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Tony Campbell brings Hendrix tribute show to Toledo, page 24

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At odds

Johny D discusses his split with Clear Channel, page 13

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Ashes to ashes Claudia Vercellotti and her neighbors cope with a ﬁre that destroyed six dwellings, page 6

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A North Toledo gas station begins selling an ethanol fuel blend, page 14

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Ripplefest Hot Tuna and SoggyBottom Boy Sam Bush headline this weekend’s festival, page 25

Stritch attack Passing attack features Eric McClosky, page 20

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OPINION

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Disappointments under the big top

t’s probably uniquely American, and unquestionably lame, to be nostalgic for a shopping mall. Friday, a visit to Woodville Mall left me struggling to ﬁnd a new way to echo Tom Wolfe’s sentiment that you can’t go home again. It has been more than 15 years since I entered the doors to Woodville Mall, but growing up in Northwood, I spent plenty of after-school and weekend time there. I rarely had cash to spend, but there were friends to meet, a great video game arcade, a National Record Mart to browse and a Hot Sam’s pretzel place. I was there Friday, accompanying in-laws and my 2-year-old nephew and 3-and-a-half-year-old niece to the Cole Brothers Circus. The big draw was the promised appearance of Spider-Man, a very big deal to the kids. It was a fun, great circus, with clowns, amazing trapeze artists, magic acts, everything you would expect. But the kids were restlessly focused on Spidey’s big moment. My little niece and nephew do not yet know how to articulate the concept “anti-climactic,” but when

Michael S. Miller they one day learn the word, I’m guessing their fertile minds will forever link the deﬁnition to the Spider-Man appearance. It was an adult mistake to assume that a circus known for fantastic acrobats would utilize Spider-Man with its strengths, by having a trapeze master suited up in the red and blue outﬁt to swing overhead, defying gravity and dazzling little upturned heads. But the Cole Brothers SpiderMan simply dropped into the center ring, where he swung a “magic sword” (available from hawkers for $12) that busted up some clowns. Then he trotted off. It reminded me of the “Simpsons” episode where camp counselors tried to pawn off Barney

the drunk as Krusty the Clown. Barney had the clothes on, but he didn’t ﬁll the role. Spider-Man did stand for $10 instant photos with the kids and stuck around for a meet and greet, which gave a great view of the torn seam along the back of his suit and the odd lumps of tumorous padding that slid under his costume like sad little lost turtles. The very young kids loved it, but I had hoped for better. The circus had pitched its impressive tent in the Woodville Mall parking lot. Cars packed the entrance to the The Andersons’ busy store, but the rest of the mall was shockingly empty. Not quite Northtowne Mall empty, but worse than I’ve ever seen Southwyck Mall. There were a series of closed stores, empty windows, deserted corridors. Only two businesses were open at the food court, surrounded by eight empty spaces. It reminded me of a mall in a cheap zombie movie, where the nominal heroes hide in a sporting goods store while the walking corpses shamble in the empty spaces. It was shocking to see a place

I remember as vibrant and full of bustling people so desperately empty. No real arcade. No Record Mart. No Hot Sam’s. It has a dollar store. What hath Westﬁeld wrought? I felt like a reverse Chrissie Hynde when she sang “My City Was Gone.” She bitches that her childhood home has been replaced by a shopping mall. I was upset because my childhood mall has become home to empty, closed stores. It’s just a mall; I know that. It was just a fake Spider-Man; the kids did not know that. The difference in those mindsets is the million years between 4 and 40. The disappointment is not the acceptance that you can’t go home again. It’s the realization that adulthood means you can never ignore the split seams and pretend the memories of yesterday are more powerful than the ghosts of today.

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.

COMMON SENSE

Cutting the oil umbilical cord

ere in the bustling metropolis we call Toledo, we don’t pay much attention to what’s happening on the lonely plains of Montana, but perhaps we should. Lying beneath the endless acres of horses, prairie dogs and trout streams in the Treasure State is the answer to $3 a gallon and our endless dependence on foreign oil. If we want it. “Montana” is a Spanish word meaning “mountainous,” which is hardly coincidental, considering the mountains of coal that lie beneath the state. That coal, which could supply our entire nation with fuel for the next 40 years without damaging the environment, is our ticket out of the $70-a-barrel hostage situation we’re in right now. That’s right — Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer says the future solution to America’s energy needs can be found by looking into the past. In the 1920s, a couple of German researchers named Franz Fisher and Hans Tropsch discovered a way to cleanly convert coal into gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel. The Nazis used the Fischer-Tropsch technology effectively in the 1930s to power their vehicles of war, as they were embargoed from getting oil from the Middle East. It was not very economical for freetrading nations to produce, however, as long as the cost of oil was less than $30 a barrel. At the end of the war, Schweitzer tells me, it was German scientists who helped us build a startup coal-to-fuel plant, which pumped out 1,000 barrels of gasoline a day in 1951 St. Louis. But it was also in the 1950s that our government began its never-ending love affair with the Saudi royal family, giving the United States access to inexpensive Arabian oil. It’s

Bob Frantz that ongoing relationship that remains the biggest obstacle in our effort to cut the umbilical cord through which our oil flows today. At today’s prices, Gov. Schweitzer says we could produce a barrel of fuel for $32, compared to the nearly $70 we’re spending on imported oil, with an anticipated cost to U.S. consumers of about $1 per gallon of gas. The initial outlay for a Fischer-Tropsch plant would be about $1.5 billion, which may seem extreme, given that our oil refineries are already built and paid for. But a startup plant would produce 22,000 barrels a day. Subsequent larger plants would produce enough low-cost fuel that our profit margin and our economy would grow almost overnight. We need only look to South Africa as a model of what could be here in America. Embargoed from getting oil from the Middle East or North Africa due to apartheid, that nation began using the Fischer-Tropsch method out of necessity. They have now been pumping more than 200,000 barrels of fuel a day for three decades. So why haven’t we been using this method all along? Because prior to the current oil crisis,

we had never paid more than $40 a barrel, and it wouldn’t have been cost effective to build Fischer-Tropsch plants. That is no longer the case. Is it just a pipe(line) dream to think we would cut ties with our oil-producing trade partners and go it alone? Maybe yes, maybe no. Schweitzer says the energy bill President Bush just signed includes an 80-percent loan guarantee for a Fischer-Tropsch plant, and he has personally met with the leaders of Shell and Exxon/Mobil, along with the Department of Defense, to push his proposals. The problem is that no matter how hard dedicated leaders such as Schweitzer push for coal-based fuel production, oil company lobbyists in Washington have far more clout with federal lawmakers. A significant reduction in U.S. imported oil translates into a significant reduction in their profits, and they simply won’t stand for it. In a perfect world, we’d have no need for oil or coal as a means of fueling this country. But solar or hydrogen power as our main source of propulsion and heating is decades away, and we won’t survive those decades if we’re still paying $70 a barrel. This is a call to arms. It is truly up to each of us to help Gov. Schweitzer in his battle with big oil on Capitol Hill. Get in the ears of your House and Senate representatives and tell them what you want. Tell them what we need. Tell them we’re bleeding. And that the salve for our wounds is lying right beneath us.

Bob Frantz hosts “Bob Frantz and the Morning News” each weekday on WSPD 1370 AM. He may be contacted by e-mail at letters@toledofreepress.com.

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September 14, 2005

Appreciation for art should be shared

ast month I sat outside the Toledo Museum of Art and listened to a local band called Glinda’s Bubble. The night was lovely, as was the music. Singer-songwriter Phyllis Dwyer, with her husband, Jon, son, Steve, and two other Sylvania musicians performed progressive folk that had a welcoming sound and a crisp, clean poignancy. The concert, part of the TMA’s It’s Friday programming, was free. Still, there couldn’t have been more than three dozen people in the audience. I ﬁrst heard the music from across Monroe Street where I was attending an opening at the Parkwood Gallery. Not counting the artists and their families, as well as members of the sponsoring Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, there were only a couple dozen people at that event, too. How sad! People often roll their eyes at the notion of art or culture in Toledo, yet we’ve got plenty to offer. A lot of it is ﬁrst rate. The problem is, there just doesn’t seem to be much of an audience. And what audience there is, is, well, older. Part of this is due to the general dumbing down of America. Parents don’t take their kids to galleries and concerts anymore. They’ll drive halfway across the country for a travel soccer match, or maybe take in a museum exhibit of “Star Wars” characters or plasticized

Barbara Goodman Shovers cadavers (a hot $20 ticket in Chicago, Cleveland and Tampa). But for the most part, “art,” beyond a blockbuster at the multiplex, is approached as duty, not pleasure. This bums me out. When I was a kid, my mother shlepped me to museums and symphonies and theatres and libraries. She didn’t do this as improvement. She did it ’cause she loved the stuff and wanted me to love it, too. My mom was a New Yorker, which may account for some of her enthusiasm. This was also the time before travel sports, Xboxes and power shopping. But what my mom did, I realize now, was huge. She gave me a whole new vocabulary and a fabulous way of seeing and feeling the world that is rapidly diminishing. When I docented at the TMA, it was a kick watching kids discover the collection. For the most part, they ate it up and wanted more. Unfortunately, few of these kids have parents who

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even know about It’s Friday or other live events. Art is not top of mind in the same way sports or going to/renting a movie is. For many Toledoans, kids and adults, live art is at best a once-a-year experience and live music is often a beer blast in a parking lot. The local art scene has defaulted (mainly) to aging WASPs and graying hippies. Those younger people who manage to get hooked seem to slip the bounds of Northwest Ohio for New York and other more welcoming art points. Still, there’s hope. I recently met two 30-

something transplants, a woman who’s curating the TMA’s contemporary collection and a man who’s starting a theatre geared toward “new” works. The sculptor showing at the Parkwood is similarly fresh-faced, as is Steve Dwyer (who also performs with the metal group OnceOver). Steve’s talent is his own, but I hope he appreciates the gift Phyllis and Jon gave him through encouragement and exposure. Not all of us have the art-making gene. But if we exercise it, we can keep its artappreciation cousin. If you’re a

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parent reading this, take your kid to some original event, please: a concert at Mickey Finn’s Pub or the Peristyle, visual art at the 20 North Gallery or the TMA, a play at UT or the Village Players. And this is just the tip of the venue list: Toledo has a ton going on, art-wise. You might not love all of it, but imagine if art went away and all we had left were shopping malls and golden oldies in parking lots. Barbara Goodman Shovers is contributing editor for Toledo Free Press. She may be contacted at bshovers@toledofreepress.com.

