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LIGHTING THE FUSE
PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT
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he rapidly developing Hollywood Casino and the nascent activity in the Marina District have been joined by another promising enterprise. On July 7, the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority revealed its master plan for redevelopment of the Jeep Parkway property. How exciting it is to have conversations about new market forces like Penn National Gaming and Dashing Pacific adding to the momentum of a respected mainstay like our Port Authority. This mix of existing and new money is the long-desired and longneeded spark that could grow to a fullfledged development renaissance. As reported by Toledo Free Press Senior Business Writer Duane Ramsey, “The 111-acre brownfield site will be redeveloped into a commercial and industrial complex with 30 acres for an Thomas F. POUNDS urban park along the Ottawa River. The Overland Park development will occupy 70 acres of the Jeep Parkway property and offer from 900,000 to 1 million square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space in several buildings. “The master plan was developed with a focus on manufacturing and the ceremony could become the home to new energy technologies or automotive suppliers with the potential expansion of the Chrysler Jeep plants.” And that is the other piece of what is becoming a very exciting puzzle. Rumors are swirling fast and furious that Chrysler is preparing a Toledo expansion that could potentially add 1,500 on-site jobs, another 500 related positions and make our plant one of North America’s largest facilities. Along with the leadership of Mayor Mike Bell, key players in the development, government, research and labor areas are suddenly turning potential and promise into reality. Port Authority officials and Bell cited the collaboration of local, state, federal officials, local companies and the University of Toledo in helping to move the Overland project forward. That sense of harmony is becoming the norm, not the exception, as projects continue to pop up. Nothing succeeds like success, and we now have three, soon four, major accomplishments to tout. Let’s all throw our shoulders behind the effort to spread the good word and keep a relentless eye on making sure the dawn of Toledo’s new golden age grows into a long day in the sun. ✯ Thomas F. Pounds is president and publisher of Toledo Free Press and Toledo Free Press Star. Contact him at tpounds@toledofreepress.com.
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wo men died recently while doing nothing more por- 7, Cooper Stone’s dad, Shannon, took him to see a Texas tentous than having fun. Both left children behind; Rangers game. Shannon bought the 6-year-old boy a new one died stupidly but mercifully while his kids were baseball glove and sat in the left field bleachers so Cooper away. One died in front of his child’s eyes, creating a hellish could see his favorite player, Josh Hamilton. During the second inning, when the witness scenario. Both deaths have settled in game is young and feels like it could stretch my thoughts and refuse to fade. on forever, Hamilton tossed a foul ball into There is a death in America about every the stands. Shannon, 39, a firefighter, did 14 seconds. Many of those losses are sensewhat any good dad would do; he reached less, many are tragic, many are a blend of for the ball to give to his son. But gravity, the two descriptions. But the human mind fate and momentum conspired to pull cannot dwell on each loss and maintain any Shannon too far, and he fell 20 feet onto quality of life. That does not discard the the concrete. grief and consequence for those affected, It happened in front of his 6-year-old but it is a necessary survival function to — son. It happened quickly, but it must play nine times out of 10 — ignore for whom the bell tolls. Life is for living and moving Michael S. MILLER in a slow-motion loop in Cooper’s memory. In the video of the accident, Cooper can be to the future, not for preparing to die by seen holding his new glove out for the ball, and certainly mourning the past. Tragic death is the insistent knock upon the door that the only thing on his mind in that split second was that interrupts the bliss of everyday life. How loud does that even if he missed it, his dad was reaching out, his dad’s knock have to be to get through to you? When the very hands were closing on the ball, and his dad would soon turn around and put it in his glove, maybe after a quick young die? When someone famous you admire dies? One of those loud knocks broke my reverie July 5, triumphant pump to the crowd. It could not have occurred to Cooper, or Shannon, or when it was reported that Jesse William Burley died in a Fargo, N.D., mobile home park. Burley, 41, was foolishly anyone, that within an hour a father who had taken his son setting off commercial-grade fireworks — a neighbor re- to a baseball game would be dead. As Washington Post blogger Rachel Manteuffel obportedly said some of them were labeled, “If found, reserved, “Shannon died being a daddy.” turn to U.S. government.” She quoted relief pitcher Brad Ziegler, who said, “They Burley was seen setting off one of the explosives, which sent “visible shock waves in the air,” the Grand Forks had him on a stretcher. He said, ‘Please check on my son. My son was up there by himself.’ The people who carried Herald reported. him out reassured him. ‘Sir, we’ll get your son, we’ll make He lit the next firework. sure he’s OK.’” There was a cloud of smoke and a bang. Manteuffel concluded, “[Shannon] had two minutes The neighbor who ran to help made a grisly discovery. “When I walked up to his body, it was nothing but his left to be a dad, and he used ’em. Please check on my son. He’s up there by himself. God, he lived the heck out shoulders down,” he said. Burley literally blew his head off with the firework, a bi- of those minutes.” Fathers know that a baseball is the least of the objects we zarre but at least lightning strike-quick death. The next paragraph of the story made my breath freeze would reach for when asked to; we’d take a bullet to protect our children. in my throat. But I would never rest in peace if I knew such a sacrifice “His children, 2 and 3 ... ” it began, and I had miserable, horrific visions of Burley’s kids sitting on the front steps of were witnessed by my sons. I am disturbed by the death of Shannon Stone, as I susBurley’s mobile home, covering their ears and marveling at the fireworks, when their father shuffled off his mortal coil. pect a lot of fathers are. And I cannot shake the image of a But God was looking down on the Burley family father’s dying hands clutching a baseball, a prize won at the expense of 40 years of life and memories. I pray for his son through the smoke of the fireworks. “ ... were not at home when the accident happened,” the and his family. I am haunted, wondering where that baseball, that white sentence finished. And while there are still two young children without a and red-stitched symbol of a father’s love, is now. ✯ father, at least they were spared the scarring experience of Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and seeing the tragedy. Another knock that continues to echo through my Toledo Free Press Star. He may be reached at (419) 241-1700 thoughts was accompanied by a horrific video. On July or email him at mmiller@toledofreepress.com.
