Dayton Daily News back issues from April 2002:
RISK INHERENT IN MILITARY TRAINING
Apr 01, 2002; ... Realistic maneuvers mean fewer wartime casualties The bombers, hundreds of them, droned over the city for hours. Allnight long, they concentrated on bombing the airfield east of town.The raid ended just before dawn. It was January 1949. The targets that night were Dayton and ...
WEEKLY AGENDA
Apr 01, 2002 ... THIS WEEK'S HAPPENINGS Aerospace research symposium scheduled The Dayton Area Graduate Studies Institute will present its thirdannual aerospace research symposium on April 10 in Wright StateUniversity's Student Union. The daylong event will feature researchprojects by the Air ...
PLUS TECHNOLOGIES FLOURISHING
Apr 01, 2002; ... Customers want print management software SPRINGBORO - When it comes to company finances, Plus Technologiesexecutive Mike Visser plots out the company's financial future withexacting detail. But thus far the company's performance has blown those projectionsout of the water, ...
GET MASSAGE AT MALL WHILE DRESSED
Apr 01, 2002; ... Machine saves time, maintains modesty Cheri Seidenschmidt describes the new venture she operates withher husband, John, as "a mom-and-pop operation." But this is not your father's mom-and-pop operation. Mom drives alimo, pop is a chef and their month-old venture has nothing to ...
B2B - BUSINESS TO BUSINESS; NO SURPRISE: GOOD HELP HARD TO FIND
Apr 01, 2002; ... A recent Butler-Warren Workforce Policy Board survey confirms whatemployers have long known: Good help is hard to find. `As someone said, `We need to teach a whole generation to use analarm clock,' ' said Dan Sack, policy board member and owner of TheFourth R Computer Training ...
VENDOR LICENSES
Apr 01, 2002 ... * Montgomery County Bullies of Dayton Inc., dba Bullies Sports Bar & Grill, 333 W.First St., Suite 180, Dayton, 45402. Cathy L. Rosenbaum, dba Custom Creation By Cathy, 10214 BlossomWood Court, Dayton, 45458-9593. Centerville Beverage Inc., dba Kwik-N-Kold, 1440 Jaybee ...
NEW CORPORATIONS
Apr 01, 2002 ... * Greene County Ann Richens Academies, Inc., corporation for profit, by AnnRichens Academies Inc, 3479 Pebble Creek Drive, Beavercreek, 45432-2337 David Polen Worldwide, Inc., corporation for profit, by Richard W.Schulte, 5785 Far Hills Ave., Kettering, 45429 KNS ...
DEFENSE CONTRACTS AWARDED
Apr 01, 2002 ... * Northrop-Grumman Systems Corp., Rolling Meadows, Ill.;$8,353,734 cost reimbursement and cost-plus fixed-fee contractmodification to provide for electronic systems test set program costgrowth development and additional efforts; contracted by theAeronautical Systems Center, ...
BUSINESS PEOPLE
Apr 01, 2002 ... SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Dayton Katrina Jordan has been appointed Director of the Career Planningand Placement Center. As director, Jordan will be responsible for theleadership of eight professional and support staff who cultivaterecruitment and placement opportunities for ...
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
Apr 01, 2002 ... Montgomery County * City of Dayton Allen G. and Patricia Stock, from Marian E. Collins, property at946 Irving Ave., $75,000, office building, one to two storiesNicholas Warehouse Ltd., from Oreo Corp., property at 1355 NicholasRoad, $850,000, medium manufacturing and ...
DAILY PLAN-IT
Apr 01, 2002; ... GOING ON TODAY * ART EXHIBIT: Aullwood Audubon Center, 9101 Frederick Pike, willdisplay Mary's Flowers, a series of hand-colored serigraphs by A.Joseph Barrish, S.M., in the Hallway of Wonder at the Marie S. AullEducation Center. The art will be on display through April ...
IN WAR, BATTLE FOR TRUTH
Apr 01, 2002; ... IN ONE OF HUNDREDS OF gray, unremarkable rooms on the east side ofthe Pentagon, the national reporters sit in neat rows and strain tohear the voices of three soldiers in Afghanistan over the satellitephone. Perfect pictures of the strapping, fully armed young soldiers ...
ARCHDIOCESE ACTS AT VICTIMS' REQUESTS
Apr 01, 2002 ... Re the March 22 Dayton Daily News editorial, `Church holds backits records': The editorial criticizes the Archdiocese of Cincinnatifor taking a position that, in fact, the archdiocese has not taken.It says: `Because reporting abuse perpetrated long ago may not berequired, the ...