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Johny D discusses split with Clear Channel, page 13

Reunited with Dylan

Hurricane survivors see their premature baby for the ﬁrst time in two weeks, page 10

FIRE AFTERMATH

SNAP leader sifts through ashes By Bill Frogameni Special to Toledo Free Press

Before Claudia Vercellotti left for a doctor’s appointment last Tuesday, she considered canceling and taking a nap. Had she stayed, Vercellotti might have been engulfed in the fire that decimated her South Toledo home. Vercellotti, the volunteer co-leader of Toledo SNAP, Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests, had worked during Labor Day weekend. “I’m a heavy sleeper. Thank God I went to the appointment,” she said. Within a half hour, Vercellotti was called and told her home was burning. The call came from her neighbor, Catherine Hoolahan, a local attorney who represents several clients who allege clerical sexual abuse. Virtually everything in Vercellotti’s home is gone. Toledo Fire Chief Michael Bell said the blaze is one of the worst he’s seen. “For me, as far as heat, it would be in the top 10 worst fires I’ve seen in my 25 years,” he said. But the worst blow to Vercellotti isn’t the loss of property: it’s the exhaustive records she compiled working with SNAP. “I had thousands of documents that help us fight clerical sexual abuse,” she said. “I had taped conversations, articles, letters from victims and insider documents. It’s all gone. In a way, I feel like I’ve let down all the victims who’ve trusted me with their secrets.” “I have four close relatives down there that we haven’t been able to track down,” she said. The possibility of arson is not something Vercellotti wants to think about. “I can’t wrap my head around the idea that someone would do that,” she said, but added her public role with SNAP has brought her threats. Tony Comes, a Toledo firefighter, was off-duty but went to the scene to support Vercellotti. Comes, a fellow SNAP

member, is the subject of the Oscar-nominated film documentary “Twist of Faith,” which chronicles his personal struggles with alleged clerical abuse and the Toledo Catholic Diocese. When considering the possibility of arson, Comes said he wouldn’t be surprised. “They had conditions for a perfect fire. Like Chief Bell says, the cause will probably remain undetermined, but it wouldn’t surprise me if someone targeted Claudia,” he said. Comes said Vercellotti has been at the forefront of the movement and this might have radicalized her adversaries. “I know personally that when you take the public position we’ve taken, it rubs some people the wrong way,” he said. This sentiment’s echoed by Barbara Blaine, a the Toledo native who founded and leads SNAP from Chicago. “It’s fair to say there’s no local SNAP volunteer who works harder than Claudia,” she said. “When a wounded victim calls at four in the morning, she’s there.” Blaine said Vercellotti has been a catalyst behind a number of landmarks for victims in Toledo. That list includes being the source for The Blade’s exhaustive December 2002 expose of clerical sexual abuse; there’s also “Twist of Faith” and her behind-the-scenes advocacy that resulted in the murder indictment of Rev. Gerald Robinson. Blaine also credits Vercellotti with being the prime mover behind Ohio Senate Bill 17, pending legislation that seeks to expand the statute of limitations for alleged sexual abuse victims in civil cases. Documentation Vercellotti compiled to push SB 17 was also burned. Vercellotti’s dream is to see her struggle with the church come to some kind of resolution so she can move on. “I don’t expect a perfect ending to this,” she said. “We’ve come a long way, but there’s still a lot to do. Right now, the whole thing’s surreal.” The fire came just a week after Vercellotti’s relatives in Biloxi, Mississippi, were ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.

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Vercellotti picks up an ornament that survived the ﬁre.

Cause of fire unknown as victims try to restore lives Residents of the homes and multi-units that used to stand along the Maumee River on Broadway Street picked through piles of rubbish late last week, searching for anything salvageable. The three-alarm blaze decimated six dwellings and damaged several homes nearby, making the sidewalk still hot enough to heat through their shoes as residents tried to recover something, anything. “My insurance company said they won’t even try to figure out what the cause was,” said Byron Stanger, owner of a four-unit apartment complex now little more than bricks. Stanger said all he knows is the fire is believed to have started in a unit in the back of the complex located at 2419 Broadway St. Lisa Jacobs helped her friend, Sue Crawford,

pound in signs warning trespassers to keep out of the damaged areas. “The insurance company hasn’t even been here and people started coming in to take the metal. We’ve been chasing them away,” Jacobs said. “The police told Sue she could be liable if someone hurt themselves in this mess.” “I’ve chased away people,” said neighbor Tom Karnoski, who assisted in ﬁnding posts to hang the signs on. “They’ve been taking metal to sell for scrap.” Crawford said she is disgusted by the lack of decency of looters. “We lost everything. We all went to work and came back with the clothes on our back.” She handed out ﬂiers of a German Shepherd-mix with the description of the dog

scribbled in crayon. “She was in the house,” she said. “We are still hoping she got out when firefighters broke the doors; that she’s wandering around somewhere.” Stanger said one family in his complex did not have renter’s insurance, and his insurance will not cover their personal belongings. “They have nothing,” he said. The American Red Cross reported it responded to the fire and helped several displaced residents with assistance and shelter. Three firefighters suffered minor injuries from fighting the blaze. The Toledo Fire Department will not look into the cause of the fire, since much of the needed Toledo Free Press photo by Myndi Milliken evidence was destroyed, a spokesperson said. — Myndi Milliken Lisa Jacobs posts a no trespassing sign.

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YOUTH CULTURE

Toledo woman recounts ‘cutting’ ordeal in new book a good idea. The subject of cutting has become more mainstream than in the ’80s. “I didn’t even know what cutting was until years after I had stopped,” she said. She asked Ogre for his blessing then began transcribing the letters. “It was really cathartic, she said. “It gave me closure.” It is through therapy and the support of her friends that Siana says she no longer cuts. “I’m so happy now. I’ve found a really solid group of friends.” The Los Angeles resident spends her time writing, painting, doing photography and traveling. She hopes her book will strike a hopeful chord with today’s cutters. “It’s hard when you’re young, getting yourself out of a hole, but you can,” she said. Siana’s story should be inspiring because she was able to stop “cutting,” Puzlak said. “She’s really become much stronger now,” she said. “She’s gotten over the temptation to cut herself. She has really made something amazing out of her life. The fact that she did it means other younger people can too.” Kilby noticed a deﬁnite change in Siana. “She’s really happy now and she’s really got her course plotted out,” Kilby said. “She’s worked through some things and she’s deﬁnitely grown. I’m really happy for her.” Siana will appear at Barnes & Noble on Monroe Street on Nov. 8 and will give a lecture at Waite High School on Nov. 9.

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Excerpts from ‘Ogre’ 26 February 1987 ... Everyone ‘normal’ thinks I’m weird. I used to be in the in ‘in’ crowd. I changed my style, and people think I’m a devil worshipper or something. No, I’m not. I’m human.... 10 June 1987 (my 18th birthday) ...As much as I hate to admit it, I have suicide potential. I think I do and I’m just about ready to go through with it. I hate myself. No one cares. I just want to give up. Quit facing the embarrassment and die. Leave me alone and let me live (die and rest in peace). I hate myself. I want to die.... August 1987 KEVIN OGILVIE ONLY PLEASE Ogre, I almost killed myself. I cut my wrists. I can’t take this anymore. ... ...You think I’m joking, don’t you? I bet you think I’m trying to be cool by thinking of death all of the time. You probably think I’m trying to mock you because I like to see my blood. This isn’t a joke. I seriously want to die and it seems like no one cares. I want so desperately for someone to care. ...

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Jolene Siana leaves nothing untouched in her debut book, “Go Ask Ogre: Letters from a Deathrock Cutter.” Siana’s story, a true account of a depressed and suicidal teenager, takes the reader into her mind, when she was a 17-year-old growing up in East Toledo during the late 1980s. The novel is an authentic look at “cutting,” a disorder that often affects teens. Cutters slice their skin to deal with emotional pain. For Siana, the pain was brought on by her abusive and alcoholic mother, as well as other traumatic events. “It was a series of things that happened over a short time,” Siana said during a phone interview from California. At age 16, Siana broke up with her boyfriend, parted with her best friend and lost two grandparents. “The first time I cut, was a suicide attempt,” she said, “but unconsciously, cutting releases endorphins.” In a story that is raw, shocking and blunt, Siana recounts her years as a cutter through letters she sent to Nivek Ogre, frontman of the industrial band Skinny Puppy. “He looked like a kindred spirit, someone who wouldn’t judge me. I also identified with his lyrics,” she said. Dressing like a death rocker, a style similar to today’s “Goth,” Siana’s looks often made her feel like an outsider at Waite High School. “My look was not common. I got teased a lot,” she said. Siana and Ogre’s relationship was unique, as Ogre seldom wrote back to fans, said Ayse Puzlak, a friend and former pen pal of Siana’s. “It was complex. I think he was kind of protective of her. I think he really wanted to take care of her,” she said. “I think he understood her very well.” Siana first saw Skinny Puppy on MTV. She identified with the band’s music and its style. She bought the band’s album and wrote to Ogre at the address listed on the back. She met Ogre three months later and saw him a handful of times during the next few years. Over time Siana sent him 73 letters, 14 postcards and numerous notebooks. He only wrote back once. But Siana said this did not discourage her. She is thankful of the support he gave her when they met. “He’s an all around inspiration to me,” she said. Writing was a key component in Siana’s life said her college boyfriend, Jack Kilby II. “She was really quiet, it took a

