I AM the TOLEDO CLUB Toledo Club Staff Stand Ready to Welcome Members to the Next Century of Their Clubhouse I Page 6

JUNE 2016 VOLUME 7 • ISSUE NO. 6

I AM THE TOLEDO CLUB Toledo Club staff stand ready to welcome members to the next century of their Clubhouse I Page 6

TOLEDO CLUB OFFICERS PRESIDENT Aaron Swiggum Manager’sMESSAGE VICE PRESIDENT Brett Seymour TREASURER Roger Parker, General Manager Greg Wagoner SECRETARY 419-254-2988 • [email protected] Rebecca Shope TOLEDO CLUB STAFF ADMINISTRATION Roger Parker, General Manager 419-254-2988 [email protected] Dawn Miller, Executive Assistant 419-254-2980 [email protected] FOOD & BEVERAGE SERVICE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR Nancy LaFountaine, Catering Manager 419-254-2981 [email protected] Allison Glover National and International 419-254-2156 For email, use: [email protected] Ed Mackiewicz, Food and Beverage Director Reciprocal Clubs [email protected] Executive Chef The Toledo Club offers numerous value propositions to its membership. One of the many values 419-243-2200 ext. 2964 [email protected] that is offered, but underutilized, is the ability to use our reciprocal clubs. When traveling Charlotte Hall nationally or internationally, please look to see what city clubs are available at your destination, Concierge and Member Relations Manager FACILITY as we have several formalized agreements. If your travels take Mark Hoffman, Facilities Manager you to a city that has a club that is not in our network, let us 419-243-2200 know, as we can attempt to set up a relationship. MEMBERSHIP Russ Wozniak, Membership Director Most all large cities have several reciprocals to choose from, 419-254-2997 [email protected] ACCOUNTING and most clubs are located in the heart of the city, offering Joe Monks, Finance Director local historical characteristics. Additionally, these clubs offer 419-254-2970 [email protected] Five-Star amenities, such as workout facilities, business Dawn Miller, Accounting Analyst 419-254-2996 [email protected] office access, restaurants, taverns, concierge privileges, ATHLETIC parking, dry cleaning, John Seidel, Director/Squash Pro 419-254-2962 [email protected] tailoring, massages, Charissa Marconi, Fitness and Aquatics Director transportation options Top: The Jack Buck Grille at 419-254-2990 [email protected] and luxurious room the Missouri Athletic Club SECURITY David Rainey, Operations Manager accommodations, 419-254-2967 making your stay a Bottom: The Columbia Club in Indianapolis EDITORIAL STAFF fabulous experience. Chairman: David Cameron – 419-536-5272 There are several [email protected] reciprocal clubs within Editor in Chief: a short drive of Toledo. Shirley Levy – 419-536-9782 [email protected] My favorites: Copy Editor/Financial: Art Bronson The University Club of Chicago, located right off Millennium Park, in the heart of the Chicago Layout/Art Direction: shopping district and with a view of Lake Michigan. Tandem Creative – 419-304-0154 [email protected] The Columbia Club in downtown Indianapolis, on the “circle” one block away from the Contributing Writers: Statehouse and a few blocks away from my favorite steakhouse, St. Elmo’s. Karen Klein, Cindy Niggemyer, Rich Rothrock, Bob Lubell and John Fedderke The Missouri Athletic Club in downtown St. Louis, located just blocks from the Arch and the Contributing Photographers: Grand Lubell Photography – 419-882-1984 riverfront, and also a short walk to Busch Stadium. My favorite pregame bar is the Jack Buck Art Bronson Grille on the first floor of the club. Printing/Mailing by: Millstream-Kennedy Inc. The Detroit Athletic Club, of course just north of Toledo, is in my opinion one of the top Findlay, Ohio five city clubs in the country. Its location is prime –located in the heart of the Detroit sporting Topics Advertising: Susan K. Zurawski – 419-868-9363 world, Greektown, casinos and theaters. It now features a rooftop restaurant and cigar bar that [email protected] overlooks Comerica Park. THE TOLEDO CLUB TOPICS Copyright 2016 The Toledo Club, all rights reserved. The amazing fact about these clubs is that all were built in 1915 and their architecture, while Permission to reproduce by any means, in whole or in part, must be obtained in writing from the Editor or Publisher. not identical, is amazingly similar to each other and to The Toledo Club. So for your next trip, The Toledo Club Topics is published eleven times per year visit a city club and let me know how your experience was. by The Toledo Club • 235 14th Street • Toledo, OH, 43604 419-243-2200 • 419-254-2969 Fax • www.toledoclub.org

ON THE COVER: Toledo Club staff, photographed in Roger Parker front of the club’s grand Madison Avenue facade. General Manager Photo by Grand Lubell Photography 2 | June 2016 WHAT’S President’sMESSAGE INSIDE... Aaron Swiggum, President 6 12 419-891-1040 • [email protected]

26 32 Friends, One great (and underutilized) benefit of a Toledo Club membership is the long list of reciprocal clubs that are available to all of us. With country clubs like Belmont, Brandywine, Highland Meadows, Stone Oak and Sylvania on that list, we truly are fortunate. I was happy 4 Upcoming Events Listings to add Lenawee Country Club to the list this year as 22 Dining Calendar well. I know many of you Athletics Calendar frequent the Irish Hills 23 area in Michigan during “lake season,” and LCC FEATURES is right on your way. Now Top: Highland Meadows that tax season is a distant Golf Club in Sylvania 6 Cover Story: memory, I’m available “I Am The Toledo Club” for a round if you’re ever Bottom: Lenawee Country headed that direction. Club in Adrian, Michigan 12 Did You Know?: Please be sure to reserve Saturday, June 18, on your calendars. In celebrating the 101st The Circus is Coming! birthday of our Clubhouse, we will be hosting The Toledo Club Circus, a great night for the entire family, ending with the Joe Baker Band in the Centennial Room. I am going to bring COLUMNS team Swiggum, with a table full of friends, and I hope to see you there. I want to commend Zak Vassar for his terrific article in the May issue ofTopics about 26 Cuisine at the Club the Membership Committee and their commitment to growth. He has urged all of us to increase the number of membership referrals and he couldn’t be more correct. In order 31 Dining Room Buzz to maintain and grow our Club, our current membership is the key. Quoting his article directly, “The proportion of current members who actively refer prospects is small. Many 32 Sports Grill & Tavern of us know a friend or colleague who visits the Club often but has not joined. We need to New Members do a better job of showing them why membership is worthwhile. If every current member 34 brought in one new member, we would quickly rival our 1990s peak (1400 members).” Squash News Well said, Zak. 36 Cheers! 38 Aquatics and Fitness News 40 Member News Aaron Swiggum 42 Committees and Board Members President

COVER SHOT: BEHIND THE SCENES Robbie Bettinger MISSION uses his drone to capture the The mission of The Toledo Club, since 1889, is to enrich the lives of its members action at the by providing a luxurious private club experience in a financially responsible manner cover photoshoot with extraordinary social and recreational activities that foster friendship, fellowship, and pride among members. June 2016 | 3 MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

JUNE events AT THE CLUB JUNE 7 First Tuesday (private room) – To see many more photos reservations necessary (see page 24) of all the great events at JUNE 16 Third Thursday in the Tavern The Toledo Club, or to (see page 24) order photo prints, visit JUNE 18 Centennial Gala – Circus TheClubPhotos.org (see pages 12 and 16) EVENT PHOTOS BY GRAND LUBELL PHOTOGRAPHY

UPCOMING events AT THE CLUB JULY 4 Fourth of July Party (see page 41) AUG. 1- SEPT. 5 Club Shutdown

JULY Wine Dinner SEPTEMBER Party in the Parking Lot (see page 19) 14 9

JULY 28 Charlotte’s Ribs (see page 44)

UPCOMING events AROUND THE CITY 45th annual Historic Old West End Festival Northwest Ohio Music Festival June 4 and 5 International Park June 24 The National Museum of the Great Lakes: Ancient Hunters and the Great Inland Seas: 51st annual Crosby Festival of the Arts & Gala 9000 Years of Submerged Prehistory Preview Party at The Toledo Club Toledo Botanical Garden Saturday, June 11 – 1 PM June 24 – 26

5th Annual Maple & Main Street Art Fair Centennial Terrace Downtown Sylvania Styx June 11 and 12 Centennial Terrace The Art Loop June 23 Downtown Toledo 21st annual Summer Disco Party June 16 Centennial Terrace ZOOtoDO June 24 Toledo Zoo Stranahan June 17 Blue Man Group June 7 Kinky Boots June 6-11

4 || May June 2016 2016 JUNE anniversaries MEMBERS’ comments 20 years Robert J. Savage, Jr. June 1/96 20 POSITIVE COMMENTS 25+ years RECEIVED: James R. Jeffery June 1/64 52 76 MEMBER Carl N. White June 1/65 51 COMMENT CARDS James W. Blumer June 1/68 48 RECEIVED 85% APRIL 1-30 Robert C. Savage, Sr. June 1/68 48 Michael T. Marciniak June 1/73 43 Ernest W. Weaver June 1/73 43 Joe Thomas W. Palmer June 1/82 34 Great service! Very Kathleen professional! Food great! Suzanne S. Moesser June 1/83 33 and Jack James M. Appold June 1/86 30 Bruce S. Schoenberger June 1/86 30 Alexis and Nachy had a magical wedding day. Richard C. Hylant June 1/87 29 Jack and I are grateful to you personally for all of Rudolph A. Peckinpaugh, Jr. June 1/87 29 your hard work and attention to detail (for example, your idea for the napkin fold was the perfect Martin D. Werner June 1/87 29 touch). The Toledo Club was a lovely setting for our John P. Stockwell June 1/88 28 celebration. I saw, and so appreciated that the staff worked very hard to have the facilities gleaming and Louis E. Tosi June 1/91 25 polished. One of our guests remarked that she had never seen the dining room look so beautiful. Toward the end of Sunday evening, my son-in-law turned to me and said, “This is the best day of my life!” I know that he feels that way because he just reminder: married Alexis. But I also know that all of the details that you were so attentive to created a beautiful Food and beverage minimums can be reached with food backdrop of elegance for each aspect of their and beverages purchased anywhere in the Club, including wedding day. As Jack and I had hoped, the special take out orders and wine orders. The amount is calculated touches created a swirl of love and support which Alexis and Nachy felt and so appreciated as they by $ spent before tax (or service charge on banquets). To celebrated the first day of their married life. see a tally of purchases that count toward your minimum, Again, many, many thanks for the coordination and log into your online account at toledoclub.org, and click on planning which went into this event. “Member Statements.”

Thank you so very much! Your staff The views expressed in The Toledo Club Topics did a fantastic job with the set-up and the serving of the food was great! Sherry are not necessarily those of The Toledo Club board We look forward to having future or its members unless stated. events at The Toledo Club. All images and articles appearing in Topics magazine are the property of The Toledo Club and may not be reproduced Tuna Steak perfectly prepared, iced coffee great. or altered in any way without permission. David © Copyright 2016 by The Toledo Club. All rights reserved. JuneMay 2016 2016 | | 5 It’s hard to believe that twelve months

have gone by since The Toledo Club began

celebrating the 100th anniversary of its

historic clubhouse. What has emerged

from the original Draconian Club is not

only a Toledo institution but also one of the

premier private city clubs in the country.

Our clubhouse has been recognized as a

historical heritage designation, but it refuses

to remain stuck in the past. As an institution,

The Toledo Club has grown and changed

with the times.

We recognize and admire the dedication and

commitment of our founding members who

committed funding, secured loans, bought I AM THE TOLEDO CLUB by Richard Rothrock land, and eventually built our clubhouse –

no small accomplishment.

As the centennial celebration of the

clubhouse concludes, and we close the

book on what has come before and look

forward at what is to come, we take a

moment to examine where we are now.

