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1. I was born on April 1, 1932, in Texas. I am a ginger and actress who gave a delightful perfor-mance in “Singin’ in the Rain” and in “The Unskinkable Molly Brown.” Who am I?

2. I was born April 4, 1944, in Washington. I am an Emmy Award winning actor who portrayed ath-letic instructor, Hayden Fox, on TV’s “Coach.” I later played the warden in “My Name is Earl” and had a role in NBC’s “Parenthood.” Who am I?

3. I was born on April 10, 1952, in Michigan. I’m an actor who became known for his martial art skills in “Above the Law” and hosted a reality show “Lawman.” My long list of action films includes “Attack Force” and “Black Dawn.”

4. I was born April 16, 1935, in Pennsylvania. I am a pop singer whose first hit single was “Roses Are Red (My Love).” Another big his was “Blue Velvet.” Who am I?

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2 — GOOD TIMES — April 2014

UNDER REVIEW‘Divergent,’ ‘The Martian’7

6 FINANCIAL TIPSMillennials make spending

trade-offs but save less

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ACROSS1. Hidden, also “lost” in French6. ___ and flow9. Beehive basket13. “Private Parts” author14. ___ v. Wade15. The Great Muppet16. _____ peak17. ___-Wan Kenobi18. Bedazzle, e.g.19. “The Jazz Singer” and such21. Honeymoon, e.g.23. Finale24. RPMs25. Electric guitar hookup28. Art ____30. Kindle editions35. Figure of worship37. Margaret behind sexual revolution39. Flashy ocean ride in “The Great Gatsby”40. This “biscuit” was renamed a “sand-wich” cookie in 192141. Supplemented43. Salty drop44. Chronic disease in homeopathy46. Pitcher with handle and spout for pouring47. Maori war dance48. ______ weight in boxing50. Actor Sandler52. Frostiness53. To fix, as in cat55. Bygone bird57. Musical name for the 1920s61. “Return to Normalcy” President65. Architectural projection66. “Wow!”68. Cowboy sport69. Female gossip70. Feeling of anger71. Corpulent72. “The Foresyte ____”73. Down in the dumps74. Adam and Mae

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Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition docks in Toledo


Cover Story

BY ERIN COXStaff Writer

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At 11:40 p.m. April 14, 102 years ago, Titanic hit an iceberg. The ship that was said to be “practically unsink-able” took just a little under three hours to sink.

The world had never seen a ship, or any moving ob-ject, as large as Titanic when construction was complet-ed in 1911. At 882 feet and nine inches long, the ship equaled nearly four city blocks in length.

The popular press advertised the ship as “practically unsinkable” because of its watertight compartments to limit flooding, which was not uncommon for the time. When Titanic hit the iceberg, it punctured the hull and five, or possibly six of those watertight compartments began to flood.

On board the ship were 1,316 passengers and a crew of 885. An estimated 1,500 of them were left stranded on the sinking boat.

It was when Titanic sank that the description of being “unsinkable” really took hold.

On Sept. 1, 1985, the wreckage of Titanic was found by Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel, who were on a joint U.S./French expedition.

Titanic sits 2.5 miles beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, but now visitors can sink back to 1912 to experience Titanic and the culture of the time period through Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition now being fea-tured at Imagination Station, Toledo’s Science Center, until June 15.

The exhibition takes visitors on a journey back in time

to experience the legend of Titanic through galleries that feature over 150 real artifacts recovered from the ocean floor along with room re-creations and personal stories.

Engineering, physics and social studies are all ad-dressed as visitors explore the science of Titanic.

“This exhibition allows the science center to bring sci-ence and history to the community in a compelling and unique way,” Lori Hauser, CEO of Imagination Station, said in a press release. “The artifacts and the stories that accompany them are incredibly interesting and show why the story of Titanic has fascinated the world for over 100 years. It’s more than a tale of a sinking ship. It’s an extraordinary tale of human endurance and often heroism.”