long time to get to know her, she was deﬁnitely really creative and that’s what drew me to her,” he said. “She always had a composition book and was always writing.” The letters Siana wrote describe her emotions and thoughts, and portray everyday events. A recurring theme is her often tumultuous relationship with her alcoholic mother. “She doesn’t deny anything from the past,” she said. “But I don’t want her to read it. My mom is really proud of me and hopes I have success with the book. It’s kind of sad I can’t really share this with her.” Besides copies of her letters to Ogre, the book is embellished with original artwork and photos. An avid artist then and now, Siana decorated the letters with original art and made her own envelopes. The cutting stopped when she was in college, Siana said. “I went away to art school. I had more responsibility. I found a better place.” During this time Siana also stopped writing Ogre. It was nine years after college before Siana saw Ogre again, in 2001. When they met at a concert he told her he still had her letters and would return them. She received the letters in 2002 and proceeded to undergo the emotional experience of rereading what she’d written 15 years earlier. Then a friend suggested the letters be compiled into a book. “I said, absolutely, no way.” But after doing research on cutting, Siana decided it might be

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Squatters have apparently made themselves at home at 114 Walbridge in Toledo’s South End.

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Squatters trash once-beautiful home By Michael Brooks Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

The screen door at 1144 Walbridge Ave. swings back and forth like a beacon to would-be squatters. The locks to the front door have been removed and the front window has been left open by people entering the house, located in Toledo’s South End. A nearby resident named Nicole, who declined to give her last name, said residents in the neighborhood near Hawley Street and Western Avenue are concerned about illegal visitors entering the three-bedroom home. “We try to keep an eye on the

place,” she said, “but there are people going in there late at night.” Nicole said the house has been vacant for at least four months, and the last tenants “tore that place up” after they left. “That used to be a beautiful house,” she said. “The owners ﬁxed it up really nice.” Efforts by Toledo Free Press to contact the owners, David and Shelby Harless of Toledo, were unsuccessful. Taxes on the house, which was built in 1907, are fully paid. Nicole said the waist-high grass has not been cut all year, and she has not seen anyone from the city visit the property. “The parents in the neighbor-

hood make sure the kids stay away from the house,” she said. “But we shouldn’t have to watch the place 24 hours a day.” The interior is littered with clothing, broken furniture and garbage. Nicole said neighbors have seen people bringing mattresses into the building. “It’s a shame to have to put up with this sort of nonsense,” she said. “Those renters destroyed a nice place.” If you know of any buildings that might make good subjects for the ABLE Squad — Abandoned Buildings Looking for Entrepreneurs — send suggestions to news@toledofreepress.com.

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HURRICANE AFTERMATH

Baby survivor reunited with parents in Port Clinton A six-week baby is reunited with his family, two weeks after being separated by Hurricane Katrina. Born premature, Dylan Frught was in a Baton Rouge hospital for heart surgery when the disaster struck. The Frught family was forced to evacuate, leaving Dylan in the hospital’s intensive care unit. ProMedica Health System took action to reunite the family, which is living with relatives in Port Clinton. Dylan was taken by air to Toledo Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit. Monday, the family was able to see and touch two-pound Dylan for the ﬁrst time in two weeks. Doctors say the baby will need to stay in the intensive care unit for nearly two months and there are still health concerns any premature baby will have to overcome. “It feels good to smile again,” said Dylan’s mother, Sheryl. “I haven’t seen him in two weeks, but he looks fabulous. I feel whole

again to have my baby here with the rest of the family.” “Who would’ve thought what we’d go through — what everyone in the country would go through,” said Matt, Dylan’s father. “We’re going to call Northern Ohio our home for a little while.” Matt said things were further complicated when they could not ﬁnd his father, Warren, and his family’s homes were torn apart. “Our car was robbed, we had water in the house and trees down, but I’m doing better than most,” he said. His father was found at a bus station. The medical team that helped bring Dylan to Toledo said they were more than happy to help. “Knowing they had so many personal disasters in this family, this would be one less thing for them to worry about,” said Lauranne Gosses, transport nurse for Toledo Children’s Hospital. — Myndi Milliken

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Toledo prostitutes have few resources to turn to if they want to turn their lives around. “Prostitution is a big problem here,” said Celia Williamson, Ph.D., assistant professor of social work at University of Toledo. Williamson said Toledo sees between 600 and 650 related arrests per year. “If somebody has poor parenting skills, we give them parenting classes. If someone is drug-addicted, abuses kids, or come from a sexually abusive family, we can help them,” Williamson said. “With prostitutes, society as a whole believes they don’t deserve our help.” Williamson and social worker Kizzy Williams help operate Second Chance — a way out for prostitutes. “We are reaching out to populations being missed by so many agencies in the area,” Williams said. “It really is an underground program,” Williamson said. “We operate by word of mouth to help women involved in prostitution to reduce harm if they stay, or to help

them get out successfully.” Williamson has interviewed more than 114 women and joins a board of social workers, community leaders and university professors who support the program. Issues include safety, HIV risk and mental health. “Fifty-two percent of women on the streets of Toledo have mental health issues: mental depression, bipolar, post-traumatic stress disorder or drug addiction,” Williamson said. “Not one woman I’ve interviewed loved her job. They either go into it because they live in poverty, or they need to ﬁnance their drug habit.” Williamson said prostitutes usually range from ages 14 to 45, and teens can come from any socioeconomic background. “Usually the women came from poverty and the teens are runaways from dysfunctional homes. Toledo is a hot-bed for pimps to pick up teens because they promise them exciting lives,” Williamson said. Pimps will promise them a way out of the city, to cities such as Atlanta and Baltimore. “Here’s an older guy telling them that they have power over men. They are charismatic, with bling,” she said. “Some pick up girls in malls. They always approach a cer-

tain type of girl, knowing if they are emotionally needy. They are good at assessments. They come in like a shark, providing her the things she needs emotionally.” Williamson said adult prostitutes in Toledo don’t usually have pimps, but “they give money to the dope boy anyway.” When Second Chance started in 1993, Williamson went out on the streets for six months, three times per week. “I didn’t pretend I was someone else. I learned the culture of the streets; where the dope houses were, who the pimps were, how to pick a customer just from driving down the street,” she said. A big discovery: the violence. “The women experience so much customer-related violence. It’s really a hate crime — guys perpetrate it because the women have no power. Unfortunately, the perpetrator almost never gets prosecuted,” Williamson said. She estimates 60 percent of women in jails have been involved in prostitution; the same number applies for women in drug treatment. “It’s not a unique experience, it’s a core Toledo Free Press photo by Nate VanNatta component to women who are addicted to Celia Williamson, Ph.D., of Second Chance. Please see CHANCE, page 12

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COMMUNITY BRIEFS Hurricane prompts blood donations Hurricane Katrina has prompted some Toledoans to donate blood, assisting the American Red Cross Blood Services program from end-of-summer supply shortages. “We’ve seen an increase in collections, which we appreciate,” said Judy Pearson, Red Cross spokeswoman. The local Red Cross has sent 150 pints to areas affected by the hurricane, Pearson said. The units are meant to replenish medical centers that initially provided blood after the hurricane hit. She said the Red Cross typically has a tough time recruiting donors as the warm months start to fade and promotions, such as offering free gas cards, are needed to keep up donor interest. Pearson said blood donations are always needed to supply regional hospitals with blood products used in surgeries, transplants and medical treatments.

Tribute to troops The Northwest Ohio Military Support Group, in conjunction with the City of Toledo, the Lucas County Veteran’s Service Commission and the Point Place Business Association will host a “Tribute to Our Troops” ceremony at 7 p.m. Sept. 14 at Friendship Park, Point Place. “The purpose of the program is to honor the military and the men and women overseas who are serving right now,” said Julie Szyskowski, family coordinator. “It will give the people in Toledo a chance to show their appreciation for our troops.” The one-hour program will feature guest speakers, patriotic music, short essays from children and a tribute to service members.

UT film major wins festival award UT senior film major Matt Meindl won the Best Experimental Film award for his film “Mumble Baby” at the Fifth Annual Microcinema Fest held Aug. 8 in Chicago. Out of 120 submissions, only 28 were selected for exhibition in the festival. Meindl made the films in his production classes UT.

Toastmasters contest The Toledo Club Toastmasters hosted the annual “humerus speech” contest Sept. 9. Bryan Okuley, a ﬁnancial consultant at Hantz Financial Group, was the winner of the full-length contest. Bob Meeker, Jr., CLU, managing associate, Seymour and Associates/Mass Mutual, was the winner of the Table Topics contest. Okuley and Meeker are eligible for the districtwide speech contest next month. The winner will participate in the Detroit and eventually national contest.

Chance Continued from page 11 crack cocaine,” she said. Second Chance assists in ﬁnding ways for women to quit their drug addictions. The program also offers group discussions for women to share issues such as being raped and beaten, rejected by family members and the shame of being a mother who bought crack instead of food for their child. “Many of these women are so ashamed, they have called Children’s Service on themselves...who do tell that to? They love the program because it has the credibility of other women who have been through it. Word of mouth is more effective than sending a brochure,” Williamson said. “’Social worker’ is not a good name to women in prostitution. Social workers take their kids away. We have to go out and build relationships and trust. It’s a hidden underground.” The rewards are transformations: “You feel good, but it’s really about how they feel,” Williams said. “It’s a good feeling when you walk into a restaurant or a movie theater and you know who they are and where they came from, how they changed their lives through our program,” Williamson said. “You never share it, you just keep on going. When you’ve been in prostitution you don’t want to be a spokesperson, you want to leave it behind. It’s a truly silent victory.” She said talking to young teens about their prostitution is heartbreaking. “I have a teen daughter. I see her cheer her lacrosse team while I get in my car and go talk to young girls. I have such a middle class life and then I get in my car and go down to poor areas.”

