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The 112-year-old Ashland Avenue Baptist Church may be forced to close its historic doors, page 11

NOE STRIKES BACK n ON THE ‘COIN INVESTMENT SCANDAL’:

“This has been a malicious personal attack … it’s got to be politically motivated.” n ON THE INSPECTOR GENERAL’S

INVESTIGATION: “When all is said and done they will not find anything.” n ON THE BLADE: “I will not let someone

continuously slander me the way they have.”

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Warrick: Zoo is ‘Jeep plant’ waiting to happen

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he media created this mess — NOW FIX IT!!!!!!!!!”

That is the closing line of a letter I received this week from an anonymous group of people who claim to be employees of the Toledo Zoo. The letter was mailed with nearly 50 evaluation forms from a November 2004 training session conducted by lawyer and human resources consultant Scott Warrick, who worked with zoo employees for about a year.

According to a March 20 Blade article, “Zoo officials terminated Warrick’s contract [March 18] after Blade reporters began asking questions about his tactics.”

The anonymous letter I received reads like a desperate plea from some very unhappy people: “Scott was helping us clean this place up and take it back from the bullies and now he is gone! Scott was the best thing to happen to the zoo in years, and now he is made out to be the bad guy. We want him back! We need his help!

No one else has the guts to take on these bullies, but he did. Scott stood up for us. No one else will!”

In an open letter posted at www.supportthezoo.org, Warrick writes about his experience with zoo officials. He says he tried to work with the perceived “bullies” and management, but when he tried to tell the “bullies” how

Michael S. Miller they were thought of by their fellow zoo employees, “the ‘bullies’ erupted into a mob.’ ” I’ve seen the word “bullies” pop up repeatedly in the media coverage of the zoo’s internal strife. I asked Warrick in an interview Friday if he introduced that word into the zoo’s culture or if zoo employees were already using “bullies” to describe some of their co-workers.

He said he uses the description “bullies” in his training to describe “people who want to run things from their own little fiefdom. They intimidate, push others around and sabotage people.

It’s harassment; in describing workplace bullying, we use the same analogies we use to describe battered wife syndrome.”

Warrick said zoo employees and managers were using the word before he used it in training sessions.

Warrick said his greatest regret is that he promised many zoo employees he would improve their

working conditions, but he was cut loose before he could keep his vow. He said he still receives “six or seven calls a week plus e-mails” from zoo employees asking for advice and for his return.

“When people are in that situation, under tremendous stress and pressure, you create an atmosphere for dangerous things to happen,” Warrick said. “We could very likely have another Jeep plant shooting. When you are interfering with how people make a living, you create a dangerous atmosphere. And those who are standing by and not saying anything are as bad as the bullies.”

In an interview Monday, Toledo Zoo Board of Directors President Stephen H. Staelin said Warrick’s words of warning are “a significant over-statement.”

“I do not believe we have that environment,” Staelin said. “If the situation is that dire, no one has brought it to the attention of the board. Any employees who feel they aren’t being heard can speak to any member of the zoo board.”

Staelin said the board is “looking to assess morale in an organized, scientific manner.”

I do not know Scott Warrick. I do not know if there are “bullies” who “terrorize” other zoo employees. But the intensity of his statements and the desperation of the anonymous letter I received

make a strong case that controversy over Dr. Tim Reichert’s firing has exposed untamed behavior that is supposed to be inside the zoo’s cages.

I hope zoo officials are listening to the upset employees and take swift action to quell the institution’s unrest. It is in the best interest of the employees, the zoo, the city and taxpayers that the conflicts be solved before irreparable damage is done to reputations, lives and the zoo’s place of honor and respect.

Warrick said it does not bring him any comfort, but he warned zoo officials of the mess they were exposing.

“I told them it was like the scene in ‘The Untouchables’ when Sean Connery is telling Kevin Costner, ‘If you go through this door now, there’s no turning back. You have to be prepared to go all the way,’ ” Warrick said.

“I told them, if you don’t fulfill your promise, things here will be worse than ever; now, morale at the zoo is the worst it has ever been. It would have been better if I had never been there at all.”

Michael S. Miller is Editor in Chief of Toledo Free Press.

He may be contacted at (419) 241-1700, or by e-mail at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SeaGate unsupportive TO THE EDITOR; As a downtown business owner since 1996, I have supported downtown growth from the minute I arrived. Since 1996 I have opened four businesses, all in downtown Toledo.

Working at my main location, Focaccia’s Delicatessen, I hear talk from convention attenders of SeaGate Centre. The main topic is they say they have no idea where to go for meals and if they do get lucky and find a place, it’s closed.

We were asked to become members of the Convention Center, and agreed wholeheartedly, wanting to support the downtown area. We have tried to open for the larger conventions when SeaGate has asked us to, armed with a fully staffed restaurant. To get word out that we are open, we have attempted to take fliers into the convention center, but have been repeatedly turned away by the staff, who tell us that there is no advertising allowed, even though they were the organization that asked us to open on the weekend when we are usually closed.

The convention center has vendors selling hot dogs, fries etc., that patrons assume are their only option, and with the majority of conventions housing out-of-town attenders, they have no way of knowing any better without advertisement.

This past weekend the Weak Signals convention was in town (estimates say 15,000 attended) and as usual we opened on a Saturday to help feed the large quantity of people, per the request of the Convention Centre, and once again were forbidden to hand out our fliers. The few customers we did get said, “If only the thousands at the convention center knew this place or others were here, they wouldn’t be forced into exclusively eating hot-

dogs and fries.” In your April 6 issue, Toledo Free Press had an excellent article about the great independent restaurants in Toledo (“An open letter to my fellow Toledoans,” by Food/ Dining Editor Adam Mahler). Why isn’t the Convention Centre showcasing independent restaurants to our visitors?

I hear complaints from other restaurant owners about the same subject. The SeaGate Convention Centre is a shining jewel of downtown Toledo. They should be one of the forerunners for promoting downtown and all of its businesses. Who is holding them accountable?

With the new leadership in the county offices, one would hope they pay attention to this issue.

ED BECZYNSKI Owner, Focaccia’s Delicatessen, Toledo

Cell phone over-reaction TO THE EDITOR; Oregon Mayor Marge Brown’s knee-jerk reaction to cell phone use by motorists is not the common sense answer to a growing problem.

Cell phones in automobiles are an important safety factor for emergency communication, as well as important instant communication with loved ones. Passengers can use cell phones to communicate while the driver tends to the operation of the vehicle.

Cell phone use in automobiles should not be banned, but there is considerable room for restriction — require drivers to pull off the road to take an incoming phone call, answer, ask the caller to hold, pull out of traffic, stop, put on hazard lights, then talk. If the motorist must initiate a call, he/she should be required to pull over or into a parking lot before making the call.

This is merely common sense and courtesy to others (as well as much safer), which, unfortunately, too many motorists do not display.

Thus, motorists must become more responsible and follow the course of polite and caring driving — including cell phone use. For those who can’t learn to be responsible, the police should be given the tools with which to ticket motorists — and use that power.

But this huge safety factor and convenience for motorists that a cell phone affords should not be abridged.

FRED NOFZIGER Maumee

Liberal concerns TO THE EDITOR; In our modern, “enlightened” society, I find it very interesting that the only group of people for whom liberals can muster any sympathy when it comes to the unnatural termination of life appear to be convicted murderers. They say that the death penalty is cruel, unusual and inhumane, and has no place in a civilized world. Interesting. If only they could find the same measure of compassion for innocent unborn babies and mentally handicapped (but otherwise healthy) women down in Florida, I might actually believe that liberals were sincere in their “defense” of life.