The exhibition has been designed with a focus on the legendary RMS Titanic’s compelling human stories through artifacts, such as perfume from a maker who was traveling to New York to sell his samples, china etched with the logo of the elite White Star Line, even a pair of men’s dress shoes. The objects offer haunting, emotional connections to lives abruptly ended or forever altered.

The exhibition makes it an interactive experience for visitors. Upon entrance, guests receive a replica board-ing pass of an actual passenger on board Titanic. They then begin their chronological journey through the life of Titanic, moving through the ship’s construction, to life on board, to the ill-fated sinking and amazing arti-fact rescue efforts.

The tour features first-class and third-class accom-modations and visitors can press their palms against an iceberg while learning of countless stories of heroism

New York, April 16 - A wireless message from the Allan Liber Virginian contained the awful news of the loss of the White Star Liner, Titanic, which rammed an iceberg late Sunday night, with an attendant loss of over 1500 lives, including the entire crew, who battled bravely to save the lives of the pas-sengers.

Six hundred and seventy-five passengers were saved, being picked up in the life boats as they drifted near the scene of the greatest tragedy in maritime history.

The Titanic, the largest vessel in the world, was making her maiden voyage, and on ac-count of her size and magnificance, had an unusually large and prominent passenger list.

She left Southampton April 10 and at the time of the collision was 1150 miles due east of New York City. She was 82 feet 6 inches long, and had a displacement of 66,000 tons, and a gross weight of 46,328 tons.

A wireless message from the Titanic early Monday morning announced that the giant liner had struck an iceberg off the banks of Newfoundland at 10:25 Sunday night and was in a sinking condition. The transfer of passen-gers was begun at once, and two hours later

the ship’s wireless which had been working badly, failed completely.

The last words sent by the operator said that the vessel was apparently doomed, “sinking by the head,” and that the women passengers were being rushed into the lifeboats. The only reassuring feature being that the weather was calm and clear, and help only few hours away.

The Titanic’s first S. O. S. message was received by the Virginian end according to the position given by the Titanic’s operator, which was about 170 miles away. The captain of the Virginian at once started his vessel at full steam for the scene of the wreck, and an-nouncing his brother officials on the doomed vessel that he would reach him about 10 o’clock, which he did, but when he arrived a scene of horror awaited him, for the Titanic had gone down, and all that was left was a mass of drifting wreckage and the lifeboats filled with women.

The passenger list includes some of the most noted men and women of the United States, including such families as Alfred Vanderbilt, Isidor Straus, Emil Tausig, J. B. Thayer, H. J. Allsion, W. R. Carter, Herbert Chaffess, Mark Fortune, W. D. Douglass, Henry Harper, Washington Dodge, Henry B. Harris, Freder-ick M. Hoyt, John Jacob Astor, O. D. Widener and many other of equal note and prominence in the financial, society and theatrical world.


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Visitors to Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at Imagination Station will get to see a re-creation of a third-class cabin.

and humanity.In the Memorial Gallery, guests will take their boarding pass to the

memorial wall and discover whether their passenger and traveling companions survived or perished.

Imagination Station will also host Captain Smith and the great-granddaughter of “The Unsinkable” Molly Brown to give visitors a chance to get even more insight into the life of Titanic.

Visitors can meet Captain Smith from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-5 p.m. April 18 and 19. Captain Smith, portrayed by Lowel Lytle, will talk about life aboard the ship, the captain’s role and what it is like to take a submarine down to the ocean floor to view Titanic’s remains.

Helen Benziger, the great-granddaughter of “The Unsinkable” Molly Brown, will be at the exhibit from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30-5 p.m. May 2 and 3. She will talk about life aboard the ship and the life of her famous great-grandmother.

The exhibit is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday.

