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ew public maneuvers are as unsavory as a political power grab. A desperate attempt to retain power at all costs is usually unflattering to those involved and often undermines confidence in the electoral process. District 6 Toledo City Councilwoman Lindsay Webb’s fight to remain on the Sept. 13 primary ballot despite a clear case of noncompliance with the city charter is a textbook case for such chicanery. Postmarked evidence proving that her original story of mailing an envelope on time from Ann Arbor was not accurate underlines the sentiment that the credibility-damaged Webb should take a higher road and remove herself from the race and consider stepping down from her council seat now. On Aug. 24, an appeals court canceled a scheduled Lucas County Board of Elections (BOE) meeting that was meant to decide whether Webb would be on the ballot. Opponent Doug DeCamp said she should be ineligible because she missed a deadline to file a document accepting her candidacy. Ironically, when DeCamp faced a late June complaint for a minor noncompliance issue, Thomas F. POUNDS Lucas County Democratic Party Chairman Ron Rothenbuhler told Toledo Free Press, “In my experience on the Board of Elections I’ve been to two conferences and they beat the rules into your head … I would think we all live up to the same rules, which really since everybody is really careful about rules in the Board of Elections, and everything I’ve seen lately is that whatever the rules say you should or shouldn’t do I would hope that those same rules apply to everybody.” Webb added, “It is critical that these laws be followed, they were created to ensure fair play in our election process.” Of course, they’re singing a different tune now. Webb’s mistake is a relatively minor one, but the issue at stake is an established and recognized part of the city charter election process (the other 19 candidates on the primary ballot got it right). At what point should the law and election rules be bent, broken or avoided? What message does it send to allow exceptions and adapt the rules to suit a candidate who made a mistake? I have heard the argument that the BOE hasn’t always enforced the deadline, but that’s a weak argument. That’s like arguing you should avoid a ticket for running a red light because so many other motorists get away with it. How much court time is to be spent on Webb’s quest? How much time will an already suspect Lucas County BOE spend on this? How much public time and money will be spent on the effort? The discussion needs to be free of party affiliation and candidate enthusiasm. You may support Webb or rebuff Webb, but that should not impact a basic stance of support for recognized and accepted procedure. It’s unfortunate for Webb and her many supporters, but it seems clear she made a mistake that should cost her the slot on the ballot. Either we want people in office who will maintain the integrity of the process, or we allow people to hold on to power at the cost of that integrity. It’s a clear choice for those who respect election law. ✯ 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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Traitor hater, part 2 6. John Walker Lindh: An American who pleaded guilty to being a member of the Taliban, Lindh received a far-too-easy 20-year prison sentence. He got off light. s we are all too often reminded, it’s not a perfect Charges against him included conspiracy to murder world. Sometimes the bad guys get away, the good U.S. citizens and conspiracy to provide material supguys make bad choices and innocent people catch port and resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations. In January 2003, Lindh was locked away at the shrapnel. The instability is constant because unpredictability is an the United States Penitentiary, a high-security prison intrinsic human trait. A more cynical view would replace in Victorville, Calif., northeast of Los Angeles. 7. Fredo Corleone: Fredo, the weakest of Don Corleone’s “unpredictability” with “unreliability.” Karma usually has the last word, and while there’s no sons, betrayed the family off-screen in “The Godfather” and paid for it with his life in “The Godfather II.” empirical evidence of cosmic justice in the As played by John Cazale, Fredo was a whiny afterlife, it’s human nature to believe the loser who let delusions of grandeur jeoparbig wheel of consequence transports good dize his family and their business. Fredo is people to their destination while crushing shot and dumped in a lake when his brother bad people along the way. My guess is, that’s Michael exacts the inevitable revenge. about 80 percent accurate. 8. Iago: Shakespeare’s greatest villain is one What happens to those who betray confiof the ultimate traitors. Iago pretends to be dence and intentionally abandon friends and General Othello’s trusted adviser, but systemfamily? What happens to those who steal and atically destroys Othello’s life though scheming lie and intimidate people? Perhaps this dirty and lying. Wez do not see Iago’s execution, but dozen of historical and fictional examples will offer some solace to the aggrieved. Michael S. MILLER it is implied. There was certainly no sequel or spinoff featuring the dastardly traitor. 1. Judas Iscariot: For 30 pieces of silver, 9. Aldrich Ames: Ames gave the Russians the identiJudas betrayed Jesus Christ and set the Crucifixion in motion. Depending on the source material, Judas hanged him- ties of American spies and other intelligence informaself, was stoned to death or had his bowels spilled in a field, tion. He reportedly jeopardized more than 100 American intelligence efforts. His traitorous actions earned none of which is a happy ending. 2. Benedict Arnold: Feeling unappreciated and slighted, him a reported $4.5 million, blood money for the 10 the George Washington-appointed commandant of Phila- Americans who were executed as a result of his betrayal. delphia took more than 10,000 British pounds, a pension The CIA believes he eventually gave away every U.S. and some land in Canada for working with John Andre agent who was working against the USSR. He is serving to give West Point secrets to the British. Upon capture, life in prison. 10. Salieri: Salieri, in stage and film incarnations, is Andre was executed. Arnold escaped and eventually fled to jealous of Mozart’s talent. He pretends to befriend AmaLondon, where he died of gout, dropsy and delirium. 3. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in “Hamlet”: Shake- deus but all the while plots to thwart his career. Evenspeare makes the ultimate case for killing the messengers tually, Salieri plots to trick Mozart into writing his own for the message: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are long- requiem. The stress contributes to Mozart’s pauper death. time friends with Hamlet, but serve as spies for the evil and Salieri lives long enough to see his own work forgotten murderous King Claudius. They are sent on a mission to see and Mozart’s increasingly celebrated. 11. Peter Pettigrew: The entire “Harry Potter” saga Hamlet killed, but the downbeat prince turns the tables and spins the way it does because Harry’s parents trusted the two betrayers are sent to their deaths. 4. Scar: More regicidal hijinks. In “The Lion King,” Pettigrew, who betrayed them to ultimate baddie Lord jealous Scar arranges the death of his brother, King Mu- Voldemort. For his reward, Pettigrew spends years as the fasa, in a wildebeest stampede. 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Down the drain use food stamps at some point in their lives, according to Mark Rank and Thomas Hirschl of Cornell University. We also have more than 50 million citizens without health care in “The liberty of a democracy is not this country, and even though our safe if the people tolerate the growth of health care costs twice as much as in a private power to a point where it be- other countries, we rank 37th in the comes stronger than their democratic world in the return we get. We’re just state itself. That, in itself, is fascism — behind Dominica and Costa Rica ownership of government — by an in- and just ahead of Slovenia. We’ve got dividual, by a group or any controlling great health care — if you can afford it. Unfortunately, 75 percent of medical private power.” bankruptcies are people who have — Franklin Delano Roosevelt insurance. God forbid anyone try to clean up he preceding that mess. The corporaquotes accutions making billions rately portray off of that will use their the thinking of world influence to buy off leaders around the time the politicians and call of the Great Depression, anyone who tries a “sowhich was caused, by cialist.” I guess that’s supand large, by the same posed to be better than a type of powers and confascist, which, by definiditions that exist today. tion, these interests and We have a largely Don BURNARD their minions are. nonregulated financial On the employment front, while industry that feels it should be able to do whatever it pleases, coupled with we have an official unemployment a wealth disparity unseen since, well, rate of just more than 9 percent, if you just before the crash that caused the truly factored in the part-time workers Great Depression. Today, 400 families and underemployed, along with the control more wealth than 90 percent of people who have given up, the true the population. Billionaires pay taxes unemployment rate is just more than at a rate less than the rate of their sec- 20 percent. Instead of jobs programs, retaries, and hundreds of corporations we get the same old crap that we’ve alpay little or no taxes on billions of dol- ways gotten from the GOP. Tax cuts for the top 1 percent, prolars in profits, and in many instances, get millions in rebates from taxes that tecting America from the perils of gay marriage, deregulation of all corporate the average citizen paid in. Meanwhile, wages have gone down interests and basically paying for everyor remained stagnant, unemployment thing on the backs of the poor, elderly, has skyrocketed and the personal debt workers and children. Here’s a simple citizens have had to take on just to try truth that an old man once told me. He to make ends meet well outstrips the said you’ll never get rich working for much talked-about national debt. In wages. It’s not enough that we’ll never spite of increased productivity, which get rich, but now, evidently, if you make has made the American worker the enough to pay your bills and live modmost productive in the world, the estly, then you’re the problem! We need wages, benefits and living conditions of to cut your wages and benefits even workers continue to deteriorate while more so that the top 1 percent and their the profits of corporations continue to wannabes can make even more. Are we going to just sit back and grow obscenely at our expense. Many of the same companies let ourselves slowly circle the drain that the Bush administration spent until we become a true fascist state, more than a trillion dollars to bail or are we going to fight back? Even out, particularly the biggest bankers, though, thanks to the Supreme Court, are reaping record profits while the corporations are now considered citiworkers who paid for that bailout are zens, there’s still a hell of a lot more left to literally starve. The super pa- of us than them, and we can still vote triots who continually blather about these people out of our government America’s greatness turn a blind eye and take back our country. It all starts to the fact that the richest nation on now! Get off your duff and do someearth currently has the highest pov- thing or we’ll all go down the drain. ✯ erty rate of any industrialized country. Fifty percent of the children in this Email columnist Don Burnard at country — and their families — will letters@toledofreepress.com. “Fascism should more properly be called corporatism, since it is the merger of state and corporate power.” — Benito Mussolini

