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Election dissection

music writer once defined “classic rock” as “songs you don’t like but know all the words to.” Lucas County elections are taking on the same feel. We don’t like the perpetual results but we sing along like braying sheep anyway. There was some hope that the reflection and patriotism inspired by the 10th anniversary of 9/11 might move some people to vote in the Sept. 13 primary. A turnout of less than 5 percent shows that even that historic event isn’t enough to motivate voters. In District 6, Councilwoman Lindsay Webb beat challenger Doug DeCamp, who tried to capitalize on Webb’s inability to meet a paperwork deadline but failed to sway a majority of voters. He came close enough to make the November race interesting, so we’ll watch that contest closely. Independent D. Michael Collins defeated two District 2 Republican challengers. It is worth noting that at-large Thomas F. Pounds Councilman Rob Ludeman’s candidate, Jeremy Demagall, defeated Lucas County Republican Party Chairman Jon Stainbrook’s candidate, Steven Jasinski, but not by a lot. In District 1, Tyrone Riley, the candidate preferred by termedout councilwoman Wilma Brown, won; but Brandon Tucker, the candidate who reportedly spent the most money in the race and was supported by Councilman Joe McNamara, came in third while Aji Green, who was supported by Webb, moves on to the November ballot. Riley’s victory is a minor surprise; it was expected to be close between him, Green and Tucker. Absentee ballots and early voting powered his victory, but it was steered by Brown’s influence. Union power eked out a victory in District 3: Shaun Enright garnered more votes than incumbent Mike Craig, who may have damaged his chances by backing Mayor Mike Bell’s proposal to spend money in Promenade Park instead of on city streets. Once again, Stainbrook was unable to produce results. Only one of his candidates, DeCamp, will be on the November ballot. November, which is not so far away, comes with the added Senate Bill 5 element. DeCamp, Demegall and Craig have their work cut out for them given the union support that the others will get and if the Democratic Party decides to endorse Enright, it could be even tougher for Craig. The news that Bell gave Craig campaign cash did not help him in some quarters. Thank you to the 5 percent who did vote; we will continue to maintain optimism that Lucas County voters will turn out in much greater numbers come November. O 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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40 years of forgiveness

After a five-year stay at St. Rita’s in Holly, Mich., Mche Rev. Robert McGrath — “Father Bob” to his legions of friends and relatives — was born to be a Catholic Grath served as pastor to St. Frances De Sales Church in priest. As early as third grade, he remembers using Detroit for 20 years. He then moved to St. Benedict’s in crayons to draw a cross on the back of a sheet that had a Highland Park for more than 10 years and is now in his fifth year at St. Alexander. hole cut for his head to fit through. With that homemade vestment, he would celebrate Clear skies pretend Mass. He was an altar boy around that time, and was struck by a particular exOn Sept. 11, we participated in the outperience with his mother, who was stricken door Mass celebrating McGrath’s 40th anniwith multiple sclerosis. versary under the bluest skies I have seen all “In 1949, we drove to Canton, Ohio, to summer. A light cloud cover drifted above see a woman named Mrs. Wise who was us, but the blue was clear and seemed to exthought to have stigmata,” McGrath said. tend to the heavens. As the service, through “My mother had a long interview with her readings, psalms, prayers and songs, focused and she told my mother she would live a on forgiveness, the ties to the Sept. 11, 2001 long time even with the disease. She lived Michael S. miller attacks ran through my mind. In the Toledo until 1967. Hearing about this experience Free Press special edition last week, Myrta throughout my growing up years has helped me to have a Gaschaar, who lost her husband in the World Trade Center great faith in both mystery and miracle.” collapse, talked about forgiving and the closure the process On Sept. 11, McGrath celebrated the exact 40th anni- brought her. How many of us, even those of us with no diversary of his ordination. A Mass of Celebration took place rect human loss, can say we forgive those who carried out at Servant Church of St. Alexander in Farmington Hills, the radical suicide (homicide) mission? Mich. McGrath is a distant relation of mine by marriage; he Listening to examples of Jesus Christ and his teachings presided over the blessing of our wedof forgiveness certainly softened my heart and inspired me ding and baptized both of our sons. to strive for some personal, small-scale forgiveness, but I’m Sept. 11 was a beautiful day, and not ready to say I forgive the perpetrators of the attacks. that was fortuitous; so many people During the Prayers of the Faithful, an airliner, deattended the Mass that it was moved scending to Detroit Metro Airport, flew over our heads, outside to accommodate the hundreds low enough to see its underbelly with mechanical clarity. in attendance. Chairs were moved and I was not the only one to see that plane and have chills of the elements of the Mass took place déjà vu, especially after a week of seeing 10-year-old footage under a stately gazebo. of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 The Mass began with the acknowlflying into the North and South Trade Center Towers. At that McGRATH edgement that McGrath’s Sept. 11 anmoment, tempted by the irrational impulse to grab my family niversary was shared with the somber anniversary of the and pull them to the ground to cover them, forgiveness was Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. the last emotion on my checklist. It was just a moment, and it The theme for the Mass was forgiveness. illustrates a great weakness on my part, but for those few seconds, nothing McGrath or Saint Peter or Jesus himself could Fighting Irish say would have persuaded me to forgive the murderers who McGrath never left behind his childhood aspirations. so efficiently changed our country and our mindset. The Communion song “On Eagle’s Wings” and the ReHe attended Central Catholic High School in Livonia. He earned a master’s degree at the University of Detroit Mercy cessional song “Let There Be Peace on Earth” helped wash and eventually became a member of the Holy Cross Fathers away the intense, negative emotions. “Let there be peace on Earth/And let it begin with me. at the University of Notre Dame. Let us walk with each other, in perfect harmony.” “After receiving my master’s degree in theology from There are great men like Father Bob who sing those Notre Dame, a new decision had to be made,” McGrath said. “The phenomenon of the day was that a great many words with great conviction, and there are flawed men like men were leaving the priesthood after ordination and the me who are always just a bit out of tune. For 40 years, Father leadership of the community became very cautious before Bob has embodied the teachings, so he has a head start. I may not catch up, but I will never be able to claim I lacked granting final vows and ordination. “Rather than waiting for an unknown amount of time the proper model. O to be approved, I decided to transfer to the Archdiocese of Detroit because that was where I grew up. I was eventually Michael S. Miller is editor in chief of Toledo Free Press and Toledo ordained on Sept. 11, 1971, in St. Frances De Sales Church.” Free Press Star. 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What progress? A M y old high school tennis coach often said the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. As a teenager I was never quite certain what that had to do with my one-handed backhand, but the message has resonated with me throughout my life. Today we hear much about progress in our schools, in our businesses, our government and society at large. The discussion often focuses on the means and methods of progress, or the intricacies of the policies necessary. Lost in Robert the conversation is the goal. This above all is what we should always ask ourselves; what is the goal? Without a known objective, matters of principle are often buried under a deluge of policy. The question of whether education should be considered a right or a privilege is lost in the seas of boards of education, school funding and free lunch programs. The debate of the involvement of government in health care is boiled down to which plan costs the least or provides the greatest benefits. The personal matters of freedom of religion are confused with traditional marriage or gay rights. If one questions the end objective, they are often vilified. This is nothing less than a veiled attempt to control the scope of debate. When we allow others to control the terms of the argument, we forfeit our basic unalienable rights endowed by our Creator, not government. Karl Marx noted, “A people without a heritage are easily persuaded.” George Orwell in his landmark book “1984” echoed Marx’s thoughts through his fictional but increasingly realistic “IngSoc” (English Socialism) in their Inner Party motto, “He who controls the past, controls the future.” If we wish to have free debates, and with that, full knowledge of the principles involved, we must understand our past as a basis of comparison to our present and future. The heritage of the American citizen is that of rugged individualism, and questioning of centralized power. Thomas Jefferson found himself out of touch with many in the George Washington administration. Secretary of State Alexander Hamilton in particular pushed for more centralized control of everything from commerce to banking. Jefferson, knowing

