Dayton Daily News back issues from May 2003:
POINTING TO REAL JOBS AFTER COLLEGE
May 01, 2003; ... Whenever I hear a presentation on "Racial and SocioeconomicDisparities in our Criminal Justice System and Their Effect on thePublic Defender Programs," the first thing I think is, "Anybody whocan write a 100-page thesis on that ought to be immediately offeredan interesting, high-paying, ...
THE DIXIES ENDURE
May 01, 2003; ... Fans are apparently giving these Chicks a presidential pardon Unless numbers lie, the Dixie Chicks have nothing to worry about. "Since the New Year, there's only been two weeks that they haven'tbeen the number one in the country charts," says Geoff Mayfield,director of charts at ...
ARE HOUSEHOLD GIZMOS SAVING TIME OR TAKING UP SPACE?
May 01, 2003; ... New crop of gadgets aimed at benefitting the busy customer Between work, Saturday's soccer practice and reading thenewspaper, who has time to vacuum? Or mop, or cook or any of the other day-to-day chores that eataway at our time like a colony of temporal ...
TECHNOBUDDY; REBEL AGAINST BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE
May 01, 2003; ... Last week, a retail computer store did its best to talk me intobuying online instead of making a purchase at the store. The storesucceeded in that, but I have a feeling that they're succeeding todeath. I was shopping for a program my stepson needed. He wanted to driveto the store ...
SLOW FAN: THE CHAIN IS TO BLAME
May 01, 2003 ... It seems a lot of people are having trouble with grubs this year,and so we're dealing with a grub question today. But first we try tohelp a reader with a ceiling fan problem. Malfunctioning fan R.E. sent an e-mail saying he has a ceiling fan with a remote inhis master ...
BLUE STAR MOM; POW/MIA CEREMONY HONORS MISSING SERVICE MEMBERS
May 01, 2003; ... Few civilians ever witness the POW/MIA Presentation Table, asymbolic ceremony to honor and remember our military personnel whoare prisoners of war or missing in action. Last Saturday, thanks toMaj. O'Dell Graves, commandant of the Junior ROTC at Col. White HighSchool, and his cadets, our ...
REAL LULU BIDS FANS ADIEU ADIEU
May 01, 2003; ... After a decade on Dayton's original rock scene, Real Lulu iscalling it quits with a farewell performance Saturday at Canal StreetTavern. Although founding members Kattie Dougherty and Sharon Gavlickaren't international superstars, the y will long be remembered by local music fans ...
HERE'S THE SCOOP; HERE'S THE SCOOP
May 01, 2003 ... Five Rivers MetroParks present `Getting Your Herbal GardenStarted' at 10 a.m. Saturday at Carriage Hill MetroPark, 7860 E.Shull Road, Huber Heights. Free, but donations are appreciated. Forinformation, call 879-0461. Five Rivers MetroParks will hold a `Daffodils for Mother' ...
HUNGARIANS, WRIGHTS ENJOYED CLOSE TIES
May 01, 2003; ... It was a spring day in Dayton, and David Boston bolted out tobring greetings when he spotted Capt. Flight pausing and looking atthe Hungarian flag in the window of Boston's Bistro and Pub at Secondand Jefferson streets downtown. "The city has a strong Hungarian heritage," Boston ...
OTHER UNIFORMS NEEDED IN IRAQ
May 01, 2003 ... Maybe one of the downsides of winning the Iraq war so quickly wasthat there wasn't time to get rid of all the partisans of SaddamHussein. Again and again, toward the end of the war, Iraqi troopsfled when they might have fought. Those people have to be someplace.U.S. troops say that ...
DAYTON BUYS SNOW BLOWER DESPITE QUERIES ON BID PROCESS
May 01, 2003; ... City accused of favoring winner DAYTON - A manufacturer of snow removal equipment is accusing cityofficials of steering a bid for a snow blower to a competing companyin violation of open-bidding rules. The City Commission on Wednesday night approved a contract topurchase a ...
REGIONAL HEADLINES
May 01, 2003; ... DAYTON MAN 24, INDICTED IN MAN'S DEATH - A 24-year-old Dayton woman was indicted Wednesday on alternatecharges of purposeful murder and murder as a result of feloniousassault, both with firearm specifications, in the April 20 shootingof Derrick Young. Shaunta Nicole Thomas of ...
FITZ TO DIRECT MARIANIST GROUP
May 01, 2003 ... DAYTON - Brother Raymond L. Fitz, former University of Daytonpresident, has been named executive director of the newly formedAssociation of Marianist Universities, effective Aug. 15. Fitz, 61, served as UD president 23 years. He stepped down lastJune ...
