Dayton Daily News back issues from February 2004:
CANDYLAND
Feb 01, 2004; ... Small-town store in Darke County has built a sweet reputation forits sugary stock NEW WESTON - Small-town life is sweet for Harry and Brad Birt. Harry, who's 76, and his 44-year-old son Brad own and operateBirt's Store in this Darke County hamlet of fewer than ...
THIS SUPER CELEBRATION DOESN'T NEED THE GAME
Feb 01, 2004; ... What if they gave a Super Bowl and nobody played? For years, observers have suspected that the dog of the Super Bowlgame was being wagged by the tail of hype. Now, one observer ofAmerican culture speculates, Super Bowl Sunday eventually couldbecome like Halloween and St. Patrick's ...
CRITTER CORNER; A MIXED-BREED IS STILL A MUTT
Feb 01, 2004; ... DEAR CRITTER: I recently saw a program about a new cross between aLab and a standard sized poodle. It's called a Labradoodle. The ideais to breed out the silliness in the lab. Also, this new breed doesnot shed, makes a great family pet and its coat is the long poodlecurls. I have tried ...
WORTH NOTING; 107-YEAR-OLD PREACHER REMAINS AN INFLUENTIAL MEMBER OF MOVEMENT
Feb 01, 2004; ... Bertha Massey holds state offices in Ohio and New Jersey Bertha Massey bought her first house, in Youngstown, when she was92 years old. That was 15 years ago, and the 107-year-old Holiness(Pentacostal) preacher shows no signs of slowing down. `She's been preaching for about 70 ...
MAKING A DIFFERENCE; THRIFTY BUT GIVING
Feb 01, 2004; ... Corner Cupboard has been a benevolent member of community for fourdecades In 1960, a small group of `beggars' raised $7,000 to support themission of the Glenmary Sisters. The group has since matured into an incorporated charity startingits 45th year, with close to 100 ...
A LIFE WELL-LIVED; OFFICIAL WAS CALM VOICE AS SCHOOLS TRANSITIONED
Feb 01, 2004; ... William Goff died on Jan. 3 at age 78 As the assistant superintendent for student services during the1960s and '70s, the Rev. William `Bill' Goff used his patience andlevel-headedness to help Dayton Public Schools through trying times.From emerging issues such as drugs and teen ...
SEWING Q&A; CORRECT MARKING IS KEY TO MAKING A POINT
Feb 01, 2004; ... Q. I always have problems with a corner of the notched collar onjackets, where the collar and jacket join. Do you have any tips? A. Correct marking is the key for the pieces to come together atthe right points. Mark the points where all pattern pieces meet. Be sure to ...
MEN NEED THEIR SPACE, TOO
Feb 01, 2004; ... A room for all things banished from main house Some men think they stand a chance against women. They reallyshould know better. They may stroll into a relationship, or marriage, with the ideathat everything is equal. They think they're king of the castle,keeper of their ...
24/7
Feb 01, 2004 ... Helping you daily to plan your week TODAY * There's a train, toy and hobby show at Hara Arena, 1001 ShilohSprings Road, Trotwood, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Adults $7, children 11and younger free. www.greenburgshows.com. * The Super Bowl kicks off at 6:25 p.m. Janet ...
HIGH-SPEED INTERNET'S HURDLES STILL CONSIDERABLE
Feb 01, 2004; ... Technological, economic, human problems to overcome WASHINGTON - When Justin Bland surfs the Web in his dorm room atGeorge Washington University, the pages snap into view on his iMac inseconds. The convenience has made him a citizen of the Internet who getsmost of his ...
HIGH-SPEED INTERNET'S HURDLES STILL CONSIDERABLE
Feb 01, 2004; ... Scientists say fast Internet will bring wonders WASHINGTON - The arrival of ultrafast Internet service will letAmericans tap powerful computing resources now out of their reach,changing the way we work and play, experts predict. Future high-speed networks will broaden the use ...
TODAY'S ACTIVITIES
Feb 01, 2004 ... 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 ...
COMMON CENTS; DON'T JUST THROW AWAY YOUR OLD PHONE BOOKS
Feb 01, 2004; ... Clip notes in your 2003 phone books. New 2004 editions (white andyellow pages) are coming soon - well-worn '03 directories are labeled"MARCH." Delivery dates vary from one end of the Dayton area to theother. In the meantime, scan pages for handwritten notes and names;and clip. You may ...
BREAK IN A NEW DESTINATION THIS SPRING
Feb 01, 2004; ... Not all spots full of college kids Winter hasn't even given some of us its best shot yet, but it'salready time to start planning for spring break. Many colleges have their spring breaks set for the first or secondweeks of March while most K-12 schools have breaks later, mostly ...
