Dayton Daily News back issues from July 2005:
Keep up with the news
Jul 01, 2005 ... Re "Hate speech is now acceptable," June 24: I used to thinkMartin Gottlieb was probably a Democrat attempting to be a journalistwith integrity (there are only a few in this country). However, inthis article, I saw no mention of the Republican representativescalling for judges to be ...
Graham united with religion
Jul 01, 2005 ... IT'S DIFFICULT TO IMAGINE AMERICAN LIFE WITHout Billy Grahampreaching -- on television, in primetime. He has been there so long. He has almost universal respect and admiration. People who had nointention of making the religious declaration he asked for, whodidn't even share his ...
'Freedom's call' puts on the music, the medals
Jul 01, 2005; ... WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Hopeful of good weather afterdays of humidity and thunderstorms, base officials predict a bigturnout for tonight's festival, flybys and fireworks. Officials have named the event "Freedom's call" and describe it asa "tattoo" -- an event featuring ...
Culture Works just misses goal Leaders find good news in number of contributions
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAYTON -- Culture Works was just $17,000 shy of the $1.7 milliongoal when its 30th annual campaign came to an end Thursday, butleaders were able to enumerate several numbers to their liking. Total contributions were up. Workplace giving, now 35 percent of the campaign, rose 5 ...
July ablaze with ruby's fiery glow
Jul 01, 2005; ... Red, the color of ruby, July's birthstone, has long beenassociated with fire. Reflecting the intense emotions of love, anger, passion and fury,it has been treasured for thousands of years. Today, most rubies comefrom Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, ...
Taft signs $51.3 billion state budget But he vetoes provision that would have banned state funding for stem- cell research
Jul 01, 2005; ... MORAINE -- Gov. Bob Taft signed a $51.3 billion two-year budgetThursday, but not before vetoing one provision that would have bannedstate funding for embryonic stem cell research, and another thatwould have allowed developers to move wetlands far away from buildingsites. The new ...
Bluetooth phone teams up with MP3 player
Jul 01, 2005; ... Bluetooth technology has a lot of potential, but it hasn't reallycaught on in a big way yet. But interesting products are starting toappear for those few Bluetooth pioneers that are out there. Global American Technologies, a hightech marketing firm based inSunnyside, N.Y., offers ...
Fourth a feast of sports events
Jul 01, 2005; ... Let's see, breakfast at Wimbledon or mow the lawn? Beachvolleyball with a faint Dayton twist or fix the screen doors? NASCARor take the wife to dinner? Gobble a hot dog or watch the pros gobblehot dogs? The Fourth of July weekend offers some interesting choices ourfounding ...
Dragons win thriller over Snappers, 4-3
Jul 01, 2005; ... BELOIT, Wis. --The Dayton Dragons gave up an early run to theBeloit Snappers without the benefit of a base hit and watched a two-run lead slip away in the seventh and eighth. Dayton then rallied with two down in the ninth to win the firstgame of a four-game series at Pohlman Field ...
Thank you for story
Jul 01, 2005 ... Congratulations on Cathy Mong's article ("Gay men's chorusperforms Saturday," June 10) on the Dayton Gay Men's Chorus. It'sabout time these brave guys are recognized as the pioneers they arein this city, putting themselves out there as representatives of ademographic group largely ...
STAR-SPANGLED WEEKEND
Jul 01, 2005 ... The next couple of days are more than just fireworks, but thereare plenty of those too. Here's a partial list of events around theValley. TODAY - 'Freedom's call' at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (left)features a sabre drill team, fireworks, airplanes and ...
General gets honors and a 'promotion'
Jul 01, 2005; ... WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Lt. Gen. Richard V. Reynolds,vice commander of the Air Force Materiel Command, received one finalpromotion at his retirement ceremony Thursday -- to chief mastersergeant. The Wright-Patterson Chief Master Sergeants Group presented thehonorary ...
Auctioneer celebrates his 10,000th 'calling'
Jul 01, 2005; ... EATON -- "What're ya gonna give for her, what're ya gonna give forher?" Horace "J.R." Kramer recalls chanting some 65 years ago in apredawn barn, his cheek pressed against the warm belly of a Guernseycow, thumb and index fingers rhythmically working the udder, hiswords punctuated by ...
A SAMPLING OF AVAILABLE FUEL DISCOUNTS
Jul 01, 2005; ... - Kroger. Kroger Plus Shopping Card holders who spend $100 onpurchases in the grocery (excluding alcohol, cigarettes andprescriptions) get a discount of 10 cents per gallon on a gaspurchase. People with qualifying purchases made in June will be ableto take advantage of the gas discount ...
