Dayton Daily News back issues from August 2004:
KERRY DRAWS FOREIGN POLICY TEAM FROM CLINTON, BUSH
Aug 01, 2004; ... WASHINGTON -Just two months before he began providing John Kerrywith foreign policy advice, former career diplomat Rand Beers wasdirecting counterterrorism efforts for President Bush. But when Bush launched war against Iraq in March 2003, Beersresigned his post on the National ...
OHIOANS GET VISITS BY BUSH, KERRY
Aug 01, 2004; ... Democratic team to visit Springfield, Troy today President Bush, a Republican seeking a second term, and hisDemocratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry, resumed their campaigns inOhio this weekend. On Saturday, both visited areas hit by hard times. Bush swept through Canton, ...
MANAGER BOWA'S FATE UP IN THE AIR
Aug 01, 2004; ... CINCINNATI - Skin is thin and tempers are short in Philadelphiathese days, where the collapsing Phillies pay more attention to theaffectations of manager Larry Bowa than they do trying to beat theother teams. And you know it is serious when nice guy and mild-mannered ...
PALMER SHAKES OFF RUST IN FIRST SESSION
Aug 01, 2004; ... Bengals' new QB has ups and downs in first practice GEORGETOWN, Ky. - His name is Carson Palmer, but you can call himRusty. The Bengals' newly-crowned starting quarterback made some nicethrows, but it's always the bad ones he remembers. The overthrow andunder-throw to wide ...
SPORTS SPEAKUP
Aug 01, 2004 ... UD basketball * UD dropping Miami from the basketball schedule makes about asmuch sense as the Yankees dropping the Red Sox because Fenway Park istoo small. There can be no valid excuse for this athletic departmentmistake. How many fans want to see Vanderbilt replace Miami? About ...
FOR OHIO COUPLE, PAIN FROM MUNICH LINGERS
Aug 01, 2004; ... SHAKER HEIGHTS - With the Summer Games just over two weeks away,he was going through his Olympic memories. He stood before the large, framed photograph hanging on thelibrary wall and said nothing. The image brought so many thoughtsback to life - the youthful exuberance that left ...
ASK HAL OF BASEBALL
Aug 01, 2004 ... You've got the questions, Hal McCoy has the answers. VisitDaytonDailyNews.com/reds for more `Ask Hal.' To send baseballquestions to Hal McCoy, e-mail hmccoy@DaytonDailyNews.com QUESTION ?- Do you think Dan O'Brien has noticed that the team'stwo worst periods this year, now (eight ...
PITCHER GETS FIRST WIN AS CINCINNATI RED
Aug 01, 2004; ... CINCINNATI - Catcher Jason LaRue walked to the mound to meet thenew pitcher . . . and it really was a new pitcher. Josh Hancock, acquired Friday night in a trade with thePhiladelphia Phillies for Todd Jones, arrived just before the 11:30resumption Saturday morning of Friday ...
BENGALS MAILBAG
Aug 01, 2004; ... Beat writer Chick Ludwig answers some questions: Q. As coach Marvin Lewis starts his second training camp with theBengals, what can we expect him to do differently from his firstcamp? What did he learn from last year's camp? - Paul, Cincinnati. A. Lewis told beat writers he'll ...
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION HONORS BOWLER'S LIFE
Aug 01, 2004; ... Bowling never was simply about strikes and spares or tournamentsand titles for Angie Kreitzer. It was about friends and family. Kreitzer squeezed a lifetime of living and bowling into 34 yearsbefore losing her battle with cervical cancer in September 2003. Shewill be recognized for ...
BENGALS DIARY ; OFF THE FIELD WITH TORY JAMES
Aug 01, 2004; ... Basically during the season I just hang out at home with myfamily. My wife's name is Angela and our 6-year-old daughter isT'yanna. Sometimes I'll go and see a movie - something new or somethingI've missed. I like comedies. I like a lot of actors, but my favoriteis Leslie Nielsen ....
