Dayton Daily News back issues from March 2007:
Don't mandate HPV vaccine for girls
Mar 01, 2007 ... A company discovers what appears to be an amazingly effectivevaccine for a certain cancer and that turns into a politicalargument. Only in America. Merck & Co.'s Gardasil was approved by the Food and DrugAdministration last June. Clinical trials found it prevented ...
Eagles took new course to same title
Mar 01, 2007; ... Even though the Bellbrook girls basketball team had won sixstraight league championships, the Eagles managed to fly under theradar coming into this season. Head coach Jason Tincher didn't mind that the spotlight seemed todrift away from his team. Actually, the third-year ...
Good snowblowers make good neighbors
Mar 01, 2007; ... It's easy to be neighborly if you have a snowblower. Give a man atool and he will build what is needed. Give a guy a power tool, andhe will build what is needed every chance he gets. All the worldlooks like a nail to a guy with a new hammer. The recent winter unpleasantness found ...
Covington grad weathers injuries for comeback at Dartmouth
Mar 01, 2007; ... HANOVER, N.H. -- Jason Meyer's best game this season wasn't whenhe sprang for a careerhigh 18 points against the University ofHartford, or even when he hit double figures against Atlantic 10challenger George Washington University. Instead, Meyer pointed to an earlyseason tilt ...
Good things happening in Dayton
Mar 01, 2007; ... Greetings! I am pleased to debut my monthly column for the News Neighbors Section. I want to express my appreciation to theeditors of the newspaper for providing me with a forum to highlightthe many great things happening in Dayton, specifically in ourneighborhoods. I ...
WSU senior 'knows what a second chance means'
Mar 01, 2007; ... FAIRBORN -- Unlike his other three honored teammates, he walkedonto the Nutter Center court all alone on Senior Night. But by the time Tyrone Scott put down the microphone -- after aremarkable display of honesty and growth -- he had the full embraceof the Wright State crowd, his ...
Pet program helps patients, young readers
Mar 01, 2007; ... Four wagging tails greeted me when I visited Jill McMullen. Aftera few initial sniffs, the four dogs were taken to a mat and told to"place." The four dogs lay down and stayed there for most of myvisit. The Troy woman said more obedient dogs are just one benefit of pettherapy ...
Woman finds friends, hope after suicide attempt
Mar 01, 2007; ... Robin Monique Cunningham was deeply depressed. "I just felthopeless and helpless," she said. "I was not able to gain any weightand my hair was thinning out and I just didn't feel like I could goon. I didn't have any sense of a future. " She said family members tried to help her, ...
Woman gets new dog for walks
Mar 01, 2007; ... You may have seen Garbo and Rhea Collett many times walking in thelarge park behind the Metropolitan residence that is on Dayton TowersDrive. Garbo, a boxer, was the companion dog to Rhea Collett, who isblind. For more than 10 years, Garbo and Rhea could be seen day in ...
Man finds working at Wegerzyn fulfilling
Mar 01, 2007; ... Chris Jensen, head horticulturalist at Wegerzyn Garden Center,wanted to become a landscape architect, but earned a degree in finearts and ended up in retail before finding his way back to the landand plants here in Dayton. A native of New Jersey, Jensen came to Dayton on July 4, ...
Teacher loved her 33 years
Mar 01, 2007; ... Ask Verna Sparks for the moon and she can probably deliver. Aretired teacher with 33 years of experience, Sparks once brought moonrocks to Farmersville. "They had to be with me at all times or in the safe at ForemanHardware at night," she said. She and her students -- not ...
Centerville woman runs area fish frys
Mar 01, 2007; ... CENTERVILLE -- Fish have played a major role in the life ofCenterville resident Betty Hecht. Hecht, who organizes and runs church fish frys that run weeklyfrom late January to March, also enjoyed fishing with her husband,Bob, before he passed away eight years ago. "The ...
Senior gives thanks for his second opportunity
Mar 01, 2007; ... FAIRBORN -- A lot of unexpected things have happened this seasonat Wright State -- winning 21 games and the Horizon League title withan undermanned, undersized team and a new coach, securing apostseason bid for only the second time in 20 years of Division Ibasketball -- and yet nothing ...
Preseason prediction looks good
Mar 01, 2007; ... Dixie Middle School wrestling coach Terry Robinson liked theprediction, but he loved the reaction. During the preseason, several coaches and parents offered theirobservations and encouragement to a roomful of young Greyhoundwrestlers. Chris Craft, a significant supporter of ...