6 | June 2016 I AM I have been a member of The Toledo Club for decades. My THE TOLEDO CLUB husband and I joined for business and networking purposes. But the Club has grown to mean so much more in my eyes. I love the many friends I have made here. I love the many staff members who work here. I love attending the Tea Dance with my grandchildren and the Toledo Symphony concerts in the Main Dining Room. Anything with music, I love. I believe The Toledo Club’s role in supporting the arts in Toledo cannot be undervalued. The Toledo Club means everything to me. It is my second home.

mature couple; Symphony concert or other music in a Club room

I AM THE TOLEDO CLUB I am a young professional in my 30s. I joined The Toledo Club because several members at my financial firm were already members. I wanted a place where I could hang out and meet my fellow movers and shakers in Toledo – not only fellow youngish guy in suit; maybe a man and members of the financial services woman smaller behind?; Tavern /w industry but lawyers, advertisers, TVs / pool table? journalists, academics – the people who have made The Toledo Club what it is today and the people of my generation who are going to make it what it will be in the future. I like to hang out in the Tavern on Thursdays, watch a game on TV, share a beer, and play a game of pool. Sometimes I even win.

June 2016 | 7 I AM THE TOLEDO CLUB Though my wife and I have only been members since 2009, we had previously spent lots of time here as guests of other club members. It was those same members who convinced us to join. I like being a member of The Toledo Club because it gives me a chance to get away from the pressures of my everyday life and relax with friends. To listen to music in the Red Room, to enjoy a drink in the Oak Room, and to linger over a full-course meal in the Main Dining Room. We love to come to the special events at the Club. We enjoy the camaraderie of First Tuesdays. We recently enjoyed the pub crawl event that took us to rooms in the Club where we had never been, and to meet members we had never met before. We love 4th of July down by the river and watching the fireworks. We have enjoyed Party In the Parking Lot. We love the holiday events: Mother’s Day, Thanksgiving, Easter, the Dickens Dinner, the many events leading up to Christmas, Charlotte’s Ribs, Jazz Night and Members’ Jam – any event featuring music and local artists.

I AM THE TOLEDO CLUB After our children left home, my husband and I looked around for something that both of us could participate in. We chose The Toledo Club and it has worked very well. We are first-generation members and, sorry to say, last-generation members, as our children live outside of our area. My husband is with the Squash gang while I remain active on committees that move the Club forward. I believe the club’s proudest legacy is how it has adapted itself to changing social and economic times. Our Club is still here and a viable venue for downtown. That is not true for many other clubs. Our favorite thing about the Club is easy enough to answer. It is the people that we love!

8 | June 2016 I AM THE TOLEDO CLUB I love to come down and work out. I swim in the pool three times a week. I use the Fitness Center. I relax in the sauna. For me, it is the perfect way to unwind after a hard day’s work, climaxed by a drink in the Oak Room. You never know who you’re going to run into there.

I AM THE TOLEDO CLUB

My parents were members. I am a member. I certainly hope my children will become members. The Toledo Club has been a part of our family. We celebrated birthdays at the Club. We celebrated holidays at the Club. My daughter got married at the Club. I get my hair cut in the barbershop. I have made lifelong friends thanks to The Toledo Club.

Now it’s time to ask, what can we do now to maintain and enhance this great institution so that it will survive for another 100 years? It takes commitment on all sides, from the staff to the board to the membership. How can you help? Volunteer for an event, serve on a committee, pledge funds, attend events, recruit members, schedule business meetings at the Club, or organize special events. The Club can be what all the members want it to be, but it will continue to be only as long as the membership commits the same time and energy as our founding members. I am The Toledo Club. You are The Toledo Club. We are The Toledo Club.

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H. L. Mencken wrote, “Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.” No, I’m not writing about the current “Political Circus” that we are all observing. I am writing about real circus performers who will visit us on Saturday, June 18 during the party that will close our building’s centennial celebration!

12 | June 2016 n 1768 the circus concept was started The best addition was the clown. Borrowed from the Elizabethan by Englishman Philip Astley, a great Theatre, the clown/jester kept things moving with laughter and equestrian. He decided to show off his riding tricks. The great showman P. T. Barnum stated that tricks for a small fee after teaching at his “Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.” riding school. Other equestrians were doing the In the beginning, Astley also provided some same thing in London’s garden establishments shelter for his customers, but none for the with great success. They all used the form of a circular area performers. As the circus gained popularity called the circle or circus, which enabled the watchers to see all throughout Europe, major cities built large ornate the tricks being performed. Astley’s original ring was 62 feet in buildings to house their permanent circus acts. diameter, and later became a diameter of 42 feet. Crowds soon tired of galloping horse tricks, so Astley added more variety with Of course, it didn’t take long for America to be looked acrobats, jugglers and rope walkers who upon as a new market. An English equestrian, performed between his riding acts. (continued on page 14)

PERFORMERS H UNDER THE TOLEDO CLUB “BIG TOP” H Stilt walkers, fire breathers and jugglers, OH MY! What better way to welcome the beginning of The Toledo Club building’s second century than a dazzling, daring and fun program H full of magic and illusion, gravity-defying twirling through the air and much much more? H More? Oh yes! You’ll see balancing acts and jugglers and trapeze artists – and daring drop sequences with only scarves to support H performers who drop from on high. It’s amazing, the somersaults and contortions these aerialists can do stylin’ it out with their bodies and H those brilliantly colored silks. Chairperson Cindy Niggemyer has H planned the most fabulous evening; one that brings new meaning to the expression “hanging out.” And one H you definitely don’t want to miss. H H JuneJune 20162016 || 1313 John Bill Rickets, began an American circus in 1793. America being 1816, when a deranged observer shot Old Bet. This sad event was America, unique twists to galloping horses were added. In the early 1800s, no problem for Hachaliah. He just had her stuffed and kept the an American sea captain saw an elephant at auction in London. Please don’t exhibition going. quiz me about this because I cannot imagine what he was thinking when he paid $20 and loaded the animal onto his boat. No small beast, an elephant. he success of exotic animals was not lost on competitors, It worked very well because he sold the animal to his brother, Hachaliah and many animals were imported to America to live out Bailey, a farmer in Somers, New York, for $1,000. Hachaliah walked his their years in environments that did not contribute to their elephant, named Old Bet, AT NIGHT, the 50-some miles from the port to his health or well-being. Fortunately, our ideas of caging and displaying farm. No free peeks for anyone. Great money was made and continued until wild animals has changed, and I am happy to report that the Ringling Brothers Circus elephants are being retired this year. They will live out their lives in a preserve.