Pregnant women get break from
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAYTON -- Pregnant women won't have to pay extra to deliver theirbabies at Miami Valley and Good Samaritan hospitals through the endof this year, even if they're insured by Anthem Blue Cross and BlueShield. Premier Health Partners announced Thursday it will continue itspolicy of ...
Real reason for foreclosures
Jul 01, 2005 ... Re "Weak economy, predatory lending lead to foreclosure leap,"June 24: Why is it that every time a foreclosure story comes out inthe Dayton Daily News, the newspaper is so quick to blame it on"predatory lending" and not discuss the real issue? The real reason that so many ...
State lawmakers, lobbyists go fishing Two representatives also gave talk on Ohio's tax overhaul
Jul 01, 2005; ... COLUMBUS -- Two Republican lawmakers and three former legislatorsjoined utility industry lobbyists for a weekend retreat in Floridahosted by CSX Corp. in March, one participant said. "I'd say we spent more time fishing than talking, but I was toldthe purpose of the trip was to ...
Tip leads to arrest of fugitive
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAYTON -- Police arrested a man on a Greyhound bus on his way tovisit his mom in Georgia. They said they found an assault rifle,ammunition and drugs in a bag next to him. Lamar A. Collier, traveling under the name Lashawn White, iswanted in two states: Mississippi, where he was on ...
Husted defends Alamo flight 'I follow the rules' he says; critics call it 'sweetheart deal'
Jul 01, 2005; ... COLUMBUS -- If Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted's campaign committeehad chartered a small jet this week for a round-trip, overnight tripfrom Dayton to San Antonio, Texas, it could have cost as much as$22,255, according to a price quote from a charter company. Last December, Husted's ...
CORRECTIONS
Jul 01, 2005 ... - In Sunday's editions, Page A23, a graphic should have shown theproposed location of a large dairy farm to be northeast of theintersection of Ross and Hollansburg-Tampico roads. - In Thursday's Greene County, Southwest Montgomery County andDayton Neighbors editions, a story about ...
Will, theft keys to ending homelessness
Jul 01, 2005 ... LARCENY WAS ON THE MIND OF ATLANTA LAWyer Horace Sibley when hetraveled to Dayton earlier this month at the invitation of communityleaders working on a long-term plan to end chronic homelessness here. Mr. Sibley leads a similar group in his hometown, recruited out ofretirement to ...
MIAMI VALLEY U.S. has something to hide
Jul 01, 2005 ... RE SEN. RICHARD DURBIN'S RECENT SPEECH: Most of those who havecommented focused on his hyperbole. Have you ever known a politicianwho didn't exaggerate? The critics of the senator are missing the point. Theyare using their displeasure at his rhetoric to avoid addressing theissue ...
Change may delay rent help Manor residents may bump those on Section 8 list
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAYTON -- Families on Dayton Metropolitan Housing Authority'swaiting list for Section 8 rent help would get bumped back byresidents of Country View Manor, if Montgomery County turns the homeover to a nonprofit organization. "We could make some vouchers available to make it work," ...
Dispute at party leads to stabbing Man, 18, in critical condition; 17-yearold arrested by police
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAYTON -- An 18-year-old man, stabbed with a butcher knife after aparty at 243 Wyoming St., was in critical condition Thursday at MiamiValley Hospital. "He was stabbed multiple times," Sgt. Jimmy Rohrer said. "The mostserious injury was to the back." Someone at the house ...
Study: Many value public access TV Funding for DATV uncertain
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAYTON -- Time Warner Cable customers in Dayton rate governmentand public access programing as "highly important," according to astudy of the city's cable needs and services. That's something DATVstaff hope city officials will consider before cutting their funding. "What the study ...
ON stage
Jul 01, 2005 ... LA COMEDIA BEAUTY AND THE BEAST SPRINGBORO -- La Comedia Dinner Theatre will serve up Beauty andthe Beast, the Tony Award-winning and sixthlongest-running musical inBroadway history, for the fi rst time in the Miami Valley, beginningWednesday. "Our goal is to make ...
Hello, Bolly!
Jul 01, 2005; ... If you are cognizant of world cinema (just nod your head knowinglyhere, I'll believe you) then you know of "Bollywood" films, put outby the Indian film industry, in which the films are gorgeously sillymusicals in which anything can and will happen at the drop of a hat.Well, if you ever ...