Wright 2nd to Hutson in T-M honors
Mar 01, 2007; ... When all the postseason awards are handed out, Chris Wright willbe the second most decorated player in Trotwood-Madison High Schoolbasketball history. You get a few paragraphs to remember who the most decorated is. Wright, a 6-foot-8 forward who has signed with the University ...
Northmont backers few but mighty
Mar 01, 2007; ... The doors open for the Northmont Education Foundation's annualcommunity auction at 6 p.m. Saturday at Meadowbrook County Club, 6001Salem Ave., Clayton. The bidding will be from 7 to 9 p.m. "While everyone on the foundation is very active in the Northmontcommunity and has strong ...
Xenia boys take first title in new league
Mar 01, 2007; ... XENIA -- Twenty-one years is a long time. Ask any of the playerson the Xenia High School boys basketball team. None of them were bornin 1986 when the Buccaneers won the Western Ohio League championship. That title was Xenia's last until now. The Bucs won the inaugural Greater ...
Jazz pros, high-schoolers to perform in Beavercreek
Mar 01, 2007; ... BEAVERCREEK -- If you like jazz, it's time to turn off thetelevision, postpone that mall trip and head for Beavercreek HighSchool. The school's Alumni Auditorium is the venue for the seventh annualWeekend of Jazz, hosted by the Beavercreek Band Parents Association Billed as ...
Scout plans project for Carriage Hill
Mar 01, 2007; ... Carriage Hill MetroPark plays host to hundreds of campers eachyear, both Boy and Girl Scouts, and most look forward to returningyear after year to hiking trails that wind through meadows, prairiesand woodlands. For Paul Watkins, a high school junior who has been a member ofthe ...
Carlisle wrestlers have a shot
Mar 01, 2007; ... Some sports philosophers like to use the cliche that second placeis for losers. Carlisle High School coach Daryl Clark would have astrong argument against such thinking should his team come in secondin the Division III state wrestling meet Friday and Saturday inColumbus. Marion ...
Program matches fatherless kids, mentors
Mar 01, 2007; ... Noah Russell tripped over a slide and fell into the deep end of aswimming pool when he was 4 years old. For several years, the Lebanonboy was terrified of the water. Last summer, his One-2-One mentor, Scott Jaeger, took him on acamping trip to Brookville Lake, Ind. With Jaeger's ...
Residential developers air plans at public forums Honey Creek, Summerfield officials accuse opponents of misleading comments about their projects.
Mar 01, 2007; ... TROY -- Residents had the opportunity for plenty of information ontwo proposed residential projects. Monday, the developers of the proposed Honey Creek planneddevelopment held a public meeting at the high school to pitch theirplan and answer questions. The project, which ...
Income tax increase on May 8 ballot The 0.25 percentage point rise to 1.5 percent would be permanent, but still lower than most in the area.
Mar 01, 2007; ... TIPP CITY -- After debating among themselves the best options forraising more money for capital improvements, city council memberswill have a few weeks to sell the option chosen. In the days leading to the May 8 primary, city voters can expectto hear more about the 0.25 percent ...
Got Girl Scout cookies?
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Starbucks opens in Miami Twp. Addition of a new establishment means there are now about a dozen of the coffee outlets in the Miami Valley.
Mar 01, 2007; ... MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County -- Java junkies in the southern endof the township no longer have to fight mall traffic to get theirfixes. On Wednesday morning, the new Starbucks, located at the corner ofSpring Valley Pike and Ohio 741, opened. The 1,850-square-foot building ...
Students want to create reading garden The space at Orville Wright Elementary School would be used to read, study insects and plant flowers.
Mar 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- When college students approached Jill Biteman abouthelping at Orville Wright Elementary School, she put them to work onthe school's future reading garden. A second-grade teacher at the school, Biteman asked the WrightState University students to collect donations for the ...
New Starbucks opens in Miami Twp.
Mar 01, 2007; ... MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County -- Java junkies in the southern endof the township no longer have to fight mall traffic to get theirfixes. On Wednesday morning, the new Starbucks, located at the corner ofSpring Valley Pike and Ohio 741, opened. The 1,850-square-foot building ...
Fire department officers cross-training The captains will become auxiliary police officers when they complete the academy.