So America created a circus quite different from Europe’s. Business- men, not circus families, ran the circus, and the show traveled from town to town. We are a very large country and the railroad became the great “road” for the circus. Phineas Barnum (1810-91) teamed with William Coup (1837-95) and created a circus with a “side show” of oddities. We hear little of him, but Coup was a true logistics and marketing genius. His advertising coverage could be up to 75 miles away; he made arrangements for railroads to run special trains. Paid attendance to the show could be more than two or three times the population of the host city. In the 1870s, Coup added a second ring and devised an ingenious way to load all the circus wagons on the train.

14 | June 2016 e designed railroad cars just for the circus. Crossover plates were installed between the cars. The wagons were pulled up into the last car and then pushed the length of the train. Before this system, they had to be hoisted over the side of each car. He also pioneered the “piggyback” system of freight hauling.

The “modern” circus is an amplified variation of the historical circus. In 1980, Guy Caron was instrumental in creating the Ecole Nationale de Cirque in Montreal, Canada. Four years later, Guy Laiberté used this template to create Cirque du Soleil. Cirque du Soleil means Circus of the Sun. When he needed to take time to re-energize, Laiberté went somewhere by the ocean to sit back and watch the sunsets. That is where the idea of “Soleil” came from; on a beach in Hawaii because the sun is the symbol of youth and energy. Laiberté wrote, “We didn’t reinvent the circus. We repackaged it in a much Ending Our Building’s Centennial Celebration more modern way.” This new circus is creative with unique costuming and unique acts. It is a performing arts circus, and he Toledo Club’s beautiful clubhouse is now Soleil acted as a template for other circus groups that needed concluding the celebration of its 100th anniversary. to re-create the circus. Reinvention is still Our building was opened in June of 1915, and going on throughout the world. T replaced the original Toledo Club building at the corner of Madison Avenue and Huron Street. Designed in the So, we’ll see children of all ages at English Renaissance style by the firm of Mills, Rhines, Bellman The Toledo Club Circus and and Norhoff, the building was immediately recognized as a star watch their eyes widen as of downtown architecture. In 1924, an athletic wing was added, stilt walkers, fire eaters and completing the structure. balancing acts entertain all. Our building has been maintained both inside and out over 100 years. Perhaps you have noticed the absence of our 1919 Don’t forget comedian George Hershedes Hall Clock in the Main Lobby. It is being totally Carlin’s famous line, “Just cause renovated by Bob Bettinger and will soon return to its lobby you got the monkey off your back, space. Members of The Toledo Club for the last 100 years doesn’t mean the circus has should be thanked for their support of all the tasks needed to keep our building in superb shape. left town!”

June 2016 | 15 H H H H H H H H H H The Toledo Club CIRCUS invites members, their families and guests to a celebration welcoming the beginning of summer and the end of the centennial year for our beautiful building

SATURDAY, JUNE 18 6:30 to 7:30 Hors d’oeuvres under the first floor “Big Top Tent” 7:30 to 8:30 Adult Dining – MDR | Children’s Buffet – fourth floor 8:30 to 11:00 Dessert under first floor “Big Top Tent” Dancing “Under the Stars” to the Rocking Sounds of the Joe Baker Band in the Centennial Room Adult’s Circus Entry – $85* | Children’s Circus Entry – $20

*Includes wine and beer service during hors d’oeuvres, dinner, and dancing Gratuity and tax are also included Dress is country club casual | Reservations by Wednesday, June 15

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GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION GROUP The Great Books Discussion Group is an opportunity to discuss stimulating books with old friends and new. Books are chosen by consensus of the members, and each moth a member leads the discussion. We publish the selections several months in advance to allow time to do the reading. New members are always welcome. You can simply drop in one of our meetings (the room is always posted in the elevator) or contact me for more information. Carl White cell 419-461-0888 office 419-242-7471 [email protected]

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June 2016 | 21 Dining & Events JUNE 2016

Summer Hours (May – August) CALL THE Dining Reservations 419-254-2961 RESERVATION HOTLINE • 419-254-2961 Dining Service Main Dining Room Third Floor LUNCH MDR OPEN FOR Monday-Friday 1 LUNCH ONLY 2 3 4 11:30 AM – 2 PM (MDR CLOSED)

DINNER DINING Thursday & Friday* IN THE SPORTS GRILL 5:30 – 8:30 PM & TAVERN *check schedule for alternate dining room location if MDR is closed MDR OPEN FOR MDR OPEN FOR MDR OPEN FOR Sports Grill & Tavern 5 6 LUNCH ONLY 7 LUNCH ONLY 8 LUNCH ONLY 9 10 11 (Casual attire) (MDR CLOSED) DINNER FIRST DINING Wednesday – Friday IN THE 5 – 10 PM TUESDAY SPORTS GRILL (Beverage service (PRIVATE & TAVERN until 12:30 AM) ROOM) LUNCH AND DINNER Saturday MDR OPEN FOR MDR OPEN FOR MDR OPEN FOR 11 AM–12:30 AM LUNCH ONLY LUNCH ONLY LUNCH ONLY 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Closed Sunday THIRD (MDR CLOSED) • THURSDAY CENTENNIAL Beverage Service GREAT GALA - BOOKS CLUB CIRCUS Oak Room Pub First Floor Monday-Friday 4-9 PM • MDR OPEN FOR MDR OPEN FOR MDR OPEN FOR 19 20 LUNCH ONLY 21 LUNCH ONLY 22 LUNCH ONLY 23 24 25 (MDR CLOSED) Dress Code Proper business DINING IN THE casual attire is SPORTS GRILL required during & TAVERN dining and beverage hours Main Dining Room Monday-Friday MDR OPEN FOR MDR OPEN FOR MDR OPEN FOR Men: Jackets/no tie 26 27 LUNCH ONLY 28 LUNCH ONLY 29 LUNCH ONLY 30 MANICURIST WILL BE required AVAILABLE IN THE BARBER SHOP ON Business Casual Collared shirt, JUNE 8 AND 22. pressed pants. CALL 419-254-2979 FOR No shorts, t-shirts, AN APPOINTMENT. athletic apparel, ball caps, denim, etc.

