Dayton Daily News back issues from August 2003:
COMMENTARY; CASHIER FINDS RELIEF FROM LOST FUNDS
Aug 01, 2003; ... For those who believe that the government of the United States hasno concern for the tax dollars we so willingly bestow upon it, here'sproof that nothing could be further from the truth: An official agency of the United States government has ruled thatthe loss of $22,646.20 in the ...
GOING LOCO- RAILROAD HISTORY CHUGS ALONG WITH TRAIN EXHIBIT AT THE DICKE CENTER AT CARILLON PARK
Aug 01, 2003; ... The train cars at Carillon Historical Park have finally come infrom the rain, snow, sleet and sun: Ohio weather is not kind to theold cars. `That was the main goal,' said Alex Heckman, director of educationat Carillon Park. `The James F. Dicke Family Transportation Centerbuilding ...
ON RADIO, TV; OLD TV BOARD GAMES BRING BIG BUCKS
Aug 01, 2003; ... Some of the hottest collectibles these days are old games namedfor TV shows. People are stockpiling them. Prices are rising. For example, Art Linkletter's House Party Game by Whitman fetches$50 and up. The Candid Camera game made in 1963 by Lowell sells for$65 or ...
THE GOOD LIFE
Aug 01, 2003 ... Tonight * Each day in August on Turner Classic Movies will be devoted tofilms of a major star, starting at 6 a.m. today with 12 James Stewartmovies, in Summer Under the Stars . Tomorrow: Clint Eastwood. * A special edition of NOW With Bill Moyers (9 p.m., channel 48)raises ...
VIDEO GAME REVIEWS
Aug 01, 2003 ... * Game: Silent Hill 3 by Konami * Platform: Playstation 2 * Price: $49.99 * Rating: Mature (17 and older) * Grade: A- Silent Hill 3 is a twisted and disturbing game. Flayed dogs;bloated, dripping, overembalmed corpses; crawling shadows; ...
SEEN & OVERHEARD
Aug 01, 2003 ... And now for something not so completely different, two classicMonty Python films are being released on DVD in two-disc specialeditions. Monty Python's the Meaning of Life Special Edition, dueSept. 2 from Universal Studios Home Video, includes newly createdspecial features, such as an ...
HOME AUDIO/VIDEO; BRAND NAMES NEWS
Aug 01, 2003 ... Periodically, I summarize news about brand names: who buys whosebrand name, and brand-name births and deaths. Brand names can changerelationships more frequently than soap-opera characters. The most interesting "biography" is that of Marantz. The companybegan in the 1960s as an ...
GLIMCHER'S FUNDS DECLINE 51%
Aug 01, 2003; ... DAYTON - Glimcher Realty Trust, owner of the Dayton Mall and theMall at Fairfield Commons, said Thursday its second-quarter fundsfrom operations fell 51 percent because of "bankrupt companies" andother "troubled tenants." The Columbus-based real estate investment trust said for the ...
AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH; FAA BACKS MAKING SPORT FLYING EASIER
Aug 01, 2003; ... Proposed rule could attract thousands to flying OSHKOSH, Wis. -The Federal Aviation Administration has endorsed anew rule aimed at making sport flying easier and more affordable toachieve, FAA Administrator Marion Blakey said here Thursday. Blakey said she signed off on the new ...
EMERY REPORT TUESDAY
Aug 01, 2003; ... NTSB board to review inquiry of fatal DC-8 crash A report on the investigation of the Emery Worldwide AirlinesFlight 17 crash is scheduled to go before the National TransportationSafety Board on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. The DC-8 airliner crashed on Feb. 16, 2000, in Rancho ...
BOND BUBBLE FINALLY BURSTS
Aug 01, 2003; ... Investors bail after war; good economic news boosts stocks The stock market's latest rally reached five consecutive months inJuly, but the bubble in the bond market finally burst. Bothdevelopments were attributed to fresh evidence of economic recovery. A big dose of positive ...
