral election, I endorsed him with the following words: “Mike Bell is the best of a great field of candidates ... Bell literally put his life on the line for Toledo, and he has parlayed the respect and experience he earned into a career that took him to Columbus as the state’s fire marshal. He is a proven leader with experience at the top of city government.

“When he is in the room, Bell has a passion and fire for leadership that is focused. He is consistent in his messages of embracing diverse ideas, uniting the people in and around Toledo and making the city a more conducive place to establish and operate a business. Toledo needs a mayor who has faced the hottest flames and kept his cool, a mayor who does not require a long learning curve. Bell is that man.”

Nothing that has been said in the past few months of forums and debates has convinced me, or many other business leaders, that Bell should lose his job to any of his challengers.

As I have asked before and will again: What Thomas F. Pounds arguments are there against Bell retaining his office? Bell has reached out to surrounding communities with an eye on cooperation and inclusion. His administration has put (contested) money back in the rainy day fund, arranged for a class of police officers and helped facilitate the smooth opening of Hollywood Casino Toledo, the city’s biggest development investment in a very long time.

Bell’s efforts to chisel out a place for Toledo on the global stage will have decades of continuing impact.

Bell has acknowledged some of the missteps his administration has made; such concessions are rare in politics and indicative of Bell’s growth as a leader.

Try to think of similar mea culpas ever being issued by any of Bell’s public servant opponents.

There are those who continue to combat Bell over his 2010 use of exigent circumstances to cut city workers’ wages and his 2011 support of Senate Bill 5, which would have restricted public employee collective bargaining; even though their side “won” the latter battle, they would advance that ideology over what is best for the city’s momentum.

I have questioned and criticized some of Bell’s budget decisions and continue to be concerned about some of the communication issues between Bell and City Council. But those publicly acknowledging their interest in the mayor’s office seem to be much more interested in their own advancement than in what is best for Toledo.

Bell has restored dignity and action to an office that was sorely lacking both. His challengers have failed to do more than spout the same tired rhetoric. The state of the city is stronger than it has been in a long time, and while there have been bumps along the road, much of that progress can be attributed to Bell’s steady leadership. Bell deserves to retain the mayor’s office by qualifying in the Sept. 10 primary, then make his case through the November election. Any other result threatens the precious and nascent momentum that can save Toledo from becoming the next Detroit. O

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

LIGHTING THE FUSE

Five for fighting

remind people of the good things we have in Northwest Ohio and our responsibility to make it better for everyone, while providing contrast to the often negative voices in our comunity. he Ohio chapter of the Society of So when someone like Kristin K. — who Professional Journalists (SPJ) has reccan work up the indignation to refer to our efognized Toledo Free Press and Toledo forts as “litter” but isn’t competent enough to Free Press Star in several categories in its 2013 include an address with her demand — lobs “Ohio’s Best Journalism” awards. For the mean-spirited comments, it doesn’t anger me, fifth consecutive year, Toledo Free Press was it makes me sad. If, after nine years of TFP named “Best Weekly Newspaper in Ohio.” contributing to the community and trying to It is a small group of people that works improve lives, including hers, Kristin K. can to produce Toledo Free Press every week — be that disrespectful and dismissive, we’re people with families to support who believe this region is a good place to call home, a Michael S. miller never going to reach her. If our award-winning writing and design, coupled with a comregion that deserves a positive spotlight on its citizens and their struggle to improve their community. mitment to local charities and causes, can be summed up in These people put in long hours for modest pay in part be- her mind as “litter,” there’s nothing we can do to change that. cause they believe in the mission of Toledo Free Press: to n MILLER CONTINUES ON 4

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And all the awards and recognition just kind of sit there on the shelf if people like Kristin K. aren’t impacted by the effort to make things better for the community.

I have no idea if Kristin has skimmed these pages and found something objectionable or if she’s never opened a bag that destroyed her weekend by landing on her porch. I doubt anything I say could change her mind, but I wonder if she’d feel differently if she knew some of the people who work here, and those who won state awards for their efforts.

Toledo Free Press Managing Editor Sarah Ottney was awarded first place for “Best Arts Profile” in the newspapers greater than 75,000 circulation category for her insightful and vivid profile of Toledo resident Barbara “Bobbie” John, who worked with the late Dick Clark on three television shows. It was the last piece written about John before she died, and it served as an unwitting eulogy of her life and work.

Former Staff Writer Caitlin McGlade won first place for “Best Newsmaker Profile” in the newspapers greater than 75,000 circulation category for her story “HipHop4Peace to benefit young victims’ family,” about shooting victims Ke’Ondra and Le’Ondra Hooks and local rappers who produced a benefit CD to help cover the family’s expenses. McGlade was granted hospital bedside access to the family, and told their story with empathy, clarity and compelling prose.

Both women competed against writers from Ohio’s daily newspapers in their categories, which amazes and gratifies me, even if that fact wouldn’t impress Kristin K. The annual Toledo Free Press Mud Hens Opening Day special section earned second place for “Best Special Publication,” competing against the state’s daily newspapers. That 90-page effort is like jamming three weeks into three days, and Ottney’s leadership and sweat make it consistently the city’s best guide to Mud Hens Opening Day.

McGinnis sweeps

Toledo Free Press Pop Culture Editor Jeff McGinnis won two major awards for his Toledo Free Press Star work in the

category for newspapers with less than 75,000 circulation.

McGinnis won first place in the “Best Columnist” category for his body of work and first place in “Best Arts Reporting” for his body of work.

McGinnis is as unassuming and modest as he is talented; it may be unprecedented for one person to win both of those awards in one year, but no doubt Kristin K. would dismiss the accomplishment with a curt wave of her hand.

Two for Molnar

Toledo Free Press Design Editor James A. Molnar won first place in the “Best Page One Design” category for his Toledo Free Press Star covers. Molnar was also named second-best graphic designer. We have long championed Molnar’s work, and this is the first year SPJ caught up with our admiration for it. By not unrolling that paper each week, Kristin K. is missing some of the state’s best design work.

Our SPJ Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony in Columbus in October, but we’re already moving on to more coverage, more nonprofit events and more efforts to raise the tide for all boats in Northwest Ohio. Even those rowed by people like Kristin K. who don’t care if we sink or swim. Especially for people like her. Because whether she knows it or not, Kristin K. is navigating the same waters we are, and we all benefit from making the voyage smoother. It may not be fair that the results are the same for those who break their backs running the sails as they are for those lounging on the deck chairs, but dwelling on that defeats the spirit of community and cooperation.

So we’ll keep our five-time “Best Weekly Newspaper in Ohio” winner off of Kristin K.’s porch, once we find out where that is.

And start working on six And seven. And eight. And nine. And 10. And .... O Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Email him at mmiller@toledo freepress.com.

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By Bailey G. Dick

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Dominating a corner of the 22nd floor of One Government Center is Mayor Mike Bell’s office.

There’s an aura of importance to the room. The bright blue carpet covering the floor has yellow yarn in it that re-creates the city’s seal. One wall houses a half-dozen ceremonial gold-plated shovels that have only been in the ground once. There are souvenirs from the mayor’s international travels, and photographs with assorted dignitaries.

In the far corner of the office, sitting in a green leather high-backed chair, is the man who is mayor of the city that can be seen sprawling into the distance through the massive windows behind him. Bell said he often sits in his chair, his feet propped up, and looks out at the city he runs. And there’s a lot to see from 22 stories up.

In the city below, one out of every nine people is jobless. People worry about the gangs that duel with each other on city streets. Vacant houses are set ablaze with some regularity.

But for Bell, that’s only one way to view Toledo. He says many Toledoans have the wrong perspective.