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the history and heritage of the now free American colonists noted, “The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.” He continued, “Every generation needs a new revolution. A little rebellion now and then is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.” Jefferson did not carry these thoughts for the sake of rebellion itself. He did so because he knew of the nature of man, and the nature of government. “It is the DENSIC nature among men, of freedom to yield and tyranny to gain.” Jefferson often echoed the words of Irish orator and politician John Philpot Curran when he said “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” But vigilance to what? Party? Policy? Politician? No. Vigilance must be alone given to matters of principle. It is by matters of principle that we can define a clear goal rather than a set of policies. It is by principle that we retain the freedoms and liberties which have been fought for from generation to generation. Patriot Patrick Henry understood the need for vigilance in the stand of the American freedom fighters, “The battle sir, is not to the strong alone,” he said. “It is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.” The father of the Constitution, James Madison, held a similar understanding, “There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations,” he said. Progress indeed. A man known by many as Gentle Ben taught all who would listen through his writings, “A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.” Franklin, like many throughout history tied the matter of freedom to the knowledge of history, heritage and inalienable rights. As we hear the words of politicians and pontificators, educators and enlightened thinkers, we must return to our principles found in our history and heritage and ask the question “What are we progressing toward?” O Email Robert Densic at letters@toledo freepress.com.

pplause! Applause! It’s not been often over the last several years that you catch the Toledo Board of Education doing something right, but it happened last week. The board decided not to pursue a levy this November. My grandmother always told me that when you catch someone doing something right, let them know about it. Reinforce the behavior in hopes they just might keep it up. This time the board realized that as part of the greater community, they needed to consider all the issues impacting Toledo. They listened to members of this community who told them a new levy was not affordable given Toledo’s economy. Community members from diverse backgrounds advised board members that Toledo Public Schools has a long track record of broken promises, ineffective programs and lack of success in improving student outcomes and that it needs to prove itself before approaching voters. There has been a change in the mindset at TPS and many of the new administrators urgently want to be successful. They understand that asking for a new levy without a Steven plan, without need and urgency and without some success would just reinforce the perception of business as usual at TPS. They want to break that cycle, create success and build a healthy working partnership with the Toledo community. We should support their efforts. They will need support as they attempt to change a culture that does not value its employees and even less so its students. In a June meeting, Superintendent Jerome Pecko told us a levy proposal was being prepared for board review. Much of the TPS bureaucracy — especially TPS unions — wanted to proceed with a levy regardless of the prospect of a levy defeat in November. This time the board did not fall in line and bow to internal pressures. Perhaps this is the beginning of an era when the board acts in the best interests of the entire community, challenges the bureaucracy to succeed and holds employees accountable for results. Before a levy is possible, TPS has a lot of work to do. TPS is in the midst of a major operational restructuring with the K-8

model, implementation of Race to the Top — which includes reconstituting staffs at some schools and creating a pay-forperformance system, completion of the next phase of TPS’ transformation plan that includes changes at the high school level and more, all while having to negotiate each change with its labor unions. A year — even two — will not be enough time for TPS to show substantial or sustainable progress in areas like test scores. I do think some benchmarks are needed for TPS to evaluate their ongoing progress and provide reports to our community. Nothing is stopping TPS from reporting student improvement by teacher on a value-added approach — net change in student scores over the school year. TPS can’t pay teachers for performance without negotiations but the contract does not prohibit performance reporting. There is a need for TPS and its unions to be collaborative partners. Progress reporting is coming. Embrace it and use this process in a positive fashion to develop and improve staff performance. FLAGG TPS can demonstrate a change in business as usual by planning changes at the high school level in an inclusive way with employees, parents and community. TPS administrators are in the habit of creating and putting a plan into action without asking questions or involving others early in the process. Consequently, no one knows what ideas and options are considered and evaluated. The universe of ideas assessed and proposed is limited by the experience and biases of the administrators involved. Such an approach always leaves nagging questions unasked or unanswered. If TPS wants to prove this is a different district, it has ample opportunity through the way it conducts business, informs and interacts with the community and plans for future changes. We have to hope the board and administration at TPS are sincere and able to deliver on their promises. We need a good education system to power up Toledo’s economy in a world that becomes more competitive each day. O Steven Flagg is a member of the Urban Coalition.