22 | June 2016 Athletic & Events JUNE 2016

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BLOOD PRESSURE Fitness & Wellness Ctr. 419-254-2990 SCREENINGS Squash Courts 419-254-2965 JUNE 9, 7-8 AM Monday-Thursday 5 AM–9 PM Friday 1 2 3 4 5 AM–8 PM 5:30 AM 5:30 AM Saturday–Sunday RUNNERS RUNNERS 8 AM–7 PM BODY AQUA AEROBICS SPIN CLASS 8:30 AM SCULPT Adult Swim Hours 6 AM FIRST FRIDAY AQUA 9-10 AM BREAKFAST Monday–Friday AEROBICS 5–9 AM 8:30 AM 11:30 AM–2:30 PM 4:30–6:30 PM 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Saturday and Sunday 5:30 AM BODY Noon–2 PM 5:30 AM RUNNERS SCULPT 5:30 AM RUNNERS BODY 9-10 AM RUNNERS Family Swim Hours SCULPT SPIN CLASS Monday–Friday AQUA 6 AM BLOOD AQUA AEROBICS 9-10 AM PRESSURE AEROBICS 9–11:30 AM 8:30 AM AQUA SCREENINGS 8:30 AM 2:30–4:30 PM AEROBICS 7–8 AM 6:30 PM–close 8:30 AM Saturday 8–11:55 AM 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 2 PM–close 5:30 AM 5:30 AM RUNNERS 5:30 AM • BODY BODY RUNNERS RUNNERS SCULPT SPIN CLASS SCULPT Barber Shop: 1st Floor AQUA 9-10 AM 6 AM 9-10 AM AQUA Bert Mills AEROBICS AQUA AEROBICS Jim Schimming 8:30 AM AEROBICS 8:30 AM 419-254-2979 8:30 AM Monday–Friday 7 AM–5 PM 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 • 5:30 AM 5:30 AM RUNNERS BODY 5:30 AM Tailor Shop: 5th Floor BODY RUNNERS RUNNERS SCULPT SPIN CLASS SCULPT Lawson Murrell AQUA 6 AM 9-10 AM AQUA 419-243-2200, ext. 2152 9-10 AM AEROBICS Mon./Wed./Fri. AEROBICS AQUA 8:30 AM 8:30 AM 7:30 AM–1 PM AEROBICS or by appointment 8:30 AM •

Other Club Services 26 27 28 29 30 Join the Fitness Team 5:30 AM on Twitter Greta Mitchell, 5:30 AM BODY RUNNERS BODY Lic. Massage Therapist RUNNERS SCULPT SPIN CLASS SCULPT 419-381-8195 AQUA 9-10 AM 6 AM 9-10 AM Manicurist AEROBICS AQUA www.twitter.com/charissamarconi 419-254-2979 8:30 AM AEROBICS www.twitter.com/jseidel Thomas Derring 8:30 AM Leather Specialist 419-254-2979

June 2016 | 23 THIRD THURSDAY IN THE TAVERN

June 16 • 6 pm • $20 per person Catch up with friends, make new ones. Great camaraderie!

NEW SUMMER DINING HOURS Main Dining Room: Lunch: Monday - Friday 11:30 AM–2 PM Dinner: Thursday & Friday 5:30 – 8:30 PM Grill: Dinner: Wednesday – Friday 5 PM – 10 PM Saturday 11 AM –12:30 AM

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Salad www.toledoclub.org Watermelon, radish, rocket leaf Entrees Coffee-rubbed NY strip, potato pave, roasted Contact mushrooms, pasilla chile sauce, grilled lime Dawn Miller at Halibut, spring pea risotto, Spanish chorizo, mint 419-254-2980 Cornmeal dusted Duroc pork chop, spring or dmiller@ vegetable succotash, red pepper butter sauce toledoclub.org Dessert Lemon, poppy and chevre cheesecake with rhubarb Reservations required. 419-254-2961 or www.toledoclub.org

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June 2016 | 25 Cuisine at the club SpringSpring

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June 2016 | 27 RECENT E v e n ts Mother’s Day Brunch May 8, 2016

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Pardon is granted for putting pureed parsnips out to pasture. “WOW.” It’s a Very Fun Gathering and a great way to meet Think REAL food for REAL people with a summer slant. Certainly other members. Believe it’s termed “networking;” then fish with flair is always a preferred treat. onto friendships!