Everybody knows Williamson’s car. “They trust me, and I talk to them about making life better. I visit them in drug treatment. It’s hard to keep my life separate, but I can’t live my life knowing people are being murdered and brutalized and turn my back on it.” “When you work with anyone who’s down on their luck, you have to be brave and strong enough to not let it affect you,” Williams said. Housed at Toledo Metropolitan Ministries, Second Chance struggles for monetary support. “We could do more but we have no money. Funding is key. Prostitution is an issue that brings up a lot of prejudice and barriers-it’s hard to get people to fund this. “Women romanticized prostitution, men eroticize it, Hollywood distorts it,” Williamson said. “ They don’t have high heels or fur coats. If

Toastmasters meets every second and fourth Fridays of the month at 7 a.m. at the Toledo Club on the ﬁfth ﬂoor. The club is dedicated to self-improvement; membership is open to the public. See www.toastmaster.org.

Kick-a-thon scheduled American Martial Arts will host a Kick-a-thon from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 17 at Westﬁeld Shopping Town Franklin Park mall. There will be demonstrations of traditional and extreme martial arts, prizes and all participants will receive an award. Money raised will beneﬁt St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Call (419) 385-5425 for registration.

Cathedral of Praise dedicates new campus Cathedral of Praise will hold an open house from 1 to 5 p.m. Sept. 25 at 3000 Strayer Rd., Maumee. A dedication service will be held during the 9 and 11 a.m. services. The church’s new campus will feature a temporary auditorium, 67 classrooms, 18 bathrooms, a book and resource center, a ﬁtness facility and a restaurant. The 57-acre complex will also have a ministry training school and a conference center. Future expansion will include a new auditorium, a recreation center, an assisted-living facility and a condominium community. For a closer look at the expansion, visit www.toledocop.org.

Church campaign Bibleway Temple, 2335 Collingwood Ave., will kick off its 40 Days of Purpose Campaign with a free dinner for the community at 6 p.m. Sept. 24. A special service will be held the following day at 10:45 a.m. Call (419) 246.9357 for details.

Library celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month The South Branch Library, 1736 Broadway Ave., will host a Hispanic Heritage Fiesta in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month at 1 p.m. Sept. 17. The program will feature music, children’s crafts, entertainment from Elena Bartley’s Dance Studio, an art display courtesy of the Soﬁa Quintero Art and Cultural Center and refreshments. It is free and open to the public. For more information, call (419) 259-5395.

Correction In an article on “Park ‘n’ Shine 2005” in the Sept. 7 edition, Gary Hutt’s title was erroneously reported as plant personnel director at General Motors Powertrain. He is a UAW international represtative and coordinator of the event.

they made $500, it went to the crack dealer. They might be able to eat once a day; many don’t have place to sleep. They may wear their underwear two to three times before they kick it off in the bush.” Williamson asserts prostitutes don’t have “Pretty Woman” dreams of ritzy cars and diamond rings. “There’s nothing more enticing for them than to be sober and have the love and respect of their children and families.” Leaving prostitution can be complicated. “You have to sever ties on various levels, give up money and go back to poverty. You have to give up the drugs. You have to face and repair your life. That can be very painful,” Williamson said. Second Chance may be contacted at Toledo Metropolitan Ministries, 444 Floyd Street, Toledo, Ohio, 43620.

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Johny D addresses split with Clear Channel By Scott McKimmy Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Clear Channel Communications terminated 92.5 Kiss FM’s “Johny D and the Morning Crew,” and fired on-air personality Johny D Aug. 24. The company based its decision at least in part, on the opinions of area women responding to a survey, according to Jeremy Baumhower, one of Johny D’s on-air crew members. “They get the survey back, and they say that he’s the most hated man in Toledo,” Baumhower said. “‘Toledo loves to hate John,’ which is what they told us. They just love to hate him, which is ultimately what you look for in a morning show.” Loyal listeners may be looking for a new frequency as the self-described “abrasive” jock launched his new morning program Sept. 5 at Tower 98 joined by Baumhower, “Gaylord Focker” and a new arrival named Crystal. The show, which Baumhower said ranked No. 1 in the area among 18- to 34year-olds, promises the same brash flavor, with the crew joking and pranking under a new roof. “I don’t know what program in their right mind lets that show go. They’re crazy,” Baumhower said. The feud with Clear Channel probably won’t fade soon even though conflicts over Johny D’s contract have been resolved. Baumhower said other disputes arose over the number of songs played per hour as well as Clear Channel’s “Less is More”

campaign, reducing ad spots from 60 seconds to 30 seconds with no break on price. Also, according to Baumhower, the station released Johny D’s wife, Dana, from her job, offering a severance package in exchange for her resignation. “In less than 36 hours, they had fired everybody that supports his three kids,” Baumhower said. “It’s war.” Bill Michaels, 92.5 Kiss FM operations manager, declined to comment on the issue. Johny D said he had considered Michaels a friend during his 10 years at the station, including a time when the two were roommates. He offered advice for others who might find themselves in a similar predicament. “Don’t become friends with people you work with because you can’t trust anybody,” he said. Ginny Duffee, owner of Picture This by Ginny photography, said a loss of trust in the Clear Channel advertising department compelled her to discontinue buying radio spots. She said she lost her favorite radio personality for her annual remote broadcasts to promote her business. So far for Johny D, Tower 98 has become a “better fit,” and he added that he had tried for four years to make the switch to Cumulus Broadcasting. Opportunities in other regional markets haven’t attracted him because of Toledo’s personality, and the crew lost the chance to continue raising money for

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Johny D, left, and crew member Jeremy Baumhower outside their new on-air home. “Johny’s Kids,” a charitable cause that ended with his employment. “We’re going to start that back up im-

mediately,” he said. “We have the rough side, and we have the side people know that we’re just kidding around.”

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Charlene Perry of Luna Pier ﬁlled her tank Sept. 9 with E85, a blend of ethanol and gasoline, at Sterling Convenience Store, 1444 W. Alexis Rd.

Local station offers ethanol gas alternative Sterling Convenience Store, 1444 W. Alexis Rd., is offering E85 fuel. According to a news release, E85 is an environmentally friendly fuel made up of 85-percent ethanol and 15-percent gasoline, which allows for price-per-gallon to remain under the average market value on straight petroleum. The fuel is offered with the cooperation of the Ohio Senate, Ohio Corn Growers Association and Sterling Convenience Stores. E85 is only compatible with ﬂexible fuel vehicles; the company recommends owners check vehicle manuals for compatibility.

Friday, Brett Christy of Curtice filled up with E85. “I have a flexible fuel vehicle — that’s one of the reasons I’m using the E85 fuel,” he said. “Two other big reasons; its cheaper, plus it’s better for the environment.” When asked if he bought his car because of the FFV designation he said, “I didn’t even know it was FFV when I bought it. This is my first time using the fuel, so we’ll see how it does.” Don Hall of Grand Rapids said he was eager to try the new fuel, but found himself

between experimental and cautious when fueling his 1990 Ford Ranger. “I put in $20 of regular unleaded, and now I’m adding $10 in E85. I want to try it to see how it works in my truck because it’s a lot cheaper,” he said. Charlene Perry of Luna Pier was trying the E85 blend for the first time. “My husband just talked with the dealership. He wanted to be certain we could use it safely. Even though we have an FFV, the mechanic actually said not to use it every time we fill up. This is the first time,

so we’re going to see if it helps,” she said. Mary Stachowiak of Toledo said she was somewhat groused by the higher-thanexpected price when she filled her 2004 Chevy Tahoe with E85. “It looks like they’ve already started price-gouging. It was $1.85 yesterday, now it’s already up to $2.49. I was expecting the lower price and when I saw it jumped I said, ‘this is really ridiculous’. My husband called me on the phone and told me to get over here and fill up before the price goes higher.” — DM Stanfield, Myndi Milliken

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Student visits Wharton for a look at business By Deanna Woolf Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

It seemed Rachel Hudson didn’t stand a chance. The Maumee Valley Country Day School senior had never taken a business or economics course. Some of her application materials didn’t make the deadline. But she HUDSON beat out a record number of applicants and was one of 60 students selected for the Wharton School of Business’s Leadership in the Business World program in July. “I was actually really surprised,” she said. The program, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, is designed to give students an idea of the “richness and diversity of a business education,” according to director Dr. Helene Elting. She said students from various geographic areas and socioeconomic backgrounds are invited to stay in dorms and learn about business people “who are passionate about what they do.” During the program, students listen

to presentations from faculty and business owners, visit ﬁrms and write their own business plans. “We are not grading them,” Elting said. “We want them to explore.” Hudson got a quite a sampling. She had classes on economic history, capitalism and entrepreneurship. She visited the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia and the advertising company The Himmel Group in New York City. She participated in a stocktrading simulation — her area of expertise because she’s had an online trading account for more than two years. Hudson came in fourth, but since the winner was “convicted” of stock fraud, “I guess I was really third.” She also worked in a group with nine other students to write a business plan for launching a new product or concept. Hudson’s group decided to market laptops designed speciﬁcally for college students. “We got contacts at universities that had similar programs. We did a 300-person survey of college and high school students to understand what they want. We had verbal contracts with parts companies, securing certain prices,” she said. They made a deal with Good Housekeeping magazine to include their products in its technology issue.