GETTING IT RIGHT [Corrected 05/02/03]
May 01, 2003 ... * In some Wednesday editions, Page A1, a headline on the storyabout the execution of David Brewer should have said "Brewer put todeath 18 years after killing" ....
HOPING FOR RAIN ON PLANTING PARADE; FARM PLANTING AHEAD OF THE NORM
May 01, 2003; ... But some dampening needed Last year, wet weather kept Bob Blackburn out of the fields untilMay 9. This year, he finished planting about 1,500 acres of corn andsoybeans in Miami, Montgomery and Darke counties on Tuesday. "I've never gotten done in April before," said ...
24/7
May 01, 2003 ... * LAW DAY: Jurists, attorneys and legal administrators willparticipate in downtown events celebrating the Law Day USA. ChiefU.S. District Judge Walter Herbert Rice will preside over a naturali zation ceremony at 10:30 a.m. in Auditorium A of Building 12 atSinclair Community ...
SINCLAIR CANDIDATE OFFERS VISION FOR COLLEGE
May 01, 2003; ... Says colleges should improve sense of community DAYTON - American community colleges should strive to improvetheir sense of community to reduce dropout rates and better servetheir students, a finalist for the Sinclair Community Collegepresidency told a campus audience ...
BILL WOULD ALLOW CONCEALED WEAPONS IN PARKING LOTS
May 01, 2003; ... Businesses, others express concerns COLUMBUS - Ohio businesses could ban workers and visitors fromcarrying concealed weapons into their shops, factories and offices,but not their parking lots, according to a bill pending in thelegislature. Under a bill approved by the House ...
LETTERS:NEW PHYSICIANS ENTER BROKEN SYSTEM-
May 01, 2003 ... The Wright State University School of Medicine Class of 2003 willgraduate on June 6. I will join approximately 80 other new physicians in pledging ouroath to our patients and entering the new and evolving medicalprofession. All of us are preparing to enter a field where the ...
SPEAK UP: BRIEF COMMENTS
May 01, 2003 ... * Miami University is misappropriating tax funds with its tuitionplan. Tax funds are collected for education and then spent on socialengineering projects. One more redistribution activity. * Now that we have "competition" with natural-gas suppliers,costs are skyrocketing. Thanks ...
PROVIDENT NET RISES 19 PERCENT
May 01, 2003; ... Earnings miss analysts' mark CINCINNATI - Provident Financial Group Inc., holding company forProvident Bank, reported Wednesday that first-quarter net incomeclimbed 19 percent, but missed the consensus forecast. President Robert L. Hoverson said earnings rose to $25.8 ...
UC TO BOOST OFFERINGS IN WARREN
May 01, 2003; ... Move comes as leaders consider college for county WAYNESVILLE - While Warren County's business, government andschool leaders sort out whether a community college is in thecounty's future, the University of Cincinnati on Wednesday announcedit plans to offer more classes in ...
WARREN RAID YIELDS METH LAB
May 01, 2003; ... Drug agents have closed 20 operations in two years SALEM TWP., Warren County - Drug agents say they have shut down20 clandestine methamphetamine labs in the past two years in WarrenCounty. "We've got a lot more than that. We just haven't been able to getto them," Commander ...
FIRED DEPUTY SEEKS DRUG TREATMENT
May 01, 2003; ... Prosecutors, sheriff not sure about intervention DAYTON - A former Montgomery County sheriff's deputy fired forstealing drugs from the sheriff's pharmacy is asking a judge to granthim drug treatment with the possibility criminal charges could beerased. But Sheriff Dave Vore ...
SUTTON MAKES ONE CUT, MISSES ANOTHER
May 01, 2003 ... Columbus lawyer Jeffrey Sutton gets an honor and an insult on thesame day. He was confirmed Tuesday by the U.S. Senate for a seat onthe federal appellate bench in Cincinnati, on close to a party-linevote. The confirmation took two years. It puts the 42-year-oldlawyer one step below the ...
ED/GE ADVISERS TOUR APPLICANTS' LOCATIONS
May 01, 2003; ... Groups want share of $4.7M available Montgomery County's ED/GE Grant Advisory Committee on Wednesdayvisited sites for new development, redevelopment and health carejobs, and heard pleas for portions of the $4.7 million the county hasavailable for such projects. Committee ...
RALLY URGES MORE FUNDS FOR EDUCATION
May 01, 2003; ... House cut $60M from Taft proposal for schools COLUMBUS - Teachers, parents and Ohio NAACP members rallied atthe Statehouse on Wednesday in an effort to convince legislators thatschool programs must be fully funded to close the education gapbetween white and black ...
STAMCO PLANT CLOSING TO COST 110 JOBS
May 01, 2003; ... Operations moving to company's Pennsylvania plant NEW BREMEN - Stamco told 110 employees Wednesday they will losetheir jobs when the parent company moves all operations to suburbanPittsburgh, Pa. Walter Stasik, chief executive officer of Genesis Worldwide IIInc., called ...
CAFE TO OPEN IN REYNOLDS BUILDING
May 01, 2003; ... Operations begin in September DAYTON - Solganik Cafe and Catering will open downtown inSeptember in the new Reynolds and Reynolds Technical AssistanceCenter at Second and Ludlow streets. The cafe will be operated by Howard and Carin Solganik, thebrother/sister team who are ...
BUSH'S APPROVAL RATING SOARS
May 01, 2003; ... Poll conducted in mid-April COLUMBUS - President Bush's approval rating among Ohioans jumpedto 76 percent, a 13-point increase since February, as a result of hisconduct of the war with Iraq and its aftermath, according to thelatest Ohio Poll released Wednesday. The ...
GREATER DAYTON DEATHS AND FUNERALS
May 01, 2003 ... DEATHS AND FUNERALS Butler County * FRYE, Susan Rae, 53, of Middletown, Wednesday. Services 2p.m. Saturday, Yankee Road First Church of God. (Herr-Riggs) Clark County * PAYNE, Dorothy M., 84, of Springfield, Tuesday. Services10:30 a.m. Saturday, St. John ...
HOMETOWN TRIVIA
May 01, 2003 ... Did you know that the WACO Aircraft Company of Troy was thelargest ...
BLAZE LEAVES 5 HOMELESS
May 01, 2003 ... Investigators aren't sure what caused a fire Wednesday morningthat destroyed this house and car at 4253 Ohio 47 near Fort Loramie.No one was hurt. Investigators think the blaze started in theattached ...
SIDES REACT CAUTIOUSLY TO `ROAD MAP' TO PEACE
May 01, 2003; ... JERUSALEM - An ambitious, U.S.-backed "road map" that aims tocreate a Palestinian state and lasting security for Israel wasreleased Wednesday to mixed reviews. Officials on both sides welcomedthe effort, while Arab militants and Jewish settlers said the planwas ...
HUGE OBSTACLES LITTER MIDEAST `ROAD MAP'
May 01, 2003; ... Militants vow they won't be disarmed JERUSALEM - Wednesday's early-morning suicide bombing at a TelAviv night club highlights a huge obstacle on the path to Mideastpeace: How can new Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas disarmPalestinian militant groups without causing a civil ...
BLUE CHIP STOCKS CHALK UP GAIN
May 01, 2003; ... Three major indexes had best month since October April was anything but the cruelest month for investors. A quickmilitary victory in Iraq and better-than-expected first-quarterprofits pushed blue chip stocks to their second straight monthlygain. For the tech-dominated Nasdaq ...
AMBER ALERT SYSTEM BECOMES FEDERAL LAW
May 01, 2003; ... Child predators face harsher punishment WASHINGTON - President Bush signed legislation Wednesday that willfund a national Amber Alert system and impose harsher penalties onchild predators. The Amber Alert system - which broadcasts information aimed at lawenforcement personnel ...
POOL PREPARATION IN PIQUA
May 01, 2003 ... The parks department in Piqua has a big task getting the Communityswimming pool ready to open. Brian Bookhart (left), Scott Helman andRob Batman (rear) remove the winter debris at the bottom of the ...
SOLDIERS ADAPT TO LIFE IN DESERT
May 01, 2003; ... Little tricks make harsh conditions easier to handle BAQUBAH, Iraq - American soldiers eat match heads in the desert. "The sulfur in them gets in your system and you sweat it out andit keeps the mosquitoes away," explained Pfc. Joshua Joe, anartillery forward observer from ...
RISING FUEL COSTS PUT AIRBORNE IN THE RED
May 01, 2003; ... Freight hauler mum on potential sale Airborne Inc. executives declined Wednesday to answer analysts'questions regarding the company's pending $1 billion sale of itsground business to Germany's Deutsche Post, parent of DHL WorldwideExpress Inc. But Airborne Chairman and Chief ...