A precipitous plunk in patronage of the Main Dining Room is A circus clown will be the greeter for the Circus Party so perplexing; we pined for others as only four tables to celebrate the recognition of the 100th year totaling fourteen people were present on a Friday in of our building, on June 18. Reservations May; each meal was wonderful, as was the service! are a MUST! A fun, fun evening has been And, of course, with the days of service cut, that planned for the whole family. Come absence becomes particularly self-fulfilling. A one, come all, see the Greatest Show REAL problem is perpetuated when the hours on Earth! of employees are cut and they, in turn, either “Go West, young man.” Thus spoketh suffer hardship OR move on. Please Horace Greely, but many will find it ponder this REAL solution: incumbent to travel to the East for the that all members and/ 2016 Fabulous Fourth of July KABOOM. or spouses pledge to The big tent will be positioned on the grounds use the MDR ONCE of the Great Lakes Historical Museum in the Marina during the next two District. This prime property is just across the Maumee River and months! So many not in a foreign country; English is spoken. The big tent, with people would be tables and chairs for plopping your body properly, will be THE pleased. And your palatial pivot point with picnic foods, dinner or lunch will drinks and mingling. Mingling will be TERRIFIC. be your responsibility, the food Why not designate a day of the and drinks will come from week to lunch with a friend? No white gloves or The Toledo Club. Then it’s hats or even men’s ties are necessary. And summer onto the Schoonmaker for soups will be a treat. Those sandwiches are, well, a stupendous view of the wonderful. The plusses are plural; an elegant fireworks. Missing the view, nice silverware and friendly, efficient and fireworks on the Fourth is personal service. like not having a Christmas Tree; some paltry part of Participants present for First Tuesday of May will and you just feels empty. So make can attest to a fun, fabulous, foodie evening plus some guy plans to Celebrate the Fourth! Fill paraded around between entrée and dessert (of a delish modern that minivan! Dig out the blue shirt, red Twinkie) playing an accordion, with a few folks pleading “One shorts and white hanky and look patriotic. And join the crowd. More Time!” Make a reservation for June 7 and enjoy a personal Rain will NOT happen. RESERVATIONS? Yes, indeed. welcome over cocktails and appetizers. Last month’s entrees were lamb chops, soft shell crab, or halibut. And all proclaimed

June 2016 | 31 Perspectives From

The iconic pewter mugs with the etched Club logo can only be found in the Tavern, and are available to all Mug Club members exclusively. All members can join for a nominal fee by asking the bartender – and it has been estimated that your ROI turns positive after approximately 17 refills.

ZAC HUIZING Co-Chairman &Guest Bartender 419-720-5300 Bus. The Third Annual Guest Bartender Series will be back for the four Thursdays in July. We are currently working 419-419-9579 Cell on a new cast of guest bartenders that will not disappoint. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Guest [email protected] Bartender Series, it’s quite simple. Our very own club members/staff are chosen to get behind the bar to show off their drink-making skills. It’s a fun-filled night full of surprises, which ultimately helps raise the necessary MARGIE TRABAND funds for future Tavern improvements and events. In the past two years we’ve seen the guest bartenders get very Co-Chairman competitive to try and raise the most proceeds. Our reigning champs, John and Kim Seidel, brought in a record amount of tips that even our second-place finishers, Kristin Winovich and Lauren Douglas, couldn’t compete with. 419-509-2881 Cell Come on down and support the Tavern, as well as your fellow club members and staff. [email protected]

SUMMER Third Thursday HOURS Hope everyone enjoyed the small break from liquors and sampled the craft Become a Fan of The Toledo Club! beers during the May tasting. June’s tasting will be Vodka, wódka (Polish) or DINNER - водка (Russian). Traditional vodka is made from distillation of fermented Wednesday – Friday 5 – 10 PM cereal grains or potatoes; more modern brands use other substances such (Beverage service as fruit and sugar. With the cost of vodka bottles running vastly different, until 12:30 AM) can your palate decipher the expensive vodka from the cheap? We all know LUNCH AND DINNER our heads can tell the next morning, but see if your taste buds know the Saturday 11 AM–12:30 difference. Jim Knapp and Bob Lubell have teamed up to bring the Club a world AM (Closed Sunday) view of unique vodkas. This tasting will be one not to miss.

Tavern Fund There has been a lot of feedback lately on how members would like to see the Tavern Fund utilized. We are happy to hear your suggestions and recommendations. There are a couple of projects already in the works, and The Sports Grill & we hope that you will see the progress after the August shutdown. Tavern will open for special and private events Looking forward to seeing everyone around the Tavern, on Mondays and Tuesdays. Sláinte, Zac & Margie

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June 2016 | 33 Introducing new members

CLUB MENTORS A whopping 90 percent of the members who join The Toledo Club new members remain members for many years. You will read about members in RESIDENT Topics who are celebrating 10, 20, 30 and even 50-plus years of membership. Roughly half of these members grew up locally. The Keith Burris other half were transplants who put down roots when they came to The Toledo Blade Ohio to build their careers. The Club owes these long-term members Sponsored by: Joe Zerbey a great deal of respect and gratitude. James Edgeworth, Jr. That means 10 percent of our membership leaves the Club on an The Bilco Company annual basis. For the most part, their reasons for leaving are sound. Sponsored by: Zak Vassar Reasons people leave include relocation away from Toledo, death, RUSS WOZNIAK job loss, and loss of mobility. All are good reasons that make up INTERMEDIATE about 80 percent of annual member attrition. Only one to two Membership Director Michael Effler percent of our membership will leave the Club because they did 419-254-2997 Liberty Medical 419-254-2992 Fax not realize the full value of a Toledo Club membership. The words I hear from this group of members is “I just have not been to the Club Sponsored by: Kyle Wilson [email protected] enough to continue membership.” JUNIOR So the question is: How can we retain a member who is not using the Club to its potential? One answer is to enlist the help of a Brandon Rodriguez Xanterra www.twitter.com/TheToledoClub veteran club member who can mentor a newer member who would appreciate an “insider.” The mentor/insider can be an important club Sponsored by: Zak Vassar contact person. Presently, the club has six volunteer mentors. Katherine Lonsbrough Become a Fan of The Toledo Club! They are: John Skeldon, Zak Vassar, Rebecca Shope, Nick Toledo Zoo & Aquarium Stack, Matt Rubin and Zac Huizing. Sponsored by: Jackie Barnes Between eight and ten new members join the Club each month. Not everyone wants or needs a club mentor. However, for those BUSINESS INDIVIDUAL who do, it would be great to have a list of current members who are Christopher Smith willing to mentor our newest club members. Please contact me if The Fremont Company you would like to know more about being a mentor. Any time you are Sponsored by: John Boggs willing to dedicate to this task will certainly help the Club grow its membership by stemming even a fraction of the annual attrition. Prithvi Gandhi Owens Corning Sponsored by: Paul Lewandowski Best, BUSINESS FAMILY

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34 | June 2016 RECENT EJazz v e n ts in the MDR April 22, 2016