Mar 01, 2007; ... BUTLER TWP., Montgomery County -- Butler Twp. is cross-trainingseveral fire department employees as police officers, but thetraining is intended to expand their roles within their owndepartment. Fire Capt. Scott Lutz is enrolled in Sinclair's police academynow, scheduled to ...
Neighbors headlines
Mar 01, 2007 ... Greene rec offers classes for youths BEAVERCREEK -- The Greene County Recreation, Parks and CulturalArts Department will hold the following preschool, youth and teenevents in the Greene County Recreation Room: Fine Art Adventures Trial Class: ages 20 months through those ...
Corner of Feedwire, Little Sugarcreek draws historical interest Survey shows plot has stone artifacts that may be dated from between 6,000 and 3,000 years ago.
Mar 01, 2007; ... SUGARCREEK TWP., Greene County -- When Miller-Valentine startsscraping land near Little Sugar Creek for a housing development, theDayton Society of Natural History wants to be there. William Kennedy, associate curator of anthropology for the DaytonSociety of Natural History, told ...
Waynesville sees executive changes The village hires a new finance director, and will begin looking to fill the soon-to-be-vacated police chief post.
Mar 01, 2007; ... WAYNESVILLE -- The village hired a new finance director and clerklast week, but accepted the resignation of police Chief Ken McCloud.Staci Morris, chief deputy in the Greene County Recorder's Office,was hired as clerk and fiance director, replacing Kristin Spiekerman,fired Feb. 8, six ...
New Starbucks opens in Miami Twp.
Mar 01, 2007; ... MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County -- Java junkies in the southern endof the township no longer have to fight mall traffic to get theirfixes. On Wednesday morning, the new Starbucks, located at the corner ofSpring Valley Pike and Ohio 741, opened. The 1,850-square-foot building ...
Site draws historical interest Survey shows plot at Feedwire and Little Sugarcreek roads has stone artifacts.
Mar 01, 2007; ... SUGARCREEK TWP., Greene County -- When Miller-Valentine startsscraping land near the Little Sugar Creek for a housing development,the Dayton Society of Natural History wants to be there. William Kennedy, associate curator of anthropology for the DaytonSociety of Natural History, ...
Recreation takes many forms in Kettering
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Linebacker becomes salary-cap casualty Bengals cut nine-year starter Simmons loose to prepare for free agency.
Mar 01, 2007; ... CINCINNATI -- Brian Simmons' time in Cincinnati ended Wednesdaywhen the Bengals terminated the linebacker's contract and releasedhim to free agency. Simmons, a first-round draft pick (No. 17 overall) in 1998, spentnine years as a starter at middle and weak-side linebacker. But ...
Tippecanoe boys pound Urbana
Mar 01, 2007; ... Tippecanoe put on a defensive clinic in the Division II boyssectional basketball tournament Wednesday night at Hobart Arena inTroy. The 22-0 Red Devils advanced to Saturday night's sectional finalby defeating Urbana, 66-18. Urbana went scoreless in the fourthquarter and was in ...
SPEAK UP
Mar 01, 2007 ... Re " 'She always did everything to make everybody else happyfirst,' " Feb. 27: It was in very poor taste for the Dayton DailyNews to put a photo of a grieving teenager who lost her mother in ashooting on the front page. The DDN took advantage of an immature, grieving 17-year-old ...
WEB TALK ONLINE READER COMMENTS
Mar 01, 2007 ... Vaccines should only be required for school attendance if theymitigate some risk to students. HPV should not be transmitted atschool, so this one should be left up to the parents. This is another example of big business controlling ourgovernment. At more than $300 per shot, this ...
Business headlines
Mar 01, 2007; ... Water main break disrupts service to NCR headquarters DAYTON -- Water service at the NCR Corp. world headquarters at1700 S. Patterson Blvd. has been restored following a Wednesdaymorning water main break there, company officials said. Water service was restored around 3 p.m ....
National City shifting some jobs to India The banking chain won't say how many of its 2,200 Dayton-area jobs in mortgage operations will go overseas.
Mar 01, 2007; ... MIAMISBURG -- National City Corp. will transfer an undisclosednumber of jobs from its Dayton-area mortgage operations to India. "Wecan confirm that a decision has been made to outsource certainfunctions in Miamisburg," company spokesman Chris Kemper saidWednesday in a prepared statement ....