SPEAK UP
Apr 01, 2002 ... * Re the March 26 letter `Government money should go to publicschools only': The government has no money of its own; it has onlythe tax money it confiscates from the people. Therefore, I am payingfor my child's education. Ergo, I have the right to decide where andhow my money is ...
VALLEY PORTRAITS
Apr 01, 2002; ... Like the many parts of her everyday family life, Valerie Rask'sfused art glass layers with colors that bring vibrancy to the wholeof her work. Rask started as a glass blower in California. She discovered theart of glass fusion in a studio there, not knowing it would become ...
BUSINESS PORTRAIT; MUTUAL TOOL & DIE INC.
Apr 01, 2002 ... * Owners: The Dudon family, including Becky Tracey, (right)daughter of company founder Rudy Dudon Sr. * Location: 725 Lilac Ave., Dayton. * Business: Precision machining and fabricating for the defenseand aerospace industries and original equipment manufacturers. * ...
DAILY PLAN-IT
Apr 01, 2002; ... GOING ON TODAY * SPRINGBORO RELAY FOR LIFE: Springboro's third annual Relay forLife kick-off will be at 6 p.m. at the Springboro Public Library, 125Park Lane. Join the local fight against cancer to celebrate survivorsand raise money for research and services for cancer patients ....
CABLE COMPETITOR SUSPENDS WORK ON DAYTON SYSTEM
Apr 01, 2002; ... TOTALink lacks capital funding DAYTON - Dayton's cable TV competition, announced with greatfanfare in October 2000, has gotten lost in transmission. TOTALink of Ohio - a joint venture of Utilicom Networks ofFranklin, Mass., and Vectren Corp., the Indiana-based gas utility ...
H-P SAYS DISSIDENT DIRECTOR TO BE OUSTED
Apr 02, 2002; ... Hewlett-Packard Co. said Monday it would not renominate WalterHewlett to its board of directors after the company co-founder's sonsued to block its planned merger with Compaq Computer Corp. Hewlett is the last remaining member of the Hewlett or Packardfamilies remaining on the H-P ...
DAILY PLAN-IT
Apr 01, 2002; ... GOING ON TODAY * PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: Man to Man, a prostate cancersupport group, will meet at 7 p.m. at Upper Valley Medical Center,3130 Dixie Highway. EVENTS PLANNER * SPANISH CLASS: The Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, 301 W. Main St.,Troy, will offer Spanish ...
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD NEEDS TO YIELD
Apr 01, 2002 ... Lack of imagination is the kindest way to characterize theDayton Civil Service Board's position in the never-ending effort tocreate an apprentice program to bring more minorities into the firedepartment. The board's latest contribution, passed last week, all but ignoresa plan ...
CENTER AIDS FUTURE ENTREPRENEURS
Apr 01, 2002; ... Business cuts down barriers to success DAYTON - An entrepreneur can be a risk-taker, someone who iswilling to take the chance on a product or service they believe in. An entrepreneur is also a realist and knows that the path tosuccess can often be a hard one. That's ...
BUSINESS TOPICS
Apr 01, 2002 ... AREA CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE Dayton * Annual Meeting will be from 7:15 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at theMandalay Banquet Center, 2700 E. River Road, Moraine. Hal Becker,nationally known speaker and best-selling author, will be keynotespeaker. Cost is $18 per person; corporate tables ...
SHOPPING CENTER
Apr 01, 2002 ... RETAIL OPENINGS AND EVENTS Jimmy John's opens at mall Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwich Shop opened recently in the Mall atFairfield Commons food court. Jack Brinson, the owner of Jimmy John's, also owns a Smoothie Kingjuice bar in Bloomington, Ind., "and if things go well ...
MIAMI'S WOMEN'S CENTER MARKS FIRST DECADE
Apr 01, 2002; ... `When you come here you are just embraced' OXFORD - Jane Goettsch is looking forward to a celebration oftouching lives and working for change at Thursday's 10-yearanniversary of Miami University's Women's Center. "We have touched the lives of literally thousands of ...
CHARTER SCHOOLS CAN GET BETTER
Apr 01, 2002 ... For five years, ohio has been experimenting with charter schools.The result has not always been impressive - witness the controversyinvolving the Dayton Urban Academy, which the state has come close toclosing because of its money and management problems. But some of the new charter ...
ECONOMIC CALENDAR
Apr 01, 2002 ... MONDAY WASHINGTON - Commerce Department reports on construction spendingfor February; Treasury bill auction. NEW YORK - The Institute for Supply Management releases its reporton manufacturing activity in March. TUESDAY WASHINGTON - Commerce Department reports on ...