When asked about Toledo as he sees it, Bell pointed to the young people who are breathing life into the Downtown area, to a decrease in crime, and to the city being named the nation’s No. 1 Minor League Market.

“Toledo’s a great city. It’s got a lot of great assets. But the people here don’t seem to understand how great this city is,” Bell said. “The more you get people talking, people start to believe things can be done.”

Bell said he’s proud of the city he has run for the past four years. And he wants four more years to change voters’ perspective on Toledo.

Bell’s Beginnings

Born in Baton Rouge, La., Mike Bell lived with his grandmother until the age of 5. He moved to Toledo shortly before kindergarten and attended Spring School in the city’s North End. Bell graduated from Woodward High School and attended the University of Toledo on a football scholarship, where he studied education.

After graduating, he worked as a brakeman for the Norfolk and Western Railway until his parents persuaded him to become a firefighter.

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Mike Bell was born in baton rouge, la. he graduated from woodward high school and the university of toledo.

ents kept telling me that it was what I needed to do,” Bell said. “So to get them to quit nagging me I took the test, and it was probably the greatest thing I ever did. It changed my life and put me in a different direction.”

Upon completion of firefighters’ school, Bell got a tough dose of reality.

“Our graduation diploma from the fire service was a pink slip,” Bell said.

“So when I tell people about being laid off, I’ve experienced it. I was laid off for about nine months.”

Bell regained his job, and became the first minority chief of a major fire department in Ohio. He led the Toledo Fire Department as chief for 17 years, and was the state fire marshal for two years.

“It was an interesting time to be the chief of a fire department,” Bell said.

“We became one of the best, and we

could prove it.”

The mayor said his time as fire marshal was what really let him get to know the state, and the people who live there.

“I understand now why so many political campaigns come through Ohio. Ohio is reflective of actually the whole United States. I didn’t know that until I became the fire marshal and started traveling around,” Bell said.

In 2009, Bell, running as an independent, edged out Democrat Keith Wilkowski by a narrow 2 percent to become Toledo’s mayor. He took office the following January.

Halfway there

While Bell had already been in leadership positions for nearly two decades when he was elected mayor, he said that there were certainly things he

didn’t know about being a politician.

“The Mayor Bell of 2010 would have been more naive to the political system. I have more experience now doing this,” Bell said. “I’ve been in leadership for just about 20 years. It’s not a learning experience anymore.”

But that doesn’t mean Bell is totally satisfied with the city he runs. He said that he isn’t prepared to give up his spot as mayor until he sees more change in Toledo.

“We’re only halfway through the things that we need to do. Our budget process, although it has stabilized, it is not totally stable. We’re not back where we were at in 2007,” Bell said. “The goal is to get us back to where we need to be so that when I leave, everything is stable. I don’t want to leave until I make sure we are steady for the next 10 or 15 years. If you bring in a new mayor, it’s

going to take them a year or 18 months just to figure out what they can do.”

Bell said given another term, he could make big changes.

“If we were able to do this much in four years, imagine what we can do in eight years,” he said.

Marina dissatisfaction

In 2011, Bell and a delegation headed to China on a 10-day trip in hopes of finding an investor to develop the Marina District on the city’s East Side. In July of that year, Dashing Pacific broke ground on the site and promised to develop the area.

Two years later, dozens of acres still sit vacant on the riverfront. But Bell said even though the land has yet to be developed, he is glad the city is profiting off the site’s property taxes. n BELL CONTINUES ON 7

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n BELL CONTINUED FROM 6 “I’m happy that somebody was able to invest their own personal money into the Marina District. They took it out of their own pocket and put it into something. They took it off our scrolls, and now they’re paying taxes on it. We took a property that up until that point, was sitting vacant for 12 years, and turned it into an asset financially,” Bell said.

He has drawn criticism about the lack of construction on the property, but he said he’s pleased with the speed of development.

“They’re moving at a pretty good pace,” Bell said. “From the perspective of what I’ve seen from Chinese businesspeople, they develop for longevity. They’re not going to put something there that will be torn down in seven or eight years.

They’re talking 50, 60 years.”

Bell said he is OK with the criticism from citizens and his opponents.

“As a mayor, you just have to be able to take the heat for a while,” Bell said. “If people want to use against me something that now is revenue generating as opposed to a revenue deficit, there’s nothing I can do for you. And I’m not making any apologies for that.”

Bell said with four more years, some voters might be more satisfied with the progress in the Marina District.

“I’m aware of things that are moving that would really boost this side of town. There are plans for the Marina District, but people aren’t prepared to divulge them at this time,” Bell said. “I see it as being totally developed within the next four to six years.”

Exigent circumstances

Bell has also come under fire for using exigent circumstances to cut city workers’ wages. But he said his approach helped him achieve what he calls the biggest success of his tenure as mayor.

“I have never attacked a union. I’ve just been pro-citizen. The citizens were the ones who were telling me that they didn’t want their taxes raised,” Bell said. “We didn’t lay any union people off. And although they may be pissed off about my position, it worked, and we kept people gainfully employed.”

Bell said concessions had to be made in the city, especially with city pensions and health care plans. But he believes those concessions helped improve the city’s financial stability.

“You may not have agreed with how I got there. But I fixed my problem. I fixed the deficit. I didn’t lay anybody off. And although some of the concessionary issues may have pinched a little bit, they kept their jobs,” Bell said. n BELL CONTINUES ON 8

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n BELL CONTINUED FROM 7 “I’d rather be a mad, gainfully employed city worker than a mad, pinkslipped city worker like they have in Detroit.”

Bell said those concessions led to what he calls his biggest success: balancing the city’s budget.

“Getting through the worst deficit in the city’s history is my greatest success,” Bell said. “To take a $48 million deficit, and the people tell you they want the same services but they don’t want you to raise their taxes, and be able to demonstrate that you did it is pretty impressive.”

Bell said it is actually more than that.

“Working out of a $48 million deficit, it’s almost a miracle. The only place we can’t get people to understand that is here,” Bell said.

Campaigning again

Bell said he is planning to run on the things he has done while serving as mayor and believes voters who see that the city has improved during his tenure will re-elect him.

“My platform is to keep moving in the positive direction that we’re already moving in,” Bell said. “There are a lot of things that are still open that can be a game-changer for the city.”

Some of those game-changers include developing Promenade Park,

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Bell said that regionalization of the water system and “progressive” changes to the Toledo Public Schools system are key to further economic development in the area.

The mayor also stressed the importance of developing an industrial corridor between Toledo and Detroit.

“That was once the most industrialized area in the United States, and we’ve slipped. We have great, skilled workers in our system. We can engage that similar to Dallas-Fort Worth, St. Paul-Minneapolis,” Bell said. “There are cities that have figured out that they need to tie themselves to each other, and together they become stronger. They can absorb more economic development.”

So far, Bell has maintained a relatively low profile in the pre-primary campaigning. But while he said he isn’t worried about the upcoming election, Bell has been quietly stockpiling money. According to the Lucas County Board of Elections, Bell has $106,438 in campaign funds on hand.

While he has spent very little so far, it’s likely he’s saving the big bucks for after the primary.

Lucas County Auditor Anita Lopez and City Councilman Joe McNamara, the two candidates who have raised

the next highest amounts, had $23,906 and $56,301 to spend as of July 31.

“The candidate I’m trying to beat is myself. I’m trying to better LOPEZ myself and be a better mayor than I was in the first term. I’m confident I’ll make it through the whole election, not just the primary,” Bell said.

“I’m not focused on any of those other candidates.”

McNAMARA In addition to Lopez and McNamara, those other candidates include City Councilman D. Michael Collins, neighborhood development specialist Alan Cox, retired city worker Michael Konwinski and evangelist Opal Covey.