FORMER CARDINALS 3B SCOOPS UP LEAD
Aug 01, 2004; ... NHL's Nicholls, tennis great Richey lead team scoring DAYTON - Ken Reitz, who played third base for the St. LouisCardinals in the 1970s, didn't take up the game of golf until afterhe had completed an 11-year Major League Baseball career in 1982. Hewas 32 years old at the ...
AMATEUR QUALIFIER IS WORTH YOUR TIME
Aug 01, 2004; ... If you like to watch good golfers, you ought to consider visitingDayton Country Club today for the U.S. Amateur qualifier. Seventy-two players will tee up for 36 holes for the right tocompete in the 104th U.S. Amateur Championship on Aug. 16-22 atWinged Foot Golf Club in ...
TYSON BECOMES PIGEON FOR JOURNEYMAN
Aug 01, 2004; ... Knee injury costly for 38-year-old fighter LOUISVILLE - Now that it has come to a stunning end here - nowthat Mike Tyson was knocked out by no-name British heavyweight DannyWilliams - it turns out there actually were nine pigeons in the ex-champ's Louisville hotel ...
A LIFE WELL LIVED; ACTIVIST WORKED TIRELESSLY
Aug 01, 2004; ... Cummings served Innerwest and city plan boards For more than half a century, Ann Cummings saw her neighborhoodalong West Fifth Street go from being part of a vibrant businessdistrict with grocery stores and movie theaters to a riot-torn,deteriorated area. But she did not just stand ...
PASSAGES; THE PLAY'S THE THING, BUT CAMARADERIE, WEGERZYN GROUNDS WILL BE MISSED WHEN FUTUREFEST MOVES
Aug 01, 2004; ... It isn't always easy to welcome someone new into our family. Webecome accustomed to what's comfortable and familiar, and we're notsure how new folks will affect the balance. It's an issue that was raised locally last weekend in FamilyPortrait, one of six new plays premiering at the ...
NEEDLE SIZE IMPORTANT TO PENETRATE DENSELY WOVEN FABRICS
Aug 01, 2004; ... Q. I have problems with skipped stitches and thread breakage whensewing sheet fabric. What needle size should I use? A. Densely woven fabric such as sheeting needs a sharp needle topenetrate the fabric. Denim needles are made with sharp points. Try a12/80 or 14/90. It's recommended ...
FUN REINS-
Aug 01, 2004; ... Dude Ranch visitors saddle up for fun MORROW - As I top the steep hill, my gaze suddenly falls on aranch glowing in the sunshine and nestled in the palm of a valley. A steel-colored burro grazes on the lawn, shiny horses aresaddled, cowboys in blue jeans and spurs wander the ...
LOVEBIRDS PRONE TO PLUCKING DISEASE
Aug 01, 2004; ... Chasing its tail? Sleeping in the sun? Send the photo, whichcannot be returned, with the pet's name, your name, address and phonenumber to Pet Pals, Dayton Daily News, 45 S. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH45402. Sorry, the volume of pictures we receive makes it impossibleto use all of them or to ...
BEST FRIENDS
Aug 01, 2004 ... Recognizing enduring and special relationships * Patricia Austin of Riverside and I have been friends for manyyears, starting in 1934, in the first grade at Hawthorne School. Even though I moved out of town on several occasions for myhusband's work, Pat was always the one ...
SILVER BEST IF HAND WASHED
Aug 01, 2004; ... DEAR MILLIE B.: I've heard that you can clean silver with powdereddetergent and that vinegar freshens smelly sheets. Is it true? C.G., DAYTON A detergent can contain bleach or other chemicals to dull/damagesterling silver. Read the detergent's label, and know that ...
TIME FOR ANOTHER LEADBELLY ADVENTURE!
Aug 01, 2004 ... Our Leadbelly Boys - Ray Marcano, deputy managing editor; RonRollins, assistant managing editor for features and entertainment;and Jim Dillon, business editor - are hungry again. And they needyour help. The Leadbelly Boys have done pizza, pancakes, cheeseburgers andballpark food ....