When her group presented their business plan to the venture-capitalist judges, they “didn’t actually believe we had contracts with these companies and that we got the parts so cheaply,” she said. While their group didn’t win based on the concept, they did receive accolades for having the

best business plan. Hudson enjoyed the group work. “When you just go to a regular school, there are people who are disinterested and don’t want to work at all. It’s so crazy to meet nine people who all want to do this and are excited about working,” she said. “We all knew our strengths

and weaknesses — that’s such a big part of it. You’re allowed to be bad at some things, but there’s a time to shine for everyone.” After Hudson’s experiences, “I’m still interested in business,” she said. “Maybe I’ll major in economics. I’m probably going to go to college and see how it goes.”

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It’s a buyers market in Toledo, as the real-estate market is saturated with homes for sale. Because buyers can virtually name their prices in areas where many homes with similar amenities are up for sale, sellers must find creative ways to seal a deal. Auctions, according to auctioneer Pamela Rose of Pamela Rose Auction Co., have become increasingly popular in Toledo. “The public has become more aware of auctions because of eBay,” she said, giving credit to the online auction firm. “Sellers demand a simpler, faster way to sell real estate, and by auction, they know the date and time they will get an offer.” ROSE Rose said sellers are attracted to dictating the terms of a sale and the qualifications of a buyer. When selling homes on the open market, sellers often must take sacrifices on what the buyer is willing to pay. By setting a price outright,

Rose said homeowners cap their profits. “The market determines the price,” Rose said. “The only way to really determine the market value of a home is to auction. That way, you are going to get qualified buyers in a competitive environment.” While auctions can help garner better returns, Rose said in today’s real estate market, sellers have to be realistic. “There are 90 listings in Old Orchard right now,” she said. “There’s 1,000 more homes on the market now than there were this time last year. It’s still very much a buyers market unless you have something premier.” Pamela’s sister, Beth Rose, has been an auctioneer for 15 years. She said Toledo is using auctions to sell homes more than ever. “If you open the papers right now, auctions are dominating.” Having key resources is important in a market where small details can make the difference. Rose recommended researching professionals and determining if their plans to market your home are sufficient. Rose, a licensed Realtor and auctioneer, said she has seen her business grow rapidly. “There’s a need for speed in our culture,” she said. “I’m the fax machine and microwave of real estate.”

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you’ll want to be able to rebuild it to its original condition. This may cost more than its value on the open market. Costs to rebuild are typically more expensive than new construction. This can be especially true if your home was destroyed with many others in the wake of a flood or a tornado. Supply and demand can drive the cost of materials and labor to skyrocket, making it more important to make sure you’ve got enough coverage. It’s a good idea to re-evaluate your policy. Since you first bought it, your needs may have changed, your home may have increased in value or you may have accumulated items not covered. Have you recently remodeled your kitchen or finished a basement? This will likely increase your home’s value beyond the rise in inflation. If your home itself hasn’t

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cost you a bit more. Don’t assume you already have it. Many people think they do. Some learn they don’t until after misfortune has struck. Take inventory of your possessions. One easy way is to videotape your stuff around the house. Then place the tape in a safe or family members’ home. In general, the most frequent dangers leading homeowners to ﬁle insurance claims are in this order: ﬁre, wind, water damage and theft. This is a reminder to pay attention! In case disaster strikes, give yourself the best chance to recover. Jody Zink is a licensed Realtor in Ohio and Michigan with the Loss Realty Group. She can be reached at jody@jodyzinkrealtor. com or (419) 725-1881.

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PREP FOOTBALL Toledo Free Press photo of Eric McClosky by DM Stanﬁeld

Stritch coach picks up where dad left off

Stritch attack features McClosky By Scott McKimmy Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Prep football players from smaller schools have a different viewpoint than those attending behemoths. It’s only natural that, coming from a school with about 300 students, Eric McClosky looks around and sees wide-open spaces that he and his teammates need to fill. He’s usually one of four wide receivers on the field for Cardinal Stritch High School on just about every offensive play. McClosky, a junior, has new coaches and responsibilities as one of four co-captains. He climbed into a situation where all but a couple starters are seniors, and the shotgun-oriented formations the Cardinals use favor receivers. “[Being co-captain] is actually one of the easier aspects because I get a lot of respect from the guys. They’re real supportive,” McClosky said. “Nobody cares who gets the credit, and we’re geling as a team.” With some elbow room on the field and a student-teacher ratio lower than most his age, McClosky can drive toward his dream of attending Notre Dame, even if he never walks onto the football field. The standout carries a grade point average above 4.0 and ranks first in his class. Meanwhile, he’ll try to keep it well-tuned and win games whether he makes the big catches himself or decoys to draw coverage away from the real targets. “We’re probably going to stay

in that formation,” McClosky said. “The way it works is that we can spread them out and throw, and then we can spread them out and run. There’s no real way they can guard either one or the other.” Head coach Tony Beier said the formation preceded him, and he likes to run and shoot. With so many young players, however, and “receivers all over the place, receivers going in motion,” the opportunities to make mistakes increase. But at least two key ball-handling positions are ﬁlled by senior co-captains Cale Sobecki, center, and running back Josh Hierholzer. The offensive capabilities have been greater than anticipated, especially McClosky, who stayed under the radar last year while upperclassmen received the spotlight. This year he’s the “feature guy,” according to Beier, but Stritch

will have three other wide receivers out there at any given time. “The number of catches [McClosky] had wasn’t outstanding, and I don’t even know it off the top of my head,” Beier said. “It wasn’t out of this world because it was split up among some other seniors that were still in the program at the time. But he’s tough to guard one-on-one.” The Cardinals’ defense this year has been less than stellar. Beier noted his concern for fundamentals — knocking pads harder and reading plays better. He sees a deﬁnite problem with the defense, which may need a 2-percent solution. “In the ﬁrst game, we had three touchdowns against us in excess of 40-some yards, and they were all just missed tackles or missed assignments,” Beier said. “We probably did 98 percent of what we needed to do right.”

When Oregon Cardinal Stritch offered Tony Beier its head football coaching position last December, he couldn’t refuse. It was his first chance to tackle a head-coaching role after spending his previous 17 years as an assistant coach for ten years at St John’s Jesuit, five at Ottawa Hills and two at Rogers. His father, legendary St. John’s football coach Fred Beier, was thrilled with the news. Even though he was severely ailing at the time, Fred told Tony he would man the sidelines with him during his first head coaching season, giving the BEIER school’s football team a new chapter in its decades-old relationship with the gridiron savvy family. Beier’s uncle Mike had already been the Cardinals gridiron coach in the early 1970s. It was there that Tony got his first taste of high school football from the sideline. But just a few days after learning of his son’s new position, Fred’s heart failed. His passing

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during the same week when Tony’s career had jumped to the coaching level where he had built his own legacy seemed to indicate a metaphysical passing of the torch. Beyond mourning the loss of his father, Beier had to deal with the disappointment of losing the opportunity Fred had proposed to him. Looking back on that fateful week, Tony found the positive light. “Even though he wasn’t able to be around long enough to help me out with coaching he still knew over his last three days that I had gotten the head-coaching job and he was very pleased with that,” Beier said. With last winter behind him, he is dedicated to carrying on the philosophies his father bestowed upon him that made Fred such a beloved and respected coach and teacher, not only at St John’s but throughout the area. “Coaching football is more than coaching football. It’s coaching kids how to be good people,” Beier said. “I’ve been in football for a very long time and certainly I’ve learned a lot from, not only a great football coach, but a great person. He taught me everything I know about life and everything I know about football.” —Scott Calhoun

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Friday is football night in Toledo and this past Friday night was perfect. The weather was magniﬁcent and there were several great match-ups. A game many overlooked, Hicksville Aces versus Ottawa Hills Green Bears, proved to be the best of them all. It was a special evening in the village of Ottawa Hills as its residents prepared to honor longtime coach Norm Niedermeier. More than 200 of Niedermeier’s former players gathered to honor their coach and dedicate the football stadium in his name. It must be understood that Hicksville and Ottawa Hills are small schools. The enrollment, boys and girls, at Hicksville is 223 students while the enrollment at Ottawa Hills is 208 students. All evening long the teams exchanged touchdowns. Eventu-

ally it began to appear that the team with the ball last would win but, suddenly, late in the fourth quarter, Ottawa Hills began to demonstrate some dominance. Then the never-say-die Hicksville Aces came charging back. With less than two minutes remaining, the Aces began a touchdown drive that would break the hearts of the Ottawa Hills faithful. On three separate occasions, the Aces were able to convert ﬁrst downs on fourth and long situations. They drove the length of the ﬁeld to score a winning touchdown with only 19 seconds remaining. Nineteen seconds is not a long

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time and the Green Bears were faced with the task of marching nearly 80 yards but the Ottawa Hills eleven demonstrated the level of their determination. With the clock approaching 0:00, the Green Bears were a mere few inches from scoring a winning touchdown when their wide receiver came down with a reception but did so with his feet outside the back of the end-zone. Everyone in attendance, on both sides, applauded in appreciation for a wonderful game and marveled at the efforts demonstrated by all participants. A perfect evening capped off by a perfect game.

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she tested successfully for IRL at Walt Disney World Speedway and Phoenix International Speedway. Her career is accelerating at speeds even her talent can hardly keep pace with. Race promoter Ron Hemelgarn operates Hemelgarn Racing and has been involved with IRL since 1978. He is a promoter of a USAC sprintcar and midget car racing event in Toledo each July. He said McCune has a “very good reputation” as a driver in the USAC ranks. “She’s done it for so long and her family’s been around racing all her life, so I think she has an advantage having grown up around the sport all of her life.” He said she deserves local sponsorship support. “I’m surprised no corporation around here has picked up sponsorship for her. She had to move away (to Los Angeles) to pursue her career because no one’s tried to help her locally.” McCune said she’s being courted by NASCAR and the IRL. She is currently preparing to race open-wheel in two IRL Inﬁnity Pro Series events. In spring of 2004 she had a starring role on Country Music Television’s “The Drive,” a reality show about seven aspiring drivers seeking to make the NASCAR circuit. “The camera followed me for about six months wherever I went,” McCune said. As for following in the tracks of Patrick, McCune’s outlook is simple. “I don’t want to be the next anybody. I just want to be the next Sarah.”