BUSINESS MONDAY ARRIVES
Apr 01, 2002; ... THIS DAY HAS BEEN a long time coming. Today marks the debut of Business Monday, a new section for theDayton Daily News that's focused largely on what's known as "business-to-business" news and information. That means most of its content isaimed more toward Miami Valley ...
TEENS' CARING SIDE
Apr 01, 2002; ... IF YOU ARE WEARY OF hearing news about teen-agers who have gotteninto trouble with the law or who get attention for the way they dressor like to dance, here's some positive news about some decent youngpeople. They are seniors attending Beavercreek High School. In recent days, ...
SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH SWOOP
Apr 01, 2002; ... 10,000 eggs, 2,000 children, one minute of action It was a short, but intense, frenzy. In less than one minute, 2,000 children picked up 10,000 plasticeggs Sunday at Fairborn Central Park. Following a police siren, the kids scrambled across the fields,grabbing and ...
CELEBRATING EASTER IN SONG; SAFETY FORCES RECEIVE THANKS
Apr 01, 2002 ... People across the Miami Valley celebrated the Easter holiday onSunday with a variety of activities, from morning church services toEaster egg hunts. Near Lebanon, the congregation of Living ...
HOOSIERMANIA MEANS MARCH MADNESS AGAIN
Apr 01, 2002; ... ATLANTA - Already the electronic sign in front of the bank backhome is flashing daily Final Four updates about him. After tonight'sNCAA championship game against Maryland, Indiana forward Jarrad Odlehopes the signage may become a little more permanent in Swayzee, hisIndiana hometown of ...
ALCOHOL MAY BE FACTOR IN TRIPLE FATAL SATURDAY
Apr 01, 2002; ... Collision on U.S. 27 leaves two injured MILLVILLE - Alcohol may have been a factor in a triple-fatal, two-vehicle crash Saturday night on U.S. 27 in Ross Twp., according tothe Butler County sheriff's office. Three people in one vehicle - James C. Haynes, 19, of ...
NCAA NOTES ; FANS COME THROUGH ON EASTER
Apr 01, 2002; ... ATLANTA - Hoops and heaven were on the same team Easter Sunday atSacred Heart Catholic Church in downtown Atlanta. The church is trying to raise money for a new pipe organ and afterthe 10 a.m. Mass, choir member Janet Ward stepped to the front of theoverflow crowd and made a ...
LARKIN'S STATE OF THE REDS
Apr 01, 2002; ... Shortstop talks about players, payroll, future CINCINNATI - Nostalgia won't be on his mind as he slips into hisCincinnati Reds uniform today to be part of Opening Day for the 16thand final time in Riverfront Stadium/Cinergy Field. When this day arrives next year, shortstop ...
REGIONAL HEADLINES
Apr 01, 2002; ... Crash on I-75 injures driver DAYTON - A 28-year-old man who drove his sport utility vehicleinto an overpass wall was in critical condition Sunday at MiamiValley Hospital. Police did not identify the man, who was driving north onInterstate 75 when he lost control of his Ford ...
BOYS HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL; ALTER'S FRANZ SET TO REWRITE RECORD BOOKS
Apr 01, 2002; ... Senior closing in on school mark for spikes KETTERING - The magic number is 194. That's the number of kills Eric Franz needs to rewrite the Altervolleyball record book and earn family bragging rights. The Knights'record for most career kills, 408, was set by his older ...
OUTDOORS; SEVEN-PART BASS TOURNEY STARTS NINTH SEASON SUNDAY
Apr 01, 2002; ... The annual Cast for a Cure bass tournament circuit kicks off itsninth season at 7 a.m. Sunday on Indian Lake. "We've been getting bigger and better each year," said MikeGrunden, co-chairman. "This year, we've expanded our limit from 100boats to 120 per tournament." All ...
ECHL DAYTON 5 TOLEDO 0; BOMBERS BLANK STORM, WIN NORTHWEST DIVISION
Apr 01, 2002; ... FAIRBORN - Billy McCauley made the shot of his life and the DaytonBombers won the first divisional championship in their 11-year EastCoast Hockey League history Sunday night at the Nutter Center. McCauley took an uncontested face-off shot into an open net 180feet away for Dayton's ...
LITFEST EXPANDS, EXPOUNDS ON WORDS
Apr 02, 2002; ... Readings, writings, slams on agenda at UD DAYTON - The second annual LitFest at the University of Daytonthis Friday and Saturday will be a veritable orgy of verse. Expanded from last year's one-day outdoor event to two days andseveral indoor locations, the festival organized by ...