Bell said he is focused on one part of the other candidates’ campaign: How they plan to fund the plans they are sharing with voters.

“I’ve listened and read to some of what those other candidates are saying they’re going to do, but they never say how they’re going to do it. They never

say where the money is going to come from,” Bell said. “They state what the problems are. You can blame the problems on the mayor. I understand that. I don’t hear anyone saying what they’re going to do about it.”

Bell’s challengers

While Bell may be confident that he’ll be re-elected, those running against him aren’t so sure.

McNamara said the city deserves more from its mayor.

“Unemployment is at 9.2 percent.

And Mayor Bell said (at an Aug. 26 forum). ‘This is the best I can do.’ I think we can do better,” McNamara said.

Lopez said that during Bell’s tenure as mayor, bureaucracy in city government has gotten worse. She also said Bell isn’t in touch with the city he runs.

“The leadership at the top has been there for the last 20-30 years and it has not been able to trim fat, make it more efficient, and most important, not make it business- or citizen-friendly.

Those are the three things that I think responsive government needs to do,” Lopez said. “I think that there is almost a tale of two cities. There’s the world that Mike Bell lives in, compared to the number of cars that get broken into in the city of Toledo, the number of homes that get broken into, and the blight in our community. It’s almost as if he’s not really in touch with what’s happening in

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“Whatever budget he balanced, that budget is not working for Toledo citizens and Toledo businesses,” she added.

Collins said COLLINS Bell has won the trust of some individuals, but not the ones who matter.

“There’s a segment of the population that has taken Mayor Bell into their confidence; they are primarily business people, and the majority of them do not live in Toledo,” Collins said. “For the average Toledoan, Mayor Bell would not receive a passing grade.”

Defending his record

Bell defended his four years in office, and said he believes voters will not agree with his opponents’ criticism.

“I’m not going to get into people who are lying about issues. Don’t give me that stuff about how the city’s gone crime crazy. We’re getting rid of blight,” Bell said. “You get candidates who start to work outside the figures, so what are they using as your base? For me to direct the police department to do something better, I have to benchmark it on something. I can’t control your head. I can control numbers.” n BELL CONTINUES ON 9

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n BELL CONTINUED FROM 8 Bell said the city has eliminated 1,150 blighted houses in a four-year period, and has seen a 17 percent reduction in crime. He pointed to data-driven policing as the reason for that reduction.

Again, Bell said the city’s problems lie in its attitude.

“If the media pushes the 17 percent drop in crime, and it gets out there, people start moving back in.

If you push that we’ve got a huge gang problem — and we don’t have a huge gang problem, we have people who are in gangs who act stupid, — we make the problems bigger than what they are,” Bell said. “And

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Toledoans who wanted to talk to him.

He posed for a picture with a family.

The Mike Bell persona, however, has two modes: mayor and motorcycle.

Pointing to the suit and tie he was wearing, Bell said “This is my uniform of the day. It’s not who I am. This is the uniform that’s required of my office, in respect to the general population. But when I’m on my time, I don’t have to be this person. I can be me.”

Often spotted riding his painted Harley and frequenting local bars, offduty Bell ditches the suit for his signature leather vest and cowboy hat.

“I have no issues when people walk up and want to take pictures.

That happens all of the time. But it happens when I’m on my motorcycle too,” Bell said. “I don’t walk around with a huge security team.

I can tell you where all of the good restaurants are and what are the bad ones.”

Bell loves to tell stories, often colorful ones. During his interview with Toledo Free Press, he spoke of the time he befriended an Amish girl during his years as a fire marshal and showed her how to eat a chicken dinner without a knife and fork and reminisced about his days as a UT cheerleader, when he and his teammates tossed Bowling Green State University mascot Freddie the Falcon into the stands “because we wanted to see if he could fly.”

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Amid the pre-primary chatter have been rumors that Bell would ditch his second term as mayor in order to assume a state office. Evidence pointing to this theory includes Bell’s lack of spending so far, as well as the working

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relationship he may have with Gov. John Kasich, especially after Bell’s support of Senate Bill 5.

But when asked, Bell shooed away any idea of a higher office.

“I could seek a state office right now. Why would I have to wait four years?” Bell said. “Some people are trying to bring some stuff to the mix.

They’re trying to find whatever angle they can to defeat the current mayor.

All they’re bringing is rhetoric.”

Bell said he has plans for his next four years, whether or not he wins his seat back.

“What does it mean if I win? It means I get to continue to try to make this city better. What does it mean if I don’t win the election? It means that I have a lot more time to hang out on my Harley and do the things I like to do,” Bell said. “There is no negative scenario in this election for me. But I want to continue to be the mayor because we have things that are not done yet.”

And when things are done, and Bell retires from public office, he says he’ll be on the job hunt.

“I’ll probably find a job. The resume of a person who’s balanced a $48 million deficit, ran a city …

I don’t think I’ll have a hard time finding a job. And I’ll make a lot more,” Bell said.

But before he can look for a higher-paying job, he’s confronted with a massive task in the next few weeks before the primary: changing the perspective of Toledoans who are dissatisfied with the city.

“Toledo can be the greatest place in the world if you see it that way.

It can also be the worst place in the world if you see it that way. I choose to see it as one of the greatest places in the world. And that’s why I’m here,” he said. O

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They are advocates, entrepreneurs, elected officials, athletes, media personalities, mothers, musicians, cancer survivors and more, and they are joining forces for a common purpose — to help women feel more confident and raise money for a local nonprofit that works with young girls.

An upcoming fundraiser, This is Me, will feature portraits of nine barefaced women to be sold by silent auction to benefit Girls on the Run (GOTR) of Northwest Ohio.

Those featured will be Lucas County Prosecutor Julia Bates, Toledo City Councilwoman Lindsay Webb, WTOL-11 news anchor Chrys Peterson, 101.5 The River morning radio host Mary Beth Zolik, Project iAm founder Nicole Khoury, The Josh Project founder Wanda Butts, Hannah’s Socks founder Hannah Turner, two-time cancer survivor and Susan G. Komen for the Cure honoree Kelli Andres and Toledo Police Sgt. Anita Madison of the Toledo Community

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Organizer Jeremy Baumhower, a Toledo Free Press columnist, said he wanted to feature women who are diverse in age, background, occupation and the ways they impact Northwest Ohio.

“Everyone has a story and their own reason for doing it,” Baumhower said. “The night will be a celebration.”

The “makeup optional” event is set for 7-11 p.m. Sept. 13 at The Blarney Event Center, 601 Monroe St. Light refreshments will be served and a cash bar will be available. A portion of profits from a signature drink, the This is Metini, will also be donated to GOTR of Northwest Ohio. Performing will be Kristi Marie, Carmen Miller and The Rivets. Tickets are available at thisismetoledo.com for $20 or at the door for $25.

Baumhower come up with the idea after seeing “Game of Thrones” actress Emilia Clarke and singer/ actress Demi Lovato post photos of themselves without makeup to social media sites, encouraging others to do the same.

“I just woke up and saw in my head, ‘What if we did it locally with beautiful, powerful women?’” Baumhower said.

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Soon after, he approached GOTR of Northwest Ohio, a 10-week program that combines running with an interactive curriculum to inspire selfrespect and healthy lifestyles in preteen girls. Topics discussed include bullying, peer pressure and healthy body image with a focus on positive physical, emotional, mental and social development.

The organization has chapters in more than 200 cities in the United States and Canada. Northwest Ohio’s chapter started in 2012 and hosted 13 teams of third-, fourth- and fifth-graders at 11 sites during its spring season. More local sites will be added this fall.