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As area motorsports fans get used to female racing phenom Danica Patrick, they may not be aware that a former Toledoan is making her way up the circuit ranks. Sarah McCune, 25 and a native of Perrysburg, has established a successful racing career. In the ’90s she won numerous quarter-midget and modified midget car events on a national level, and she recently made the transition to IRL, stock and truck racing. McCune, who lives in Los Angeles, began her career in Toledo racing midget cars at Toledo Speedway, Flat Rock and other area tracks. She became interested in racing at age 11, she said. “One day my dad took me to a race. I fell in love with it and thought it was the coolest thing,” she said. Her father, Richard, followed through on her newfound interest and purchased a car for the two to work on to get her into the local midget racing circuit. “We started learning together from scratch without knowing anything. My dad learned how to set up the car and I learned how to race it,” she said. Starting in 1990, Sarah established herself as Midwest Regional Champion in the national quartermidget division, and was a quarter-midget national champion in 1991. In 1996 she became the first woman to win an ARCA Feature midget car event. Her successes resulted in a coveted invitation to attend the Lyn St. James Driving School. In 1997 McCune upped the ante by becoming the first woman to win a NAMARS Feature in addition to setting two track qualifying records and winning the Ohio State Nationals. McCune then added a college career to her plate, attending Indiana University, where she earned an honors degree in marketing and public relations. “I didn’t have the normal college career that other girls have,” McCune said. “I went to class, but then I concentrated on racing.” Even carrying a college load, she managed to win the two ARCA events she raced in, and in 1998 she became the first woman to finish in the top five in a USAC national points event. After college she returned to racing midget cars full time in the USAC, a pro midget-car circuit recognized by NASCAR fans as a stepping stone for top drivers such as Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman. In 2002

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The Toledo Mud Hens are heading to the International League Championship Series. Sunday night’s 5-3 victory over the Norfolk Tides at Fifth Third Field gave the Mud Hens their ﬁrst post-season series win since 1980. Toledo will play Indianapolis in the Governors’ Cup

Final beginning Sept. 13 and Sept. 14 at Fifth Third Field. Tickets for the Mud Hens’ two home games are available by calling (419) 725-HENS (4367), at www. mudhens.com or at the box ofﬁce at Fifth Third Field. The box ofﬁce will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. until game time.

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Owls prime for plucking Exclusively online: ■ A recap of UT’s victory over Western Michigan with stats and highlights When the Rockets’ trajectory takes them to Philadelphia to collide with Temple University on Saturday, there won’t be many yellow ﬂags ﬂying to the turf. Not if history repeats itself. The Owls opened their season against Arizona State University with no penalties, but walked away reeling from a 63-16 defeat. They performed the same feat in their 2004 opener against the University of Virginia. Temple head coach Bobby Wallace works with some young play-

ers. The Owls, who join the MAC in 2007, ﬁnished last year at 2-9, including a 45-17 loss to Toledo. They went into Madison, Wis. last week dragging an eight-roadgame losing streak. The Badgers beat Temple, 65-0. Offensively, Temple features quarterback Mike McGann, who’s had 11 200-yard games passing behind multiple formations. The defense, however, can’t seem to stem the tide of touchdowns. To make matters worse, seven players on Temple’s scholarship lost academic eligibility for the 2005 season. Four seniors and three juniors will sit it out, including Tim Brown, one of their top running backs. — Scott McKimmy

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Local musician leads tribute to Hendrix Reports of the demise of rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix may have been greatly exaggerated. Hendrix is alive and well in the spirit of Tony Campbell, an English musician who leads a tribute band of the ’60s-era icon booked at Club Bijou on Sept. 17, one day before the 35th anniversary of Hendrix’s death. “Tony Campbell and the Purple Haze Project” formed in Toledo recently after one of Campbell’s gigs at Tango’s Mexican Cantina. Campbell has ties with Hendrix dating back to his teens, when he ﬁrst picked up a guitar and put on a little show for his mother, reenacting the artist’s Woodstock rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner.” “When I ﬁrst started playing guitar, I would play it with my teeth,” Campbell said. “My mom would be in the kitchen cooking dinner, and I would walk in and say, ‘Mom, look.’ She told me I was crazy.” His youthful antics have led to a career as a guitarist and singer, covering Hendrix’s tunes as well as his original works. Campbell has shared the stage with Bob Marley, Jeff Healey, Brian May from Queen, Pink Floyd and Heart. His hands made several appearances doubling for the lead actor during guitar scenes in the

TV movie, “The Jimi Hendrix Story,” which was filmed in Toronto, where Campbell lived previously. “For the movie, they had to have guitar same way Hendrix did,” Campbell said. “I have a righthanded guitar, but for the tribute to make it authentic, I flipped it and changed the strings. That’s what he did; he changed the strings.” Campbell had played tributes to Hendrix in the past, but stopped to concentrate on his own CD until destiny intervened in the name of Jimi Dean Garza, a local musician and assistant used car manager at Rouen Toyota. Garza walked into Tango’s during one of Campbell’s shows and asked if he had ever considered a Hendrix tribute. Campbell weighed the idea, then contacted Garza and agreed to do the show. After a quick introduction to Campbell’s new band members for the Purple Haze Project — drummer Robert Davenport and bassist Mark Bond — the gig was set. With little time to rehearse — four two-hour sessions — the group gave a somewhat impromptu performance at a Hendrix tribute at Club Bijou with other local musicians. “The first concert went down really well,” Campbell said. “People had a great time. There was high energy by the time we finished. One person was a Viet-

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Criticizing Bush: West prospers where Chicks fell In March 2003, Dixie Chicks lead singer Natalie Maines took the stage during a London concert and said she was “ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas.” A few weeks ago, rapper Kanye West, during an NBC Universal telethon to raise money for Hurricane Katrina survivors, said, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” The impact on the Dixie Chicks: Country stations pulled the Chicks’ single, “Travelin’ Soldier”; the song lost its No. 1 position as airplay dropped 15 percent. Cumulus Media instructed all 42 of its country stations to stop playing the group’s music until further notice. One station in Kansas City hosted a Dixie “chicken toss” party, where Chicks critics dumped the group’s tapes, CDs and concert tickets into garbage cans. The impact on West: His sophomore album, Late Registration, debuted at No. 1 on

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It’s tempting to credit the disparity to the two artists’ audiences; the predictably conservative country industry and its fans reacted with the same hidebound reaction it has always practiced when facing controversy. West’s fans seemed to show their support for his comments, or at least his right to make his comments, by doubling their consumption of his music. WEST Maines eventually apologized; West has not. But if record sales can be counted like votes on Election Day, many Americans have sent West the message that he does not need to. — Michael S. Miller

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nam vet and he came up to me at the end of the night and said he was in tears when I did the ‘Star Spangled Banner.’ ” Level 5, the band in which Garza plays, will open for Campbell and company. Also performing

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Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady formed their ﬁrst band, The Triumphs, in 1957 in Washington, D.C. “We weren’t even a garage band. Dad kept his car in the garage, and we weren’t allowed to go near it. We were a living room band,” Kaukonen joked. The two have been jamming since. Lead guitarist Kaukonen co-founded Jefferson Airplane and called his friend to play bass. “When we ﬁrst started touring with Airplane, we didn’t have a lot of money. Jack and I shared a room. It’s hard to believe now, but there was no TV then. I would play acoustic guitar and we’d start working stuff out. Pretty soon we had a repertoire,” Kaukonen said last week from Pomeroy, Ohio. “One night Paul Kantner [vocalist and rhythm guitarist with Jefferson Airplane] asked us to open the Airplane show. Before we knew it, we had another band.” That band was Hot Tuna. Thirty-six

years later, the band keeps on truckin’, mixing blues, rock, folk and country. Kaukonen, Casady and Barry Mitterhoff, mandolin and banjo, will play Ripplefest in Bluffto at 11:30 p.m. Sept. 17. Kaukonen’s ﬁne ﬁngerpicking guitar style and Casady’s melodic bass playing have been featured on some 20 Hot Tuna recordings. Both released solo projects in 2003 — Casady’s Dream Factor and Kaukonen’s Blue Country Heart, which earned a Grammy nomination. “As a result of being in a successful rock and roll band, I’ve been able to be a successful folk guitar player the rest of my life,” Kaukonen said. What was it like to be part of the San Francisco scene in the ’60s? “It was an explosion of ideas,” Kaukonen said. “I grew up in the ’50s during the Eisenhower years, it was very gray. It was like ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ going from black and white to Technicolor.”