DAILY PLAN-IT
Apr 02, 2002; ... GOING ON TODAY * AARP MEETING: The Belmont Patterson AARP chapter 3858 will holda meeting at the Lohrey Center, 2366 Glenarm Ave., at 1:30 p.m. Thisis also an anniversary dinner and everyone is asked to bring acovered dish. Meat and drinks will be furnished. Everyone older than50 ...
MIAMI COUNTY CRIME DIGEST
Apr 02, 2002 ... MIAMI COUNTY SHERIFF Sunday * A 24-year-old Troy man was treated at Upper Valley MedicalCenter and released following a one-vehicle accident in the 3000block of Washington Road. The man reportedly was southbound onWashington Road when he went off the right side of the road ...
ELECTIONS BOARD NAMES CHAIRMAN
Apr 02, 2002; ... Ballot counting equipment passes latest workout TROY - As they continue learning the job and preparing for the May7 primary, the Miami County Board of Elections members Monday electedDemocrat George Dillow as chairman and expressed satisfaction withballot counting equipment ...
TRIBUTES TO BROTHER FITZ BEGIN SUNDAY
Apr 01, 2002; ... UD president steps down June 30 after 23 years DAYTON - The farewell events are just beginning for BrotherRaymond Fitz, the longest-serving University of Dayton president whowill step down June 30 after 23 years. UD has planned three tribute events in April, beginning with ...
BONE MARROW SCREENS MAY HELP STUDENT
Apr 01, 2002; ... 21-year-old fighting rare blood disorder XENIA - Bone marrow drives held today and Saturday could save thelife of a Xenia woman fighting a rare blood disorder. Tiffany Gamble has aplastic anemia, a bone marrow failure thataffects 500 Americans a year, attacking red and white ...
GEM CITY BALLET MEMBER GOING WEST
Apr 01, 2002; ... Cassie Minehart, 19, to join Sacramento Ballet DAYTON - No one would blame Cassie Minehart for doing at least abit of California dreaming. The 19-year-old member of the Gem City Ballet has just signed aprofessional contract with the Sacramento Ballet and will be movingwest ...
1903-2003 CENTURY OF FLIGHT GREAT MOMENTS IN AVIATION; AROUND THE WORLD IN 15.16666 DAYS
Apr 01, 2002; ... Editor's note: Each Monday until the 100th anniversary of theWright brothers' flight on Dec. 17, 2003, we'll showcase greatmoments in a century of flight. On April 6, 1924, four U.S. Army Air Service biplanes, equippedwith pontoons, lumbered off of Lake Washington near Seattle to ...
CAPITOL CORRIDORS
Apr 01, 2002; ... WOMEN TO VIEW FAIR New to the Ohio State Fair this year will be the Carousel ofCommunication: From a Woman's Point of View. The event will feature three speakers on subjects relating towomen in the workplace, then culminate in the evening with StarJones, Joy Behar, Lisa Ling ...
DYNAMIC DUO; PAIR REAP REWARDS OF OWN FIRM
Apr 01, 2002; ... Former co-workers now co-owners DAYTON - For Amy Chaffin and Catherine Sherk, principal owners ofDuo Communication Design Inc., achieving balanced lives figuresheavily into their business plan. Chaffin and Sherk, who have owned Duo for nearly four years, metduring the 1990s ...
FIND OUT WHAT U.S. WAS LIKE IN THE '30S
Apr 01, 2002; ... Census to release data from 72 years ago DATELINE One of the best sources of information for peopleclimbing the family tree, the census, soon will be coming out in anew edition. No, not the 2000 census, gold mine though it is. The raw data ofthe 1930 census will be opened to ...
'PLAYING SYSTEM' LET ADDICTED NURSE STAY IN CARE SYSTEM
Apr 01, 2002; ... Drug thefts, other violations boiled to one charge, short jailstay John Meehan was a specially trained nurse giving powerfulmedications to hospital patients in four states when police searchinghis Hamilton home Jan. 31 found a loaded 9 mm Ruger in his closet and45 empty ...
HOME AIR MAY BE REASON FOR ILLNESSES
Apr 01, 2002; ... Indoor air pollution can pose health risk Are you troubled by a scratchy throat, itchy eyes or a stuffynose? Maybe today's a good day to stay at home and treat what ailsyou. Or not. When we don't feel well, we usually think of home as the bestplace to be. But our homes may be ...