ART DIRECTION; DAI GIVES ITS MODERN ART COLLECTION A BOOST
Aug 01, 2004; ... DAYTON - There's a bunch of new stuff to see at the Dayton ArtInstitute. A big bunch. And really new. In the last few months, the museum has acquired half a dozenlarge, prominent artworks created in the last four to five years byyoung, rising artists - displaying them dramatically ...
ACTORS' FACES CAST A GLOW ON FUTUREFEST
Aug 01, 2004; ... DAYTON - Production elements in the annual new play festival atthe Dayton Playhouse have become increasingly minimal. While it's nice that resident set designer Bruce Brown andlighting designers Terry Ronald and Gay Christensen no longer needlife support by the end of the intensive ...
MUSE MACHINE PRESENTS A NIGHT OF GERSHWIN
Aug 01, 2004; ... Cast of close to 150 set to perform at the Schuster DAYTON - After choreographing a dozen annual Muse Machinemusicals, Nat Horne knows what to expect at auditions: an equalnumber of beginners and dancers with at least some training. When you stage production numbers that ...
DAYTON A FAVORITE STOP FOR KENTUCKY SAX PLAYER
Aug 01, 2004; ... Saxophonist Ron Jones is one of the leading jazz figures inLouisville, Ky. After many club tours, clinics and concerts in otherstates, he has also garnered a fan base across the Midwest. Jones has performed throughout Michigan, Illinois, Indiana,Missouri and Ohio. It seems like ...
JACOBSON SAYS HE REGRETS ACTIVITY DURING CAMPAIGN
Aug 01, 2004; ... DAYTON - State Sen. Jeff Jacobson said he told donors to givemoney to a state legislator he supported or to help her by donatingto a nonprofit group that ran negative ads about her opponent'svoting record. Jacobson, R-Butler Twp., said he regrets making those phone callsfor state ...
JACOBSON SAYS HE REGRETS ACTIVITY DURING CAMPAIGN
Aug 01, 2004; ... DAYTON - State Sen. Jeff Jacobson said he told donors to givemoney to a state legislator he supported or to help her by donatingto a nonprofit group that ran negative ads about her opponent'svoting record. Jacobson, R-Butler Twp., said he regrets making those phone callsfor state ...
THE SHAWNEE IN OHIO-
Aug 01, 2004; ... Ancestors want to re-establish part of state as homeland In 1807, Ohio Gov. Edward Tiffin invited the Shawnee leaderTecumseh to a peace conference. The great warrior, an advocate of Indian unity to counter thethreats of white encroachment on native lands, spent a week at ...
KERRY, EDWARDS CRUISING THROUGH FLAG-WAVING OHIO
Aug 01, 2004; ... ZANESVILLE - Thousands of cheering, flag-waving supportersSaturday welcomed John Kerry, the Democratic candidate for presidentand John Edwards, his vice presidential running mate, to the firstOhio rally on their coast-to-coast "Believe in America" campaigntour. Former Sen. John ...
`A TRAGEDY EVERY DAY' MIAMI VALLEY MISSIONARIES CONTINUE TO RETURN TO THE STRUGGLING NATION, WHERE THEY CAN'T HELP BUT HELP THE POOREST OF THE POOR L
Aug 01, 2004; ... LEOGANE, Haiti - It was in Kettering that Rose Beaucejour facedthe choice between giving up the dream of her heart - a baby girl -and saving her life. Rose and her husband, Joel, Haitian missionaries who run threeorphanages near Leogane, were visiting their sister congregation ...
WHO WE ARE MARY MCCARTY REPORTER
Aug 01, 2004 ... Dayton Daily News Columnist Mary McCarty and Photographer BillReinke traveled to Haiti in June and stayed at the Emmanuel ChristianMission compound, which is supported by churches in Kettering andBeavercreek. McCarty grew up in Kettering and returned to her hometown to workfor ...