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Not many of us are content to eat just one meal per day. Yet, that is the reality for many of the children in Lucas County. Due to circumstances in their household, the only meal they receive may be in the school lunchroom or at Feed Lucas County Children sponsored sites. And, due to the huge need in our area, even that one meal a day could be in jeopardy. Feed Lucas County Children is home to the largest hot meal summer program in the entire state of Ohio. We need your assistance to continue to help those children who need it most. More than a quarter of our children live below the poverty line. We welcome any and all to visit our website to learn more about the work we are doing. Your contribution, large or small can help us to continue this critical work. Just how important would a school lunch be to you, if it’s the only meal you could count on?

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Kaptur: 9th District ‘shredded, hacked’ by proposed redistricting By Duane Ramsey

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Lucas County, Toledo and the 9th Congressional District will be dramatically redefined by the congressional redistricting plan announced Sept. 13 by the Republican majority in Ohio’s Senate and House. Under the proposed plan, Lucas County and Toledo would be represented by three congressional districts and Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur’s KAPTUR 9th District would change dramatically. “They shredded the 9th District. It’s an affront to our community, being hacked into parts. It’s a classic example of the worst kind of gerrymandering. They certainly don’t respect our district,” Kaptur said about the plan proposed by Ohio Republicans. Based on the 2010 Census, Ohio’s representation in Congress was reduced from 18 to 16 seats. Ohio’s 16 districts must have as equal a number

of residents as possible with a target population of 721,032. The congressional redistricting plan would give the Republicans 12 of the 16 seats in Ohio. Unlike some state redistricting commissions, Ohio’s is not bipartisan; four of the five current members are Republicans. The plan was developed by the 2011 Ohio Apportionment Board that is comprised of Gov. John Kasich, State Auditor David Yost, Secretary of State Jon Husted and State Senator Tom Neihaus, all Republicans, with Ohio House Democratic Leader Armond Budish. The congressional redistricting plan, known as House Bill 319, was passed by the Ohio House on Sept. 15. Democrat Rep. Michael Ashford voted against the bill. Kaptur said Republicans are rushing the plan through with very little chance for citizen review or comment. “They broke community lines 60 times in the latest redistricting plan. All they care about is protecting their incumbents,” Kaptur said about the Republicans who drafted the proposal. Kaptur said it was a shame what they did to Lucas County, carving it

up to be represented by three districts under the plan. Kaptur would continue to represent the northeast section of the county and part of Toledo. The Lucas County Commissioners rejected the proposed congressional redistricting plan at a news conference Sept. 14. Commissioners Carol Contrada, Pete Gerken and Tina Skeldon Wozniak, all Democrats, expressed reservations about the effectiveness and fairness of the plan. “Toledo and Lucas County will now be a minority voice in all three of these districts. LATTA I’m sure that whoever represents us will claim they’ll listen to the people but we will never have a majority voice in Congress,” Gerken said. Rep. Bob Latta (R-District 5) would represent the western portion of the county, which includes areas west of Reynolds Road, Maumee and Sylvania in District 5. “I will have a district to represent and I see my district as one big family. n 9TH CONTINUES ON A7

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Incumbents prevail in primary By Brigitta Burks Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

Twenty candidates ran in the Sept. 13 primary for Toledo City Council seats in Districts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6. The final top two candidates from each race will face each other on the Nov. 8 ballot. Out of 169,949 registered voters in Lucas County, 7,397 cards were cast, according to unofficial numbers released by the Lucas County Board of Elections. The District 1 lead, with 585 votes, went to Tyrone Riley, a Democrat and attorney who previously served as a legislative aid to the late Rep. Casey Jones. Councilwoman Wilma Brown, facing term limits, endorsed him as her successor. Aji Green, a Democrat and legal researcher at D’Angelo & Szollosi Co., who finished the night with 486 votes, will likely run against him this fall. District 1 had the most candidates: Riley, Green, Brandon Tucker with 263 votes, Jason Schreiner with 224, Darryl Fingers with 74, Schylar Meadows with 65 and Kenneth Sharp with 65. The incumbent in District 2, Councilman D. Michael Collins, an independent, led the race with 1,055 votes while Jeremy Demagall, a Republican and former deputy director for the Lucas County Board of Elections, finished with 381 votes, trailing by 674 votes. Their opponent, Steven Jasinski, ended with 332 votes. In District 3, Shaun Enright, a Democrat and electrician backed by several unions, won with 383 votes. Current Councilman Mike Craig, a Democrat, folCOLLINS lowed him with 367 votes. Although Craig will run in the Nov. 8 election, he said, “I’m a little disappointed. I would have expected better than that.” He noted low-voter turnout earlier in the day, estimating Garfield Elementary School, the largest polling location in his district, had about 100 total voters. Ernie Berry and Hans Schnapp also ran, earning 166 and 49 votes, respectively. Councilwoman Paula Hicks-Hudson, a Democrat, won District 4 with 772 votes. She will face Green Party candidate Anita Rios, who tallied 165 votes. Alfonso Narvaez won 128 votes Councilman Tom Waniewski, a Republican in District 5, did not have to run in the primary, but will run against Jim Martin on Nov. 8. In District 6, Councilwoman Lindsay Webb,a Democrat, led with 923 votes. Challenger Douglas DeCamp, a Republican solutions engineer at HCR ManorCare, finished with 675 votes. Webb and DeCamp will face each other in November. Green Party candidate Sean Nestor finished with 148 votes. Webb said in an email statement, “A majority of those who voted in the District 6 primary showed they have faith in me as their council person. I look forward to the general election and debating my opponent on the real issues — like jobs, making sure our streets are safe and other quality of life issues that matter most to the voters of District 6.” O

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n 9TH CONTINUED FROM A6 “No matter where I represent, it becomes a family with no Democrats, independents or Republicans, just citizens,” Latta said about District 5. “I will be there for parts of western Lucas County that I represented in the State Senate,” said Latta, who graduated from the University of Toledo and has practiced law in Downtown Toledo. Jim Jordan (R-District 4) would represent part of Toledo including the zoo to Downtown, parts of East Toledo, Oregon and southeastern parts of Lucas County in District 4. “It certainly fails the community interest test at the most basic level. There is no community interest common theme between Urbana, Toledo and parts of Cuyahoga County,” Gerken said. “This is a travesty to the citizens of Lucas County. We’ve been sliced up in such a way that economic development has been made more difficult and our community voice has been marginalized,” Contrada said. “Access to your representative who understands the needs of the community is critical to its citizens,” said Wozniak. Both Gerken and Kaptur pointed out that Toledo and Lucas County have had a cohesive representation in Congress since the Civil War.

