Dayton Daily News back issues from July 2003:
IT'S RECESS IN TOUR OF TOWNS
Jul 01, 2003; ... We've reached the midpoint of our alphabetical Bicentennialjourney around Ohio, time to take a break in the tales of townspicked at random amongst those sharing a first letter. N will be forsomeplace after a three-week interlude, timed so I can pursue myother, higher-paying job as Dayton ...
SCOUTING THE MIAMI VALLEY; YOU CAN'T BEAT THE CHEAP SEATS
Jul 01, 2003; ... The lawns at Fifth Third Field are great spots to see the Dragons EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first in a series each Tuesday in Julyhighlighting the Miami Valley's summer sports scene. Next week, we'llsearch for the area's best place to play a pick-up basketball game. E-mail ...
COMMENTARY; SYDNEY'S KINDNESS BRINGS JOY
Jul 01, 2003; ... An 11-year-old Northridge girl is being praised by herschoolmates, her church members and her family for a spontaneous andselfless act of kindness. It happened at Timberlane Elementary School, just after the awardsceremony at the end of the school year. Sydney Phillips had ...
KEMENAH CLAIMS ALL STAR SPRINT AT ELDORA
Jul 01, 2003; ... Chad Kemenah waited out a two-hour rain delay, then beat 32 otherSprint car drivers to win the All Star Sprint feature Saturday nightat Eldora Speedway. Kemenah, a Findlay chauffeur, won his third All Star event atEldora and overcame several caution flags and some nice driving ...
SINCLAIR REFURBISHING ENGINE FOR '05 WRIGHT FLYER REPLICA
Jul 01, 2003; ... Using one from Model A Ford DAYTON - Sinclair Community College automotive technologyofficials are painstakingly refurbishing a 75-year-old engine thatwill be used to power a replica of the 1905 Wright Flyer. The work is being done within a stone's throw of the WrightBrothers ...
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Jul 01, 2003 ... Helping you daily to plan your week TODAY * SAMPLE HISTORY: See the collection of vintage automobiles,trains, bicycles and the 1905 Wright Flyer III from 9:30 a.m. to 5p.m. through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at CarillonHistorical Park, 1000 Carillon Blvd. Cost is $5 ...
THURMOND A SYMBOL AT THE END, TOO
Jul 01, 2003 ... Living and working to be 100 was not all good for Sen. StromThurmond. For one thing, he lived to see Sen. Trent Lott destroy hisown career as a national leader by saying that Sen. Thurmond shouldhave been elected president in 1948. The Lott episode is a remarkablemeasure of just how ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: ISSUES MORE COMPLEX THAN EXTREMISTS ALLOW
Jul 01, 2003 ... There is a problem in america, and it can be seen in America'spenchant for political and social extremism. It seems that theRepublican Party has given into pressure from the right-wing elementof its party and supports big business and rich people. This elementwants to take its social and ...
SPEAK UP: BRIEF COMMENTS
Jul 01, 2003 ... * Heavily armed strangers invade your house, set off anexplosive, terrify your friends and shoot at your dog. If ClaytonHelriggle had not grabbed his gun, it would've been odd. * Peacefully serving warrants and politely asking arrestedcitizens to come along takes more courage ...
CAMPUS SCENE; HALL STILL HAS A SHOT AT NBA
Jul 01, 2003; ... Brooks Hall had things to do Thursday. Watching the NBA Draft was not among them. Neither was holding his breath. "I wasn't even going to be in the house or near a TV," said Hall,who finished his career at the University of Dayton at No. 18 on themen's basketball ...
FRANKLIN MAN INDICTED IN RAPE OF BOY, 6
Jul 01, 2003; ... If convicted, could face life in prison LEBANON - A 56-year-old Franklin man was indicted Monday oncharges he twice raped a 6-year-old boy. Carlos L. Combs faces life in prison if convicted of the first-degree felony, Warren County Prosecutor Rachel Hutzel said. Combs ...
REZONING HEARING TODAY ON LANDFILL ISSUE
Jul 01, 2003; ... Five years of legal maneuvers in Warren may end LEBANON - A Warren County commissioner and the leader of a Morrowenvironmental group say they hope a rezoning hearing today marks thebeginning to the end of a five-year legal battle about a landfill. "It certainly is my hope that ...
LOOKING AHEAD TO WEDNESDAY
Jul 01, 2003 ... Letter writer Chris Norkett of Kettering says there's a ...