EAST DAYTON BOYS, GIRLS CLUB CLOSES
May 01, 2003; ... Declining funds leave only west branch open DAYTON - The East Dayton Boys and Girls Club closed its doorsWednesday, concluding 77 years of after-school activities andeducation for children on that side of town. The club will continueat its west branch at 1828 W. Stewart St., ...
2 HELD IN GUNS FOR DRUGS OPERATION
May 01, 2003; ... Sidney men jailed without bond on U.S. counts DAYTON - Two Sidney men were charged Wednesday with stealing 205firearms from three gun shops and selling them in New York to obtainthe drug Ecstasy. U.S. Magistrate Judge Sharon L. Ovington ordered Nathan WayneMarlow and John ...
DROWNING CASE GOING TO CLARK GRAND JURY
May 01, 2003; ... Inquiry aimed at foster parents of 4-year-old victim NEW CARLISLE - A Clark County grand jury will decide if chargesshould be filed against the foster parents of a 4-year-old girl whodrowned Saturday in a creek near her home. Zoe Alexandra Brown was pulled from a creek more ...
2 LOCAL RESIDENTS CHECKED FOR SARS
May 01, 2003; ... Miami woman recovering at home A 39-year-old Miami County woman is the latest Ohio personsuspected of contracting SARS, officials from the county healthdepartment and the Ohio Department of Health confirmed Wednesday. Meantime, the possibility that a Montgomery County ...
AREAS TO DECIDE ON GAS, ELECTRIC RATE BARGAINING
May 01, 2003; ... De-regulation allows governments to negotiate for residents Tuesday, the Miami Valley takes its biggest step yet into the newworld of de-regulated electricity and natural gas. Voters in 14 area communities will face ballot measures on whetherto give their city or village ...
TROTWOOD SLAYING SUSPECT WAS ALSO SUSPECT IN FATHER'S KILLING
May 01, 2003; ... TROTWOOD - Wilbur Hall was found beaten and stabbed to death inhis home at 4066 Melgrove Ave. eight years ago - just a block fromthe home of Martha Guerrant - the woman his son is charged withrobbing and killing. Police said Dwayne Edward Hall was a suspect in his father'sdeath, ...
HEARING REVEALS DEFENDANT'S PAST
May 01, 2003; ... Testimony shows bad side, not innocence DAYTON - Always a leader, Keith W. DeWitt this week provided aroadmap on how not to present a drug kingpin defense. In a sentencing hearing he sought, the burly DeWitt may haveimplicated himself in a double homicide of which he had ...
BASEBALL; MAGGARD GOES THE EXTRA MILE, PROVIDES POWER SURGE FOR EAGLES
May 01, 2003; ... EATON - Chad Maggard spent the winter pumping iron, fine-tuninghis swing and helping his baseball team raise $12,000 to go toFlorida. It's paying off for for the Eaton High School senior. The Eaglesgot a jump on the area competition with a five-day, five-game Floridatrip to the ...
WSU INSIDER; WSU ACE TURNING A FEW HEADS
May 01, 2003; ... At the rate he keeps improving, Wright State University pitcherCasey Abrams might get selected in the first round of this summer'sMajor League baseball draft. "When the season started, he was not in the top 10 rounds," WSUbaseball coach Ron Nischwitz said. "Then he got in the top ...
HAINES TAKES OVER AS DISTRICT MANAGER
May 01, 2003; ... XENIA - Todd Haines, wildlife management supervisor for the OhioDivision of Wildlife's southwest district since 1993, has been nameddistrict manager. He replaces Dave Graham, who was recently promoted to assistantchief of the state wildlife agency. Haines, 38, will oversee ...
REDS PULL OUT WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
May 01, 2003; ... Dempster blows up, but Cincy outslugs Colorado, 13-11 DENVER - So, you are manager of the Cincinnati Reds and amessenger knocks on your hotel room door early Wednesday morning andsays, "Your starting pitcher is going to give up seven runs and sixwalks in one inning tonight. That'll ...
BENGALS SIGN BRAHAM TO ONE-YEAR DEAL
May 01, 2003; ... Team's starting center since 1999 CINCINNATI - There's one guy who's glad the Cincinnati Bengalsdidn't draft Notre Dame center Jeff Faine. He's Rich Braham. The Bengals starting center since 1999, Braham took himself offthe free-agent market on Wednesday when he signed a ...