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What it takes to be an optimist

✯ Continue to hold to our core values and beliefs. This ne of my favorite authors, Max DePree, wrote in 1989’s “Leadership is an Art,” “Anyone in touch includes our belief in the value of hard work, the imporwith reality in this world knows there are a lot of tance of our institutions (family, faith, government, schools reasons to weep.” As one who makes an effort to be “in touch and community), and the inherent goodness of people. ✯ Take the long view. The notion of deferred gratificawith reality in this world,” I couldn’t agree more. Following the news, the polls and the pundits is enough to make anyone tion will serve us well if we can adopt it, especially now. So often it is the desire for immediate gratification that creates weep. And, perhaps a good cry would be therapeutic. Even in these very difficult times, however, I like to problems. Where do we, as individuals and as a commuthink of Toledo as the leading city in our region; I also be- nity, want to be in five years and how do the decisions we lieve we should aspire to be one of the leading cities — if not make daily support that vision? Taking the long-view will the leading city — in Ohio and the Midwest. As has been help in making that important decision. ✯ Make the welfare of our children, grandchildren and pointed out with great frequency, we have many of the elements needed for such a leadership role. And the truth is future generations our guide on major decisions. Each generToledo is making measurable progress in several ways. But ation leaves its legacy. What will our legacy be and how will it contribute to the aspirations of those who follow one of the many qualities of individual leadus? The welfare of future generations should be ership as well as community leadership — a one of our criteria for decision-making. quality needed to be a leading city — is a posi✯ Make education our highest priority. tive outlook and a genuine spirit of optimism. Education at all levels, from primary to Ph.D., True, there are “a lot of reasons to weep” and is an optimizing force more powerful than it is all too easy to fall into the rut of pessimism. any government program for improving the However, notwithstanding the current realities quality of life. Education is about the future with which we are all coping, Toledo has the opand is a tangible expression of optimism and portunity, if not the responsibility, to exert real our faith in the future. leadership among the economically stressed ina lot more to be an optimist today dustrial cities of the nation. The truth is, leaders Dan JOHNSON thanIt attakes any time in recent memory. But those of all these cities are looking for potential role models to help them overcome the current and looming chal- values and behaviors to which our parents held and that lenges. Toledo and surrounding communities can become guided their leaders — hard work, trust, deferred gratification, welfare of children, education — worked for them that model for our time. Social scientists have long understood the concept and and, I believe, will help us retain an optimistic outlook on power of self-fulfilling prophecies. The essence of the self- life in these difficult times. Think of the power of an image of Toledo as an opfulfilling prophecy is that behavior is often the result of our beliefs. If we believe something to be true, we act as though timistic city. That image and reputation alone would be an attractive force for greater investment followed by init is true. Consequently, it is true in its effect. The negative power of pessimism can create a negative creased job opportunities and a stronger economy. Optifuture. Equally, if not more important, the positive power mism is a powerful, attractive force. A friend once said, when you are optimistic, people of optimism can help create a positive future. Both of these powerful forces influence behavior in very different ways. think you know something they don’t. The truth is, most And while one would not try to explain all behavior that people want to be optimists but it is just harder today. We goes on in our very complex world through the notion of the certainly don’t want to bend the truth about the difficult self-fulfilling prophesy, there is some validity to the concept. conditions we as a nation and community are facing. But There is some unknown amount of power in our outlooks the way we look at life may well be a factor that helps deterthat influences our behaviors and, consequently, our futures. mine our future and that of future generations. ✯ If we accept this proposition, we might ask, “What does it take to be an optimist today?” In the category of “for what Dan Johnson is director of global initiatives, president emerit is worth,” I’d like to suggest we consider the following as itus and distinguished university professor of public policy aids in our efforts to maintain an optimistic outlook on life: and economic development at the University of Toledo.

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Another chance for our government

e’ve all heard the phrase “insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” This is particularly applicable to politics. Many Americans, younger generations in particular and myself included, are so disgusted and disenchanted with our government that we have decided to distance ourselves from the process, moving away from any party and the system itself. Viewing people’s participation in politics in other countries, as they protest and resist oppression and domination by the elite few during this past year’s uprisings, I am disappointed in myself and fellow Americans for being so apathetic when it comes to making our voices heard and really making government work for the people, instead of the people working for the government. I don’t want to be disappointed, though. I don’t want to be disgusted, hopeless and jaded. Most of the time, I think only a collapse of our economy and overthrow (or collapse) of our government will create real change. Yet the eternal optimist in me allows waves of hope (thanks, Obama,

for denigrating this word) to guide me, even in politics, especially at the local level. That is why I am currently working as campaign manager for Sean Nestor and Anita Rios, Green Party candidates for Toledo City Council. Anita is running in District 4 (Old West End and Downtown) and Sean is running in District 6 (approximately Point Place and Alexis Road west to Jackman Road). Stacy Primaries are Sept. 13 and the general election is Nov. 8. Part of the reason I’m doing this is because of the candidates. Sean Nestor and I are the same age (I turn 26 Aug. 28) and at this age he offers a perspective on our community that is similar to a large demographic of Toledoans who are graduating high school and college and need a job or a reason to stay in Toledo. His ideas about economics for our city and city government are realistic and make sense (fit in with my common-sense economics “theory”) and go hand-

in-hand with the implementation of energy-saving procedures and sustainable energy generation. Anita Rios has been a lifelong social justice activist and has spent the past 11 years involved with the Green Party in Ohio and the United States. As an activist myself, I admire her perseverance and selflessness, and her ability to balance fighting for the rights of others with raising her JURICH children and guiding many others. She is completely against the war and she advocates for gay marriage and the decriminalization and legalization of marijuana, and isn’t afraid to say so. Another reason I took this job is because of the Green Party. Envisioning a government led by the Green Party offered a promising new option that might actually yield different results. The Green Party is “committed to values-based politics … that guide [us] in countering and changing a system that extols exploitation, unsus-

tainable consumption and destructive competition,” according to the party’s website. Those 10 key values are: grassroots democracy, social justice and equal opportunity, ecological wisdom, non-violence, decentralization, community-based economics, feminism and gender equity, respect for diversity, personal and global responsibility, future focus and sustainability. Particularly refreshing is the Green Party’s recognition of the interconnectedness of ‘eco’logy and ‘eco’nomics. The party’s website says it focuses on “balancing the interests of a regulated market economy and communitybased economics with effective care for the ecosystems of the Earth.” The Green Party’s platform includes rights for the disabled, youth, veterans, women and for all individuals to freely and equally choose partners and religion (or nonreligion). The Green Party supports single-payer universal health care, the right to organize unions, a restructuring of the criminal justice system and decentralizing many state functions to the county and city level. It also calls for the suspension of aid to Israel until it withdraws from occupied

territories, encourages communitybased economics whose aim is local prosperity and self-sufficiency and believes “there is plenty of work [jobs] to do that does not jeopardize our future, does not widen the gap between the richest and the poorest in our society and that can enrich our communities,” according to the website. Government has continued to disappoint the American public — from funding allocations and cutbacks, unjust and idiotic laws, corrupt spending, corrupt wars, corrupt politicians, its incestuous relationship with corporations, continuous disregard for “separation of church and state,” continuous destruction of the environment — I’m sure you could add to the list. It is insane. I’m trying something new. The Green Party makes sense and it gives justice to all. It is a party that is willing to serve the people. Its platform states: “We act in service to our children and the future generations of all our relations in the Earth community.” ✯ Email Stacy Jurich at letters@toledo freepress.com.

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Nate Brahier’s last hours played out on Facebook when he began posting at 8:30 a.m. March 29. “First flight in the company plane :)” he wrote on his page when he checked into Monroe Custer Airport. Ed Beczynski, owner of The Blarney Irish Pub and Nate’s friend, clicked “like.” At 8:31 a.m., Nate posted a picture of the plane his CEO would be flying. He called it “Pretty.” Friends began to post underneath the photo throughout the day. Tony Rusch said, “Wow that is nice! They let you sit right seat?” Clemens Szymanowski posted, “Mirage? Nice rig.” At 10:03 a.m., Nate posted a picture of the control panels and said “to answer tony’s question.” The banter continued. At 2:25 p.m., Nate wrote, “it’s a Piper Malibu Mirage.” At 2:41 p.m., Nate wrote under the plane photo, “Yep. Full glass cockpit as well.” That would be Nate’s last post. At 5:21 p.m., Lori Lorentz posted, “I am hoping you are back from the airport and safe!!!! Please let me know!” At 5:54 p.m., Charlie Mac posted, “nate sean small plane crash at custer airport lil concerned the plan kinda looks like pic u posted today …” At 6:25 p.m., Stephen Vasquez wrote, “Post something or call us back buddy lots of people are worried.” At 6:40 p.m., David Volk posted,

“Nate we love you man.” At 6:42 p.m., Sean Peters said, “Please post something bro.” At 7:08 p.m., Patricia Parajon wrote, “I have been calling you for over an hour, please answer your phone! I am worried!” At 7:09 p.m., Stephen Vasquez said, “Cead slan.” At 7:12 p.m., Katie Peters wrote, “Anything.” At 7:22 p.m., Kris Standering posted, “nothing new yet, Nate we are thinking about you and hope this isn’t so …” But it was. Nate had been killed when the singleengine aircraft crashed into Munson Park in Monroe County. Rick Howell, the pilot, was returning to Custer Airport after making a business trip with his employees to Pennsylvania. Howell was also killed, as was Jeremy Tate. Nate’s high school friend from Fremont Ross, Andrew Behrens, was the first to post the news at 7:29 p.m. “Very sorry to tell everyone but Nate was in the plane crash today. Info on arrangements will be posted. We’ll miss you Nate.” With that post, lives changed. His mother, Pat Moon, lost her only child. His girlfriend, Halsey Heinselman, lost her beloved boyfriend. His friends lost their best pal, their drinking buddy and their daredevil. “He hung out with a lot of different people,” Andrew said. “He had the kind of personality to hang out with athletes to the drama club to the farmers and get along with all of them. He wasn’t any one of them. Nobody would say he was a farmer or an athlete or anything of those labels. Even

after high school, he always wanted to blend his friends together.” True to his range of friends, an eclectic group will raise money for a scholarship in Nate’s honor during a sold-out golf tournament Aug. 29 at the Belmont Country Club. His alma mater Terra Community College started a scholarship in his honor. His family also launched a private scholarship. “The scholarship is not so much in honor of Nate as it is to give people the same opportunities that he had,” Pat said. “When faced with deciding on a memorial, we wanted to do something to extend his life.”

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Life undone Nate died on a day marked by yet another opportunity. As a student pilot, he was excited to be in the Piper Malibu Mirage. Pat wasn’t worried about Nate on March 29. Compared to his usual ways, taking a one-day company business trip was nothing that could hurt her 30-year-old son. Nate was a mechanical design engineer at Conforming Matrix Corporation. “From a young boy, he was jumping curbs with his bike and ending up with a bloody face,” she said. His adventurous spirit would evolve from little-kid bikes to motocross to wakeboarding to go-karts. He broke bones, tore skin and ended up dating an ER doctor, which eased his mother’s mind. Pat hadn’t even thought about anything being wrong until Tony called to ask if she had heard from Nate. She hadn’t, so she sent him a message. ■ BRAHIER CONTINUES ON A7

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■ BRAHIER CONTINUED FROM A6 “I texted him and said, ‘Hey what’s up babe?’ He obviously never responded. I still have that text.” Since Andrew is a pilot, Tony called and asked him to check on Nate’s plane. At first, he tracked the plane and found that it had landed; however, it actually had crashed near the airport. There were no survivors. A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) spokesman said Aug. 23 it could be 12 to 18 months before a fi nal report on the accident is filed, but a preliminary report stated that “examination of the main wreckage revealed that the landing gear was in the retracted position and the flaps were in the retracted position.” The report also stated: “A witness reported that the airplane was unusually low and still flying at a high rate of speed with its landing gear retracted when it fl ew over Stewart Road. The airplane continued at a high rate of speed as it crossed over the trees.” “I don’t know if we will ever know what happened,” Andrew said.

