Dayton Daily News back issues from March 2003:
WEB UPDATE
Mar 01, 2003; ... DAYTON - Bystanders found a man, shot five times, this morninginside a sport utility vehicle at Walton Avenue and James H. McGeeBoulevard, Dayton police said. Daniel Peppo, 29, of Harrison Twp., was in surgery at Miami ValleyHospital. No condition was available late this ...
CAMPUS INSIDER; LONGLEY NETS POINT NO. 1,000
Mar 01, 2003; ... Kevin Longley didn't do it on purpose. Still, the Wittenberg University senior's career-defining momentcame in the Tigers' last home game, on Senior Recognition Night. It quickly became Longley Night as the 6-foot-7 former VandaliaButler High School star became the 26th member ...
TODAY'S GAME * WHO: MINNESOTA TWINS VS. CINCINNATI REDS * WHEN: 1:05 P.M. * RADIO: WLW-AM; REDS' CAR POOL DRIVERS DELIVER
Mar 01, 2003; ... Chauffeur Griffey brings his gang, bangs 3-run homer FORT MYERS, Fla. - The black Mercedes SUV was heading west onMartin Luther King Boulevard toward City of Palms Park on Fridaymorning when it suddenly negotiated a U-turn and headed east. "My navigator was sleeping in the back ...
WRIGHT STATE BASKETBALL; WSU HOPES TO WIN FOR SENIORS
Mar 01, 2003; ... Victory would keep Raiders out of last place in Horizon FAIRBORN - It was the second worst defeat in Ed Schilling's six-year tenure. Fortunately for the Wright State men's basketball coach,he won't have much time to dwell on Thursday's 98-65 loss toWisconsin-Milwaukee. The ...
REDS NOTES; WALKER ENJOYS REUNION, HINTS OF RETURN
Mar 01, 2003; ... FORT MYERS, Fla. - Todd Walker's red jersey fit right in with theguys to whom he was talking, because Adam Dunn, Aaron Boone, JuniorGriffey and Barry Larkin also wore red shirts. But Walker's shirt said 'Red Sox' and the other guys wore jerseysthat said 'Reds.' That didn't ...
RUIZ RISKING JUST AS MUCH AS JONES WILL
Mar 01, 2003; ... LAS VEGAS - He was about to make a sheepish admission. John Ruiz had shown up at the weigh-in for tonight's heavyweighttitle fight looking like a Superfly character. He wore a pillowy,velvet, red and silver tiger-striped cap and matching long-tailedcoat. He had a red leather shirt ...
MEN'S BASKETBALL; REDHAWKS' CONFIDENCE SHOWS ON COURT
Mar 01, 2003; ... Miami has turned season around OXFORD - A month and a half ago, the Bowling Green Falcons were ontop of the world and the Miami RedHawks were wondering if they'd everwake up from their nightmare season. It just shows how quickly things can change. Eight weeks later, the ...
CLASS OF DISTINCTION
Mar 01, 2003; ... Hall, Green, Stelly leave winning legacy DAYTON - They arrived at the University of Dayton with threedifferent classes, but basketball players Nate Green, Brooks Hall andD.J. Stelly will celebrate their senior farewell together when the25th-ranked Flyers take on Fordham today at ...
BENGALS LOSE STAR FULLBACK; COACH NOT FAZED
Mar 01, 2003; ... Neal signs with Chargers; keeping Luchey is crucial CINCINNATI - The grass isn't always greener in NFL free agency,but the weather sure can be a lot nicer. Fullback Lorenzo Neal - the Cincinnati Bengals' only 2002 ProBowler - signed a three-year contract with the San Diego ...
RUSSIA ENDS COVINGTON'S SURPRISING RUN
Mar 01, 2003; ... PIQUA - Covington had more than enough chances to keep its Disneymovie-like tournament run going Friday night. But a season full of bad habits was hard to break, and the Buccsfell to second-seeded Russia, 55-47, in the lower bracket final ofthe Piqua Division IV boys' high school ...
'CREEK CRUISES PAST FAIRBORN
Mar 01, 2003; ... Beavers ready for showdown with Colonel White DAYTON - Fairborn was the immediate concern, but another teamloomed large in Beavercreek's 68-31 win Friday. Colonel White, Part VII. `I want a shot at them so bad,' said Beavers sophomore centerJerome Tillman. `The last ...
