Mortgage for stadium goes up in smoke

Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken gives a thumbs-up as he, along with Joe Napoli, left, president and chief executive of the Toledo Mud Hens and Toledo Walleye; county Recorder Phil Copeland; and Commissioners Sandy Isenberg and Tina Skeldon Wozniak burn symbolic mortgages at Fifth Third Field’s Home Run Terrace. The ceremony before the Hens’ game Thursday celebrated the fact that the 20-year bonds used to finance construction of the Hens’ home field have been paid off five