MISS OHIO VISITS SITES IN DAYTON, KETTERING
Jul 01, 2003; ... 22-year-old sings for residents at retirement home DAYTON - Exchanging her tiara for a hard hat, Janelle Couts, MissOhio 2003, visited Dayton on Monday. The 22-year-old Akron native took a tour through the constructionsite for the Emergency Trauma Center at Good Samaritan ...
OHIO NEEDS STANDARDS FOR TACTICAL POLICE
Jul 01, 2003 ... Some vendors of tactical police equipment - specialty weapons,body armor, high-tech gadgetry - market their wares as though they'reselling to soldiers of fortune, rather than local police. Theiradvertising displays take on qualities of comic books. In specialpolice operations, though, ...
INJURIES MAY GIVE NEW RED A CHANCE
Jul 01, 2003; ... Smitherman called up from Class AA Chattanooga PITTSBURGH - Stephen Smitherman was on his way to the ballpark, hehadn't even put on his first major-league uniform, when he was hitwith Fear Factor. It had nothing to do with trepidation about his debut for theCincinnati Reds ...
SEVERAL INJURED WHEN POLICE CAR, VEHICLE COLLIDE
Jul 01, 2003; ... Trotwood officer on emergency run on Ohio 49 TROTWOOD - A Trotwood police officer on his way to back up acolleague Sunday collided with a vehicle at Ohio 49 and HooverAvenue, leaving several injured. Officer Freeman Ward was attempting to assist Officer DennisHatcher, who had ...
BUTLER MAN ARRESTED IN WILDLIFE INQUIRY
Jul 01, 2003; ... Some accused of dealing in endangered animals State and federal wildlife authorities Saturday raided suspects inthree states - including a Middletown man - in an investigation of anendangered reptile and amphibian dealing ring. Ralph Salisbury, 56, of Middletown was charged ...
CHENEY VISITS OHIO TO PRAISE WHITE HOUSE, RAISE FUNDS
Jul 01, 2003; ... Vice president gets $600,000 for 2004 campaign FAIRLAWN - Vice President Dick Cheney came to this Akron suburbMonday to praise the job he and President Bush have done fighting thewar on terrorism and for giving the American people the `biggest taxrelief package since the presidency ...
LAWMAKERS' LAPSE PLACES $400M AT RISK
Jul 01, 2003; ... Special session may be needed to meet U.S. mandate COLUMBUS - If Ohio lawmakers don't pass a bill to comply with thefederal No Child Left Behind Act, the state could lose up to about$400 million in federal money, the U.S. Department of Education toldstate officials. Lawmakers ...
WORDS UNDER GOODWILL UMBRELLA
Jul 01, 2003; ... Funding issue made reading service look for partner DAYTON - The Miami Valley Radio Reading Service has become part ofGoodwill Industries of the Miami Valley in a merger that took effectMonday. Better known as WORDS (Western Ohio Reading and DevelopmentServices) to hundreds ...
REGIONAL HEADLINES
Jul 01, 2003; ... RULING DEFERRED IN BABY'S DEATH DAYTON - The Montgomery County Coroner's Office has deferredruling on the death of a 3-month-old boy found dead Sunday in the bedhe shared with his brother. An autopsy has been performed on Sirjon Coleon I. Timothy Baileyof 332 E. Maplewood ...
BUSH SPEECH JULY 4 OPEN TO PUBLIC
Jul 01, 2003; ... DAYTON - The public is invited - first-come, first-served - toattend President Bush's speech Friday at the dedication of a new wingof the U.S. Air Force Museum. But you must have a ticket. The White House and local planners announced Monday that a limitednumber of free tickets can ...
1903-2003 CENTURY OF FLIGHT; 169 DAYS UNTIL THE CENTENNIAL OF FLIGHT
Jul 01, 2003 ... Today's flight plan * July 11: Meet members of the Tuskegee Airmen at 11:30 a.m. inthe Great Hall at Sinclair Community College. Tickets are $30 forindividuals and $200 for a table of eight. U-2 1955-present High altitude spy plane Milestones of ...
BRIEFLY
Jul 01, 2003 ... Glenn to attend Centerville event after all CENTERVILLE - Former U.S. Sen. John Glenn and NASA AdministratorSean O'Keefe will attend the Americana Festival on July 4 after all,the festival's president said Monday. Bob Romond received word Sunday that the men, invited as ...
PLAYER'S TEAMMATE UNDER CLOUD
Jul 01, 2003; ... Affidavit names junior forward a suspect WACO, Texas - Police are investigating a Baylor basketball playerin the disappearance of teammate Patrick Dennehy, according to courtdocuments filed Monday. An affidavit accompanying a warrant to search Dennehy's computeridentifies ...