ROBERT C.W. BIRMINGHAM Toledo Letters to the Editor are accepted through e-mail at letters@toledofreepress.com.

Submissions should not exceed 400 words.

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THE RIGHT TO KNOW

April 13, 2005

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BY JEFFREY MITCHELL

Dems rain woe on ‘Sanctioned Seven’ Editor’s note: Beginning this issue, former Lucas County Republican Party Chairman Bernadette Noe will contribute a twicemonthly column to Toledo Free Press. On alternate weeks, former Lucas County Democratic Party Chairman Keith Wilkowski will contribute a column.

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spent the first 14 years of my adult life as an active member of the Lucas County Democratic Party. I even served a term as the Democratic State Central Committeewoman. I was entrenched in the local party, until a philosophical split sent me in another direction.

I tell you these historical facts so that you can better understand my perspective on the recent sanctions leveled by the local Dems against many of their elected officials.

This move is steeped in their tradition — a tradition my dad, a former Democratic elected official — taught me early on: “If you have to make a choice between losing control of the party or losing a race, always lose the race.”

Lose a race? On purpose?

How nice it must be to be the chairman of a party who can afford to lose a race to instill party discipline. Having served as the Republican Party Chairman in Lucas County, I never had that luxury.

But Lucas County Democrats severed ties with seven of its elected municipal officials. I can’t even imagine having seven elected municipal officials.

Being chairman of a political party is a tough job and I firmly believe that you should walk in people’s shoes a year or two before casting stones. But before you conclude that I am going to take the Democratic Chairman to the woodshed, hold on; dad has a valid point. This is a slippery slope to climb.

Political parties, especially those in the majority who control all the patronage, have a lot of muscle to flex. They also wield a lot of influence over their candidates. The party’s endorsement is very important to candidates, especially those new to the ballot. The all-important “D” next to their names carries a lot of weight in this town. But there is an expectation that accompanies that endorsement. And when that expectation is not met, or in this case, when the elected officials thumb their noses at

Bernadette Noe the party who endorsed them, gee, what’s a chairman to do?

Here’s where I think the slippery slope gets icy. The Democratic Party endorsed two candidates to fill vacancies on the Toledo Public School Board and on Toledo City Council. Instead of following their recommendation, the elected decision-makers appointed other individuals — those they thought to be more qualified.

So who’s right here? Well, as a voter, I expect those individuals sworn into public office to act in the best interest of the electorate; which is what they said they did.

But, as a (former) party chairman, I would expect those elected to office with the endorsement of the local party, to follow the by-laws of the party and act accordingly. Political parties generate considerable money and manpower to run these campaigns. It’s a big consideration which creates an even bigger conflict.

It appears that the Democratic Party expects their elected officials and party faithful to support the wishes of the local party and to elect only those individuals endorsed by the party. Woe to the Democrat who writes a check to, or places a yard sign of, someone not endorsed by the party.

And “woe” is what has rained upon the Sanctioned Seven.

My advice? If it’s going to mean anything, you have to be consistent with the discipline.

How about those of you — and you and I know who you are — who supported Harry Barlos in his race against the endorsed Pete Gerken? Are you going to sanction yourselves?

The Old Guard of the Democratic Party tried to sanction me in 1987. When I wouldn’t do what they wanted, they threatened: “If you don’t run for office for us this year, you will never run as a Democrat in Lucas County.”

If you say so!

Bernadette Noe may be contacted at WriteToNoe@aol.com.

ON THE STREET – FEEDBACK, COMMENTS AND RANTS Have you been following the controversy surrounding the Toledo Zoo and Dr. Tim Reichard’s dismissal, and what opinions have you formed?

“I think there are some hidden agendas here.

If Dr. Reichard felt the USDA needed to be alerted about animal care issues, where’s the argument?

He was simply doing his job. Obviously the animals should be the number one priority.”

— Andrea Rajner, West Toledo

“While there has been extensive media coverage about the controversy at the Toledo Zoo, I don’t feel that enough in-depth information has been presented. I think it’s very hard to make an intelligent decision without enough facts. ” — Brenda Hill, South Toledo

“Dr. Reichard has been at the zoo for a very long time, so of course he has plenty of experience. I don’t believe that he could have done something so wrong that it cost him his job.”

— Mary Hubbell, Bowling Green

“We used to watch Dr. Reichard on television!

Seems to have been doing a great job. He knows what he’s doing, he’s been there for 22 years! ” — Ken Rose, South Toledo

COMPILED AND PHOTOGRAPHED BY HEATHER NASH

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Business news in brief, page 7

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On the right track

Kim Davis and the staff at TalentTrack see opportunities on Toledo’s horizon, page 6

DEVELOPMENT

Putting pain on ice n Brent

Rubin uses cryosurgery to help people step over pain, page 7

Susan Ford

NORED focuses on regionalism

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conomic development has become a much more competitive game in the five years that Dean Monske has been executive director of the Oregon Economic Development Foundation.

Large cities, rural communities — everybody’s trying to attract high-paying jobs to increase their tax base.

MONSKE “It’s a very simple story and a story that’s been out there forever, but that’s what started NORED,” Monske said.

NORED is the Northwest Ohio Regional Economic Development Association, and Monske is its outgoing president. He found a tranquil hour to chat the day before he moved his office from Lallendorf Road to Navarre Avenue.

“The reason for regionalism in general, including NORED, is that there’s not much I can do in two very important arenas by myself — one being legislative advocacy. My little voice down in Columbus doesn’t mean a thing. But when I go down as NORED, and we have 11 counties and all the economic directors of counties and cities and all the elected officials, all of a sudden now people listen to you.”

That’s Number One. Number Two is money. With each charter member paying $5,000 a year and financial support coming from most of the area’s mid-size cities as well as from private sector partners such as Rudolph Libbe and Columbia Gas, NORED can put together marketing materials, rent a booth at trade shows and sell Northwest Ohio.

But what does a private company get out of NORED membership? These are “people who want to know what’s going on before it Please see NORED, page 6

Toledo Free Press photo by DM Stanfield

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HUMAN RESOURCES

NORED Continued from page 5 hits the paper,” Monske said.

They want to know when a big project is coming down the road because they want to do the environmental testing for it, finance it, build it.

“That’s why the public/private partnership works so well,” he said. “Everyone has a vested interest in the same outcome.”

In 2005, NORED is focusing its marketing on site consultants.

“Why search for that needle in a haystack,” Monske said, when there are “people that are holding a whole bunch of needles?”

The consultants first do Internet research to come up with a list of sites to consider, he said.

“The game we play is, I want to stay on the list. I want to make sure I make it down to the last three or five that they’re considering,” he said.

“Then they place the phone call. Because nine times out of ten, you have no idea that they were even looking in your community.”

Here’s the scenario: The consultant looks at the vitals for one of your sites. It has rail,

which he needs. The cost is reasonable, the infrastructure is in, it has incentives. “You’ve just stayed on the list,” Monske said. “If I can’t land something here in Oregon, I want it to stay as close to me as possible.”

Toledo or Northwood next.

If not, then Bowling Green or Sylvania. If the perfect site is just outside Lucas County, but the company never hears about it and instead goes to Michigan or South Carolina, no one in the region benefits.

“I think people are starting to come around to understand that that’s part of this whole regional concept,” he said.

I asked if “we” ever visit outof-state companies to entice them to relocate.

Monske laughed. “The state of Ohio was one of the first,” he said. In the 70s, “Rhodes’ Raiders” were named after thengovernor Jim Rhodes.