At least two incumbent Democrats, Kaptur and longtime Congressman Dennis Kucinich from Cleveland, could be running for the 9th District in the primary election in May 2012. The first general election with the new congressional boundaries would be held that November. “My plans are to run in the 9th District which could include parts of my home community and new areas further east. It will be very competitive,” Kaptur said. The new 9th District would include a narrow band of land along the shore of Lake Erie from Toledo to the west side of Cleveland. “We have to defend the territory to the north and its interests,” she said referring to the proposed new 9th District. “I’m looking for a used motorboat to approach it from the water.” Some reports have suggested that Kucinich may consider the new District 10 seat in the state of Washington, which gained a seat in the House as a result of the 2010 Census. Kucinich has visited the state frequently in recent months, raising suspicions that he may relocate and run for that seat. Kucinich has said that he is committed to his current district in Ohio but does not know where he will run if it is cut, according to multiple reports. O

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This map shows the potential three-way split of Toledo’s congressional representation.

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United Way campaign focuses on education By Tom Fitt

Toledo Free Press Staff Writer news@toledofreepress.com

United Way officials are aware of the region’s economic status, but are optimistic about reaching this year’s goal of $13.8 million, up from $13.4 million in 2010. “Education, Income and Health” is the United Way’s international mantra, though local office President Bill Kitson emphasizes that KITSON the needs change. “For example, in 1918, we financed orphanages. We don’t do that today,” he said. “Today our focus is absolutely on education — we have to graduate kids, that’s the biggest sin in our community.” He added that recent reports have linked high unemployment rates to low graduation rates. “We’ve got to do something about this.” Kitson has been with the Toledo office for six years and worked in other United Way capacities since 1988. “Education is the basis for everything,” Kitson said. “Families having the tools to be financially stable, people

having access to health care services, decreasing crime rates, boosting our economic stability.” United Way sponsors youngsters in pre-school to make sure they are ready to learn when they finally get to kindergarten. A new program that began last year is called “Read for Literacy” as an early learning program. Kitson said 2,000 kids dropped out of Toledo metropolitan schools last year — nationally, a third of those would typically be freshmen. United Way is developing programs to address the problem. More than 1,500 local volunteers from 43 companies spent more than one-quarter million hours volunteering during this year’s Days of Caring, said Tom Mahahan, president of the Lathrop Company and this year’s campaign chairman. The Sept. 16 kick-off celebration featured keynote speaker Bill Toliver, executive director of the Matale Line. Kitson said the $13.8 million goal is attainable. “We absolutely have to narrow things so that our community can get past some of our problems,” he said. “We need to be engaging our citizens from the lowest grass roots position as possible. We need to talk and ask them what is vital.” O

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CITY OF TOLEDO

Navarre to retire By Brigitta Burks

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Chief Mike Navarre of the Toledo City Police announced his retirement Sept. 15 after 13 years of service as the chief and more than 30 years as an officer. Mayor Mike Bell appointed Asst. Chief Derrick to replace him, starting Oct. 21. “This is a sad day and a great NAVARRE day at the same time,” Bell said at a news conference. Chief Navarre said of his tenure, “This job has been very interesting, never boring.” He thanked former Mayor Carty Finkbeiner for appointing him in 1998 and also expressed gratitude for his police officers and members of staff. He also thanked his family, which consists of wife Julie and their four children, saying, “They really had to sacrifice over the years,” adding “There’s always that uncertainty when they (police) do that eight hour shift. Are they gonna come home?” Although Navarre insisted that the day was really about Diggs, Diggs said the same of Navarre. Both Navarre and Diggs joined the department in 1977. The two first met in a boxing session when they were in police academy and Navarre joked that he had won. “It’s his day and we’ll let him tell the story he wants to tell,” Diggs joked. He declined to reveal his new agenda, but did say, “There are plans in place. They are very ambitious and very bold.” Bell emphasized that Navarre was “not being booted out. He’s being timed out.” Navarre said he agreed on his retirement date eight years ago. “I’m ready to move on. I think the department’s ready to move on,” Navarre said. He said he will devote the next five weeks to a smooth transition for Diggs. After the transition, he plans to remodel his house and spend more time in Florida with his family. “You were our guy,” Sheriff James Telb said, adding, “It didn’t take long before you were flying by yourself and you didn’t need us anymore.” He credited Navarre with helping install the county-wide communication system for area safety officials, what he called, “absolutely the best in the nation.” O

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Event at Owens celebrates Constitution

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Almost 225 years ago, the likes of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington sat in a hot, stuffy room with closed doors and drafted the Constitution, the law of the land. This weekend, Toledoans are invited to sit indoors once more and learn about the same document at Owens Community College — albeit with air conditioning. To begin the weekend Sept. 17, Earl Taylor, president of the National Center for Constitutional Studies, will deliver two speeches. Sept. 18 is broken down into roundtable discussions orDENSIC ganized largely by Robert Densic, founder of the grassroots group Back to Basics. Participants can pick and choose which discussions to attend. Densic, a Toledo Free Press contributor, had wanted to host a Constitution Day event for some time, he said, noting the importance of the document. “If we don’t have a constitution, then anything is up for grabs. And personally, I don’t want to live in a place like that,” he said. When he heard Owens was hosting a Constitu-

tion Day event with Taylor speaking, Densic asked to add his program as a second-day of breakdown and analysis of the Constitution. Densic also plans to host the event again next year. Ron McMaster, chairman of the Owens Board of Trustees, previously saw Taylor speak as part of “The Making of America” series. “He found it to be such a useful learning experience, he thought the college should host. We looked into it and we were fortunate to get the first Saturday after Constitution Day,” said Carl Dettmer, director of program development at Owens. Taylor will begin the program at 8:30 a.m. with “Developing America’s Great Success Formula,” which focuses on the history behind the drafting of the Constitution. After a lunch break (Owens provides lunches both days) at noon, Taylor will resume at 12:45 p.m. with “The Perfect Plan of Liberty,” which discusses “the potential connections between the constitution and modern problems and issues,” Dettmer said. Owens is not involved with content either day, he also noted. He added that about 50 people have registered and invitations to public officials have been sent out. Although he said on-site registrants would be accepted, Dettmer encouraged prior registration. The second day starts at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 18, beginning with a “Lunch and Learn” session where different speakers will talk about a topic of their

