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Volume 22, No. 09 May 30, 2012 “And Ye Shall Know The Truth...” Looking for higher education in Downtown Toledo? Call Owens at The Source! Check out academic tutoring, career planning, nursing labs, computer labs and more. Classes begin May 21 and June 4. Apply today! owens.edu (567) 661-2732 www.facebook.com/owenscc The Learning Center at The Source, 1301 Monroe Street, Downtown Toledo The 48th Annual Debutante Cotillion In This Issue Tolliver Page 2 Hollywood Casino Sneak Peek Page 3 New Transportation Company Page 4 Cover Story Debutante Cotillion Pages 5-7 Old West End Demolitions Page 8 Book Review Page 8 Minister on Toledo Violence Page 9 BlackMarketPlace Page 10 Classifieds Page 11 20 North Glass Art Page 12

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Volume 22, No. 09 May 30, 2012“And Ye Shall Know The Truth...”

Looking for higher education in Downtown Toledo?Call Owens at The Source! Check out academic tutoring, career planning, nursing labs, computer labs and more.

Classes begin May 21 and June 4. Apply today! owens.edu (567) 661-2732

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The 48th Annual Debutante Cotillion

In This IssueTolliverPage 2

Hollywood Casino Sneak PeekPage 3

New Transportation CompanyPage 4

Cover StoryDebutante CotillionPages 5-7

Old West End DemolitionsPage 8

Book ReviewPage 8

Minister on ToledoViolencePage 9

BlackMarketPlacePage 10

ClassifiedsPage 11

20 NorthGlass ArtPage 12

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at 7 pm; Fri at 10 am – Men/Women Workshops, noon lunch; Sat – 10 am closing;Speakers include Pastor Bryan Hudson of Indianapolis, Pastors Jerry and Joyce Williamsof Raleigh, Pastors Edward Turner and Ronald Person of Toledo

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7 pm; Pastor A. Shears and Rossford First Baptist: 419-539-9104

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June 9Mildred H. Gibson Center – Zion Lutheran Church – Flea Market/Yard Sale: 9 am to

5 pm: 419-810-5284Bethlehem Baptist Church Bereavement Meeting: 10 amThe Friendly Center’s Mother & Son Picnic: Wilson Park; 11 am to 3 pm; Free lunch

and family fun; 419-243-1289New Prospect MBC Golf Outing: Detwiler Park; 10 am

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fun, inspirational music; Guest speaker James McDonald: 419-377-1488Kwanzaa in the Summer: Presented by the Toledo Kwanzaa House; Padua Center; 11

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You Give and Then YouGet …By Lafe Tolliver, EsqGuest Column

Well, it is that time of the year when the ToledoPublic Schools and their allies start their Pamplona-style Running Of The Bulls.

This time the bulls are aiming their horns at theplacement of a permanent school levy (yes, I did saypermanent levy) on the upcoming fall ballot.

Permanent as in colorfast. Permanent as in never togo away. Permanent as in dye in the wool. Permanentas in, water is always wet.

So, now that we have established that TPS want tomake a permanent nest in your wallet or purse, we needto find out what are they giving in return for this, “tails,I win and heads, you lose”, deal.

What goodies is Pecko & Company giving to allurethe already tax-fatigued property owner to come and drink their water?

I mean, there must be something, even a box of imported chocolates, that willcause the voter to do cartwheels and vote for a permanent garnishment against theirincome that will endure forever and ever!

Even though I quietly resigned as the outside consultant to the school boardwhen they would not increase my compensation, I nonetheless maintain verycordial ties with certain persons in the administration who are willing to slip menuggets of information when so needed.

I am in need, so I went nugget hunting and this is what I found out. The school board is a little antsy about this permanent levy passing in light

of their prior history of woeful report cards from the department of educationregarding

the status of the public schools (except for the bright spot being the Toledo EarlyCollege High School...great results ... great program!).

My contact person gingerly asked me for some input as to what the schoolboard needs to do in order to frame this ballot issue in the best possible light beforethe tax weary voters.

I was skeptical that the school board was using thisperson as a back channel to contact me about what they could do in light of my

prior service as a consultant and my many ideas which were outright dismissed.However in the spirit of compromise and trying to assist whenever I could, I

dutifully again informed my inside source that the following measures, if imple-mented, would be major in showing good faith from the school board about beingserious in systemic reform and changes which would produce immediate resultsand aid in the ballot measure.

ONE: The school board will require, commencing in the school year of 2014,that all school board members, principals, teachers, union members, administratorsand staffing members place any and all school age children in a Toledo PublicSchool.