“Quite honestly, though, that’s something we try not to do,” he said. There may be a short-term benefit. But, Monske quoted, “Live by the sword, die by the sword.”

“I just think it’s a bad practice, period,” he said.

Susan Ford is Toledo Free Press Contributing Editor. E-mail her at Sford@toledofreepress.com.

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Employment company foresees opportunities on Toledo horizon

By Joe Bellfy Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

When Kim Davis co-founded TalentTrack with Jeff and Scott DePerro in June 2002, he said some questioned the viability of a fledgling employment firm in the midst of a recession.

Rather than bow to conventional wisdom, Davis said he was able to see opportunities looming on the horizon.

“From our perspective, there was no better time to start TalentTrack,” said Davis, president of the Toledo-based talent management company and a 25-year veteran of the industry. “We DAVIS wanted to build products, services and a qualified staff prior to going to the outside market. When the economy picked back up, we wanted to have an established reputation of delivering high quality to our clients.”

The company is reaping the rewards of its foresight. Since starting with two employees in a few small offices of the Ohio Building in downtown Toledo, TalentTrack has grown to 60 employees and now occupies nearly the entire ninth floor. In addition to anticipating revenue growth of 235 percent, the company hopes to employ more than 100 people by the end of 2005.

Davis said innovation is at the core of TalentTrack’s operational philosophy, as is the use of technology to meet the demands of an ever-changing workforce.

While the firm focuses on health care and financial

When the economy picked back up, we wanted to have an established reputation.”

– Kim Davis President, TalentTrack services — filling positions for nurses, therapists, accountants and mortgage lenders — it also services the construction and manufacturing industries.

Davis cites the company’s mission statement as a clear indication of its commitment to leading-edge processes and technology.

“Simply put, we find the right people at the right time for the right locations at the right price,” he said.

“TalentTrack has really served as an extension of our business,” said Molly Kwiatkowski, human resource director for Owens Corning Construction Services. “They are the face of our company to potential employees. As our business model has changed, TalentTrack has been flexible and helped create new opportunities for us.”

ON THE WEB www.talenttrack.com

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HEALTH CARE

Cryosurgery puts foot pain on ice

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

Plantar fasciitis (heel pain), ganglionic cysts (fluid-filled tissue growth) and other foot ailments with names as aggravating as their conditions may take a hike now that foot doctors have a new technique for deadening nerves to eliminate foot pain.

Cryosurgery, a minimally invasive procedure that freezes affected nerves in the foot, has been adopted since Food and Drug Administration approval in 2003 from similar techniques used for years for certain cancers and back pain. A small probe applies nitrous oxide to the nerve at temperatures between -50 degrees Celsius and -70 degrees Celsius, rendering it unable to transmit pain signals to the brain. When used for heel pain, the nerve will eventually re-grow, according to Dr. Brent L. Rubin, a Toledo medical and surgical foot and ankle specialist, but the procedure can be repeated with no ill effects.

“The nerve doesn’t recover like other tissue, so you have a permanent freezing of the nerve until it regenerates” he said. “If you have no nerve, you have no pain.”

Techniques have been developed by Dr. Lawrence Fallat to improve the success rate for patients who have scar tissue, specifically those with a condition known as amputation neuroma.

Rubin said Fallat, a doctor of podiatric medicine in Taylor, Mich., is considered the father of cryosurgery for the foot.

Fallat trained Rubin and Walkovich to perform cryosurgery along with 33 other doctors in the United States and two in EngToledo Free Press photo by DM Stanfield land. He cited a success rate of about 90 percent among his paDr. Brent Rubin and his partner, Dr. Michael Walkovich are tients and an overall nationwide rate of 87 percent as of 2002. pioneering cryosurgery in Ohio.

“Since that time, I have found some techniques and modalities to get around that scar tissue so I can reach that amputation neuoutcome, infection, can be treated with antibiotics, while post-proroma. Now we can effectively freeze that amputation neuroma and cedural discomfort can be relieved with over-the-counter ibuprofen. get rid of their pain,” Fallat said.

“Traditional surgeries come with a cost. Not just a physical cost No pain means big gain for the roughly 2 million sufferers of foot of pain and suffering, but the amount of time off work,” he said. problems who may benefit from the treatment. However, with but a “For traditional heel surgery, they’re off work for six to eight weeks. couple dozen facilities in the country equipped to perform the proceWe do [cryosurgery], and they go to work in two days.” dure, not all patients have easy access to treatment. Rubin said he About five percent of patients who seek treatment must resort and his partner, Dr. Michael Walkovich, are the only doctors of podito surgery or cryosurgery after receiving at least six months of atric medicine in Ohio currently offering foot cryosurgery. unsuccessful conventional therapy, which may include cortisone The procedure lasts about six minutes and, so far, Rubin’s painjections or inserts in the shoes. Some patients have had surgery tients have experienced a success rate of about 80 percent, he said. in the past, causing scar tissue to form around the nerve, which can Since first offering the service, Rubin said he and Walkovich have create minor complications for the doctor. treated about 45 patients, with a capacity of six to 12 per day.

“If you’ve had surgery before, and you have a lot of scar tissue, Rubin said the risks are “negligible.” The most serious potential the efficacy may be less,” Rubin said.

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BUSINESS BRIEFS From Staff Reports

TOLEDO

BBB awards The Better Business Bureau Serving Northwestern Ohio and Southeastern Michigan, Inc. (BBB) will host its 2005 Torch Awards for Marketplace Ethics at 11:30 a.m. on May 10 at a luncheon at Gladieux Meadows, 4480 Heatherdowns Blvd., Toledo. Chris Wallace, host of Fox News Sunday, will be the keynote speaker. Awards will be presented to three companies whose self-regulated business practices and related activities exemplify the BBB’s mission of promoting the highest standards of business ethics and conduct. Tickets are $45 each and may be obtained by calling the BBB at (419) 531-3116 or 800-743-4222.

TOLEDO

Kitson named CEO United Way of Greater Toledo has selected Bill Kitson as its next president.

He will replace retiring President Robert Lucas May 2, 2005. Since June 2003, Mr. Kitson has been the campaign vice president for United Way of Greater Milwaukee, Wisc.

PERRYSBURG

Duggan to lead firm Dream-Fields Inc.com, a Perrysburgbased Internet company specializing in Web site creation and online marketing, has named Elizabeth Duggan of Toledo, president. Duggan, 41 assumed her new duties April 5.

MAUMEE

Microsoft recognition Meyer Hill Lynch Corporation announced it has attained Gold Certified status in the Microsoft Partner Program with competencies in advanced infrastructure solutions and networking infrastructure solutions. As a Gold Certified partner, Meyer Hill Lynch has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customers’ needs. Meyer Hill Lynch Corporation is located at 352 Tomahawk Drive in Maumee, and may be reached at (419) 897-9797 or at www.mhl.com.

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High-tech scam costs local man $3,000, page 10

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‘Power of a penny’

UT President Dan Johnson, students unite to lower tuition, page 13

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Tom Noe defends coin investments, calls media coverage ‘slanderous’

By Myndi Milliken Special to Toledo Free Press

“It’s beyond reason or understanding,” said Tom Noe about The Blade newspaper’s recent allegations that Noe may have used political clout to become an approved emerging manager for investments of the State of Ohio Board of Workers’ Compensation.

“This has been a malicious, personal, slanderous attack on me and my business — it’s got to be politically motivated.”