EVEN THOSE WHO HELP NOT SAFE FROM CRIME
Aug 01, 2004; ... CARREFOUR, Haiti - It was 6 p.m. in bumper-to-bumper traffic, withthousands of people on the streets, but that didn't stop the teenagegunman from jumping onto Joel Beaucejour's van, pointing a gun in hisface and shouting, "Give me the keys, pastor!" That was the beginning of a ...
LOCAL GROUP HEADS TO COLOMBIA
Aug 01, 2004; ... To help families of missing persons cope with loss DAYTON - People vanish in volatile Colombia. It's different from kidnapping. There are no ransoms sought. Thereare no recovered bodies. According to an Amnesty International Web site, organizeddisappearances are a form ...
BRIEFLY; CHILDREN'S GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP BEING SET UP YOUNG AT HEART
Aug 01, 2004 ... DAYTON - The Pathways of Hope Grief Counseling Center at Hospiceof Dayton is announcing its new children's grief support group. The group will be 6 to 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday beginning Aug. 25and concluding Sept. 29. It will meet at the Hope center, 324 Wilmington Ave. Any ...
PLENTY OF COMPETITION AT THIS YEAR'S DAYTON HORSE SHOW
Aug 01, 2004; ... Event benefits Shriners' hospitals The 57th annual Dayton Horse Show begins Tuesday at the MontgomeryCounty Fairgrounds, attracting horses and riders from around thecountry. The show, one of the biggest horse shows in the nation, runsthrough Saturday. Horses will ...
COMMENTARY; DEMS PARTY IN BOSTON, BUT CAN THEY DO THE SAME STEP IN OHIO?
Aug 01, 2004; ... COLUMBUS - The party's over for Ohio's delegation to theDemocratic National Convention. The 159 delegates, 24 alternates and assorted pages, spouses andhangers-on spent last week in Boston cheering, clapping, eating,drinking (in some cases too much) and generally being made to ...
COMMON CENTS; PLANNED PARENTHOOD COLLECTING BOOKS FOR SALE
Aug 01, 2004; ... Mid-Ohio's largest used book sale for 34 years has been the annualsale by Friends of Planned Parenthood in November at MontgomeryCounty Fairgrounds, 1043 S. Main St. This year's sale is Nov. 12, 13and 14. In the meantime, an Aug. 21 (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) "Book Roundup"collects ...
FAIRBORN LEVY REQUEST CALLED CRUCIAL
Aug 01, 2004; ... Other districts, municipalities also on Tuesday ballot FAIRBORN - The future of Fairborn schools and the entire communityis on the line in Tuesday's special election, school supporters say. The 5,200-pupil district, teetering on financial collapse andpossible state control, is ...
HIROSHIMA COMMEMORATION TAKES ON GREATER MEANING
Aug 01, 2004; ... Nuclear nightmare still a viable danger in age of new fears DAYTON - A vigil and candlelight ceremony will be take placeFriday to remember the victims of the atomic destruction ofHiroshima, Japan, 59 years ago. The event will be on the bombing's Aug. 6 anniversary, beside ...
TEENS BEAT BOREDOM WITH STICKS
Aug 01, 2004; ... Drum Brigade a simple solution, a new pastime HAMILTON - Bob Estridge was seeking an innovative way to get kidsoff the street. Luckily, he kept his ears open. `I asked the teens what they wanted to do and they said theydidn't want to go to the gym and play basketball,' said ...
REGIONAL HEADLINES
Aug 01, 2004; ... GIRL DETAINED AFTER HOME FIRE MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County - A teenage girl was detained aftershe admitted she started a fire Thursday at her mobile home in the5000 block of Upperton Drive, Miami Twp. police Maj. John DiPietrosaid late Friday. The 14-year-old told fire ...