“The message we’re teaching our girls is to be proud of yourself, respect yourself and you’re beautiful just the way you are, so to showcase some of the successes and awesome impacts adult women are having on the community that have nothing to do with their looks is great,” said Lindsay McKibben, council director of GOTR of Northwest Ohio. “We loved the idea and the message that he is trying to share.” n THIS IS ME CONTINUES ON 11

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“I was mesmerized how comfortable and confident [Peterson] was while getting her picture taken, even without makeup. Her TV station was there shooting it for a news story and she had zero fear. Her authenticity and genuineness really came out in her pictures,” Baumhower said. “[Andres’] energy and positivity is beyond infectious. She laughed almost the entire time she was being photographed. Even discussing her numerous battles with cancer — losing a leg at age 12 and a breast at the age of 45 — was done with a smile on her face. She glows when she talks about her sons and was transparent when she describes how scared she was battling her second bout of cancer, having two small boys.”

Bates said she finds it frustrating that society has a double standard for men and women.

“Men are so lucky,” Bates said. “A few wrinkles and a few gray hairs on a guy is just fine and charming. It’s just a different way society views the gray at the temples on a man — that’s distinguished, sophisticated, mature, wise. Women get the dye out at the first sign of gray.”

She said times have changed since she went to law school, but it’s still important for girls to develop the selfconfidence to excel in whatever arena they choose.

“Men are different to women today in the workplace than they were when I first started. To our kids, it’s just accepted you can be anything. You can be a stay-at-home mom or you can be an astronaut,” Bates said. “For me, it was ‘You’re going to be a lawyer? That’s not really a place for women.’ I got that a lot. Then of course, it was like, ‘OK

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you can be a lawyer, but you’re going to be a prosecutor? Like try cases?

Murder cases? What are you going to do when they say dirty words?’ So I think times have changed a great deal in that respect.”

Webb said she was drawn to This is Me because it reinforces the example she’s trying to set for her stepdaughters.

“I believe combating the message that you have to be what society deems as perfect is crucial to their selfesteem and well-being,” Webb said in an email. “If women who are successful can demonstrate they are comfortable in their own skin without makeup, it may send the message to girls and other women that what really matters is how you feel about yourself.

Your inner beauty and your other abilities are what matter most.”

“If you personally feel better in makeup, by all means wear it, but if you are doing it because you feel it’s expected, it may be time to rethink things because all of the time spent on worrying about superficial looks could be better spent on what truly makes you happy,” Webb said. “I’m beautiful in the eyes of my husband and my family, at the end of the day, that is really what matters most.”

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Dozens of local women have shared photos of themselves without makeup on social media sites using the hashtag #thisismetoledo.

Instagram user @Bethaknee22 captioned her photo: “In the past week, my skin has broken out worse than it ever has in my entire life.

I’ve cringed looking in the mirror & bowed my head when talking to people so they wouldn’t look at me.

I haven’t even wanted to leave the house. Then tonight, I looked in the mirror & my thoughts turned to my daughter. I’ve been given one of the

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most amazing blessings possible, and I’ve got a pretty serious job to do in return. Part of my responsibility is to raise a confident, loving, honest & strong woman that loves the skin she’s in & knows beauty is much deeper than the surface. So, I decided to post this picture (which

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At first I was embarrassed of them and very insecure! I felt ugly very ugly I couldn’t stand to look at myself in the mirror! I now have learned to love myself and to feel beautiful! I realized these scars made me who I am today and that’s a stronger woman!”

GOTR of Northwest Ohio Volunteer Director Renee Stack said the social media shares exemplify what This is Me is all about.

“We want everyone to feel good and beautiful in their natural state and let them showcase who they are without feeling the need to conceal,” Stack said. “I think makeup is beautiful and it’s definitely something I choose to wear, but I’m also feeling empowered to go bare as well.”

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he pictures have been snapped.

The words have been penned.

The venue has been booked.

The Facebook page has been created.

A movement has been started. The media has been alerted, interviews have taken place. The T-shirts have been designed. The food and drinks have been selected. Sleep has been nonexistent. The stress has been present for weeks. This is Me has been my world for the last two months, all in hopes that it will be yours for just one night.

The hook isn’t the makeup, the pictures or the event, but who it is going to help. I have witnessed what Girls on the Run does and I share its dream of bringing this amazing program to less affluent schools in our city.

This is Me will feature huge beautiful photographs taken by artist Lee Bates. The pictures show the beautiful faces of some of Northwest Ohio’s most influential women, all wearing absolutely no makeup. It will be more than an art show. The night will feel like a celebration, a party, an event.

Each picture will be accompanied with words that illustrate why the honorees were chosen. The combination of image and words is designed to inspire the young and old alike.

This is Me is not only visual, it will have the area’s best musicians providing an unforgettable soundtrack.

The night will showcase The Rivets, Carmen Miller and KristiMarie & the Audiophiles.

All of the proceeds will go to the Girls on the Run of Northwest Ohio’s scholarship fund. This money will be used to financially support GOTR at a school who’s parents might not otherwise be able to.

Please come and support these women, their stories, Girls on the Run of NW Ohio and a dream I had.

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Feed Lucas County Children (FLCC), a Toledo nonprofit dedicated bringing meals to impoverished children in Lucas County, recently received word that it would have to relocate from its current headquarters in the Macomber Building on Monroe Street.

FLCC, which has served 1.5 million meals since its founding in 2002, will need to find a new location to replace the 15,000-square-foot space it has rented for the past six years. In the interim, FLCC’s leadership has embarked on a fundraising campaign, an unprecedented move in the organization’s history, to raise at least $800,000 to renovate and move into an existing building or to build a new facility.

The new owner of the Macomber Building, the Cherry Street Mission, intends to use the space to consoli-

date the operations of 12 currently separate facilities under one roof. Cherry Street purchased the building from an Oregon state-based inSIEBENECK vestment group in March and inherited FLCC as a renter. The building is in need of several renovations, and Cherry Street began developing a long-term strategic master plan in April.

“We had several conversations with [FLCC], and they asked if they could be included in the renovation plan,” said Cherry Street President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Rogers.

“We seriously considered this, but determined that based on square footage there was not enough space for both operations. We knew they already had plans to move into a larger space, and

that takes time so we wanted to give them a year to do that.”

Need growing

As the number of children in Lucas County in need of meals has grown, FLCC’s efforts reached their limit this year and the organization announced plans in July to raise up to $1.3 million to build a larger kitchen capable of “slamming the door on child hunger in Lucas County.”

“You can’t move this size of an operation easily,” Siebeneck said. “It is doable, but we would need to find similar facilities — a restaurant or school cafeteria is not nearly large enough — or build. We are settling on one site, but we need funding.”

FLCC, which was created to feed hungry children during the summer when school lunch programs were unavailable, now operates year-round using a model in which meals are prepared in the organization’s expansive central kitchen and then distributed to 86 sites across Lucas County.

“When we started, we only had two sites,” Siebeneck said. “But our operations have consistently doubled in size every year. By prepping and cooking everything in one central location, we have complete control over the quality, consistency and nutrition of our food, all of which is reviewed by a dietitian and meets or exceeds regulations set forth by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). To reach as many kids as possible, we deliver the meals to various distribution points like parks,

churches and community centers.”

Roughly 200 volunteers prepare, cook, deliver and serve FLCC’s meals each day, which can number as high as 7,400. The increase in child hunger over the past decade, according to Siebeneck, is because the number of impoverished people living in Toledo has doubled from 15,000 to more than 30,000 despite the city’s overall shrinking population. Confirming these observations, the Brookings Institution released a study in 2011 that ranked Toledo first in the nation for “concentrated poverty.”