choosing. Gary Rathbun, a financial planner, plans to talk about private property rights during his 15 minutes. “I think they are the absolute and basis of our Constitution and what America is about is having private property and having that respected by the government,” Rathbun said. Densic asked Rathbun to speak after running into him at several events. Linda Bowyer, who Rathbun hosts a show with on 1370 WSPD, also encouraged him. When breakout sessions begin after lunch, Bowyer and Rathbun will also present “History of Taxation.” “Once again that ties in to your private property and having right to your private property, which income is a part of,” Rathbun said. Lee Strang, a professor of law at the University of Toledo College of Law, will also speak on Sept. 18. He praised the variety of topics. “Bob is such a master of organizing this event, it’s a smorgasbord of topics,” Strang said, adding he looks forward to speaking to different people during the day. “It gives me a chance to kind of talk to people about what they don’t know so it gives me an idea of what we need to do as educators,” he said. Strang is participating in the discussions “Hot Button: Abortion” and “Religion and Morality,” two controversial topics. Densic said he didn’t edge away from choosing those divisive topics. “We’re not gonna shy away from these things. In fact, we’re going to do

a panel in the future called ‘The Third Rail.’ In politics, they always say you don’t want to touch ‘The Third Rail,’” Densic said. Densic also encouraged members of all political parties to attend Constitution Day. “This is our first year and we’re not a revolution, we’re about education,” he reiterated. “This is an American thing, this isn’t a Tea Party, Republican, Democrat, Libertarian thing,” Rathbun also said. Still, The Constitution continues to play a role in politics and has been heavily mentioned at recent Republican debates, largely by members of the Tea Party. However, Rathbun noted the Tea Party is not a political party, but a “statement of the adherence to small government and getting back to the Constitution.” He added, “I’ve been to Tea Party meetings that are loaded with Democrats.” In response to criticism that the Constitution was written solely by deceased white men, Densic said, “It’s not about the people who wrote those

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things, it’s about the principles involved. We are not talking about politics, we are not talking about people, we are talking about principles.” Panelist Brian Wilson, program director and afternoon host at 1370 WSPD, said, “As the 2012 election draws closer and closer, the Constitution and its contents become more and more important. “If I was so concerned about winning and I could degrade the rules to win, I’d probably do that,” he said. Wilson will end the day with “The Famous Constitutional Quote Game,” where he will offer “insignificant prizes, but bragging rights to stroke their (participants’) egos.” Registration is $25 per day with costs going to Owens to cover lunches and equipment usage. The event will take place at Audio/Visual Classroom Center rooms 125-128 at the Toledo campus. To register, call (567) 661-7357 or 1-800-GO-OWENS, ext. 7357. Toledo Free Press is a sponsor and editor in chief Michael S. Miller is a panelist. O

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consists of 137 girls. “She definitely likes attention.” Kaylee’s star power radiated on ABC’s “20/20” thanks to Barbara Walters’ special, “7 Going on 70.” The report aired in September 2010 and recently was repeated as the special received an Emmy nomination for outstanding feature story in a news magazine. The show explored the lives of three girls with progeria, a rapid-aging disease. “I’m excited for the families that the hour got nominated for an Emmy,” Muriel Pearson, co-producer of the special, wrote in an email. “They shared so much of their personal lives with us so that our audience could learn and empathize about their daily experiences living with progeria.” “The Emmy nomination is real exciting because it’ll bring more recognition to the Progeria Research Foundation and hopefully that will help raise funds and awareness,” said Marla Halko, Kaylee’s mom. Tim Halko saw a surge in members in the Facebook group he started for his daughter to increase progeria awareness. Before the show, there were about 3,500. “It went up over 8,000,” he said. “The week after the special, I’d come in to work and have thousands of emails.” While the numbers leveled off, she still counts more than 6,700 friends. No doubt they will be cheering for the special to win an Emmy on Sept. 18. “I have heard from people, donors and others, kids who want to help who saw that special, and the word that kept coming up over and over again was inspirational,” said Audrey Gordon, president and executive director of the Progeria Research Foundation. “These kids really inspired people to want to help and want to do better in their lives, to just be better people, and it was just a wonderful reaction to the show; they fell in love with these girls and really appreciated them. “We appreciate that someone like Barbara Walters and ABC are out there raising awareness of this condition because that is one of our key challenges: We need to find all these children, and we can’t do it without help from the media; it’s vital.” There are 80 children with progeria in 31 countries, Gordon said, adding, “We think 65 children will qualify to participate in the new drug trial.” A study published in Science Translational Medicine in June hailed rapamycin as a possible treatment; it found the drug decreased the disease-causing protein progerin by 50 percent. n KAYLEE CONTINUES ON A12

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n KAYLEE CONTINUED FROM A11 The Progeria Research Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to discovering treatments and a cure for the fatal genetic condition, provided tissues and cells for the study. “We are going to use a rapamycinlike drug in a new trial, so we’re now going to have four drugs; we’re going to add this one to the other three that are being tested now with the children,” Gordon said. She said the new study will cost about $3.5 million and start in 2012. Tim and Marla hope Kaylee can start the new treatment in January. “With a disease like this, it’s a rapid-aging disease, you don’t have time,” Marla said. “I know everything has to be done properly, but still, as a mom, it’s really frustrating — I’m ready to start [the new drug] because it sounds so amazing, to see what we can stop before it happens.”

Volleyball fundraiser

A progeria fundraiser will take place at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 as the Lourdes University Gray Wolves take on the Siena Heights University Saints at Tam-O-Shanter, 7060 Sylvania Ave. in Sylvania. Admission is free; donations will be collected at the door. “We’ll pass the hat around and have a 50/50 raffle,” said Lourdes head volleyball coach and Assistant Athletic Director Greg Reitz. “This will give Kaylee the experience and fun of being at a volleyball match, and hopefully that will do something for her and for the players too,” he said.