GARY CONRAD COMEDIC HYPNOTIST ENTRANCES AUDIENCE
Jul 01, 2005; ... "Hypnotism is like psychedelic karaoke," said Gary Conrad, acomedic hypnotist performing at Wiley's Comedy Niteclub throughSunday. "People really get to express themselves. I think it's agreat show to take a date to, because if you like the chick you cantalk a little more in a club than ...
HOT topics THE STUFF YOU'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEKEND
Jul 01, 2005; ... PARIS HILTON'S DOG BITES TODAY SHOW PRODUCER: Who knew Tinkerbellwas a Scientologist? NBA PLAYERS' UNION DEMANDS AGE LIMIT FOR DRAFT: There is, however,no limit on felony convictions. BEWITCHED BURNED AT THE STAKE BY CRITICS: Maybe this is the end ofthe remake craze. Well, ...
Profits plummet at local firm Robbins and Myers cites pharmaceutical segment for decline
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAYTON -- Robbins and Myers Inc. said Thursday that fiscal third-quarter profits fell 45 percent on lower sales of pharmaceuticalproducts. Robbins and Myers, a global equipment supplier for thepharmaceutical, energy and industrial markets, reported earnings of$2.1 million, or 14 ...
Customer service rebounds from near extinction
Jul 01, 2005; ... Having completely disregarded my New Year's resolutions for thefirst six months of the year, I have decided to make new promises tomyself for the second six months of the year. So, on this first dayof the second half of the year, I resolve to complain more. There are those persons ...
Aliens didn't take us by surprise this time
Jul 01, 2005; ... Steven Spielberg's new remake of the science-fiction thriller Warof the Worlds is bound to bring back memories for many longtime radio listeners.Those who had their Philcos locked on the radio adaptation of H.G.Wells' 1898 novel that was broadcast as a Halloween prank on Oct ....
5 hours, no game for Reds Rain halts 2-2 tie in 7th; doubleheader Saturday with Astros
Jul 01, 2005; ... CINCINNATI -- They waited nearly two hours Thursday through rainthat turned Great American Ball Park into the sixth Great Lake beforethey started the Cincinnati Reds-Houston Astros baseball game. When no whale spouts were spotted in center field, they decided itwas safe to play, ...
Area racer having busy time on and off the race track College degree, newborn daughter Pure Stocks lead
Jul 01, 2005; ... The results of late haven't been what Jamie Sites would like. Butno one can blame the Pure Stocks driver at Kil-Kare Speedway forbeing a bit distracted. In a span of a week in June, Sites graduated from SinclairCommunity College with honors, won a pair of Pure Stocks events ...
Friends celebrate Dr. Nelson's retirement
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAYTON -- Dr. Morton Nelson retired Thursday as healthcommissioner and medical director of the Combined Health District ofMontgomery County. At the Crowne Plaza Hotel downtown, about 55 friends and businessassociates turned out to help him celebrate his career of more than40 ...
Women fighting in war are important U.S. debate of female role in military has become subdued
Jul 01, 2005; ... The pitch and volume of public debate about American women incombat seems somewhat subdued compared to discussions in previoustimes. With women making strides in integrating the boardrooms,professions, politics and sports over the years, there now seems tobe a growing "so what" ...
Turner concern not compelling He tries to put brakes on reaction to Air Force Academy religion problem
Jul 01, 2005; ... You've prob - ably heard about the sign-of-thetimes news story outof the Air Force Academy, about religion: A general led the cadets in the chant "Jesus Rocks." A footballcoach called his team "Team Jesus." An Air Force panel has foundpeople using their positions to promote ...
Troy shelter founder dies Barbel Adkins started safe house for abused women
Jul 01, 2005; ... TROY -- Barbel Adkins, a long-time Miami County advocate forfamilies in crisis, died Wednesday night at Ohio State MedicalCenter's Ross Heart Hospital in Columbus. Mrs. Adkins, 62, director and founder of the Family Abuse Shelterof Miami County, had been suffering with congestive ...
SCLC holds prayer vigil at Wright-Pat Air Force Base Officials accused of mistreating employees
Jul 01, 2005; ... WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- The Dayton chapter of theSouthern Christian Leadership Conference held a prayer vigil Thursdayevening outside the gates of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in anongoing protest of what is being called mistreatment of employees andunfair practices at the ...
President honors teacher
Jul 01, 2005; ... It is always one of life's pleasures to get good news aboutsomeone in your "extended family." Most regular readers will remember that I adopted 100 studentsfrom all over the Miami Valley some years ago and followed them fromkindergarten through high school graduation in the year ...