Love of his life Halsey was at work as an emergency room doctor at St. Luke’s when she got a call from Tony. At first she was annoyed. Nate and his friends liked to call her for

medical advice. She almost wanted to say to Tony, “Guys, what the heck, I am working. Can’t you wait till I am home?” Instead he told her to sit down. She started crying, and her colleagues drove her to Nate’s mom’s house in Fremont. When she walked in the door, Pat said, “Did I tell him I loved him?” She had. “Pat has been amazing,” Halsey said. “We call each other and just talk about how we made it through the day, what good things happened. If she talked to a pastor, we go over what they discussed and what helped. “I see her always being a part of my life. Nate would want BRAHIER that,” she said. “He was always looking out for his mom. He was her only son. I love her dearly. I told her that I would follow her to Florida.” Florida is signifi cant for Halsey and Pat. The Saturday before Nate died he and Halsey dined with Pat and announced they would be moving in together. They eventually wanted

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to relocate to Florida when Halsey finished her residency. This pleased Pat because she also wanted to move to Florida. Nate knew this, and just said, “I know.” “We were close. He was not a mama’s boy; he knew he couldn’t get away with anything,” Pat said. “We liked talking, going out to dinner, going to The Blarney.” Pat also liked Halsey. “We had only been together for four months when he passed,” Halsey said. “Everything just clicked, you just know. We were looking forward to a future together.” She got him on a snowboard this past winter. He wanted to teach her how to wakeboard this summer. She wanted to teach him to scuba dive. He wanted to take her up in a plane. On the day of the crash, she got off work at 3 a.m. He called her before she went to bed, but she missed his call. Later, they exchanged a few texts about apartment hunting. The last text Halsey received was a message about him landing safely in Pennsylvania. She later sent a text asking when he might be home. She also left him a voicemail expressing her love and calling him her best friend. She doesn’t believe he ever got that voicemail.

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Letters to Nate Pat said life without Nate isn’t complete. She keeps a journal. She tells him how she feels; she tells him what is going on with her life. “I wish I could see him walk down the aisle, have children, have all the ailments of getting old. Maybe he is lucky, though. He was spared all that,” she said. But she doesn’t think he was lucky. She worries he suffered. Th e NTSB said he died on impact, but she knows there was a fire. “Th at is the worst thing for a mother to have to identify a child by dental records. There was nothing left of him. No body.” She misses everything about him. His voice, his laugh, his phone calls. “Nate was the kind of guy who always had a charisma about him. He always had a smile,” Pat said. Of course, he went through some teenage angst, but as he got older, they got closer, Pat said. After Pat went through her second divorce, Nate rallied around her. Halsey said Nate would want his mom to be happy again. “He was such a happy person, a positive person, and he would never want to see anyone that he cared for to be sad or not happy,” Halsey said. “Whenever I start to get down, I think that is not what Nate wants us to do. He made the best out of every situation. “He wouldn’t want us to be moping around. He would want us to get back on the bike.” To donate to Nate Brahier’s scholarship funds, visit http://www. facebook.com/nate.brahier and message his mother, Pat Moon, through the account. ✯

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Toledo Public Schools received its Ohio Performance Report for the 2010-11 school year Aug. 24, which showed overall improvement in the Toledo area. TPS received an 83.1 district score out of Ohio’s 120-point scale, up 0.5 from last year and four points from 2006-07. Toledo’s scores have risen in each of the past four years. “There are some successes to celebrate,” TPS Chief Academic Officer Jim Gault said. “We have moved up and we are continuing to move up but we believe we can do it at a much quicker rate.” Among Toledo’s 54 schools 35 rank as “Continuous Improvement” or higher on the five-grade scale. Five schools were ranked as “Excellent” followed by 13 as “Effective” and 17 as “Continuous Improvement.” “Today was a time of congratulating the district and those who did well in the district and addressing the

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Republic Services announced Aug. 25 that the public will be able to register for “My Republic Rewards,” the company’s program designed to reward citizens for recycling. “The My Republic Rewards program rewards citizens on their recycling efforts,” General Manager of Republic Services David Vossmer said. “We want to make sure that people continue to recycle so that the landfill spaces last a little longer and to just basically protect the world.” After citizens sign up, the program will record how much recycling each group contributes. Republic Services will weigh the route’s total haul and distribute the weight evenly toward each home’s point total. When certain point levels are reached, the citizens receive coupons. Among those contributing to

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Video of theft See the video of the alleged sign theft on www.toledofreepress.com By Zach Davis TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER zdavis@toledofreepress.com

The Lucas County Democratic Party released on Aug. 24 video taken by two volunteer campaign workers showing a man destroying Michelle Wagner’s judicial campaign signs. Since June, 55 signs have been stolen or destroyed, including four in Wagner’s own backyard. Toledo native Douglas Black has been charged in the Toledo Municipal Court with stealing and destroying signs. Losing the 55 signs cost the campaign $1,484. The majority of the signs have disappeared or been destroyed in the area of Reynolds Road and Heatherdowns. To prevent future thefts in her backyard, Wagner had a wooden structure built to hold the signs in her trees.

“If it would have stopped two or three weeks ago it probably would have just been dropped and forgotten about, but any time we put up a sign it was gone the next day,” Wagner for Judge Campaign Manager Josh Thurston told Toledo Free Press on Aug. 24. “Whoever was doing this was going into people’s yards and destroying their property. Not only that, they are hindering free speech.” Black, 66, has been charged with two separate charges including “petty theft with purpose to deprive knowingly obtain or exert control without consent of owner” as well as “criminal damaging or endangering knowingly cause or create substantial risk of physical harm.” Thurston said the Wagner campaign had no previous knowledge of Black but said, “it’s definitely political and definitely targeted.” He claims that in the video, the man passes a campaign sign for Wagner’s opponent, Mark Davis, before targeting another of Wagner’s. “What is it about this guy that elicits this kind of response, a

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M.P.O.D. making noise with a positive message EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second installment of a weekly series in which Staff Writer Mike Bauman will profile sixth-year Toledo senior cornerback Desmond Marrow for the 2011 season. By Mike Bauman TOLEDO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER mbauman@toledofreepress.com

Ever since they played in the Volney Rogers Youth Football League back home in Youngstown, Desmond Marrow and close friends Derrell Johnson-Koulianos and Kevin “KT” Moses have dreamed of making plays on the gridiron. Now, the trio is making plays off the field with M.P.O.D., Inc. While all three hope for their athletic apparel company — which stands for “Make Plays Or Die” — becomes a household name like Nike and

Under Armour, they also want the brand to inspire kids and people to strive to succeed. “We stand for hard work,” said Johnson-Koulianos, who serves as M.P.O.D. co-CEO with Marrow. “We stand for dedication. It’s kind of a representation of Youngstown, who we are.” M.P.O.D. spawned from Marrow and Johnson-Koulianos’ motivation to fulfill their football dreams; they often said, “Make plays or die” to one another while playing at Cardinal Mooney. “Our motto on the field was ‘We need to make plays or die,’” Johnson-Koulianos said. “Basically, if we don’t do our job and make plays, we’re not going to win. Losing was dying to us.” Marrow started saying “M.P.O.D.” at Toledo, and the slogan caught on with his teammates. After

promoting the movement online last year, PRYD Clothing contacted Marrow via Facebook and has been printing M.P.O.D. shirts ever since. The shirts, which Marrow distributed for free last season, became so popular that M.P.O.D. recently launched a website to keep up with the demand. The website — mpod.bigcartel. com — is operated by Moses, who said that it frequently gets shut down because of the traffic. “Basically, all the money that we make is just going toward making shirts, so nobody is really leaving with money in their pocket,” said Moses, a business marketing major at Marian University in Indianapolis. “All the money that we’re making is going to keep the movement in cycle, to keep it going.” ■ MARROW CONTINUES ON A14

