Dayton Daily News back issues from July 2007:
S P E A K U P
Jul 01, 2007 ... Re Michael Moore's movie "Sicko": It will make you sick -- to yourstomach, to the bottom of your soul. It is partisan-proof, critic-proof and bullet-proof. It is simply the truth. I saw Michael Moore's new movie, and it made me "sick" to see thehorror many go through due to ...
Ohio ranks low nationally for Internet download speeds Millions of households still use dial-up connections despite availability of broadband.
Jul 01, 2007; ... Even with the fast pace of technology upgrades, data show thatOhio ranks 40th nationwide for Internet download speed and that about33 million households still use dial-up connections. Despite the number of households still using dial-up, marketresearch firm JupiterResearch is ...
Hamilton misses pitching
Jul 01, 2007; ... CINCINNATI -- Maybe the Cincinnati Reds, with their DEFCON 5pitching problems, are only exploiting half the talent owned byoutfielder Josh Hamilton. Yes, Hamilton has 13 home runs, six assists and covers more groundin center field than the Mexican border patrol. Hamilton, ...
Home run swing isn't Howard's only attribute
Jul 01, 2007; ... Keith Guttin has a favorite story he tells about former pupil RyanHoward and his home run power. "We were playing an intrasquad World Series," said Guttin, who hasan 864-536 record in 25 seasons as the baseball coach at MissouriState (formerly Southwest Missouri State), whose ...
Rookie Bales to 'see the world'
Jul 01, 2007; ... Alison Bales is learning on the job in her chosen profession. Arookie for the WNBA's Indiana Fever, Bales has played in seven gamesthis season and is averaging 2.9 points and 2.1 rebounds. The Beavercreek High School graduate, who was born inIndianapolis, is enjoying her status as ...
YO U R L E T T E R S
Jul 01, 2007 ... Don't eliminate opportunity grants I am writing in response to the news that the Ohio CollegeOpportunity Grant may not be available in the future. I am studying for my associate's degree in surgical technology andapplied sciences. It is the beginning of my dream to be a ...
Riverside tax on Wright-Pat to end Strickland approved state budget and provision to end the income tax imposed on base's civilian employees.
Jul 01, 2007; ... RIVERSIDE -- Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland on Saturday approved anew state budget with a Republican-inserted provision that apparentlywill end an income tax Riverside began imposing this spring oncivilian employees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. State Rep. Kevin DeWine, ...
Library waiving fines, lowering late fees
Jul 01, 2007; ... The Dayton Metro Library is changing its fine policy and to helpease the transition it is declaring July Freedom from Fines month.During the month of July, library users can bring back overdue itemsand the fines will be waived. The library is also eliminating old fines for those ...
JA Z Z B E AT Hot 8 Brass Band a Cityfolk highlight
Jul 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- The Hot 8 Brass Band routinely wows listeners with itsforwardlooking approach to music, its funk- and hip-hop-inspiredexperimentation. But make no mistake: this New Orleans outfit, which appears aspart of the Cityfolk Festival today, marches to the beat of century-old ...
Chatters on Web site take on the issue of 'respect'
Jul 01, 2007; ... Recently at 937moms.com local moms discussed children and theirbad attitudes: "(I)t amazes me that I hear so many kids talk to their parents,grandparents and caregivers with such disrespect! ... Could it bebecause as parents we were so afraid of disciplining this ...
Seen & Overheard
Jul 01, 2007 ... SPAM-A-LOT The Ohio State Fair is hosting a Great American Spam Championshiprecipe contest for adults and kids (and no, we're not kidding). Therecipes must combine any variety of the meat product made by Hormelwith up to nine other ingredients, with the final dish delivered ...
'Industrial athletes' earn every penny
Jul 01, 2007; ... MORAINE -- This crew earns every penny. Coming off eight hours onthe General Motors Corp. SUV assembly line in Moraine, that's theonly possible assessment. If you've seen GM assemblers in action on amoving vehicle line, you've witnessed practiced workers making atough job look easy. But ...
Steinbach: Browns resemble Bengals at similar stage
Jul 01, 2007; ... Eric Steinbach knows a rebuilding project when he sees one. Thefifth-year guard was with the Bengals when head coach Marvin Lewistook them from horrible to mediocre in one season. