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The ghost of Radio Raheem

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n August, when Toledo Free Press ﬁrst reported about the tensions between Thomas Szych and people he referred to as gang members, there was not much comment about the story. A week after the article ran, Szych e-mailed me to say that since the spotlight had shone on his neighborhood, the activity and strife had calmed considerably. We moved on, but the story tapped into a tremor that continued to reverberate. Of all the images and words that exploded into our lives Saturday, the quote that echoes in my head was spoken by Mayor Jack Ford, as reported in The Blade: “I don’t think it’s going to have a lasting impact,” he said of the riot. “I don’t think it’s going to have a lasting impact.” Jesus God in Heaven, Jack, how can you say that? You were there. You walked into the crowd. You heard the teargas guns. You knew there were businesses on ﬁre, homes smashed, people lying in streets running with blood. You were threatened by a man with a gun. How can you say this will have “no lasting impact?”

Michael S. Miller If you truly believe that, if you can look into a mirror this very moment and say those words aloud, you should immediately resign. A mayor who doesn’t see the gaping wounds screaming for attention today is a mayor who is going to be helplessly swallowed by the scar tissue we will live with tomorrow and for many years. Look at the faces on our front cover. I am giving you two different front pages this week, to show you the lasting impact of the frustration and hate and pain that were born in Saturday’s violence. Neither of the men on our covers would deny the riot’s lasting impact. One is just about to be arrested, his face held to the pavement by a police ofﬁcer. The other, Roberto Martin, said he

was part of a crowd of onlookers who “wasn’t doin’ nothin’ ” when he was shot in the groin three times by police pellets and then pepper-sprayed. Both of them will tell their stories for a long time. The tensions and anger that ﬂared on Saturday were not born in a neighborhood dispute with Thomas Szych. The black citizens who join gangs are angry, and we need to confront the factors that push them to the fringe of society. All week long, people worried that Hitler’s spirit, worshipped by weak-minded losers, would hurt

our city. Instead it was our own people, walking with the ghost of Radio Raheem, who let us down. I have friends as far away as California and Florida who called or e-mailed as they watched the riot on TV. A nation, a world, saw the absolute worst side of Toledo, and that vision will haunt us for a generation. If you don’t understand that, Mr. Ford, you are the one who will not have a lasting impact. Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press. He may be contacted at (419) 241-1700 or by e-mail at

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Assigning blame for the day of shame

ou’ll excuse me, I hope, if my words are brief this week. My time is a bit short and my hands are full, what with so many cities to destroy, and so little time. “How much blame are you willing to take?” a WSPD listener named Mitchell demanded. “It seems it was almost non-stop on your program all week.” “I feel you are part of the problem by giving those Nazi creeps a forum to spew their venom and hate last week, thereby inciting those who were offended,” chastised Mary. “Did anyone think to blame the media?” asked Maurice. “Maybe someone should have known to not advertise the Nazis coming ... and prevented the gangs from converging on the neighborhood.” Paul was more blunt. “If you and others would have simply kept your mouths shut ... there would not have been any protesters out to cause trouble.” Assigning blame for the darkest day in recent Toledo memory is understandable. It’s human nature to try and make sense of the senseless by identifying good guys and bad guys. I, too, have been examining and analyzing the images of 600-plus protestors suddenly turning violent over the presence of 24 hate-filled Nazis, and I’ve been looking to point the finger as well. My finger, however, stops when it reaches the Nazis and the rioters, while others have found different targets — including the police and, well, me. I’m in the cross-hairs of certain frustrated, angry Toledoans presumably because I broke the story of the Nazi march on WSPD back on Oct. 5. We received the press release

Bob Frantz announcing the planned Idiot Rally after midnight on Oct. 4, and after verifying its authenticity, I announced it on the air just after 6 a.m. In short order, I was getting requests from other news outlets for copies of the press release, and boom — the media blitz was on. Was it right to announce to the city that a potentially violent confrontation was headed their way on Oct. 15? Was it right to tell the residents of those North Toledo neighborhoods that a new generation of Hitler loyalists was coming to their sidewalks to challenge black gang members to a showdown? Was it right to put two of the Nazi leaders on the air, to expose their idiocy and their intentions on Oct. 15? Abso-freaking-lutely. Let’s put it this way: If I owned a home on Bronson or Mulberry or Stickney, I’d kind of like to know what was coming my way. I’d want enough advance notice to get my wife and my children out of the house, and the line of ﬁre. If the media is willing to tell me when my kids have a snow day, I hope they’d tell me when bullets might be ﬂying in my front yard. The media is often criticized for sensationalizing tragedies, but people tend to ignore

how much the media can aid law enforcement. In the 10 days between the announcement and the Idiot Rally, Chief Mike Navarre placed no fewer than three different calls to my home to discuss with me information the public needed to know. I’m proud to have been an ally of the police in preparing for Saturday afternoon, not an adversary. Even more frustrating is the beating the police took on the streets on Saturday and in the ongoing court of public opinion. The rioters claim they were angry because the police were “protecting” the Nazis and shooting teargas into the protesters. Question: What were they supposed to do? Shoot teargas at the Nazis, who were outnumbered 600 to 24? Were they an imminent threat to the crowd? As disgusting as it may be, the police were obligated to protect those cowards, who sadly had a constitutional right to assemble and speak. Ask yourself honestly if those rioters would have assaulted cops who were protecting 24 of Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam members instead. I’ll lay odds their freedom of speech would have been supported, and the police lauded for upholding their rights. Don’t misunderstand: the police are not infallible. They make mistakes and are often worthy of blame. Same goes for the media. But the police didn’t throw rocks and bottles on Toledo’s day of shame. And neither did any talk show hosts or columnists. Let the blame rest with those who did. Bob Frantz hosts “Bob Frantz and the Morning News” each weekday on WSPD 1370 AM.

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he myth of racial profiling perpetuated by UT law professor and leading antiprofiling activist David Harris, the media and others is hindering effective crime-fighting police work and hurting law-abiding citizens, especially minorities. For a detailed presentation of the evidence against racial profiling, see Heather MacDonald’s book “Are Cops Racist? How the War Against the Police Harms Black Americans”, her recent National Review article “Reporting While Wrong: The New York Times Peddles More ‘Driving While Black’ Malarkey,” and her other City Journal articles on racial profiling, at www.city-journal.org. Public officials, academics and the media should consider it their civic duty to familiarize themselves with MacDonald’s work — which should be widely circulated to help counter the national anti-profiling misinformation campaign. Statistics show minorities are arrested and convicted in numbers often dramatically disproportionate to their percentage of the overall population, for everything from traffic violations to felonies. The complex and varied causes of this sad state of affairs include poverty, illiteracy, broken families and a wide range of other social ills in the minority community. But the reason for the overrepresentation of minorities in crime statistics is clear: minorities commit more crimes, mostly against other minorities. Between 1976 and 1994, more than 60 percent of those involved in drug-related homicides, as victims and perpetrators, were black, according to a Heritage Foundation analysis of FBI data. For liberals, plainly stating such troubling facts constitutes an unforgivable heresy. The false theory of racial profiling represents one of the primary excuses fronted by liberals to rationalize disturbing minority crime statistics. The racial profiling theory claims more minorities are arrested and convicted not because they commit more crimes, but because “racist cops” unfairly target minorities. The widespread belief in this myth among minori-

ties breeds more mistrust of police, which in turn often leads to unnecessarily volatile situations and more arrests. The only people who benefit from maintaining racial tensions and perpetuating myths of discrimination and racial profiling are the liberal elites; ■ Liberal politicians who use these myths to win elections; ■ Liberal attorneys who use these myths to win court cases or reduced prison sentences for guilty criminals; ■ Liberal media use them to sell sensational pseudo-stories about discrimination and “racist cops”; ■ Liberal college professors and educators who win large funding grants to fight “discrimination” and produce pseudoscholarships to “prove” the existence of racism and discrimination, manufacture entirely new fields of litigation and academic “research” — and further their own illustrious careers. Liberal elites thrive on spreading absurd inflammatory rhetoric such as: “President George W. Bush hates black people,” or “Harvard University discriminates against women.” But shifting blame and tying the hands of police only serves to disempower those who are most vulnerable to the powerful negative social forces at work in the minority community: namely the young male minorities most at risk of falling into desperate lives of illiteracy, unemployment, violence, gangs, drugs, crime and prison, and the innocent victims of the irresponsible and criminal behavior of these young men: working families, women, fatherless children, young people trying to stay out of trouble, the elderly, etc. The Blade and other liberal media fuel this injustice by presenting politically correct but factually false, misleading and often sensationalized “research” and news stories that wrongly accuse dedicated and effective law enforcement officials of racism. Police (many of whom are minorities themselves) are accused of being racist for arresting “too many” minorities. They are then accused of being racist for arresting “too few” criminals and for not stopping the flow of drugs into the minority community. And so the vicious cycle of race baiting continues.

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How racial proﬁling ‘myth’ harms minorities By Reid Ahlbeck Special to Toledo Free Press

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the drug trade. In Hollywood, for he violence against Toledo example, street dealers are virtupolice officers on Saturday manifests the anti-cop ally all illegal Mexicans, who have been smuggled across the border sentiment that became trendy in by the 18th St. Gang and who are the 1960s and has been kept alive working off their smuggling debt by during the last decade by the selling drugs for the gang. As gangs myth of “racial profiling.” Antispread across the country, Hispanic cop activists have churned out study after study purporting to drug couriers have followed in their wake, as the experience of the Illishow police bias. Heather MacDonald nois Highway Patrol in apprehendNone of the studies produced to date would earn an F in a freshing drug mules attests. Once a trooper makes a stop, he has plenty of nonman statistics course, but a recent effort by The Blade doesn’t even pass the laugh test. Summarizing the anal- racial cues for determining whether someone may be ysis in its Sept. 25 Page 1 story, “Minorities targeted, transporting drugs: Are the vehicle’s occupants nervous? Do they each have different stories about why records suggest,” The Blade concludes minorities have they are on the road? Do scratch or welding marks been “targeted” for drug arrests by the Ohio Highway Patrol. This conclusion is wildly unfounded and can suggest that the vehicle’s compartments have been turned into drug traps? Troopers take all such cues serve only to discredit vital and legitimate policing. into consideration in deciding whether to search a car. It is exceedingly difficult to tell how The Blade’s study was constructed. It appears the paper analyzed The Blade’s insinuation of racial bias is particularly about 100 drug arrests by the Ohio Highway Patrol ludicrous, given that whites make up the overwhelmfrom 2002 to 2004, though whether these 100 are a subing proportion of stops and searches on Ohio highways set of a larger number of arrests is impossible to dis— 89 percent of all traffic stops in the first six months cern. As for the results, the paper discloses only that of 2005 and 70 percent of all searches (according to in 2004, 26 arrested suspects were Hispanic, six were Ohio Highway Patrol statistics referenced by Bob black, and one was white, and that during the threeFrantz in his Oct. 5 Toledo Free Press column). year period, 15 whites were arrested for drug traffickIf Ohio’s troopers were acting out of racial animus, ing. On this basis alone, the paper leaps to the concluthey would be pulling over minorities at rates vastly sion that minorities have been “disproportionate[ly]” disproportionate to their representation in the drivarrested for narcotics offenses on Ohio roads. ing population and to their rate of traffic infractions. But the question raised by all such claims must They are not. The full picture of Ohio’s traffic stops should put the “driving while black and brown” conalways be: “disproportionate” compared to what? The Blade doesn’t even begin to offer a benchmark ceit to rest. Unfounded allegations of racial bias lead against which to measure the arrest numbers. Here officers to back off of sound policing. The victims of such police hesitation are the countless law-abiding is the only relevant measure: The proportion of different racial groups actually transporting large residents of inner city neighborhoods who deserve to quantities of narcotics on the Ohio highways. If milive without fear of drug trafficking and violence. norities dominate that trade, a higher arrest rate for them represents good policing, not bias. Heather MacDonald’s latest book is “Are Cops Every piece of evidence complied by federal and Racist? How the War Against the Police Harms local law enforcement confirms minorities dominate Black Americans.”

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o how come the neo-Nazis didn’t march in Sylvania? I mean, that’s their standard MO, right? Choosing to make nuisances of themselves in Jewish neighborhoods. And Sylvania’s as close to Skokie as Northwest Toledo gets. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know the neoFascists were giving Jews a breather and picking on blacks this go round. And frankly, I think one solution to the brownshirts’ shenanigans would be to ignore them completely. But I understand reality: a lot of people can’t hear the word neo-Nazi without erupting in fury. Still, what a shame Bill White and his National Socialist Movement cronies didn’t choose instead to parade down suburban Holland-Sylvania or Main Streets. There might have been anger in the air, but my strong gut is the Sylvanians wouldn’t have gotten it out of their systems by ﬁre bombing the Village Inn or J and G’s Pizza. Of all the North Toledo victims, my biggest chunks of sympathy go to the owners of the gas station and bar that were vandalized and burned. The neo-Nazis may have been asking for it. The Szych family, by provoking neighbors, and the police, by protecting the NSMers, might have been asking for it. Even the news people who, I’m sure, were delighted to have a real story to cover, might have been asking for it (“It” being violence against their selves

Barbara Goodman Shovers and vehicles). But nah, I don’t think Sukhdue Singh Khalsa or Lou Ratajski was asking for it. From what I understand, their businesses just happened to be in the path of the hurricane that early news coverage politely referred to as “the protesters.” Let’s give them another name: thugs. A couple years back, Bill Cosby was tarred and feathered by his own demographic for suggesting that the black community, especially its men, might share responsibility for their inability to rise up from their impoverished muck. As a white woman, I know I’m about to get myself in even deeper doo-doo here, but what is it that compels young black males to destroy their own communities? What is it that makes so many of them feel that any disruption of the normal — ﬁerce weather in New Orleans; pasty-faced fascists in Toledo; perceived

police brutality in Miami in ’89, LA in ’92, Cincinnati in ’01; Detroit on way too many Devil’s Nights — gives them an excuse to loot, pillage, stone and run amok? Yeah, I know. The “inner city” is full of pathologies that I, as a suburbanite, can never begin to understand. There is rage against The Man. There is rage against the world. Nobody gives a damn or a cent. Frustration rules and when that frustration boils over — Wham! But when did “destruction” become a synonym for “Par-ty?” albeit “Par-ty” in its most malign sense. The thing is, Toledo blacks probably have a legitimate beef with the police: why will they come out in force to protect supremist loonies, but won’t allocate sufﬁcient resources to everyday residents? I’ll even admit that making a fuss may indeed be a way for the black community to get its point across. When the Nazis came to power in Germany, Jews kept quiet. Seven million dead people later, they realized that was the wrong tactic. Still, I doubt very much that the Jews of Sylvania would’ve destroyed stores and restaurants had White’s group chosen them as its target. American Jews mostly ﬁght with words. In fact, when the neo-Nazis marched on Skokie, it was ACLU Jews who defended their right to do so. It’s time for the black community to get off the defensive and start taking

care of itself. Because communities are comprised of individuals, there will be differences of opinion as to how to do this: let me assure you the Jewish community is far from a uniﬁed front. But there’s a difference between raised voices, raised ﬁsts and razed businesses. And for the future of our city, young black men need to understand the distinction. Barbara Goodman Shovers is Contributing Editor for Toledo Free Press. She may be contacted at bshovers@toledofreepress.com.