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DON LEE
Predators in Congress
away from actually representing the public interest and seem to be more interested in keeping political power. Public service, for the most part, has become a quaint memory. To be fair, he budget talks go on and this is not exclusive to the GOP, only on, with the Repubs seem- more prevalent. The GOP just seems ingly willing to take down to have bought into it more fully. This situation is not the American (and relegated to only fedpossibly the world) eral offices. Look at the economy to score ponew crop of recently litical points. Mitch elected GOP goverMcConnell has said nors who are pushing their main focus is to for the old Karl Rove make sure that Barack goal of a permanent Obama is a one-term majority. In Ohio, King president, and eviJohn Kasich is doing dently what’s best for everything he can to 99 percent or so of the sell off everything that country is not even on Don BURNARD still makes a profit in the state. their radar screen. After quashing the high speed rail Every attempt to come to an agreement has ended with the so- deal, which would have brought tens called GOP leadership reneging, of thousands of jobs, he’s put more changing the rules at the last second, Ohioans out of work or slashed their and taking their ball and walking wages with his slash-and-burn polioff the field like little children. Their cies. He wants to sell off prisons, the new “allies” in the Tea Party have turnpike and turn over the liquor painted them into a corner, and now concessions in the state to his crowhat passes for reasonable compro- nies. For some reason, a lot of people mise seems to be a non-starter. The seem to think that electing milliondemagogues who have continually aires will better their lot. I’ve never understood how anyone ignored the warnings of virtually every respectable economist now could think that a managing director find themselves unable to bargain of the financial institution whose in good faith for fear of angering failure started the Great Recession what, according to all the polling, is would be the logical choice to get us a shrinking but still vocal minority out of it. He ran on the premise that of the American people. Unfortu- all the lost jobs were Ted Strickland’s nately, a number of gutless Demo- fault, and that he was just the guy to crats are also too scared for their jobs create all the new jobs we needed. So to do the right thing. They’re playing far, the jobs he’s destroyed well outchicken with our lives and future to weigh the jobs he’s created and most of the accomplishments he’s taken make political points. The Greedy Overreaching Party credit for were started under Strickhas cast its lot with the rich corpo- land. The man has the arrogance to rate interests across the board. The wonder why the Democrats won’t economic gurus from their hero jump on his much-vaunted bus while Ronald Reagan’s administration it runs over public schools, cities, have even come out and warned of the elderly, voters’ rights and decent impending disaster if they continue paying jobs. Hmm. In Michigan, another millionaire down this path, to no avail. The GOP has the bit in its teeth and is headed was elected and got legislation passed to allow someone he appoints to refull-tilt for the edge of the cliff. Evidently Repubs think their rich move duly elected local officials and benefactors will take care of them take over towns, school systems and after the economic holocaust, like county governments. Call it what you they have in the past. They’ll get ex- will, but to me this smacks of fascism travagant paying seats on corporate at its finest. In Wisconsin, Florida, boards, partnerships in lucrative lob- Minnesota, New Jersey, Maine and bying firms, or will start their own many other states, the story is the firms. This seems to be what our po- same. It’s time we, the people who still believe in America, with liberty and litical system has degenerated into. The problem is, this time they justice for all, stand up and vote these may have bitten off more than they predators out. ✯ can chew. A lot of their possible benefactors may not survive this one. It is Email Don Burnard at letters@ too bad that politicians have gotten toledofreepress.com. “You cannot negotiate with people who say what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.” — John F. Kennedy
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ur nation is facing a crisis. It has not appeared overnight, nor has it come without warning. Statesmen and great thinkers for centuries have foretold its appearance. According to some, on August 2, 2011, we will be face to face with the apocalypse. The crisis we face has many proposed solutions. Raise taxes, cut spending, sell assets, delay payments. They come from points of view as disparate as the arguments of Ohio State or Michigan, Coke or Pepsi, Ginger or Mary Ann. As with those friendly feuds, the discussion often is about two sides of the same coin. Whether it is heads or tails, they are still talking about the same coin. So it is the same with our elected officials from the local cities and counties, through Robert the statehouse in Columbus to Washington D.C. Yet here we stand facing a crisis. Each opposing party has had its chance. Each has its hand on the wheel steering the ship as it sees fit. They have developed their proposals. They have implemented their plans. Yet the crisis warned of for centuries still has arrived. Depending on who you believe, the crisis is a matter of spending, or a matter of revenue. They are both wrong. The crisis is in the fundamental understanding, belief and trust in the Constitution. Two hundred and twenty-four years ago, a tired statesman was leaving a hall in Philadelphia when he came upon a lady of considerable respect. The statesman and his compatriots had spent the preceding summer months secured away in the hall developing a new plan for our nation. They gathered with the recent memory of oppression and war still fresh in their minds. Together, they drafted a docu-
ment based upon an idea, a dream and a question: “Can man govern himself?” The lady knew of many of the people involved in this effort. She knew of the months spent in the hot summer of 1787. While the assembled statesmen did their very best to keep their discussion and arguments from public, the end result now needed to be made known. As the lady caught the eye of the statesman she asked; “What kind of government have you given us Dr. Franklin?” Old Ben reportedly gazed directly in her eye and replied, “A republic, if you can keep.” With that came our warning. A Republic, if you can keep it. DENSIC Franklin had additional warnings for the citizens of the land. “When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” Thomas Jefferson while serving overseas as Ambassador to France wrote to a colleague, “The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government gain ground.” The warnings not only came from those involved in the crafting of the Constitution, they came from others who saw inherent dangers. The Anti-Federalist Samuel Bryan wrote in Centinel No. 1, “ ... through the science of government, men of the greatest purity of intention may be made instruments of despotism in the hands of the artful and designing ... ” Fellow Anti-Federalist Robert Yates also saw the warning signs. He told of a foreseeable future for America in Brutus No. 1, “Many instances can be produced in which the people have voluntarily increased the powers of their rulers; but few, if any, in which the rulers have willingly abridged their authority.” ■ BASICS CONTINUES ON A5
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JULY 17, 2011 ■ BASICSCONTINUED FROM A4 Both men and many Federalists arguing for ratification of the Constitution knew the history of republics. Charles Montesquieu noted, “It is natural for a republic to have only a small territory, otherwise it cannot long subsist.” The Founding Fathers pinned the hopes of a nation on a republican (small “R”) form of government, not a democracy. The document they crafted guaranteed “to every State in this Union a republican form of government.” Their fundamental beliefs would be expressed by Thomas Jefferson in his first inaugural address: “A wise and frugal government ... shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.” Our nation was founded upon this ideal. Man can govern himself through the gifts granted by the Creator. The warning throughout history is not that of spending, of revenue or any other side of the coin. The warning is in who controls the coin. Until we return to basics, back to the fundamental principles of the great American experiment, the warnings from Franklin and others will remain unheeded. And we will still face a crisis. ✯ Email Robert Densic at letters@toledo freepress.com.
