Dayton Daily News back issues from March 2002:
NATURAL WORLD PLAYS 2ND FIDDLE TO TECHNOLOGY
Mar 01, 2002; ... `Getting away from it all' has become quaint ideal I HAVE LONG THOUGHT I WAS born into the wrong time. I sometimesfeel as if I reveal myself to be as extinct as a dinosaur, a relic ofanother era, a walker in a sedentary age, a lover of quiet in acentury that has the volume turned ...
DAILY PLAN-IT
Mar 01, 2002; ... GOING ON TODAY * GRAND OPENING: Headliner's Barbershop, 729 E. Main St.,Trotwood, will celebrate a grand opening at 1 p.m. with specialservices and free refreshments. Call 837-3131. * WRITER SPEAKS: Charles Derry, professor of theater arts andcoordinator of the motion ...
LETTERS: SUIT REFLECTS POORLY ON GROUP
Mar 01, 2002 ... Re the Feb. 21 article "Volunteer peewee coaches file lawsuit: The image of the Kettering Wee Wildcats will forever be tainted bythe recent act of selfishness imposed by some of the current boardmembers. This is a new side of the Wildcats. In the past, the boardmembers, ...
SAUDI PLAN AN ENTICING GLIMMER
Mar 01, 2002 ... Is it possible that just as things are looking bleakest for theIsraelis and Palestinians, the outline of a solution to their problemhas emerged? Or is it a mirage born of desperation? The crown prince of Saudi Arabia has said he would be willing topropose to other Arab ...
SPORTSCASTERS COPY POLITICIANS
Mar 01, 2002 ... Here's what NBC thought you were too dumb to understand On the evening that Sarah Hughes won the gold medal in Olympicfigure skating, NBC, which was broadcasting the event, made noattempt to explain the scoring system that created an odd andunlikely situation at the heart of the ...
TIPP ANNEX ISSUE ALLOWED ON BALLOT
Mar 01, 2002; ... Elections board OKs referendum, despite being filed late TROY - The Miami County Board of Elections voted Thursday to put aTipp City annexation referendum on the May 7 ballot, even though allsteps for filing the request were not taken. The board voted unanimously to include the ...
MIAMI COUNTY CRIME DIGEST
Mar 01, 2002 ... MIAMI COUNTY SHERIFF Wednesday * A 30-year-old Urbana man was arrested on an outstanding warrantfrom Logan County for misdemeanor passing a bad check after hisvehicle was stopped at Ohio 202 and Ohio 55. He also was issued asummons for suspicion of carrying a concealed weapon ...
REGIONAL HEADLINES
Mar 01, 2002; ... Tipp man fined, gets jail for assault SIDNEY - A Tipp City man was sentenced to one year in prison afterpleading no contest to felony aggravated assault. Scott Brownlee, 57, was accused of assaulting his wife in avehicle on Ohio 66 in western Shelby County in October ....
DAILY PLAN-IT
Mar 01, 2002; ... GOING ON TODAY * COUNTRY MUSIC: Leo Meece will perform country music from 8 to 11p.m. at Leaf & Vine, 108 W. Main St., Troy. Free. Call 332-0773. * TROY CIVIC THEATRE: Troy Civic Theatre presents Ordinary People,at 8 p.m. today and Saturday, and 4 p.m. Sunday at the Barn in ...
SENIOR TOUR CLOSES; DIRECTOR JOINS AAA
Mar 01, 2002; ... DAYTON - The Senior Tour Connection, a travel agency servingmature area residents since 1962, is going out of business. Sandra L. Wood, director of the small office at 105 S. WilkinsonSt., said fear of travel following the Sept. 11 terrorist attackshurt, but other factors helped ...
NORTH MIAMI OBITUARIES
Mar 01, 2002 ... * Ralph E. Lamping, a Navy veteran of World War II, died Friday atage 79. Mr. Lamping, formerly of Piqua, was a member of St. Mary CatholicChurch. He retired as a machinist for the French Oil Mill MachineryCompany and was involved in civic organizations, including theFraternal ...
ON GETTING LONG IN THE TOOTH
Mar 01, 2002; ... UNTIL RECENTLY, THE triumphant phrase "I'm 6!" seemed to be thecornerstone of my daughter's identity. It's what she told you aboutherself before you learned that her name is Veronica and she goes tokindergarten. But another remarkable fact about Veronica has sprung to ...
GETTING IT RIGHT
Mar 01, 2002 ... The Feb. 25 letter `Name-calling detracts from writer's point'should have said: `Fiery letters are OK, so long as the writer refrains from insultsand name-calling ....