“It can be too easy to look away from a problem like this, but when I saw that the children of Lucas County were not having their most basic needs met, I knew I needed to do something,” said Siebeneck, who left a career as an agronomist to found FLCC. Siebeneck’s efforts were recognized regionally in February with the presentation of a Jefferson Award for Public Service, and he was nominated to receive the national Jefferson Award in June.

While in Washington, D.C., FLCC was also recognized by USDA officials as having the potential to serve as a template for future national programs to combat child hunger. “[The USDA] was very interested in studying our food model, specifically. This was not a conference or panel of several like groups; it was just us and them,” Siebeneck said. “We are serving more than double the national average of other food programs and that includes those in cities much larger than Toledo. They are aware of a national

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child hunger problem and they are researching ways to solve it.”

“Ninety-three percent of every dollar collected goes directly into the program,” said FLCC volunteer Gary Zarembski. “They’re a partner with 70 other organizations and they do everything they’re able to do on private donations. This is a group that gets it right. I hope the public helps them keep feeding kids in this county.”

Siebeneck and his team are now trying to raise $800,000, which will not build the expanded kitchen needed to handle the county’s anticipated needs but will rather build a facility comparable to their Macomber kitchen.

“This isn’t for anything fancy, just functional. This will get us in a new structure and operational again,” Siebeneck said.

Despite the urgency, Siebeneck remains optimistic that FLCC will overcome this obstacle. He cited an already positive public response, including business donations for a double cooking hood and an across-the-board willingness from the majority of Toledo’s print, television and radio outlets to raise awareness of their needs.

“The people of Lucas County are good people; we’re just trying to get their attention and let them know what we’re facing. We have a problem.

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On the eve of the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, local representatives from several faiths will join together for a prayer vigil in remembrance of the tragedy’s victims.

The United Muslim Association of Toledo (UMAT) will host the vigil. The group, which has existed for 16 years, has organized the event every year since the attack occurred 12 years ago, said Dr. S. Maseeh Rehman, a local physician serving as UMAT’s president.

Rehman said the vigil is open to everyone and that he hopes many people attend the event. Typically, between 70-100 people attend the vigil.

The speakers are still being finalized, but Rehman said he expects between 10-12 prayer leaders. Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and other speakers have presented at the vigil in past years.

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The vigil has two messages, said Rehman, who has been UMAT’s president for three years. The first message is to honor those who gave their lives for the United States.

“We will never forget our countrymen who gave their lives. We are a great nation because of the people who gave their lives,” Rehman said.

Several veterans are expected to attend the vigil.

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The vigil’s second message is to the terrorists, Rehman said.

“Those criminals have no regard for life and the people who were killed in this tragedy came from all different religious backgrounds,” Rehman said. “[Terrorists] don’t represent anyone.

[They] don’t represent any believers.”

The annual event is also an excellent time to ponder other current events like the violence in Syria, Rehman said.

“This is a time to think about all the other atrocities that are being committed in the world,” he said.

“Basically, any killing of innocent people in any part of the world is something I disagree with. I feel there are better ways of resolving our issues and problems.”

The prayer vigil, which has taken place at 5 p.m. in previous years, has been moved to 6 p.m. Sept.

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Cyrus Connors recently came out of retirement to open Molly Maid of Greater Toledo/Bowling Green, a local franchise for the national chain of residential cleaning services.

Before retiring in 2011, Connors, 59, worked for 24 years as an engineer at Whirlpool.

He described himself as a problemsolving specialist who was involved in the process, product and quality aspects of the manufacturing business.

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It’s not the first Molly Maid franchise in the Toledo area. Molly Maid operated in Toledo from 1994 until 2010, when the franchisee closed the business. Connors said he hired a person who had worked for Toledo’s former Molly Maid franchise.

“They had a good reputation and we want to continue that,” Connors said about the former franchise.

“We focus on quality and give great value to our customers. I really enjoy meeting with the people.”

Connors said the business currently has two teams of two people who travel to jobs in a dark blue Ford Focus with the “Molly Maid” name painted in large pink letters. An additional worker is being trained as a floater who could become part of a third team when the expanding business requires it.

Connors is confident of growth as he just ordered a third vehicle.

Molly Maid offers three basic packages: one-time cleanings, recurring jobs and move-in or move-out cleanings. The company also works with local real estate agents to clean and help stage homes for sale.

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Each worker goes through a training program, where he or she cleans houses and the work is checked to be sure it meets expectations. Interested applicants should apply on the website. Connors said all who apply are interviewed with a focus on attendance, quality and safety.

Cleaners are paid a commission or share of every fee for each job and end up making more than minimum wage, Connors said.

The cost of the service for the customer depends the square footage of each home, the number of rooms and other factors.

“We walk through the house with the person to understand what they want done and provide an estimate for that job,” said Connors, who declined to discuss actual numbers for the work.

Molly Maid offers $10 off the first 10 cleans and other discounts through local mailings, Connors said.

Connors said the company gets a lot of business through referrals and people who see the Molly Maid cars around town. They also receive business via the Yellow Pages online and the Molly Maid website.

“We have someone who answers the phone when customers call,” Connors said, referring to customer service representative Stephanie Strausbaugh.

Connors said the business supports the YWCA Battered Women’s Shelter in Toledo through the Ms. Molly Foundation.

Connors grew up in the area and has raised his family here. His mother and father owned and operated a Hallmark gift shop and jewelry store in Fremont. He said he learned a lot about business and life in general from his parents.

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The Appliance Center Home Store is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a Family Fun Festival on Sept. 7 and 8 at its location in Maumee.

The festival will feature four regional bands, a four-time world champion magician, bungee jumping, a bounce house, baseball and carnival games, balloon artists, face painters, food, prizes, gift cards giveaways and much more to celebrate the occasion.

The bands — My 80’s Vice, Velvet Jones, Skoobie Snaks, and East River Drive — will perform onstage in the store’s parking lot throughout the event.

The Appliance Center will offer live cooking demonstrations by Weber with many other food kiosks onsite. Thousands of customers and guests are expected during the weekend celebration.

“Our 130 local employees want to thank our hometown for 50 incredible years with what will be our biggest community event ever,” stated owners and siblings John Oswald and Julie Oswald Abbey in a news release.

Appliance Center sells appliances, electronics, furniture, bedding, custom cabinetry, flooring and lighting with 300 top brand names available. It offers same-day or next-day delivery service on most purchases.

There will be storewide savings with the best deals ever, according to John and Julie. Manufacturers’ semis will be present so customers may buy directly off their trucks.

“Appliance Center is truly a onestop store that offers everything you could need for your home all under one roof,” John said.

John and Julie’s father, Chuck Oswald, started the business on Lagrange Street in 1963. Both siblings have been involved in the retail business for many years and bought it from their father before he died in 2004.

In 1983, the store moved to its present location in Maumee with 26,000 square feet and a 9,000 squarefoot showroom. The expanded the

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facility in 2009 to 48,500 square feet, quadrupling the retail space. It now covers a total of 140,000 square feet, including the warehouse.

The Appliance Center Home Store expanded again in 2013 by adding custom cabinetry and complete kitchens with 18 different kitchen displays. It has already completed 100 kitchen projects. The store has custom kitchen displays for Electrolux, Monogram, Viking, Sub-Zero/Wolf, Thermador and more.

The independent appliance re-

tailers went into the furniture business with a goal of becoming a destination store for furniture, beds, mattresses and all other items for the house.

“We are the largest and only home destination superstore in the area. We take pride in being the largest appliance and electronics dealer within 100 miles,” John said.

They now ship online orders placed through the store’s website all across the country, according to the John and Julie.

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up in Toledo, credit much of their success to their employees.

“We have great personnel with very little turnover,” Julie said.