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Finkbeiner speaks at Jim and Lou’s Bar in North Toledo.

Finkbeiner visits scene

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Teargas canisters ﬂare on Central Avenue near Mulberry Street on Saturday. Police say more than 100 people were arrested.

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ﬁrst-person account of how a peaceful protest turned violent By Michael Brooks Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

The October sun warmed the ﬁrst antiNazi protesters who assembled in Manhattan Plaza; it might have lulled some into a false sense of complacency. That was not the case with Toledo Police Chief Mike Navarre, who stopped and talk-

ed with everyone who gathered to oppose the National Socialist Movement. Speaking with an anti-racist skinhead, Navarre offered a friendly warning. “It’s a beautiful day out today, isn’t it?” he asked. “It’s way too nice of a day to be sitting in a jail cell, so let’s keep things legal.” He warned the protesters that any deviation from the agreed boundaries of behavior

would be dealt with swiftly. “We will have no tolerance for criminal activity,” he said. The organized protesters, however, would turn out to be the least of Navarre’s worries. I followed the Chief ’s car to the Cherry Street mini-station, where a media brieﬁng was set to begin at 9 a.m.

Mayoral candidate Carty Finkbeiner held a press conference Monday to discuss the Oct. 15 riot. “This was a setback for Toledo’s national image,” he said. “It is important to move forward with the understanding that our leadership, aided by all of our citizens, will have to work hard for the next few months and years to restore our reputation.” The candidate did not take shots at opponent Mayor Jack Ford. “Now is not the time for blame,” he said. “I join Mayor Ford and community leaders in asking all good men and women of goodwill to assist in healing Toledo’s wounds of the past weekend.” A group of neighborhood men pressed Finkbeiner to help the neighborhood. “The police have been harassing us,” Antoine Jones said. “Just because some people sell drugs doesn’t mean all of us are dealers.” Finkbeiner listened, but challenged them to take ownership of their own destiny. “We can do things to help you, but everyone here has to promise to help, too,” he said. “We have to stop the teenagers from dropping out of school, and make sure that they are raised to respect the law.” — Michael Brooks

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Navarre described the plans for the day’s events, and issued warnings to the media. “There is a signiﬁcant danger of violence breaking out today,” he said. “We want everyone to be safe out there.”

Heating up

At approximately 10 a.m., the assembled protesters began marching down Manhattan Boulevard to Stickney Avenue. The anarchists, most dressed in black, took the west side of Stickney, while the socialists and communists walked down the east side of the street. Two Toledo Police officers momentarily stopped the 30 members of an anarchist group, who marched with a banner proclaiming ARA (Anti-Racist Action). They explained the rules once again, and reminded the members they would not tolerate anyone breaking the agreement. As the groups neared Woodward High School, the police funneled both flanks into one assembled mass of protesters along the east side of the street. The group began a series of anti-racist chants. I overheard a call over one of the police radios that a large number of gang members had been dispersed near LaGrange Street and Central Avenue. The organized protesters were almost immediately joined by residents from the neighborhood, some of whom were dressed in gang colors. By 10:30 a.m., the combined protesters numbered about 100 people. From the large number of people chatting on cell phones in the crowd, it appeared that the growth of the crowd could be attributed, in part, to people being attracted by text messages and video images. The attention of the crowd began to focus on the unexpected presence of a half-dozen neo-Nazis near Stickney and Woodward Avenue. This did not seem to fit the original plan, in which the Nazis were to stage a short rally within Wilson Park before beginning their march on East Streicher Street.

The ﬁrst wave of eight NSM members merely stood at attention approximately 50 yards from the crowd. NSM leader Bill White was dressed in civilian clothes at this time, chatting into a cell phone. Soon, three carloads of Nazis pulled into Wilson Park in full uniform. The crowd, which by now had grown to an estimated 250, became more vocal in its opposition to the group. White reappeared in full Nazi regalia, joined by Ohio NSM operative Mark Martin. Both began to address the crowd, taunting them with racial epithets. “Hey! The Toledo Zoo called, and they want their monkeys back,” shouted Martin, as the NSM members began making chimpanzee sounds. “Why don’t you go cry to your daddy? Oh wait, you’re a n*****; you don’t know who your daddy is!” White suggested the protesters “ought to go back to cooking French fries at McDonalds, since that’s all you can do,” and led the Nazis in a series of chants. By 11:20 a.m., the situation on Mulberry began to deteriorate, as bottles and rocks were launched from the back of the crowd. Mounted police and police in riot gear made a few arrests, and many in the crowd interpreted these arrests as evidence the police were more interested in protecting the Nazis. “Why did you take that young man?” demanded an older protester. “He didn’t do anything!” Bill White and his supporters moved back about 20 yards and attempted to continue their taunting. “Hey Shaniqua, how many ‘baby’s daddies’ you got?” shouted Martin, creating an Africansounding name for effect. “How many welfare checks do you get every month?” At 11:40 a.m., the police began to move the Nazis to a planned press conference in a secure area in Woodrow Wilson Park. The crowd, which was prevented from entering the park, ran down Central Avenue, where they hoped to confront the Nazis on their planned march through North Toledo. Please see RIOT, page 8

An unidentified man rides up to a police barricade (DM Stanfield). BELOW LEFT: Protesters react to saluting Nazis (DM Stanfield). BELOW RIGHT: Nazis attempt to begin their march (Michael Brooks).

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Riot Continued from page 6 I was listening to Bill White’s opening remarks when police radios nearby began to crackle. Overwhelmed police units on Mulberry were calling for backup. I and a visiting photographer from Washington, D.C., ran with the police to Mulberry and Central, where things were starting to get ugly.

Boiling Point

We reached the intersection of Mulberry and Central just before noon, and a few projectiles had already been thrown. Rocks and bottles continued to be launched from the back of the crowd. “Why are you protecting the Nazis?” was the most common theme running through the crowd. I was photographing a man being arrested when another volley of debris was launched. In a span of perhaps 10 seconds, a half-dozen chunks of concrete landed in a radius of 20 feet from me. The crowd forced police to retreat about one-half block up Mulberry, and we were now fully immersed in the angry protesters. Contrary to published reports, there did not seem to be any racial animosity; I am white, as were the three media people I found myself standing next to. The anger was directed at the police department, who were increasingly seen by the crowd as collaborators with the Nazis. “They got no right to come into our neighborhood like that,” shouted an angry young man with a brick. “We gonna send them right back out.” Three Latino gang members sat against Jim and Lou’s Bar and talked to me. “You’ve got every gang here,” one gang member said, rolling a thick joint of what he called “chronic,” a potent brand of marijuana. “We want to kick these motherf*****s out.”

The police forced the protesters back to Central Avenue. “This is your one warning,” shouted an officer through a megaphone. “Leave the area, or you will be arrested.” Shortly after noon, the first volley of teargas canisters and flashbang devices were launched. Throughout the afternoon, I caught more than a few strong whiffs of teargas (the first is the worst; one becomes sort of accustomed to repeated contact). The police drove the crowd further up Mulberry. Rioters in the alley began launching projectiles over the roofs of houses. I took cover on the porch of an abandoned house with three other media people. The police pointed the wooden pellet rifles at us and ordered us to “move or be arrested.” A writer for BG News tried to reason with the officer, saying we were going to get hit with concrete if we left the porch. “That’s your problem; you knew that coming here,” he said. “Move or be arrested.” We moved.

Smoldering Bronson St.

The crowd regrouped near Bronson Street and drove the ofﬁcers back well north of Central. An estimated 500 people now ﬁlled the intersection at Mulberry. “Where are all these people coming from?” cried an older woman. “I don’t recognize any of these kids!” Carloads of youths in gang colors careened through the neighborhood, driving at reckless speeds. A shout suddenly went up over the appearance of a white TPD Jeep traveling north on Mulberry. As many as 30 chunks of concrete and brick were hurled at the vehicle, smashing every window. For the next 10 minutes, every car going through the intersection was treated to the same barrage of projectiles. “Stop it! Stop it!” screamed an

unidentified woman to the teens. “You are being ignorant!” The rioters paid no heed to her and continued to stockpile rocks for the inevitable next charge by the police. During the next two hours, this pattern of charge and retreat continued along Mulberry. One of the weirdest occurrences, and one that happened throughout the ordeal, was the bizarre exchange of common courtesy that continued to show itself in unusual places. A young man hurled a chunk of concrete toward the police, and his arm bumped me after he heaved it. “I’m sorry, man,” he said. “You all right?” After a volley of teargas and flash-bang devices went off, an elderly man’s Cadillac inched through the intersection of Mulberry and Central. No one threw anything at his car, and he had the presence of mind to politely use his turn signals as he rounded the corner. In the midst of chaos, this man was determined to follow all traffic laws. Of course, could there be anything more unusual than a 41-year-old white writer sitting on a curb and furiously typing a preliminary draft of an account of the riot on his laptop? Or that he would be able to find a wireless signal 30 feet from the intersection of Mulberry and Central? A shout went out shortly after 2 p.m.; an EMS vehicle moved east on Central toward Mulberry. Two dozen youths met it head on, launching a flurry of rocks into the front windshield. The windowless emergency vehicle stopped and immediately reversed its direction. A resident on Central screamed at the youths. “What the f*** is wrong with you?” she demanded. “What if someone is hurt and needs help?” The rock-throwers exchanged high-fives in a surreal, twisted show of solidarity. A young woman came to me and a photographer and offered

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Mayor Jack Ford addresses protesters Saturday. to show us some things she had seen. We walked around the block to the house of Thomas Szych, whose dispute earlier in the summer was ostensibly the reason the Nazis wanted to demonstrate and show support. Most of the house’s windows were smashed, as was his glass front door. “We never called the Nazis,” said John White, the father of Thomas. “Why are they attacking our houses? Look — they even broke the windows of an old woman who had nothing to do with this.” The elder Szych said he chased off the rioters with his gun. “I ﬁred six warning shots in the air, and I said: ‘I’ve got plenty more if you want some,’” he said. “If I have a heart attack, I am going to sue that Bill White.” One resident, who declined to be named, had a different view. “The Szychs are the problem; everyone else on this street gets

along,” he said. “They are the ones who called the Nazis in the ﬁrst place.” He pointed to Thomas Szych’s house: “Look — that man started all this, but he turned tail and ran the day the Nazis arrived,” he said. “You’d think he would stick around and meet his buddies.” Our guide took us around the corner to the vandalized truck of a local television crew. Most of the windows had been smashed, and the vehicle had dents on all sides. “Some people are mad at the media for giving the Nazis attention,” said resident Yolanda Jackson. “I’d hide that press pass if I were you.” Another resident pushed his 1-year old child, Jaelyn, down the street. “It’s a shame the children have to see this,” he said. “No one should have to grow up with this bullshit.”

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the damage to his home resulting from the riot. “I think we’re going to conjoin into a class-action suit with some others that are in the neighborhood, with some of the business owners,” Szych said. “And I think that’s what made the Mayor turn his mind to helping these businesses rebuild.” While he was in Michigan taking concealed-carry courses to renew his permit, Szych’s home was targeted. The damage to Szych’s house will exceed $3,000, he estimated. City ofﬁcials said they are reviewing whether Toledo will provide compensation for damages. — Scott McKimmy

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a lone voice in a sea of chaos. Bey later linked up with Toledo Mayor Jack Ford, Toledo Fire Chief Mike Bell and other City officials in an attempt to defuse the angry crowd. We walked back from our tour of Dexter and Bronson streets to see the end of the attempt at negotiations with the mob. This effort might have been more successful shortly after noon; another two hours of rage, weed and booze made these efforts much less likely to prove fruitful. The looting and burning of Jim and Lou’s Bar, on the corner of Central and Mulberry, put an end to any civil resolution of the crisis. Reinforced by officers from the surrounding area, authorities quickly dispersed the crowd and gained control of the area by about 4 p.m. Fire crews were able to put out the blaze in relatively rapid fashion; the smoking ruins of a favorite watering hole for local politicians stood as a symbol of all that had gone wrong on this sunny Saturday. Watching the final police offensive, a North Toledo man quoted Dr. Seuss. “To think that I saw it on Mulberry Street,” he said.