Thunderstorms pour it on Two drench Valley; lightning strike blamed for blaze at Leland Center in Dayton
Jul 01, 2005; ... A large lightning-filled thunderstorm lit up Miami Valley skiesThursday night, hours after an earlier three-hour thunder boomermoved through the region, averaging 2,000 cloud-to-ground lightningstrikes per hour, according to National Weather Service MeteorologistBrian Coniglio in ...
IN[the loop]
Jul 01, 2005; ... cincy Independence Day is going to be a blast in Greater Cincinnati, asthe Cincinnati Pops orchestra and the Rozzi Famous Fireworks Co. teamup for "Red, White and Boom!" Conductor John Morris Russell leadsguest vocalists Jan Horvath and Alton Fitzgerald White in a programof ...
FOURTH OF JULY GET YOUR FIX FROM FOUR DAYS OF FIREWORKS
Jul 01, 2005; ... The Fourth of July arrives with a bang this year, courtesy of thewide array of fireworks displays throughout the Miami Valley. Inaddition to the big show that will conclude the Cityfolk Festival atdowntown's RiverScape MetroPark on Sunday night, here are a fewothers that will be making ...
ART IMITATES LIFE YELLOW SPRINGS KIDS PLAYHOUSE CONTINUES 'PARADOX'
Jul 01, 2005; ... YELLOW SPRINGS -- Yellow Springs Kids Playhouse will put on itsoriginal Paradise Paradox musical for a second weekend. Theproduction sets out to question consumerism and the true meaning ofthe word "cool." Inspired by Shakespeare's masterpiece The Tempest, the playrecruits a ...
CITYFOLK FESTIVAL
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAYTON -- Trying to sum up the annual Cityfolk Festival, arguablyDayton's biggest multicultural event of the season, isn't a case forsimple math: You can make the numbers add up to anything you want. Here's a look at Cityfolk Festival 2005, by the numbers: Three performance ...
DVD reviews
Jul 01, 2005 ... These films will be available Tuesday. Hide and Seek ROBERT DE NIRO I wouldn't argue that Robert De Niro isn't one of the great fi lmactors of his generation, but I would say that it's hard to provethat assertion based on the fi lms he's been in over the last several ...
Performer profiles
Jul 01, 2005; ... CHERISH THE LADIES? Genre: All-female Irish traditional music and dance ensemble.Personnel and instrumentation: Joanie Madden, fl ute, whistles andharmony vocals; Heidi Talbot, lead vocals and bodhran; Mary Coogan,guitar, banjo and mandolin; Mirella Murray, accordion; and ...
KAY-TONES CD A PRIMER ON AMERICANA
Jul 01, 2005; ... If there is one local musician who has a firm grasp on a varietyof styles, it's Nick Kizirnis. Over the past 20 years the guitarist,singer and songwriter has delved successfully into punk (TheObvious), art rock (Raging Mantras, Cage), instrumental surf music(The Mulchmen), power pop ...
COUNTRY CONCERT THOUSANDS EXPECTED FOR BASH AT HICKORY HILL LAKES
Jul 01, 2005; ... FT. LORAMIE -- Everybody knows you have to go to the country ifyou really want to see the stars. The same holds true for stars of aless celestial nature. At least that's so about this time every yearout in rural Shelby County. The fi rst full weekend after the Independence Day ...
CD[reviews]
Jul 01, 2005 ... rap Fat Joe ALL OR NOTHING The way Fat Joe sees it, it's his turn to be on top of New York'srap scene. Nearly 11 years in the game and six albums would be just cause foranyone to make a move for the throne. With his latest release, All or Nothing, ...
TROLLEY STOP
Jul 01, 2005; ... The Oregon District has built its reputation on its bars, nomatter what the shopkeepers, residents and restaurateurs would liketo believe. And because there are so many, each one has developed adistinct fl avor. The Trolley Stop, 530 E. Fifth St., is not someslick see-and-be-scene joint, ...
G uzzling up gas discounts With the high price of fuel, motorists are steering toward any break they can find
Jul 01, 2005; ... Allen Faulkner was a little confused about what to do to get a 10-cents-per-gallon discount on his gasoline purchase at the Kroger gasstation on Needmore Road late Monday afternoon. Faulkner said hisgirlfriend had clued him in about the price break, but Monday was thefirst time he had ...
I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT LEARNING, MATT
Jul 01, 2005; ... Hey, see if you guys can help me out with a problem here. I knowI've had almost a month now to figure this out, but I still can'tmake up my mind. Which is a better porn name -- "Deep Throat" or"Mark Felt"? They're both equally sweet, if you ask me. Congratulations are in order for ...