“We’ve got a great team here and we’re hiring more positions now,” said John, who specifically mentioned a need for kitchen designers and carpeting and flooring specialists.

The hands-on owners said that they are proud to keep 100 percent of the revenue and jobs in the local community.

“It’s been incredible. The Toledo area made it all possible. Our cus-

tomers have supported us for five decades. So, it’s a great way for saying thanks to Toledo,” John said, referring to their 50th anniversary celebration.

“You can still buy local and get the best deal with guaranteed lowest prices and free delivery,” John said.

The Appliance Center Home Store is located at 321 Illinois Ave. in Maumee with an additional entrance off Conant Street near the Anthony Wayne Trail.

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Vin Devers Autohaus of Sylvania will start its engines in a fight against muscular dystrophy — rain or shine.

The 4th Annual European Auto Show will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 8 at Vin Devers Autohaus on Monroe Street.

The show will include European cars from the 1950s to today, including Audi, Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Bentley models and more.

General Manager Jason Perry anticipates 75 cars. This event is free and open for anyone to visit.

Anyone can preregister their car by contacting Perry at jperry@vindevers.com or (419) 824-2330. Vehicles preregistered by Sept. 6 pay the discounted price of $8; cars registered from 9-11 a.m. the day of the show must pay $12.

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by Perry and Autohaus owner Paul Devers. There will be a hot dog vendor at the event and country music station K100 will have a live remote.

Perry said all the funds collected at the event will benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Everyone who attends will be encouraged to donate.

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By Jeff McGinnis Toledo Free Press Pop Culture Editor PopGoesJeff@gmail.com

George Clinton. The Godfather of Funk. The man who helped sire an entire genre of music. A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. An individual who continues to inspire musicians the world over and whose work has sprouted faithful disciples in every musical style from hip-hop to heavy metal.

And yet, Clinton, who recently celebrated his 72nd birthday with his grandkids (and great grandkids), said there’s still no thrill quite like getting up on stage and getting down in CLINTON front of a crowd of adoring fans.

“I still have a ball, I still enjoy it,” Clinton said in an interview with Toledo Free Press. “I mean, this, to me, is my favorite thing to do, is hit the stage or studio. But I still enjoy it. I can’t see myself retiring or nothing.”

Toledo fans will get the chance to see Clinton and his legendary band the Parliament Funkadelic live and in person as part of Project iAm’s Acoustics for Autism Plugged In event Sept. 13 at the Shops at Fallen Timbers.

Admission is $10 — and benefits an amazing cause.

“We used to live there at Dorr Hall,” Clinton said, recalling the Glass City with fondness. “It’s a club right there back in the ’60s and ’70s.

We used to play there all the time, entertain the college kids there a lot.

Dorr Hall was one of my favorite gigs back in the ’60s.”

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Nicole Khoury, the lead singer of local band Arctic Clam, agreed that there is nothing like the feeling of performing in front of a large, energetic crowd — especially when they’re there for KHOURY more than just great music.

“We’ve had a lot of people tell us we definitely rise to the occasion and we’re definitely at our best when we’re on that big stage and when we’re playing in front of the big crowds,” Khoury said. “Something about the energy of the fans — and I know it sounds silly to say that, you’re just a cover band in Toledo, but there’s something about the energy you get and the response you get from people.”

For Khoury, some of the most powerful emotions can come from the cause at the root of the band’s most visible gigs. For the past six years, she has been the brainchild behind Project iAm and Acoustics for Autism, a concert series designed to raise money and awareness about the condition.

“Not just for autism, but for families affected by autism, which is something that isn’t being done anywhere,” Khoury said.

Each February, Acoustics for Autism brings together a slew of local bands to raise money, hold a raffle and rock out for the cause. In contrast, the fall event has a different focus, though the goal of bringing funds and awareness to the issue remains.

“The Plugged In show, which is the September show, is supposed to have a bit of a different feel. It’s more of a give-back, thank you to the community, and we’re going to bring this really awesome national act to town,

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Khoury said finding a headliner for this year’s concert was a challenge.

“This was a really hard concert to do,” she said. “I have been stressing out for about the last four months about it, because usually I have got my band in place, ready to go, and selling tickets in May. In May, I reached out to so many different booking agents, and I kept trying to reach out about what the message of Project iAm was across to these booking agents, and nobody was getting it.”

She had all but run through her usual options when someone suggested Clinton. “We reached out to them, and then after a lot of negotiating, were able to get them to fit in our price range. And I thought, this is going to be a really good fit, you know? Even if you don’t know George Clinton, you know George Clinton.”

— and rebellion.

“It felt good, because ... we had been through Motown and psychedelic. But when ‘Mothership’ came out, there was Bootsy and all those.

We knew we had a brand-new thing.

And we did all the crazy stuff in the early ’70s, ’69 — I mean, we were the Miley Cyruses of that era.”

It may stun and shock some of Clinton’s older fans to hear him draw such a comparison — but he doesn’t shy away from his admiration for Cyrus and many of the modern musicians who shock the status quo.

“I like her now, I really like her.

That cracked me up. I love when kids get on grown folks’ nerves. When new music gets on your nerves, that means that it’s gonna work. The more you dislike it, the bigger it’s gonna be,” Clinton argued. “That’s what it is about! I think Grace Slick said it — the kids are supposed to get on your nerves. They’re supposed to.”

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Clinton’s ongoing legacy stretches far beyond his own Hall-of-Fame career. Generations of musicians cite the legendary funk frontman as an influence — a fact that Clinton says is a thrill.

“It makes you feel good, it makes you feel like, I guess, the way I felt about Motown, or the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone. It feels good to know that somebody sees that in us.

But I’m still trying to keep up, find something new. I’m never satisfied.

When I’m done, I always try to find something new to do.”

It’s that never-ending desire to grow and experiment which led Clinton and his contemporaries — James Brown, the aforementioned Stone, et al. — to merge a distinctive dance rhythm with traditional jazz and R&B beats to create a whole new sound in the late 1960s: Funk. Clinton said the era was filled with excitement

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That acceptance of and encouragement for the new generation is a big part of why Clinton has remained incredibly relevant to this day. He keeps a sharp eye on the latest music trends. He heartily endorses YouTube, and he said his great-granddaughters use the site to point out new and exciting bands he should check out. In an era where sampling classic beats to create new pieces has been criticized and shunned by some of his contemporaries, Clinton has embraced it.

The end result is that Clinton draws an audience that is widely varied in both age and musical tastes. “We were probably one of the first groups to get two generations, three generations of fans that come and watch us. And that’s because hip-hop sampled a lot of our music.

And I stayed close to the ones that

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sampled it; I didn’t get upset with it.

That helped us bridge that gap between our fans, their kids’ fans, and their kids’ fans.”

Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, OutKast, Snoop Lion, Redman, Wu-Tang Clan and on and on — all these artists either sampled or worked alongside Clinton to create something wholly new, but also with his distinctive fingerprint.

“And they’re old-school, now,” Clinton said. “They’ve been around long enough to be old-school. But they’ve learned from us that if you participate with younger musicians, you stay young yourself. It keeps you fresh.”

Clinton continues to keep an eye on maintaining that connection to a younger generation. He recently relaunched his The C Kunspyruhzy label to put out new music digitally — and not just from himself and the Parliament Funkadelic.

“We got a whole lot of stuff we’re getting ready to put out now. My granddaughters — they’re called Candy Apple Red — I’m getting ready to put out an album on them. Then a lot of members within the band, their kids.”

Khoury is sure that fans who come out to Fallen Timbers on Sept. 13 are guaranteed a great time — come rain or shine.