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TPS Fact Finder report short on solutions
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he recent agreement between the Toledo Federation of Teachers (TFT) and the Toledo Public Schools (TPS) as documented in the Fact Finder’s report is probably the best that could be expected given the fact-finding process, the financial condition of TPS, the current policies and practices, and the adversarial and sometimes myopic stance of the TFT toward proposals to improve student outcomes. Thirty years of the Toledo Board of Education ceding control of the public education system to the TFT through dilution of management prerogatives is not something that can be reversed overnight. Still one has to wonder why Steven the TFT and others such as the Toledo Association of Administrative Personnel continue to resist the kind of reforms needed to improve accountability and spur advances in student outcome. TPS leadership, local leaders, the press and others all seem to be trumpeting the success of the process when the real issues on the table that would improve student outcomes were brushed aside by the fact finder in reaching his conclusions. It appears that the major objective of public education — providing educational opportunities and instruction so that all students can reach their potential — was not a major factor in the process. TPS leadership staked out some tough and apparently unrealistic positions at the start of negotiations. TFT leadership was equally unrealistic in its efforts
to maintain the status quo even though the financial situation facing TPS would have necessitated massive layoffs in order to maintain existing levels of compensation and benefits. Initial negotiating positions always seem to be established at polar extremes where each subsequent counteroffer is little more than a retreat from the opening position and each party digs in with hopes of extracting greater concessions with the next counteroffer. It is very difficult for TPS leadership to claim much of a victory when it retreated so far from its initial position as publicly disclosed by the TFT. And none of the major TPS proposals, such as seniority and pay for performance — FLAGG which has great promise for improving student outcomes — were supported by the fact finder. TFT leadership recommended approval of the fact finder’s conclusions despite major financial concessions. However, it did maintain contract language that will threaten financial stability and inhibit needed reforms in the future. Neither side believed its opening position was tenable, but both sides claim victory and proclaim their satisfaction. Negotiating by starting with untenable positions on both sides only exacerbates the mistrust between TPS administration and union leadership and leads to more of the same in the future. The conclusions in the final report and lack of action on key operational changes should be disturbing to the taxpaying public.
A discussion by the fact finder about the need for a levy based upon the information provided and the limited number of issues addressed would seem inappropriate and appears based upon a narrow interpretation of the issues provided by the two negotiating parties. The fact finder does not have the background, tools or information to determine how best to deploy available assets to meet the mission of TPS, not to mention their efficacious use. Are better ways of doing business resulting in cost savings less attractive than increased taxation to fund school operations? Major changes in operational policies such as the ability to deploy teachers as best needed by the students and performance evaluations including merit pay, were dismissed as too much for the employees to swallow. The fact finder implies that the only way to win such concessions is to “bribe” employees with fatter paychecks. In truth, merit pay was the only way that teachers and other employees were going to see increased compensation during the term of the contracts. Both sides played their hands from the traditional zero-sum game approach and the fact finder ignored issues that had the greatest opportunity to improve student outcomes. And through it all the public is left to pay the bill, while the critical effort of educating our children languishes. The ineffectual results as documented in the fact finder’s report provide ample reasons why SB-5 was proposed, passed and will be before the voters in a statewide referendum this fall. ✯ Steven Flagg is a member of the Urban Coalition.
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Andrew Zepeda waited for this moment for nearly eight months. Behind him were three failed restaurants, the loss of his job as one of the region’s top-rated morning radio hosts, criminal charges related to a break-in at his Perrysburg pizzeria and a court-ordered alcohol treatment program. Ahead of him remains bankruptcy and a two-year probation period. But finally — after weathering a frustrating series of slammed doors, false leads, uncertainty, delays and months of negotiations — a longawaited new contract was signed July 8. On July 13, the host and his crew gathered at Toledo’s 100.7 The Vibe studios to air a live preview show and announce their return to the airwaves. But there was to be one more delay. “Brandon, tell them what happened,” Zepeda prompted cast member Brandon Doriot that morning. Doriot had spilled coffee on a soundboard as the broadcast was poised to go live, knocking the station off-air for about an hour. “I’m like, ‘are you kidding? First day? And you screw up the board’?” Zepeda told listeners, laughing. “Andrew Z in the Morning: The People’s Show” will air weekdays from 6 to 10 a.m. starting July 18. It’s called “The People’s Show” because the comeback has been a true grassroots effort, Zepeda said. “It’s been awesome because even when the big companies were scared to take me on, there were people contacting me left and right saying
‘Hey, we want to be part of this show,’” Zepeda said. “It’s been like a community coming together to put on a radio show. I’ve never experienced anything like this. It’s the people’s show.”
More than ready Before landing the Cumulus contract, the 42-year-old Zepeda maintained his radio chops hosting a weekly Internet radio show on Wednesday nights from a makeshift studio in his Perrysburg home. “Believe me, after 7 months off the air no one is more ready than me to get back on the air,” Zepeda posted in a Facebook note July 8. “I feel like a racehorse sitting at the starting gate ... I’m ready to run! But this is a marathon not a sprint ... this show is going to kick ass for years to come and when we look back a delay of 1 or 2 weeks wont be that big of a deal.” The show will feature a cast of familiar contributors, including Doriot, Zepeda’s wife Michelle, Corey W. King, Steve Reamey aka “Gay Steve,” Donny Palicki aka “Donny P,” Jerry Pickering aka “Avalanche” and Calen Savidge. “I don’t think we’re going to be able to move forward, past everything that’s happened, until there’s something to move forward with and so to finally have something to do and start to rebuild, I’m excited about getting back and getting started,” Zepeda said. “I wouldn’t have wasted my time staying in Toledo if I didn’t feel the average person could separate making bad decisions in business from being a bad person. The station is taking a chance on me and I’m not going to let them down.” Scott Meier, general manager of the Toledo cluster of Cumulus Media
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radio stations, said Zepeda and The Vibe are a perfect match. “People deserve second chances. We told him to stay out of the pizza business and stick to being a great talent,” Meier said. “I’m just happy and excited to have Andrew back on the air in Toledo.” Cumulus is in the process of purchasing Citadel Broadcasting Corp., which will make it the secondlargest broadcast radio company in the country, behind Clear Channel. Zepeda’s noncomplete agreement with
his former employer, ended July 1. 100.7 has a much smaller signal reception than 92.5, but Zepeda said he isn’t deterred. “I knew whatever it was that we did next, it would be broadcast to a lot fewer people,” Zepeda said. “I want to be back where we were, but as long as every day I know we did the best show we could, I’m happy. I love the crew we put together and they believe in me. A lot of people are counting on me so I’m just trying to make sure that I don’t let everyone down.”