WAYNESVILLE STAR HEADED FOR WSU
May 01, 2003; ... Goodyear opts for Raiders over Miami, Tulane FAIRBORN - Mimi Goodyear assures all that she can score whencalled upon, but last season it wasn't her role. The 6-foot-3 Waynesville High School basketball player averagedjust 12 points per game. Still, the media thought enough of ...
`JR.' LATEST WOMAN TO TEST DERBY BARRIER
May 01, 2003; ... LOUISVILLE - The present met the past on the crowded, carnival-like backside of Churchill Downs this week. And while the two looked very different - one woman was bubblinglike just-popped champagne, hugging, kissing, laughing, chatting upthe dozen people in her wake, the other was ...
HENDERSON INTRIGUING, BUT REDS LIKELY TO SAY NO
May 01, 2003; ... DENVER - Rickey Henderson and the Cincinnati Reds slipped into thesame sentence of a wire story a few days ago, and while it wasHenderson who put it there, it is intriguing nevertheless. Henderson, 44, is recognized as baseball's best all-time leadoffhitter, and although no ...
LOSING BY THE NUMBERS
May 01, 2003; ... DENVER - They say one can do anything one wants with numbers andstatistics, but when it comes to dissecting The Anatomy of a LosingBaseball Team: The Cincinnati Reds, it is not necessary to do anArthur Andersen with the numbers. To quickly discover where the Redsare in all statistical ...
WSU OUTLASTS UD IN 15; VITTORIO STUCK ON 99 WINS
May 01, 2003; ... Raiders earn split of season series in 4 1/2 -hour marathon FAIRBORN - Tony Vittorio must be wondering what it will take towin his 100th game as the University of Dayton baseball coach. The Flyers were on the threshold of victory twice at Wright Stateon Wednesday night, but the ...
ROUNDUP; CENTERVILLE BIG WINNERS IN BASEBALL, SOFTBALL
May 01, 2003; ... Chad Skidmore picked up his first victory of the season asCenterville upset Springfield North, 6-0, in Greater Western OhioConference baseball action. Center fielder Mark Brown slammed a solo homer and shortstop ChadHayes slugged a two-run shot to provide all the offense the ...
HOWARD GETS A HANDLE ON HITTING GLITCH
May 01, 2003; ... Leads Dayton to 8-7 win over Whitecaps DAYTON - Kevin Howard had been riding a .200 hitting slump overthe past two weeks, but thought he had it all figured out Wednesdaynight. The West Michigan Whitecaps certainly figured he did. Howard connected for two hits, the last ...
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES
May 01, 2003 ... Items for Today's Activities and other calendars should besubmitted at least two weeks before the event to Calendars, FeaturesDepartment, Dayton Daily News, 45 S. Ludlow St., Dayton, Ohio 45402.Because of space limitations, publication isn't guaranteed. For long-range planning, see the ...
GIZMO PATROL; GET GREAT SOUND WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC OUTSIDE
May 01, 2003; ... If you're a true audiophile, you probably don't want to be too faraway from your sound system even when you're outside. For you, sound equipment manufacturers offer loudspeakers thatproduce high fidelity while being tough enough to stand up to theweather. JBL's latest ...
FOOTLIGHTS; DAYTON THEATRE GUILD EFFECTIVELY HANDLES THE CHALLENGES OF `EQUUS'
May 01, 2003; ... Peter Shaffer's Equus won the Tony Award in 1974 and ran for morethan 1,000 performances on Broadway, but we don't see it very oftenanymore. Theaters, particularly community theaters, tend to shy away fromits nudity, psycho-sexual content and just plain difficult ...
EX-RESIDENT OF MISSISSIPPI FEATURED IN CIVIL RIGHTS VIDEO
May 01, 2003; ... Germantown woman witnessed early struggles GERMANTOWN - A Germantown woman appears in an award-winning videoon the civil rights movement, Standing on My Sisters' Shoulders,which premiered last week in Mississippi. Flonzie Brown-Wright, a former resident of Mississippi, served ...
MILITARY MEMBERS HONORED
May 01, 2003; ... Event recognizes 36 nominees WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE - Air horns sounded, voicesbellowed and hands clapped as the military men and women left thestage after shaking the hand of Gen. Lester L. Lyles of the Air ForceMateriel Command. `They're the best of the best in the ...
CENTER IN BROOKVILLE TRACES BRETHREN HISTORY
May 01, 2003; ... Members provide place to learn of faith's rich past BROOKVILLE - A dedicated group of volunteers from Brethrenchurches in southern and western Ohio have opened the BrethrenHeritage Center in Brookville. Fred Benedict, a member of the Brethren Heritage Committee, saidthe ...