Timed tickets are required and available online at www.imagination-stationtoledo.org or at Visitor Service. Tickets cost $19.50 for adults (13-64), $17.50 for seniors (65 and older), $15.50 for kids (3-12), free for little kids (2 and under) and $6.50 for members. The ticket cost includes admission to Imagination Station.

——RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc.,

is the only company permitted by law to recover objects from the wreck site of Titanic. The Company was granted Salvor-in-possession rights to the wreck site of Titanic by a United States federal court in 1994 and has conducted eight research and recovery expeditions to Titanic’s debris field and recovered more than 5,500 artifacts. Premier Exhibitions, Inc., is a major provider of museum-quality touring exhibitions throughout the world.

Iceberg sinks the world’s greatest shipWhite Star liner Titanic lost in the Atlantic

Here is a reprint of the April 16, 1912, Van Wert Daily Bulletin article detailing the sinking.

At the end of the Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, visitors can check the Memorial Wall to see if the per-son on their boarding pass survived. (Photos courtesy of Premier Exhibitions, Inc.)

As people move through various life stages, their financial goals and priori-ties change. One thing that remains consistent for many is the challenge that comes with balancing long-term savings goals with short-term needs. Regardless of age or income level, people often make lifestyle choices that af-fect their immediate financial situation, which can have long-term effects. Millenni-als (those born after 1980), in particular, are in a unique situation when it comes to saving for the future. On one hand, time – and the power of compounding money and interest that comes with it – is on their side. On the other, they face unique spending and saving challenges.

According to the *Financial Trade-Offs study, commissioned by Ameriprise Financial, Millennials are significantly more likely than both Boomers and Gen Xers to be consciously cutting back on discretionary expenses. This includes things like electronics (69 percent of Millennials say they’ve cut back on this compared to 57 percent of Gen Xers and 45 percent of Boomers) and car payments (32 percent of Millennials have scaled these back – more than any other generation surveyed). While Millennials are cutting back on spending, at the same time they’re failing to save dili-gently, creating an interesting paradox.

Disconnect between spending cut-backs and saving

The study found that younger Americans are likely to take on a large amount of debt while trying to balance saving for other financial goals. It appears as if the cash that they’re saving by making spending trade-offs may actually be helping pay down debt rather than grow their savings. Seventy-eight percent of those who have credit card or other miscellaneous debt say that it has made them feel stretched financially. Additionally, 76 percent feel that their car payments have been a stretch.

The challenges that come from trying to pay down debt may be the reason that 59 percent of Millennials say they have a monthly savings plan compared to 75 percent of Boomers. Additionally, only 43 percent of Millennials with access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan are contributing enough to get the maximum employer match. And 69 percent have either reduced their contributions or say they would reduce their contributions in the

future.Failing to systematically save and the

long-term impact on finan-cial goals

There’s no denying that altering spending habits is challenging. Let’s face it, changing any habit can be difficult. But, more often than not, people find it beneficial. In this case, changing day-to-day spending habits can lead to extra cash, which may add up over time and make a big difference. Millennials looking to fund long-term financial goals should con-sider these steps.

• Don’t over-extend yourself when you’re making big purchases like a home or car. Despite tighter lending limits, it appears that many young homeowners have still borrowed beyond their means to afford their homes. Seventy-seven percent of Millen-nial homeowners admit that their mortgage payments have been a stretch. Some people may feel tempted to stretch themselves, but in the long run it’s not worth it. Not only will they likely feel stressed about money on a day-to-day basis, they also may not be able to save toward other long-term finan-cial objectives.

• Say no to unnecessary expenses. Accord-ing to the study, 36 percent of Millennials don’t currently have the discipline to say “no” to unnecessary purchases. Before making a purchase, ask if it’s really worth it. Do you really need another new shirt? What if you went out to eat only one night per week vs. two or three? Can you bring your lunch a few times per week? Have you considered carpooling? Ask these questions and assess your situation. You might be surprised at how making a few changes can have an impact on your wallet.