WRIGHT-PAT RETAINS ROLE IN SHUTTLE INQUIRY
Feb 01, 2004; ... It is also involved in return-to-space programs Researchers and safety experts at Wright-Patterson Air Force Basecontinue to play key roles in finding the cause of the Columbia spaceshuttle accident and in helping NASA return the remaining threeshuttles to flight. Retired Air ...
GRISHAM MATURES IN 'JUROR'
Feb 01, 2004; ... John Grisham has made a fortune writing page-turning legalthrillers featuring an innocent protagonist pitted against a morepowerful adversary. In The Firm, it was an ambitious, naive lawyer who found himselfworking for the mafia. In The Pelican Brief, the heroine was ...
BOOK SIGNINGS
Feb 01, 2004 ... These are at Books & Co., 350 E. Stroop Road, Kettering: Marshall Chapman, author of Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller, 7-8p.m. Monday. Robert Alexander, author of Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the LastTsar, 7-8 p.m. Tuesday. Rick ...
ASK MILLIE B.; USE CARE TO CLEAN OLD PEWTER
Feb 01, 2004; ... DEAR MILLIE B.: We inherited lots of old tarnished pewter. How dowe clean it? G.P., KETTERING Pewter is soft and easily scratched, so don't use grittycleansers. Hardware stores carry numerous pewter cleaners. And a longtime ago (at least 25 years), cleaning methods advised: ...
KERRY'S VOTE RECORD CONFOUNDS CATEGORIES
Feb 01, 2004; ... He has shown a maverick streak on Democratic issues WASHINGTON - Republicans have pounced on the 19-year voting recordof Sen. John Kerry, the come-from-behind leader in the race for theDemocratic presidential nomination. "Who would have guessed it? Ted Kennedy is the ...
TOO MANY STORES, TOO FEW TENANTS; RETAIL REFRAIN: LOST IN SPACE
Feb 01, 2004; ... Vacancies in Dayton jumped in 2003 DAYTON - Retail vacancies in the Dayton area continued to riselast year, even in the retail hotbed of south suburban Dayton. As aresult, the Dayton area has far more retail space than it needs. North Dayton shopping center owners blame ...
HOMETOWN TRIVIA; HOMETOWN TRIVIA
Feb 01, 2004 ... The Association for the Study of African American Life & History(ASALH) was founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the "Father of BlackHistory," in 1915. Its mission is to promote, research, ...
TAKING RISKS `UP YONDER'
Feb 01, 2004; ... DCDC dancers respond to challenges of live music DAYTON - When it comes to performing with live music the dancershaven't really heard yet, the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company is ascool as its hometown in January. Following recent joint efforts with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band ...
CULTURE CLASH; CLASH 97X SAYS GOODBYE TO AIRWAVES
Feb 01, 2004; ... Be kind to me, please; I'll be in mourning for a while. They'vesold my favorite radio station. Well, actually, it's not as simple as that, but in the short runI'm no less heartbroken. The station is WOXY, which for the next fewmonths sits at 97.7 FM. As readers of this space know ...
RETURN OF THE KING?
Feb 01, 2004; ... Will Richard last as `Survivor's self-centered savant? Not achance It's everybody's game. And it's anybody's game. Except Richard Hatch, king of all Survivors, the sine qa non ofthe all-star experience. Poor Richard. As winner of the first Survivor and architect ...
DAYTON DAILY NEWS SHORT STORY CONTEST 2004; READ THIS, THEN WRITE THAT
Feb 01, 2004 ... Do you write short stories? Send us your best, please. The eighth annual Dayton Daily News Short Story Contest is nowunder way. Last year, we received about 500 entries. This year, asbefore, we'll print the top three stories in the newspaper in earlysummer and post runners-up on ...
HARD WORK PUT BAYLESS INTO SUPER BOWL
Feb 01, 2004; ... HOUSTON - As he sat 10 rows up in the Reliant Stadium stands andlooked at the field where his Carolina Panthers will play the NewEngland Patriots today, Martin Bayless was a man with a pair ofremarkable Super Bowl stories. One is how - after playing defensive back 13 years with ...
KERRY'S RISE SHIFTS VOTER ALLIANCES, TOO
Feb 01, 2004; ... This week's race could turn tide for good Chris Holm of West Carrollton may be a political barometer. Starting in August, Holm held up a "Dean for President" sign atintersections south of Dayton. On Monday, Holm changed the message to"Kerry for President." "We need to ...