SPEAK UP
Mar 01, 2002 ... * Why do we need a park beside the downtown Dayton library? Plowit under and make it into library-visitor-only parking. * I amtotally on the Dayton firefighters' side. I think we should get ridof the diversity plan and hire any individual who is qu alified fora position. I wouldn't ...
MAN, 24, PLEADS IN HOME INVASION
Mar 01, 2002; ... Defendant faces at least 10 years in prison DAYTON - The third of four men charged in a Sept. 14 home invasionat 536 Corwin Ave. pleaded guilty Friday to five serious felonieswith a guarantee of 10 years in prison. Robert F. Dameron, 24, is to be sentenced March 20 on ...
EXEC SEEKS TREATMENT, NOT PROSECUTION
Mar 01, 2002; ... Accused of photocopying prescription LEBANON - An executive facing felony drug charges is asking fortreatment rather than prosecution on three counts of illegalprocession of drug documents. On Thursday, James J. Allen's lawyer filed the motion in WarrenCounty Common Pleas ...
MUSLIMS BEING DENIED FACTS
Mar 01, 2002 ... Gallup is out with a stunning poll: Sixty-one percent of Muslims(polled in multiple countries) believe Arabs were not involved in theSept. 11 attacks. The finding is not easily explicable as a demonstration of anti-American bias. Fewer than half of the respondents say they view ...
RUTLEDGE GALLERY MOVES
Mar 01, 2002; ... Studio to remain in Santa Clara district DAYTON - Fine art, no stranger to the Kettering Tower lobby, isnow more plentiful in a new shop on the building's Jefferson Streetside. The Rutledge Gallery has moved from the Santa Clara arts districtto a shop on the Second and ...
DAILY PLAN-IT
Mar 01, 2002; ... GOING ON TODAY * SECOND TIME SHOP: The Second Time Shop at St. Paul LutheranChurch, 500 E. Second St., Franklin, will be open from 4 to 7 p.m.today, and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. * THEATER IN LEBANON: Lebanon Theatre Company presents ThreeMurders and It's Only Monday at 8 ...
BRIEF CASE
Mar 01, 2002 ... BUSINESS NEWS AT A GLANCE Malpractice law firms combine operations DAYTON - The Columbus law firms of Arnold & Associates, L.P.A.,and Gerald J. Todaro Co., L.P.A., trial specialists in defendingphysicians accused of malpractice, ...
REGIONAL HEADLINES
Mar 01, 2002; ... Arcanum man sentenced in death GREENVILLE - A 21-year-old Arcanum man convicted of the Aprildeath of his 11-month-old daughter was sentenced Thursday to 10 yearsin prison, the maximum possible penalty. Robert L. Nason pleaded guilty two weeks ago to involuntarymanslaughter ....
OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
Mar 01, 2002; ... JANE PARKER SAYS, "IN ALL my years, I never heard of anything likethis. It just touched my life." The good deed was a kind effort on the part of Dayton policeofficer David Klosterman. Parker, an 88-year-old widow who lives inRichmond, Ind., wants the world to know about ...
MCCAULEY MAY MOVE TO GEORGIA
Mar 01, 2002; ... Company with 230 workers makes propellers VANDALIA - As many as 230 workers will be affected if CessnaAircraft closes the McCauley Accessory Division in Vandalia and movesthe work to Columbus, Ga., a company spokeswoman said Thursday. For more than 60 years, McCauley has ...
GREENE JUDGE APPOINTS NEW COURT ADMINISTRATOR
Mar 01, 2002; ... Griffith fills job vacant since 1983 XENIA - E.J. Griffith has been appointed to a job with the GreeneCounty Common Pleas Court, according to a letter from Judge M. DavidReid and stamped Thursday by the county auditor's office. The $64,000 court administrator job, vacant since ...
DEATHS AND FUNERAL
Mar 01, 2002 ... BUTLER COUNTY * DUNCIL, Grace, 78, of Middletown, Wednesday at the Willow KnollNursing Home. Services 10 a.m. Monday. (Baker-Stevens, Middletown) CLARK COUNTY * ULLOM, Dorothy E., 87, of Springfield, Thursday at the MercyMcAuley Center of Urbana. (Littleton & Rue, ...
XENIA COPS NOTCH ANOTHER STING
Mar 01, 2002; ... Tennessee man came looking for 'teens' XENIA - A 34-year-old married man from Tennessee, who police saycame to Ohio looking for sexual encounters with three 14-year-oldgirls, was arrested Thursday. William E. Cunningham contacted both Xenia detectives who pose asteens online ...
CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST SISTERS
Mar 01, 2002; ... DAYTON - Charges of felony interfering with custody filed againsttwo Dayton sisters have been dropped this week after a technicalitysurfaced, officials said. Zinna Duke, 37, and her sister, Charlotta R. Haney, 40, were freedfrom the Montgomery County Jail on Wednesday after the ...
LEARNING A LEGACY; (PHOTOS ONLY) STUDENTS HEAR STORY OF WRIGHT BROTHERS
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ANTIOCH APPOINTS ACTING CHANCELLOR
Mar 01, 2002; ... YELLOW SPRINGS - Jim Craiglow, president of Antioch University'sNew England Graduate School in Keene, N.H., has been appointed actingchancellor of Antioch University, school officials announcedThursday. James Hall has stepped down as the university's chancellor, butwill continue ...
REGIONAL HEADLINES
Mar 01, 2002; ... Middletown man faces sex charge MIDDLETOWN - A Lafayette Avenue man is facing a criminal chargeafter he was accused of showing sexually explicit photographs to his13-year-old son, Middletown police Lt. Don Owens said Thursday. The man is charged with disseminating matter ...
EDGEWOOD STUDENTS CHARGED IN FAKE-LICENSE SCHEME
Mar 01, 2002; ... HAMILTON - Eleven Edgewood High School students are facing chargesafter they were accused of creating fake driver's licenses to getalcohol or get into clubs. They are expected to be arrested and issued summons to countyjuvenile court today and that number may rise as the ...
PANEL URGES COMPLETION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Mar 01, 2002; ... Tipp City to seek public input in near future Tipp City - City Council and planning board members want to finisha comprehensive development plan update begun in 1996, while alsoexploring ways to best gauge public attitudes on issues that affectcommunity planning. Work on the ...
PROGRESS COUNCIL BACKS MIDDLETOWN HOSPITAL
Mar 01, 2002; ... Commissioners told to take a 'long, hard look' LEBANON - The Warren County Area Progress Council presented aletter to the county commission supporting the relocation ofMiddletown Regional Hospital to Warren County, concluding that themove will strengthen the business and academic ...
WINTER THIRD MILDEST IN OHIO HISTORY
Mar 01, 2002; ... Average temperatures 7.2 degrees higher than normal As hard as it is to believe after the past few days, this has beenone of the mildest winters in history, both in Ohio and across thenation. Ohio averaged 35.5 degrees for the months of December, January andFebruary, ...
GREENE JUDGE APPOINTS COURT ADMINISTRATOR
Mar 01, 2002; ... E.J. Griffith to fill post vacant since 1983 XENIA - E.J. Griffith has been appointed to a job with the GreeneCounty Common Pleas Court, according to a letter from Judge M. DavidReid and stamped Thursday by the county auditor's office. The $64,000 court administrator job, ...
STOP, SMELL AND ARRANGE THE FLOWERS; SCHOOL BRINGS CAREERS TO LIFE FOR KIDS
Mar 01, 2002; ... 'Gormantown' takes planning, teamwork DAYTON - Jesse Albritton narrowed his eyes as he poked andshuffled a vase full of flowers until he was satisfied thearrangement would please any florist. "Like it?" he asked as the boss came by. Teacher's aide Jean Davies nodded her ...
DIVERSITY TALKS SET FOR TODAY
Mar 01, 2002; ... McLin, others to meet about firefighters DAYTON - Civil Service Board and City Hall officials areattempting to negotiate a compromise in the stalemate over hiring thenext class of Dayton firefighters. The stalemate has indirectly led to picketing by firefighters andmillions ...
OFFICER GUILTY OF ASSAULT IN BAR FIGHT
Mar 01, 2002; ... Dayton cop claims restaurateur hit him first DAYTON - Dayton Police Officer James R. "Randy" Miller testifiedThursday he made one mistake following an off-duty fight withrestaurant owner Chris Tsamasiros last year: leaving the scene. "Looking back, I would have identified ...
WORKS OF ART IN CLOTH; CALL FOR QUILTS BRINGS OUT THE BEST
Mar 01, 2002; ... Historical Society show focuses on area pieces LEBANON - When the Warren County Historical Society Museum put outthe call for locally owned quilts for its upcoming exhibit, arearesidents responded. "We were surprised. They came out of the walls once we startedasking," said ...