MONTGOMERY MOVES UP ON LIST OF OHIO'S POLLUTED COUNTIES
Jul 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Jefferson and Washington counties swapped places asOhio's first and second most heavily polluted counties in 2001,according to a national toxic inventory released Monday by the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency. Together, they achieved a 26 percent reduction in toxic ...
CALIFORNIA OPERATIONS FALL INTO $38B BUDGET GAP
Jul 01, 2003; ... Lawmakers can't reach agreement on spending cuts SAN DIEGO - With legislators unable to agree on how to address thestate's $38 billion budget deficit, California was on the verge ofcutting spending on everything from schools to road projectsbeginning today. Lawmakers in the ...
CONFERENCE SHUFFLE COULD HAVE EFFECT ON DAYTON
Jul 01, 2003; ... It was Ted Kissell's first day back in the office after a vacationto New York City, and the University of Dayton athletics director wasthe first to admit he's glad he took the break when he did. From here on, his job is going to expand. During the next coupleof months, he'll spend ...
DAYTON DRAGONS; FRY'S BLASTS LIFT DRAGONS TO VICTORY
Jul 01, 2003; ... Catcher now has five homers in last six games SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Ryan Fry continued to be the Dayton Dragonshottest hitter in the second half of Midwest League baseball seasonMonday night. The catcher from Stockertown, Pa., hit two homer runs to lead theDragons to an 8-5 ...
ENGINE REPLICA SPUTTERS TO LIFE-
Jul 01, 2003; ... Team hopes primitive engine can power plane MORAINE - The sound in Terry Hesler's machine tool shop Mondayafternoon might be what Nick Engler describes as "the birthing cry offlight." It was a raucous cry as Hesler sprayed ether down the throat of aprimitive gasoline engine ...
CELEBRATION TAKING SHAPE
Jul 01, 2003; ... Dayton gearing up to greet influx of visitors DAYTON - With the exception of some nagging flaws in the Wright-Dunbar historic areas, Dayton will be ready to show the world itsbest face for the centennial of flight festivities that beginThursday. At Deeds Point, the focal ...
SALES TAX INCREASE BEGINS TODAY; OTHER HIKES DUE IN AUGUST
Jul 01, 2003; ... DAYTON - Tack on an extra one percent of sales tax to yourfavorite candy bar, and you might have to fork over another penny.Tack it on to a new $23,000 minivan, and you're looking at anadditional $230. That's why Miami Valley auto dealers advertised "Beat the Tax Man"specials ...
WOMAN'S FAMILY DOUBTS SUICIDE THEORY
Jul 01, 2003; ... Mom, baby dead; man wounded DAYTON - Sometime before 3:39 a.m. Sunday, a 2-year-old boydescribed as cute and energetic was shot once in the head as he satin a chair at 2039 Harvard Blvd., police and Montgomery Countycoroner's investigators said Monday. Matthew Michael ...
GETTING IT RIGHT [Corrected 07/02/03]
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FINAL IN SERIES Series: Inventing Flight Dayton 2003
Jul 02, 2003; ... AS THE INVENTING FLIGHT CELEBRATION BEGINS THURSDAY, MIAMI VALLEYRESIDENTS WILL BE PREPARING TO MARK INDEPENDENCE DAY. IN JULY 1903,BEFORE THE WRIGHT BROTHERS ACHIEVED POWERED FLIGHT, DAYTONIANSCELEBRATED A SCORCHING FOURTH OF JULY WITH PICNICS AND FIREWORKS.TODAY, IN THE LAST OF OUR ...
NINTH OF 10 PARTS THE OFFICIAL INVENTING FLIGHT CELEBRATION GETS UNDER WAY THIS WEEK. FOR THE PAST NINE DAYS, WE'VE TAKEN A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN. * WEDNESDAY: A 1903 PICNIC WITH THE WRIGHT BROTHERS. ON THE NET VECTREN DAYTON AIR SHOW: DAYTONAIRSHOW.COM WRIGHT BROTHERS AEROPLANE CO.: WRIGHT-BROTHERS.ORG ; FLYING HIGH Series: Inventing Flight Dayton 2003
Jul 01, 2003; ... Spectacular air show, exhibit define how far we've come in thelast century Nick Engler will have a startling message for everyone at thisyear's Vectren Dayton Air Show: `Man will never fly.' The message will be more than a little tongue-in-cheek, as Engler -playing the role ...