Event photos by Grand Lubell Photography. See many more photos of recent club events at www.TheClubPhotos.org. June 2016 | 35 Athletic News Athletics & Squash

Toledo Club Squash Team Takes McQueenie Cup! The eight-man team from The Toledo Club defeated teams from Chicago, Detroit and Columbus to win the 2015-16 5.0+ Division Drew Snell 2nd Rich Effler ( C ) 7th McQueenie Cup Challenge. This is the third title for Toledo in the five years of cup competition! The Toledo 4.5 + Division Fateh Ahmed 1st Club team won some clutch matches on Friday of the Neil Garrison 4th competition, including John Leslie in a tight four-game 4.0 + Division Daniel McKinney 1st win, Cam Hahn winning 12-10 in the fifth game and John Leslie 2nd Neil Garrison pulling out a 15-13 victory in the decisive fifth game. These close wins helped to catapult The Toledo 3.5 + Division Nick Stack 2nd Club to the title. The team members made it through the Cam Hahn 1st tryouts, endured several weeks of “boot camp” training, The Toledo Club also fielded a double team of Audrey and played great in Chicago at the beautiful University Berling and Craig Witherell who split 1-1 against JOHN A. SEIDEL Club of Chicago facility. Team members and their final their opponents. positions (1-8) are listed at right. Athletic Director and Squash Professional 419-254-2962 Drew Snell wins 3rd Toledo Club Championship Trophy [email protected] TOP: Twelve other division titles also determined Drew Snell (right) and Rich Effler Drew Snell came out firing and took down friend and rival Rich Effler by a 11-4, 12-10, 11-8, 3-0 tally to win his third Club Championship title! MIDDLE: Michael Mack (right) All of the finals in the remaining dozen divisions were also played on and Dave Snell Finals Night 2016, with the following results: BOTTOM: A Division: Drew Snell 3-0 over Rich Effler James Bailey (left) and Eric Croak Alt Division: Cam Hahn 3-1 over Greg Wagoner B Division: Audrey Berling 3-0 over Andy Ranazzi C Division: Eric Croak 3-2 over Joe Clarke D Division: Matt Darah 3-0 over Grant Kozy Novice: James Bailey 3-2 over Eric Croak Women’s Division: Audrey Berling (left) 3-0 over Maya Chandra-Koub 40+ A/B Division: Nick DeMarco 3-2 over Fateh Ahmed 50+ A/B Division: Nick DeMarco 3-0 over Andy Ranazzi 60+ Masters: Ishrat Husain 3-1 over Tim Schmidt 70+ Grand Masters: Jim Burnor 3-1 over Dave Stark 50+ C/O: Riaz Chaudhary 3-2 over Keith Burwell Clydesdale Div: Michael Mack 3-0 over Dave Snell These were our champions and finalists from over 150+ players in many divisions played. Congratulations to our 2016 Club Champions!

36 | June 2016 Photos by Toledo Club Honor Awards for the 2015-2016 Season Art Bronson

The Sportsmanship Award: Bruce Foster won this year’s Sportsmanship Award, as voted on by the previous recipients and presented by last year’s winner, Rich Effler. Congratulations Bruce! Most Improved Player(s): Maya Chandar- Kouba, Audrey Berling, and Dan Mckinney. Others in consideration included Steve Turner, Tim Kalucki, Andy Ranazzi, Neil Garrison, Tyler McKean, Max Kouba, Joe Clarke, Rachel Steele and Melissa Freeman. Chairman’s Award: Andy Ranazzi Comeback Player Award: George and Kathleen Hack, Tim Kalucki, C.A. Joseph Rookie of the Year Award: This year’s R.O.Y. goes to James Bailey in view of his 3-2 win over Eric Croak 100% Club: This was a banner year for outstanding participation, as reflected by the number of 100% club “tankards” earned this year by players who completed all of their matches during the 2015-2016 season. We had a RECORD 82 players in this year’s 100% club, along with another 19 players who missed only one match. Awesome!

Thanks to all of our squash players for an excellent year of squash! Summer League session #2 will start in July, so if you missed session #1 jump in for session #2.

June 2016 | 37 Athletic News Aquatics & Fitness Center

Thank you to all the members who attended the “Spring into Flavors” cooking demonstration. The next demonstration will be in the fall. This event was sponsored by the Athletic Committee with a large thank you to Kim Walter who helped organize the event. Spin Class Luigina Boes will be teaching spin on Wednesdays only at 6 AM through the end of June. Spin class will continue when the Club reopens in September. Yoga Yoga with David Schmenk has ended for the summer. CHARISSA MARCONI David will continue yoga on Saturdays when the club reopens BS, WITS SCUBA with Aqua Hut in September. Fitness & Aquatics Dir. Members of the Club had the opportunity to join a Lucky Duck Swim: 419-254-2990 “try dive” in our own pool. Thank you to John and Patti Gallagher, Gary Deising, Max Reddish, and July 17, 1 mile or 5k [email protected] Brook Jones who got them to put all the gear on and Join us for our region’s only dive in the pool. This was not a certification class. If open water swim competition. any member is interested in getting SCUBA certified, Whether you are a serious Join me on please contact Charissa in the Fitness Center. swimmer looking for a chance to compete, a triathlete www.twitter.com/charissamarconi wanting to get practice in open water competition, or if you want to set a personal goal of improving your swimming so that you can complete the one-mile course, the Lucky Duck Open Water Swim is an exciting, challenging and fun celebration of the sport of swimming. Sign up at luckyduckswim.com.

Chocolate Coconut Protein Shake Beat the summer heat with this delicious shake. High-Milers Running Continues Ice 1 cup unsweetened It is not too late to sign up on the chart in the Fitness Center. almond milk Log all your running miles anywhere you run! ½ banana 1-2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder Maumee River Swim 1 scoop of vanilla protein powder Log all your swimming miles at the chart in the Fitness 1-2 tablespoons of unsweetened coconut flakes Center. Don’t be left on the shore – join other members in Fill the blender cup in order, mix and drink. Add more or less this race to Labor Day! ice depending on consistency. Enjoy!