DAYTON SCHOOLS OUTLINE INITIATIVES
Mar 01, 2002; ... Superintendent on 'hot seat,' board president says DAYTON - The Dayton schools have a plan. The pain could come next. The district outlined four big-picture initiatives Thursday thatits leaders said will drive students, teachers and administratorstoward better performance ....
CAC ENDS LINK WITH PIQUA TRANSIT
Mar 01, 2002; ... City must subsidize service, agency says TROY - Too little, too late was the message Thursday from the theCommunity Action Council of Miami County to Piqua. In an emergency session, the council voted to halt its involvementin the Piqua Transit Service - which it runs - citing ...
RESIDENTS AGAINST SENIOR HOUSING
Mar 01, 2002; ... Homeowners vent during council meeting XENIA - Wright Cycle Estates residents don't want senior housingin their neighborhood. That was the feeling expressed at Thursdaynight's meeting of the city council. More than 50 residents of Wright Cycle Estates packed the ...
STEELWORKERS URGE PRESIDENT TO IMPOSE TARIFFS ON IMPORTS
Mar 01, 2002; ... 300 buses arrive from 16 states WASHINGTON - Thousands of steelworkers and their allies ralliedThursday near the White House, urging President Bush to impose a 40percent tariff on imported steel. "Are you ready to fight?" asked Leo Gerard, president of theUnited Steelworkers ...
LEAGUE TITLE DROUGHT OVER FOR FHS GIRLS
Mar 01, 2002; ... FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL'S lengthy championship drought in girlsbasketball is over. The Wildcats claimed their first league title since 1984, sharingthe Mid-Miami League South crown with Lemon-Monroe at 7-3. "This was our fifth straight winning season (11-10), and I don'tthink ...
KEY PLAYERS-
Mar 01, 2002 ... WARREN CO. BASKETBALL FOR FEB. 18-23 Mimi Goodyear * School: Junior, Waynesville * Notes: Scored 15 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked fiveshots to propel the Spartans to a 47-34 win over Oakwood in theDivision III sectional final at Wilmington ...
A COLLECTIVE LOOK OF CONCERN
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GAMBILL'S DAY STILL YEAR AWAY
Mar 01, 2002; ... `NOTHING.' That's what Ranzie Gambill said he's doing this weekend. The pasttwo years at this time, the Miami East junior was making a run at astate wrestling championship. This weekend? "I'll be sitting at home watching my brothers," he said. "My dad'sgot to have ...
KEY PLAYERS-
Mar 01, 2002 ... N. MIAMI VALLEY BASKETBALL FOR FEB. 18-23 Christen Halberstadt * School: Senior, Jackson Center * Notes: The 5-10 forward scored 24 points in a 60-46 tournamentwin over Anna. Last year's D-IV tournament MVP also had 15 in a 52-33 victory ...
KEY PLAYERS-
Mar 01, 2002 ... AREA WRESTLER FOR FEB. 18-23 Cody Midlam * School: Junior, C-J * Notes: Won Division II district title at Springfield South,beating Graham's Tyler Schlater 5-2 at 125 pounds. N. MIAMI VALLEY WRESTLER FOR FEB. 18-23 Brandon Luce * School: ...
SIDE LINES
Mar 01, 2002 ... Springboro senior Beam one of area's top bench players Springboro's Nate Beam thrives as a sixth man. He and Lebanon'sDerek Cole are the top two subs in the area. Story, ...
KEY PLAYERS-
Mar 01, 2002 ... GREENE CO. BASKETBALL FOR FEB. 18-23 Lisa Haines * School: Senior, Greeneview * Notes: The 5-7 guard scored 10 of 13 points in the fourthquarter - including six straight free throws - in a 52-47 victoryover Clinton-Massie in the Division III sectional ...
VARSITY SPEAKUP
Mar 01, 2002 ... Varsity Speakup welcomes your comments. If you have a briefcomment about high school sports, call and make your point in 30seconds. No personal attacks. * Call: 463-4636, Ext. 2455. * E-mail: scott_halasz@coxohio.com * Surprise, surprise. Springboro's basketball ...
TEMPER, TEMPER
Mar 01, 2002; ... Rams' Ashley Dunson walks away a winner Trotwood - Her temper had gotten her in trouble with her dad, andnow it was flaring on the basketball court. Trotwood-Madison girlshigh school basketball player Ashley Dunson played AAU ball duringthe summer. It wasn't a good run, not after ...