“Last year, for Rusted Root, we were opening, and it was pouring down rain. To get up onstage and look out and see 1,500 people staring back at you, laughing, jumping, having a great time, nobody complaining about it. Because everybody’s there for the right reason, you know? You can’t really top the feeling that you get when you get up there.”

And Clinton — 72 years old, and as relevant and rocking as ever — told Toledo to get ready.

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It’s a stage-setting scene: Frances “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer Grey) helps carry watermelons to a secret party where resort staffers are “Dirty Dancing” as The Contours’ “Do You Love Me” blares.

That song’s pivotal placement meant The Contours were back to really shake ’em down.

“The second time around, it was bigger,” Sylvester Potts said in a 2006 interview with Toledo Free Press. “That tune sold 1 million for us in 1962. But during the Dirty Dancing Tour in 1988, it sold 10 million for us. And it was exactly the same record.”

Penned by Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr., that fun, feisty single topped Billboard’s R&B chart and reached No. 3 on the Hot 100 in 1962.

Included on the 1988 disc “More Dirty Dancing,” “Do You Love Me” worked its way up the charts for eight weeks and hit No. 11.

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When he sees us, he says, ‘There’s my boys!’”

Thanks to his soulful singing and sweet steps, Potts was invited to join The Contours in 1961 to replace Leroy Fair.

“Leroy was a good singer, but he couldn’t dance at all,” Potts said. “That was a problem.”

Enter Potts, whose smooth moves included the splits, just in time to record the smash.

“We thought it was a good song, that it would be a hit, but we had no idea just how big of a hit,” the Detroit native recalled.

More singles followed: “Shake Sherry,” “Can You Jerk Like Me,” “Just a Little Misunderstanding,” “First I Look at the Purse.”

None rivaled what the singer called the group’s national anthem.

“Wherever we go, we can’t leave until we sing ‘Do You Love Me.’ People still want to hear it,” Potts said.

Some are new fans, thanks to the 1987 movie. “[‘Dirty Dancing’ is] a blessing.

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when the song came out are coming to the shows. It’s been amazing.”

Potts and The Contours — Tony Womack, Kim Green and Tee Turner — will do the mashed potato and the twist at 4:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at Music Fest. The group will take the stage at 4:30 p.m. on the Memorial Field House lawn on the University of Toledo’s Main Campus.

The free show will start at 3 p.m. with The Lonely Friends and continue through midnight with Alexander Zonjic with The Motor City Horns, Josh Gracin, Reel Big Fish and The White Panda.

Potts, who was unavailable for an interview due to his wife’s illness, plans to perform, according to manager Jack Ryan.

“I just love to see the smiles on people’s faces out there in the audience,” Potts said. “Once we get them going, it’s even better. They’ll be bobbing their heads, clapping their hands.”

Do The Contours see some bad dancers out there?

“Yes,” Potts said and laughed. “We see some out of sync, but they’re enjoying it, so that puts great big smiles on our faces.” O

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Wander the Warehouse District set for Sept. 15

By Jay Hathaway

TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER news@toledofreepress.com

Downtown Toledo’s Warehouse District is rich in history, but passersby do not often get the chance to see more than the timeworn facades of the buildings. The Toledo Warehouse District Association (TWDA) is offering a chance for curious minds to dig a little deeper.

The TWDA will host the ninth annual Wander the Warehouse District tour from noon to 4 p.m. Sept 15.

Tickets are $10.

The event will feature tours of buildings, an art show and glassblowing, said Diane Keil-Roe, presi-

dent of the TWDA, who said Wander the Warehouse District has become the organization’s signature event.

“We started [it] with just a couple buildings,” Keil-Roe said.

“We would have people interested in what some of these buildings looked like inside. They drive past them every day going to work, and there is a lot of curiosity about what they look like inside.”

This year, five Warehouse District buildings will be open for viewing: the Berdan Building at 1 S. Erie St. (in its pre-renovated state), the Giammarco Lofts at 609-11 Monroe St., the Rideout-Albright Building at 1 S. St. Clair St., the Buckeye Brewery at 28 Broadway St.

and Bozart’s Fine Art & Music Gallery and the Garden Loft at 151 S. St. Clair St. Glass-blowing will take place on Huron Street, next to Sam Okun Produce, along with an art show on South St. Clair Street, between Lafayette and Washington streets.

Wander the Warehouse District has also teamed up with the Oliver House, which will host an Oktoberfest celebration after the tour from 3-10 p.m. This will mark the second year of the partnership.

Several restaurants will be open in the district, and Ye Olde Durty Bird will feature specials for the tour.

The TWDA, headquartered at 22 N. Erie St., is celebrating 32 years since its inception. Its mission is to promote

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the area, to preserve the architecturally significant buildings and to serve as a liaison between district residents and the city, Keil-Roe said.

Keil-Roe is a partner with the Knight Crockett Miller Insurance Group, the main sponsor of the event.

One of her business associates invited her to join TWDA, and she has been at the forefront of its activities since.

Since she got involved, she said she has witnessed significant growth in the neighborhood.

“Over the last five years, we’ve really seen resurgence in activity down here,” she said. “I just love these old buildings, and I love the feel of the neighborhood.

To me, there’s nothing else like it in the city of Toledo. You walk around and

you always seem to bump into somebody you know, and that just doesn’t happen in many other places.”

For residents of the district who are curious about the TWDA, KeilRoe extended an invite.

“We try to be the hub for events happening in the district, no matter who’s putting it on. We have monthly meetings that we invite anyone to come to. It’s a great way to hear what’s going on in the neighborhood, and get to know people.”

For ticket info, visit www.toledowarehouse.org. To purchase tickets in person, go to St. Clair Village, at Lafayette and St. Clair streets, where tickets can be purchased and picked up at the TWDA box office. O

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Grugelfest brings jazz music to Downtown

By Matt Liasse

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer mliasse@toledofreepress.com

During the planning stages of last year’s Grugelfest, “Ragtime” Rick Grafing was never thinking about the years to follow.

“People asked us, ‘[Are] you going to do this next year?” and I said, ‘Let’s see if we are able to do it right this year first,’” he said.

Last year’s festival, which Grafing co-chaired with Merrill Kane, was successful, evident in the way it overfilled the ballroom of Downtown’s Park Inn by Radisson. Grafing said as soon as the festival ended, he knew he’d do it again.

“We had a good crowd right up until the last note was played,” Grafing said.

Grugelfest will take place at the SeaGate Convention Centre and the Park Inn from Sept. 13-15. It replaced the annual EARLYJAS Fall Dixieland Jazz Festival in Strongsville, Ohio, which ended after 20 years in 2011.

“They ran out of volunteers,” Grafing said. “They had just enough volunteers to run the festival. If anyone hadn’t been able to do their job, it would’ve been a disaster.”

When the cancellation was announced, Grafing instantly thought of bringing the festival to Toledo.

“I don’t think I sat still long enough to be nervous; looking back at it, I should’ve been. I should’ve been scared to death,” Grafing said.

Grafing said the template for the first Grugelfest was almost the same as the EARLYJAS festival’s —

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with minor tweaks.

Officially, the event is called “The Ralph Grugel Memorial Jazz Festival,” named to honor Grafing’s friend and leader of the Eagle Jazz Band, Ralph Grugel. Grafing said he had hoped people would just call it Grugelfest.

“Ralph Grugel was an amazing guy … with a marvelous sense of humor,” Grafing said. “He was also a larger than life personality. It’s hard to describe Ralph; he had a certain magic to him.”

Grafing said Grugel was responsible for turning the Flats in Cleveland into a “big entertainment district.”

“Ralph Grugel was a great guy, but they’re never going to make a movie out of him,” Grafing said. “Ralph was a great guy who made tremendous contributions to jazz and got a lot of people, like me, fired up about it, but he’ll never get the recognition he’d probably deserve. But at least we can tip our hat a little bit. That’s why we named it after him.”