The school board now realizes that it is idiotic to loss approximately the$5800.00 per child stipend (paid by the State of Ohio) for each child who is not inthe Toledo

Public Schools due to their parents getting a paycheck from Toledo Public butyet their kids attend non Toledo Public Schools.

It shows that TPS teachers do not believe in the soundness or the value of aTPS education and neither do they trust their own colleagues to properly teach theirchildren. But yet, they want the parents to support their

system!

TWO: Effective in the school years 2015, all new hires in Toledo PublicSchools will reside within the city limits of Toledo, Ohio. TPS cannot afford to losethe tax base revenue or income of their employees who work in TPS but live in orbuy homes in Rossford, Sylvania, Perrysburg, Maumee and other outlying areas.

THREE: Effective in the school year 2015 and continuing thereafter, the schoolboard membership will expand so as to allow the election of three new boardmembers who have children in the Toledo Public Schools.

These new members will be full voting members with all rights as any existingschool board member. The school board now realizes that parents should have agreater say in the education of their children.

FOUR: Effective in the school year 2014 and continuing thereafter, eachprincipal of each public school shall have the powers to make unannounced visitsto any classroom for purposes of observations and comment and shall have theyearly duty to evaluate all teachers on his staff for purposes of re-training,promotion, demotion and yearly evaluations which will be sent to the personneldepartment of the school board for further review.

When my inside contact read the above four points, he involuntarily shudderedas if slammed by a cold Artic wind, but reluctantly told me that he would do whathe could do with the superintendent and the school board to get these items passed.

Stay tuned.

Contact Lafe Tolliver at [email protected]

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Hollywood Casino ToledoOffers an Early Peek for Area VIPSSojourner’s Truth Staff

The Hollywood CasinoToledo, due to open this pastTuesday for the general pub-lic, offered an early glimpseto a list of invitees last Thurs-day to showcase what theexcitement is all about at the

new gaming site.About 500 guests arrived

to munch on delectables andtoss a few dice on one of thefirst casinos in Ohio. TheToledo casino opened shortlyafter the Cleveland one.

Casino cast member Valentine Ononye

Lucas County Clerk of CourtsBernie Quilter and Michelle Quilter

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Toledo Couple Step Out On Faith to Create NewTransportation CompanySpecial to The Truth

When you see vans roll-ing around the city with thisquestion on the side “NeedA Ride?,” then you are see-ing the fulfillment of a goalthat was set three years agoby two local entrepreneurs.Roye and Yolanda Durdenlaunched their new trans-portation company, “Need-A-Ride?” in Toledo thisyear after hard work, sacri-fice and a lot of prayer.

“The idea for our com-pany came about becausewe realized that many ofthe jobs in the Toledo areaare located in the suburbs,like the new casino and theChrysler plant and wethought how are people inthe city, without cars goingto get to interviews and towork? Especially thosepeople who work second orthird shift and on weekends,“said Yolanda.

“We also do a lot of vol-unteer work at our churchand we know a lot of se-niors need transportation tomedical appointments,“

Roye added. “So Yolandastarted doing research andfound that there were notany transportation compa-nies operating in Toledothat could meet the needsof these two groups; therewere gaps,“ he said.

It was a big leap, how-ever, from coming up witha good business idea to ac-tually starting a new com-pany. The Durden’s areboth professionals but nei-ther had ever worked in thefield of transportation. Royeis a licensed clinical thera-pist who provides counsel-ing services to people withsubstance abuse and angermanagement issues andYolanda is human resourcesprofessional. In 2009, whenthe economic downturn hit,Yolanda was laid off from arecruitment firm. She hadbeen down this road beforeand, like many other pro-fessionals, she became frus-trated with the cycle of find-ing a new job in the currentunsecure economy.

“We decided it was timefor us to create somethingof our own because we weretired of working for otherpeople.” she said.

“We were very nervousabout it,” said Roye. “It isvery serious to think aboutstarting a new company be-cause there is risk involvedin going into debt and giv-ing up on the security of afull-time job. We wanted todo it but we couldn’t seeclearly how we could takeon the risk and responsibil-ity,“ he said.

While Roye worked afull-time and two part-timejobs to support the family,Yolanda immersed herselfin research on the transpor-tation industry and startednetworking with peoplewho could help her write agood business plan. It tooka lot of time and work butshe found great resourcesat the Minority ContractorsBusiness Assistance Cen-ter and through SCORE, anonprofit group that helps

small businesses get off theground. Yolanda was as-signed a mentor, a retiredbusiness executive whohelped her think throughthe business model andbusiness plan.