No doubt he would be back When Zepeda was fired by Clear Channel, Palicki said he knew it wouldn’t be the end of Andrew Z. “There wasn’t a doubt in my mind that he would be back on the air ... because he’s the best at what he does and that’s host radio,” Palicki said. Whatever their personal opinion of him, few can dispute Zepeda’s ability as a radio host. ■ ANDREW Z CONTINUES ON A7
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■ ANDREW Z CONTINUED FROM A6 “Even though he’s the center of the show, he’s not afraid to let the others around him shine,” King said. “He’s a very on-the-fly kind of person. It’s more of a go-with-the-flow feeling, so it feels more natural and unstaged.” Reamey said Zepeda also has the uncanny ability to read people’s feelings. “If things are going wrong and you’re one of those people who wear their stress, he zooms right in; he’s like, ‘What’s going on?’” Reamey said. “He’s very intuitive about that type of thing. That’s rare. How many people do you know that you may not see every day that you feel comfortable sharing what’s going on personally in your life?” Palicki said the team has unbelievable chemistry. “This is the beginning of something really good,” Palicki said.
Destined for airwaves Zepeda has been entertaining from a young age. Sitting in the basement of his Perrysburg home, surrounded by photos and memorabilia from his 20year radio career, he recalls himself as a class clown. “I remember in grade school, the whole class would be back here, but my desk would be up front with the teacher so she could hit me with a ruler,” Zepeda said. “It happened quite often.” An only child, Zepeda was raised in
Southern California by a single, teenage mother. He never knew his father. A driver’s license made playing hooky too tempting and he dropped out of high school his senior year. He got his GED and enrolled briefly in community college, before seeing a commercial for a local broadcast school. “I’d always wanted to do something like that. Ever since I was little, like around her age,” — nodding toward his oldest daughter, 4-year-old Mazie, playing nearby — “I’d be playing with microphones and stuff like that. I really haven’t changed much.” His only job offer after graduation was across the country in tiny Sparta, Ill., where he read farm reports, hog markets and local obituaries on the air. “You really have to love it because for years and years and years, you just don’t make any money,” Zepeda said. “It’s something you have to be passionate about. You don’t want to do it to get rich, that’s for sure.” He met his wife, Michelle, when he was a radio host in Wisconsin and she was a senior in high school. Ten years his junior, she entered a contest for concert tickets, which involved making her into a human ice cream sundae. They’ve been together 14 years, married for eight, and have two daughters, Mazie and 7-month-old Kenzley. Michelle said it’s been heartbreaking to watch everything her husband worked so hard for crumble.
“He has been building his radio career since he was 20 and to see him lose that was the worst,” she said. “He had a dream to open a restaurant. Unfortunately he was not a great business guy and aligned himself with poor management that he put too much trust in. So the personal attacks on his character were hard to take. He’s not a bad guy ... just a bad business guy.”
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No excuses “One thing about society nowadays is they don’t like excuses,” Zepeda recently told Toledo Free Press. “At some point in our society, explanations became excuses. If you do something, there’s a reason you did it. They’re not sinister, they’re not anything, but sometimes they are just complicated. But if you explain the reasons you did it, people just think you’re making excuses. “I’ve never proclaimed myself to be some angel. I’ve made a ton of mistakes. I screw up all the time. I’m just a regular person. It is what it is. I am who I am. I’m definitely not perfect. “I try not to make excuses. I’ve made bad decisions. I have no one to blame but myself. In the end, my own decisions led to what happened. No matter what the contributing factors were, no matter who the contributing factors were, no matter what else happened, it all comes back to me.” ■ ANDREW Z CONTINUES ON A8
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Bad business In October 2009, Zepeda opened Andrew Z’s Sportz Pizzeria at Levis Commons in Perrysburg, juggling early mornings at the radio station and late nights at the restaurant plus family life. “My wife hated that year,” Zepeda said. “But I loved it. It was busy, but it was fun.” Although money was coming in, it was going out just as fast. “Until you open a business, you don’t realize how much stuff you have to know,” Zepeda said. “If someone opens a doughnut store because they know doughnuts, you gotta know so much other than just doughnuts to make it. It’s really, really tough. And I didn’t know. I was stupid.” As money troubles mounted, Zepeda opened pizzerias in Downtown Toledo and Defiance, hoping expansion would offset money troubles at Levis Commons. “That was my thinking; that was honestly in my head how it went down,” Zepeda said. “I don’t even know how that makes sense. We were still figuring out restaurant one. Now we have restaurants two and three. And everyone’s telling me this is a bad idea. But what I’m thinking in my head is when these start to take off, the money’s gonna start to come in. But it was never gonna happen. “I think when you’re on top and things are going well, you think you know everything and I just think you just stop listening to everyone.” Both new locations closed within months and Zepeda turned his attention to saving Levis Commons. But on Sept. 30, he was evicted. Casey Pogan, marketing director for The
Town Center at Levis Commons, said it was because he defaulted on terms of the rental agreement with leasing agent Hill Partners Inc., but declined to discuss the terms or whether Zepeda still owed money, citing past and potential future litigation. “We had been working with him and he had been notified on several occasions that this was a distinct possibility and he didn’t adhere to the terms of the lease. It wasn’t an overnight decision by any means,” Pogan said. “We were the third landlord to evict him and we were the first of his restaurants to open, so we really did try to work with him as we do all of our tenants.”
Upset employees John Bruin of Perrysburg was the last in a string of general managers at the Perrysburg location and among the many employees who agreed to postpone paychecks at the end. Bruin said the restaurant’s money issues were obvious as soon as he started work in June 2010, but he was not told about them before taking the job. He said his efforts to fix things were too little, too late. “He’s dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to business,” Bruin said of Zepeda. “Andrew’s an idea guy and lots of his ideas are great ideas. He just thinks he needs to capitalize immediately on every idea that he has and that’s I think where he runs into issues. “Instead of circling the wagons and focusing on just the one store, he decided to try to grow to make up the difference and that never works in business,” Bruin said. “That’s what a lot of the employees were pissed about is he owed them money and then turned around and opened an-
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other location basically with their money.” Bruin said the pizzeria was a solid concept and could have flourished under better early management and if Zepeda had stuck to one location. “It could have worked, most definitely. It was a money-making idea all day long,” Bruin said. “I had to say to myself ‘How did it get to be where I am at the moment? How did I inherit this?”