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Throughout the ordeal, a woman in a grey suit kept talking to any rioter who would listen: Oshai Crenshaw. “Look — it doesn’t have to be this way,” she told a group of young men. “Why don’t we stop and think about what we are doing to our city?” Another near-constant on the scene was Ramon Perez, a Lagrange Village Council member. Perez also talked to gang members and urged them to cease the violence. “Listen — this is our neighborhood,” he told a group of youths. “When you act out like this, the Nazis win.” A man in a clerical collar walked down Central, just past the area where the EMS truck had been attacked. Rev. Mansour Bey left the alternative “Erase the Hate” rally on Lagrange Street and walked through the fray to act as an intermediary. One woman challenged him. “Why aren’t all the area pastors out here trying to stop this?” she asked. “Don’t they have faith?” “I can only speak for myself,” he replied. “I have faith.” He continued walking toward Mulberry,

St. V’s cancels celebration due to riot Officials at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center decided to postpone its planned 150-year celebration after a riot broke out in Toledo Saturday. According to spokeswoman Sarah Bednarski, the decision was made after Mercy officials consulted with the Toledo Police Department about the details of the riot and potential outbursts of violence. “In light of what happened on Saturday, we felt it was in the best interest of the community and the event to postpone it to a later date,” she said. Bednarski said the anniversary celebration was supposed to attract more than 3,000 people Saturday afternoon to Central Catholic High School, 2550 Cherry St. The free celebration was to feature music from the KGB Band, children’s activities, health screenings and food from Tony Packo’s. U.S. Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur and Toledo Mayor Jack Ford were scheduled to attend. The event, she said, took a year to plan. Mercy officials will regroup this week to discuss details about restaging the celebration. As Toledo’s first hospital, St. Vincent was started in 1855 when four Grey Nuns from Montreal, Canada arrived in Toledo to care for the sick, the poor and the orphans. — Myndi Milliken

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EDUCATION

After-school program aims to open hearts, minds By Miranda Everitt Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Eris Harris and Breana Hayes sit on one of a few mismatched but comfortable couches at the Chance for Change building in West Toledo, talking about their day at school. The smell of pancakes and eggs frying and the sound of mouse-clicks and screeching tires from a row of computers permeated the room. “I could have been somewhere else,” said Eris, a freshman at Toledo Early College High School. “I could have been selling drugs.” She credits Chance for Change’s afterschool program as part of her direction. “Our mission is to profoundly impact lives of young people in our community,” Marlon Harris, the program’s executive director, said. “The program works with parents to prepare our kids to become able citizens.” Chance for Change is a youth outreach program that recruits children, mostly within one mile of the center, and involves their family in seven components: job club, self-expression, family life, academics, individual sports and health, and mental health services. The children are usually recruited at age 11, and stay in the program for six years or until they graduate high school. One of the more speciﬁc goals is to reduce teen pregnancy in Lucas County, which is among the highest in Ohio. Harris said in the seven years Chance for Change has been in Toledo, there has been only one pregnancy. All of the children in the program move onto college, a steady job or a vocational program after high school. “The main thing we do is track improvements and progress of youths,” Harris said. He said certiﬁed teachers on staff work to improve areas where the children are weak academically. Children in the program also attend symphony and opera concerts and learn a solo sport. “We want to open their minds and their

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hearts to other worlds that exist,” Harris said. “We teach them to control their emotions and impulses through individualized sports, like tennis, golf and swimming. This way, they learn discipline and a skill, something to control their ‘inner man.’ ” The job club component is about teaching the children how to create a resume, look in newspapers and online for job opportunities, practice interviewing skills and how to manage money. Each youth in the program is given a savings account and the older ones who may get a job in the Change for Change center get a biweekly stipend. “The accounts are about how to dream of things they would like to have in the future,” Harris said. Hayes said the program has helped her to make friends. Hayes came to Toledo from New Orleans three weeks ago. She is staying with her grandmother and her cousin, who is also in the Chance for Change program.

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“There’s lots of stuff to do instead of being out on the street,” Hayes said. “They’ve treated me good here.” “We get mentored by the staff and we pass it down to the younger kids,” Eris said. The concept came to Toledo in 1998 after a successful start in Harlem, New York. It is operated under the YMCA and supported by numerous grants from the YMCA, Lucas County Family Council, Jobs and Family Services, City of Toledo Youth Commission, Community Partnership and others. “We teach our kids how to raise a family, support a family,” Harris said. “We want to reduce incidences of school failure, substance abuse, juvenile crime, adolescent pregnancy, family instability and generational poverty. “If we can decrease those things, those barriers, we will have room to increase their promise. If we can increase generational stability that would make our country better able to thrive, and give our families hope in the next generation.”

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Owens community speaks up at forum By Myndi Milliken Toledo Free Press Managing Editor mmilliken@toledofreepress.com

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Owens Community College was the location of the second Community Voices forum for Toledo Free Press and ToledoTalk.com, which meant college students and faculty were among the participants who took the time to speak their mind about a wide array of topics Oct. 13. Jason Gomez stopped by after taking a placement test for college entry. “I think it’s important to have a college degree,” he said. “The more you have, the easier it is to get a job.” Jerry Jakes, of Lake Erie West, shared his views on how Toledo could beneﬁt from a regionalized way of thinking.

“Why not make what will be the former Owens-Illinois headquarters a global trade center?” he said. “Instead of crying in our milk, why don’t we sell that?” Rodney Turner, a student at Owens and UT, shared his goals GOMEZ for positive music and his work as a hip-hop music activist. He also talked about jobs in Toledo. “I don’t like that there isn’t a job market in Toledo,” he said. “ To get a good job out of college, the ﬁrst thing I have to do is leave.” Student Tom Clapsaddle Jr. shared his

aspirations to write a book about liberal special interests. “There are conspiracies to remove Judeo-Christian culture from America,” he said. “I feel what is put out to the public by a lot of groups is way different than what TURNER their agendas are.” Matthew Okonski, a high-school student taking advantage of the post-secondary option by attending college, weighed in with his views of the war. Okonski said he wants to become a U.S. Navy ﬁghter pilot. “We go over there in uniform and ﬁght,”

he said. “They are hiding behind their civilians. Our troops die in Iraq, but if the war were here, the same would die, plus how many civilians?” Students Jenna Hamel and Ciara Presnall spoke about the upcoming Toledo mayoral race. Hamel said she is excited to vote, as this will be her ﬁrst time voting on a Toledo mayor’s race. “I love having that power,” she said, noting she will vote for “Carty all the way.” “Carty Finkbeiner didn’t do anything,” said Presnall, who said she would be voting for Jack Ford. “I’m going to give him time to do what he says he going to do.” The next Community Voices forum will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Nov. 10 at Socrates Café, 38 S. St. Clair St., Downtown.

Toledo-area seniors wanted for SAFE ﬁre education program By John Johnson Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

The Toledo Fire Department, the Area Office on Aging of Northwest Ohio and the American Red Cross have collaborated to develop the Senior Advocates for Fire Education (SAFE) program. The purpose of the program is to address, within Lucas, Wood and Ottawa counties, the two age brackets with the highest fire risk. “We want to focus on senior citizens and especially children, because they are vulnerable populations as far as fire fatalities,” said Kristen Cajka of the Toledo Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, “and we want people to be as safe as they possibly can be.”

According to Mark Kahle of the Area Office on Aging, the National Fire Protection Agency (www.nfp.org) reported those over 65 years of age are at least twice as likely to die in a fire than the general population, and that those 85 years of age and older are 4.5 times more likely to die in a fire. Kahle said he believes that, generally, everyone knows the right things to do, but it is important to make certain people are reminded often enough to do them. Checking smoke detector batteries at least once a month, replacing the detectors once every 10 years, keeping a whistle by the bed, and not just having an escape plan, but practicing it, are important and could save lives, “even if you only practice it in your head rather than practice it running out (of your home) at 2 a.m.” The SAFE program has about 20 volunteers who have

stepped forward and been trained since its inception early this spring. The bulk of these volunteers have come from the local Disaster Action Team of the Red Cross and the Retired Seniors Volunteer Program of the Area Office on Aging. The recruiters are specifically recruiting seniors, because they believe that their target audience will respond better to a message delivered by peers. “It’s a wonderful program and we need a lot of participation,” said Jewel McCalland, public education officer for the Toledo Fire Department. “Seniors are at high risk of fires. The more people we can get, the more we can help seniors.” Those interested in more information about volunteering should contact the SAFE program at (419) 245-1232 or firepubed@ci.toledo.oh.us.

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FALL ACTIVITIES

Halloween haunts make for good family scares If you’re in the mood for a good scare, there’s no shortage of places to go. ■ Ghostly Manor, 3319 Milan Rd., Sandusky: features 20 rooms of scares. Open Thursday and Sunday 7 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday 7 p.m. to midnight. Adults $10, children under 10 $6, group rates available. ■ Fear Factory, 260 Pine Ave., Findlay: warns there are rooms not for the faint of heart. Open Thursday and Sunday 7 to 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday 7 p.m. to last person through. Tickets $6 to $8. ■ HalloWeekends at Cedar Point, Sandusky: feature three haunted houses and options for children. ■ The Haunted Hydro, 1333 Tifﬁn St., Fremont: The longest-running haunted event in Northwest Ohio. Open Friday and Saturday 7:30 to 11:30 p.m., Sunday

7:30 to 11 p.m. Tickets $10 to $25. ■ Scarewood Forest, 9415 Angola Road, Holland: an outdoor haunted attraction on nine wooded acres. 100 percent of proceeds goes to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Northwest Ohio. Open Fridays and Saturdays from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tickets are $4. ■ Train of Terror, 11600 County Rd. 99, Findlay: take a night train ride and then go for a walk through a haunted engine house. Not for young children. Open Friday and Saturday 8 to 11 p.m. Admission $5. ■ Erie Street Market will host Pumpkin fest trick or Treat at 8 a.m. Oct. 22 Children ages 2-12 and their guardians are invited to a free trick or treat event with Erie Street and Farmers Market merchants, with musical entertainment including Ten Mile Creek at the Farmer’s

Old Orchard residents angry about ticketing policy Imagine not being allowed to park in front of your own home. It’s happening to folks in the West Toledo neighborhood of Old Orchard. One family got two tickets, on cars parked just a few feet from their front door. The City of Toledo has turned their street into a no-parking zone, to deal with trafﬁc from nearby UT. But some neighbors say the new rules are going way too far. The signs went up just last month on Middlesex Drive; there’s no parking from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. “We moved to this neighborhood a year ago because we love the neighborhood. This is apparently one of the downsides,” Jeff Thiede said. He has a three-car family, with a one-lane driveway. “You don’t want to have to jostle cars in and out of the driveway every time somebody wants to run an errand, or go to work,” he said. But Thiede found out the hard way that the noparking rules are being enforced.

“I received a ticket for parking in front of my own house. A $25 ticket. I don’t think that’s right,” he said. His daughter got one, too. The City wanted to cut down on UT students using Middlesex to park and walk to campus, but Thiede said it’s penalizing the people who call this block home. He’s suggesting a parking permit issued to residents only. “Show that your vehicle is registered at that address, and get a sticker for that vehicle,” he said. So far, Thiede is being told no. We contacted Toledo City Councilwoman Ellen Grachek, and she has agreed to meet with the neighbors on Middlesex, to talk about their concerns. Grachek said a parking permit for residents is a possibility, but a majority of the neighbors must agree to it.

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Local woman provides voice for neglected horses By Myndi Milliken Toledo Free Press Managing Editor mmilliken@toledofreepress.com

It’s a sign she was once treated well — the blond horse with a white face greets you from her stall with a look of friendly anticipation. If she had been abused, she would probably avoid human contact. But one look past her face bears the stark reality of the neglect she has suffered. Shasta is literally a bag of bones. She came into the Voice for Horses rescue program ﬁve months ago, but the outlines of her skeleton can still be traced. She’s a special but expensive case; one her caretaker hopes will have a happy ending. “She came in at about 200 pounds,” said Diana Murphy, founder of Voice for Horses rescue. A horse Shasta’s size should be 800 to 1,000 pounds. Shasta was rescued with another horse when someone responded to a rumor of two horses offered for free in Wopokaneta.

Murphy reported the potential owner took the horses after seeing their emaciated condition, and contacted the rescue for help. “The owner had died and the son was supposed to take care of the horses but didn’t,” Murphy said. “It’s sad because everyone there knew the horses. They said the owner used to ride them through town and in parades.” Shasta’s companion, Princess, collapsed and died soon after the rescue. Murphy said attempts are being made to prosecute the man left in charge of the horses. Shasta, due to her age and condition, is a challenge. In the ﬁrst month after her arrival to the rescue, she cost Murphy more than $1,000. Murphy reported she costs approximately $150 a month to maintain. Despite the care, Shasta is still bony. “People ask me, ‘why spend money on an old horse?’ but she still has life as a pasture horse,” Murphy said. “We have a family that’s inter-

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The automatic version of the Dodge Ram pickup, which gets 9 mpg (4 kpl) in the city and 12 mpg (5 kpl) on the highway, was the least fuel efficient vehicle in this year’s survey. Luxury cars, including models from Bentley and Ferrari, completed the list of the 10 least fuel-efficient vehicles. The Dodge Durango, which gets 12 mpg (5 kpl) in the city and 15 mpg (6 kpl) on the highway, had the worst fuel economy among SUVs. The government compiles the annual list based on information from manufacturers. The fuel economy estimates are determined by averaging numbers from a specific set of tests. The Dodge brand is made by DaimlerChrysler AG. The list excludes some of the largest vehicles, such as the Hummer H2 and the Ford Excursion, because the law exempts vehicles that weigh more than 8,500 pounds (3,825 kilograms) from fuel economy standards. EPA Administrator Steve Johnson said the list is designed to help consumers choose more wisely. “This year’s fleet offers a wider variety of cleaner, more fuelefficient vehicles for car buyers to select from,” he said. Environmentalists said the government’s list shows the administration and carmakers aren’t doing enough to help consumers deal with high gasoline prices. “The biggest single step to saving money at the gas pump, curbing global warming, and cutting America’s oil dependence is to make our cars, SUVs and other trucks go farther on a gallon of gas,” said Dan Becker, director of the Sierra Club’s global warming program.