“Yolanda was so pas-sionate about this idea,” saidRoye. “After all the researchand work she put into it, shereally sold me on it. Sheconvinced me this serviceis needed in Toledo and itwould work.”

“I knew the key to oursuccess would be to pro-vide a safe ride for the se-niors at an affordableprice,” said Yolanda.“There are many olderpeople who can’t drive any-more but they still want tobe independent. We cantake them where they needto go and give them a senseof independence,” she said.

“Need-A-Ride? “ is nota taxi service. Individualswho use the service sched-ule rides in advance so thatthey can feel confident they

can get to work, school, orappointments and then backhome. One-way or two-wayservice is provided sevendays a week. The companyalso operates a specialty vanthat is ADA compliant andequipped with a ramp tohelp people in wheel chairsget to work or appoint-ments. All of the driversare CPR certified and un-dergo thorough backgroundchecks.

“It’s really easy to talk

about stepping out on faithbut in reality it’s hard toleave your safety net be-hind and go out on a highwire,” said Roye. “It’s areal spiritual thing. We re-ally feel that we are beingcalled to provide this ser-vice to help people. TheLord wants us to give ourall and we are fully com-mitted. We want the busi-ness to grow into somethinggreat,” he said

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Elegance, Style and Grace- The 48th Annual DebutanteCotillionBy Candice L. HarrisonSojourner’s Truth Reporter

Young ladies hailing fromvarious schools in the To-ledo area joined in a showingof class, character, congenial-ity and excellence for the 48th

Annual Debutante Cotillionpresented by the Toledo Clubof the National Associationof Negro Business and Pro-fessional Women’s Clubs,Inc. (NANBPWC), on Sat-urday May 26, 2012, in theStranahan Theater GreatHall.

The annual dance is theculmination of five monthsof rigorous rehearsals, un-precedented commitment onthe part of the participantsand their escorts as well aspersonal developmentevents. It serves as a “Ritesof Passage” and presentationof an elite class of youngladies to society. Participa-tion also provides opportu-nities to embark on variouspersonal learning and culturalexposure through events cen-tered on careers, educationand waltz rehearsal.

The participants are se-lected and nominated by theirrespective schools based oncriteria provided by the To-ledo Club which includesmoral character and citizen-ship in and out of school,

grade point average and nothaving children or currentlybeing pregnant. The criteriahas not changed or waveredsince its original years.

Toledo Club member andDebutante Cotillion Chair-man Wilma Brown sharedthat the event’s purpose is to“encourage them (partici-pants) to continue their col-

lege education and displaytheir talent. We also try toprovide them with experi-ences they may not have hadbefore.”

The Toledo Club ofNANBPWC INC., provided$6500.00 in scholarshipfunding to this year’s win-ners as part of their commit-ment to ensuring that post-

secondary education is at thecenter of the Cotillions fo-cus. This contribution is alsoaside from the three Univer-sity of Toledo Scholarshipsand monetary prize for Mr.Escort.

The program began with awelcome by Toledo ClubPresident Denise Black Poonfollowed by greetings fromNorth Central District Gov-ernor of The NANBPWCInc. Barbara Tucker. First

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Vice President WandaTerrell presented Miss 2011Debutante, Olivia Phifer.Judges and talliers were in-troduced by Talent Co-Chair-man Beverly Tucker. Judgesincluded Mercy Health Part-ners President and CEO An-drea R. Price; Toledo PublicSchools educator, RobertDuris; renowned entertainerRamona Collins and retiredflight attendant Veeda Coo-per. Desiree McGee andLashonda Horton both servedas talliers.

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man Leola Hayes and chore-ographer Jackie Black pre-sented the Debs-in-Waitingwho donned scarlet dressessymbolic of the NANBPWCINC., colors. The flow of theevening was then guided bythe Mistress of CeremonyRhonda Sewell whose talentfor ensuring the audience wasengaged and having a greattime was exceptional and wellreceived by the crowd as sheled the presentation of the2012 Debutantes.

Each Debutante gracedthe floor in the Cotillion

Wright State, Bowling GreenState University, The Uni-versity of Cincinnati, amongothers.

After the initial traditionalcotillion waltz, many werewowed and encouraged anencore presentation of thecotillion waltz which theywillingly obliged. The Debu-tantes then danced with their

The talent winners - Aleshia Miller, Kia Franklin and Keyanna Jordan

Debutante Jacqueline Ford dances with her father,former Mayor Jack Ford.jpg

fathers or other relative inthe tradition parents waltz.