The break-in On Oct. 15, there was a break-in at the Levis Commons location in which cash and flat-screen TVs were removed. The following month, David Wright, a Levis Commons handyman, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and received three years probation. Zepeda’s uncle, Paul Zepeda, was found guilty of complicity to breaking and entering and is scheduled to be sentenced July 15. Andrew Zepeda was also charged with complicity to breaking and entering as well as theft and failure to remit sales tax. He pleaded guilty to all charges and was granted intervention in lieu of conviction, citing an alcohol problem, and two years probation, which will clear all charges from his record if completed. Zepeda admits he talked with Wright about breaking into the store on multiple occasions — but insists it was all done in jest. “When we got locked out of the restaurant, I’m like ‘OK, dude, we gotta get our stuff back. Operation Condor, are you in? It was like a total joke,” Zepeda said. “I said it to a lot of people. I didn’t know he was going to take it serious.” Most of these conversations occurred when
one or both were drinking or when Wright was under the influence of drugs, Zepeda said. “I’m in an altered state, he’s in an altered state, we’re sitting here freaking two altered guys talking and he takes me serious,” Zepeda said. “Maybe he thought I said it serious; maybe I did say it serious, I don’t know. I have no doubt the conversation came, but I thought it was this big joke and next thing you know he breaks into the restaurant.”
Courtroom controversy The approval of Zepeda’s request for intervention in lieu of conviction was controversial, with many area residents posting online comments echoing Assistant Wood County Assistant Prosecutor Melissa Schiffel, who stated at the time that Zepeda “seems to have an alcohol problem only when it’s convenient for him.” Former general manager Bruin is one of those who scoffs at the idea. “I never once, ever, saw him take a drink. Never once,” Bruin said. “Is he an addictive personality? Yes, absolutely. And I think that’s self-evident with his food issues. But even late on Friday, everybody is partying and he drinks water. Always. That’s all he ever drank was water.” Zepeda insists his drinking problem was real, stemming from stress and triggered by a few drinks one night at his bar. “You feel stupid that you fall into that trap, so you don’t talk about it,” Zepeda said. “It was something I did myself and no one else knew. It’s hard for people to understand, and I get that, because they say, ‘But he never drank.’ Well, I never did. It’s not something you’re proud of.” ■ ANDREW Z CONTINUES ON A9
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“That’s not a typical scenario,” Dobson said. Dobson bristled at Zepeda’s suggestion that he was treated more harshly because of he is a radio celebrity. “You have to understand that when the Zepeda case came through my office, I had no idea who that person was,” Dobson said. “My office prosecutes felony offenders. We occasionally have
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some celebrities, but I’m not going to treat them any more leniently because they have some level of celebrity. We’re going to treat each case individually according to the facts as they come out.” Zepeda raised eyebrows when he called a press conference just before his indictment to accuse authorities of being on “a witch hunt” to smear his name. “My probation officer tells me I
should let that go,” Zepeda said. “Maybe I’m totally being paranoid and it absolutely wasn’t and that’s very possible. I think I’m OK with it now. It’s more about looking forward. I think I have to, in my own mind, realize that if I didn’t make choices, this wouldn’t have happened. So ultimately it has to come down to being my fault.” ■ ANDREW Z CONTINUES ON A10
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Ribbing Zepeda may be trying to move forward, but cast members rarely let an opportunity pass to take jabs at his weight, criminal charges and alcohol problem. During one Wednesday night web cast, Zepeda asks, “Gay Steve, is that a wedding ring?” “You know that’s illegal here right, Steve?” Doriot says. “Criminal over there.” “Well, he fits in,” Palicki quips, grinning at Zepeda as a middle-school chorus of “OOOOHHs” break out. Later that night, Zepeda wants to talk about the new season of VH1’s “Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew.” “Are you on it?” Doriot quips to laughter. Zepeda isn’t surprised or offended when sensitive subjects are bantered around — after all, that’s what he taught his team. “That’s why what we do is different,” Zepeda said. “Television is so fake and politically correct and no one wants to say anything. On this show pretty much nothing is offlimits. If you feel it and it’s true and it’s real then I want you to say it. I think everyone can dish it and everyone can take it and you really have to be able to on this show because they’ll be brutal.” Despite their ribbing, all the cast members have stood by Zepeda. “Here’s a man who right when this broke out was about to have another kid,” Reamey said. “Should someone owning a business listen to
other people that have been more successful? Probably. Should you listen to the advice and maybe scale down your ambitions in a hard economy? Probably. But bottom line, I can’t fault somebody for trying to support their family the best they can. Because everybody is trying to do that.” Zepeda’s willingness to try new things is what drew Palicki to him. “He’s just not afraid to try anything,” Palicki said. “There’s good ideas, there’s bad ideas, but if you bring up an idea he’s like, ‘Let’s do it.’ That’s why I love him. I think it’s awesome. That’s the kind of people I want to be around.” King, who DJed at the Levis Commons restaurant. was among the employees not paid toward the end. He said he was apprehensive at first about working with Zepeda again, but decided to give him the benefit of the doubt. “I never asked if he did it, I never asked what happened, because everybody has their own issues,” King said. “He admits he screwed up. At some point you just have to move past it, because we all make mistakes. Otherwise you dwell on it and allow it to bury you and no one succeeds in life being buried, especially when you have a family to support.”
Bigger than life Bruin, however, isn’t so sure his
former boss is really sorry. “I think he’s sorry he got caught,” Bruin said. “Everybody says everybody deserves a second chance and to a certain degree I guess I have to agree. I’m not perfect in my life. I guess what irks me the most is his ability to manipulate. He’s a master manipulator; he really, really is. “It amazes me the amount of dedication people have toward Andrew. I don’t know what it is. Something in his charisma, something in his personality; he’s BRUIN a bigger than life kind of guy. I think people are just naturally drawn to that. He has the capability to make people go beyond conventional wisdom to do things for him that he wants to get done.” But Bruin said his biggest issue with Zepeda was the way he treated his employees. “My pain and anger comes from the way the employees were ultimately treated and these were the employees who were so dedicated,” Bruin said. “I owned a business I had to close in the past, and when things got really, really ugly, I made sure I paid my employees first. At the very end I personally drove 40 miles to hand deliver a check
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JULY 17, 2011 to somebody because it was late and I felt bad. And the mindset is different with Andrew. The mindset is, ‘Well, I just don’t have it.’” Bruin created a website intended to chronicle how Zepeda’s failure to pay his employees affected their lives, but it remains largely empty. Bruin said his anger toward Zepeda has eased as most of the money has been paid back. “Six months ago, this would have been a completely different interview,” Bruin said. “I’d have been ranting and raving. Time heals all wounds.” Bruin has no beef with Zepeda’s new radio gig. “Radio is what he does. His radio personality really shouldn’t be influenced by poor business decisions,” Bruin said. “Characterwise, people have to make that determination for themselves. And maybe he’s grown. We all grow. We all evolve. And it would be my hope that he’s taken this situation and learned from it.”