HEALTH NOTEBOOK; CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER PRESENTS CHAIR
Jul 01, 2003 ... Children's Medical Center recently presented Vipul Patel with theLaurence P. Harkness Critical Care Endowed Chair. Patel, medicaldirector of critical care medicine at the center, will help provideconsistent critical care services to the community. Skin cancer report available ...
HAREBRAINED PRANK NETS RABBIT PUNCH FROM JUDGE
Jul 01, 2003; ... In matters of crime and punishment, I always have been a hang-'em-high, hang-'em-long and throw away the key kind of guy. Executing murderers, rapists and drug dealers, I believed withouthesitation, would teach them a lesson they'd never forget. Shop-lifting actresses and other ...
IMAGES FROM SPACE MIGHT HELP EXPLAIN MYSTERY OF MAYA
Jul 01, 2003; ... Scientists are getting new clues from afar about the mysteriouscollapse of the Mayan civilization of Central America and some hintsabout the fates of other ancient civilizations that tried, andfailed, to manipulate their environments with massive public-worksprojects. Analyses of ...
SHANNON'S IN FINAL 4
Jul 01, 2003; ... What's it like these days to be a family member of Franklin'sShannon Stewart, a finalist on the UPN reality TV show America'sNext Top Model ? For the most part, Stewart's family members say their lives havebeen unaffected by the sudden fame Stewart - a 2002 Franklin HighSchool ...
SEEN & OVERHEARD; DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM.
Jul 01, 2003 ... The brochure for historic Bear's Mill at 6450 Arcanum-Bear's MillRd. near Greenville in Darke County contains all sorts of interestingstories about one of the last operating water-powered mills in Ohio.For example, the 800-foot millrace at the mill, which still stone-grinds cornmeal, ...
TAFT VISITS FRANKLIN; OFFICIALS HAIL RETENTION OF BURROWS
Jul 01, 2003; ... Franklin company to add 55 jobs FRANKLIN - Citing the need for more advanced manufacturing jobsand cooperation between regional entities to spur economic growth,Gov. Bob Taft helped officials dedicate the Burrows Paper Corp.'s newcorrugated packaging plant in the Heritage Business ...
VP SAYS IT WAS 'REALLY STRONG QUARTER'
Jul 01, 2003; ... Nasdaq rose 30 percent, S&P 24 percent After three consecutive years of a bear market, money managerBarry James said the just-ended second quarter was the best in a longtime. "It was a really strong quarter," said James, executive vicepresident of Beavercreek-based James ...
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Jul 01, 2003 ... Butler County * BLANTON, Matthew E., 42, of Middletown, Sunday. Memorialservices 7 p.m. Wednesday. (Dalton, Germantown) * CURRY, Ernest B., 72, of Hamilton, Saturday in Lancaster, Pa.Services 1 p.m. Wednesday. (Brough-Getts, Miamisburg) * FULMER, Donald R., 84, of ...
STOCK MARKET RISING TOO FAST, SOME FEAR
Jul 01, 2003; ... Analysts afraid buyers forgot bear market lessons The stock market closed its strongest quarter in more than 3 1/2years on Monday, and instead of cheers, some Wall Street analystsraised a warning flag - stock prices are rising too far, too fast. Buoyed by enthusiasm from a ...
CEASE-FIRE FRAGILE, BUT IT'S POSITIVE
Jul 02, 2003 ... There have been more than a dozen cease fires since the intifadastarted almost three years ago. That fact fuels doubts about thelatest, which began Sunday when Israeli troops started withdrawingfrom the Gaza Strip. What makes this one different, though, is thatit's the first to be ...
COMMENTARY; SON'S SAFE; MOTHER REJOICES
Jul 02, 2003; ... As the American military death toll continues to rise in Iraq,Miami Valley mother Debra Smith is elated that she has welcomed herson back from the battle zone and into her arms. U.S. Army Capt. Ralph Britton Price, always called Britton by hismother, arrived home in Piqua a few ...
ELDER-BEERMAN'S TRANSITION NOT OVER
Jul 02, 2003 ... The announcement that Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. is being sold toa private investor group won't mean much to shoppers. If the dealgoes through, the current management is staying on and will continuewith its merchandising and marketing plans. But the decision isn'tirrelevant to the Dayton ...
WATCHING THE CLOCK
Jul 02, 2003; ... Baseball scouts spend their time prospecting for `hidden gems' FAIRBORN - Whitey Hafner took off his baseball cap, scratched hishead and ran his fingers through his shaggy white hair. Memories of athousand players flashed through his mind. He turned in his seat atWright State's ...