IN DAYS OF SEGREGATION, WEST FIFTH STREET BUZZED WITH LIFE AND ENERGY ; CRUISING THE NICKEL
Feb 01, 2004; ... Remembering Fifth DAYTON - Wind rattles the few dilapidated buildings stillstanding on West Fifth Street between Mound and Broadway streets. Ajumble of utility wires strung on old-fashioned, cross-shaped polesobstruct the view, but have no interconnection, nothing to ...
ONE YEAR LATER; ONE YEAR LATER
Feb 01, 2004; ... Columbia disaster took space program off course One year ago today, a broken space shuttle thermal tile changedthe course of America's space program. The space shuttle Columbia broke up and its seven astronauts diedon Feb. 1, 2003, as it flew back from space. Americans stared ...
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2004; HELLO, COLUMBUS
Feb 01, 2004; ... Director enjoyed experience of making film in Ohio's capital PARK CITY, Utah - Jessica Sharzer lives in New York City andstudied filmmaking at the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. But when itcame time to make Speak, her first feature, she chose Columbus. `We found Ohio to be the ...
SEEN & OVERHEARD; UPDATE: BRUCE AND EMERIL HAVE SINCE BEEN TOPPED BY TY PENNINGTON OF `TRADING SPACES.'
Feb 01, 2004 ... Expect Bruce Campbell to include Dayton on his book-signing tourfor Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way, a compilation of humorousfiction to be published in 2005. A few years back, Campbell drew anestimated 800-900 fans to Books & Co. in Kettering when promoting hismemoir If Chins Could ...
KID WILL ROCK HARA
Feb 01, 2004; ... Kid Rock performs today at what is unarguably the nation's biggestparty, the Super Bowl. Then the Romeo, Mich., native, nee RobertJames Ritchie, gets back to touring in support of his latest self-titled album and heads to Hara Arena for a Thursday night show. How ...
THERE WILL BE PLENTY FOR BUCKEYE STATE TRAVELERS TO EXPLORE IN 2004
Feb 01, 2004; ... There's no state bicentennial celebration with fireworks, tallships and mule trains. No big bash with John Glenn and Neil Armstrong to mark 100 yearsof powered flight. Not even a 150th state fair to crow about. Yes, 2003 is a hard act to follow for Ohio. But look around ...
SEGWAY NEW WAY TO SIGHTSEE
Feb 01, 2004; ... SARASOTA, Fla. - This is how Britney Spears must feel, drawing therapt attention of strangers while exhibiting dubious talent for theperformance at hand. None of the nine tourists in this single-file parade are sleeklystyled or skimpily dressed, yet cars are stopping and tooting, ...
DELPHI WORKERS SIT, WAIT, WONDER
Feb 01, 2004; ... As company, union talk, employees in 'study hall' KETTERING - Here's how one of the Delphi Corp. hourly workerswho's been stuck with nothing to do for four months, on company time,put it: "(Delphi) created this mess and now they have to fix it. If thatmeans that we sit in ...
FINKEL COULD'VE LEFT EARLY, BUT STAYED AT UD
Feb 01, 2004; ... Before NBA career, 7-footer led Flyers to pair of Sweet 16s DAYTON - The 7-footer went up strong during a Los Angeles Lakersrookie scrimmage, but had his shot blocked. It was the first field-goal attempt of his NBA career. He went up strong again on his second try and the same ...
BASEBALL INSIDER; SO FAR, REDS ARE TALKING A GOOD GAME
Feb 01, 2004; ... It is difficult to ascertain whether new Cincinnati Reds GeneralManager Dan O'Brien has a pie-in-the-sky or pie-in-the-face attitudeabout the 2004 season. While most people believe he'll be wearing whipped cream on hiskisser, O'Brien smiles impishly and says there is no reason he ...
UD NOTEBOOK; CRIPE SHOWS TOUGHNESS, SHOOTING TOUCH
Feb 01, 2004; ... DAYTON - James Cripe usually gets mashed by his teammates inpractice, not on game day. "He's just constantly learning from us," Dayton senior KeithWaleskowski said. "We beat him up every day in practice and he beatsus up. Coach was saying, `One of these games, James, you're ...
LOCAL BASKETBALL; CEDARVILLE ROLLS TO WIN
Feb 01, 2004; ... Josh Gast and Jason Weakley scored 17 points each as Cedarville(20-6, 10-2) beat Mt. Vernon Nazarene, 94-85, Saturday. Cedarville is ranked 12th among NAIA Division II schools. Nazarene(15-8, 7-4), was led by Andrew Thompson's 19 points. * Wittenberg 67, Denison 56: Peter ...