Journey ahead Palicki said he’s learned from show business that nothing happens overnight. “If it does, it’s probably not good and it’s not going to last,” Palicki said. “So I think given time and the right opportunity, there’s nothing we can’t do. It’s gonna be awesome.” Zepeda agreed. “I watched an interview with Simon Cowell a couple weeks ago and he said the most fun he had on ‘Idol’ was the first year when they weren’t No. 1. He said the journey to the top is better than being there. And I think that’s true,” Zepeda said. “We’re more excited now than ever before. We’re ready to go.” For more information or to listen live, visit thevibetoledo.com or andrewzonline.com. Listeners outside Toledo can watch the show or listen live at www.thevibetoledo.com or www.andrewzonline.com or via the TuneIn Radio app. ✯
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Travelers stopping at the northbound Interstate 75 rest area near Bowling Green have shared space for years with a colony of cats. The infestation started when someone abandoned a mother and kittens. At its height, the population rose to nearly 40 and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) realized it had a problem on its hands. “These aren’t really your nice housecats,� said Theresa Pollick, an ODOT spokesperson. “There are some nice ones out there, but there are some borderline feral animals.� Concerned about sanitation and disease, ODOT attempted to bar employees from feeding the cats in the hope the animals would leave. Instead, the cats began begging for food from travelers, presenting issues with sanitation and disease. “If they scratch you or something, we’re in trouble,� said David Torrez, an employee at the rest area. The department then turned to the Wood County Humane Society
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The Rossford Community Recreation Center recently added a fitness studio and unveiled new equipment in its weight and cardio rooms to rave reviews from members. “It’s really nice,” said Chen Srnka of Rossford, who has been a member for three years and uses the facility five days a week. “I use everything. It’s an awesome place and people don’t know about it. I lived here 14 years and I finally found out.” George Hughes of Rossford has been a member for eight years. He uses the weight room the most. “It’s very convenient for me because I only live a couple blocks from here and I’m retired so I can come in anytime,” Hughes said. “I think most members love it.” The facility also features a twocourt gymnasium with a 1/16-mile elevated track, spin and Zumba classes as well as youth and adult sports leagues with personal training to be added in the near future, said Ivan Kovacevic, parks and recreation director
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The management of Bolt Express of Toledo were among 90 percent of survey respondents that are optimistic about the future of manufacturing in the U.S., according to the McGladrey Manufacturing & Distribution Monitor Report for Spring 2011. Bolt Express participated in the spring survey and attended the second annual Manufacturing & Distribution Update on June 22 by Gilmore, Jasion & Mahler Ltd. of Maumee. The results, including 904 respondents from 45 states, were reported at that event by Karen Kurek, of RSM McGladrey Inc. “We work mostly with manufacturers so we need to know what’s happening in their business. Manufacturing is in direct correlation to our time-critical expediting business,� said Ben Bauman, president and CEO of Bolt Express. Bauman said the outlook for manufacturing is positive and they see the same for their business, which has
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— namely some presumed growth might’ve been in as good a shape as evrate for earnings. Still more signifi- eryone thought it was three months ago. Instead, the majority cant, however, is the lack of the past two years of transfer of these earnhas brought debt deleings to investors. veraging and negative Not only were these money supply growth. P/E ratios calculated Companies and individweeks ago — before all uals have been hoarding the bad economic data cash; though God knows we’ve seen recently — what they’re doing with but they are predicated it, since it hasn’t been on those earnings being reflected in savings rates. transferred to shareholders. After all, when Dock David TREECE Most likely they’ve been using it to pay down debt. investors buy shares of Now, after months of making our stock, what they’re really paying for is a share of a company’s future earnings. anti-inflation argument, it appears If companies have no intentions of we’re on the verge of validation — sharing those earnings, they’re hardly from foodstuff, no less. For those who missed this riveting story, the United worth as much to investors. Another factor that had been driving States this year has seen the secondstock and commodity prices higher largest planting of corn crops in nearly was investors’ growing fears of inflation 70 years. The news pushed down agand their motivation to hold assets that ricultural futures prices, and further might maintain their values through declines are expected. Oddly enough, corn prices were several rounds of quantitative easing. It is true, unfortunately, that infla- one factor we used repeatedly in artion has been a problem in the past guing that inflation was nonexistent; two years. The problem, though, is pointing out that prices had risen not not that we’ve had excess inflation, as a result of growth in money supply but that we haven’t had any at all (as (which would have been inflationary), but due to simple lack of supply. defined by growth in money supply). Echoes of this story can be heard In fact, during the past two years we would have welcomed inflation. elsewhere in the market — in gas prices, It would have been preferable to see for instance. In just the past several weeks money supply growth and have that prices at the pump have fallen more than money turning over in the economy. 10 percent. If prices of foodstuff conPerhaps then the U.S. economy tinues to fall after gasoline, where, then,
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For Toledo head football coach Tim Beckman, coaching the Rockets is more of a vocation than a job. “I love coming to work,” Beckman said. “If you didn’t love this, it’s too dang hard. Getting up at five o’clock in the morning during two-adays, sleeping in the dorm rooms with them and all that stuff; I mean, I love being around [them]. These players are my BECKMAN kids. They’re an extension of my family, and that’s exactly how I feel about them.” The son of a former football coach, football and family have been intertwined throughout Beckman’s life, and he preaches the importance of getting it done both on and off the field to his players. So far, the stats show that approach is taking hold. After finishing a combined 13-23 in the three seasons prior to his arrival, the Rockets have equaled that win total in just two seasons under Beckman, including an 8-5 (7-1 MidAmerican Conference) record last year, when Toledo reached a bowl game for the first time since 2005. In addition, the Rockets cumulative APR (Academic Progress Rate) was a program-best 943, a 51-point increase since Beckman took control in 2008.