The moment that eachguest waited for arrived andWilma Brown approachedthe podium to announce theawards. The 2012 MissDebutante was AleshiaMiller, daughter of Al andFran Miller and a student at

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promenade with her presenteras she approached the judg-ing table for the traditionalcurtsy. The escorts met themin ceremonial fashion as theaudience learned of the manyoutstanding achievementsearned by each Debutante.Each Debutante received fi-nancial awards from variousuniversities ranging from justunder $10,000 in scholarshipawards to more than$100,000. Many of the la-dies are University of To-ledo bound. However, otherswill attend the likes of TheUniversity of Kentucky,Howard University, AlabamaA&M, Eastern Michigan,

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Bowsher High School. Milleralso placed first in the talentdivision with a mime dancepresentation to the gospelsong “Jesus” by LeandreaJohnson.

Miller explained the feel-ing as “A complete surprise!There was another girl whodid a really good monologue,when she didn’t win second;I knew she would win first.”She also added that, “Iworked really hard prepar-

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Miss Debutante 2012 and Olivia Phifer, MissDebutante 2011

Wilma Brown, Barbara Tucker, Denise Black Poon,Olivia Phifer, Aleshia Miller, Skylar Thompson,

Kia Franklin

Skylar Thompson and Kia Franklin

ing for Cotillion over the pastyear. I was a Deb-in Waitingfirst and did a lot of work toget to this point. To see myhard work pay off was excit-ing and makes me veryproud!”

First runner-up was SkylarThompson of Toledo Schoolfor the Arts and second run-ner-up was Kia Franklin ofCentral Catholic HighSchool. The other talent win-ners were: second place KiaFranklin and third place KeyAnna Jordan of Notre DameAcademy. The University ofToledo President’s Commu-nity Scholarship Award thatprovides tuition funding forfour years and room andboard for the first year wasawarded to Cherise Brunner

of Whitmer High School andJacqueline Ford of Start HighSchool.

The Ms. Congenialityaward was presented toIsraelle Nelson of NotreDame Academy who re-ceived a silver bracelet byHenry Triplett of Henry’sJewelry who sponsored thepiece. Mr. Escort 2012 wasTimothy Woodson who es-corted Kiarah Allen of Cen-tral Catholic High Schoolreceived a monetary awardfor outstanding work as anescort.

After the club sisters ofNANBPWC INC., were pre-sented the dance floor openedup and the sounds for the

evening were provided byDance Time-Unique Sounds.The event was immaculateand filled with class and el-

egance and is surely to re-main the talk of the town un-til the next Debutante cel-ebration arrives in 2013.

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Residents of the Old West End Work with County toTarget Vacant Homes for Demolition Selected sites will be torn down using money from the national Attorney General robo-signing settlement. Special to The Truth

Residents of the OldWest End are worriedabout the safety risksposed by hundreds ofvacant homes in theircommunity. Last nightthey met with city lead-ers and presentedDavid Mann, directorof the Lucas CountyLand Bank, with a listof 150 vacant proper-ties they want torndown.

Mann accepted thelist and says he plansto work with the con-cerned residents to get

many of the propertiesdemolished saying,“neighborhoods likethis, which have a plan,are the ideal neighbor-hoods to work with”.

Homeowner BrendaSawyer told the gath-ering she identified100 vacant propertieswithin a 15 block rangeon streets l ikeParkwood Avenue andDetroit Avenue. Sev-eral of those houseshad significant firedamage as a result ofarson. She fears for the

safety of area seniors,youth and even her ownfamily.

Mann told the groupthat 1800 burned out,tax delinquent, vacanthouses have alreadybeen identif ied asneeding to be to torndown. The challengenow is to get down toroughly 850 houses tobe demolished usingthe Attorneys Generalsettlement funding. Hesaid that a sizablechunk of the houses onthe residents’ l is twould be prioritizedfirst.

City CouncilwomanPaula Hicks-Hudsonalso told the residentsabout potential legis-lation which will holdmortgage lenders moreaccountable for fore-closed vacant proper-ties. She believes thereis already enough sup-port to pass the ordi-nance but encouragedthe residents to voicetheir support to make

sure it goes through. As for residents’

concerns about neigh-borhood safety, ToledoPolice Chief DerrickDiggs was invited toattend the meeting andaddress their concerns.

Instead he sent a com-pletely unprepared ser-geant in his place withno information aboutthe topic of the meet-ing.

Residents of the OldWest End plan to fol-

low up with the chiefto make sure he ad-dresses their concernsfor more visible policepresence in their neigh-borhood

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They are saying that thisso-called partnership be-tween Black & White Caband the Toledo Police De-partment will be a way toincrease eyes and ears on thestreets, not just for crime butfor all emergency situations.