Sugarcreek Twp. gets new badges
Mar 01, 2007; ... SUGARCREEK TWP., Greene County -- If you're stopped in SugarcreekTwp. for a traffic violation and find yourself temporarily blinded bysomething bright and shiny, it just might be the new badge of theSugarcreek Twp. Police Department. Look closely and you'll see a detailed, gold ...
Libraries set to host Teen Tech Week
Mar 01, 2007; ... CENTERVILLE -- Teen Tech Week will be held Sunday through March 10at Washington-Centerville Public Library locations. The week is a national initiative aimed at teens, their parents,educators and other adults to encourage teens to use librariesvirtually or in person ...
Neighbors headlines
Mar 01, 2007 ... Diva's Day Out set for March 18 KETTERING -- Hannah's Treasure Chest's second annual Diva's DayOut, A Diva Wears Prada, will be from 12:30 to 4: 30 p.m. March 18 inthe Presidential Banquet Center, 4548 Presidential Way. Tickets are $45 each or a table of eight for $320 and ...
School headlines
Mar 01, 2007 ... Kettering woman named to dean's list KETTERING -- Melissa S. Aguilar of Kettering was named to the fall2006 semester dean's list of Capital University. Vanderbilt honors Kettering man KETTERING -- Scott D. Foote of Kettering was named to the fall2006 dean's list of ...
Good snowblowers make good neighbors
Mar 01, 2007; ... It's easy to be neighborly if you have a snowblower. Give a man atool and he will build what is needed. Give a guy a power tool, andhe will build what is needed every chance he gets. All the worldlooks like a nail to a guy with a new hammer. The recent winter unpleasantness found ...
Decision tabled on SugarRidge plan Trustee chairwoman wants time to study the residential development along Feedwire and Little Sugarcreek roads.
Mar 01, 2007; ... SUGARCREEK TWP., Greene County -- The Sugarcreek Twp. trusteeslast week tabled a decision on the final development plan for thefirst phase of a proposed 92 single-family residential developmentalong the Little Sugar Creek until their Monday meeting. The site, to be known as ...
Area senior citizens may get more transportation options Montgomery County commissioners have allocated $112,000 toward the effort.
Mar 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- Local officials are working to improve transportationoptions for senior citizens who need rides to the doctor and otherdestinations. On Feb. 20, Montgomery County commissioners allocated $112,000toward the Senior Transportation Expansion Program, part of a largereffort ...
Police, firefighters help one of their own Dayton officers hold fish fry for co-worker whose daughter had a life- threatening illness.
Mar 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- Dayton police officers are used to helping others, butthe family of one officer was facing overwhelming difficulties untiloff-duty co-workers and firefighters joined together to help themout. Scott and Katy Kingery had hoped to move their three children intothe new ...
CUMC to begin free recitals
Mar 01, 2007; ... KETTERING -- Christ United Methodist Church will begin their freeWednesday Noonday Recitals on Wednesday at the church, 3440 ShroyerRoad. Performers will include pianist Christopher Slone, soprano AprilBennett, harpist Stephanie Llacuna and the church's music directorand ...
Carnival: hot fun on icy night
Mar 01, 2007; ... The rains came pouring down, the parking lot and city streets gotprogressively more icy and slushy, but nothing seemed to dampen thespirit of the Rio Carnival celebration taking place inside. More than 300 supporters of the Artemis Center gathered at theDayton Marriott Saturday ...
Bench plays a big role Plummer, Johnson and Sandoval combine for 40 points as Flyers hold off Owls for season's second road win.
Mar 01, 2007; ... PHILADELPHIA -- Junior guard Brian Roberts let out a deep sighwhile pulling off his saturated jersey after Dayton put an emphaticend to its road horrors, a sigh of relief, joy and exaltation. "We knew we had to play some 'D' and get the job done," he said."A lot of the time, it's ...
Griffey takes right field for a test run during infield practice
Mar 01, 2007; ... SARASOTA, Fla. -- Just a couple of days after Ken Griffey Jr.,took a cortisone shot in his troublesome left hand -- the one hebroke playing with his kids in December -- he was in the outfieldWednesday during infield practice. And he was making throws from right field -- right ...
UD women hope to get it right in league tourney
Mar 01, 2007; ... Neither journey has gone as hoped. University of Dayton women's basketball coach Jim Jabir got aspeeding ticket Tuesday while driving to his office. Meanwhile, his team's road to the Atlantic 10 tournament has beenfilled with speed bumps and pot holes of inconsistent play ....