COMMENTARY; ACCORDION GIGS PROVIDE MUSIC OF A LIFETIME
Aug 01, 2004; ... When Darlene Terry plays her magic squeezebox, the world takesnotice. Darlene, a teacher, performer and a founder of the OakwoodAccordion Band, returned recently from Las Vegas, where she took partin an International Accordion Convention. "I've been going to the accordion ...
CELTIC FESTIVAL FEEDS THE SOUL
Aug 01, 2004; ... It's entertainment for entire clan DAYTON - The aroma of Irish stew, sound of Celtic music, flickingof dancers' feet and storyteller's tales made for a multisensualtreat Saturday at the Dayton Celtic Festival at RiverScape. Dayton residents Margaret Mast and Becky Bettker said ...
GERMANTOWN PUTS NEW FACE ON HERITAGE
Aug 01, 2004; ... Launches 200th birthday festivities with parade GERMANTOWN - The best present Germantown got for its 200thbirthday was a makeover, said Jason Michael, 30, a lifelong resident. The Germantown and German Twp. bicentennial parade that lastedalmost two hours Saturday morning ...
COMMENTARY; MITAKIDES SAYS TURNER IS BEATABLE
Aug 01, 2004; ... She's counting on ticket-splitters, women BOSTON - She went bowling with Ben Affleck and rubbed elbows withJohn Edwards. She gave speeches and invocations, was invited to theswankiest parties and saw history in the making on the floor of theDemocratic National Convention. She ...
COMMENTARY; KERRY SPEECH SHOWED 2003 MATTERED
Aug 01, 2004; ... Dayton shared billing with Kitty Hawk It's worth asking: If Dayton hadn't worked so hard to get people to connect theWright brothers to Dayton during the 100th anniversary year of theinvention of powered flight, would John Kerry have associated theWright brothers with Dayton ...
TRAINING GOOD STEP ON PUBLIC RECORDS
Aug 01, 2004 ... Suppose they passed a law in the middle of the forest, and nobodyheard about it. Would it still be the law? Ohio has good laws guaranteeing that the public has legal accessto the records of government. Such laws are central to the whole ideaof a modern, informed democracy. Citizens ...
CONVENTION CHANGES HURDLES KERRY FACES
Aug 01, 2004 ... The Democratic convention changed the dynamic of the presidentialelection in certain ways. For starters, voters may be less likely nowto say that they don't know much about Sen. John Kerry. And a bitless likely to think of him as stiff. For another thing, Republican strategists are ...
MIAMI VALLEY VOICES; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Aug 01, 2004 ... READERS' LETTERS, FAXES, PHONE CALLS AND E-MAILS Letter of the week Kerry-Edwards team has diversity Re the letter to the editor `Kerry's inner circle lacks people ofcolor,' July 21: I found the letter writer's comments offensive andblatantly wrong. He wrote, `There is ...
SPEAK UP: BRIEF COMMENTS
Aug 01, 2004 ... * The flier mailed to Fairborn school district residents didn'ttell it all. Where was the mention of 5-percent pay increases givento teachers? Where did it say that Black Lane and Wright elementaryschools would close? Let the state come in to assist the schoolofficials on how to be ...
OFFICE FACE OFF
Aug 01, 2004; ... Politics invade workplace, if bosses let it DAYTON - Framed portraits of President Bush and first lady LauraBush are prominently displayed in Don Shellabarger's Brookvilleoffice. Stacks of Republican Party campaign literature are on a tablenear the door. His daughter, Tara ...
ISSUES ON TUESDAY'S SPECIAL ELECTION BALLOT
Aug 01, 2004 ... Shelby County * Sidney City Schools: Renewal of a five-year 0.8-mill levy forconstruction and renovations, and furniture, equipment and buses. * Jackson Center Local Schools: An additional five-year 7.5-milllevy for operating expenses. For information on polling places, ...
HAUNTING IMAGES
Aug 01, 2004; ... Abandonment theme connects 2 artists in Valley CooperativeGallery shows One grouping has humanistic qualities with no human subjects; theother is a celebration of beginnings while acknowledging theirpassing. At first viewing, it would seem that the artworks of ...