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“A student-athlete may establish his or her own business, provided the student-athlete’s name, photograph, appearance or athletics reputation are not used to promote the business.” Marrow’s name does not appear on any M.P.O.D. merchandise, and he does not receive any money the company makes from sales. “I’m kind of taking the reins right now as far as getting all of the legal work done,” said Johnson-Koulianos, who finished his football career at Iowa in 2010 and is currently not enrolled at the university. “Any income that’s being made from M.P.O.D. is solely in my possession of course until Desmond is done, seeing that he’s under NCAA rulings and such. “We just took a business approach to it and we’re doing things the right way because we feel like a lot of people can be motivated and benefit from M.P.O.D.” Marrow said he believes one group that can benefit from M.P.O.D.’s mes-

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home in Youngstown, just to give kids more opportunities besides sports and to let them know there’s more things to life than just sports.” M.P.O.D. has recently drawn interest from a few small colleges as well as UT football outfitter Under Armour. Under Armour Sales Director Sean Sullivan recently attended one of Toledo’s practices, and

Marrow sent him his résumé. “I think my creativity and M.P.O.D. thing just came from I want to be successful, but I don’t want to be focused on just football and trying to make it to the NFL because that’s not promised to me,” Marrow said. “So I just try to come up with other ways to just be a successful person in life, on and off the field.” ✯

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Fruchtman Marketing of Toledo is celebrating 30 years in business in 2011 — and the launch of a national consumer advertising campaign for a major client. Ellen Fruchtman started the business out of her home in 1981 while raising two children. Fruchtman, who has a background in television production, said she saw an opportunity to make some income through her own business. “I thought local TV ads were terrible and ELLEN FRUCHTMAN thought I could do better,” Ellen Fruchtman said. She established Ad-In Concepts and produced TV commercials for a former retail client in Toledo, MICHAEL FRUCHTMAN using a freelance designer and media buyer for the campaign. Fruchtman began producing advertising for Harold Jaffe Jewelers in 1994. The firm has also created advertising and marketing for two long-time local clients, Gross Electric and Tom’s Tire & Auto. Ellen’s husband Michael joined the firm as a partner in 1997 to focus on the business side. He previously served in executive roles for his family’s businesses and has 30 years of marketing and financial management experience. Today, Fruchtman Marketing is a full-service marketing firm specializing in the jewelry industry, which comprises about 90 percent of its business. She said they represent some of the finest jewelry manufacturers, retailers and industry organizations

such as the American Gem Society and Palladium Alliance International (PAI). The PAI promotes the attributes and use of palladium, the third most expensive metal behind platinum and gold, in jewelry. Palladium reportedly has all the attributes of platinum but is lighter and less expensive. Fruchtman Marketing launched an $8 million national consumer advertising campaign for palladium that debuted in the September issues of fashion magazines with a digital premiere on Facebook and other social media. “It’s the big time for a small agency from Toledo, Ohio,” Ellen said. “We wanted to do something totally different to educate people about palladium jewelry.” They created a campaign that features three well-known celebrities, including actresses Pamela Anderson (“Baywatch”), Rose McGowan (“Charmed”) and Kelly Osbourne (E! series “Fashion Police”), daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. The full-page print ads feature one of the celebrities wearing palladium jewelry with the headline, “I’m so over heavy metal.” The ads appear in Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Harper’s BAZAAR, In Style, Marie Claire, People, People Style Watch and W. “The celebrities we selected are very recognizable. We went to LA to work with a world-renowned fashion photographer and had a fabulous experience shooting all three celebrities in one day,” Ellen said. The local agency also produced a separate trade campaign for the jewelry industry sponsored by the PAI and Stillwater Mining Company, a large palladium miner in the U.S. The firm was hired most recently by a large foreign jewelry manufacturer that sought them out for their worldwide reputation in the jewelry business, Michael said. With other new accounts in addition to PAI, the agency recently added several positions and promoted some staffers to cover the new business. “Like many of our clients, we

are growing despite the economy. The growth is a positive trend for the Toledo ledo area,” Michael said. I’ll try anything onc “Where we come from rom e — and in some case s — twice. has never been an obstacle But acle if it weighs me dow n — it’s got to go. to our business,” Ellen said. aid. That’s why I love wea ring jewelry made from palladium, “The majority of our clithe lightweight prec ious metal. Palladium is ents are not in Toledo but also naturally white, stro ng, sensitive to you we chose to stay in Toledo edo r skin and looks great on cam because we believe in it and ame era. ra Just like me. our people are here.” “Our best ideas come me from the people who work ork here. We really have a sense of family, respect ct people and their families, es, and don’t succeed at the he expense of family,” Miichael said. “We empower peoplee who work here to be thee best they can possibly bee professionally and per-sonally with no ceilingg or limitations. We builtt our business by treatingg our employees, vendors and suppliers as friends and partners in our business,” Ellen said. Michael said their success has given them “great opportunity to give back to Palladium. the community.” Tough. Sexy. Sensiti ve. The firm supports its employees who do charitable work in the community. Angela Ash ImS oO ver He av yM eta l.co m started as an intern in design and is now a senior account exec■ A FRUCHT utive. She currently MAN-CREATED AD FOR PALLADIUM FE ATURING PAMELA serves as president of ANDERSON. the board for Susan G. America, Komen For the Cure. The company also supports local where individuals receive training relations, promotions, research and so much charities such as the American Red to become professional jewelers. The Fruchtmans pointed out the more, according to the couple. Cross of Toledo and the Northwest “Think about your marketing as a Ohio Chapter of the Multiple Scle- difference between advertising and marketing. The latter is how you holistic approach to your business — a rosis Society. In celebration of its 30th anniver- sell yourself to your customers and unified approach with creativity,” they sary, the firm established a scholar- is a package of advertising, media stated on the firm’s website at www. ship at the Gemological Institute of planning, interactive media, public fruchtman.com. ✯

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What insiders know (that most investors don’t) I “ magine a wonderful warm summer night, a night where you and your loved one are taking a nice cruise in the Caribbean, relaxing outdoors, getting ready to enjoy a beautiful sunset. You are on vacation and can’t help but be the typical tourist with a floral pattern shirt on, walking around with flip-flops and the camera hanging around your neck, sipping on a tropical smoothie. Heck, this is your moment to live it up, might as well enjoy the moment and dream of the fun that is coming up over the next few days. Put your arms out, feel the breeze and take a deep breath of the ocean air. That would be a great moment on the cruise ship. Then imagine in that moment you look over the side of the boat and see the captain and first mate rowing away from the ship in a small boat. As they row as fast as they can away from the ship, what would go through your mind? If you are like most people, it would be “what the heck do they know that we don’t and

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saw with Martha Stewart and with Enron, where many people were put in jail for illegal insider trading. This is illegal because the failure to disclose insider trading can damage investors’ confidence and give an insider an obvious advantage, knowing information that the general public is unaware of. This is why trading is CLAIR almost always disclosed by insiders BAKER and has become one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s top priorities. It is important to review insider trading on companies an investor is considering buying or selling, but it is not the whole story. Don’t make a decision based solely on “insider trades,” as additional research should always be done before buying or selling any investment. We share this information with in-

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Chrysler may invest $72 million in Ohio factory The Associated Press PERRYSBURG, Ohio (AP) — Chrysler Group LLC plans to invest $72 million in a Northwest Ohio plant, and the state’s governor said there might be bigger things to come from the automaker. Chrysler wants to install new equipment and modernize its Toledo Machining Plant near Perrysburg, which will allow it to retain 640 hourly and salaried jobs, the company said. The plant will produce newgeneration torque converters and steering columns. It said the converters would be paired with new transmissions being made at Chrysler plants in Kokomo, Ind., as part of the automaker’s strategy to meet fuel economy requirements.