Meanwhile, last week, Iwas downtown about fourblocks from Fifth Third Fieldand I drove through threestraight intersections where

Eyes & Ears for the Police?By Michael HayesMinister of Culture

the traffic lights had stoppedworking!

Not just flashing, butstopped working entirely andin the middle of the after-noon, during moderate traf-fic.

This isn’t the first timeI’ve seen such a catastrophewaiting to happen, so I called911 and reported whichstreets and all that. My pointis, if TPD wants to use thisarrangement to basically saythey’ve just added hundredsof additional patrol cars forthe purpose or reporting dan-gerous situations… this toocould be a catastrophe wait-ing to happen.

I’ve been in quite a fewcabs over the years and nodisrespect to the drivers earn-ing a living working thoselong hours, but I doubt thatall of them want to get cozywith the cops.

The Basic ProblemDecades ago, white neigh-

borhoods all across Americahad gang activity, youth vio-lence and rampant sale of il-legal substances. Yet it didn’tresult in massive arrests, bal-looning prison populations,or ridiculous zero tolerancestances. Many of the youngmen during those times stillwent on to lead fulfillinglives. But what if police re-fused to differentiate betweenwhich white teens were in-volved in criminal activityand which ones weren’t?

Sure would be a lot fewerwhite men who have had theluxury of growing old as freemen regardless of how muchdirt they may have on theirhands.

Crime is not new. Urbancrime is not new. Illegal druguse is not new.

Gang activity is not new.These societal ills have

plagued many nationsthroughout civilization’s his-tory.

Don’t let them trick youinto thinking you are animalsor less than human.

Don’t let them trick youinto thinking that blackpeople are inherently danger-ous.

Don’t believe the bull thatToledo is somehow the mostviolent place in America.

There is a concoction ofdeliberate conditioning andlack of will that has led to thecurrent climate on our streets.

Personal responsibility isalways the key component.

Any inner-city youthsdumb enough to carry gunsand become involved incriminal activity are going tohave to face reality for deci-sions they have made.

However, the justice sys-tem takes other factors intoaccount when the peoplecharged with crimes aren’tminorities in urban areas.

Stress. Personality disor-ders. Environmental influ-ences. Cognitive awarenessof one’s actions and so on. Iflaw enforcement is savvyenough to weigh in all of thoseissues when some hillbillyhacks someone to pieces insome obscure rural town, thenwhy doesn’t urban crime getthe same level of sophistica-tion?

What makes a police of-

ficer so different from youand me?

They show up to workdressed for the job they havejust like you and I do.

They show up to work withall the prejudices, pre-con-ceived notions, fears and pho-bias they have built up overtime just like you and I have.

After 20 years of slantednews coverage, they mayhave a negative view ofyoung, black youth just asmost of America does.

They have just as manyoff days, lapses in judgmentand character flaws as any-one they could ever arrest orprotect.

They are simply at work,just like the rest of us.

The basic problem is, theyhave the authority to imprisonand even kill human beings.

Even though they are notsuper heroes and have nokeener judgment or access topremonition than any of therest of us.

We all want the crime tosubside.

The amount of counselors,job developers, teachers,non-profit workers and clergymembers out there in thestreets doing their part to savethe youth far exceeds theamount of cops even withtheir new cabbie buddies inrank.

But if the goal is to havemore eyes on the streets forthe police,

shouldn’t we first do a

better job at training thoseeyes on how to spot whattruly is a criminal? Becausemore eyes could just meanmore mistaken identities.

More eyes could simplymean more prejudices hav-ing dire consequences.

We don’t want to protectcriminals.

But we do want to protectourselves from them andthose who can’t tell the dif-ference between them and us.

Who is “us”?“Us” refers to the multi-

tude of people … of all col-ors… living in inner city ar-eas who are tax-paying con-tributing members of thiscommunity.

We are living next door tothe criminals, we see them onour way to work.

I saw on line that there aregun ranges now using silhou-ettes of Trayvon Martin fortarget practice. People linedup with cash in hand to be thefirst to take aim.

Before you go crazy withpolice efforts to curb crime,we really need you to makethe distinction of who is andwho isn’t a criminal.

Who are the violent ones,really?

How much are our livesworth to the people with thepower to end them, really.

More eyes and ears wont’mean a damn thing withoutfirst having a mind and aheart.

Senator Brown AnnouncesFunding to the Universityof ToledoFunding will help technology basedBusiness start-ups in NW Ohio

State Senator Edna Brown (D-Toledo) has announced the state Controlling Boardreleased $87,500 to

The University of Toledo to expand its incubation program, which is designed todeliver training and outreach to technology-related entrepreneurial companies andindividuals.