DIVISION I; CARROLL HEAVYWEIGHT CRUISES TO WIN IN STATE SEMIFINALS
Mar 01, 2003; ... COLUMBUS - Pat Barrentine won't get to avenge his only wrestlingloss this season. But that's OK. The Carroll High School senior heavyweight is looking at the bigpicture. "It's all about winning the state crown, no matter who I've got togo through to get it," Barrentine said ...
DIVISION II; FRANKLIN USES TRICKY THROW TO GET DRAMATIC VICTORY
Mar 01, 2003; ... COLUMBUS - The same move that put Matt Franklin out of lastseason's state wrestling tournament propelled him into this season'schampionship. Losing in the first round at 112 pounds last year, the FranklinHigh School standout tried a head and arm throw and broke the growthplate in ...
BOMBERS BLOW LEAD, LOSE IN SHOOTOUT
Mar 01, 2003; ... Leger scores twice, but Nailers come back from 4-1 deficit WHEELING, W.Va. - The Wheeling Nailers came back from a 4-1deficit to defeat the Dayton Bombers, 5-4, in a shootout at the CivicCenter, spoiling a two-goal performance by Bombers' newcomer JimLeger. Wheeling's Bobby ...
FRANZ, MONROE MAKE WAYNESVILLE HISTORY
Mar 01, 2003; ... School gets first two wrestling state placers COLUMBUS - Waynesville High School's Chas Franz lost out on hisultimate goal, a state title, in the 66th annual State WrestlingChampionships Friday at Ohio State University's Schottenstein Center.But the 125-pound junior was left with a ...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY OHIO
Mar 01, 2003; ... Bicentennial gives each county a cause for celebrations Ohio turns 200 this year and, any way you look at it, that'spretty good for a little chunk of the world that once was coveredwith glaciers 8,000 feet thick. To celebrate the thaw - and a whole bunch of neat things that ...
DAYTON COULD'VE BEEN FLIGHT SITE
Mar 01, 2003; ... Launch equipment would have substituted for Kitty Hawk slopes Last month: In February 1903 the Wright brothers completed theplans for the propellers for their plane. They could not assemble theplane in their shop because there wasn't room. As it was, the centersection blocked the ...
EXEMPT HUNGRY FROM BUDGET BRAWL
Mar 01, 2003 ... Ohio's budget process in Columbus would be diverting theater if itwasn't so serious. The huffing and puffing is a farce bordering onbuffoonery. But there's nothing entertaining about holding hostageemergency food for Ohio's hungry. Even if it's just a matter ofposturing. That's ...
VIEW FROM DOWNTOWN; DAYTON LIBRARY TO HOUSE PHOTO EXHIBITION OF 1913 FLOOD
Mar 01, 2003; ... March is always remembered - at least around here - as the monthwhen the river displayed its fury and brought flood and fire. It was 90 years ago that the Great Flood hit Dayton, and thesurrounding land, and changed the Miami Valley. The Dayton MetroLibrary, 215 E. Third St., will ...
`REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE DUST . . .'
Mar 01, 2003; ... Ashes. Angela's Ashes, the book about an impoverished Irishman'swretched childhood, stayed on top of international best seller listsfor months. Ashes. Right now I have two boxes of gray powder in my cupboard,waiting to be scattered under a honeysuckle bush on a fine springday ....
SHOPPING AROUND; RETAILERS PUT `BUY' IN BICENTENNIAL
Mar 01, 2003; ... Today is officially the day Ohio became a state. "Ohioans will be celebrating throughout 2003," says ElizabethCobey-Piper, who's in charge of marketing for officially licensedbicentennial merchandise. According to Cobey-Piper, there are now hundreds of items beingsold with ...
SUPPLIES NEARBY FOR CONDOS
Mar 01, 2003; ... No doubt, once all you folks who shelled out big bucks for today'sgala opening ceremonies at the Schuster Center get a look at theplace, you're going to want to check out the condos next door atPerformance Place, your one and only chance to pay a million smackersto live in downtown ...
DEALER TO SPEND $2M ON EXPANSION
Mar 01, 2003; ... Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep lineups in one showroom BEAVERCREEK - From its perch above Interstate 675 overlookingWright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dave Dennis Chrysler Jeep already isbig. Soon it will be $2 million bigger. The dealership is doubling the size of its sales and ...