The announcement came as Ohio Gov. John Kasich met Aug. 23 with General Motors, Ford and Chrysler in Detroit to talk about their investments in the state and their continued presence in Ohio. Kasich wouldn’t offer many details about what was talked about but hinted that there are negotiations in the works with Chrysler. Talks with the automakers included discussions about work force training and retaining jobs, he said. Kasich said he is hopeful that the success of the new Chevrolet Cruze, the best-selling car in the U.S. in June, could lead to more work at General Motors Co.’s plant in Lordstown where the car is made. Chrysler said it would install new equipment to modernize the Toledo

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Ohio Players to bring fiery funk to Music Fest By Vicki L. Kroll SPECIAL TO TOLEDO FREE PRESS

The Ohio Players have a reputation for cool horn-powered jams, soulful R&B, smoldering funk and steamy album covers. “Music is one thing, and then we thought about the packaging thereof. We’re just some old rustylooking guys; nobody would look at us for nothing, especially guys,” said drummer and vocalist James “Diamond” Williams. “We thought we could get guys to look at our album cover by putting a nice-looking, attractive woman on there. “Now the young ladies know that the Ohio Players are guys and we’re singing to the women,” he said. “So we mixed the two — the album cover and the music. We made a nice sandwich that could be packaged and sold, and it’s done pretty well. We’ve probably sold as many album covers as we have singles, but who’s counting?” The band sold a lot of records in the 1970s thanks to a string of hits: “Fire,” “Love Rollercoaster,” “Skin Tight,” “Funky Worm,” “Sweet Sticky Thing,” “Who’d She Coo.” “To get out on the road and hear in various cities that you go to your music being played was absolutely phenomenal,” said Williams, who joined the group in 1972. “And to hear your music on a plane 35 years ago was unbelievable for a band, a black band, in particular.” He recalled a memorable moment: “Elton John was No. 1 on the pop charts, and we were at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, and we had just topped him (with the 1974 “Fire” album) to take No. 1 on the pop charts

and on the R&B charts overseas.” “Fire” rages on as the theme song for the TV show, “Hell’s Kitchen.” “As a writer, you always want to write a song like ‘White Christmas,’ you know, one of those songs that plays every year or when you think about a title, you immediately think about a song,” Williams said. “When you think about the concept of fire, very thankfully, people think about our song.” During a phone interview from his home in Dayton, the songwriter talked about what makes a tune great. “Being a drummer, I’d have to say it’s the beat. I used to listen to Dick Clark as a kid growing up — this will be part of my book — and when they would play songs and ask kids what they liked about the song, when it was a hit, most kids said, ‘I like the beat.’ That got me right then; I thought I’m going to control the beat. I think the beat controls the vibe of the song.” In addition to writing an autobiography, Williams is busy with the band working on a disc that should be finished next year. Fans can go to loverollercoaster.com, give their email address and receive a free download of the new single, “This Is Your Night.” It’ll be the Ohio Players’ night at the University of Toledo’s Music Fest at 7:45 p.m. Aug. 31. Taking the stage with Williams will be rhythm guitarist and vocalist Clarence “Chet” Willis, keyboardists Ronald Nooks and Odeen Mays, bassist and vocalist Darwin Dortch, percussionist Robert “Kumba” Jones, trombonist Johnny Cotton, trumpeter Ken Anderson and saxophonist Michael Turner. “We’re at a stage in our career where

we’re trying to give back; we’ve already received more than we could ever believe in our lifetime,” Williams said. “We’re doing this because we love it, and we love the fact that we’ve been able to create music that brings back good memories for people, and good memories are always things to be cherished.” ✯

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s MTV is always looking for ways to exploit its hit show â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Jersey Shore,â&#x20AC;? I wanted to invite the producers here for a potential spinoff â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Toledo Shore.â&#x20AC;? Â With more than 9 million people tuning in every Thursday night, what better way to showcase the many things Toledo has to offer while also highlighting the crazy that is our political scene. Â Since this could be the first spinoff of the show, casting would need to be perfect. So, we are going to have to go big when trying to fill the role of The Situation. Look no further than the mayor himself, Mike Bell. Mayor Bell knows how to have a good time; just stop by Six Pack on the occasional Friday night and look for the 6-foot-2 cowboy on the dance floor being the life of the party. The Situation is always wearing tight shirts and showing his six-pack of abs. If you want to see tight, Mayor Bell still likes to don his UT football varsity jacket from the early â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s. Snooki may be tricky; sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a shorter woman who loves to party

and cause drama. Hmmm ... drama, ferent ways here with Pete and Polly short and loud? I wonder how former Gerken. I have no idea if there is any Councilwoman Betty Shultz spends crazy there, but dealing with Pete on her days. First, Snooki is orange like a daily basis can not be easy. Or you an oompa-loompa and Shultz has/had could go the on-again off-again angle with media mogul JRB reddish hair. They both â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who shall remain in like to enjoy the spirits initials â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and his colâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Snooki at a club, league, leader of the Betty at the occasional local GOP, Jon Stainfestival. Both ladies are brook. Â They are Tonot Â afraid to remove an ledoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s C. Montgomery earring before throwing Burns and Waylon a punch or political jab. Smithers (no relationDJ Pauly D, with ship overtones imhis well-coifed mane, plied). Their political could only be filled by Jeremy BAUMHOWER bromance would make Councilman Joe McNamara. McNamara appears to spend a excellent TV and with new CGI quality amount of time working on his technology you could barely see any â&#x20AC;&#x153;blowoutâ&#x20AC;? and was recently quoted Â to strings attached to Stainbrookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arms say â&#x20AC;&#x153;awesomeâ&#x20AC;? when asked about and shoulders. The role of Vinny is a tossup beJeepâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expansion. DJ Joey Mac only needs to â&#x20AC;&#x153;fist pumpâ&#x20AC;? to techno music tween two very smooth individuals. while nodding at Lindsay Webb from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toledo Shoreâ&#x20AC;? could easily cast Greek Councilman George Sarantou across City Council chambers. Â Everyone who watches â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Shoreâ&#x20AC;? or the West Sideâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Councilman Tom knows about the drama of Ronnie Waniewski. Vinny, like these two men, and Sammi. We could go many dif- often plays the role of peacekeeper. Be-

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Marina Project gets completed. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jersey Shoreâ&#x20AC;? cast is forced to live together and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s normally a pretty lavish condo by some water. Where else were some pretty lavish condos supposed to have been built ... by the shore? I love it when a good spinoff comes together! Finally, the cast of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jersey Shoreâ&#x20AC;? is always worried about getting the GTL (gym, tanning, laundry) done. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toledo Shoreâ&#x20AC;? would be concerned about PBD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; plotting, bickering and dogs. It seems that those three letters best describe â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toledo Shoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? daily routine, even though the letters should be JOB, as in, how to get new ones to come here. Trust me, I am not drinking the Hater-ade, I am craving some Economic-ade! Follow-Up: Sadly, all 53 signs advertising where the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Toledo Shoreâ&#x20AC;? auditions were to take place were sliced in half and destroyed. â&#x153;Ż Jeremy Baumhower is a media expert who writes and produces for morning radio shows across the country. Follow him on Twitter @jeremytheproduc.