Noe, president of Vintage Coins and Collectibles, and former Lucas County Republican Party Chairman (1992-1995), spoke to Toledo Free Press about his feelings concerning The Blade’s accusations, as well as

how his business and family have been affected since publication of Noe’s political and business relationship with the State of Ohio and political offices.

“There are so many mistruths,” he said. “The [Blade] reporters were given everything to the contrary [of what they wrote] and chose not to use it at all.”

Noe said he knew The Blade had made a public records request nearly two years ago and cooperated with reporters for the story. “It always blindsides you when it’s inaccurate and when it’s misleading. That’s the most frustrating part. Anyone who knows me well knows that to me, morals, ethics, family and community is what it’s all about.”

Officials at The Blade did not

return a call seeking comment for this story.

Noe entered the workforce at age 8 as a paperboy for the Bowling Green Sentinel-Tribune. Noe said it was then that he began buying rare coins. In 1973, after working in the rare coin industry, Noe dropped out of college to pursue a job dealing in rare coins. His business took him all over the country, eventually to Toledo. In 1981, he opened his own shop, then called Vintage Coins and Cards.

Noe said in 1997, he noticed that Ohio publicized requests for proposals (RFPs) for investment options.

“I noticed the investments could be anything. I felt I could fit the RFP. Did I know if it would stick? Of course not,” he said. “I filled out the RFP like

anyone else did and I was called by a California firm. There were hundreds who filled out RFPs. I think they were intrigued by the idea [of rare coin investments] and by some of the returns.”

Noe’s company received approval, and the state invested $25 million in a limited partnership called Capital Coin Fund, Ltd., managed in part by what is now called Vintage Coins and Collectibles. The investment, less than five percent of the entire amount invested by the bureau, proved a diversification tool and a moneymaker for the state, according to Noe. “The fund never lost money, even in a tough coin time,” he said.

Please see NOE, page 10

Toledo Free Press photo by Myndi Milliken

Tom Noe

ANIMAL CONTROL

Unlicensed dogs to be ticketed by dog warden

By Dave Wasinger Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

The Lucas County Dog Warden may soon be knocking on your door.

Starting in May, the dog warden’s office will conduct its annual door-to-door house check for dog licenses.

Lucas County Dog Warden Tom Skeldon said the checks will last through September.

According to Jessica Burkett, leader of the door-to-door survey, members of the dog warden’s office will check every house on the block where they know there are no dog licenses. They are able to do this by compiling maps of dog owners who have already purchased a license for their pet with information from the most recent census.

“We look at the number of people in a

neighborhood,” Burkett said. “The more people and the less number of dog licenses, that gives us a red flag.”

One to two deputies will patrol the neighborhoods, depending on manpower, Skeldon said. Those owners who do not have a license for their pet will have to pay $20 for a license, a $20 state-mandated fine, a possible $25 citation and $75 in court costs to have the matter settled, Skeldon said.

According to the Ohio Revised Code, dog owners are required to have a license on their pet by January 31.

The office of the Lucas County Dog Warden has a selling season for the licenses from December 1 to January 31.

Money from the citations goes to the dog and kennel fund at the dog warden’s office, Burkett said.

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Noe Continued from page 8 Noe was supporting politicians in their bids for election or reelection, but he said politics had nothing to do with the state’s decision to award him the contract for rare coin investments.

“I did everything in my power to make sure it wasn’t political.” he said. “I didn’t think it would be to my advantage. I thought I should get [the contract] based on the merits of the offerings I did and the merits of Tom Noe the businessman and coin dealer. ” Noe said Governor Bob Taft, in an interview with The Blade, admitted he did not know about Noe’s contract.

“The first time the governor learned I had a coin fund was when it was in the paper. If anyone said politics has a role in it, they’re lying — it’s just not the truth,” Noe said.

Noe said even though Governor Taft was one of many beneficiaries of monetary campaign support, Republicans were never exclusive to Noe donation dollars.

“I’ve given to Donna Owens in her mayoral race in the early 1980s, and Harry Barlos, Lee Fisher, Jim Telb and Betty Schultz,” Noe said.

Noe said he welcomes an investigation by the inspector general.

“I think this is purely political, and the truth doesn’t lie. When all

is said and done, they will not find anything,” he said.

Noe said he believes the attention is an attempt to hurt statewide Republicans in 2006, “I don’t know what else it could be.”

Noe said media coverage has had a negative effect on his family and raised fears for their safety.

“I’m horribly concerned about security. We don’t travel with coins or keep them around the office, but people can assume. If something would happen, I would hold these slanderous articles accountable, because how else would someone know about it?” he said.

Noe said he has been talking to attorneys and is considering action against his accusers.

“I think The Blade has crossed the line. I will not let someone continuously slander me the way they have,” he said.

Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman’s comments were risky, Noe said.

“He basically said that he had no doubt politics was how I got the fund. We are going to give him the opportunity to tell us just how he knows that as fact,” Noe said.

Noe responded to some of The Blade’s allegations: n Two coins purchased with state money were lost in the mail in 2003: Noe contends Mike Storiem, quoted by The Blade as a coin expert, was a former employee of Noe’s who was fired for theft and misappropriation of funds after writing a confession

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By Dan Bumpus Special to Toledo Free Press

A high-tech scam has cost one local man some big money, and it involves something you may use: eBay. Cal Buckmaster, who lives on Green Valley Drive in South Toledo, was trying to make a buy from the eBay Web site. He thought he was dealing with a legitimate seller.

Buckmaster mailed his money, but never received the product. And now the guy from eBay is long gone.

“I bought other things on eBay before, and was very successful. Not this time,” Buckmaster said.

He was trying to buy a motorcycle. He bid about $3,000, but lost the auction when his bid was denied. Then an e-mail showed up saying the original deal fell through, so if Buckmaster sent the money, the bike would be his.

“The gentleman appeared to be legit, but it ended up to be a scam,” Buckmaster said.

Turns out the e-mail was not even from the eBay seller.

Somebody tapped into Buckmaster’s account, and tricked him

with an official looking message.

Now he’s out $3,000.

“It sets me back, Buckmaster said. “It sets me back a great deal, especially when you have a family with kids and you’re just trying to get by.”

Buckmaster filed a police report and complained to eBay. He admits it’s probably too little, too late. Still, he wants to warn others to be careful.

“I may never get the money back. At this stage of the game, I just want to put a stop to it.”

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that he stole from the company.

“He’s the one who received the package and said there were no coins in it. The state’s coin fund will not have a loss from this,” Noe said. “We have just wrapped up the process of forensic accounting and we are ready to take our options and move forward.”

Noe said the insurance claim or money held back will account for the loss. “We have not decided if we will file criminal charges at this time, but we intend to get the money back one way or another.”

April 13, 2005 n The funds wrote off $850,000 in debt during the last three years to cover a failed business relationship between Noe’s Capital Coin and a fellow coin dealer who was managing a subsidiary set up by Noe: “This made good money for the first couple of years, but then the manager started buying coins that concerned us. We changed managers and had to write off the losses, but we still made 13 percent [profit] that year,” said Noe. “We lose money buying and

selling coins periodically, just like any other investment. It’s part of the investment business. You just make sure at the end of the year, you make a good profit.” n Capital Coin had loaned state money to a local real estate business that buys and sells central-city homes: “We have never had a mortgage on a central city house,” Noe said of his agreement with the Westhaven Group.

“We’ve had a 10 to 12 percent return every year, and we have never received a late payment.”

April 13, 2005

COMMUNITY

Saving grace

“God does wonderful things out of seemingly difficult situations.There is a loss, but then there is a rebirth.”

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11 n A 112-year-old church may shut its doors as its congregation shrinks and costs rise.