“I am pleased that additional funding will be given to The University of Toledo toincrease their business outreach efforts in the community,” said Senator Brown. “Thesebusiness incubation centers help create exciting opportunities for business growth andthe creation of higher paying jobs in northwest Ohio.”

The additional Ohio Department of Development funding will allow the university toexpand its work with communities seeking to establish business incubation facilities andto assist in the ongoing development of their incubation companies. This expansion willincrease the services provided to clients as they work to establish technology based start-ups in the region.

The Controlling Board provides legislative oversight over certain capital and operat-ing expenditures by state agencies and has approval authority over various other statefiscal activities.

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Nobody likes to bea loser but foronce, you wish

you were.You’d like to lose the

chub on your chin, thewiggle in your middle, takea few pounds of junk fromyour trunk, and that ain’tall. You know how muchbetter you’d feel but it’seasy to make promises andhard to make weight.

In this case, losers al-ways win. You just wish youwere one of them.

Ada Howard wanted tolose weight, too, but beinghealthier was only one ofthe reasons why. In the newnovel, Ada’s Rules by AliceRandall, Ada’s got to loseher suspicions first.

Ada Howard was adaughter, mother, directorat KidPlay, the Preacher’sWife and head bookkeeperfor Nashville’s Full Love

The Sojourner’s Truth May 30, 2012Page 10

Ada ’s Rules by Alice Randallc.2012, Bloomsbury $24.00 / $25.00 Canada 335 pagesBy Terri SchlichenmeyerThe Truth Contributor

Baptist Tabernacle. Herhands were full and so washer head, so it was no sur-prise that the pounds creptto her thighs and chest be-fore she really noticed.

But what made her fi-nally see herself was an en-velope that came in the mail.

It was class reunion timeand Matt Mason – her firstreal love – had written apersonal note on her invita-tion. It thrilled Ada to hertoes just thinking of doingsomething with him that shehadn’t done back in the day.He’d wanted her then andshe’d said no, but shewouldn’t let another chancepass her by.

Yes, Ada was FullLove’s First Lady, but thatdidn’t change the fact thather husband, Lucius – whomeverybody called “Preach”and some ladies called“Lucious” – had been

steppin’ out on Ada. Shehad no proof, but with hislast-minute meetings, emer-gency calls, and disappear-ing acts, Ada didn’t need it.

There was no way she’dmeet up with Matt Masoncarrying 220 pounds. Shewasn’t about to put flab be-tween her and her old love.She needed to lose weight,so Ada went on a diet.

It was easy to changethings at the church’sdaycare; kids love fruit any-how. Her elderly parents atewhatever Ada cooked forthem. Ada learned to exer-cise and eat right, to trusther body and to look sharp.She was ready for the NewAda – but first, she neededto do a little housekeeping.

She needed to find outwho her husband was cheat-ing on her with…

When I first started read-ing “Ada’s Rules,” my first

two thoughts were “Huh?”and “What?” The story’sintroduction didn’t makeany sense to me so – I’lladmit it – I skipped it.

Good thing I did.Once you get into the

meat of this novel, Ada’sRules is pretty good. Au-thor Alice Randall gives hermain character a sassy vul-nerability that makes herfeel like a good friend, likesomeone you’d want to ex-ercise with. Sometimes, thestory felt preachy to me, butthe presence of such astrong, perfectly flawedcharacter made it okay.

If you’re dieting, you’llfind sympathy here. Ifyou’re already a skinny-minnie, you know thatbooks are fat-free so biteinto a copy of Ada’s Rules.It’s a book you’ll lose your-self in.

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CLASSIFIEDSCLASSIFIEDSPage 11May 30, 2012

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Notice to Bidders: Inquiry # FY12-129, (Project# 0031-12-807) for Glass Bowl Alumni Pavilion forthe University of Toledo. Sealed bids for this projectmust be clearly marked with the project number onall inner and outer envelopes and/or shipping con-tainers. Bids must be addressed and delivered tothe University of Toledo, Facilities and Construction,Plant Operations, Room 1100, 2925 E. Rocket Drive,MS 216, Toledo, Ohio 43606 before 2:00 p.m.,Tuesday, June 12, 2012. Bids will be publicly openedthat same day at 2:05 p.m. in the Plant OperationsBuilding, Room 1000. Copies of Plans, Specifica-tions, and Bid Forms may be obtained from BeckerImpressions, 4646 Angola Road, Toledo, Ohio43615. Call 419-385-5303 for an appointment topick up bid package. A cost of $75.00 will be chargedper set. Any further information may be obtainedfrom William Beauregard of SSOE, Inc. at 419-255-3830. One Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Tues-day, June 5, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the Plant Opera-tions Building, Room 1000, at the University ofToledo, 2925 E. Rocket Drive, Toledo, OH 43606.Total Bid Guaranty and Contract Bond are requiredper section 153.54 of the Ohio Revised Code. EDGEParticipation Goal: 10%. Project Estimate:$925,000.00; Breakdown: General Const:$925,000.00.