REGIONAL HEADLINES
Jul 02, 2003; ... 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN PREBLE MISSING NEW PARIS - A 15-year-old girl is missing and police are askingfor help in finding her. Faith Cole was last seen by a police officer about 1 p.m. Tuesdaywalking along Spring Street, talking on her cell phone. Her parentstold police their ...
LETTERS: TREATMENT POSES MINIMAL STROKE RISK
Jul 02, 2003 ... I was disappointed, but not surprised, at the May 14 article`Study: Spinal manipulations risk stroke,' exposing the supposed linkbetween stroke and chiropractic care. I find it indicative of themedia's medical bias that it is so quick to report a grosslyexaggerated phenomenon loosely ...
SPEAK UP: BRIEF COMMENTS
Jul 02, 2003 ... * Thanks to the DDN for all the gory details of the Bushadministration's economic failures. Too bad Republicans resistaccountability and continue to blame everyone but former PresidentClinton's dog. * While President Bush has been liberating Iraq, breaking al-Qaida, and fixing ...
DAMAGE PORTION OF DEFAMATION TRIAL DELAYED
Jul 02, 2003; ... Piqua city manager wins case against business owner TROY - Piqua City Manager R. Mark Rohr will have to wait to learnhow much he will be awarded in his defamation lawsuit against a citybusiness owner. A Miami County jury was scheduled Tuesday to consider how much ...
MIAMI DEFENDS TRASH-DISPOSAL CONTRACT
Jul 02, 2003; ... Losing bidder takes officials to court on issue TROY - A lawyer for Miami County commissioners said Tuesday thatthe commissioners were simply trying to save the taxpayers money whenthey awarded a trash disposal contract to an Indiana landfill. The contract with Randolph Farms ...
FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR COUNTY
Jul 02, 2003; ... WILMINGTON - The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issueda flood warning for Montgomery County until 3:15 p.m. The weather service said 2 1/2 to 3 inches of rain had fallen innorthern parts of the county, including Dayton, ...
TROY URGED TO OK POOL DESIGNER HIRE
Jul 02, 2003; ... TROY - The city is poised to hire a Dayton company to design amunicipal pool complex and help determine its location. The council's recreation and parks committee Tuesday recommendedthe full council approve paying John Poe Architects up to $331,500 todesign a pool. Troy's ...
WARREN REZONING PREVENTS LANDFILL
Jul 02, 2003; ... Allied Waste sought to operate Bigfoot II LEBANON - The Warren County Commission approved Tuesday therezoning of 131 acres in the southern portion of the county,preventing the development of a second Bigfoot landfill there. After a five-year legal battle, the commission in ...
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Jul 02, 2003 ... Helping you daily to plan your week TODAY * MOVIE OPENINGS: Arnold Schwarzenegger wants your vote at the boxoffice. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is another humanity-vs.-machinery epic, and buzz is solid. Arnie battles a female cyborg.(See today's Dayton Daily News Life ...
GREENE HAS NEW SHERIFF, AGAIN, AS XENIA OFFICER TAKES OVER
Jul 02, 2003; ... XENIA - The Greene County sheriff carousel continued Monday whenthe Republican Central Committee replaced John Prugh with a Xeniapolice officer, effective immediately. Gene Fischer, a 20-year police veteran, will be sworn in eithertoday or Thursday. He will complete the remainder ...
AFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM MAY HAVE TO CUT STAFF, HOURS
Jul 02, 2003; ... State funding reductions put aid at 1987 levels COLUMBUS - The National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Centerat Wilberforce took a cut in funding in the new state budget and islooking at possible staff and service reductions. The state budget for fiscal year 2004, which ...
DEMOCRAT DEMANDS BUSH BACK TAX CREDIT FOR POOR
Jul 02, 2003; ... Half-million Ohio kids left out, according to report COLUMBUS - Nearly half a million Ohio kids in low-income familiesare left out of President Bush's tax cut package, according to areport by House Democrats released Tuesday. While trying to keep the 10-year cost of the tax ...
VOLUNTEERS SIFTING THROUGH WRIGHT BROTHERS' HISTORY
Jul 02, 2003; ... Archaeological dig seeks artifacts at famed shop site DAYTON - The Wright brothers' bicycle shop was moved from 1127 W.Third St. to Henry Ford's Dearborn, Mich., museum in 1936, and thechance to find any meaningful remnant of it is slim. But that didn't stop a team of college, ...