By David J. Coehrs Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

An historical house of worship and architectural landmark may be forced to close its brass-hinged, 112-year-old doors. The Ashland Avenue Baptist Church congregation has dwindled as financial constraints have increased, so its members will decide this month whether to close and relocate.

And while the pastor and congregation of Ashland Avenue Baptist Church grieve at the prospect, they believe their ministry can survive beyond its historic walls.

“We’re trying to discern whether the congregation would be more viable in another location,” said Pastor Ed Sladek.

“What we are facing now is an opportunity to discern what God wants us to do, so we’re willing to minister wherever God wants us to minister.”

Founded in 1893, the church is at a crossroads, Sladek said. After years of declining attendance and a steady rise in maintenance and utility costs, what was once a neighborhood cornerstone now has an uncertain future.

The 184-member congregation is miniscule compared to that of its past, more vibrant era, when the church membership peaked at 1,500. As aged members have died or moved away, 96 percent of members are now from outside the neighborhood, according to Elder Jim Potter, Sr. Some live as far as Oak Harbor, Bowling Green, and Tontogany.

Potter, a member since 1976, can’t pinpoint why the church is unsuccessful in bringing in more worshippers. Of the seven most recent new members, only one lives in the neighborhood.

Sladek, who has led the congregation for 11 years, said he believes the problem lies predominantly in the tarnished reputation of the church’s central city location.

“People just assume it’s dangerous to drive down there, but it’s not,” he said. “I’ve never had any problems. We haven’t had any more instances (of crime) than anywhere else.”

Sladek also attributes lower attendance to an evolving society that diminishes the importance of church. “You see people that are two generations away from going to church,” he said. “They see no reason to go. Many churches become irrelevant because most churches are busy serving themselves. We have to find new ways to present Christ to the world without changing the message.”

Expensive upkeep

The median age of church members is 47. The oldest is 92.

Sladek said in the past three Please see CHURCH, page 12

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Toledo Free Press photos on pages 11 and 12 by DM Stanfield

Declining attendance and rising costs may force the Ashland Avenue Baptist Chuch to close and relocate this month, according to church officials.

Church Continued from page 11 years Ashland Avenue Baptist

Church has “intentionally done church in a brand new way” to attract new congregants.

“The goal is to give everyone ministry according to their gifts and talents,” he said.

The church features men’s, women’s, and youth groups, and a children’s ministry.

Potter said a strain on the church’s $45,000 maintenance and utility budget is a factor.

“The maintenance costs are rising, and we don’t have that kind of money anymore,” he said.

Potter said gas bills from January and February of 2005 each averaged $4,000.

Member contributions helped upgrade the office and education-

al wing in 1957, and an in-house campaign eight years ago raised $127,000 to replace carpeting and seal exterior bricks. Many of the major contributors were older members who have since died or moved on, said Potter, who is a deacon and the building manager.

Larry Friedman, president of nearby Toledo Building Services, called Ashland Avenue Baptist Church “an important anchor in the neighborhood. They’re just a real rock of stability in this part of town.”

Friedman said it is important to realize the grand architecture and historic beauty of the church are links to Toledo’s past.

“We want Toledoans to be aware of what we have,” he said.

“The church probably doesn’t have the deep-pocket support of Trinity Church. I hope we remember we have a church here that’s a gem, and we should support it even though we’re not congregants.”

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds could not be used to help eliminate the church’s financial woes, according to Maria Gorny, manager of programs and budgets for Toledo’s Department of Economic and Community Development.

“HUD funds cannot be used just to help their financial problems,” Gorny said. “If they were providing a service that is block grant-eligible, then they could use our block grant dollars.”

Members of the former First Baptist Church on Collingwood Boulevard formed the Ashland Avenue congregation in 1886 to “seed” another area of the city.

The church building was fully paid for by members before a single stone was laid.

Sladek said the vote to stay or relocate will be held at a meeting the last Sunday of April. Should members decided to relocate, the

church building would be sold to another congregation so the neighborhood would retain a spiritual foundation. Sladek said his congregation would then prefer to build at its new site.

“The church is not a building;

it is not a place; it is a ministry,” he said. “(Relocating) is not the worst thing that would happen to the congregation. God does wonderful things out of seemingly difficult situations. There’s a loss, but then there’s a rebirth.”

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UT president, students unite to lower tuition

By Michael Brooks Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Several dozen students gathered last week in support of UT President Dan Johnson’s initiative for the State of Ohio to increase funding on higher education through the implementation of a half-cent sales tax. Lining up in front of University Hall, the supporters carried a banner promoting the “Power of a Penny.”

Johnson’s plan received an additional boost from the unveiling of a studentbased group known as Citizens for Ohio Tuition Reform.

Guy Beeman, president of UT’s Student Government, is heading up the campaign.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, Ohio has the fifth-highest average tuition for public universities in the nation. The state also has the ninth-lowest percentage of residents over the age of 25 with a bachelor’s degree.

Dan Johnson argued that this puts Ohio at a competitive disadvantage.

“We are short 300,000 baccalaureate degrees just to get up to the national average,” he said. “It’s a matter of priorities, and higher education needs to be a higher priority.”

According to the Ohio Board of Regents, the state funding of higher education has dropped by 14 percent since 1996. Beeman argued that short-term budget cutting has serious long-term consequences for Ohio.

“I have a grave concern that, ten years from now, Ohio will be paying a steep price for the present policy of cutting funding,” he said. “The quality of education at an Ohio public university can only decline if this trend continues.”

Beeman’s group has also launched a Web page dedicated to raising awareness of the funding problems facing universities in Ohio: www.powerofapenny.com.

Johnson’s plan calls for the subsidies to be issued to students in the form of vouchers, rather than direct aid to the universities themselves. Recipients of the vouchers would agree to such conditions as volunteer community service to provide the taxpayers with some immediate return on their taxes.

Beeman said he feels vouchers may make some state legislators more comfortable with the idea of increasing state support for higher education.

“Some lawmakers are resistant to the

idea of increasing funds to universities because of a perception that state colleges are inefficient,” Beeman said. “Putting vouchers in the hands of students brings choice and market forces into the equation.”

Beeman said Toledo Free Press photo by Michael Brooks that one of the major obstacles Guy Beeman, UT student government president, left, and Dan Johnson, UT president, announce an initiative for higher education. to the half-cent proposal is the dollar spent,” he said. suggestion that Beeman argued that the state’s current this plan is just another tax. economic difficulties make an investment “We need to move beyond the idea that this is a tax,” he said. “Rather, this should be in higher education even more important.

“With the nation’s seventh-highest unviewed as an investment in Ohio’s future.” employment rate, Ohio needs to be able Beeman compared the plan to the G.I. to compete in the 21st century,” he said.

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

The chalk is being lined and laid downtown at Fifth-Third Field, signifying the start of the 2005 Toledo Mud Hens season.

Just as Toledo’s parent organization, the Detroit Tigers, has vastly improved its team to a point of contention in the American League Central Division, the Mud Hens are poised to capitalize on the recent surplus of available talent and strongly contend for an International League crown.

“We should have a good team,” said Public/Media Relations Director Jason Griffin, “certainly we have a nice mix of younger prospects along with some of the older players.”

Larry Parrish, in his third season as the Mud Hens skipper, is experiencing Christmas in April with the sudden influx of talent. He is hoping to coach the Hens into serious contention to help erase memories of a 65-78 record in 2004.