Bands, solo acts and student performers will take the stage during the weekend, including Cakewalkin’ Jass Band from Toledo, Blue Ox Jazz Babies from Mankato, Minn., Dave Greer’s Classic Jazz Stompers from Dayton, The St. Louis Stompers from St. Louis and Climax Jazz Band from Toronto.

Grugelfest will also include a Dixieland Worship Service, featuring The St. Louis Stompers, at Bethel Lutheran Church on Sept. 15.

The money raised at Grugelfest will benefit the Children’s Dyslexia Center-NWO, as it did last year. The center features trained tutors to help students learn how to read. Grafing said after a student goes through the program, they are able to read like any other kid.

“It takes these kids from being underachievers and borderline dropouts with low self-esteem to being star performers and going on to college … transforming their lives,” he said. “I met some parents of kids who had their lives changed because of [the Children’s Dyslexia Center], and when I start talking to these parents … you hear a few people talk like that and you say ‘woah.’”

Grafing said he likes the way the organization quietly transforms lives by giving help to one kid at a time.

Tickets to Grugelfest can be purchased at the SeaGate Centre Box Office or ticketmaster.com. Tickets are split between four sessions, 6 p.m. Sept. 13, 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Sept. 14 and 11:30 a.m. Sept. 15.

Tickets to single sessions are $45; a ticket for all four sessions is $120.

There are also $150 Patron Tickets available, which include reserved seating, a Saturday morning pa-

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Directors that Sealed Bids will be received by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority for:

A+ Self Storage at 1324 W. Alexis Toledo, OH 43612 will offer for public sale at 3:30PM on September 24, 2013 the following units: Unit 116, Brandon Green 6237 Sellers St. Ottawa Lake, MI 49267: Desk, Boxes, Bags; Unit 285, Tranese Campbell 813 E. Grant Alliance, Ohio 44601: Microwave, Boxes, TV; Unit 304, Kevin Dawson 16 E. Sylvania Toledo ohio 43612: Sofa, Fans, Recliner; Unit 404, Dawn Rehm 4442 Burnham Toledo oh 43612: Air Conditioner, Boxes, Dryer; Unit 417, Stephen Swiatecki 4452 Walker Toledo Ohio 43612: Box Spring, Chest of Drawers, Sofa; Unit 612, Neal Rhodes 1840 macomber toledo, ohio 43606: Sofa, End Tables, TV; Unit 801, Kerri McLeod 4737 Secor Toledo, OH 43623: Boxes, Luggage, Bags; Unit 817, Jennifer Dronyk 207 Moss Creek Toledo OH 43612: Crib, Crib Mattress, TV; Unit 839, Ryan Doner 3024 Warsaw Toledo OH 43613: Snack Tables, Boxes, Chair; Unit 925, Ericka Burns 2530 Heather Hills Apt D Toledo, Ohio 43614: Holiday Décor, Boxes, Storage Tubs; Unit 1125, Darryl Perry 2247 Portsmouth Ave TOLEDO OHIO 43613: Tires, Storage Tubs, Boxes; Unit 1906, Jerry S. Kasper 5701 Bannockburn Tol OH 43623: Tv’s, Floor Lamp, Boxes; Unit 2111, Eric Underwood 5639 Glasgow RD Sylvania, oh, 43560: Microwave, Stroller, Boxes;; Cash and Removal. Call ahead to confirm: 419-476-1400

THE OCEAN Corp. 10840 Rockley Road, Houston, Texas 77099. Train for a New Career. *Underwater Welder. Commercial Diver. *NDT/Weld Inspector. Job Placement Assistance. Financial Aid available for those who qualify. 1-800-321-0298.

3 Bedroom, Brick Ranch 2,000 sq. ft. and attached two-car garage on 5-acre wooded lot.

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PHASE 3.3B WAREHOUSE BUILDING LAKE ERIE PORT MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRIAL CENTER – IRONVILLE TERMINAL 2863 FRONT STREET, TOLEDO, OH 43605 This contract is for all labor, equipment and materials necessary for the above-referenced project at Ironville Terminal, 2863 Front Street, Toledo, OH 43605, in accordance with the plans and specifications, for the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority at One Maritime Plaza, Toledo, OH 43604.

Bids will be received at the Port Authority’s administrative offices at One Maritime Plaza, Toledo, OH 43604 until Friday, September 13, 2013, at 2:00PM, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Questions will be entertained until September 6th at 5:00 PM and shall be submitted in writing to sway@dgl-ltd.com — answers will be distributed in writing to all plan holders on Becker Plan Room’s website.

The project is located at 2863 Front Street, Toledo, OH 43605. This project consists of the construction of a 15,540sf warehouse building and minimal site work around the building perimeter. The warehouse building consists of a 75’ clear span with basic support mechanical/ electrical/plumbing utilities. An office area and restroom/mechanical room each of 390sf will also be constructed. Possible alternates are also included in the project expanding the total building to 19,290sf and installing a mechanical exhaust system. The site work (performed by others and not included with this contract) to accompany the building construction consists of concrete pavement, track construction, and utilities brought to the building. The Engineer’s Estimate for the base bid items is $1,375,000 and the total Engineer’s Estimate for the base bid plus alternates is $1,700,000. The project will be awarded on the base bid plus the alternates which are accepted at the time of bidding. Any alternates not accepted at the time of bidding may or may not be awarded later in the project as funding permits.

Plans, Specifications, Instructions to Proposers, and Forms of Proposal and Contract are on file, and may be obtained by either (1) obtaining hard copies from Becker Impressions, 4646 Angola Road, Toledo, OH 43615, phone 419.385.5303, during normal business hours; or (2) ordering and paying through Becker Impressions’ plan room at www.beckerplanroom.com at a non-refundable price of $40.00.

This advertisement may be read in its entirety at http://www.toledoportauthority.org/en-us/ publicnotices.aspx.

Toledo Free Press publishes classified ads and cannot be responsible for problems arising between parties placing or responding to ads in our paper. We strongly urge everyone to exercise caution when dealing with people, companies and organizations with whom you are not familiar.

All real estate advertised in this paper is subject to the federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, in the sale, rental, or financing of housing.

This Publisher will not knowingly accept any advertising that violates any applicable law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this paper are available on an equal opportunity basis. If you believe you have been discriminated against in connection with the sale, rental, or financing of housing, call the Toledo Fair Housing Center, (419) 243-6163.

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Public Notice Lucas County Children Services (LCCS) is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Interpretation/ Translation and Sign Language Services.

The goal is to provide families and children who have an open referral or case with services that will: • reduce/eliminate communication barriers; • be LEP compliant; • be ADA compliant, and • provide equal access and opportunity to benefit from our agency’s services.

LCCS is seeking proposals from governmental units, private for-profit entities/ agencies and non-profit entities/agencies. Agencies should have unique information, education, knowledge, and experience related to the RFP. RFP materials will be available September 9, 2013, 9:00 a.m., at 705 Adams St., Toledo, Ohio, 43604. To make arrangements to pick up a RFP packet, call 419-213-3658. The RFP is also available via the LCCS website, www.lucaskids.net. An applicant information session regarding the RFP will be held at LCCS on September 17, 2013, at 9:00 a.m., in Room #913.

The deadline for completed proposals (NO FAX) is 4:00 p.m., on Friday, October 4, 2013. No proposal will be accepted after the deadline.

By Dean Sparks, Executive Director Lucas County Children Services ADOPTION IS a brave choice: A secure life of love awaits your baby through this gift. Expenses Paid.

Daria (888) 788-5624.

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