Transcriber 1The University of Toledo

Job 5035

Under the direction of a Director of the Office ofAccessibility or other administrative superior, tran-scribes verbal educational lectures & discussionsinto electronic text in support of student/staff that aredeaf or hard of hearing. Provides language conver-sion to electronic text through the use of specializedcomputer software to Students/Faculty/Staff in class-room &/or public event environments

Requirements include: Must be able to type &/orkeyboard at least 55 words per minute without errorand complete and pass Typewell Training prior toend of probationary period. Successful candidateshould also be comfortable interacting with Deaf/Hard of Hearing individuals and have strong oral andwritten communications skills. This position inter-acts with faculty and/or staff on behalf of Deaf/HOHindividual and/or the Office of Accessibility. Startingrate of pay is $15.87 per hour.

To view full posting requirements and to applyplease visit https://jobs.utoledo.edu. Online applica-tions only. The application deadline is Wednes-day, June 6, 2012 by 5pm. UT is an EEO, AAEmployer and Educator.

INTERESTED BIDDERS:Marshall Elementary School Phase 2

Site Work project

Sealed bids will be accepted by the Board ofEducation of the Toledo Public School District until1:00 p.m. on June 6, 2012 at the Toledo PublicSchools Treasurers’ Room 3, 420 E. ManhattanBlvd., Toledo, Ohio 43608, for all labor, material andsupervision necessary for the demolition of the Pur-chasing Building as more fully described in thedrawings and specifications for the project preparedby Vetter Design Group and will be opened publiclyand read immediately thereafter.

Bid Documents for the project may be examinedat the F.W. Dodge plan room in Columbus, BuildersExchange in Toledo, University of Toledo – CapacityBuilding, E.O.P.A. – Hamilton Building, NorthwestOhio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and ThePlan Room in Ann Arbor, Construction Associationof Michigan, Toledo Regional Chamber of Com-merce and Ohio Construction News.

Bidders may obtain copies of the documentsstarting May 18, 2012 which can be purchasedfrom Becker Impressions, 4646 Angola Road,Toledo, Ohio 43615, phone: (419) 385-5303. Draw-ings may be obtained on CD-ROM for no costwith the purchase of the specifications.

A PREBID CONFERENCE is scheduled for May25, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. at the Marshall Elementary,located at 415 Colburn St. Toledo, OH 43604

If you have any questions or a need for additionalinformation, please direct all questions in [email protected] , by phone at (419) 776-5600, or fax at (877) 281-0784.

Bid Package – Marshall Elementary Phase 2Site Work

Bid Item No. 1 Marshall Elementary Phase2 Site Work $ 475,000.00

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Position available for experienced individuals towork on an as needed basis to cover various clericalduties such as greeting, announcing and directingclients, answering switchboard and handling routinephone calls, scheduling clients, distributing mail,charts or other information, accepting client pay-ments, copying information, filing, providing clericalsupport to programs, providing coverage in MedicalRecords and other duties as assigned. Position willwork varying hours/days including evenings andSaturdays and will work at various locations basedupon agency need.

Qualified candidates must have excellent cus-tomer service and clerical skills. Computer experi-ence is required. Previous experience in dealingwith individuals with mental illness preferred.

Submit resume or apply to:Human Resources Director - SCSUnison Behavioral Health Group, Inc.1425 StarrToledo, OH 43605

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Urban Agriculture Program Manager

Toledo Botanical Garden seeks knowledgeable,flexible, energetic professional to manage its inno-vative outreach program, Toledo GROWs. Qualifi-cations: experience with community gardening ini-tiatives, urban agriculture, program developmentand management, successful supervisory trackrecord, fund raising & grants management. Stronginterpersonal skills, proven organizational ability,networking talents and collaborative spirit are es-sential. Pay commensurate with experience.

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PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANPART-TIME

UNISON is seeking a part-time Primary CarePhysician to provide medical services to adults,adolescents and children with a mental illness orsubstance abuse diagnosis. In addition to diagnos-ing and treating medical conditions, our physicianswork as part of an interdisciplinary treatment teamwhich includes psychiatrists, nurses, case manag-ers and therapists.