38 | June 2016 RECENT E v e n ts Mother’s Day Tea

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Photos by Grand Lubell Photography. See many more photos of recent club events at www.TheClubPhotos.org.

June 2016 | 39 JUNE MEMBER N E W S

We’re proud of Craig Joseph! Macmillan Audio, an APA member and contest judge. “Levy impressed us as both a thoughtful reviewer of audiobooks Craig Joseph, founding member and manager/financial and a wonderful advocate for the format… (Her) articulate consultant of Equity Planning Group in Toledo, was named voice has become an essential one, both to industry a Top 10 Advisor Nationwide for 2015 by Signator Investors, professionals and audio fans alike. It’s a joy to be able to a dual-registered broker-dealer/ celebrate her.” investment advisor with a national network of independent firms and Good wishes to the Camerons approximately 1500 investment Congratulations to David and Beverly Hatcher Cameron professionals across the United States. on the birth of their granddaughter, Bridgette Jean. The 7 lb., In addition to being recognized as one 11 oz. baby girl was born May 10 at Toledo Hospital, and as of the nation’s top advisors, he was evidenced by the photos below, she takes after her big brother. chosen to serve on the broker-dealer’s Her proud parents are Trevor and Ashley Newby. Craig Joseph advisory board. Craig’s practice works with small businesses, business owners and affluent individuals to provide them with customized investment management, asset allocation and retirement plan solutions. He earned his bachelors degree at Cornell University, then went on to complete his MBA at the Johnson School of Management at Cornell. After several years in field management, he launched Equity Planning Group in 1999. He has been a member of The Toledo Club since July, 1985.

Big brother Brantley on the left (born August 14, 2013) and A well-earned honor Bridgette, born May 10. Kudos to Candace Levy, daughter of Shirley Levy and the late Philip Levy! Candace, who runs a literary blog, was Welcome back, Lawson! chosen as the 2016 Audiobooks Blogger of the Year – Members will be happy to learn that Lawson Murrell, an honor awarded to her through a competition sponsored the Toledo Club’s master tailor, has returned to his by the Audio Publishers Association. The Audi Award shop on the Fifth Floor of the Club. Lawson took a leave was presented by emcee of absence due to health issues, but is feeling better comedian Paula Poundstone now. He has served clients at The Toledo Club since and award-winning audiobook 1996, offering quick and quality service on anything and narrator Katherine Kellgren at everything that needs tailoring. His hours are 7:30 AM to APA’s annual conference, held 1 PM Monday, Wednesday and Friday or by appointment. at the Adler Planetarium in Call him at 419-243-2200, ext. 2152. Chicago, May 11. “It was a really great and Raise your glass high! diverse group of entries this Congrats to the membership and staff of The Toledo year, making it hard to pick Club on our building’s first century. Here’s to another just one winner,” said Candace Levy (right) and 100 years of networking, fine dining, athletic opportunity, Audie Awards emcee Paula Samantha Edelson of Poundstone friendship and success.

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June 2016 | 41 Committees Junior/ Sports Grill House Intermediate & Tavern Chairman Chairman Co-Chairman Marianne Ballas JUNE Nick Stack Zac Huizing meeting schedule

Food/Beverage Committee (First Thursday) June 2 • Noon Chelsea Room 419-265-5607 Cell 419-321-1392 Business 419-720-5300 Business [email protected] Social/Entertainment Committee 419-215-1628 Cell 419-419-9579 Cell Lauren Douglas [email protected] [email protected] (First Tuesday) June 7 • 5:30 PM Paul Sullivan Renee Stack Co-Chairman Tom Uhler Chelsea Room Cameron Hahn Margie Traband Shelley Walinski Ian Malhoit Carl White Athletic Committee Sarah Snell Elizabeth Wolfe (Second Tuesday) June 14 • 11:30 AM Emilie Vassar John Fedderke Conservatory Room Squash Committee Marketing Social/ Chairman (Second Tuesday) June 14 • 7:30 AM Entertainment Fred Harrington Chairman Georgian Room 419-509-2881 Cell Mike Mori House Committee [email protected] Bruce Douglas Meeting date TBA • 5 PM Jim Knapp Chelsea Room Bob Lubell Megan McKean Junior/Intermediate Committee Rebecca Shope (Third Thursday) June 16 • 6 PM Drew Snell 419-385-2322 Home Craig Witherall Sports Grill & Tavern [email protected] 419-724-6380 Business Steven Bogart 419-392-3050 Cell Sports Grill & Tavern Committee John Fedderke Food/Beverage [email protected] (Third Thursday) June 16 • 5:30 PM Tom Klein Chairman Anna Bremer Sports Grill & Tavern Shirley Levy Ben Brown Art Bronson Cindy Niggemyer Jim Burnor Membership Committee Rick Rudnicki Eileen Eddy June 27 • 5:30 PM Joy Hyman Cindy Niggemyer Red Room or phone Finance David Quinn Chairman John Skeldon Finance Committee Gregory H. Wagoner June 27 • 4 PM Board Room 419-254-7382 Business Membership 419-787-7382 Cell Chairman Board Meeting [email protected] Zak Vassar June 28 • 4 PM Tom Baird Board Room Susan Conda Dan Effler Marketing Committee Becky Fuhrman 419-241-9000 Business Karen Klein (Last Tuesday) June 28 • 11:30 AM 419-321-1206 Direct Bob Lubell Ivy Room [email protected] John MacKay Larry Boyer Kathy Mikolajczak Topics Committee Neil Garrison Ann Sanford 419-764-9161 Cell (Last Tuesday) June 28 • 12:30 PM Doug Kearns Bruce Schoenberger [email protected] John MacKay Board Room Betty Sherman Laura Baird Jodi Miehls Linda Varga Jackie Barnes Mark Ralston Greg Wagoner Tim Effler Mark Ridenour Matthew Harper Dirk Van Heyst Erica Jennewine Jim Knapp Matt Rubin

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