NOTHIN' WRONG WITH JUST FOOLIN'
Apr 01, 2002; ... THE LAST THING WE parents want our kids to see us as is foolish. After all, the dictionary definition of a fool is `a personlacking in judgment or prudence.' And parenting is one job thatdemands applying constant, vigilant good judgment. No matter how muchour kids swear ...
SEEN & OVERHEARD; MONEY. IT'S A GOOD THING.
Apr 01, 2002 ... Martha Stewart and her mom, Martha Kostyra, are making borscht forone of Martha's Easter week TV shows. Mrs. Kostyra notes that she hassoaked mushrooms - morels and porcini - for the dish. Mrs. Kostyra: Sometimes, if I had dried Polish mushrooms, we wouldsoak them for a couple of ...
100 GIVE BLOOD FOR MARROW TEST
Apr 02, 2002; ... 21-year-old seeking donor for transplant FAIRBORN - One hundred people gave blood Monday at a bone-marrowdrive at Wright State University for a 21-year-old Xenia woman whohas a rare blood disease. Tiffany Gamble has aplastic anemia and needs a bone marrowtransplant. The ...
CAR RAMS APARTMENT; STANDOFF FOLLOWS
Apr 02, 2002; ... Two hours later, Moraine man arrested, jailed MIAMI TWP., Montgomery Co. - Police say an angry man smashed hiscar into his girlfriend's Miami Twp. apartment and threatened policewith a knife early Monday. The two-hour standoff ended with his arrest by Miami Twp. police.Mark ...
REGIONAL HEADLINES
Apr 02, 2002; ... Troy approves paving plan TROY - The City Council on Monday approved this year's $519,000paving program. The program includes $500,000 from the city's capital improvementfund for resurfacing 34 streets and the alley behind City Hall,$15,000 from Hobart Arena's budget for ...
TWO MORE COLLEGIANS DIE IN CRASH
Apr 02, 2002; ... Miami, UD students' car hits tree in Brecksville A Miami University student and a University of Dayton student, athome from college, died Sunday after the car in which they wereriding struck a tree in Brecksville. Sara Glosik, 20, a junior at Miami, and Bret Scanlon, 21, a ...
NORTH MIAMI VALLEY DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Apr 02, 2002 ... * Leonard Copher Jr., a Navy veteran of World War II, died Fridayat age 80. Mr. Copher, formerly of Piqua, worked as a meat cutter in variousKroger stores. He was a member of the Piqua VFW Post 4874 and theAmerican Legion Post 184. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, ...
BUCKEYE INSIDER; OSU HOOPS FORMULA MAKES ITS POINTS
Apr 02, 2002; ... OHIO STATE LOST BY 16 points to Missouri in the men's basketballNCAA Tournament, a game in which the Buckeyes once trailed by 28, andsimply were toyed with by the Tigers. But something is amiss with theconclusion many have drawn from that result: that the Buckeyes aren'tathletic enough ...
DAYTON OFFICER FIRED
Apr 02, 2002; ... Assaulted restaurant owner, left crash scene DAYTON - Dayton police Officer James R. "Randy" Miller, convictedof assaulting a Dayton restaurant owner and leaving the scene of aClark County accident, has been fired, Chief William P. McManus saidMonday. Miller, 38, was fired ...
DAILY PLAN-IT
Apr 02, 2002; ... EVENTS PLANNER * VINTAGE STYLE SHOW: Wednesday is the deadline to purchasetickets for the Turtle Creek chapter of the Daughters of the AmericanRevolution luncheon and vintage style show at noon April 13 at thelodge at Shaker Run Golf Club, 4361 Greentree Road. Presented by ...
COMMUNITY CENTERS RECEIVE GRANTS FOR COMPUTER SERVICES
Apr 02, 2002; ... Dakota Center, Adventure Central each get $25,000 DAYTON - Two community centers will receive grants totaling$50,000 to support their computer education programs. SBC Ameritech, the local telephone service provider for the Daytonarea, made the grants of $25,000 each to the ...
MODEST PROPOSAL ON TAXES
Apr 02, 2002; ... DEAR GOV. TAFT: I saw where you said last week that what with thestate budget crisis and all, you're not ruling out "loophole closingsor possibly selective taxes." I thought about that a bit and concluded loopholes tend to bebeloved by both the loopholees and the legislators who ...
YMCA GETS APPROVAL FOR DAY-CARE CENTER
Apr 02, 2002; ... Piqua OKs rezoning of former bank site PIQUA - The landlocked Miami County YMCA has been granted someelbow room. The City Commission approved Monday a special-use permit and therezoning of a vacant building northwest of the Y for theassociation's new day-care center. The ...