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Sam Bush has watched bluegrass grow in popularity. “It’s not always radio that brings the music to the masses,” said the veteran fiddle and mandolin player from his Nashville home. “There have been three times that revolve around movies. “I remember seeing ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ as a kid. Everyone knew right away Earl Scruggs was playing ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown,’ ” he said. “ ‘Deliverance’ displayed those instruments again. ... ‘Oh Brother Where Art Thou?’ was as big a boost for acoustic music as it was for bluegrass.” Bush helped with that boost — and won BUSH a Grammy. He was a Soggy-Bottom Boy, playing mandolin on “In the Jailhouse Now.” That’s fitting, considering the Bowling Green, Ky., native was influenced by the

small screen. “I was born in 1952. I was one of the first generations to take advantage of watching musical acts on ‘Ed Sullivan’ — the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel,” Bush said. “I watched their finger work — it was like a teaching video.” Bush was a member of New Grass Revival from 1972 to 1989, when he started picking for Emmylou Harris in the Nash Ramblers. Five years later, he released his first solo work, Late as Usual. The sought-after musician has played with Lyle Lovett, Alison Krauss, Yo-Yo Ma and the Spin Doctors. In 2004, King of My World, his fifth solo disc, was released. “We play Americana music, a variety of styles of music — bluegrass, reggae, jazz, rock — on acoustic instruments,” he said. Bush will be joined by Scott Vestal, banjo; Keith Sewell, guitar; Byron House, bass; and Chris Brown, drums, at Ripplefest in Bluffton, at 9 a.m. Sept. 17. “What we try to do at a live show is have positive energy, and we need that now in this country more than ever, ” he said.

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Calling poetry slammers The search is on for the ﬁnalist for October’s $1,000 Midwest Slam Invitational hosted by the Nu Mutants. If you think you have what it takes, get to one of the mini-slams this month at the Collingwood Art Center’s Gerber House. Slams begin at 9 p.m. Sept. 17, 22, 29, and Oct. 6; (419) 243-9360.

speak UP! THE OTHER MAX KLINGER M*A*S*H fans everywhere recognize the name Max Klinger. The cross-dressing Klinger from TV’s 4077th shares his name with an unmistakably original and compelling German artist of the 19th century. View the other Max Klinger through Sept. 18 at the Toledo Museum of Art.

The start of the school year marks the traditional end of the American summer, but there’s more than a week of it left. That means another chance to get out to the cabin on the lake and relive those carefree days, if only for the weekend. Or you could sit on the bank and daydream as the sunset ripples toward the shoreline. Technical information: This shot was taken at 1/500 sec., 200 ISO, f/2.8 and 200 mm with a Canon EOS 20D.

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THE OLDEST PROFESSION Sex and economics are intertwined in the story of ﬁve elderly “ladies of the night” in the famed Storyville district of New Orleans who are plying their trade in New York. Sharp and witty, the script is Paula Vogel’s satire of Reaganomics. “The Oldest Profession” shows through Nov. 11 at Ms. Rose’s Dinner Theatre, Perrysburg. You must be 18 years old to purchase tickets; (419) 874-8505.

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Indiana Ave. in Perrysburg, will present Jeff Heisler and Ryan Muncy, graduate student saxophonists from BGSU, in a Young Artist Recital at 3 p.m. Sept. 25. The recital is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow.

FORE! A GOOD CAUSE Reservations are due Sept. 16 for the Billy Joe Smith Heritage Scholarship Golf Outing, which will be played at 9 a.m. Oct. 7 at Stone Oak. Play your own ball for $100, lunch and prizes, foursomes welcome. Beneﬁts Central Catholic High School; (419) 255-2306.

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Monky Around “Monky Business,” an allmale musical comedy celebrating poverty and celibacy opens the Village Players’ 48th season. The play, based on a punheavy book by Todd Mueller and Hank Boland, and music and lyrics by Gregg Opelka, is about Abbot Costello and the fun-loving Brothers of St. Bernard’s monastery. They stage a fundraiser at radio studio WGOD in order to save their cloistered home from a casino developer. But one of them, a devil in monk’s robes, has other plans. The show is directed by Wes Skinner, who has been with the Village Players since 1971 and helmed last season’s “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” Musical director is Debbie Wlodarski, who also worked on “Kindergarten.” Cast members are Village veterans David R. Dysard, Matt Richardson, Jeffrey Thomas King, Ben Lumbrezer, and newcomer Paul Soska. “Monky Business” runs through 24. Tickets are $14-16; (419) 472-6817.

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Jill Jack, Luke Sayers

Glenda Biddlestone, Roosevelt Hatcher, The Murphys Scene Pavilion, Cleveland

Jeff Williams Band The Johnny Knorr Orchestra: “Songs of the WWII Generation” Club Bijou

Alkaline Trio, My Chemical Romance, Reggie & The Full Effect

Jimi Hendrix Tribute with Tony Campbell & Purple Haze, Falls of Grace, Level 5

Severance Hall, Cleveland

Grog Shop, Cleveland

Count Basie Orchestra, Patti Austin Toledo Museum of Art Libbey Court

Artistry in Swing

Wilbert’s Food & Music, Cleveland

Judith Owen

SAT SEPT 17 The Ark, Ann Arbor

The Hackensaw Boys Beachland Ballroom & Tavern, Cleveland

Minus the Bear, These Arms Are Snakes, Thunderbirds Are Now Headliners Early show:

An Angle, JamisonParker, Waking Ashland Late show: 30 Seconds to Mars, Mindshift, AutoPilot Louis G’s

Kyle White Manhattan’s

Crawdaddy and the Blues Connoisseurs

Palace Theatre, Cleveland

Dan Zanes

Peabody’s Down Under, Cleveland

Esham

The Underground

Grog Shop, Cleveland

Into Eternity, Genocya Valentine Theatre

Hi-Fi Club, Cleveland

Williams County Fair, Montpelier

Howard’s Club H, BG

Pete Schlegel The Winchester, Cleveland

Sultans of Bing

SUN SEPT 18 The Ark, Ann Arbor

Michael Smith

Mickey Finn’s Pub

Rootstand

Borders Books & Music, Ann Arbor

Murphy’s Place

Zoar Lutheran Church

Shimmer

Toledo Symphony Orchestra

The Bronze Boar

Chris Konopp & Friends

Diamond Nights

House of Blues, Cleveland

TUE SEPT 20

Krokus

The Ark, Ann Arbor

Manhattan’s

The Wailin’ Jennys

Quartet Bernadette

Blind Pig, Ann Arbor

Mickey Finn’s Pub

Capleton

Children of Tragedy

Grog Shop, Cleveland

Mickey Finn’s Pub

Acoustic Alchemy, Terry Disley

Lagerhouse, Detroit

Ritz Theater, Tifﬁn

Moistboyz, The Minibosses

WED SEPT 21

The Ark, Ann Arbor

Pernice Brothers, Tim Fite

The Bronze Boar

The Shelter, Detroit

Kelly Broadway Trio

Chris Mills, Limbeck, Lucero

Shimmer

Ember Swift, Kate Pivoriunas Rachael Lampa

Manhattan’s

Alvin’s, Detroit

Acid Mother’s Temple, Aqui

Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Peabody’s Down Under, Cleveland

Box of Cats

Resilience, The Exploited

Chris Mills, Limbeck, Lucero

House of Blues, Cleveland

Howard’s Club H, BG

BoDeans, Shannon McNally

The Octopus Project, Hundred Year Hex

St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Mark Gardener

Wilbert’s Food & Music, Cleveland

Jeff Harris Band

BE THERE. DO THAT. BENEFITS Power of Pink Party: 5 to 11 p.m.

Sept. 16 at Matthew’s Creative Cuisine, 4400 Heatherdowns Blvd. For every pink martini sold, $1 will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; (419) 382-2559. 5k walk/run: to beneﬁt Ben E. Williams Youth Services, 9 a.m. Oct. 29 at Ottawa Park Shelter House; (419) 535-1289.

ENTERTAINMENT from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Trotters Tavern, 5131 Heatherdowns Blvd.

Auto Racing: Night of Destruction:

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FAMILY Carson & Barnes 5-Ring Circus: 4:30

and 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Lucas County Fairgrounds. Ticket prices vary and can be purchased at the fairgrounds box ofﬁce or at the door.

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RELIGIOUS Rejoicing in the Lord: Pre-Women’s

Day celebration, 5 p.m. Sept. 17 at Indiana Missionary Baptist Church, 640 Indiana Ave.

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Acid Mother’s Temple, Aqui

Beachland Ballroom & Tavern, Cleveland

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Talkdemonic, The National

An Angle, Jamison Parker, Waking Ashland

Glenda Biddlestone, The Murphys

COMPILED BY VICKI L. KROLL Magic Stick, Detroit MON SEPT 19

Gregg Aranda: every Wednesday

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ARTIST RECITAL 2 YOUNG Way Public Library, 101 E.

FRI SEPT 16

Cleveland Music Hall

the AGENDA Area residents who enjoy writing short prose or poetry are invited to join a Community Writers’ Workshop at Owens Community College. The workshop is free and writers meet Mondays from 6 to 9 p.m. from Sept. 12 through Dec. 12 in College Hall Room 156-D on the Toledo-area campus. For information, call (567) 661-7385.

MUSIC NOTES

TOLEDO CONFIDENTIAL

WINE TASTING Michael Honig: winemaker and

manager of Napa Valley’s Honig Vineyard and Winery, will be at a wine tasting and bottle signing event from 4 to 7 p.m. Sept. 22 at The Andersons, 530 Illinois Ave., Maumee. Wines of Beaujolais: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 15, The Vineyard, Westgate Shopping Center. $15; (419) 535-7301.

Keith Bergman

Los Angeles impressions

ach city has its own energy. I recommend going to new cities as often as you can, because too long in one place and you start to think that’s the way it is everywhere. After the measured, relatively small-town pace of Toledo, a place such as New York or Atlanta can be overwhelming. Los Angeles, though, is a city that lives and dies by logistics. In my week there, I met people who stayed up all night in order to drive to the beach without hitting trafﬁc. My hosts spoke wistfully of their favorite restaurants across town as we ate somewhere less desirable, but easier to reach without using the serpentine parking lots they call highways. Where I stayed, in Silverlake, it’s set up nicely for rock ’n’ roll. The Echo, Spaceland and the Silverlake Lounge provide easily accessible gigs. A few miles down Sunset Boulevard (or a quick ride on L.A.’s relatively-new Metro train) takes you to Hollywood and its rapidly gentrifying charm. I was able to ﬁnd Amoeba Music, a record store the size of a K-mart (I’m not joking — 17 cashiers, more than one million CDs in stock, a separate room for classical and jazz that itself dwarfs any store I’ve seen in Ohio). Between Amoeba, the beach, the local bars and the cafe con leche at the Cuban coffeehouse down the street, my week passed quickly. I’m ready for more of Toledo’s provincial pace — it will be nice to get wherever I want to be within 20 minutes.