ON THE EDGE OF THEIR PEWS
Mar 01, 2003; ... Effective preaching delivers divine inspiration with a kick Worship is critical to our faith walk, and the sermon is acritical part of the worship experience. But the burden of whether weleave the worship service with an air of comfort or in a state ofconfusion rests squarely on ...
LETTERS: TEACHING TO THE TEST DOES LONG-TERM HARM
Mar 01, 2003 ... As an educator, I am appalled by the news that principals in theDayton School District will have their salaries linked to students'achievement test scores (`Principals' pay tied to student success,'Feb. 23). I teach at the college level, and every day I am presented withthe ...
TEACHERS CAN BE LEADERS OF REFORM
Mar 01, 2003 ... The old libel about educators is, "those who cannot do, teach."The government equivalent of this is closer to the truth: Officialsdon't solve problems, they form commissions to study them. Both of these criticisms were exploded last week by compellingwork performed by a 46-member ...
BRIEFLY
Mar 01, 2003 ... Monday's deadline to renew, sign on for CAUV XENIA - Monday is the deadline for farmers in Greene County torenew their applications for the Current Agricultural Use Valueprogram or to sign up for it. If you received a copy of an Ag District form with your CAUV, italso must be ...
RELIGION BRIEFS; PRAYER LEADER TO CONDUCT SEMINAR
Mar 01, 2003 ... DAYTON - Renowned prayer leader from Houston, Terry Teykl, willlead a seminar and lecture at Christ United Methodist Church, 3440Shroyer Road. today from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event is hosted by the Dayton North and South Districts of theUnited Methodist Church. Topics to be ...
HILLS - AND HALLS - ALIVE WITH SOUND OF VON TRAPPS AGAIN
Mar 01, 2003; ... Singing folk-music quartet is recording, touring It's a story that unfolds in rural Montana, where four home-schooled siblings - three girls, one boy - discover they have a giftfor song. Not rock or rap or bubble-gum pop, but songs of a gentlersort, particularly of the folk ...
LENTEN EVENTS
Mar 01, 2003; ... Bergamo Center for Lifelong Learning, 4400 Shakertown Road,Beavercreek: Ash Wednesday Morning Reflection, 9 a.m. to noonWednesday, Bergamo Center. Cost: $15. For registration: Chris Bryteat 426-2363 by Monday. Dorothy Lane American Baptist Church, 960 W. Dorothy Lane,Kettering: ...
24/7
Mar 01, 2003 ... Helping you daily to plan your week TODAY * SCHUSTER OPENING: The Gala Evening of the Stars will have RayCharles and other national celebrities, as well as performances bythe Dayton Ballet, the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, DaytonOpera, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the ...
COMMENTARY; TV'S WASTELAND GROWS MORE BARREN
Mar 01, 2003; ... So-called reality shows just the latest in embarrassingprogramming It looks as though President Bush within a few weeks will begiving us a dose of real reality television, but in the meantime wehave the peacetime luxury of contemplating the phenomenon of phonyreality television ....
SEEN & OVERHEARD; BUT AT LEAST IT WASN'T SPARROW GUANO.
Mar 01, 2003 ... Things are have been humming along all week at Second and Main toget the Schuster Center ready to rock - and in the thick of it all,Mark Light, president of the Arts Center Foundation in charge of theplace, was overheard by a friend of ours to say they've made just onemistake in all the ...
MORE THAN EVER, THUMB IS HARDEST-WORKING DIGIT
Mar 01, 2003; ... Technology downgrades index finger's role It can't drive, but it can get you a ride out of town. It can't speak, but it can tell everyone you're A-OK. It can't read, but it can spell. And very, very fast. The human thumb. The wonder thumb. The thumb whose ...
SWALLOWING EVIDENCE LEADS TO TRIAL
Mar 01, 2003; ... He would have walked otherwise, judge says DAYTON - Had Lucas Anthony Waters kept his mouth shut, he would bea free man today, not awaiting trial for tampering with evidence. Bent over the hood of a police cruiser, his wrists cuffed behindhis back, Waters, 23, was being ...
REGIONAL HEADLINES
Mar 01, 2003; ... GREENE BAR PATRON FOUND WOUNDED FAIRBORN - A Dayton man was found inside a Fairborn bar Fridaysuffering from gunshot wounds, police said. Corleone D. Lewis, 23, was taken to an area hospital. Hiscondition was not known. Police noticed a disturbance in front of the ...