MIDDLETOWN IS UP FOR A CHALLENGE
Aug 01, 2003; ... Balloon competition to dot sky After nearly a 10-year hiatus, Middletown will once again be thehost of a premiere hot-air balloon competition. The Ohio Challenge Hot Air Balloon Festival will be held todaythrough Sunday at Smith Park. Middletown was the site of the ...
FESTIVALS
Aug 01, 2003 ... THIS WEEK BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL When: Today and Saturday Where: Round Eyes Park, 17 miles west of Exit 68 off Interstate 75on Ohio 571, Painters Creek Activities: Live music (Melvin Goins and Windy Mountain, StoneyCreek today and Saturday; Country Gentlemen and Don ...
SURE BETS
Aug 01, 2003 ... GO! recommends these events FILM Have it all, just like Bogey and Bacall The Victoria Theatre Association's Hot Times, Cool Films 2003summer movie series presents Key Largo today through Sunday.Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Lauren Bacall star in thetense, ...
DA NEWZ; RAKIM, DR. DRE ON THE OUTS
Aug 01, 2003; ... * Watch for `Black Album' * Breakup rumors * Nas speaks out * Rakim and Dre part ways. Rakim, considered by many to be thebest MC ever, left his label, Aftermath Records, headed bysuperproducer Dr. Dre. The two titans of the game joined forces in2001. Dre signed Rakim ...
SHORT TRACKS
Aug 01, 2003 ... Christopher O'Riley True Love Awaits: Christopher O'Riley Plays Radiohead (electronica) B+ What a concept: Jazz pianist with classical leanings rearrangessongs by rock's trickiest, edgiest, smartest band and does 'em at thekeyboard on True Love Awaits ...
10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEK FOR NEXT WEEK
Aug 01, 2003 ... * NEXT FRIDAY THROUGH AUG. 10: GERMAN PICNIC: Carillon Historical Park, 1001 Carillon Blvd., isthe site of a free German Picnic, which will include the Ohiobicentennial bell casting for Montgomery County (opening ceremoniesfor the casting at 3 p.m. Aug. 9), live entertainment by ...
COUNTY FAIRS
Aug 01, 2003 ... THIS WEEK PREBLE COUNTY Where: Eaton. When: Today and Saturday; open at 7 a.m. daily. Also: Harness racing, draft horse pull, demolition derby, adulttalent show. Admission: $5 daily, $16 season pass. Getting there from Dayton: West on U.S. 35 to ...
SOUNDCHECK
Aug 01, 2003; ... * Mudvayne, the heavy-rock band, headlines X-Fest 2K3 on Sept. 14at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds, 1043 S. Main St. The daylongmusic festival, sponsored by WXEG-FM, will also feature performancesby Hoobastank, Seether, Eve 6, Shinedown, 3 Days Grace, Sloth, VShape Mind and other ...
THE REEL WORLD
Aug 01, 2003; ... OPEN HEARTS Rated R 113 minutes * `Open Hearts' verges on soap opera: Married man falls foryounger woman. Family crisis ensues. But the Danish film takes thistired plot and treats it with such honest emotion and everyday detailthat the result feels ...
AIRPORT FIRINGS NOT REASSURING
Aug 01, 2003 ... Irritating as post-9/11 airport security measures are, nobodywants to see them fade into meaningless gestures. So the federalTransportation Security Agency raised concerns and eyebrows thissummer when it fired three screeners at Dayton International Airportafter a pilot complained about ...
LETTERS: CHARTER SCHOOLS JUST WAY TO TURN A PROFIT
Aug 01, 2003 ... Re "Charter schools are poor public policy," July 12: As a publicschool teacher, I fully agree with the letter writer's stand againstcharter schools. Many people are ignorant to the rampant underhanded schemes andfinancial tactics used by some charter school leaders ....