The manual version of the hybrid Honda Insight tops the latest U.S. government auto fuel economy list, with 60 miles per gallon (26 kilometers per liter) in the city and 66 mpg (28 kpl) on the highway. The competitor hybrid Toyota Prius was second with 60 mpg (26 kpl) in the city and 51 (22 kpl) on the highway, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy said Oct. 17. Ford Motor Co., with its hybrid SUVs, was the only American carmaker to crack the top-10 list for 2006 vehicles. Honda Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp. and Volkswagen AG make eight of the top 10 cars, mostly hybrid electric-gas or diesel-powered. Ford Escape hybrid SUVs, two-wheel and four-wheel drive, round out the list. The only gasonly vehicle to make the top 10 is the manual Toyota Corolla. By classes of vehicles, the most fuel efficient SUV is the Ford Escape, with 36 mpg (15 kpl) in the city and 31 (13 kpl) on the highway. The most fuel efficient pickup is the Ford Ranger, 24 mpg (10 kpl) in the city and 29 (12 kpl) on the highway. Among station wagons, the manual Pontiac Vibe and Toyota Corolla Matrix are tops, each with 30 mpg (13 kpl) in the city and 36 (15 kpl) on the highway. The most fuel efficient minivan is the Honda Odyssey, 20 mpg (9 kpl) in the city and 28 (12 kpl) on the highway. Cargo and passenger vans are led by General Motor Corp.’s Chevrolet and GMC, each with 15 mpg (6 kpl) in the city and 20 (9 kpl) on the highway.

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October 19, 2005

Jones-Hamilton names Brooks CFO

WALBRIDGE — Jones-Hamilton Co., an employee-owned manufacturer of chemical products, has named Brian Brooks chief financial officer. As CFO, Brooks is responsible for overseeing all financial activities for Jones-Hamilton. He oversees day-to-day operations within the accounting, human resources, information technology and customer service groups. Prior to Jones-Hamilton, Brooks was CFO at Armstrong Mechanical Services in Toledo, e-Ledger.com of Toledo and Interface Systems of Ann Arbor. He began his career at the Toledo office of Ernst & Young.

HEALTH CARE

Companies involved in employee health By Deanna Woolf Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

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Savage & Associates is not alone in offering health and wellness initiatives to employees. Harris HealthTrends is a Toledo-based company that provides health-care management services via onsite fitness centers and telephonic consultations. John Harris, co-owner and principal, has seen an increase in the number of businesses’ requests for proposals. “Last year, we answered 70. This year, 230. That tends to show a lot of movement and interest in this year,” he said. Harris said he believes company officials are taking interest in employee health for economic reasons. In addition to an increase in proposal requests, Harris said he has noticed more businesses interested in telephonic, health-care counseling approaches. “What we’re seeing is there’s a need to reach people efficiently. A person may have multiple risk opportunities but not set a foot in a fitness center,” he said. Harris said another trend is companies offering their employees incentives for healthy behavior, such as discounted gym memberships or reductions in health insurance premiums. “If our people take our health assessment at the beginning of the year, we reduce $225 off the plan cost. If they continue through with it, we reduce it again by $225,” he said.

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John Harris said he has seen a large increase in the number of businesses looking to provide health-care services. Workers’ spouses can also participate, meaning each employee could save a potential $900 a year. “We’re really trying to encourage people to be a partner in their health,” he said.

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As more companies are putting a focus on health, employees are responding. The Sunoco Inc. reﬁnery in Toledo is building a ﬁtness center. “In part, it was due to employees interests,” said Olivia Summons, spokeswoman for the company. She said employees investigated types of equipment and are helping to construct the center. “They were willing to volunteer some time to help orchestrate this,” she said. “The operation of the facility is employee-driven. They’re going to oversee it.” ProMedica Health System is also experiencing employee enthusiasm for its latest health initiative — a pedometer walking challenge. “We’ve actually run out of pedometers” to give to

employees, said Robin Lovejoy, manager for community health and wellness with ProMedica Continuing Care Services Corp. “We did not expect this response.” Two thousand out of 7,000 employees are participating. “A good response is 12 percent on a survey. We have close to a 30 percent participation rate, which is great,” Lovejoy said. The challenge, which stemmed from a program at Flower Hospital, involves employees wearing pedometers, which count the number of steps and/or distance walked, at work from Sept. 6 through the end of November. They can set goals to challenge themselves. “It’s a simple type of program to encourage physical activity,” Lovejoy said. Employees at Toledo Hospital, Toledo Children’s Hospital, Flower Hospital, and ambulatory or off-site buildings are participating. “We hear from everybody that it’s the rave,” she said. “People are comparing steps, and we’re getting a lot of

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Vice President - Investments Financial Planning Specialist Consistently funding an IRA with $4,000 every year is a reliable way to add to your retirement nest egg. It follows then that saving $8,000 a year would be twice as nice. If you are married, your nest egg could double through IRA contributions even if only one of you has earned income. For 2005, every married couple with at least $8,000 in earned income can contribute $4,000 to each of their own IRAs and beneﬁt from tax-deferred savings for retirement, and possibly other ﬁnancial goals as well. Additionally, those who are over age 50 can contribute an extra catch-up contribution of $500 (rising to $1,000 in 2006). Spousal IRAs are a way for the nonworking spouses of wage earners to put aside funds for their future. Contributions made to a spousal IRA belong to the nonworking spouse even if contributions came from the wage-earning spouse. If you will be married byDecember 31, 2005and neither you nor your spouse has made a contribution for 2005, you have untilApril 15, 2006to do so. Choosing to fund your 2006 contribution early in the year as well (even though the 2006 contribution could be made untilApril 15, 2007) could mean starting off 2006 with a grand total of $16,000 in contributions, or $19,000 if both spouses are over age 50! IRA contributors may choose from a Traditional IRA or a Roth IRA, but $4,000 (or $4,500 for those age 50 or older) is the maximum annual contribution to either IRA or a combination of the two. IRA contributors must decide if they would like to contribute to a Traditional or a Roth IRA and if they are eligible for deductible contributions to the Traditional IRA.

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“I’ve always had a problem with my weight, even as a child,” said Shirley Bratt, agent assistant at Savage & Associates. During the past several months, Bratt’s lifestyle has changed dramatically — thanks in part to her workplace. Bratt began meeting with a small group of Savage & Associates employees, sharing weight-loss information and personal stories. When company heads heard about the meetings, they decided to start a 60-day fitness challenge. During the summer, employees formed teams to compete and set fitness and nutritional goals. Bratt’s transformation began. She changed her diet, eating six small meals a day and avoiding beef and processed foods. “Natural foods have a really good flavor. They’re a lot better for me and healthier,” she said. She started walking three miles, three times a week. “I did this after work and weather permitting.” Bratt checked in with her partner and met with her team to share healthy recipes. “You had the accountability with the same people,” she said. When the challenge finished, Bratt had lost 30 pounds, was voted most valuable player and no longer needed to take her asthma medication. “Savage is a great place to work; they cared about us and allowed us the time. Everyone works sort of independently here, but to be able to take the same lunch hour for the potlucks — just that they supported that, it meant a lot.”

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ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT

Word-of-mouth sales power modern Avon rep By Miranda Everitt Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

For many of us, “Avon” calls to mind a housewife selling makeup door-to-door to earn spending money. But modern Avon representatives aren’t just housewives; Avon isn’t just about makeup; and selling door-to-door has been replaced by networking. “Avon has gone a long way from simple makeup and two or three colognes,” said Lil Meadows, a Walbridge resident and one of Avon’s top representatives (she placed in the top one percent of Avon sales representatives last year, according to the company). Avon carries jewelry, clothing, toys, men’s personal care items and the beauty products for which they are famous. Avon’s expansion has mirrored the success of shop-athome TV channels and all-purpose commercial Web sites such as Amazon.com. “It is a lot easier to sit home

and order than to go to the store,” Meadows said. “We still have all the things people got to begin with, like face creams and make up.” Avon has created a line called “Mark” to target younger consumers. Sixteen-year-olds are getting into the business, Meadows said, making money for college or their first car by selling the some of the same stuff their mothers or aunts are selling under the Avon name. Meadows has been an Avon representative off and on for 20 years, and has been making her living from it since 1998. After several years helping representatives who were consistently at the top of their game, Meadows said she considered getting into the business full time. “I finally thought, ‘Why don’t I get in it myself?’ ” she said. “I had to get off my duff and sell enough to get to Hawaii.” Her front room is a curious mesh of office and parlor; boxes full of creams and catalogs block

off a brick fireplace and a laptop sits in front of a TV tuned to cable news shows. A dozen framed photos of grandchildren are all that really ties the work and home elements together. “I couldn’t handle an office anymore,” she said. “I wouldn’t want to be doing anything other than what I’m doing now.” Meadows sold nearly $100,000 worth of Avon products to get a Hawaiian vacation in her first year. Word-of-mouth was her best friend in the endeavor. “You get to meet a lot of new people, new customers,” she said. “That first year, I took books to my daughters’ businesses, friends and family, and we carried books wherever we went. “When a business would close up, people would move to a new set of co-workers and pass books along there.” Avon customer Chris Ullom has been buying from Meadows for seven years. For her, it’s about convenience and the product. She

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Reyes has been an Avon representative for more than three years. She is in the process of setting up a Web site with Avon. It is a ﬁll-in-the-blanks process that takes 48 hours to set up, she said. “I pass out books where I work,” she said. “I have a lot of clients there. It’s about word-of-mouth.”

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Levies ask for more money from homeowners By Myndi Milliken Toledo Free Press Managing Editor mmilliken@toledofreepress.com

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Eight local levies will be put to public vote on the Nov. 8 ballot, the majority of them increasing the out-of-pocket amount for taxpayers if passed. Maumee City Schools will be the most expensive with a proposed new 4.80-mil operating levy that will cost the owner of a $100,000 home approximately $147 per year. An owner of a $150,000 home would pay about $220 annually. “It’s an operating levy, so it will pay for day-today operational expenses, textbooks, personnel, supplies, utilities, gasoline, those kinds of things,” said Nancy Sayer, spokeswoman for Maumee City Schools. Toledo City Schools chose to drop a 7.99-mil levy this year. The District will still ask voters to renew a 2.50-

mil capital improvement levy, which will continue to cost the owner of a $100,000 home approximately $38.28 per year. The Village of Berkey is requesting a 2.0-mil operating levy, which will be a new tax of approximately $61.25, based on a $100,000 home. Replacement levies that, if passed, will result in a tax increase include Sylvania Township’s seniors levy ($9.80 on a $100,000 home), Waterville Township’s police levy ($58.19 on a $100,000 home), and Harding Township’s fire levy ($45.94 on a $100,000 home). Renewal levies that will not increase taxes include Oregon City’s police renewal and Jerusalem Township’s ﬁre renewal. State Issue I, a “Jobs for Ohio” bond issue, will not require a tax increase if approved. A positive vote on this issue will renew the State Capital Improvements Program, the Third Frontier Project and Job Ready Sites.

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Speakers to address Ottawa Hills realty issues By Scott McKimmy Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Three representatives, one from the business, development and education communities, will address the public regarding issues relevant to the Ottawa Hills and Orchard Hills neighborhoods from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Ottawa Hills High School auditorium. Liz Holland, president of Abbell Credit Corp., a Chicago ﬁrm that owns Westgate Village Shopping Center; Harry Wyatt, UT facilities manager; and Gail Mirrow, superintendent of Ottawa Hills schools, will speak on current topics related to their respective ﬁelds. Holland will speak on redeveloping Westgate with plans to draw new retailers and a large anchor store. Wyatt will talk about UT’s development, which includes the area along Secor Road adjacent to Ottawa Hills’ eastern border. Mirrow will discuss the Ottawa Hills school system and its curricula. “There’s opportunity here, especially with the schools,” said Tony Bassett,

Realtor for The Danberry Co. “Ottawa Hills traditionally has been one of the top public school districts in the state of Ohio, if not the whole Midwest region.” Prior to the meeting, several homes will be open for tours from 1 to 3 p.m., prominently marked by flags. The event is sponsored by Danberry and its affiliated title and mortgage companies — Port Lawrence Title, Chicago Title, First Mortgage Consultants and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. “We’re looking to bring people in from all areas of Toledo that don’t know what Ottawa Hills has to give them — an idea of what the homes are like, what the community’s like and at the same time, let them get information on some pretty important issues,” Bassett said. He said the information will help eliminate misconceptions about the suburb, which is surrounded by Toledo, but often considered its own entity. Ottawa Hills operates its own police and fire departments in addition to the schools. More than 1,800 residents live in the area, and the values of homes currently for sale range from about $170,000 to $1.5 million. There are reportedly 100 homes for sale in the area.

The three speakers will meet with local Realtors as part of the continuing education to maintain a Realtor’s licensing certiﬁcation. “It’s just a great informational session for Realtors and for the public to get these three together at the same time,” Bassett said.

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Survey shows seniors are tech-savvy homebuyers From Staff Reports

A recent survey of people age 50 and older revealed their attitudes about real estate are changing and contradicting some long-held assumptions. The survey by ERA Real Estate found today’s seniors are becoming more comfortable with technology. The survey found browsing the Web was the most popular method for home-buying research among seniors who are planning to move within ﬁve years. Another common misconception about aging homeowners is that most plan to move to an “active adult”

community. The survey of more than 1,500 people revealed 8 percent of those thinking about moving within the next ﬁve years would consider buying a home in an adult community. More than 61 percent would prefer to buy a single-family home instead. “Housing needs are not the same for a person who is 55 as they are for a person who is 65,” said Brenda W. Casserly, president and COO of ERA Franchise Systems. “Make sure your broker understands and appreciates your unique situation and can help you get exactly what you want, whether it’s a smaller home, a vacation house or a condo in an active adult community.”