Six Bengal free agents tendered contracts Team also signs tailback Terrence Whitehead to a one-year deal.
Mar 01, 2007; ... CINCINNATI -- Punter Kyle Larson and offensive lineman StacyAndrews are about to become the Bengals' newest millionaires. Larson and Andrews were among six restricted free agents (RFA)given one-year tender offers by the club on Wednesday. The otherswere linebackers Landon Johnson ...
Investors, Delphi are still making plans for the future As a pivotal deadline passes, there's hope the auto parts maker can escape its financial woes.
Mar 01, 2007; ... Talks on bankrupt Delphi Corp.'s future will go on. Wednesday wasthe day investors could have backed away from a proposed cashinfusion into Delphi, which has five plants in Montgomery County. ButDelphi and its investors agreed not to step away from the plan beforeMarch 15. "Today is a ...
House proposal would give Ohio Regents power to set tuitions
Mar 01, 2007; ... COLUMBUS -- Legislation introduced in the House on Wednesday wouldgive the Ohio Board of Regents the authority to regulate programs andset the tuition of state colleges and universities, among otherpowers. House Bill 85, sponsored by Rep. Shawn Webster, R-Hamilton: - ...
AK, union agree on new deal Agreement now in hands of locked-out workers.
Mar 01, 2007; ... MIDDLETOWN -- Three hundred and sixty-four days after AK SteelCorp. locked out more than 2,500 hourly workers from the MiddletownWorks, negotiators for the steelmaker and its largest union havebrokered a tentative agreement that could finally put an end to theprolonged labor dispute ....
EPA: It's OK to eat more fish from certain areas Tests show C.J. Brown Reservoir and Paint Creek Lake have lower mercury readings than the rest of the state.
Mar 01, 2007; ... COLUMBUS -- Consumers can eat more fish from C.J. Brown Reservoirin Clark County and Paint Creek Lake in Highland County, the OhioEnvironmental Protection Agency said Wednesday. The advisories are among a host of updated warnings issued by theagency that also covers the Ohio River ...
County commissioners want double-dipping stopped Officials fear erosion of public support after alcohol services director's $137,280 payout amid his retire/rehire move.
Mar 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- Montgomery County commissioners want to expand their banon public employees retiring and being rehired to their same jobs, apractice some call "double-dipping," because it allows employees tocollect a government pension while remaining on the public payroll. In a letter ...
Advertising firm sues three workers Blue Dog name was used to divert funds, owners claim in civil lawsuit.
Mar 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- Telling one blue dog from another could be quite achallenge, and that's just one of the implications of a civil lawsuita local advertising company filed this week. The lawsuit filed by Blue Dog Enterprises Inc. in MontgomeryCounty Common Pleas Court on Monday claims that ...
Court headlines
Mar 01, 2007 ... The following stories are from the Municipal Court and MiamiCounty Common Pleas Court in Troy: Prelim hearing set in holiday fund case A Tipp City man accused of helping to steal money from a communityThanksgiving dinner account was arraigned last week on a ...
Primary ballots are stuffed; time to file has passed Election officials are taking steps to ease the flow for voters at polling places.
Mar 01, 2007; ... TROY -- The May 8 primary will have Miami County electionofficials greeting voters in 47 of the county's 82 precincts. The filing deadline for the May 8 primary was last Thursday. The ballot is a bit busier than most recent primaries, butelections director Steve Quillen said ...
Veterans Memorial area could be ready this year, planners say City-owned recreation site will include a 12-foot monument.
Mar 01, 2007; ... TIPP CITY -- With final measurements complete and a site planapproved, city officials said nothing should impede the start ofphysical work at the Veterans Memorial Park this spring. Once that work begins, "I have no reason to believe ... that itwill not be substantially completed ...
Neighbors headlines
Mar 01, 2007 ... Bear's Mill group soliciting volunteers GREENVILLE -- To increase the labor force necessary for theFriends of Bear's Mill to fulfill its mission, the friends arekicking off a new program to solicit for volunteers. The mission of the organization is to keep the mill open to ...
Transit director gives update Commissioners analyze costs, service and ways to save funds.
Mar 01, 2007; ... TROY -- Imagine traveling more than 1.4 million miles around MiamiCounty since 2004. The county's Transit Department vehicles have. During that time, the transit cars and converted vans haveprovided more than 144,000 trips across the county's roads. Josh Gearhardt, ...