$15 for the 5K run/2-mile walk; children 10 and younger are free. There also will be a silent auction and raffle. Proceeds will go to the Progeria Research Foundation. Sign up at firstgiving.com/prf/ kayleescourse. See details at www. sweetkaylee.com. Tim and Marla Halko are looking

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hoping something will be done in her lifetime and I think it is being done, so I want to say thank you to everybody.” Marla said that Whitehouse resident Heather Kudzia, mother of 15-month-old Carly who was also diagnosed with progeria, told her she plans to put together a team for Kaylee’s Course. O

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Three area facilities recognized for commitment to care By Sarah Ottney

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Three area care facilities recently earned national recognition for commitment to quality care. The Manor at Perrysburg, Point Place Care and Rehabilitation Center and Sylvania Care and Rehabilitation each earned bronze-level recognition from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL). The organization’s three-tiered award program assists long-term health care service providers in achieving performance excellence goals and honors facilities demonstrating an intention to pursue a rigorous quality improvement system.

Selected from among more than 1,000 applications, 476 facilities were honored this year: 444 with bronze awards, including 29 in Ohio and 24 in Michigan; 31 with silver awards, including one in Ohio and one in Michigan; and one with a gold award. Only 11 facilities nationwide have earned the gold designation since the National Quality Award program was implemented in 1996. Facilities begin the quality-improvement process at the bronze level, where they develop vision and mission statements, assess customer expectations and demonstrate the ability to implement a performance improvement system. A team of trained examiners reviews each application to determine if the facility has met the criteria. As recipients of the bronze award, the facilities may now aim to reach the criteria and per-

formance levels required for the silver award. Jeff Barror, administrator of Sylvania Care and Rehabilitation, said part of the application process is sharing the results of a care-improvement initiative. “This award means a lot to our building,” Barror said. “We have more than 200 buildings in our company and only seven buildings received this award, so although it’s only the first step in the process, it’s a big deal. You have to do things right day-to-day in order to even be eligible to apply.” Mary McConnell, administrator of The Manor at Perrysburg, said her facility presented to examiners its successful initiative to cut in half the number of resident urinary tract infections during a six-month period.

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Ohio Treasury program helps local small business By Zach Davis

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With the current state of the economic climate, many small businesses have struggled to survive. By taking advantage of the GrowNOW program through the Ohio Treasurer’s Office, however, local business P&J Manufacturing was able to stay afloat. “The money kept us going through a bad time,” P&J Manufacturing owner Peter Harvey said. “We were able to put on a portion of a new roof and will do the other half later this year. We were able to keep all the guys we had, add

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A 400-acre property in Troy Township of Wood County became one of the first sites in Ohio to be certified as a Job Ready Site (JRS) by the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD). The site, being marketed as the Eastwood Commerce Center, is one of only four certified JRS industrial properties in Ohio. “This Job Ready Site designation in Troy Township is part of a larger state effort to transform Ohio communities, making the state a better place to work and live,” William Murdock, director of the Ohio Department of Development’s Urban Development Division which administers the Job Ready Site program, said in a news release. “This site is ready for new business investment and new jobs and will add to our long-term economic prosperity,” Murdock said. The JRS program was created to bolster the State of Ohio’s portfolio of commercial and industrial developable sites. Properties in the program are chosen strategically for their ability to provide optimal infrastructure capabilities and attract economy-shifting investments. Projects that receive funding from the JRS program must satisfy stringent industry standards to receive certification. JRS site certification ensures future investors that the property meets site selection standards and includes the necessary attributes demanded by leading corporations, according to the ODOD’s website. More than $7 million has been invested collectively by the Northwestern Water and Sewer District, site owner Dominion Energy and the State of Ohio to extend water and sewer lines to the site on U.S. Route 20 at Pemberville Road in northeast Wood County. The State of Ohio’s one-third interest in the project benefited the district and the county with a new water tower on SR 582 near Luckey. n READY CONTINUES ON A17

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“These are the kinds of ‘super sites’ that our competitors in the southern states can pull off the shelf when they get inquiries from the Hyundais, Boeings and the Nucors of the world. Now, we’ve got one that is all ready to go,” Blaha said. He said the Eastwood Commerce Center is served by CSX Railroad, which connects it to the Port of Toledo. The site is part of a joint economic development district that would share tax revenues with the City of Toledo. Greiner and Blaha recently presented the Troy Township Trustees with a certificate from the State of Ohio recognizing the Job Ready Site designated the Eastwood Commerce Center. The planned business park zoning enacted by Troy Township Trustees allows for manufacturing, logistics and distribution uses, all subject to site plan review by the township. Dominion Energy, which has

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Spend any length of time with the brains behind Toledo Sports Network and you’ll find they have a lot of heart. That heart — along with hard work and long hours — is starting to pay off for Mike Jameson and Mike Gonzales. About six years ago, the two pooled their decades of collective broadcast experience to form the Internet radio station Toledo Sports Radio. Together with a television portion, they call the venture Toledo Sports Network. This football season, Toledo Sports Network will more than double its number of live audio broadcasts of high school games online each week as well as increase its TV airtime. The station will film two high school games per week. In addition, five area schools — Cardinal Stritch, Clay, Genoa, Rossford and Toledo Christian — will now offer their own live, audio commentary of games, available online at its website, ToledoSportsRadio.com. At Clay, the broadcasts are done by students, which is Jameson’s intent for all the schools eventually. “Once it catches on, we’ll have all kids doing the games,” Jameson said. “I would love to have one of these things in every one of the high schools.” All that’s needed is a laptop, mixing board and Internet connection,

Jameson said. “It’s very simple actually and if they need anything we’ll help them out.” By working with youth, Gonzales said the station also hopes to gain a fresh perspective and possibly some new talent. “We have the experience; they have the youth, energy and enthusiasm. That’s a good mix,” Gonzales said. “Once they realize how exciting it can be, we may find future broadcasters from this area. The more schools we can get involved the better.” Starting this fall, WTVG Channel 13.2 will air two Toledo Sports Network games on Saturday afternoons. The games will also air on WMNT Channel 58 on Buckeye CableSystem, on Sunday afternoons and on Time Warner’s local on demand starting the Mondays after games. Jameson is also a regular 7 a.m. Saturday guest on ESPN 1470 The Ticket. “We’re huge this year; we have a huge footprint,” Jameson said. “Channel 13’s taking a big chance with us and I really appreciate it. I’m really excited. We want to see where this is going to go. I think it’s going to work out really well.” Toledo Sports Network covers local high school football, boys and girls basketball and baseball games, especially in outlying schools such as Genoa, Lake, Otsego, Anthony Wayne, Eastwood, Woodville, Elmore and Bowling Green.