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■ BURGER CONTINUED FROM A25 “It’s not only our area code, but we like to draw as much as possible from the local community itself,” House said. “If we can’t get the product itself locally, then we’ll at least use a local vendor, again keeping it in the community as much as possible.” Meat is ground fresh daily, fries are hand-cut and potato chips are sliced in-house. The menu also features homemade desserts and handcrafted shakes, sodas and beers. Artwork from local artists hangs on the walls. “We ask artists to come in and show us their work and if it fits the space, we put it up on the walls with a tag and sell it,” House said. “It works out great for both sides — we get art on our walls and the artists get the exposure and the opportunity to sell their work.” The atmosphere is casual but with a big-city feel, Salloukh said. “People don’t expect it to look like it does,” House said. “They realize it’s a burger bar so I think they think it’s more of a diner atmosphere, but then they walk in and realize we have color, we have style, we have artwork, and we’ve created a space that’s comfortable, warm and inviting.” Taglined “Good flippin’ burgers,” the concept of Burger Bar 419 is based on America’s love of comfort food and the owners’ love for Toledo, according to its website. “Americans have always had a love affair with burgers and we wanted to create ones that are unique and layered with different flavors,” Salloukh said. “We’ve tried to put a few twists on our burgers and I think we’ve accomplished that.” One of the most popular layered

burgers, called the Three Little Pigs, features a ground pork patty topped with smoked cheddar cheese, barbecue pork shoulder, sugar bacon and sweet and tangy slaw. “Talk about layers of flavor,” House said. “The food we wanted to offer was comfort food with style.” Salloukh said the restaurant, which also offers vegetarian options, has gotten a good response since opening in May. “We love being on the South End. The South End has welcomed us with open arms it seems,” Salloukh said. “I think we have a lot more foodies in this town than we thought. It’s been a great few months.” Salloukh, who also co-owns La Scola Italian Grill and The Hungry I, worked with House at Cousino’s Navy Bistro at The Docks, where Salloukh was general manager and House was executive chef. House said he hopes visitors leave happy and full. “Besides a very full belly, I hope they leave with a smile on their face,” House said. “The greatest compliment I’ve had since we’ve opened is a person walking out who said ‘I just feel happy; the food made me happy,’ and that’s really what we want.” Salloukh said he abides by a simple mantra. “Simple, fresh and delicious is what I go by,” Salloukh said. “We just love what we do. Food comes first for us. I think if you eat here you’ll see what we mean. We’re just trying to keep everything here in Toledo. We’re all about the food and the 419.” For more information, visit www. burgerbar419.com or Burger Bar 419 on Facebook. ✯

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unday night, despite my plans see your food, and ceiling fans spun to cook dinner, my mind was high amid the rafters and pipes. The wandering — as it so often does clocks were all 10 minutes fast. I started going to the Barley — to where my daughter and I might eat out instead, to wrap up a laid-back House in the 1990s, when I was inweekend. She was always up for our fa- vited by some co-workers at Adrian vorite burger spot in the next town over College, who went every Wednesday — a locals’ kind of place that I had loved after work. I was new at the college, since before I was even sort of local. As and an outsider driving up from Toledo every day, so I felt far as I knew it was open like I was being initiated all the time, but since somehow when they init was Sunday evening vited me to join them. and a 20-minute drive, As you might suspect I Googled the place to from the name, the Barley confirm its hours. I knew had an extensive beer list, there wouldn’t be a weband was featuring intersite — way too high-tech esting and lesser-known — but I figured Yelp or the brews on tap before evChamber of Commerce eryone else was doing it. could help me out. I never Amy CAMPBELL But what kept me going expected to see what I did, back all these years was the fifth or sixth hit down, just a newspaper headline: Barley the cheeseburger basket — a perfectly sized, juicy burger with American House Tavern in Adrian closes. “Oh no — it doesn’t,” I said out cheese, served in a basket with fries or, loud. I hit the link, wishfully thinking if you wanted to splurge, some of the they’d closed for a couple days for ren- best onion rings I’ve ever had. They ovation, or long enough to change the never asked how you wanted your sign due to new management — which burger cooked because they knew wouldn’t be good, but which I would how to cook them, and the food was presume to be better than nothing always hot because no diner was more than about 25 feet from the grill. But until proven otherwise. But no. “The Barley House Tavern in the thing I’ve never seen anywhere else Downtown Adrian has closed, Adrian was “the tray.” You didn’t have to order Downtown Development Authority your sandwich with lettuce, tomato or and Economic Development Director your other toppings of choice, because Chris Miller confirmed Tuesday … The with your plain burger, cheeseburger tavern closed because the property was or chicken sandwich the waitress — waitress, not server — delivered a tray foreclosed on, Miller said.” A person would have to be a little of condiments and vegetables that each nuts to cry over the closing of a hole- person could apply to his or her liking. in-the-wall bar, right? I mean, unless Maybe that was it: that family-style, it was someone who’d given birth to “don’t-take-all-the-tomatoes!” ritual her first child there, or discovered he’d that made the whole experience more hit the lottery while watching the wall- than just a burger at a bar. My affection for the Barley House mounted TV from one of the booths — in which case he could just buy the means I had some important moments place and stop his blubbering. Well, there, too, although my daughter was, call me a little nuts. I didn’t make a in fact, born in a hospital. It was a place scene, but I definitely had “a moment.” co-workers turned into friends, a place My daughter told me later that when I where we celebrated, commiserated looked at her hard and said I had bad and talked each other through it, whatever “it” was. We knew the drill there news, she thought someone had died. The Barley House had an ordinary — cash only, get the shuffleboard pucks storefront with big display windows from the bartender, pass the tray. It was flanking the doors, where two cigar the site of those little, daily experiences store ... Native Americans had resided that are easily overshadowed by childfor as long as I’d been going there, birth or winning the lottery, but just as which was more than 10 years. The important in their own ways. So here’s to the Barley House, and space was perfectly suited for a tavern because as one of the interior build- all of our dives, those here today and ings in an old-fashioned retail row, those gone forever, the places between it had no windows. It was deep and home and work that offer more than narrow, with an old bar running down just a burger at a bar. ✯ one side and a row of booths on the other. Pendant lights lit the perpetual Email Toledo Free Press Food Editor Amy dark just well enough that you could Campbell at star@toledofreepress.com.