Get off the couch

When was the last time you heard a didgeridoo, that funky Australian instrument, in real life? How about combined with the sounds of bagpipes? Brother has ’em both, as well as vocal harmonies, world-music folk and dance rhythms. Brother returns to Mickey Finn’s on Sept. 15 — the only problem is, the show is likely to sell out beforehand. BROTHER Get over there or call for advance ticket information. Saturday Looks Good To Me — and that’s who’s playing, too, down at Howard’s Club H in Bowling Green. Fred Thomas’s Ann Arbor-based collective mixes ’60s pop and some punk inﬂuence, and every show is different. Local indie rockers Treysuno and allstar BG collective Drama Club open. And after spending 75 minutes on the 101 stuck in gridlock, I don’t want to hear anyone griping about that drive from Toledo to BG.

ARTS&LIFE

September 14, 2005

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achieve when the Stones covered the song. The Iggy Pop/David Bowie drug-anthem-turnedcruise-ship jingle “Lust for Life” is covered by Letters to Cleo singer Kay Hanley. It lacks the manic energy of the original, but you can actually understand the words; you decide if that’s an improvement. “Milkshake” girl Kelis does a fair job with The Pretenders’ “Brass in Pocket,” but goes the opposite direction in diction by mumbling more determinedly than Chrissie Hynde on the original. Bowling for Soup apply it’s Barenaked Ladiesmeets-Blink 182 sound to a playful romp through the Oscar-nominated, No. 1 Ray Parker Jr. hit “Ghostbusters.” The band has done outstanding versions of ’80s songs by A Flock of Seagulls and Bryan Adams, but it doesn’t sound as if their whole heart is in “Bustin’ makes me feel good.” Jaret Reddick’s “Who ya gonna call?” sounds as if he is channeling “Dare to be Stupid”-era Weird Al. Imogen Heap simmers on a reworking of the Classic IV’s “Spooky” and Tonic’s Emerson Hart offers a faithful recreation of Robert Palmer’s “Bad Case of Lovin’ You” to round out the collection. It’s a fun, diverse album that, at least in concept, echoes a ﬁlm with a cast as disparate as Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo and Jon “Napoleon Dynamite” Heder. — Michael S. Miller

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Almanac By Elizabeth Hazel

and Horoscope

Sept. 15 - Sept. 22, 2005

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Events: Full Moon in Pisces on the 17th; Mercury enters Libra on the 20th.

Aries (March 21-April 19) Wait for better options. Phones ring off the hook on the 15th - 16th, mixing good/crappy news with spontaneous weekend invitations. The Full Moon brings blessings that offset frustrations and delays. A war of priorities culminates on the 21st — let others ﬂog it out.

Libra (September 23-October 22) Graciousness and good manners gain powerful patrons. Distant people convey good news on Friday afternoon. The Full Moon spotlights your process of development, but the nitty-gritty details and shortterm costs strain relationships after the 18th.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) InstaCrisis -— add water and shake hard. Finish paperwork and chores on the 15th - 16th so you can enjoy a glorious romantic weekend under the Full Moon. Various crisis situations boil after the 19th, and test your ability to stay calm during the storm.

Scorpio (October 23-November 21) Give to others and others will give to you. Upcoming events ﬁll your calendar on the 15th - 16th. Enjoy time with close friends over the weekend; stingy people disappoint on the 18th. Spouse and boss have a rough time on the 21st. Silence is a safe contribution.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) Choices reflect your tastes and sensibilities. Joy and irritation walk hand-in-hand during this period. The Full Moon illuminates emotional issues, but also brings some good luck. Slap-dash fixes won’t work after the 20th — do it right the first time.

Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Stay on the yellow brick road, no matter what. Business and written work ﬂourish under this Full Moon. Your ideas draw admiration from groupies and criticism from traditionalists. After the 18th, you’ll listen to a lot of venting, and need to calm others down.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) The hand on purse strings makes others sing. Travel and meetings occupy the 15th - 16th; the weekend is superb for large group events or unique adventures. Unattractive personalities irritate on the 18th. Adjust plans to ﬁt available resources after the 20th.

Capricorn (December 22-January 19) Knowledge is power. Follow the media closely — reports and ads hold needed data or juicy job openings. Enjoy outdoor activities over the weekend. After the 19th, it will be tough to get perfect attendance; schedules are subject to crisis and confusion.

Leo (July 23-August 22) Feeding worries makes them grow. Inspiring projects develop on the 15th. Talking to the right person under the Full Moon opens doors to future possibilities and brings new jargon. After the 20th, keep a smile pasted on your face and look for silver linings.

Aquarius (January 20-February 18) You see potential where others see nothing. Surprise calls and last-minute invitations result in an unusual weekend. Relatives push after the 18th — twisting to accommodate others will not assure desired results.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

What goes around comes around. The Moon brings high tide of instant karma from the 15th - 17th: actions have immediate impact. Pay attention to the political interplay of emotions and egos after the 18th. When in doubt, remain silent until more facts surface.

Pisces (February 19-March 20) The seeds of spring are ready for harvest. The Full Moon in your sign illuminates sharp contrasts in relationships. Conversations with others from the 15th - 18th reveal hidden obsessions and desperate desires. Wise advisers assist in resolving conﬂicts on the 20th-21st.

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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TO PLACE YOUR CLASSIFIED AD, CALL (419) 241-8500. AUTOMOTIVE ASE TECHNICIAN Car Spa, a comprehensive automotive services company, is looking for a full time ASE Technician to begin immediately. This position has management opportunity. $16 - $20 per hour based on experience. Fax resume to (419) 536-2421 or apply in person at 1841 Dorr Street. (No phone calls, please.)

CHILD CARE NEED A NANNY? Call Dee’s Nanny Service Mon - Fri 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (419) 534-2162

GARAGE/ESTATE SALES FREE GARAGE SALE ADS IN TOLEDO FREE PRESS Call (419) 241-8500

PETS BULL MASTIFF PUPPY Adorable AKC red fawn male, 6 months old. Only $700. Call (313) 837-5107

APARTMENTS FOR RENT 1 BEDROOM APT. Lovely 1-bedroom apartment for rent. Nice, clean, & freshly painted. Includes garage with remote opener! Located near I-475/Monroe. Call (419) 866-4553 NICE & CLEAN Collingwood area: 2 bedroom — $500/mo or 1 bedroom/1 bath with all utilities — $450/mo. or Cherry & Islington 1 bedroom - $425/mo. Call (419) 242-1142

FOR RENT HOUSE FOR RENT 3 or 4 bedrooms, newer kitchen & bath. Privacy fenced yard & garage. Pets OK. Only $795/mo. 38 E. Crawford in West Toledo. Call (419) 283-8427 FEMALE ROOMMATE WANTED Seeking single female roommate to share great 2bedroom home located in the North End. Fenced backyard - pets okay. Must have job & references. Background check required. Available immediately. (419) 514-8560

FOR SALE DISCOURAGED LANDLORD - DONE WITH TENANTS! Disposing of rental with large master, newer kitchen, heat, electric. WAS perfect before tenant moved in! Dropping to $20s. 1252 South St. Call Anna (419) 283-8427

OPEN HOUSE 2-4 PM SUNDAY - 9/18/05 Wonderful 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, 2-story home for sale by owner. Newer roof, windows, siding & plumbing. New 6jet bathtub. Central AC. All appliances stay. 1.5 garage. Possession upon closing. 153 Maple Street Rossford, OH 43460 Only $119,900 (419) 704-3218 “UNHOLY TOLEDO” & THE PURPLE GANG 3717 Beechway 13 rooms, 5 BR, 3 fireplaces, leaded glass & French doors, 3-room Master Suite. Full 3rd floor. Over 3550 sq. ft. 5-car carriage house with 1000 sq. ft. apartment. Great Rm & Island Kit. Fireplace, wood ceilings. Buy history! $200’s (419) 283-8427 CHEAPER THAN RENT! 1734 Delence 2 bedrooms w/new furnace, privacy fence & garage. In the $40’s! Call Anna (419) 283-8427 COMPLETELY REDONE 304 South Street 3 Bdrm., 2-story with 1st floor master & laundry. Privacy fenced yard & garage. $40’s Anna (419) 283-8427 BRAND NEW CONDOS FOR SALE These new condos have an attached garage, private courtyard, private rear & front entrances. 2 bedrooms & 2 baths for only $126,000! Optional den or 3rd bedroom for only $139,000! Located on Holland-Sylvania Rd., near Bancroft. Call (419) 283-9398 STARTER HOME OR RENTAL PROPERTY Charming 2-bedroom bungalow is conveniently located within walking distance of downtown. Nice starter home or money-generating rental property. Available for sale outright or by land contract. Only $15,900 or best offer. Call (419) 866-4553 MANUFACTURED HOME Clean, well-maintained manufactured home located on low traffic street is ideal for a family. 2-3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, fireplace & garden tub w/whirlpool jets in the master bedroom suite. Appliances included. Located in Erie, MI (2 miles from state line). $30,000 or best offer. Call Keith at (419) 841-3811 Hurry! Won’t last long!

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LANDSCAPE VAUGHN’S TREE SERVICE Tree removal by bucket. Tree topping, trimming, pruning. Lot clearing. Licensed & insured. Free estimates. (419) 466-9632

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