COMMENTARY; ZIMMER HITS 70, FEELS FINE
Mar 01, 2003; ... Dayton City Commissioner Richard A. Zimmer, who said he is feelingfine and exercises every day at a local health center, is celebratinghis 70th birthday today. Zimmer suffered a heart attack in 1992, but said, "I have neverfelt better." At the conclusion of Dayton's cable ...
SPEAKUP
Mar 01, 2003 ... * Re `Free-market solutions are not the cure for system,' Feb.25: It's time for health writer Kevin Lamb to get over the fact that`Hillarycare' was flatly and justly rejected by the people of thiscountry. * To the kids who stole the shovel from my front porch last week:I hope ...
MIAMI COUNTY OFFICIALS DISCUSS CAPITAL NEEDS
Mar 01, 2003; ... Planning session looks at projects through 2007 TROY - Miami County commissioners have plenty of requests -several for security projects - for a slice of the county's capitaldollars during the next five years. Commissioners Ann Baird and Ron Widener met Friday with ...
W. MILTON ANNEXATION CHALLENGE ON BALLOT
Mar 01, 2003; ... Appeals court rules referendum petition met law TROY - An appeals court ruled Friday that petitions for areferendum on West Milton council's annexation of 395 acres meetlegal requirements, clearing the way for a vote by village residents. The Ohio 2nd District Court of Appeals ...
ANNEX PETITION DENIAL VALID, COURT RULES
Mar 01, 2003; ... 37-acre tract in Miami County sought by Union TROY - The Ohio 2nd District Court of Appeals said Friday thatMiami County commissioners were justified in dismissing petitionsseeking to annex 37 acres in the Frederick area to the city of Unionin Montgomery County. The ...
GETTING IT RIGHT [Corrected 03/04/03]
Mar 01, 2003 ... * In Thursday's Greene County Neighbors, Page 11, an item in theHereabouts column should have said the theme of the ...
APARTMENTS HAVE NEW FEATURES, OLD CHARMS
Mar 01, 2003; ... 10 units become six, and some touches retained, added DAYTON - Tucked into the wall of each of the apartments in theOregon District's Johnston Building is a flip-down ironing board.They're a simple luxury, but one Tom Tornatore wanted to keep when herenovated the ...
ARMORED CAR STOLEN FROM AIR FORCE MUSEUM
Mar 01, 2003; ... He denies selling, moving stolen military vehicles WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE - The chief of the CollectionsDivision for the United States Air Force Museum at Wright-PattersonAir Force Base pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he sold a"Peacekeeper" Armored Car stolen from ...
2 VALLEY FIRMS GET TECH GRANTS
Mar 01, 2003; ... COLUMBUS - Two Miami Valley firms this week were awarded more than$1.7 million in state Third Frontier grants to help pay for fuel celland technology research. The Edison Materials Technology Center in Kettering received$865,000 and YSI Inc. of Yellow Springs got ...
MATTEL MERGES GIRLS, BOYS DIVISIONS
Mar 01, 2003; ... Toy company to trim executive staff by 5 percent EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Mattel Inc., the world's largest toy company,plans to consolidate its girls and boys divisions into one unit andcut about 5 percent of its executive positions, the company saidFriday. The new unit will be ...
SKYLINE SCULPTOR; ARCHITECT PELLI ON PALMS AND PURPOSES
Mar 01, 2003; ... Schuster designer has a show to tell DAYTON - Architect Cesar Pelli demonstrated in an appearanceFriday one reason why he has been successful doing buildings all overthe world for a virtual United Nations of clients: Japanese,Malaysian, European, Daytonian. The principal ...
HOMETOWN TRIVIA
Mar 01, 2003 ... In 1896, the Park Theater (which became the ...
BUSINESS BRIEF CASE
Mar 01, 2003 ... CUTS HIT MONTGOMERY COUNTY HOSPITALS COLUMBUS - Montgomery County hospitals would lose $14.2 millionduring three years under federal and proposed state funding cuts forlow-income patients, according to Ohio Hospital Associationcalculations. The recently enacted federal ...
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mar 01, 2003 ... Auglaize County * ELSASS, Mildred, 74, of Wapakoneta, Thursday. Services 2:30 p.m.Monday, St. Mark Lutheran Church. (Bayliff & Eley) * KOHLER, Wilbur G., 90, of Wapakoneta, Friday. Mass of ChristianBurial 11 a.m. Monday, St. Joseph Catholic Church. (Long & ...