HUMANE SOCIETY LOOKING FOR TIGER
Aug 01, 2003 ... HARRISON TWP., Montgomery County - Montgomery County HumaneSociety officials are looking for two men who brought a tiger cubinto the Superpetz on Shoup Mill Road. They came in Wednesday just before 9 p.m. as the store was aboutto close and asked about a muzzle for the animal, ...
CONNECTING WITH HISTORY- DIG UNCOVERS WRIGHT ARTIFACTS
Aug 01, 2003; ... Bicycle parts found at site on West Third Street DAYTON - For more than three weeks, 14 college, high school andvolunteer archaeologists braved heat, wind and rain to uncoverartifacts from the West Third Street site of the bicycle shop whereWilbur and Orville Wright perfected the ...
FIRINGS WRONG MESSAGE
Aug 01, 2003; ... Just as the nation is being warned of more 9/11-style suicidehijackings comes the news out of Dayton International Airport: The Transportation Security Administration has fired three airportscreeners who stopped an AirTran pilot they suspected of drinking onduty. AirTran officials ...
RECALLING A FRIEND NAMED WILL
Aug 01, 2003; ... Kim Knick, a police dispatcher for the Darke County Sheriff'soffice in Greenville is helping organize a Saturday fund raisingevent for her friend "Will." Versailles Officer William J. "Will" Robertson, who was 25, diedApril 3 on the way to work when a truck hit his motorcycle on ...
24/7
Aug 01, 2003 ... * HOT-AIR BALLOON FESTIVAL: Arts and crafts, live entertainment,food, carnival rides and hot-air balloons. 2 to 10 p.m. today; 6 a.m.to 10:30 p.m. Saturday; and 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. Smith Park atthe corner of Tytus and Verity Parkway in downtown Middletown. Forinformation: (513) ...
SPEAK UP: BRIEF COMMENTS
Aug 01, 2003 ... * I'd like to thank Tom Archdeacon for the wonderful article onTrevor Ettinger. My one disagreement is that Ettinger was notstrictly an enforcer. His level of play had improved tremendously,and that's why he got a contract with a higher league. He was awonderful guy and a wonderful ...
COMMENTARY; 'BLAME' WRONG WORD ON BUSH/DEFICITS
Aug 01, 2003; ... Some would prefer to give him credit To defend a modern Republican president against the "charge" thathis policies tend to foster monster deficits is like defending a cookagainst the charge that the smell of his food tends to make peoplehungry: It's not exactly a charge. Ever ...
IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR AS 150TH OHIO STATE FAIR OPENS TODAY
Aug 01, 2003; ... For many, heading to fair an annual tradition COLUMBUS - At least three generations of Anna Leis' family havebeen involved with 4-H and the Ohio State Fair. Before she was evenold enough to compete, Leis tried to help her older brother get readyfor the fair. "I used to be so ...
SKATEBOARD BAN GETS WIDER
Aug 01, 2003; ... County-owned properties included TROY - The Miami County commissioners Thursday expanded a ban onskateboards and other "recreational devices" from the CourthousePlaza's steps, fountains and other structures to similar areas of allcounty owned properties. The commission first ...
RIVERSIDE CHIEF'S DISMISSAL MAY BE NEAR
Aug 01, 2003; ... Residency, evaluation at heart of squabble RIVERSIDE -Riverside Police Chief George Brown apparently willquit or be fired from his job on Aug. 27 because he hasn't compliedwith a city residency requirement and says he doesn't intend to. He added that he doesn't plan on ...
ILLNESS FORCES ANKA TO POSTPONE SHOW AT FRAZE
Aug 01, 2003 ... KETTERING - Singer/songwriter Paul Anka postponed his Thursdaynight show at the Fraze Pavilion because of illness, officials at theamphitheater announced. Anka rescheduled his concert for Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 8 p.m.Tickets for the original date will be honored. Noah & the ...