The team’s one-year APR score for 2009-10 was 981, also the highest in team history. The APR is the NCAA’s measure of each collegiate team’s academic performance, where points are given on a semester-by-semester basis for retention, graduation and eligibility of each program’s scholarship student-athletes. “You always must be in touch with your players and what’s going on with their lives on and off the field, and that’s something that we’ve been blessed in having in that these players believe in the plan, and these Rockets believe that we’re here to make them successful men,” Beckman said. “I think that’s one of the reasons why we are going up in our APR — the highest APR we’ve ever had in UT history for our football team — because the kids understand that’s what’s expected. It can be done on the field and off the field.” Recruits have started to take notice of Toledo’s success. For the secondstraight year, Rivals.com ranked UT’s incoming recruiting class as the best in the MAC. This summer, Beckman and his staff have continued to work on bringing in future Rockets, hosting seven camps outside of Toledo in addition to conducting five camps on the UT campus. In the annual Big 33 Football Classic between Ohio and Pennsylvania in June, which features the top 33 outgoing high school senior football players from each state, the Rockets had eight future players competing for Ohio, more than any other school on the state’s roster. Among
that group was Northwest Ohio’s own Cheatham Norrils (St. John’s Jesuit), Kyle Cameron (Central Catholic) and Gabe Gilbert (Clyde), who helped lead Ohio to a 50-14 victory. “It’s a proud feeling, and I think that those players that played in that football game have an understanding of what Toledo’s all about and the direction that this program’s heading,” Beckman said. Despite the busy schedule, Beckman has still found time for his family this offseason. He recently helped his parents celebrate their 50th anniversary, spending time away from the team with his wife Kim and their three kids. However, an otherwise successful year for Toledo took a wrong turn in May when Damien McIntosh and Isaiah Ballard each were charged with felonious assault in separate incidents. Beckman took swift action by dismissing McIntosh and Ballard from the team, but his family values toward those former Rockets — both of whom were recruits from the previous coaching staff — came into play, as he is trying to help them receive their education. “I’ve tried more with one than the other, I guess, because he hasn’t asked for my help,” Beckman said. “Again, they came to college to get their education, and they were blessed enough football-wise to be good enough athletes to utilize football to get their education. That’s the avenue that we’re pursuing for those two young men. The one young man that I can say has asked for my continued help, and hopefully we can get this thing all situated so that he can pursue his education elsewhere. “We’re still in the player business here. We’re still in the student business. This is not about me. It’s not about the coaching staff. It’s about these players, and that’s my firm belief.” Toledo kicks off the season Sept. 1 at home against New Hampshire at 7 p.m. ✯
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Oregon team honored for championship win The Oregon Jr. Eagles were honored July 14 by the Toledo Mud Hens for winning the Nations Baseball State Championship last June 19. “I think that it’s awesome that they take the time to congratulate our youth that are working hard,” Oregon head coach Paul Lambrecht said. “For them to get the chance to get out in front of the people, especially at a Mud Hens game, is great.” Oregon finished the season ranked as the top-ranked team in the country (under age 11) out of 490 teams in Nations Baseball on its way to the state title. “It’s almost like it’s not real,” Lambrecht said. “It’s like the equivalent of winning the national championship in basketball. The kids put it all together and played almost eight perfect baseball games.”
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New car sales rise in Lucas County By Patrick Timmis TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER ptimmis@toledofreepress.com
New car sales are up in Lucas County for 2011. Through the end of June, 10,795 new cars have been sold, compared to 9,393 through June 2010 and 9,247 in 2009. According to the Lucas County Clerk of Courts office, which compiles the numbers, the monthly average to date is 1,799 new cars, as compared to averages of 1566 for the first half of 2010 and 1541 for 2009. June was the best month this year and second best in the past three with 2,098 new cars sold. Dave White Chevy has seen a 36 percent increase in sales, said Dave White Jr., the dealership’s president and a board member of the Ohio Automobile Dealers Association. But White said several local dealerships have disappeared within the last year. “We are selling the same amount or a little bit more with less brands and dealers,” he said. “Those numbers are being absorbed by the dealers that are left in the metro area.” Other brands have suffered, he said, particu-
larly from Japanese makers such as Toyota, Honda and Acura due to Japan’s recent tsunami. Enthusiasm about the gains is tempered, said Dan Zinni, who is in charge of finance for the Toledo Automobile Dealers Association. “That’s coming off a downer of a year or two, but speaking with our guys, they’re cautiously optimistic we’re turning the corner,” he said. Meanwhile, home foreclosures — at a total of 1350 — are significantly down, with 668 fewer than this time last year and 932 fewer than in 2009. “We took a little deeper look at those numbers, and they’ve been coming down consistently,” said Ed Sitter, president of the Toledo Board of Realtors. “We’re very encouraged by that.” The shocks of unemployment have flushed through the system, he said, opening the opportunity for people to take advantage of lower interest rates. In addition, home prices have stabilized and supply and demand for homes have come into balance. “I think there is a very fragile recovery taking place,” he said. “I think we are going to see an increase [in] the amount of sales over last year in the months of July, August and September.” ✯
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JULY 17, 2011 ■ MIS CONTINUED FROM A21 MIS was chosen because of its existing road infrastructure and status as a private, neutral environment, according to Kevin Kelly, director of business development at MIS. Auto company researchers are willing to collaborate on such projects but don’t want competitors working at their research facilities, Curtis said. Testing will occur on several road courses at MIS, both inside and outside the oval racetrack, outfitted with temporary traffic signals to simulate city streets and roads. Movable traffic signals will allow the agency to test anywhere on the track’s pavement throughout the 1,400-acre-site at MIS. Approximately 100 experienced drivers will be recruited locally for the clinic at MIS. Each clinic will include about 16 vehicles equipped with technology applications which drivers will evaluate as they operate the vehicles in the controlled environment designed to simulate real roads and intersections. “It is one of Michigan International Speedway’s goals to work with
the public and private sectors to use our facility as a closed, safe and neutral environment with our location here in the heart of the automobile industry,” Curtis said. He said MIS has been working on safety issues with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) since 2006. That work evolved into this project with the U.S. DOT. “We want to make sure that technology testing and any jobs created by it happen in Michigan and this region by providing the assets and tools to companies developing it,” Curtis said. Located in Brooklyn, Mich., MIS is among a list of other sites for the DOT testing in Dallas, Orlando, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Blacksburg, Va. The results of the clinics and testing will help the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration decide in 2013 if the technology is sufficiently advanced to begin a series of rulings that could eventually require manufacturers to provide vehicle-tovehicle communications capabilities in vehicles. ✯
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FILM REVIEW
Potter ‘Hallows 2’: A wonderful send-off to the series By James A. Molnar THE GOLD KNIGHT jmolnar@toledofreepress.com
The “Harry Potter” series is the definition of movie magic. Fans of the bespectacled wizard have been able to visualize the adventurous series during the past decade thanks to Warner Bros. From flying on broomsticks outside an enchanted castle to dueling wizards over London, the production value of the series is exceptional. The series is also the definition of epic, following the title character from prepubescence to adulthood. And “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2” is the perfect ending to the series. While the series benefits from spectacular source material by genius J.K. Rowling, the first seven films have had their own hiccups here and there. Missing from the latest adventure are any of those missteps. What is presented to audiences in brilliant 3-D is a production finely manicured and perfectly edited. “Part 2” begins where its predecessor left off: the ultimate bad guy, Lord Voldemort, has just obtained the most powerful wand in the world and is coming after Harry. Before they can meet and duel, Harry must first destroy the parts of Voldemort’s soul in the remaining Horcruxes, rendering the evil wizard mortal. Hogwarts, the wizarding school left mostly out of the last film, is back at the forefront. Harry and friends Ron and Hermione return for a blockbuster sequence of
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What has been delightful to see from ‘Sorcerer’s Stone’ to the final chapter in the series is that the studio has not skipped a beat or spared an expense.” scenes that pits Voldemort’s army against those remaining in the castle to fight and keep Harry alive. The visuals during these scenes alone are stunning. The castle has never looked better, whether majestic in the beginning or destroyed in the end. The pacing is deliberate. “Part 1” included a lot of inaction and storytelling. “Part 2” is the payoff. The building pace reaches a crescendo during the Hogwarts battle scenes. It’s possible “Deathly Hallows” benefited from Rowling’s producer credit and hands-on approach to these last two movies. What has been delightful to see from “Sorcerer’s Stone” to the final chapter in the series is that the studio has not skipped a beat or spared an expense. Sure, this series has some hefty box office might — with more than $6 billion grossed worldwide for the seven previous films, according to Box Office Mojo.