• Create a financial plan or monthly bud-get. Making a decision to give up some-thing today to save for tomorrow isn’t easy if you don’t know where your money is go-ing and why. Cutting back requires juggling financial priorities, putting off some of today’s needs to support tomorrow’s goals.

Consider talking with a financial advisor to create a plan. Working with a financial professional can hold you accountable to attaining your long-term goals. Whether you choose to make small trade-offs or a few large ones, cutting back now to save for tomorrow will almost always bring rewards — emotionally and financially. Start plan-ning now for your financial future.

By JoAn Smith, CFP


Millennials make spending trade-offs but save lessWhere are people cutting back in their daily expenses?

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*The Financial Trade-Offs study was created by Ameriprise Financial utilizing survey responses from 3,002 employed Americans with access to an employer sponsored retirement plan (or Americans with an employed spouse with access to an employer sponsored retirement plan) ages 25-67 who are primary financial decision makers or share in financial decisions in their household. All respondents ages 25 – 49 have investable assets of at least $25,000 while those over 50 have at least $250,000 (including employer retirement plans, but not real estate). The survey was commissioned by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. and conducted via online interviews by Koski Research from Nov. 25 – Dec. 16, 2013. Chart information from ameriprise.com.

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Based on the young adult best-selling novel “Diver-gent” by Veronica Roth, this action-adventure film fits its role perfectly as a young adult movie but the familiar storyline leaves more to be desired.

The film is meant to relate to teenagers. Deal-ing with bullies, falling love for the first time and making new friends, the usual teenage struggles are all told in the setting of a dystopian future. It is entertaining and funny but viewers should not expect more from the movie.

“Divergent” takes place in a future Chicago where the society is divided into five factions: Abnega-tion, the selfless; Dauntless, the brave; Erudite, the intel-ligent; Candor, the hon-est; and Amity, the peaceful. Each has its specific job in the society and the audience is just suppose to accept that it works flawlessly.

At age 16, the teenag-ers must choose which faction they will live in after taking a test that will help them determine the faction that fits them best. Beatrice Prior (Shailene Woodley), however, does not have a simple decision because her test results determine she could live in multiple factions. She is Divergent.

She is told not to tell anyone she is divergent and to act like she got Abnegation, the faction she grew up in. When Choosing Day comes, she

chooses Dauntless and she begins her training, which includes fighting, shoot-ing, knife throwing and dealing with the competi-tive nature of the rest of the faction members.

Tris, the name Beatrice takes on when she gets to Dauntless, has to prove her bravery as the under-dog of the new members.

Even though she does not stand out in her mind, one of the trainers, Four (Theo James), takes inter-est in her. She mistakes it for him wanting to kill her, but in fact, it may be love.

Just as the two start their romance, the society, which we are told has just

gotten along for years, takes a turn. The leader of Erudite, Jeanine (Kate Winslet), wants an army and Tris finds herself in

the faction she has chosen to create as her army.

Many have compared “Divergent” to the “The Hunger Games” because of similar storylines in a dystopian future soci-ety with a strong female lead but “Divergent” is less complex and that is important to remember when watching the movie. Having read the book, the story really does not go much deeper than the surface level story.

If “Divergent” had come before “The Hunger Games,” it would have made more of an impact, but Tris is not Katniss Everdeen, the lead from “The Hunger Games.” Tris is suppose to be a normal

girl who wanted a change, not a hunter looking to escape the government control.

Woodley, Winslet and James all give decent performances for their characters who do not get much deeper than a cliche background but their act-ing abilities are so much better than what they are being asked, it sometimes seems like they are trying too hard.

And girls, James really is worth watching the movie. His character is meant to be a tough guy who is hard to read and he plays it well. Then he cracks a joke and smiles and you can’t help but giggle.

Director Neil Burger set-tles with some disappoint-ing shots of the futuristic society. With Chicago being such a well-known setting, he could have done a better job of showing off the city that has become desolate and rundown.