TAFT SIGNS LAW TARGETING SEX OFFENDERS
Aug 01, 2003; ... Strengthens notification requirements COLUMBUS - Gov. Bob Taft on Thursday signed legislationstrengthening registration and community notification requirementsfor sex offenders. The law, effective immediately, expands the number of crimesdefined as "sexually oriented ...
SPRINGER DELAYS ANNOUNCEMENT ON SENATE BID
Aug 01, 2003; ... Talk-show host needs more time, spokesman says Talk-show host Jerry Springer has delayed until Wednesday hisannouncement on whether he will run next year for the U.S. Senateseat from Ohio. Springer, who has traveled the state this year, had said he woulddecide by Thursday ...
ENERGY BILL GOOD FOR OHIO IN ONE WAY
Aug 01, 2003 ... When The U.S. Senate finally passes an energy bill, Ohio is poisedto pick up a chunk of change. But that day has been put off. As senators were trying to finalize an energy bill before theyleft for a summer break, Republicans, at the last minute, got pushyand tried to shove through ...
DONELSON SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS IN PRISON
Aug 01, 2003; ... Ex-candidate pleaded guilty to money laundering DAYTON - Former Dayton City Commission candidate Mark P. Donelson,who promised in 1996 to combat crime and drugs, was sentencedThursday to three years in prison for laundering money derived fromthe sale of cocaine. Donelson, 43, ...
FIRST AID FOLLIES DEMONSTRATE TREATMENT
Aug 01, 2003; ... 4-H members both victims and healers at county fair XENIA - At the Greene County Fair Thursday afternoon, kidssuffering from bike accidents, bloody lips, pulled muscles and asprained wrist from fighting with siblings found themselves rescuedfrom these first-aid fiascos by fellow ...
ISRAEL EXPANDS DESPITE PEACE PLAN
Aug 01, 2003; ... JERUSALEM - Israel announced Thursday it was accepting bids tobuild new housing in a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, eventhough the U.S.-sponsored "road map" for peace bars such activity. The plan to build 22 new homes in Gaza emerged two days afterPresident Bush urged Prime ...
HORSE SHOW GAITS OPEN
Aug 01, 2003 ... The 56th annual Dayton Horse Show will be at the Montgomery CountyFairgrounds through Saturday. The Antioch Shrine donates profits ofthe show to the Shriners Hospitals for Children. Above: Santana's First Lady gets a workout from Kristen Seiss, 13,of ...
GREATER DAYTON DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Aug 01, 2003 ... DEATHS AND FUNERALS Clark County * BERTELSEN, Elaine, 79, of Springfield, Wednesday. No services.(Bradford-Connelly & Glickler, Dayton) * EUBANKS, James P., 48, of Springfield, Wednesday. Services 1p.m. Monday. (Littleton & Rue, Springfield) * GROOMER, ...
SAUDIS FUND TERROR, EXPERTS SAY
Aug 01, 2003; ... WASHINGTON - Radical Islamic groups receive a constant flow ofmoney from wealthy families and charities in Saudi Arabia, experts onThursday told a Senate panel investigating the money trail ofterrorists. Wealthy and influential families have provided the seed money andsupport to ...
NEW TEST TO LABEL FLIERS' TERROR RISK
Aug 01, 2003; ... Background checks help feds profile passengers ATLANTA - The Transportation Security Administration plans tobegin testing new computerized background checks to determine whichairline passengers are potential terrorists. But in response to privacy concerns, the agency no longer ...
POINDEXTER MAY LEAVE DEFENSE AGENCY
Aug 01, 2003; ... John Poindexter WASHINGTON - John Poindexter is expected to resign from a Pentagonresearch agency after two programs in which he was involved - thelatest one proposing bets on potential terror activities in theMiddle East - generated intense criticism. Poindexter's ...