'Lavender' is likable DAMES MAGGIE SMITH AND JUDI DENCH BRING UNDERSTATED LOVELINESS TO SIMPLE STORY
Jul 01, 2005; ... FILM[review]B Grande dames Maggie Smith and Judi Dench would hardly need tobreak a sweat to play a pair of elderly sisters living on the rockyand picturesque coast of Cornwall in 1936. But of course they invest every word, pause, gesture andexpression with the history their ...
A home-grown No. 1 Centerville's Kronauge tops national tennis list ... and doesn't attend academy
Jul 01, 2005; ... CENTERVILLE -- Sometimes, 17-year-old Justin Kronauge hits withhis father on the tennis court in his grandfather's back yard. Sometimes, he hits with a few of the better players at Harper'sPoint in Cincinnati, where his uncle Dan Kronauge works as a pro. And Kronauge isn't ...
Dunn delighted infamous streak finally finished
Jul 01, 2005; ... CINCINNATI -- For those who thought Adam Dunn's streak of 1,085plate appearances without a sacrifice fly was special, well, checkWily Mo Pena and Ryan Freel. Pena has zero sacrifice flies for 692 career plate appearances. Freel has one sacrifice fly in 990 trips to the plate ....
Local team primed for Pro Cup Series Co-owners Crum, Jackowski have new driver, attitude
Jul 01, 2005; ... XENIA -- In a typical week, race car co-owners Walt Crum and TomJackowski are happy competing against the more financially stableteams on the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series. This week, though, they'reout to beat them. Crum and Jackowski anticipate a strong showing in ...
Area man may have West Nile Virus hasn't been confirmed yet; only 7 U.S. cases have been reported
Jul 01, 2005; ... A Darke County resident's suspected case of West Nile virus wouldbe one of the first in the country if lab tests confirm he has themosquito-borne disease. "It looked like West Nile, but it's not absolutely confirmed yet,"said Dr. Grant Starrett, infectious disease specialist at ...
Speak Up: Brief comments
Jul 01, 2005 ... - The recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court and the litany ofliberalism in both houses of Congress are perfect examples of why theSecond Amendment was placed in the Bill of Rights. - An Islamic civil rights and advocacy group is calling on NorthCarolina judges to allow people ...
RegionalHeadlines
Jul 01, 2005; ... GIRL, 7, PULLS COUSIN FROM SWIMMING POOL MIDDLETOWN -- Police are calling a 7-year-old girl a hero aftershe pulled her 1-year-old cousin from the bottom of an in-groundswimming pool Thursday. Middletown police, called to 1806 Theresa Court about 6: 14 p.m.,found that ...
Gem group merger 'nice fit' Realty company joins Frydman & Associates
Jul 01, 2005; ... DAYTON -- The Gem Real Estate Group Inc. said Thursday it hasmerged with Dayton-based Frydman & Associates LLC. The combined commercial real estate company will operate under TheGem Real Estate Group Inc. The merger resulted in about 500,000 square feet of ...
Littlejohn Brothers still making music Dayton singers mark 26 years of performing together
Jul 02, 2005; ... Brotherly love is more than just a figure of speech for theLittlejohn Brothers gospel group -- it's a defining feature. The Littlejohn Brothers released their album Real Joy in April,the latest product of the Dayton group's 26-year career. The group consists of the five ...
State probing fishing trips Wants to know why CSX did not report picking up tab
Jul 02, 2005; ... COLUMBUS -- Tony Bledsoe, Ohio's legislative inspector general,said Friday he has launched an investigation into why CSX Corp. didnot report paying for fishing trips involving state lawmakers goingback to 2000. "We will be acting on this. I will start with a letter ...
Seen&Overheard
Jul 01, 2005 ... AN AGNES MOOREHEAD UPDATE. There's a new biography out on actress Agnes Moorehead, who'sburied in Dayton Memorial Park Cemetery in But ler Twp. ... and whois probably glad she couldn't play Endora in the less-thanspellbinding new movie Bewitched. Author Charles Tranberg ...
ART & THERAPY SLEEPYBIRD TO SING AS AMY KOLLAR-ANDERSON SAYS GOODBYE TO THERAPY
Jul 01, 2005; ... Mix edgy with folk, throw in a little new age, and you might havejust an inkling of the mood in the alternative tunes by Sleepybird.Mix sci-fi with fantasy, throw in a little attitude, and you mightget the general theme of Amy Kollar-Anderson's artwork. The musicalgroup that hails from ...