SUICIDE-PREVENTION PLAN AIMED AT TEENS
Mar 01, 2003; ... At-risk youths to be screened HAMILTON - Butler County is one of five Ohio counties chosen toparticipate in a pilot program to screen teenagers who might be at-risk for mental illness and suicide. The TeenScreen Program, underwritten by the Ohio Department ofMental Health and ...
BUSH: HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT SHOWS UNIFIED FRONT
Mar 01, 2003; ... 170,000 now charged with securing nation WASHINGTON - President Bush said Friday that the new HomelandSecurity Department that officially opens today will provide aunified front to protect the nation from terrorist attacks. "Tomorrow marks an historic day for our government and ...
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS FROM FRIDAY'S GALA
Mar 01, 2003 ... The $121 million Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing ArtsCenter made the transition from construction site to specialdestination Friday night with the first of several gala openingweekend events. Attended by 580 people who snapped up the $1,000tickets in just three weeks, the festive ...
NEAL TO RUN WITHOUT PARTY BACKING
Mar 01, 2003; ... Commissioner says she has nothing to apologize for DAYTON - Idotha Bootsie Neal said she has nothing to apologize forin her 12-year tenure on the City Commission and will run for re-election despite losing the Montgomery County Democratic Partyendorsement to another ...
GROUND TROOPS
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RECRUITING INSIDER; C-J'S TURNER NARROWS FIELD TO FIVE
Mar 02, 2003 ... As colleges solidify their 2003 football recruits, attention turnsto the Class of 2004. In January, local athletes attended the U.S. Army All-Americanfootball combine in San Antonio, Texas. Chaminade-Juliennequarterback Anthony Turner, Wayne linebacker Marcus Freeman andOakwood ...
COLD, SNOW, ICE DEFINITELY NOT FOR THE BIRDS
Mar 02, 2003; ... Winter's chill can be harmful to feathered friends With the arrival of March, there are certainly thoughts of spring,but chances are winter will be hanging on a bit longer. The severe weather experienced in the Miami Valley can be ahardship to wildlife. The Ohio Division of ...
TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP; WAYNESVILLE GIRLS OUSTED ONE WIN SHY OF REGIONALS
Mar 02, 2003; ... North College Hill sidelined state-ranked Waynesville on Saturdayin a Division III district championship game at the Mason Arena, 52-40. The Spartans stumbled in the district finals for the second yearin a row. Michelle Miller, a Xavier University signee, wasunstoppable for the Trojans, ...
HOSKINS, C-J HAVE URBANA'S NUMBER
Mar 02, 2003; ... Eagles run away from Hillclimbers, 69-44, in district final VANDALIA - It's not a controversy, just a jersey mystery. Chaminade-Julienne's Brandie Hoskins had her usual game inSaturday's 69-44 Division II district title win over Urbana. What she didn't have was her usual ...
BASEBALL INSIDER; '95 REDS HITTERS BECOME NOMADS
Mar 02, 2003; ... SARASOTA, Fla. - Twist the clock back to 1995, the last time theCincinnati Reds played meaningful baseball games in October. True,they lost four straight games in the National League ChampionshipSeries to the Atlanta Braves, but those remain the good ol' days forthis storied ...
DIVISION III; THOBABEN'S THIRD MAKES MASSIE HISTORY
Mar 02, 2003; ... COLUMBUS - Clinton-Massie's Nate Thobaben made a little historyand earned some family bragging rights Saturday at the 66th Ohio HighSchool Wrestling Championships at Ohio State University'sSchottenstein Center. With his third-place finish at 215 pounds, Thobaben became ...
RTA CHIEF COLLECTS PAYCHECK, PENSION
Mar 01, 2003; ... Some upset at double income from public funds DAYTON - Six months after accepting a three-year contract thatpays $150,000 and provides for raises and bonuses, Minnie FellsJohnson, executive director of the Greater Dayton Regional TransitAuthority, decided to take her state ...
FEDS SAY GAMBLING NETTED MAN $25M
Mar 01, 2003; ... Government wants to seize target's assets DAYTON - The federal government moved Friday to seize homes, cashand other property from members of an alleged gambling operation thatit claims netted its leader at least $25 million. "Robert Roth has been operating a gambling ...
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GETTING IT RIGHT [Corrected 03/04/03]
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