But Warner Bros. didn’t have to invest in these films. Such investments can be seen in the quality of the 3-D. In one of the best experiences since “Avatar,” audiences receive special Harry Potter glasses and the multi-dimensional surface of the screen is perfect. The 3-D layering is meticulous and beautiful to observe. It is worth the upgrade. “Part 1” was nominated for Academy Awards for visual effects and art direction and one should expect nominations for “Part 2” in these categories and maybe a few others. And don’t discount the acting, especially by Alan Rickman, as Professor Severus Snape, who provides an Oscar-worthy performance. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2” is ultimately a wonderful send-off to the series. Like other franchises such as “Star Wars” and “Lord of the Rings,” some of the best scenes and sequences of the series are in the final movie. As audiences learn more about the characters and story lines, the payoff is in the denouement. After eight movies, fans learn what happens to Harry. Does good triumph or evil? Readers of the series already know, but that doesn’t make the film any less exciting to watch. ✯ /5 Rated PG-13 for some sequences of intense action, violence and frightening images. Toledo Free Press Lead Designer James A. Molnar blogs about all things Oscar at TheGoldKnight.com.
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The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo will host its monthly Art Walk from 6-9 p.m. July 21 in the Uptown and Warehouse districts. A record 29 venues are participating and will feature an eclectic mix of local artwork and live music. Toledo Free Press will host a poetry reading as part of the event, featuring local poets John Dorsey, Michael Grover, Kayla Marie Williams, Christina Brooks, Mike Hackney and Greg Peters. The readings will take place at the Toledo Free Press warehouse at the corner of Huron and Washington streets across from Fifth Third Field. Information tables will be set up for the Downtown SoundTrek and the Toledo Music Expo. ✯ — Patrick Timmis
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The Greater Toledo Chapter of Parents of Murdered Children and Other Homicide Survivors is hosting a Celebrity Pancake Breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. July 23 at the Eleanor Kahle Senior Center located at 1315 Hillcrest Drive. Local community supporters and celebrities from law enforcement, media, area organizations and the faith community will flip and serve the pancakes for the early morning fundraiser. Breakfast includes; pancakes, bacon or sausage, orange juice, milk and coffee. Cost is $6 in advance, $7 at the door and $5 for children younger than 12. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Eleanor Kahle Senior Center. Chapter Leader Dave Simpson is hoping to raise enough money to continue work on website development, purchase additional books and materials for victims and continue training for the chapter. Waiters include Lucas County Sheriff James Telb, Toledo Police Chief Mike Navarre, Lucas County Prosecutor Julia Bates, TARTA General Manager James Gee, Tim Frass of New Life Community Church, Blade courthouse reporter Erica Blake and Toledo Free Press Editor in Chief Michael S. Miller. ✯ — Staff Reports
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Central grad accepted to top cooking school By Amy Campbell TOLEDO FREE PRESS FOOD EDITOR acampbell@toledofreepress.com
Patrick Neal started cooking for the simplest of reasons: it was summer break, and the then-sophomore at Central Catholic High School was hungry. “My dad was a business guy and my mom worked,” Neal, now 19, said. “I’d experiment during the day because I needed to eat something.” NEAL Those experiments turned out to be the spark that ignited Neal’s passion for cooking, and hisa commitment to it has won him acceptance to the prestigious Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in Hyde Park, N.Y. From those first experiments in his own kitchen, Neal moved on to Kitchen Tools and Skills, a shop in Perrysburg that offered cooking classes and demonstrations by guest chefs from around the area. Neal was particularly impressed by Marcel Hessling, then head chef at the Toledo Zoo. “After his demo I asked him if I could go and work with him for just one day,” Neal said. Hessling agreed, and was evidently equally impressed with his young apprentice. “He offered me a job the same day I worked,” Neal said. He spent the next two months at the zoo, gaining commercial kitchen experience that would be crucial to his CIA acceptance. “They require six months of experience,” Neal said, “and if you don’t have it, you don’t go.” But the road to the CIA hasn’t been without its twists and turns. When Neal graduated from Central Catholic in 2010 he’d already thought about culinary school, but kept it to himself and stayed on a more traditional path to the University of Cincinnati and a major in international business. As the son of Terry Neal, president and CEO of Impact Products in Toledo, the aspiring chef knew which field was likely to be more lucrative. “I knew in business I’d make more money,” Neal said. But after a year at UC, he realized he’d made the wrong choice. “When you’re not doing what you want to do, and you know what you do want to do, the days drag on,” he said. So, last March, Neal told his parents he wanted to leave UC and go to
culinary school. “I was really nervous,” he said. “But they said they pretty much knew that’s what I wanted to do anyway.” In fact, mom Debi said she and her husband were more surprised by their
son’s first choice. “When Patrick decided on international business, my husband was floored,” she said with a laugh. “When he told us about culinary school, we weren’t surprised at all.”
Neal will pursue a bachelor of culinary arts degree, a program that typically takes 38 months to complete. And after that? “My goal is definitely to own my own restaurant,” he said. ✯
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