The station also covers Cherokee junior hockey games and offers several live sports talk shows. All games are archived on the website, where they can be watched or listened to for free. “There’s just so many games out there not being covered,” Jameson said. “BCSN can only do so many of them. We’re not trying to step on their toes. What we’re doing is different from their games.” The website, which Jameson said averages about 800,000 hits per year with 40 to 100 people per game listening for at least an hour, will also link to live audio game commentary produced by St. Francis De Sales, St. John’s Jesuit and Central Catholic. “We’re just gonna blow the door off the site this year because of so many extra feeds,” Jameson said. “It’s gonna be crazy. In two years, I’d love to have 18 games on here you can listen to. Basically, it comes down to funding.” Gonzales said the station wants to give teams and communities exposure it might not normally get it. “Those kids are just as deserving of the coverage,” Gonzales said. “They take their sports just as serious out there as we do here in the city.” The station has followed Genoa on its football playoff runs the past several seasons and Athletic Director Mike Thomas said he appreciates the interest. n RADIO CONTINUES ON A19

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Unity, confidence trademarks of UT defense EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fifth installment of a weekly series in which Staff Writer Mike Bauman will follow sixth-year Toledo senior cornerback Desmond Marrow for the 2011 season. Un i v e r s it y of Toledo senior cornerback Desmond Marrow respects Boise State senior quarterback and Heisman candidate Kellen Moore, whose No. 4-ranked Broncos MARROW visit the Glass Bowl on Sept. 16. “We’ve got to eliminate big plays and big passes because he’s so good at his reads,” Marrow said about Moore. “If his first read’s not there he has his second read, then he has his checkdown. Like, he’s probably one of the best players I’ve played against ever in football. We just have to eliminate big plays and try to hold Moore the best we can, just try to hold him and keep him within wraps and eliminate the big plays on the field.” Eliminating big plays from Moore

has proved quite the task for his opponents, including the Rockets. Moore threw three touchdowns in the Broncos’ 57-14 rout over Toledo last year in Boise, completing 16of-22 passing attempts for 267 yards. In his career, Moore has thrown 102 touchdowns to just 20 interceptions for 11,128 passing yards with a 39-2 record as a starter. “We learned that they pretty much play mistake-free football,” senior defensive tackle Johnathan Lamb said about last year’s matchup with Boise State. “So we’ve got to come out and play mistake-free football. We’ve just got to come out and play like we know we can [and] eliminate the penalties.” Like Boise State, the Rockets want to eventually be a BCS-buster program. And — like the Broncos — they expect to win every game. “We’ve got a little chip on our shoulder — unfinished business — but just the overall attitude of the team is that we believe we can win every game,” Marrow said. “So, I mean, it’s nothing different. It’s just another team, the next opponent, whether it’s Boise State or any other team.” O — Mike Bauman

n RADIO CONTINUED FROM A18 “When you got a small school like us, we don’t get a lot of coverage,” Thomas said. “When football started winning again, people started getting interested and Mike was here. He is very easy to work with and has been here covering our games for four years. Their group is a very professional group. They respect our facilities when they come in and overall just do a great job for us.” Jameson, whose father worked in radio, has been fascinated with the medium since childhood. “I was just mesmerized by it,” Jameson said. “When kids were out playing baseball and doing all that stuff, I had my own radio station. And I’ve been on the air ever since. I just love the business and I love Toledo.” Gonzales was an early experimenter in Internet broadcasting, covering hockey games online since “the invention of the Internet I think,” said Jameson, laughing. The two met in the mid-1990s when they worked in AM radio. “We just clicked,” Gonzales said. “We both have a similar ideology and thought process. We’re both a little goofy, but that’s what makes it fun. And we’re just different enough to drive each other crazy but that’s what pushes us to make it as successful as we can, what drives us to make it work. We bounce ideas off each other;

he’s a great listener.” In the mid-2000s, the two added coverage of Cardinal Stritch football games — Jameson’s alma mater — to Gonzales’ Cherokee hockey broadcasts and from there started adding other sports. “As far as where we started to where it is now, it’s improved more than what any of us thought,” Gonzales said. “We have big expectations for it, but we also have the experience to know you can’t do things overnight; you have to grow it.” Running Toledo Sports Network is a labor of love, as both Jameson and Gonzales work other jobs. Until they acquired an equipment trailer to use as a mobile studio last football season, they worked out of Jameson’s van. A team of about a dozen pseudo-volunteers, including Mike Bauman, a Toledo Free Press sports staff writer, man cameras and provide color commentary. Gonzales said it’s been a struggle at times, but nothing more than any other small business has faced. “At the end of the day we’re just a couple of guys trying to make a good thing work,” Gonzales said. “Things are starting to happen. The good part of it is there is still a lot of room for growth. Our outlook on the future is bright.” For more information, visit www. toledosportsradio.com. O

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The third annual All Mustang Show, Sept. 18 at Brondes Ford Toledo, will support the charity Susan’s Smiles of Happiness. The car show includes raffles, a DJ, food and Mustang-related vendors such as Roush Racing. All proceeds raised go to Susan’s Smiles of Happiness. The All Mustang Show was initiated by Rose Jankowski, a sales representative at Brondes. One of her customers is Diane Hamilton, who founded Susan’s Smiles of Happiness. They were trying to come up with an event to raise money for the charity, so Jankowski turned to another one of her customers. “She approached me because I have a background in promotion,” said Kevin Murphy, an account executive at Lamar Outdoor Advertising. “She asked if I could think of something and I suggested a Mustang show. I belong to Toledo Mustangs. We’d been together for a couple years and were looking to do a show. From there it kind of steamrolled.” While Murphy came up with the idea, he gives credit to Jankowski for the execution. “She is spectacular,” Murphy said. “She puts a lot of time and energy into planning this show and making sure everything goes off without a hitch.” Murphy expects to see the show’s largest turnout this year with more than 200 Mustangs. The show has several awards, including Best in Class for six different classes, the People’s Choice, the Award of Excellence and Best in Show, which is

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Fade in. Interior, hospital room. The camera pans over Roger Ebert as he lies in bed, recovering from his latest surgery. The famous writer, television personality and film analyst — the first in history to win a Pulitzer Prize — is in the throes of a struggle which will cost him his ability to speak, his on-camera career and very nearly his life. Ebert was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in early 2002. Early procedures seemed to remove it successfully, but they were just the tip of an iceberg which would see Ebert in and out of care for most of the coming years. Through it all, he continued to work, to write, to critique, to live. Then, in 2006, following another series of surgeries, Ebert’s carotid artery burst. He came as close to death as it is possible to imagine. After the bleeding issues were resolved, several efforts were made to repair the damage and restore his speech, a victim of the cancer struggle. All of them failed. One of the most recognizable voices in film discussion was now silenced, most likely forever. But Ebert’s pen — that was still alive and well. Ebert began to venture more readily into the world of social networking. He had already established a considerable online presence, but now he would connect with readers more directly than ever before. He would eventually open accounts on Facebook and Twitter, but first — and most crucially — he began writing his own online journal. The blog became one of the most popular elements of his website. He would not only share thoughts on cinema and social issues, but also stories and memories of his life and career. In person, he may have fallen silent, but to the world, he spoke with as much passion and volume as ever. In an email interview with Toledo Free Press, Ebert said the idea of parlaying these entries — and more original material — into an autobiography occurred to him “very early on.” “As I mentioned in many of my comments to readers, some blog entries were written deliberately to be chapters in a memoir. Then, when I went to our house in the woods in Michigan a year ago, I wrote only for the book. Later in the fall, I reconsidered all the blog stuff and rethought or rewrote it,” Ebert wrote. The result, “Life Itself,” is a sharply observed yet lyrical memoir. Ebert’s

remarkable writing evokes the emotion of poetry and the detail of indepth reporting as he revisits his personal history. The first line of Ebert’s memoir reads, “I was born inside the movie of my life.” Well, of course he was. Naturally the most famous and popular film critic in the world would relate his life experiences to the cinema. But then, can’t we all? “I think we all sometimes think of our own lives as observers,” Ebert wrote. “We experience it, but are not generating it. We are in the audience, not in the projection booth. Our memories are the movie that we saw. “Films have the same freedom to move through time as memories do. Close-ups, long shots, flashbacks — are all the stuff of dreams.” When asked whether he approached this work more as a journalist or an author, he seemed to bristle at the idea that there had to be a distinction between the two. “A journalist can be an author,” Ebert argued. “My newspaper years gave me incentive to write clearly. One of my early editors, Jim Hoge, told me, ‘Anyone who has the price of a newspaper should feel he has a fair chance of understanding most of what he finds in it.’ I believe the most complex thoughts can be expressed in an understandable way. Some writing strikes me as too ‘written,’ as if the author is showing off. Much academic writing is unreadable.” The memoir is reminiscent of the blog which sired it in several ways, most notably its structure. Each chapter focuses on one important person, event, passion, etc., then tells its complete story in Ebert’s life. There isn’t an effort to impose a narrative “arc” on the whole of his experiences — another choice which came early in the writing process, Ebert said. “I thought from the first that was the only workable approach,” he wrote. “To write chronologically would have been tiresome, imposing a false sense of structure on a life which, as I say in the first chapter, was largely shaped by good luck, happy accidents and the kindness of others.” Strange, how readily people will accept the effects of random chance in real life, and how galling people find it in fiction. Those same “happy accidents” have more impact on the way we live than we probably realize. Yet when Horace’s deus ex machina — the “God in the machine” or the unseen hand of fate — intervenes in an entertainment, the audience tends to cry foul. n EBERT CONTINUES ON A23

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september 18, 2011 n EBERT CONTINUED FROM A22 “We persist in the delusion that we control our fates, when every moment is the result of incalculable possibilities,” Ebert stated. “I willingly accept the deus ex machina in some fiction — in Dickens, for example, who makes no apologies for the intervention of strangers — or Shakespeare, who depends almost absurdly on coincidence.”

Some of the most loving recollections in the book come from Ebert’s childhood — growing up in Urbana, Ill., where he was born in 1942; his parents, Walter and Annabel, who instilled many of the values which define him today; his first times in a movie theater, where he fell under the spell of the flickering images on the screen. Ebert acknowledges how his childhood experiences at the cinema have

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drinking, and some good friends,” Ebert remembered. “I had to stop. I couldn’t take the hangovers, the guilt, the deception, the feeling that I was letting myself down. But this isn’t the book of a guy two weeks out of rehab. My last drink was in 1979. There’s no preaching. “On illness, I tried to write down what happened and how it made me feel. There are no overwrought descriptions of pain. No anguish on learning I would never speak again — because that didn’t happen on a given day, but occurred to me during a series of surgeries. My wife Chaz continued forthrightly to believe I would speak again. Finally we both realized it would have to be in print. In any event, alcoholism and illness aren’t what my life was about.” But then, no one story, one facet, one struggle defines the whole of any of us. We are all the sum total of the chapters — or scenes — of our life. “I had a long conversation with myself about what happened,” Ebert said. “Without illness as a motivation, I probably never would have written the book. My life wasn’t remarkable. But like everyone’s, it was singular.” Thumbs up. Fade out. Credits. O

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acters and stories in Ebert’s life come from his newspaper career — he began as the Chicago Sun-Times’ film critic in 1967. Tales of smoke-filled offices and encounters with Windy City legends like Mike Royko and Studs Terkel paint a tableau of a journalism era now gone. “Today’s newspaper offices are like corporate offices,” Ebert lamented. “Cubicles and carpeting. In those days, much leeway was given to eccentricity, to colorful characters, to talent without good manners. Editors were not managers. Story decisions were not driven so much by calculation. “Newspapers were first weakened, not by the Internet, but by the ascendency of marketing. A newspaper should never think of its city as a ‘market,’ or its readers as a ‘demographic.’” Ebert does not flinch when he approaches some of the tougher issues in his life — not only the loss of his television partner and friend Gene Siskel in 1999 (“Oh, how he would have despised 3-D!,” Ebert noted), but also his battle with alcoholism, his cancer diagnosis and near-brushes with death. “I had some great times while

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