STANDOFF AFTERMATH: BOARDED WINDOWS, FAMILY BRIEFING
Aug 01, 2003; ... Man shot self instead of surrendering SOUTH VIENNA - State patrol officers boarded up windows Thursdayand used large fans to clear gas they fired Wednesday in the standoffwith an Iowa man they found inside an unoccupied house, dead from aself-inflicted gunshot wound. Greg D ....
REDS SELL OFF SEASON OF PROMISE
Aug 01, 2003 ... CINCINNATI - For a few minutes Thursday, the white flag wasn'twaving over the Cincinnati Reds. It was crumpled in Aaron Boone's hand. On a day of totalsurrender, it temporarily was used to sop up some tears. Boone - "the heart and soul of this team," said pitcher ...
OSU STAR TO MISS PRACTICES
Aug 01, 2003; ... Clarett faces NCAA probe in report of stolen goods Ohio State star tailback Maurice Clarett will be held out ofpreseason practice - and faces an NCAA investigation - after headmitted he exaggerated the value of goods he reported stolen from acar he was driving. Clarett won't ...
STATE SALES TAX CHANGE GOES INTO EFFECT TODAY
Aug 01, 2003; ... Local businesses prepared for new charge COLUMBUS - If you use a dry cleaner, take a taxi, get a manicureor sign up for satellite broadcast services, dig a little deeper intoyour wallet. Starting today, those are among the services subject to Ohio'ssales tax. The tax ...
CON ARTIST CHARMED COHORTS, POLICE SAY
Aug 01, 2003; ... Suspect preyed on women who were 'down on their luck' XENIA - A 52-year-old Dublin man accused of masterminding a $1million check-writing scam used charisma and coercion to keep hisfemale cohorts in "the family," Miami Twp. police Detective ScottMoore said. "Gregory Vonhoupe ...
LOCAL AUTO RACING; PLENTY TO DO AT LOCAL TRACKS THIS WEEKEND
Aug 01, 2003; ... Here's what's on tap this weekend at the local race tracks: * Shady Bowl Speedway (DeGraff): Saturday, a night of LateModels, E-Mods, Pro Stocks, Mini Stocks, Flying Stocks, Dwarfs andCompacts with gates opening at 3 p.m., time trials at 5 p.m. andracing at 7 p.m. * Eldora ...
LEBANON GRAD A SHARK IN THE RING
Aug 01, 2003; ... MIDDLETOWN - Something was fishy here. Then again, it wasn't inthe least. I was watching Shark Boy feed Thursday and when the Applebee'swaitress brought his lunch, it wasn't quite what I expected. Thisdenizen of the deep wouldn't be chomping on any tuna, grouper or cod.On the ...
NASCAR WINSTON CUP; CATCH KENSETH IF YOU CAN
Aug 01, 2003; ... `It's definitely Matt's championship to lose' INDIANAPOLIS - There is movement near the top of the Winston Cuppoints standings. But leader Matt Kenseth holds firm like an oaktree. After last Sunday's Pennsylvania 500, Dale Earnhardt Jr. moved upa spot to second and Jeff ...
SIDELINES; ALL-STAR BASEBALL CLASSIC IS SATURDAY AT FIFTH THIRD FIELD
Aug 01, 2003 ... DAYTON - Fifth Third Field will become a `field of dreams' duringthe fourth annual Bob Ross All-Star Baseball Classic on Saturdaynight. Fifty of the area's top incoming high school senior baseballplayers will be hoping to impress ...
CELEBRITY CLASSIC; PRO-AM ACE FOR FORMER BRONCO
Aug 01, 2003; ... Anderson follows hole-in-one with double eagle BEAVERCREEK - Bobby Anderson not only hit the shot of the day inCelebrity Champions Classic pro-am when he aced the seventh hole atCountry Club of the North Thursday, but nearly followed it up with adouble eagle. Anderson, a ...
BISHOP WRIGHT FIGHTS VOTE TO EXPEL HIM
Aug 02, 2003; ... Brothers decline to be profiled in French magazine Last month: Most of the correspondence between Octave Chanute andthe Wright brothers dealt with computations on glides by Edward C.Huffaker, Chanute's assistant, Augustus M. Herring and Chanutehimself. The brothers never made any ...