BUSINESS TOPICS
Aug 02, 2004 ... AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: * Dayton Alpha Chapter will meet at 6 p.m. Aug. 10 at The OliveGarden Italian Restaurant, 2789 Miamisburg-Centerville Road,Centerville. Guest speaker Ed Mosier from Kettering Automotive willspeak on "Women and Car Care." Details: Jean ...
BUSINESS PEOPLE
Aug 02, 2004 ... CHERNESKY, HEYMAN & KRESS P.L.L., Dayton Susan D. Solle has joined the firm. Solle, a Dayton native,practices in the areas of business and employment law. She receivedherJuris Doctor from the University of Dayton School of Law in 1999. MOTORWERKS INC., Dayton Lisa ...
DEFENSE CONTRACTS AWARDED
Aug 02, 2004 ... * General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems, San Diego, Calif.:$36,940,499 to provide for four MQ-9A Air Vehicles. Wright-PattersonAir Force Base is the contracting activity. * O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt Armoring Co., Fairfield: $5,609,422 for8,806 windscreen kits to be used in ...
CAPITOL CORRIDORS; PUBLIC RECORDS TRAINING
Aug 02, 2004 ... Want to learn about Ohio's Sunshine Laws? It's your lucky day. State officials are climbing over themselves to offer trainingsessions after an audit by a coalition of media and universitiesshowed public agencies comply with public records laws only abouthalf of the time. Ohio ...
B2B BUSINESS TO BUSINESS ; AID OK'D FOR WORKERS HIT BY TRADE
Aug 02, 2004 ... Ohio workers whose jobs have been impacted by international tradewill receive more than $2.8 million in federal aid, U.S. LaborSecretary Elaine L. Chao announced. A $1.6 million National Emergency Grant will help about 2,000workers with health insurance premiums, while $1.2 million ...
SEEN & OVERHEARD
Aug 01, 2004 ... STAR SIGHTING! The Dead opened the second set of its concert on July 25 at theVerizon Wireless Music Center near Indianapolis by dedicating a coverof the Eagles' Desperado to Linda Ronstadt. Ronstadt was escorted offthe property of the Aladdin Theatre in Las Vegas on July 17 ...
THE READING LIFE; 'REPORT' PUTS NATION IN THE KNOW
Aug 01, 2004; ... It's possible to believe that the same people who bought BillClinton's autobiography, My Life, are also those who are forking over$10 for a copy of The 9/11 Commmission Report, but whoever they are,their numbers are impressive. Locally, our own Big 3 - Books & Co. in Kettering, ...
ARTS HEADLINES
Aug 01, 2004; ... AFTER-WORK fun AT CITILITES restaurant Dayton - Citilites restaurant in the Wintergarden of the Benjaminand Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, Second and Main streets,will host an after-work event from 5 to 8 p.m. each Thursday inAugust. `It's Time to Un-Wined' will ...
'CAKE BOWL'
Aug 01, 2004; ... Diane Bengson's Cake Bowl is the second-place winner in thisyear's DDN Short Story Contest, chosen from among 600 entries thisyear in youth, teen and adult categories. To read our previously published winners, visitwww.DaytonDailyNews.com. `Come on, Arthur. I need some help ...
CULTURE CLASH; FUTUREFEST IS A FEAST TO BEHOLD
Aug 01, 2004; ... Covering the arts beat in a city Dayton's size can keep one outquite a few nights a week, and yet it's still darn near impossible toget to see, hear and do everything that's worthwhile. One eventthat's long been on my radar, but that has never gotten onto my dancecard, has been ...
GOLDEN MOMENT FOR DAYTON SPORTS
Aug 01, 2004; ... Area gold medal winners gather to open exhibit DaYTON - Bill Hosket met Edwin Moses for the first time, Bob Schulspoke about how the memories were as fresh as yesterday and theentire Olympic event, from lunch to Carillon Park Saturday afternoonwas an event to ...