Parrish said, “This team Photo courtesy Toledo Mud Hens looks good on paper but let’s see what we can do between the lines. I Mud Hens skipper Larry Parrish, 15, said his team looks good on paper but he needs to see what they can do “between the lines.” am very excited about the prospects of the 2005 season. The players love Power and finesse shore up the output of The Tigers’ third round draft pick in 2002, “He’s going to get on base. Last year coming here, the fans are great and this these five potential MLB stars.

Granderson hit 21 homers, and tacked on 93 he hit between .299 and .301 consistently team should be fun to watch.” all year against both righties and lefties, at Granderson, a consensus top 100 MLB RBI as a 2004 AA All-Star at Erie in. Along This year’s squad has a potentially exhome and on the road. During one stretch prospect, and widely touted as the best with defensive capability and a keen mind plosive offense, led by outfielders Curtis prospect in the Tigers organization, will running the basepaths, Granderson’s Granderson and Byron Gettis, 1B Chris Please see MUD HENS, page 15 be the most-watched player on the field. stats are “remarkable,” Griffin said.

Shelton, and 2B prospect Ryan Raburn.

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Mud Hens Continued from page 14 last year he hit or walked to get on base safely in 70 of 72 games,” Griffin said.

Granderson could have made the big league roster in 2005 had Detroit not signed All-Star Magglio Ordonez to a multi-year contract this past winter, and had the Tigers not experienced a recent renaissance of talent in CF. Instead he will give way, for now, to seasoned predecessors GRANDERSON Craig Monroe and Nook Logan, and use this season in T-town to work on gaining patience at the plate.

Curtis will anchor a strong outfield with fellow future major-leaguer Gettis.

Marcus Thames, who was expected to be a major contributor to the Mud Hens, was called up to the Tigers last weekend, and hit a grand-slam homerun against the Cleveland Indians.

Meanwhile, Gettis, the Kansas City Royals’ Minor Leaguer of the Year in 2003, will continue to hone his brutish slugging talents until his time arrives.

Shelton, in five combined minor league

seasons, sports a robust .332 career average. Griffin said the team believes, with this offense, he will be a serious contender for a Triple-A batting average crown.

Raburn, another apparent soon-to-be Tiger, brings further pop to the formidable lineup. Last year he hit .301 with 16 fenceclearers, before being called up by the Tigers.

Jack Hannahan, at third base, is another talent Griffin said is likely to add to the production.

While the Mud Hens bats will cause digital mayhem on the scoreboard, the pitching staff should give the Mud Hens the balance needed to contend for a championship on the dusty diamond.

Young talent Kenny Baugh, along with veterans Andrew Good, Nelson Cruz, Sean Douglass, and Jason Grilli, all appear ready to give Toledo a formidable starting rotation.

Baugh, the Tigers first round draft choice in ‘02, has had numerous arm problems. His fastball no longer rises out of the 80s, but he has learned to manage his boundaries, and will bring some nasty pitches to opposing batters.

“This is his first year in AAA. Last year he was healthy for the first time, and threw 142 innings at Erie,” said Griffin.

While Good appears to be a future long relief man in Motown, for now he will show his stuff as a starter for the Mud Hens.

Bringing up the rear innings will be relief

righthanders Craig Dingman, Jason Karnuth and John Ennis. All return from last year’s Mudhens army to anchor the Mud Hens bullpen and provide veteran, quality AAA experience.

Mark Woodyard, Chris Spurling and Fernando Rodney figure to bolster the Hen pen with their young, wicked arms.

To ensure a unified, well-run staff, the Hens signed a key free agent veteran catcher, Sandy Martinez, who helped lead Buffalo to the IL Governor’s Cup title last season. Griffin said they’re looking to Martinez to teach and lead the younger pitchers while bringing that championship experience to help Toledo contend this year.

Griffin said Martinez adds the final piece to the puzzle to fulfill the Mud Hens’ IL title hopes.

“People say you build championships up the middle,” Griffin said. “I believe it starts there for us with Martinez behind the plate.

We’ve got Raburn at second, Gookie Dawkins at short, and then Granderson in center.

Gookie’s a veteran, and a good fielding shortstop. So with that middle we should be good.”

300,000-plus tickets sold already for this season speaks volumes to the anticipation of Mud Hens fans, as well as the immense talent this year’s squad brings to Fifth-Third Field.

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By Chris Kozak Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Janet Evans has Olympic moments to last several lifetimes.

With four gold and one silver medal spread across three Olympic Games, she became an American hero, and an inspiration to millions.

On April 17, Evans will speak at EVANS the University of Toledo Women’s Swimming and Diving team’s annual post-season banquet at the Wyndham Hotel in Toledo.

“Lars (UT Head Coach Lars Jorgensen) is a friend of mine,” Evans told Toledo Free Press.

“We were teammates on the ‘88 Olympic team. I’m excited to help Lars and his program.”

Evans spends her time traveling, giving motivational speeches and promoting the sport of swimming.

Evans competed as a member of the U.S. Olympic team in Seoul (1988), Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta (1996). In ’88 she won gold in the 400-meter freestyle, 800-meter freestyle and 400-meter individual medley at the 1988 Olympics. In ’92 she followed that up with gold in the 800-freestyle and a silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle.

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Devastatin’ night planned for boxer

By Chris Kozak Toledo Free Press Staff Writer ckozak@toledofreepress.com

Local Olympic hero Devin Vargas would hate to see the Toledo Sports Arena torn down.

“I think it’s the best place in the city for boxing. The atmosphere is great,” he said. “Especially when the crowd gets loud. It’s electrifying.”

Vargas will take to the squared circle for his second professional fight this Saturday night, facing off against Charles Brown, a pugilist from Akron who sports a 5-10-1 professional record.

The battle is part of a five-fight card, titled “Defending Our Home at the River Dome.” The bill is filled with local talent, including Vargas’ brother Dallas, who is reigning Ohio State Athletic Commission light-heavyweight champion, former University of Toledo football player Dan Whetzeland, Dennis Draper and Martin Tucker.

The event also sees Vargas take the next step of his professional career. It’s a step taken as both puncher and promoter, as “DeVARGAS fending Our Home at the River Dome” is the first fight promoted by Devistatin’ Promotions, a company that Vargas serves as president.

“I came up with the idea to promote here in Toledo,” he said. “We started with about $20. Now we’ve lots of big supporters.”

Vargas said he hopes to offer fights up to three times a month, most of them with the gloves on.

“I want to stay active. It’ll help if I can get a couple of quick knockouts.”

His ultimate goal is that of every boxer: Heavyweight Champion of the World. To do so, he’s looking to add some championship support to his corner.

“We’re meeting with Roy Jones Jr., who’s been promoting (2004 Olympic teammate) Andre Ward. We hope to fight out west and get on TV,” he said.

Vargas doesn’t know much about his opponent for Saturday night, but he knows just how to handle him.

“I might have to knock him out,” Vargas said. “Especially if the hometown crowd gets loud.”

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The importance of words

Author Tom Robbins will discuss language during a visit to UT this Friday, page 20

TOLEDO CONFIDENTIAL

CONCERT

Blues guitarist plays with sincerity

Notes on local music

By Keith Bergman Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

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ith apologies and a tip of the hat to Russ Lemmon, here are some things to ponder while standing in line tonight to get the ever-dreamy Gavin DeGraw’s autograph: Last week, I claimed fatigue and planned to bail out on any shows Friday. Lucky for me, I’m good at ignoring my better interests in the name of rock and roll.

I went to see Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter at the Underground, and had a great time.

Their sad, haunting alt-country clashed with the poop jokes and silly stories of bawdy local twogirl rockstravaganza The Dirty Damn Band, but variety is a nice chaser, and both bands killed.