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In his final high school season, Tommy Mangotic is a phoenix risen from virtual obscurity. After silently starring on an Anthony Wayne soccer team largely unrecognized in the middle of the Northern Lakes League pack during his first three high school seasons, the senior midfielder is the widely touted General on a squad relishing statewide recognition. With rankings as high as 7th, but currently 14th in Ohio’s prestigious Division I state polls. Mangotic’s team enters the district playoffs as the area’s number one seed. The Generals enter the postseason with a 13-2-1 mark, one loss coming to state-ranked Gahanna Lincoln and the other against an under-appreciated Sylvania Northview squad. “In the last four years I really didn’t feel like we had the talent, but this year is easily the best team I’ve played on. In the offseason we played together all the time, and now we are so focused on soccer,” Mangotic said. A third-team All-State honoree during his junior stint, Mangotic statistically trailed the conference’s other talented players in regular season goals with 10,

including his high-scoring teammate, junior forward Brandon Bucher. But the team co-captain led the conference in assists with 12. He plays the pitch like a quarterback on the gridiron. His teammates look to him to make things happen every time the ball touches his cleats. Mangotic delivers far more often than not. “Tommy’s just an outstanding player going both ways. He works hard on both ends of the ﬁeld, and passes the ball well, shoots the ball well. He’s just been a great senior leader this year,” said head coach Tom Shook of his prized midﬁelder. The open space Mangotic creates from his movement with the ball allows him to deliver pinpoint passes to his teammates giving them ample opportunities to put the tethered sphere past opposing goalies. Mangotic’s maternal grandfather, the late Ferenc Gal, played professional soccer in Hungary as a nine-year member of their national select team up to the mid-1930s. Gal migrated to Toledo in 1971. Mangotic credits his grandfather for playing a major role in encouraging him to pursue the game. “I got my passion for playing soccer from my grandpa,” he said, “all of my motivation came

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The International League has named Toledo Mud Hens General Manager Joe Napoli the 2005 IL Executive of the Year. 2005 marks the second IL Executive of the Year Award for Napoli, who was also recognized as the League’s top Executive in 2002. He’s the third member of the Toledo Mud Hens to win the honor in the 42 years the award has been given, following Charles Senger (1968, 1972) and Gene Cook (1980). Under Napoli, the Mud Hens broke a three-year-old attendance record by attracting 556,995 fans during the regular season, plus more than 35,000 more in ﬁve post-season games to complete their best season ever at the gates. Since moving into the new Fifth Third Field in 2002, the Toledo club has played in front of 109 sold-out home crowds, with 30 of them coming this year. The Sports Business Journal this year placed Toledo among its top 10 markets for minor league sports, while Scarborough Marketing and Research rated Toledo as having the highest interest in Minor League Baseball of any market nationally. In 2002, Newsweek magazine recognized Fifth Third Field as the “Best Ballpark in the Minor Leagues”. Joe Napoli has been the General Manager of the Mud Hens since 1999.

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PREP FOOTBALL

Titans’ youth pays off on ﬁeld By Scott McKimmy Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

They’re young. They run a new offensive system. They’re often the underdogs. The St. John’s Jesuit football team has written a new definition for “overachiever,” upsetting state powerhouse Columbus de Sales 20-17, as well as the favored Findlay squad 4238 in its first two games. Head coach Doug Pearson said his team has come together quickly. He didn’t expect to be 8-0 at the top of the City League until, perhaps, next year. “We weren’t sure with putPEARSON ting in a new offense and the schedule as difficult as it is,” Pearson said. “To be undefeated at this point is certainly a bonus.” The Titans scrapped the I-formation offense at the beginning of the season, adopting a spread formation Pearson said is hitting the country by storm. With one back and four wide receivers, the strategy seeks to stretch the field vertically and horizontally. Two wideouts who stand in the 6-foot-3 range and others with “true speed” warranted the change, he said. A pool of juniors and a reliable performance last year by quarterback Sean Patterson sealed the deal. “We think we have the right guy pulling the trigger,” Pearson said. “We knew we had four or five good

receivers in this junior class and a couple of seniors doing a great job for us as well. We knew that this was going to be our future, so we decided to do it this year.” Seven juniors start on offense and six on defense along with two sophomores. While three linemen weigh in around 255 pounds and another at more than 300 pounds, center Andy Borgia anchors the offensive front at a surprising 172 pounds. Filling the cleats of six key players who graduated last year, he said, a few juniors have shown “tremendous leadership.” Linebacker Anthony Schultz has led the defense, supported by fellow linebacker Tom Shoen, strong safety Adam Stichler and free safety Mike Floyd. Running back DeAndre Ware seems certain to break the 1,000-yard mark for the season. The Titans face senior-dominated St. Francis de Sales on Oct. 22, a team Pearson described as “a big, power team” that tries to “blow you off the ball.” The Knights, at 4-4, lost to Central Catholic and three non-league teams while defeating City League foes Woodward, Bowsher, Start and Whitmer. Knights’ coach Dick Cromwell commented on his team’s performance with respect to the experience of his players. “It sounds like you want to interview St. John’s about how good they’re doing in comparison to how shitty we’re doing based on the fact that they’re supposedly playing younger kids, and we’re supposedly playing older kids,” Cromwell said. “If you call some of my fans and parents, I’m sure they could tell you that we’re not achieving up to what they would like us to.”

ROCKET FOOTBALL

Healthy QB helps UT avoid pitfalls Exclusively online: ■ A recap of UT’s victory over Ball State with stats and highlights. The Rockets breathe a sigh of relief as they prepare for their next home game against the University of Buffalo on Oct. 22. Not because they shook off some voodoo curse that seems to follow them to Muncie, Ind., whenever they visit Ball State. UT won 34-14, maintaining a perfect 5-0 conference record. The real reason the Rockets can put their collective minds to rest lies in the health and welfare of Bruce “Almighty” Gradkowski. The star quarterback appears to have overcome the concussion that sidelined him for the Fresno game — UT’s only loss — and his outlook brightens with each healthy game. He threw three touchdowns and two interceptions, completing 62 percent, which is low for Gradkowski, but respectable in the MAC. Buffalo arrives with no wins this season. In nonconference play, they were victims to Connecticut, Syracuse and Rutgers. The MAC East Division opponent lost a heartbreaker to Akron after holding the Zips to three scoreless quarters and dropped conference matchups against Western Michigan and powerhouse Bowling Green. “I think the UB Bulls did a very credible job today competing

against [BGSU], one of the elite offenses in the country and certainly one of the most elite teams in the Mid-American Conference over the last ﬁve years,” head coach Jim Hofher said. Buffalo has shown strength

on defense, holding BGSU quarterback Omar Jacobs to the lowest yards passing of his career. The same game saw the Bulls record their highest rushing total of 198 yards. — Scott McKimmy

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ART WEBER

ert Snowball, Shawn Collymore and Mike James return to lead the Storm’s frontline attack. Smith tallied 39 points with a +/- of +17 in the 41 games he played in last season, netting 13 goals while serving up 26 assists. With the ECHL adopting the NHL’s new rules geared toward increasing scoring, Smith’s style should improve his numbers and opportunity creation. Snowball, an Ontario native, is a Toledo fan favorite, bringing a formidable toughguy presence to the rink for the team. Last season the 6’4” 235 lb goon only produced 10 points (4 goals, 6 assists) but led the club with 22 major penalties, good for second in the ECHL. Overall, Snowball attained 184 PIM. He ﬁgures to make more foes’ blood bounce on the ice this winter as he works to fear-monger defenders into backing down to Toledo’s three-line-deep scoring attack. Collymore, last season’s “Most Improved Player,” looks to progress even further. James returns with effective scoring production (12 goals, 22 assists last year) and his team-leading 235 PIM. Vitucci brought in a handful of key newcomers he expects to have immediate and

considerable impact up front. Most notable is former Augusta Lynx and ECHL 2004-05 All-star forward Ken Magowan. Magowan ripped 21 goals and dished off 28 assists for the Lynx last year. Vitucci expects similar production heading into his ﬁrst season with Toledo. Rookie forward Barret Ehgoetz, a Niagara University grad, amassed a stellar 71 goals and 95 assists during his collegiate career. He should step up immediately with quick skates and great reaction. He’ll join Smith in creating numerous opportunities for Storm mates to take advantage of. “We’re looking at all these guys to chip in offensively. They all possess a lot of tenacity and grip,” Vitucci said. Defensemen P.J. Martin and Jason Maleyko return to head the Storm defensive unit. Martin netted 7 goals and helped his icemates pop in 19 more last year, while Maleyko spent over a 100 minutes in the penalty box in providing a bullying presence. Former 2000-01 Storm defenseman B.J. Adams reappears to help paint opposing forwards into the glass. During his 200001 campaign with the team, the former BGSU grad spent 110 PIM in the box and

will be expected to provide added brawn to Toledo’s defense. “We’re looking for our defense to play a physical brand of hockey. They’re all going to be big and steady back there. We look for them to be very dependable, but very punishing as well,” Vitucci said. Both Storm netminders are new to club this year. Mike Brown, a rookie from Ferris State, brings great athletic prowess to the crease. He ended his FSU career holding school records in wins (63), career shutouts (10), and saves (3409). He ﬁgures to be the team’s starter when they open the season at home Oct. 21 against rival Dayton. Backing him up will be veteran Chad Collins. Collins posted quality numbers in the Southern Pro Hockey League last season with a 25-13 mark and a 2.48 GAA. “We’re going to have solid goaltending when all the dust settles,” Vitucci said. Look for the Storm to overcome its losses with a new blend of veteran leadership and youthful energy, offensive electricity and defensive tenacity centered around a comfortably familiar returning core to earn a repeat return to the ECHL playoffs in the club’s 15th season.

Travis Baltz is a two-sport athlete — at the same time. WEEK TWELVE: It’s a beautiful thing when both offense and defense click, wasting no time in marking up win number 51 for Anthony Wayne Head Coach Craig Smith. A balanced attack and swarming defense resulted in a 31-7 Generals win over Perrysburg. All season, junior Travis Baltz has kept himself exceptionally busy. The Generals’ kicker/punter, who has already hit a 46-yard ﬁeld goal this season, is also sweep for Anthony Wayne’s varsity soccer team, which is enjoying a great season. Toledo Free Press has commissioned photographer Art Weber to chronicle the 2005 varsity football season of the Anthony Wayne Generals. Each week, one photo will capture the evolving season. Art Weber may be contacted at aweber331@adelphia.net.

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Storm prepares to take the ice for its 15th season Following last year’s 41-26-5 slate with a first-round playoff loss to Roanoke, the Detroit Red Wings AA affiliate Toledo Storm seeks to take the next step, but will have to overcome the loss of more than half of the team’s on-ice labor force from 2004-05. Head Coach and Director of Player Personnel Nick ViVITUCCI tucci said the team will take on a different look with its overall roster, but believes the results will be similar if not better in 2005-06. “We might not have a lot of players returning but we have a good core of returning ECHL players with a lot of league experience, so we’re in pretty good shape,” he said. “We’ll definitely be fast, but we want to be aggressive too,” Vitucci said. Veteran forwards Scooter Smith, Rob-

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Your tour of the Toledo zeitgeist, page 32

Jazzy night

Trumpeter Humberto Ramírez to perform with Toledo Jazz Orchestra on Saturday, page 31

POP CULTURE

Marsh revisits ‘Heart’ By Michael S. Miller Toledo Free Press Editor in Chief mmiller@toledofreepress.com

“The Heart of Rock and Soul,” which turns sweet 16 this year, is one of most important desegregation works in popular culture. The Dave Marsh book, subtitled “The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made,” stands with Greil Marcus’ “Mystery Train” as the most fervent and eloquent rock criticism to argue that rock music’s center, its vital core, was not just relayed from Elvis to The Beatles to singer-songwriters to practitioners of so-called “art rock.” The music’s heart, its most emotionally compelling and intellectually challenging works, came largely from artists such as Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Ray Charles and other black artists usually relegated to the sidelines in critical discussion. Rock and soul music is often deﬁned through the discussion of albums, which biases the focus onto James Taylors, David Bowies, Queens and Pink Floyds. Marsh, in what has been described as “the world’s lengthiest act of rock criticism,” argues that a discussion focused on great singles offers a more racially balanced artistic reality. “The Heart of Rock and Soul” is organized in numeric order, but it is not a mere list. Marsh describes the book’s journey as rotating outward from the center, a spiral that begins with the percussion of Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard it Through the Grapevine” and works its way out to the fringes. Sales are not a factor in the rankings (a great number of songs are saddled with the label “Did not make pop chart”); the book’s cumulative argument is what matters, not pitting song No. 71 versus song No. 321. Marsh spoke with Toledo Free Press last week from his Connecticut home about the book’s relevance in the modern era, when singles and their greatly reduced cultural impact no longer ﬁt the boundaries of his original discussion. Toledo Free Press: Was there a moment of epiphany for you, when you decided to change the conversation from albums to singles? Dave Marsh: I never stopped listening to singles. I sat down and knew if I wrote about what I really loved, it would be based on singles. The thought was, how do you write a book in which the dominant artists are James Brown and Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye? I wasn’t inventing a new reality for myself, I was expressing reality in a different way from what most rock writing did. TFP: Did you encounter resistance to your thesis?