KEY PLAYERS-
Mar 01, 2002 ... AREA BASKETBALL FOR FEB. 18-23 Erian Buckman * School: Freshman, Jefferson * Notes: Hit five big 3-pointers, four in the second quarter, ina 65-51 win over Tri-Village. Earned Jefferson its first Division IVsectional title since 1995. Buckman also scored 15 ...
H.S. FOOTBALL; GILLESPIE READY TO LEAD BIG BLUE TO GREATNESS
Mar 01, 2002; ... HAMILTON - The people least in favor of Eric Gillespie getting theHamilton High football coach position may have been the mostinstrumental in his landing it. Speaking at this week's school board meeting, where Gillespie wasofficially introduced as the new Big Blue coach, Tom Alf ...
BOYS BASKETBALL; HOLMES TAKES HIS SHOT AT CARRYING INDIANS
Mar 01, 2002; ... RIVERSIDE - Once the ball left his fingertips, Stebbins' DwightHolmes had no idea this shot would change the nature of his game. In a closely contested 1-point loss at Wayne in January, Holmeslet go a 3-point attempt, his first of the season. Count it. At that moment he went ...
MARK IT DOWN, A 'CREEK-XENIA REGIONAL FINAL
Mar 01, 2002 ... THIS MAY APPEAR TO smack of boosterism for Greene County teams. But it is not. Just an opinion after watching what seems likeendless high school tournament basketball the last three weeks. I fully expect to see Beavercreek and Xenia playing next Saturdayat noon for the Division ...
STATE GYMNASTICS; HAAS BOOSTS ELKS' DEPTH IN STATE CROWN QUEST
Mar 01, 2002; ... CENTERVILLE - Top 10 was doubtful and top 6 didn't even cross theCenterville gymnast's mind. As Kimmy Haas quietly listened to the names of the top 10 all-around finishers at the Southwest District Gymnastics Meet Saturday,she got a surprise. The Elks sophomore placed sixth, ...
HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK-
Mar 01, 2002 ... Note: Coaches, athletics directors and school statisticians areencouraged to either call, fax or e-mail notebook items. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES * Carlisle: The baseball team will host a 3-on-3 basketballtournament March 10 at the high school. The tourney will be a round-robin ...
BEAVERCREEK, XENIA, GREENEVIEW SHOOT FOR DISTRICT TITLES ; STANDING TALL
Mar 01, 2002; ... BEAVERCREEK - Listen, comprehend and execute. Those are three key factors for defending Division I statechampion Beavercreek, Xenia and Greeneview if they are to windistrict girls high school basketball championships Saturday. Beavercreek and Xenia are in the D-I district ...
PANTHERS' BEAM, WARRIORS' COLE VITAL BENCH BRIGADE
Mar 01, 2002 ... SPRINGBORO - It usually happens in the opening four or fiveminutes when Springboro High School boys basketball coach TroyHoltrey points at Nate Beam and says, "You. Byers." Beam strips off his jacket and reports to the scorer's table toreplace center Chris Byers. Prior to the ...
NOTHING TOPS STATE WRESTLING TOURNEY FOR PURE ATHLETIC EMOTION
Mar 01, 2002; ... THIS IS THE FOURTH state high school wrestling finals I havecovered in Ohio, and I picked up on some things. Wrestlers are athletes' athletes. By that, I mean they work ashard as anyone to prepare for competition. And they'll let you know it. So be advised that at the state ...
DAYTON BOMBERS; BOMBERS BEEF UP GOAL-SCORING POTENTIAL WITH TWO TRADES
Mar 01, 2002; ... FAIRBORN - Of course there was a tinge of sadness for the playersleaving, but mostly the Dayton Bombers were upbeat this week whenthey learned their team appeared to upgrade its scoring potentialwith two trades involving seven players. "We needed goal-scoring," defenseman and ...
REDS NOTES; REITSMA, DAVIS REACH 1-YEAR DEALS
Mar 01, 2002; ... SARASOTA, Fla. - The Reds are expected to announce the signings ofpitchers Chris Reitsma and Lance Davis to one-year contracts today.Reitsma, who spent the entire season with the Reds last year going 7-15 over 29 starts, agreed to a $250,000 deal. Davis, who went 8-4 in20 starts during ...
AT SPRING TRAINING; LEFTY HUNGERS FOR CHANCE WITH REDS
Mar 01, 2002; ... SARASOTA, Fla. - Brian Bohanon is in camp on a minor-leaguecontract, but he has some major-league mouths to feed. With six kids, Bohanon said, "Every time I go to the grocery storyit is like $1,000." The 33-year-old left-hander didn't come to camp to earn a job withthe Class ...