Saturday was Har Mar Superstar with Alaska and Detroit wackos Downtown Brown, who — as predicted — stole the show.

Good times were had, though I haven’t seen so many backpacks since Boy Scout camp. And, elder statesman though I am, I still made it out to Mickey Finn’s for Sunday’s benefit for David Holman, and threw my coin in the till to help the man get a kidney transplant.

If you weren’t there, shame on you — you’re gonna tell me you’ve never gone to work Monday a little red-eyed and reeking of smoke?

By Vicki L. Kroll Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

When night falls April 15, you won’t be alone if you’re at Club Bijou to see Kenny Wayne Shepherd.

The rock/blues guitarist is touring to support his 2004 release, “The Place You’re In.” “Well, basically, it’s just kind of about where I’m at,” Shepherd said of the CD’s title in a phone interview Friday. “I’ve made some changes in my life, musically, I started singing, and it’s a new direction for the record to add more of a rock feel.”

The Shreveport, La., native picked up his first guitar at age 7.

“I think it was just the honesty and sincerity and the feeling that’s behind the blues — the heart and soul that goes into it — that translated to me even at such a young age,” Shepherd said. “Even just listening to it — it touched my soul. Other music wasn’t doing that to me, so I just started gravitating toward it.”

He attracted a following in the South where he started playing clubs at age 13. While in high school, Shepherd cut his first album, “Ledbetter Heights,” in 1995. Two years later came “Trouble Is ...” with blues-drenched songs “Slow Ride” and “Blue on Black.” “Live On” hit the charts in 1999.

Noah Hunt, who sang lead on Shepherd’s last two records and is featured on two tracks on the latest effort, is on the tour. Rounding out the band is Jimmy Wallace, keyboards, Michael Devin, bass, Shaun Hague, rhythm guitar, and Bogie Bowles, drums.

“With more records, it’s more material, so it makes it difficult to choose what to play,” Shepherd said. “But we play long shows ... we play up to two hours. That’s a long show by today’s standards. There’ll be rock-oriented songs and a little blues thrown in for good measure.”

For tickets, call (419) 255-3300.

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Friday’s got some great choices this week, including The Navigators (see related story on page 20) with Delta 88 at Mickey Finn’s. If your tastes run more toward the metallic, Headliners has a showcase featuring four regional up-and-coming noise merchants: Genocya, The Machine Always Wins, Trenchfoot and The Fast Luck.

Saturday’s an easy pick — Detroit rockers Sponge may be peddling 90s nostalgia and saving up for Botox, but they do put on a killer show, and they’re playing at the Bijou. Stereomod and Highbinder open the show — I can’t vouch for ‘the Mod’ except to chastise them for their name (fellas, “Stereomud” got signed to Please see BERGMAN, page 20

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April 13, 2005

OPENING FRIDAY

Toledoan stars in ‘Amityville Horror’ remake

By Mark Tinta Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

You may not know the name, but you certainly know the face.

Veteran character actor and Toledo native Philip Baker Hall has long been a ubiquitous presence in films, in roles large (“Magnolia,” “Hard Eight”), and small (“The Rock,” “Boogie Nights”), not to mention a legendary guest spot as dogged library investigator Lt. Bookman on a 1991 episode of “Seinfeld.”

The 1949 Woodward High School and 1954 University of Toledo graduate can be seen starting Friday in the big-budget remake of “The Amityville Horror,” produced by Hall’s “Rock” director, Michael Bay. “I worked with Michael on ‘The Rock,’ ” Hall, 73, told Toledo Free Press from his home in Los Angeles. “I got a call from him, and he said he had a good role for me in ‘Amityville,’ the part of the priest played by Rod Steiger in the original. I haven’t seen the original version, but I’m told it’s quite scary.”

Like the great Steiger in the 1979 film, Hall is attacked by a swarm of flies while blessing the haunted house.

“Yeah, I got attacked by flies,” Hall laughed. “Today in Hollywood, there’s someone for anything you need. So naturally, they brought in a ‘fly wrangler.’ He had about 12 dead flies that he glued to my face, and from that, through the wonders of special effects and CGI, they were able to create the illusion of millions of flies attacking me.”

Hall is also starting to earn notices for the small indie film “Duck,” which recently won the

audience choice award at the San Jose Film Festival. “‘Duck’ is a unique little film, made for under $500,000,” Hall said. “It was written and directed

by Nicole Bettauer. I play a man whose wife recently died, and he’s still devastated over the death of his son in a car accident. He decides to go to the park where he and his wife liked to spend time together, and swallow a bottle of pills. But, a baby duck comes up to him, and latches onto the man as a mother figure. So, I adopt this duck and help raise it. It’s a very nice little movie.”

Hall was also recently seen in the Dennis Quaid-Topher Grace film “In Good Company,” and before that, in “Dogville,” from controversial Danish director Lars von Trier.

“Lars is a bona fide genius,” Hall said. “I initially didn’t want to do ‘Dogville’ because it was supposed to start shooting shortly after 9/11, and I really didn’t want to fly to Sweden, where it was being filmed. But Lars was very persistent, so I did it. And what a great cast — Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Ben Gazzara, Stellan Skarsgard, James Caan.

It was really something to talk with Lauren and hear all of her stories about Humphrey Bogart.

Lars has done a follow-up called ‘Manderlay,’ and he asked me to come back, but I politely declined.

Nicole wasn’t going to do it, and for me and a lot of the cast, Nicole really was the catalyst. She’s a great actress and an amazing woman. So, it would’ve been nice to work with Lars again, but I had to say no.”

Hall said he feels fortunate to be able to turn down work.

“I don’t have a lack of work, that’s for sure,” Hall said. “I did

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five feature films last year, I’ve got five lined up this year. I just finished ‘The Shaggy Dog,’ which is Tim Allen’s next Christmas release for Disney. I’ve been doing this for years, and I’m just now starting to lose my semianonymity. People always knew my face, usually from ‘Seinfeld,’ but now they’re starting to know my name.

“Now, I’m in my 70s, and there aren’t many actors — Charles Durning comes to mind — in my age bracket that are this busy. When I was doing ‘Bruce Almighty,’ Jim Carrey told me he was amazed at how I ‘came out of nowhere.’ I said, ‘Came out of nowhere?’ I’m in my fifth decade of acting.’ But it’s really only in the last ten years that things became really busy and stayed that way.

I’d gotten good notices before, especially with Robert Altman’s ‘Secret Honor’ (Hall played Richard Nixon in that 1984 film), and the ‘Seinfeld’ spot opened a lot of new doors for me. Now, I’m just always working, and it’s great.”

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The world is one stop away.

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Bergman Continued from page 17 to a major label in 2000 and tanked. Ripping off their name is hardly a good career move). But Highbinder are hot right now, having just released their new CD “All the Way To Hell,” and already peppering their set with new tunes. Energetic stage presence, great songs, killer vocals and nice kids, to boot. (Disclaimer alert: they’re also labelmates with my band.)

And Sunday, just in case you were one of those slackers who didn’t make it last week (or hell, if you did), there’s a second installment to the Dave Holman benefit at Finn’s. The Glass City Colonels, space-rockers Sangsara, and Glass Bead Game provide the tunes, Mickey provides the suds, and you — yeah, you — provide the kidney money.

Special note for metal kids: don’t forget Tuesday the 19th, when Chimaira and Trivium hit Headliners, with Stemm and Dead Even.

Chimaira and Trivium are leading the charge for newschool metalcore with one foot planted in classic heavy metal roots, and both are well worth your time.