DAVE MARSH DM: Perceiving this would be a problem, I wrote a bunch of entries and wrote a very long list. I knew people wouldn’t get it unless they felt what I really wanted to do. I had a quarter of the book done before I approached the publisher. I was finishing “Glory Days,” thinking, what do I listen to, what do I like? You answer that differently at different points in your life. I’m 55. I’ve been doing this for 36 years. At this point, I listen to a lot of blues music, gospel, some contemporary. Call me in 24 months, it will be different. If you stood the list of the first 250 records on its head, it would be just as good a story, just as good a list, which drove some people crazy. I refused to let the publisher put a numerical list in the book. I told them they could do an alphabetical list, but no numbered list. When they asked why, I told them because people will review the numbers. TFP: How did you choose “Grapevine” to start the discussion? DM: When I was doing interviews for the book, Bob Costas was the only one who figured this out. He said, “‘Grapevine’ is not your favorite record. What is?” I said, “You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’ ” [by the Righteous Brothers]. But I wanted to start with a black record, because that would change the terms of the discussion. I didn’t want to start with a ’50s record, because that would suggest it was chronological. I was just driving around one day, my nephew had just been born

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Biography Dave Marsh, who coined the phrase “punk rock,” has written more than a dozen books about rock and popular music. He co-founded Creem, the Detroit magazine that helped launch heavy metal, glam and punk, among other styles, and spent ﬁve years as an associate and contributing editor of Rolling Stone, where he was chief music critic, columnist and feature writer. Marsh writes monthly record reviews for magazines

such as Playboy, and for the past decade has written and edited the monthly music and politics newsletter, Rock and Rap Conﬁdential. His books include “Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story”; “Trapped: Michael Jackson and the Crossover Dream”; “Before I Get Old: The Story of The Who”; “Elvis”; “The Book of Rock Lists”; and “Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s.”

THE FIRST 75 1. Marvin Gaye, “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” 2. Chuck Berry, “Johnny B. Goode” 3. James Brown, “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” 4. The Four Tops, “Reach Out I’ll Be There” 5. The Righteous Brothers, “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ ” 6. The Rolling Stones, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” 7. Bob Dylan, “Like A Rolling Stone” 8. Aretha Franklin, “Respect” 9. Little Richard, “Tutti Frutti” 10. Martha And The Vandellas, “Nowhere To Run” 11. The Kingsmen, “Louie Louie” 12. Elvis Presley, “Mystery Train” 13. Big Joe Turner, “Shake, Rattle And Roll” 14. Jerry Lee Lewis, “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” 15. Otis Redding, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” 16. Sly And The Family Stone, “Everyday People” 17. Roy Orbison, “Only The Lonely” 18. Aretha Franklin, “A Natural Woman” 19. The Contours, “Do You Love Me” 20. The Ronettes, “Be My Baby” 21. The Crystals, “Da Doo Ron Ron” 22. Darlene Love, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” 23. Sam And Dave, “Hold On I’m Comin’ ” 24. Bruce Springsteen, “Born To Run” 25. Marvin Gaye, “What’s Going On” 26. Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Who’ll Stop The Rain?” 27. Temptations, “My Girl” 28. Van Halen, “Jump” 29. The Beatles, “Ticket To Ride” 30. The Drifters, “There Goes My Baby” 31. Percy Sledge, “When A Man Loves A Woman” 32. Sam Cooke, “A Change Is Gonna Come” 33. Buddy Holly And The Crickets, “That’ll Be The Day” 34. Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs, “Stay” 35. Otis Redding, “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” 36. The Skyliners, “Since I Don’t Have You” 37. The Four Tops, “Bernadette” 38. The Beatles, “She Loves You” 39. Roy Orbison, “Oh, Pretty Woman” 40. The Who, “I Can See For Miles” 41. Ray Charles, “What’d I Say” 42. Jackie Wilson, “Lonely Teardrops” 43. The Chiffons, “One Fine Day” 44. Little Stevie Wonder, “Uptight” 45. Prince, “Little Red Corvette” 46. The Miracles, “The Tracks Of My Tears” 47. Fats Domino, “Blueberry Hill” 48. Madonna, “Live To Tell” 49. Little Willie John, “Need Your Love So Bad” 50. Martha And The Vandellas, “Heat Wave” 51. Chuck Berry, “Back In The U.S.A.” 52. Aretha Franklin, “Chain Of Fools” 53. The Temptations, “Since I Lost My Baby” 54. Ray Charles, “Hit The Road Jack” 55. Little Eva, “The Loco-motion” 56. The Rolling Stones, “Get Off Of My Cloud” 57. Sly And The Family Stone, “Dance To The Music” 58. The Chiffons, “He’s So Fine” 59. The Crystals, “Then He Kissed Me” 60. Chuck Berry, “Roll Over Beethoven” 61. Clarence Carter, “Making Love (Dark End Of The Street)” 62. Buddy Holly, “Rave On” 63. Elvis Presley, “Good Rockin’ Tonight” 64. The Beatles, “I Saw Her Standing There” 65. Sam And Dave, “When Something Is Wrong With My Baby” 66. Roy Orbison, “In Dreams” 67. Nolan Strong And The Diablos, “The Wind” 68. The Drifters, “On Broadway” 69. Them, “Gloria” 70. Little Richard, “Good Golly Miss Molly” 71. The Police, “Every Breath You Take” 72. Ben E. King, “Stand By Me” 73. Claudine Clark, “Party Lights” 74. Chic, “Good Times” 75. The Beach Boys, “Don’t Worry, Baby”

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and I was traveling from D.C. to Charlottesville to see him, in a snowstorm, of all things, listening to an oldies station in the rental car. “Grapevine” came on, and I thought, “I know how to write a book that starts with that record, to a story with that record at the center.” I pulled off at a gas station and wrote it down. I wasn’t trying to figure out the greatest record ever made, I was trying to figure out, how do I start the discussion? That first record had to send a whole bunch of correct messages. It had to send a message about what the book was and wasn’t, and it had to let me give a comment that opened some doors. I owe a great deal to James Jamerson and Benny Benjamin, just being able to write about that song’s introduction. That took us back about 500 years, took us off the continent, heading to the new world. TFP: How will future generations be able to connect the roots of rock through this singles-oriented history to their present, when there is so much segregation in music programming?

DM: It’s knowable, people will get curious. Maybe not many people, but some people under 40 still have that sense of this. It was much more knowable when I wrote the book. First, there was less to know. Second, there was less to know that you didn’t know. You assume that the story begins with some doo-wop record, sometime between ’48 and ’55, and reached the climactic moment of the ﬁrst chapter when Chuck and Elvis arrived. If you assume that, it was a knowable FRANKLIN body of work. You just have to look back and then catch up. Now, there’s so much more. CDs and the Internet have shattered that knowable body of work. You could destroy my pretense of knowing everything that’s going on now, much less the past 15 years. The Stones took from Robert Johnson. Elvis took from Wynonie Harris and Roy Brown, and that was as far

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back as you needed to go then. There’s a lot more game playing in , say, “Mystery Train,” which even as late as 1987, covered people’s sense of the history. Then, with CDs and the Internet, the whole thing cracked wide open in terms of the accessibility, in terms of what happed before World War II. Can you understand Elvis without Wynonie Harris? No. Can you understand Wynonie Harris without Louis Jordan? Not very well. Can you understand Louis Jordan without GAYE Jimmy Lunsford? Not really. And you can keep going until you get to someone like Buddy Bolton, or where there is no more recorded history. When I was 19, I wrote a review of an album by Sha Na Na. The liner notes said they ﬁxed the harmonies, because they were a half tone off. I said, the whole ’50s were a half tone off, and they hadn’t ﬁxed the harmonies, they

Toledo Free Press ■ 29 ruined them. The record company called my editor and said, “Who is this kid to write this?” And he said, “It’s a kid who lives it.” But at the same time, I didn’t know the Ink Spots, let alone the Golden Gate Quartet, so I didn’t know so much. TFP: Billboard is now ranking digital downloads of individual songs. Does that continue the singles tradition? DM: I don’t know what to make of digital downloads and their cultural impact. It’s too soon to understand, with the greed of the industry and the confusion of the people who make the music and the confusion of the audience. When they spend a dollar, does any of it get to the artist? Is it like singles? No. The implication of the singles culture I’m writing about is, this is stuff everybody knows. With downloads and podcasts, the implication is, there ain’t nothing everybody knows. Everybody can know that U2 was on Conan O’Brien’s show last night, but not all of us stayed up to see it, and those who didn’t don’t feel like they’re missing anything. That wasn’t true, love it or hate it, about “Papa Don’t Preach.” That wasn’t true about “Love to Love You Baby.” That wasn’t true about “Jailhouse Rock.” Or “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” There’s an echelon of material in the book that everybody knows. TFP: The book is revealing, not only through the artists you included, but the artists you left out. DM: I very deliberately wrote certain people out of the book. There’s no David Bowie records in the book. Why? All of the people David stole from are in there; I didn’t think we needed him. It was easy to leave out the art rock groups, because they didn’t make great singles. There was an Internet poll recently that named the favorite song of all time a Queen record, “We are the Champions” or “Bohemian Rhapsody,” it really doesn’t matter which one, and I thought, OK, now we’ve reached a new nadir of western civilization. This book was my declaration that I am done segregating music. I am done being told I can’t compare a Who record and a P-Funk record and a James Brown record and a Talking Heads record and a Clash record. Oh, yes I can; watch me. TFP: Why is the segregation of music and critical discussion so prevalent? DM: People come to music with their own biases and prejudices. There’s an illusion in the culture that to foster segregation, you have to be a klansman. No, you don’t, you just have to take the wrong things for granted. We do that all the time, for example, when we assume that because they both make millions of dollars, Latrell Sprewell and Eli Manning have the same cultural reality when they leave the stadium. Uh-uh. Everybody in the Manning family is doing pretty well. Everybody in the Sprewell family ain’t. When Latrell says he

has a family to support, he doesn’t mean a wife and kids; he means a wife and three kids and 16 cousins and aunts and uncles, with the best job any of them have is maybe at the post office. But the people who program or sportscast don’t think about that because that’s not their reality. And in music, there was a wedge; dance music. That disco foot became huge and intrusive. People found it offensive because it was hammering at their preconceptions. That was me for awhile, before I got it, because I’m not a dancer. But when Earth, Wind and Fire and Stevie Wonder came out, it had to be addressed. It’s not an accident that Lee Abrams, who pioneered the segregation of radio, came from the South, from Atlanta. Do I think he is a conscious musical bigot? No, I think he’s an idiot. He developed that format so he would hear more of bands he liked, like Gentle Giant, and less of the music he didn’t like. TFP: So the segregation is in part encouraged by the industry? DM: The segregation was on purpose. The fact that people want to hear the same records over and over again in the course of a day, a week, a month, a year, a lifetime, that was developed by a raw scientific observation. The fact that you can manipulate that is not scientific; that was people using their guts. TFP: In the second edition of the book, you add 100 singles that might have made the discussion, up to 1999. How does today’s biggest recording artist, Eminem, fit in the discussion? DM: Eminem fits into the overall discussion, but as a singles artist, I don’t know. Are there people who care intensely about pop music who have never heard an Eminem song, and don’t care if they ever hear Eminem? Yes. You couldn’t ever have said that about The Beatles. Even people who trashed The Beatles had heard them in that shared context. But now, we don’t just have a shattered musical culture, we have a shattered political culture. We have a shattered culture, period.

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LITERATURE

Author to reveal secrets behind ‘Life of Bees’ By Whitney Meschke Special to Toledo Free Press

In homecoming season, an author whose novels have tread that theme will speak in Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s Authors! Authors! series. Sue Monk Kidd said it was only after she started writing “The Mermaid Chair” that she realized that book’s connection with her earlier blockbuster, “The Secret Life of Bees.” “‘Bees’ is about a young girl searching for a home,” she said from her Charleston, S.C., home. “In ‘Mermaid,’ it’s more metaphoric, with the character looking for a way to come home to herself.” KIDD In “Bees,” a white girl looks for the truth about her mother during the days of the American civil rights movement. Her search leads her to her mother’s foster family — three beekeeping black women — and their spiritual mother, the Black Madonna. In “Mermaid,” a married woman goes to

care for her mother and finds herself drawn to a monk. “It’s about a woman’s journey at midlife,” Kidd said. “It’s primarily about a very profound redefinition of her life and her marriage, with her coming to a place in herself, a place of self-belonging.” At 57, Kidd also has come into her own. She started her career with a nursing degree and freelance writing. She became an editor to Guideposts magazine and published a collection of spiritual anecdotes and two memoirs before turning her sights to fiction. “Bees,” Kidd’s debut novel, has sold more than four million copies and spent more than 100 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller lists since publication in 2002. “The Mermaid Chair,” released in the spring, has done similar duty, with 25 weeks and counting on the hardcover list. Success is surprising for a first novel, and even Kidd finds herself hard-pressed to explain it. “I think it has something to do with climate in our country of wanting to believe in the power of love,” she said. “Such universal,

timeless themes pull at us.” Others have given her another viewpoint. “Readers who send letters, they say they love the Black Madonna,” Kidd said. “I think the appeal there is that it’s a way of understanding the sacred through that image that sort of shatters our stereotypes of what’s sacred. And there’s the beauty of the feminine and the bond of women. People really respond to that.” Not surprisingly for a book set in the South in the 1960s, race relations play a large role in “Bees.” “I deliberately wanted it to be diverse, to look at that complex knot of separation and these great chasms we create,” she said. “I think there’s a great redemptive or healing quality to creating empathy.” Kidd will speak about her life as a writer at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at Stranahan Theater Great Hall, 4645 Heatherdowns Blvd. The event also allows the audience to ask questions and have books signed. Tickets are $10; student discounts are available. Tickets may be purchased at any library branch. More information is available by calling (419) 259-5266.