The movie is set up to make the audience ready for the rest of the series with follow-up movies based on the second and third books in Roth’s series, “Insurgent” and “Allegiant.” Perhaps those movies will give us the depth to the story that “Divergent” is lack-ing, but as I am about halfway through reading “Insurgent” and I don’t have my hopes too high.

If you sit down to read the “The Mar-tian”, the debut novel from author Andy Weir, prepare yourself for “Apollo 13”… on steroids.

In fact, Crown Publishers describes the book as a cross between two Tom Hanks movies, “Apollo 13” and “The Cast-away,” and the description, much like the book, delivers the goods.

The martian the title refers to is actually U.S. astronaut Mark Watney, who is only the 17th person (out of 18) to walk on Mars. He is a member of Ares 3, the third mission to send astronauts to the red planet, and in his own words, the lowest ranking member of his crew. Watney says “I would only be in com-mand if I was the only remaining person.”

As you can guess, he is now in command.

The novel opens with Watney waking up half-buried in Mars dirt and dust. On only day six of a 31-day mission, a horrific storm prompts the crew of Ares 3 to abandon the planet. As they ready to leave, Watney is blown away by the wind and debris, breaking the computer link of his bio signs and leaving the crew to believe he has died. They escape and he is stranded far from home.

The mission’s botanist and a mechani-cal engineer, Watney must overcome a series of hurdles in order to stay alive. With only enough food for six people for two months, he must find a way to feed himself, somehow communicate to Mis-sion Control he is still alive and discover a way to travel nearly 2,200 miles across Mars terrain to the landing destination of Ares 4 when it arrives in four years.

One of Watney’s first accomplish-ments is using his botanist background to reintroduce living bacteria to a small portion of Martian soil so he can grow a crop of potatoes, extending his supplies and making it possible to stay alive a little longer. Just like in “Apollo 13” when NASA and the astronauts needed to find ways to make the power last in order to bring them safely back to earth, that is what this story becomes: Watney’s daily struggle to extend his life - and his hope - long enough for a rescue. It is the “never quit” mentality that draws the reader in to cheer for him, even when

he proves he is no omniscient superman with the answers to everything. More than once he nearly kills himself and Mars also does its best to make sure he becomes the first man to die there. That is why you rejoice when he harvests his first potatoes, creates a sextant to navi-gate with in the rover and even fashions

a tub so he can take a bath.Andy Weir is a com-

puter engineer by trade and he does a very good job of getting the science correct. “The Martian” takes place in the near future (the next 20 years) so the engineering and machinery he refers to throughout the story is either already being used or in development

today. That is perhaps one of the most enjoyable parts of the novel - the fact the reader can actually imagine how this all comes together very soon. He also is very capable of explaining complex issues in a way that a non-scientist can understand.

This novel, however, is not perfect. Weir wrote the book with split perspec-tives. Watney’s story is told in first person through his log entries, which really helps the reader get into his head and feel his emotions. However, all of the characters at Mission Control and the rest of the crew on Ares 3 are told in third person. While it is understandable why Weir chose to create the novel this way, the first few chapters were a little jarring when going back and forth. He also had an annoying habit of re-explain-ing scientific processes late in the book that had been previously covered.

But do not let those small complaints keep you from reading it. Whether a reader is a hard science junkie or just wants to go along on a survival journey with a little science thrown in, there is plenty for everyone in this book. The greatest compliment that can be paid to a novel is “I just could not put it down.” I certainly agreed with that sentiment, reading all 369 pages in one sitting.

So go grab a food pack, some stale water, and perhaps a few potatoes and sit down with “The Martian.” It is well worth the trip to Mars.


The Martian

Turning the Pages

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Under Review

Written by Andy Weir(Crown Publishing)

DivergentDirected by Neil Burger(Summit Entertainment)

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Tom Hanks, ArtsGala tout success of Wright State programsBY GOOD TIMES STAFF

DAYTON - A local fundraising event is receiving a boost from one of Hol-lywood’s biggest stars.

Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks has been appearing in a series of television ads on Dayton television stations touting the achievements of the fine and performance arts programs of Wright State University.

“Wright State is training the artists of tomorrow. I know because I’ve worked with some of Wright State’s alumni, and they’re among the best in their fields,” Hanks said in the commercial.

“Wright State not only has one of the most outstanding arts programs in Ohio, but one of the best in the entire nation.”

The commercials are appearing just as the university is preparing to hold its annual ArtsGala. Over the past 14 years, the event has raised more than $1.6 million for more than 400 arts scholarships for Wright State students. This year’s event is expected to host more than 600 patrons for the black-tie-optional eve-ning on Saturday, April 12.

Every year the fine and performing arts students and faculty create a variety of entertainments for the visitors.

This year the schedule will present

selections from the Wood Symphony, music from the spring musical of “Les Miserables,” multiple dance floors, live ar-tistic creations, a student film festival and a chamber orches-tra. In between performances, patrons will also be able to enjoy a cigar and sports tent, wine and bourbon tastings, food and a martini lounge.

Funds are raised through a silent auction for artwork created by stu-dents, faculty and alumni as well as wines, luxury baskets and Wright State University ticket event ticket

packages.The university considers the scholar-

ship program vital to the continued excellence of the arts pro-grams. The funds help to attract top-notch students but the money

goes well beyond that function. Most of the students spend their days in class which is then followed by train-ing and rehearsals, leaving little time for studies and even less for jobs. The scholarships allow them to pursue their artistic goals at the same time they are earning their degrees.

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Gangs of West Side Story meet on Niswonger stage

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VAN WERT — The Jets and Sharks of the West Side Story are making their way to rumble on the Niswonger stage May 11.

This Tony-Award winning Broadway will entertain at two different show times on Mother’s Day. The daytime performance will start at 2 p.m. with an evening performance following at 7:30 p.m.

The West Side Story Broad-

way is known as the greatest love story in Broadway history and remains powerfully mod-ern as ever! The smash hits of the American musical theatre feature “Tonight,” “America,” “I Feel Pretty” and many other memorable classics.

John Lahr from The New Yorker calls this revamped broadway “Bold, fresh and transcendent,” USA Today says West Side Story is “a spine-tingling score of raptur-ous melodies” and Associated

Press raves about “Broadway’s best dance-driven musical.” With reviews like these, there is no better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than with the Niswonger Performing Arts Center!

Tickets for this once in a life-time performance are available today. The Niswonger box of-fice is open from noon-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Visit in person at 10700 SR 118 S, Van Wert; call 419-238-6722; or buy online www.NPACVW.org.

West Side Story is coming to the NPAC on Mother’s Day. (Photo submitted)

Lima Symphony Orchestra concludes 60th anniversary season with ‘Ode to Joy’

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LIMA — Join the Lima Sympho-ny Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. April 12 at the Crouse Performance Hall of the Veterans Memorial Civic and Convention Center to conclude the momentous 2013-14 season with Beethoven’s magnificent “Ode to Joy.”

Written near the end of his life when Beethoven was plunged into deafness and isolation, he com-posed what many consider to be the most powerful piece of music ever written, his “Ninth Sympho-ny” – an ode both to joy and to brotherhood. This electric sym-phony takes us on a journey from darkness into light, from chaos into companionship.

Four international vocal solo-ists — soprano Othalie Graham, mezzo-soprano Catherine Keen, tenor John Pickle and bass Mark

Walters – as well as the Lima Symphony Chorus will join our orchestra as we bring this com-manding piece to life and con-clude the Lima Symphony Or-chestra’s 60th anniversary Season to Celebrate.

Tickets for the show will be $25/$30 for adults and $10/$15 for students.

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