April 13, 2005

CONCERT

Roots rockers The Navigators make local debut

By Keith Bergman Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Dewey Kincade is nothing if not impulsive. The Louisville, KY native was visiting an old girlfriend in New York in 2000, when a friend offered him a temporary job in the city. Kincade threw his possessions into his van and moved, just like that. The relationship went sour, and Kincade spent time homeless, busking in the subways — but now he’s fronting The Navigators, a rootsrock combo with a musical muse as impulsive and quick on its feet as Kincade himself.

The quartet — rounded out

by upright bassist Andrew Emer, guitarist Naren Rauch and drummer Brian Griffin — have just released “Glory, Glory,” a smoking six-song EP that’d be equally at home in a Louisville alt-country jukebox as in the Lower East Side of Dylan’s youth. The rockin’ Stone-sy swagger of “I See You Clearly” nestles in next to the harrowing death folk of “Bow” and the gloomy honky-tonk noir of “The River,” making for an adventurous, meaningful listen.

Kincade calls the band name a description of his job as a songwriter.

“Stylistically, [we’re] going in lots of different directions, taking music from lots of different places in my life, with different emotions in-

Robbins to discuss importance of words

By Vicki L. Kroll Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Author Tom Robbins is searching for the perfect sentence.

“The perfect sentence, if there is such a thing, would be both vivid and mysterious, accessible and unpredictable at the same time. Whether it shakes out like a wrinkled bed sheet or barrels ahead like a locomotive, it has to have rhythm,” he told Toledo Free Press in a recent phone interview from his ROBBINS home near Seattle. “When the subject meets the verb, the verb should yell, ‘Surprise!’”

The writer, known for his witty wordplay and enlightening fiction, will

volved,” he told Toledo Free Press.

His songwriting may be personal, but it’s also in perspective.

“I find that if I’m in a really emotional place, it’s hard to write.

It’s nice to sorta have the hangover from whatever I’m experiencing, and write then,” he said.

“It’s the same when I’m feeling upbeat and things are great — then I don’t wanna write, I wanna go enjoy life. I’ll write about it after I get a little distance, and be more of a reporter.”

The Navigators have been sharing the stage with some notable names, including Dan Bern and Melissa Ferrick, and recently were the first rock band to play New York’s Lincoln Center. How-

ever, they’re not immune to the grind of the road.

“Our very first extended tour together, we rented a van from another band, and that thing fell apart!” he said. “We had a window fly off a couple hours into the first drive, the brakes went out. We took it to a mechanic and he told us the drive shaft was gonna go, so we had to drive under 60 the rest of the tour. That’s when you find out how well your band can really work together.”

The Navigators play Mickey Finn’s Friday with Delta 88.

Cover is $8. Visit www.mickeyfinnspub.com and www.navigatorsmusic.com for more info.

deliver the 16th annual Richard M. Summers Memorial Lecture at 4 p.m.

April 15 in the University of Toledo’s Doermann Theater.

“The lecture is going to be about the importance of words,” he said.

“Language is my coach. As a writer, language is my manager, it’s my mistress, it’s my guru. It’s very difficult to separate words from image, but I do believe generally that language itself is more important than the objects or ideas it represents, especially for the novelist or poet because their jobs are to employ words not to communicate but rather to reveal. So words have color, contour, texture and weight, and these attributes are critically important in the construction of good sentences.”

Robbins has written eight novels, including “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” (1976), “Still Life With Woodpecker” (1980), “Jitterbug Perfume” (1984), “Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates” (2000) and “Villa Incognito” (2003). His books are available in 21 languages, and his stories, essays and poems have appeared in numerous publications, ranging from Esquire to Playboy.

For more information on the free, public lecture, call (419) 530-2318.

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By Elizabeth Hazel

April 14 - April 21, 2005

Astrological events: Moon waxing toward a Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse on April 24.

Sun enters Taurus on April 19.

Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)

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Energy and optimism return in full force. Tweak financing and schedules in shared concerns on 1415th. Social options on 16-17th bring merriment.

Throttle back on pushing your agenda on the 18th, as the 19th brings effortless victory.

Consider exactly what you want for your future. A wise person or counselor helps you refine your vision on the 14th. Clear obstacles so you can enjoy a Saturday night gathering. Careful questions slice red tape on the 18th; small steps now bring big changes later.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Public appearances compel you to take a break from work. Gifts, favors, and longed-for results flow after the 15th. Contradictory obligations tug on the 18th, but after the 19th improvements in love and health are within reach.

Scorpio (October 23-November 21) Startling information changes your views and plans on the 14-15th. The weekend favors research and discovery; a gala event may start badly but end quite happily.

Address emotional insecurity on the 18th, as after the 19th the status of relationships will need close scrutiny.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) Associates provide sources of opportunity on the 14th.

Curb impulses on the 15-16th – cheap thrills undermine long-term security. Seek common ground on the 18th as unified support system is crucial to progress on the 19-21st. Gentle persuasion wins hearts.

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Temper rocket-fueled enthusiasm with pragmatism on the 14-15th. Ingenious new methods overcome frustrating obstacles over the weekend; you attract new admirers with ease. Tolerate family foibles on the 18th. Prior work brings results on the 19-20th.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) You need the company of loved ones as the week ends. Attend to the comfort of elderly relatives on the 15th. Property concerns require time and effort; don’t get discouraged as assistance and solutions are available after the 19th, and exceed hopes.

Capricorn (December 22-January 19) You’re swamped with deadlines, but take a break to enjoy food and friends on Saturday night. Children/ pets need quality time on the 17th. Drive carefully on Monday afternoon. After the 19th, a variety of options for summer are discussed.

Leo (July 23-August 22) You have an urge to merge with the spotlight, and opportunities are swift at hand. The 16-17th are quite favorable for stepping out, but someone steps on your last nerve on the 18th. Refocus on positive activity on the 19-20th, as your wisdom aids those in need.

Aquarius (January 20-February 18) Discreet discussions on the 14th cut through annoying confusion. Time outdoors over the weekend is revivifying. Follow rules on Monday even if stupid or unfair; after the 19th you can create happiness at home by making desired changes and improvements.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

Secrets revealed on the 14th help resolve disconcerting problems at work/home. The weekend favors travel and time with people who boost your confidence.

Introductions offer fine new friends – don’t be shy.

Seek solidarity with loved ones on the 19-20th.

Pisces (February 19-March 20) Thursday brings upbeat job changes or money improvements. The weekend is superb for social gatherings and romance. Effort needed to accommodate people and insure comfort on the 17-18th. Tuesday initiates a fresh cycle for love and friendship.

Elizabeth Hazel is a professional tarotist-astrologer and author. She has been giving tarot-astrology readings at Manos Greek Restaurant every Wednesday night since 1990.

She may be contacted at ehazel@buckeye-express.com. (c) 2005

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Colleen Kwiatkowski, RN Toledo Children’s Hospital

Kid-specific care,

from the moment they enter the world to the moment they enter adulthood.

Kids have distinct health care needs at every age. As they grow, natural variations in their bones, nerves and hormones make children as unique from each other as they are from adults. At Toledo Children’s Hospital, our specialists have the tools, training and experience to know how to respond, even in the event of something unexpected.

As the only accredited children’s hospital in the region, we’re the one place where you’ll find more board-certified physicians, the most advanced medical facilities and a newborn intensive care physician on duty 24/7. It’s a difference that can help calm your fears of “not knowing” what’s wrong with your child sooner, so everything can get back to normal faster.

Located on the campus of The Toledo Hospital.

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