Authors! Authors! The rest of this season’s Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Authors! Authors! series features Pulitzer Prize winners and more best-selling authors. ■ Nov. 8, Jon Meacham, author of “Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship.” ■ March 7, Jeff Smith, author and artist of the “Bone” comic books. ■ April 3, Khaled Hosseini, author of “The Kite Runner.” ■ May 23, Michael Sallah and Mitch Weiss, Pulitzer Prize recipients for their investigative reporting in the series “Buried Secrets, Brutal Truths,” which appeared in The Blade. — Whitney Meschke

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IN CONCERT

Trumpeter returns for another jazzy night By Vicki L. Kroll Toledo Free Press Staff Writer events@toledofreepress.com

Humberto Ramírez has a story he loves to tell. “The ﬁrst time I picked up the trumpet I was 11 years old. My dad asked me to play. I was involved in many other things — playing with friends, sports, going to school. I wasn’t interested in music at all. I loved music and listened to it all the time, but I wasn’t ready to be involved in it,” he said. “I told him I’d try it just to get him off me every day.” He sort of tried. But Humberto Ramírez Sr., saxophonist with the San Juan Orchestra in Puerto Rico, was a tough teacher and knew his son wasn’t practicing. “My dad asked, ‘If you’ve been practicing, why can’t you

play the lesson?’ I thought for a moment and said, ‘Dad, you’re right. I don’t want to do this. I’m not enjoying this.’ We left it there,” the trumpeter said Saturday from San Juan. “Five months after that — it was Jan. 28, 1975, right before my birthday — I came home from school and asked if he still had that trumpet. I wanted to try again.” The younger Ramírez was ready RAMÍREZ this time. At age 14, he joined his father’s band and began taking arranging lessons. Since then, he’s recorded and toured with Herb Alpert, won a 2001 Grammy as a producer, played for President

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The Toledo Museum of Art and MOSAIC are presenting a “Star-Studded Halloween” from 6 to 10 p.m. Oct. 21. A dress-as-a-celebrity costume contest will take place, with music from Johnny Rodriguez and improv comedy from The Around the Bend Players. The event is open to the public; free admission with costume. See www.toledomuseum.org for details.

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Art for the Cure benefit scheduled A juried art fair to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Northwest Ohio Affiliate will take place Nov. 4 through 6 at the SeaGate Convention Centre. The event, co-sponsored by Artworks Toledo, features a mix of fine arts and crafts. Art Party for the Cure, a benefit preview, takes place from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Nov. 4. For tickets and information, call (800) 834-9437.

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Bill Clinton in 1997 and released 16 albums. He’ll blow into Sylvania to perform with the Toledo Jazz Orchestra at 8 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Franciscan Center at Lourdes College, 6832 Convent Blvd. Tickets are $25, $22 for Toledo Jazz Society members, and $5 for students with ID. “We’ll be playing mainly music from ‘Paradise,’ my big band album,” Ramírez said. “I heard [the Toledo Jazz Orchestra] play last year at the Art Tatum Jazz Festival — they’re a great orchestra. I’m looking forward to the show.”

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ARTS & LIFE BRIEFS On Oct. 20, the Way Public Library will open its fifth season of Reel Talk, a classic film series. The 1942 wartime comedy “The Major and the Minor” will be shown. This romantic comedy marked Billy Wilder’s directorial debut. Ginger Rogers disguises herself as a 12-year-old to save train fare and gets involved with Ray Milland, head of a military school. Nature soon takes its course. The script, co-written by Wilder and WILDER Charles Brackett, offers many situational bon mots and double entendres, all done with sophisticated flair. The film begins at 10 a.m. in the library’s lower level auditorium. Admission and refreshments are free. Frank Murphy, Collingwood Arts Center writer, artist and occasional area film reviewer will discuss the film and take questions from the audience. The library is located at 101 E. Indiana Avenue in Perrysburg. For further information call (419) 874-3135.

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Yes, “Broadway” is her real name. Kelly Broadway gets that question a lot. The Toledo-based jazz vocalist is celebrating the release of her third CD, From My Heart, with a free concert at 5 p.m. Oct. 23. at the Leslie Adams Gallery. Broadway grew up in Sylvania, the youngest of six children in a musical family: her father and three older sisters also sing. She first dreamt of singing professionally sometime around the second grade, when she saw BROADWAY Barbra Streisand in “Funny Girl,” but didn’t “go public” until eighth grade, when she started taking voice lessons and sang her first solo in concert. At Northview High School she was active in Show Choir, speech and debate. She also performed with the Westgate Dinner Theatre. After three years at BGSU, Broadway dropped out in order to perform with the local rock band Touched. One of her first jobs was singing on the Put-In Bay ferry. At age 23, Broadway fell in love with jazz and started to sit in at Rusty’s Jazz Café in Toledo. “It just really touched me,” she said. “Jazz musicians have a lot of respect for each other. I like to sing the standards because the

lyrics are incredible.” One of her favorites is “This is Always,” which appears on her new album and was what she sang to her husband on their wedding day. She moved to Portland in 1990, where she quickly became a fixture on the local music scene, playing with well-known instrumentalists such as Dave Frishberg (School House Rock), Leroy Vinegar, Mel Brown and Ed Bennett. Broadway is returning to Portland in November for a performance with Frishberg. She also released her first CD, Kelly Broadway in Concert. In 1996, Broadway moved to New York City, where she appeared in some of the city’s top jazz clubs, working with jazz greats like Mark Murphy (Norah Jones was a waitress at one of the clubs where she performed). Broadway returned to Toledo five years ago, after being awarded a full-ride scholarship to study with the legendary jazz great Jon Hendricks at UT, where she completed her B.A. in music. “It was great just hanging out with Jon, knowing he was friends with people like Duke Ellington and Miles Davis,” she said. Broadway notes that her main audience is 50 and older, but that younger people are also becoming interested in the old standards, thanks to performers like Diana Krall and Harry Connick Jr. For more information, call (419) 255-4321. After the release party, From My Heart will be available at the Borders store in Toledo, CDBaby.com, Culture Clash, Socrates Café and The Toledo Jazz Society.

COMEDY CORNER New books almost ready for Christmas gift giving “Essential Rushin”: A college fraternity member’s account of joining a fraternity of language majors “You’re Fired!”: A step-by-step guide to making decorative ceramics “Low Carbs Forever!”: A guide to building ‘low riders’ “Satisfied”: A fitness guru gains 400 pounds by following the “Elvis Recipes book” “The Bypass and the Beltway”: Dick Cheney’s fitness regimen — Sheldon Natowsky

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MASQUERADE 3 MANOR Toledo Metroparks will host a masked ball to help restore a Toledo treasure. The Manor House Masquerade: Le Bal Masque, will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. Oct. in the Wildwood Manor House. The event will raise money to restore the 1800s wallpaper in the Georgian Colonial mansion’s dining room. The one-ofa-kind, block-printed wallpaper is a panoramic scene on three walls depicting an 1818 festival at the Tuileries garden in Paris. It once graced the walls of a French chateau, but was purchased in the 1930s by the Stranahan family and re-installed in their new home, now called the Manor House. In keeping with the French theme, the evening will include a French menu and wine list, activities based on the Moulin Rouge and the Riviera, live music and a silent auction. Black tie optional, tickets are $100 each; (419) 407-9700.

HALL OF FAME DINNER 4 DEVILBISS The DeVilbiss Alumni Committee has announces this year’s inductees into the DeVilbiss Hall of Fame. The banquet will take place Oct. 28 at The Inverness Club on Dorr Street. Social Hour begins at 5:30 with the sit-down dinner being served at 7 p.m. Dee Heywood Talmage, Class of 1957 and Hall of Fame Member, will be the Mistress of Ceremonies. This is the ﬁrst time graduates from the 1980s are being inducted. For a list of inductees, see halloffame@devilbissalum ni.org. Information is also available at www.devilbissalumni.org.

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason

Beachland Ballroom & Tavern, Cleveland

Josh Ritter, October Project, The Frames BGSU Bryan Recital Hall

Magic Stick, Detroit

Grog Shop, Cleveland

Toledo Symphony Orchestra

Manhattan’s

Howard’s Club H, BG

Wilbert’s Food & Music, Cleveland

Mickey Finn’s Pub

Majestic Theatre, Detroit

Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings

Black Swamp Blues Society Battle of the Bands

Valentine Theatre

Murphy’s Place

Club Bijou

The Village Idiot, Maumee

Devided Sinz

Percival Potts

Clayton Miller Blues Band

SAT OCT 22 The Ark, Ann Arbor

Ritz Theatre, Tifﬁn

Betty

Christopher Cross

Beautiful Creatures, Genitorturers

Beachland Ballroom & Tavern, Cleveland

Devendra Banhart

Extra Stout

Headliners

BGSU Bryan Recital Hall

State Theatre, Detroit

The Stain, Falls of Grace, Help Wanted

WAR OF THE WORLDS The Challenger Learning Center of Lucas County, in association with Saturn V Productions, is leaping back in time to the year 1938 in a tribute to the Halloween spoof that spooked the nation. Orson Welles, the Master of “Trick or Treat,” panicked the nation with a radio play adaptation of H. G. Well’s “The War of the Worlds” in October of 1938 when Martians attacked our planet. The CLCLC will be presenting a live tribute performance of the classic radio show at 8 p.m. Oct. 28 at CLCLC, 4955 Seaman Rd., Oregon. Community performers will transform the Challenger Center Orientation Room into the CBS Mercury Theatre on the air. Following the performance, a Star Party hosted by the CLCLC will be held on site to view the rising Mars. Local experts on Mars will be on hand to answer questions. A tour of the Challenger Learning Center will be given and the gift shop will be open. Tickets are $3 to $6; (419) 698-1501.

Manhattan’s

Nickel Creek, The Ditty Bops Majestic Theatre, Detroit

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Johnny Reed and the Houserockers

Storyteller, sculptor, and award winning illustrator Wil Clay will join the Toledo Frogtown Storytelling Guild in the worldwide storytelling event Tellabration! at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Maumee Theater. Joining in this night of stories will be local tellers: Tim Kreps, Linda Kerul, Doug Bahnsen, Pat Lora, Tari Miller, Condessa Croninger, Odessa Rowan, Fred Sullivan, and more. Tickets are $7 and are available at the door.

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Owens Community College Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Perrysburg

Russel Martin

House of Blues, Cleveland

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Prurient, Wolf Eyes

Glenda Biddlestone with The Murphys

YOU’RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN Students from the Toledo School for the Arts bring Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang to life in a musical presentation of “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”, 7 p.m. Nov. 3 at Owens Community College Mainstage Theatre. For ticket information, call the Toledo School for the Arts at (419) 246-8732.

IT’S BAZAAR Stone Oak Country Club will host its ﬁfth annual Stone Oak Art Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 22, 100 Stone Oak Blvd., Holland. Several area artists will exhibit and sell their baskets, ceramics, drawings, glass, handbags, jewelry and more at this event, which is free and open to the public. Lunch will be available for purchase.

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Toledo Jazz Orchestra for its season kick-off performance at 8 p.m. Oct. 22 at The Franciscan Threatre, Sylvania. Ramirez has performed with jazz greats Tito Puente, Chick Corea and Herb Alpert. As a producer, he earned a Grammy Award with his work on Olga Tanon’s 2001 album “Olga viva, viva Olga,” and has three other Grammy nominations. Tickets for the Toledo Jazz Orchestra performance are $22 for members, $25 for nonmembers, and $5 for students. They are available at The Franciscan Center box ofﬁce, (419) 824-3999.

BLUES CHALLENGE The Black Swamp Blues Society will present the International Blues Challenge Finals, 7 p.m. Oct. 22 at Mickey Finn’s Pub, 602 Lagrange St. Last year’s winner Simon Carter, will be defending its title against Josh Boyd & the VIP Band, the Rollers, and Frostbite. Returning champ Patrick Lewandowski will also be challenged by Bob and Frank May. The winners will vie for the international title in Memphis, Tenn. in January. Tickets for the event are $8 and can be purchased by calling (419) 467-0109.

