Der This Bit of Whimsy, Sit Back, and Laugh a Little. Now Spend in Downtown Toledo for Most of the Last Century
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The holiday frenzy is in full swing, but take a minute to pon- present, whom we’ve placed in and around a street scene der this bit of whimsy, sit back, and laugh a little. Now spend in downtown Toledo for most of the last century. Toledoans some time trying to find Cutie, a little dog with a big heart. of a certain age will be transported back to their childhood She’s already helped raise $55,086 to provide extraordinary at Christmas for a trip down to Tiedtke’s, which stood at Ad- veterinary care for canines, like her, that found new homes ams and Summit streets. There was the giant 2-ton round of through Lucas County Canine Care & Control. cheddar cheese, the famous candy counter, and almost ev- Cutie is hiding among the Toledo notables, past and erything and anything else you could want. See if you can find Cutie, as well as others Find well known by Toledoans: • Mayor-elect D. Michael Collins. • Carty Finkbeiner, former Toledo mayor (look for the coffee cup). • Jack Ford, former Toledo mayor and now councilman-elect. • Sandy Isenberg, former Lucas County commissioner (watch out, Sandy, for the cup). • Jim Jackson, a Macomber High School Cutie and OSU basketball standout and retired NBA player. • Marianne Ballas, Ballas Buick owner. • Dick and Fran Anderson of The Ander- sons (look for the ear of corn). • Mike Anderson of The Andersons (sans corn). • Joseph H. Zerbey IV, president and gen- eral manager of The Blade (he likes a good cigar). • Steve Taylor, Jr., of Taylor Automotive Group (think ‘See Ya in a Kia’). • Dave White of Dave White Chevrolet. • Jamie Farr (look for the dress). • John Robinson Block, publisher and ed- itor-in-chief of The Blade, with his wife Su- san Jones Block, and daughter Caroline, with basset hound Nellie. • John Oswald, of Appliance Center (look for the washer). • Edward Drummond Libbey, industrialist and art museum benefactor. • Danny Thomas, comedian and North To- ledo native (look for the microphone). • Crystal Bowersox (look for the guitar). • Jon Stainbrook, Lucas County Republi- can Party chairman. • Lee Conklin and Diane Larson, WTVG-TV, Channel 13, anchors. • Allan Block, chairman of Block Commu- nications Inc., with his wife Susan and poo- dle Charlemagne (she’s much bigger than Cutie). • Joe Napoli, Toledo Mud Hens general manager. • Nick Vitucci, Toledo Walleye coach. • Muddy (you know who he is). • U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur. • U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (dad was Del). • Mike Thaman, chief executive of Owens Corning (spot the Pink Panther). • Matt Campbell, University of Toledo Rockets’ football coach. • Tod Kowalczyk, UT Rockets’ men’s bas- ketball coach. • Tricia Cullop, UT Rockets’ women’s bas- ketball coach. • Pope Francis (Holy Toledo, Francis is here). • Harold McMaster, solar panel pioneer. • Michael J. Owens, inventor and glass-bot- tle pioneer. • Dr. Lloyd Jacobs, UT president. • Mary Ellen Mazey, Bowling Green State University president. • Richard Hylant, Toledo office president of Hylant Group insurance company. • George Chapman, chairman, CEO, and president of Health Care REIT. • Andrea Price, president and CEO of Mer- cy North Region health system. • Randy Oostra, president and CEO of Pro- Medica Health System. • Paul Devers, owner of Vin Devers Auto- haus of Sylvania. • Sharon Speyer, regional president of Hun- tington Bank Northwest Ohio. • Mark V’Soske, president of the Toledo Re- gional Chamber of Commerce. • Walt Churchill, owner of Walt Churchill’s Market. • Pat Nowak, executive director of the Syl- vania Area Chamber of Commerce. • Phil Kajca, owner of J. Foster Jewelers. • Gus Mancy, co-owner of Mancy’s Restau- rant Group. • Tony Packo, Jr., chief operating officer of Tony Packo’s. • Roger Parker, general manager of the To- ledo Club. • Manos Paschalis, owner of Manos Greek Restaurant. • Richard Esser, CEO & chairman of Treu House of Munch. • Jerry Jones, CEO of Woodlands Consult- ing Group. • Mario Pino, vice president of vehicle as- sembly operations and world class manu- facturing, Chrysler Group LLC. • Navy Cmdr. Michael Majewski, captain of the USS Toledo. • Col. Steve Nordhaus, commander of the 180th Fighter Wing. • Mayor Samuel “Golden Rule” Jones, who led Toledo from 1897 to 1904. • Chief Turkey Foot, a combatant in the 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers. • Lewis Osterman, Sr., founder of Osterman Jewelers (think “Hello Mr. O”). • Marvin Kobacker, longtime president of the former Tiedtke’s Department Store. • Brian Kennedy, director of the Toledo Mu- seum of Art (he’s really cool in an artsy, Irish sort of way). • John Yark, of Yark Automotive Group, and his nephew, DJ Yark (think Jeep). • Millie Benson, author of Nancy Drew (and a beloved former Blade reporter). • Keith C. Burris, a columnist for The Blade. • Paul Ormond, CEO, chairman, and presi- dent of HCR ManorCare. • Ralph Mahalak, Jr., the Monroe, Mich. car king. • Commodore Perry, in his uniform. • Baru, the Toledo Zoo’s 17-foot saltwater crocodile from Australia. • Cutie (Toledo’s most famous dog pound alumni). For a key of who’s who at Tiedtke’s, go to Page A13..