GIRLS TOURNEY DRAW; JEFFERSON IS NO. 1 IN STATE, BUT NO. 2 IN OWN SECTIONAL
Feb 01, 2004; ... Angry coach puts team in same bracket as top seed Covington FAIRBORN - You'd think being undefeated and No. 1 in the statepoll would be enough to get Jefferson the top seed in the Division IVgirls high school basketball sectional tournament. Think again. The Broncos, ...
WSU WOMEN; RAIDERS LOSE TO BUTLER, 50-43
Feb 01, 2004; ... FAIRBORN - The Wright State women's basketball team shot just 30percent from the field and 41 percent from the line in dropping a 50-43 decision to the Butler Bulldogs in Horizon League women'sbasketball action at the Nutter Center Saturday afternoon. Both teams struggled from the ...
WRESTLING; T-BOLTS THIRD IN GWOC TUNEUP
Feb 01, 2004; ... HUBER HEIGHTS - Northmont's wrestling team stuck to its usualformula of consistency, getting three champions and 11 placers inSaturday's Wayne Invitational, but it wasn't enough as Ben Logan tookthe team title with 240 points. The Thunderbolts fought with Van Wert for second place, ...
SIDELINES
Feb 01, 2004 ... Browns RB Green reinstated CLEVELAND - Browns running back William Green, suspended for fourgames in November for violating the league's substance-abuse program,is reinstated by the NFL. Story, C2 ...
GIRLS ROUNDUP; LATTIMORE, DUNBAR WIN AGAIN
Feb 01, 2004; ... Streaking Dunbar derailed visiting Columbus Eastmoor 77-70 innonleague girls high school basketball Saturday. It was the ninthstraight win by the 12-3 Wolverines. Danielle Lattimore tallied 20 points and 17 rebounds for Dunbar,and Rhian Davis added 16 points and 12 assists. Britney ...
C-J GIRLS WIN TIGHT SHOWDOWN WITH ALTER, 41-34
Feb 01, 2004; ... Eagles, now 15-0, glad to get experience of close game DAYTON - During warm-ups, an assistant whispered to coach MarcGreenberg that his Chaminade-Julienne girls basketball team lookedflat. Guard Maria Getty noticed the same thing, that the team didn'tseem itself. The Eagles ...
BOYS BASKETBALL; ARMSTRONG LIFTS MEADOWDALE
Feb 01, 2004; ... Randall Armstrong's free throw with two seconds left was thedifference as Meadowdale dodged Cincinnati Woodward's upset bid, 82-81, in boys high school basketball Saturday. Armstrong scored a game-high 27 points, and none was bigger thanhis final free throw. Woodward drew even at ...
CENTERVILLE SWEEPS SWIM TITLES
Feb 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON TWP. - The Beavercreek boys gave Centerville a scare,but the Elks won their third consecutive Greater Western OhioConference swimming championship, 550 points to 466, at theWashington Township Recreation Center on Saturday. Centerville heldthe Western Ohio League title from ...
BOWLING; KOHLBERG TAKES SIXTH AT QUEENS
Feb 01, 2004; ... Return to basics yields top effort COLUMBUS - Cindy Kohlberg can't remember a worse tournamentperformance, but she couldn't have imagined a better outcome. Kohlberg turned a disastrous city Queens Tournament into her beststate Queens performance as the Huber Heights woman ...
TRAINING DAYS AT HARA
Feb 01, 2004 ... CAPTION ...
DAYTON 74, XAVIER 67; FLYERS TAKE MUSKETEERS' BEST SHOT
Feb 01, 2004; ... Backup Cripe keys Dayton's 2nd-half comeback DAYTON - The University of Dayton Flyers cleared a major hurdle intheir quest for an Atlantic 10 Conference championship Saturday,pulling away from Xavier in the last 2:22 to defeat the Musketeers,74-67. The intense rivalry game was ...
VINATIERI ISN'T ONLY PATRIOT IN FAMILY
Feb 01, 2004 ... HOUSTON - On this Super Bowl Day, here's a tale of the OriginalPatriot and the Hero Patriot and how the music stopped for both. Adam Vinatieri is the New England kicker who will go against theCarolina Panthers today in Super Bowl XXXVIII. In what is expected tobe a low-scoring ...
COMMENTARY; MOM, SON SHARE BIRTHDAY
Feb 01, 2004; ... As winter's wrath continues to hit us with below-zerotemperatures, a considerable number of souls among us are prayingthat the groundhog doesn't see his shadow Monday and that spring willarrive early. Regardless of the outcome, and the weather, for one Miami Valleyfamily ...