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Club Bijou

Eastern Michigan University Pease Auditorium, Ypsilanti

Headliners

Watch Them Die, Exodus, Crisis, 3 Inches in Blood

Toledo Museum of Art Club Music

Johnny Rodriguez The Underground

The Toasters, Westbound Train, The Statements, Texas Pete & the Disasters

House of Blues, Cleveland

LCD Soundsytem, The Juan Maclean Howard’s Club H, BG

The Sights, Drama Club, Boogaloosa Prayer Lourdes College Franciscan Center, Sylvania

Humberto Ramírez

Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor

Leo Kottke, Mike Gordon

Mickey Finn’s Pub

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Owens Community College Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Perrysburg

Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra The Palace of Auburn Hills

Def Leppard, Cheap Trick

The Odeon, Cleveland

Bloodhound Gang, Electric Eel Shock, Program the Dead The Palace of Auburn Hills

U2, Damian Jr. Gong Marley

Peabody’s Down Under, Cleveland

Beautiful Creatures, Genitorturers State Theatre, Detroit

As I Lay Dying, Slipknot, Unearth Stranahan Theater

Ailey II

The Winchester, Cleveland

Blu Vertaal, Pete Best Band

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Flav Martin

Tango’s

Stranahan Theater

Beachland Ballroom & Tavern

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The Winchester, Cleveland

Red Water Rojo, Staff Infection

After Alice, Dying to Live, Against the Fire, Sixth Street Fraud, The Fast Luck

Duncan Sheik, Sarah Bettens, David Poe, Christine Baze

University of Toledo Jazz Faculty and Students Combos

Peabody’s Down Under, Cleveland

The Village Idiot, Maumee

Fox Theatre, Detroit

Mellow Down Easy

Murphy’s Place

Debbie Reynolds with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra Desi Serna

Nickel Creek

Murphy’s Place

Peabody’s Down Under, Cleveland

Stranahan Theater

Amanna 18, One Common Fate, Three Static Rituals

New Machines, Lazerlove 5 Roosevelt Hatcher with The Murphys

The Bled, Thrice, Underoath, Veda

“Stages of Love”

Kanye West, Keyshia Cole, Fantasia Barrino, Common

Mickey Finn’s Pub

Shawn’s Tavern

Lifesavas,The Coup

SUN OCT 23 The Ark, Ann Arbor

Jake Amerding & Mark Erelli Beachland Ballroom & Tavern, Cleveland

Audio Adrenaline, Kids in the Way, Pillar, Sanctus Real, Superchick

Clumsy Lovers, Tony Joe White

Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle

Keith Carlock

BGSU Moore Musical Arts Center

“Haunted Orchestra” with Dan Kamin and Toledo Symphony Orchestra

Brew House, Holland

Valentine Theatre

The Bled, Thrice, Underoath, Veda

“Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber”

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Desi Serna

House of Blues, Cleveland

Bowling Green Opera Theater

WED OCT 26 The Ark, Ann Arbor

Maia Sharp Beachland Ballroom & Tavern, Cleveland

Marah

Blind Pig, Ann Arbor

Kate Earl, Matt Nathanson, Matt Wertz Brew House, Holland

Desi Serna

House of Blues, Cleveland

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Magic Stick, Detroit

Adam Richman, Socratic, The Rocket Summer, This Day and Age Manhattan’s

Quartet Bernadette

Peabody’s Down Under, Cleveland

Matt Nathanson, Matt Wertz, Kate Earl The Palace of Auburn Hills

U2, Damian Jr. Gong Marley

Ed Levy

Wildwood Metropark Preserve Manor House

Ryan Erard Trio, The Murphys

The Odeon, Cleveland

“Stages of Love”

UT Jazz Ensemble

Murphy’s Place

Grog Shop, Cleveland

Manhattan’s

UT Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall

Henry Rollins

Blind Pig, Ann Arbor

BGSU Bryan Recital Hall

My Morning Jacket, Kathleen Edwards

Murphy’s Place

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Adam Richman, Socratic, The Rocket Summer, This Day and Age

St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit

Kelly Broadway Cool Moose Big Band

Amy Ray & The Volunteers

Murphy’s Law, The Tossers

Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor

The Ark, Ann Arbor

Bang Sugar Bang, The Adicts Toledo Sports Arena

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ENTERTAINMENT Broadway — The Star-Spangled Celebration:

2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Stranahan Theater. Enjoy high-

lights from Broadway’s greatest musicals of all time, including “42nd Street,” “Cats,” “Oklahoma,” “Les Miserables,” “Chicago,” “Cabaret,” “My Fair Lady,” “Grease,” “A Chorus Line,” and Mamma Mia; (419) 537-9106 Tina Mae & the Black Swamp Ramblers:

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EXHIBITS Twist of Faith: follows the intimate psychological journey of Tony Comes, a ﬁreﬁghter from Toledo, who survived years of sexual abuse at the hands of a Catholic priest. For three nights, Oct. 21-23. The UT Department of Theatre and Film will show the Oscar-nominated documentary. Doors open at 7 p.m., tickets are $7 at the door.

Peabody’s Down Under, Cleveland

Manhattan’s

Navigators, The Mammals

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People should park in the main parking lot off West Bancroft; (419) 530-2202. Dancing With The Phoenix:

through Oct. 30. A regional exhibition exploring the realm of cancer and healing, created by artists who have had the diagnosis. The exhibit will be on display in the Gerber House Gallery and Theatre Lobby at the Collingwood Arts Center; (419) 244-2787.

FAMILY Camp Creepy: hosted by The Girl

Scouts of the Maumee Valley Council, 7 to 11 p.m. Oct. 21 and 22 at Camp Libbey, 28325 State route 281 in Deﬁance. Visit Trick-or-Treat Village, take a Rock-n-Roll hayride, or walk through the Forbidden Forest. All ages. Tickets $12; (419) 243-8216. The Moon Witch: 1 p.m. Oct. 22 at Ritter Planetarium-Brooks Observatory, UT campus. Adults $4, seniors $3, kids 12 & under $3, under 3 free; (419) 530-4037. Toledo Symphony Family Series I: Halloween Spooktacular, 3 p.m. Oct. 23 at Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Theater; (419) 255-8000.

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ou know what would be awesome? If Toledo could somehow get on the national news for something good. If a tiny gaggle of basement-dwelling Caucasian morons decided to hold a march in my town to espouse their venomous beliefs. And no one gave them the time of day. If those same brave Aryan warriors didn’t turn tail like the cowards they are and hide behind riot squads the second their incendiary tactics got the desired response, only to scurry back to their damp, mildewed little clubhouses to chatter on the Internet about how the riot somehow proves their point. If the media at large chose the top stories of the day based on some criteria other than what provides the most outrageous, Jerry-Springer-esque footage. If my white friends didn’t consider it OK to say heinous things in my presence about every black person on earth (including the 75,000 or so in our city limits who led a perfectly normal, non-rioting day Saturday), and feel justified in doing so, because they saw a few black people on TV being obnoxious. If Toledo wasn’t home to some amoral rabble-rousers looking for any excuse to throw rocks and destroy property, and also feel justified in doing so. I don’t think it’s racist to say that if you used a pitiful little Nazi parade as an excuse to loot a convenience store, you’re an asshole, regardless of your color, income level or any other factor. If said assholes were ostracized by their peers and their neighborhoods (especially the ones who don’t even live near Lagrange or Cherry streets and just decided to come over there to get in on the free-for-all), and the rest of us, white and black, politician and policeman, preacher and layman, actually united to tell these people that such behavior is flat-out unacceptable. Always. No excuses. No “outreach.” Wrong is wrong. If people could get down to the business of loving each other, punishing wrongdoers, helping those who need it, and saving some neighborhoods together, instead of using this incident to further their own agendas, be they liberal or conservative. If I didn’t have to listen to any talkradio jackasses blathering racist code words about our “urban problems,” or any hand-wringing so-called activists referring to this pointless riot as some sort of “uprising.” You’ve all had your chances to fix things, and all sides have failed pretty spectacularly at it. How about retiring your tired lines and trying some new thinking? If I could cheerfully blather away my column space talking about dumb rock and roll shows, without having to watch things go down the tubes a mile from my house, wondering how many more people will decide after this weekend that Toledo isn’t worth fixing, or supporting, or living in, or fighting for. Yeah. That’d be pretty swell, wouldn’t it?

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EXHIBITION REVIEW

“STUCK IN THE CROWD” few areas artists have gotten their start. It provides an accepting environment for artistic growth, whatever your level of professional experience, their main criteria being enthusiasm. Mickey Finn’s Pub and Quest For Fire Studios have shown that there’s more to art than dropping a lot of money, and there’s more to having a good time than just going out a for a few drinks. With any luck, they’ve formed an artistic partnership that will continue to grow and receive community support. The upcoming show will be Oct. 29. There is a $5 cover. Doors open at 6 p.m. Costume prizes will be provided for guests by Quest For Fire Studios. Mickey Finn’s Pub is located at 602 Lagrange St. C

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For most viewers, Bettye LaVette’s recent appearance on “The David Letterman Show” was a spellbinding introduction to a singer long regarded by music connoisseurs as one of the best soul singers on the planet. LAVETTE LaVette comes from that school of sassy rock n’ soul shouters who emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s. While other singers with similar styles (Tina Turner and Ann Peebles) scored numerous hit records, LaVette never really broke through. Until now. For “Hell,” LaVette lends her unique vocal perspective to 10 songs she chose from more than 100 — all penned by women, including Dolly Parton, Sinead O’Connor, Aimee Mann and Fiona Apple. The Bettye-ﬁcation of these songs gives each one a whole new meaning and life. LaVette opens with an abbreviated, a cappella version of Sinead O’Connor’s “I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got.” It’s raw, and like all the vocals on the disc, decidedly unpretty. Lucinda Williams’ “Joy” was re-written to reﬂect LaVette’s quest for mainstream success, moving from Detroit to New York CMY K City to Memphis to Los Angeles. Her raspy voice is weathered

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Studio embraces the ﬂames What started this summer as a one-time mixedmedia event has turned into a monthly melting pot for open expression among the Downtown Toledo bar crowd. This artistic showcase, hosted by Mickey Finn’s Pub, is the brainchild Toledo’s Quest For Fire Studios, founded by area artists Jerry Gray and Kerry Krow. In previous months, they’ve acted as a forum for many different forms of media, including ﬁlm, art, and poetry. This month’s show, doubling as a Halloween party, will be no different. The Quest For Fire team sees art as a means for meditation, release and creation. So far, they have achieved all of these things during their brief association with Mickey Finn’s. What they’ve also done is provide a look at what “young” Toledo has been channeling its ample energies into. More than that, they are helping bridge the gap between the underground scene and mainstream modern culture, i.e. the whole museum-going crowd. In an effort to keep things fresh, all of the exhibited artwork rotates. If it’s hanging on the wall one month, you won’t see it the next. This month’s show features performances by Nuclear Holy Warriors, Sideways Smile, 8 weeks Out, Undermind, 3 DG, Golden Autumn Day Strangler, Muschi and a host of other local musical talents. In addition to a reading of modern poetry, there is visual art that is priced10:51 to move. PHC161 EnrolAd-0011E 9/23/05 AM Page 1 People often bash Toledo from within its own walls, charging lack of creatively, lack of energy, and everything else in between. Those people have never set foot inside Mickey Finn’s, a place where quite a

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and falters occasionally as she jogs along the funky track, underscoring just how grueling her journey has been. By the time she declares, “so I went to West Orange” (New Jersey — her current home) near the fade, it is clear that her joy is intact. The sound recalls the funk/ rock grooves of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Most tracks feature just guitar, drums and bass, with LaVette’s strong, raspy, voice out front, raw and real. Among the players, former Prince side-woman Lisa Coleman, whose sparse, pretty piano playing (on Joan Armatrading’s “Down To Zero,” for instance) contrasts nicely with Lavette’s in-your-face vocals. LaVette promptly gets to the heart of “Just Say So” (originally recorded by Bobbie Cryner). Her approach is conversational; she accuses, demands, speculates and begs, choking up as she struggles to hold on to her dignity at the end of a love affair. “If I can pour us a drink, Daddy, say so/If you need a little time to think ... just let me know...” You can literally hear the tears. “I’ve got my own hell to raise” is a line from Fiona Apple’s “Sleep To Dream,” the closing track. This project should raise LaVette’s proﬁle considerably. — Brett Collins

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Classical music and comedy go together like Tom and Jerry. “Cartoons always used a lot of classical music,” said physical comedian Dan Kamin. “The marriage of low-brow and slapstick comedy and classical music has been a winning combination — the Marx Brothers and ‘A Night at the Opera.’ Victor Borge.” Kamin continues that streak. He will perform “The Haunted Orchestra” with the Toledo Symphony at 3 p.m. Oct. 23 in the Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle. Tickets are $15 and $20 for adults, and $7.50 and $10 for children 12 and younger. “The term ‘mime’ is the kiss of death for the public,” Kamin said recently from his Philadelphia home. “People will watch me do this show and won’t necessarily think I’m a mime. I’m using techniques I know about comedy, magic and mime to create a visual for the music. It’s not a concert, but a completely accessible story.” Kamin will play Mr. Kirby, who doesn’t think the orchestra should play Halloween music for children because it’s too scary. But he’ll be no match for resident conductor Chelsea Tipton II and his magical baton. “The audience will see Chelsea in a different light. He’s the wizard that makes it happen,” Kamin said. “He turns the con-

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Toledo arts groups band for exposure By Miranda Everitt Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Six Toledo arts organizations are coming together to offer Toledoans an opportunity to “Expose Yourself to the Arts.” Leadership Toledo, a decades-old organization promoting community involvement and philanthropy, is backing the effort. The Toledo Symphony, Toledo Opera, Toledo Ballet, Toledo Repertoire Theater, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library and Toledo Jazz Society were each asked to choose one event that would appeal to someone who is not familiar with their organization. “The arts program made a presentation saying they needed help,” said Ryan Bannister of Leadership Toledo. “We tried to make it appeal to people not traditionally used to these events.” “We want to encourage people who have only seen the Symphony to see the Jazz Society, or who have only seen the Opera to see the Repertoire.” The events seen separately would cost more than $400. In addition to tickets, the Expose Yourself to the Arts program includes meet and greets, backstage tours and refreshments at most of the events. “It’s a great introductory price to someone who doesn’t want to pay membership dues right off

the bat,” Bannister said. “And you can see what each is like.” ■ A discussion of the Toledo Opera production of “Madame Butterﬂy” with the principle performers will kick off the series Nov. 11. ■ The Toledo Ballet’s “Nutcracker,” a tour of the stage, talk with the director, art director and choreographer are next on Dec. 10. ■ Wine in cheese in the green room with the cast of “Shirley Valentine” opens the Repertoire Theater event on Jan. 12. Afterward, ticket-holders can explore the set and talk with those involved in the production. ■ Toledo Symphony’s “Classics” on March 25 at the Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle will be a chance to meet violinist Merwin Siu. A reception at Diva follows. ■ Participants will get to meet Khaled Hosseni, author of “The Kite Runner” before his Authors! Authors! presentation April 3 at the Stranahan Theater Great Hall. ■ Toledo Jazz Society’s Jazz Loop on June 16 will round out the program. Ticket-holders will take a bus to Downtown Toledo’s jazz spots including Murphy’s, Manhattans, Jackson’s, Diva and Bronze Boar. Tickets for Expose Yourself to the Arts are limited to 100, and are $125 per person. They may be purchased by calling (419) 246-8000.

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