SCRIMMAGES WILL PUT QB PALMER IN SPOTLIGHT
Aug 01, 2003; ... Rookie relaxed, ready to learn GEORGETOWN, Ky. - This isn't the biggest weekend in rookiequarterback Carson Palmer's life. It's just the most important twodays of his NFL career so far. The No. 1 overall draft pick will be in the spotlight when theCincinnati Bengals conduct ...
TV SPORTS INSIDER; NEWSPAPERS STILL DELIVER WHOLE STORY
Aug 01, 2003; ... Call me old school, but if you want to know what's going on insports, you read it in the newspaper, not watch it on television orhear it on radio. The print and electronic media fuel each other, of course, but itis always better to read the whole story than listen to ...
FORMER NBA SCORING MACHINE `ICEMAN' HAS WARM PERSONALITY
Aug 01, 2003; ... Gervin in 'Creek to play in celebrity golf tourney BEAVERCREEK - When he was playing for the San Antonio Spurs,George Gervin could shoot so well that it seemed as though he couldhave knocked down 25-footers with a blindfold on. He became known as `The Iceman' because nothing ...
BROWNS GEAR UP TO SCRIMMAGE BILLS
Aug 01, 2003; ... BEREA - Trash talk? At this time of year? Aaron Shea, for one, finds it perfectly appropriate. "He's just a cheap, cheap guy," the Browns' tight end saidThursday of Buffalo Bills linebacker London Fletcher. The two have a history dating back to last summer when the ...
FAIRFAX FLATTENS FENCOR FOR AAU TITLE
Aug 01, 2003; ... FAIRBORN - The Fairfax (Va.) Stars used a smothering defense, deepbench and fresher legs to win their first girls national AAU age-group basketball championship Thursday at Wright State's NutterCenter. The team from the Washington suburbs defeated defending championPhiladelphia ...
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER REDS TRADE
Aug 01, 2003; ... And another Boone sent packing CINCINNATI - Completing a chaotic four-day period, the CincinnatiReds made two more roster moves Thursday in their quest to lower theteam's payroll. At 3:30 p.m., the Reds announced the trade of third baseman AaronBoone, one of their most ...
TEEN DRIVEN TO WORK WITH HORSES
Aug 01, 2003; ... Plain City girl, roadster pony shine at horse show DAYTON - Caitlin Helmuth likes to live dangerously. Roadster pony, DJ Class Act, is a perfect fit for the adventurousPlain City 16-year-old. "He's kind of unpredictable," Helmuth said. "That's what makes ...
SCOTT PROUD OF DRAGONS DESPITE 6-5 LOSS TO BATTLE CREEK
Aug 01, 2003; ... DAYTON - On this night, almost was almost good enough. In fact, for Dayton Dragons manager Donnie Scott it wasn't toobad. "I'm proud as hell of them," Scott said of his players that lost 6-5 to the Battle Creek Yankees in front of 8,588 at Fifth Third FieldThursday night. "We ...
LARUE HOMER LIFTS CINCY OVER ROCKIES
Aug 01, 2003; ... Reds manage to get another extra-inning win CINCINNATI - Jason LaRue's 10th-inning homer had the Reds hoppingagain at home plate Thursday night. If LaRue hadn't given the Reds the win, manager Dave Miley mighthave been hopping mad about some poor base running. As it ...
REDS NOTES; SORE ELBOW LANDS RIGHTY DEMPSTER ON DISABLED LIST
Aug 01, 2003; ... CINCINNATI - Ryan Dempster and Kent Mercker planned to play golfearly Tuesday morning, so after Monday night's game Dempster slept atMercker's house. He didn't sleep well. At about 3 a.m., Dempster wokeup and couldn't straighten his right arm. Dempster, who was scheduled to start ...