COMMENTARY; HALL'S HUNGER CRUSADE NOT JUST ABOUT FOOD
Feb 01, 2004; ... He sees aid as way to fight multiple battles Especially since the Iraq war, Tony Hall's mission has changed.His job isn't just to help feed the world's hungry. He wants theUnited States to get credit for doing so. In a speech Monday at the University of Dayton's law school, ...
MIAMI VALLEY VOICES; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Feb 01, 2004 ... READERS' LETTERS, FAXES, PHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS Letter of the week Parishes, schools serve neighborhoods RE "2 PARISH SCHOOLS IN DAYTON MAY JOIN," JAN. 20: The St.Anthony, Immaculate Conception and St. Helen parishes play largeroles in Walnut Hills, Belmont and the ...
COMMENTARY; TAFT'S OPTIMISM NOT ENOUGH
Feb 01, 2004; ... Governor needs help digging into state's big pile of problems Listening to Gov. Bob Taft's State of the State speech in Columbusthis week, I was reminded of the oft-told story of the twin brothers,one the pessimist, the other an incurable optimist. As the story goes, the boys ...
SPEAK UP: BRIEF COMMENTS
Feb 01, 2004 ... * Let's have an investigation into our intelligence failures.Let's begin by investigating why the Democrats have been allowed tosystematically decimate our intelligence agencies. * Does anyone really think we would have a `true' investigation ifit's the Bush administration ...
VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS TRICKLING IN
Feb 01, 2004; ... More interest expected for presidential race Monday's voting registration deadline for the March 2 elections isexpected to bring a small rush of registration, but no avalanche. The big deadline that seems to put voter registration intooverdrive is the November presidential ...
COMMENTARY; GUN LAW CONCEALS ITS DANGER
Feb 01, 2004; ... I already felt worried enough about what's going to happen comeApril 8, when just about anybody you meet in Ohio could be carrying aconcealed weapon. Think about it. That isn't just the guy who flips you off on thehighway. It could be the Mom who drives your kid to the ...
HOMELESS NOT PART OF ANYONE'S 'PLAN'
Feb 01, 2004 ... BY 1 P.M. FRIDAY, DAYTON'S TEMPERATURE topped out at around 10degrees. The scramble had been on all day at The Other Place - theregion's only daytime homeless shelter. More than 100 homeless people filled the shelter, which has thelook and feel of a crowded faculty lounge in a ...
WARREN COUNTY, SINCLAIR HAVE SHARED INTERESTS
Feb 01, 2004 ... SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS AT AN IMPORTANT crossroads. Itstrustees are confronting how and where the college should expand. Enrollment is growing - it's now at more than 23,000 students -and parking is increasingly becoming a headache. (That's a bigproblem for part-time students ...
BRIEFLY; TWO AREAS MARKED FOR TRAFFIC BLITZ DURING WEEKEND
Feb 01, 2004 ... DAYTON - Dayton police will step up traffic enforcement from 8p.m. to midnight today in the Oregon Historic District and the NorthGettysburg Avenue area. As part of a grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety,Dayton police will coordinate efforts with law officers statewide ...
CRASH VICTIMS TRAPPED HOURS IN RAVINE
Feb 01, 2004; ... Man with broken leg crawls for help XENIA - After enduring six hours in below-zero temperatures, acrash victim used a tree branch as a crutch for his broken leg andclimbed a 40-foot ravine to get help, officials said. The time of the crash is not known, but based on the amount ...
VALLEY BEGINS TO THAW OUT AFTER RECORD COLD WEATHER
Feb 01, 2004; ... Temperatures coldest since 1994 Temperatures should moderate in the Miami Valley today afterplunging Saturday morning to levels not seen in a decade. Dayton International Airport recorded a low of minus 10 degrees at3:50 a.m. Saturday, shattering the previous Jan. 31 record of ...
SOME DEMOCRATS ENERGIZED BY CAMPAIGN
Feb 01, 2004; ... An energized force takes to the hustings for their candidates COLUMBUS - Until this year, Jennifer Marovich never hadvolunteered in a political campaign. The Washington Twp. woman is a wife, mother of three children anda CPA. There's plenty to do in her life. Yet, there ...
SAYING GOODBYE TO OLD SCHOOL; RUSKIN PIECES FALL TO AUCTION HAMMER
Feb 01, 2004; ... School building, too, will become history within days DAYTON - Snagging a great bid Saturday at the demolition auctionof Ruskin Elementary School was sport for some folks. For others, itwas a chance to capture a sentimental piece of history. Ruskin, which opened in 1884 at 275 ...