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South End Grille expands patio space for football fans By Sarah Ottney TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR sottney@toledofreepress.com

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The South End Grille will cater to football fans this season, recently doubling its patio space, adding an outside bar with TVs and planning tailgate parties. Th e newly remodeled space at 5105 Glendale Ave. can now hold more than 100 people, said Jeff Rozek, who co-owns the business with his wife, Dawn. “With the success of our patio last year, we decided doubling its size would just give everybody more room,” Rozek said. “We had people that could not get tables outside last year and you could see the look on their face so we decided we didn’t want to see those looks anymore.” All NFL Sunday Ticket games will be featured as well as select college games, Rozek said. “I think everyone enjoys an outdoor atmosphere sitting at a bar. It’s not the end of summer yet,” Rozek said. “We want to be able to enjoy the outside as long as we can in Northwest

Ohio. Although you can’t make it to the game that doesn’t mean you can’t be outside having fun like you were at the game.” What sets South End Grille apart from other sports bars is its use of all fresh foods, Rozek said. “We’re a sports bar, but we’re beyond sports bar food,” Rozek said. “It’s fresh food, not fast food, so to speak. We bread our own deep-fried mushrooms, batter our own pickles, handcut all our meat. We don’t buy frozen products like many places do and just throw them in the deep fryer. I think South End Grille continues to still be a hidden treasure because of how our foods are prepared and the value we offer our customers.” Rozek credits General Manager Chris Felix, a 30-year veteran of the restaurant business, with bringing South End Grille’s food to a new level since the Rozeks bought the closed South End Grille from the bank and reopened it in September 2008. “He’s the one that has brought to us the food quality we have today,” Rozek said. “He adds that personal service to the customer. He really

does take ownership in the foods that are sent out.” Felix said the bar food people love is still there, but everything has been upscaled a bit. “It’s still the South End Bar and Grille, but it has really, really good food,” Felix said. “What you want

is quality, consistency and to take care of your customers. Those are the only three things in the world. That’s the key to success. Especially in today’s marketplace, you have to have value; you can’t be overpriced. As a customer, I want to feel I got value for my dollar and I was served

by friendly people.” Among menu favorites are the Reubens, half-pound burgers and Philly sandwiches, Rozek said. Dinner specials starting at $9.99 offered all day Th ursday through Sunday are also popular. ■ GRILLE CONTINUES ON A29

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■ GRILLE CONTINUED FROM A28 “That’s been a real hit. That really, really brings people in,” Rozek said. “Probably the biggest selling dinner we have is a $9.99 perch dinner, which is nearly half the cost of many places. We offer a 10-ounce New York strip for $10.99 and a prime rib for $11.99, all USDA choice meats.” There’s also a $4.99 lunch special, Rozek said. It’s not just the patio that sports fans will love, Rozek said. The restaurant space indoors already features 14 high-definition TVs, each with its own Direct TV box so channels can be changed independently of other TVs. South End Grille also offers indoor cornhole during the winter and is where Toledo Sport and Social Club’s cornhole league plays.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to midnight on Sunday. An elevated area that can seat more than 60 people is available to rent for parties, reunions and wedding receptions. For more information, call (419) 385-3080 or find South End Grille on Facebook. ✯

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Deet’s revels in rib victory By Sarah Ottney TOLEDO FREE PRESS SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR sottney@toledofreepress.com

A local barbecue joint smoked some major competition to make history recently at the Northwest Ohio Rib-Off. Deet’s BBQ in Maumee collected both the Best Local Ribber and Best Overall Ribber awards — the first time in the contest’s 28year history a local company has taken both honors. To win, Deet’s had to top two other local vendors and seven national vendors, including several that have been featured on the Food Network. Among the competition was

Butch’s Smack your Lips BBQ, whose barbecue has bested the host of “Throwdown! With Bobby Flay,” and Texas Outlaw, threetime winner of the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off in Reno, Nev., one of the largest rib cook-off events in the country. Making the feat even more incredible, Deet’s has only been around for a year. Co-owners Bob Deeter, his wife Lisa, and Bob’s son Trevor started perfecting recipes out of their Maumee garage before launching a mobile rib unit in May 2010, followed by the eatery at 1385 Conant St. in mid-September. ■ DEET’S CONTINUES ON A30

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A30 ■ TOLEDO FREE PRESS ■ DEET’S CONTINUED FROM A29 “Any big competitions you see on TV, these guys are on them,” Trevor said. “We went out there as the new guy in town and didn’t really concern ourselves with worrying about the national vendors, it being our first year in business. Some of them have been doing it for 18, 20, 30 years. Come to our surprise, that Sunday we were brought up on stage for the best overall and the best local, so we were pretty excited about that. We swept the whole thing and got two nice trophies. We’ve definitely seen a pickup in business from that.” Bob said what made the wins more special was they were determined by festival attendees, not a panel of judges. “It was people roaming the fairgrounds who ate our food and took it upon themselves to go vote,” Bob said. East Toledo residents Paul Gonzales and his girlfriend Jessica Harvey decided to try Deet’s after hearing from Famous Dave’s that Deet’s had won the rib-off. They said the food did not disappoint. “These are good — real good; it’s delicious,” Gonzales said. “This pork brisket sandwich is out of this world.” Deet’s trademark style is woodsmoked meat with minimal sauce. “None of our meat ever sits in sauce,” Bob said. “We want you to taste the flavor of the meat and the sauce, which has been developed through the family, is just lightly glazed on top to nicely complement the woodsmoked flavor of the meat.” Delicious smells wafting from the kitchen entice visitors while blues music sets the mood, Trevor said. “We do everything the low and slow way, over a hardwood fire. Nothing artificial,” Trevor said. “We sell a heck of a lot of ribs. Our brisket and pulled pork is popular too. All our sandwiches are a half pound. We try to keep you full and keep your pockets full, too.”

Catering is also big aspect of Deet’s business. “It definitely keeps us afloat when the store is slow,” Trevor said. “It’s also helped us meet a lot of people in the community.” Deet’s has cooked for Kid Rock and Stevie Nicks and, most recently, fed the volunteers and competitor families at the 2011 National Tractor Pulling Championships in Bowling Green. Lisa is a lifelong Toledo area resident. Bob and Trevor are from Flint, Mich., and moved to Maumee two years ago. The family prides itself on supporting local businesses, including local meat suppliers. “We have really tried to involve and immerse ourselves in the community,” Bob said. “We pride ourselves on not only being local, but supporting local. We try to do everything we can to support the local community. We’re Maumee residents with a Maumee business and have gotten a fantastic response from our neighbors. Our customers feel a part of us.” The restaurant walls are decorated with framed photos of local people and events, and Trevor said patrons appreciate knowing they’ll see at least one of the owners in the shop at all times. The Deeters have attracted a loyal following since the beginning. “We’re just three people who had an idea, worked hard and surrounded ourselves with good people,” Bob said. “It’s been so far really neat, but really tough. We’ve had to work it out, but who would have thought you could open a restaurant in this day and age and be so blessed with the success we’ve had? “It’s a real competitive business. If you eat barbecue, you know what you like. It doesn’t mean something else is bad, it just means this is what you like. Everybody works really hard to put out a good product. We

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just hope you like ours.” Restaurant hours are noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The Deet’s mobile truck can also be found at the Perrysburg Farmers Market every Thursday from 3 to 8 p.m. For more information, visit www.deetsbbq.com or find Deet’s on Facebook. ✯

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Deet’s has cooked for Kid Rock and Stevie Nicks and, most recently, fed the volunteers and competitor families at the 2011 National Tractor Pulling Championships in Bowling Green.”

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WCM Mini Burger Extravaganza! Saturday, September 3rd, 2011. 12:00-5 p.m. Patio at Our Maumee Location • 5 Mini-Burger (one of each type) • French Fries Fried in Pure duck Fat • 2 samples of either American Wine or Craft Beer • $30.00 Per Person if pre-paid by September 1st. Must pick up Pre-Paid tickets in store. For more information Contact Austin- 419-794-4000 • Day of the Event Pricing: Wine: $5 per sample Beer: $5 per sample Mini Burgers: $5 per sample Duck Fat Fries: $5 per basket

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