Current Ohio medical license with family practicespecialization and DEA registration required. Boardcertification in Family Medicine is preferred. Excel-lent interpersonal communication skills and profi-ciency in computer use and experience working withan electronic record and prescribing are essential.

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Full-time position responsible for coordinatingand releasing medical information within and exter-nal to the agency in response to requests received.Position is responsible for insuring confidentiality,compliance with local, state and federal laws, ac-crediting body standards and department/agencypolicies, practices and guidelines.

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Litigation

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20 North Gallery Presents “Tom & Friends: a Tribute toMcGlauchlin’s Legacy in Glass”Internationally-renowned artists pay tribute to late colleague and Studio GlassMovement co-founderSpecial to The Truth

20 North Gallery proudlypresents “Tom & Friends: aTribute to McGlauchlin’sLegacy in Glass”, the firstmajor gallery exhibit of thework of studio glass pioneerTom McGlauchin, since hisdeath in 2011. The exhibitwill run from Saturday, June9 – Saturday, July 14, 2012,as one of the ConcurrentGlass Exhibitions held inconjunction with the GlassArts Society (GAS) Confer-ence commemorating the50th Anniversary of the Stu-dio Glass Movement in To-ledo. A public reception forthe exhibit will be held Fri-day, June 15, 2012, from 6:30– 10:30p.m., in conjunctionwith the GAS conferencedowntown Gallery Loop.

Tom McGlauchlin wasone of the leading co-founders of the Studio GlassMovement, from its initialworkshop at the Toledo Mu-seum of Art in 1962 and con-tinuing until his death in2011. McGlauchlin began asa ceramic student of HarveyLittleton. He and Littletonbecame pioneers in creatingwhat would become a major

field of contemporary art, theStudio Glass Movement. Inaddition to his fine artwork,McGlauchlin also enjoyed aprolific teaching career.

Tom McGlauchlin’s workis included in the permanent

collections of numerous na-tional and international insti-tutions such as Corning GlassMuseum, Corning, NewYork; The Smithsonian Col-lection, Washington, D.C.;Portland Art Museum, Port-

land, Oregon; Kunstmuseum,Dusseldorf, Germany; TheNational Museum of Mod-ern Art, Kyoto, Japan, andthe Toledo Museum of Art,Toledo, Ohio

The “Tom & Friends”exhibition will feature a ret-rospective of the work of thelate Tom McGlauchlin withspecial emphasis on his pre-viously un-exhibited, final,flat glass pieces. Showcasedin the exhibit are works rep-resentative of all of his majorseries throughout his lengthycareer, including:McGlauchlin’s early studioblown glass work, pieces ofthe famed Dessin de Bulleseries, prism blown glass, aswell as his more recent blownglass and colored pencil ab-stract portrait heads, cast pa-per bas relief sculpture andflat panel glass. The exhib-ited works serve to demon-

strate the importance of thehuman face and figure in thedevelopment of his artisticcareer.

McGlauchlin’s work willbe lovingly surrounded bythat of national and regionalcolleagues and friends—con-tributing glass and mixedmedia glass sculpture, as wellas ceramic work byMcGlauchlin’s initial col-laborators in studio glass whohave continued their artisticcareers in other media. Thisis the first joint exhibition,since the movement’s earli-est days, to showcase the art-work of all the initiators ofthat first Studio Glass Work-shop in 1962.

The “Tom & Friends”exhibit is a comprehensivegathering of many legendaryand iconic talents including:Herb Babcock, ClaytonBailey, Fritz Dreisbach,

Edith Franklin, HenryHalem, Philip Hazard,Janet Kelman, HarveyLittleton, Shawn Messen-ger, Mark Peiser, JackSchmidt, NormanSchulman, Robin Schultes& Patrick Dubreuil, KellySheehan, John Stephensonand Meredith Wenzel, aswell as privately-owned workby Dominick Labino.

20 North Gallery will bewelcoming friends, the ex-hibiting artists and collectorsat the free Public Receptionon Friday, June 15th, from6:30 – 10:30p.m., in conjunc-tion with the GAS confer-ence downtown GalleryLoop. Reception attendeescan celebrate the 50th Anni-versary of the Studio GlassMovement—and the artisticaccomplishments ofMcGlauchlin and his col-leagues—with the opportu-nity to view and purchaseworks by the legendary art-ists of the genre.

To view a virtual tourand online exhibition cata-logue of “Tom & Friends: ATribute to McGlauchlin’sLegacy in Glass”: visitwww.20northgallery.net(The website posting beginsJune 9, 2012.

Angelina - blown glass andcolored pencil

Zen Table with Bottle- hotworked glass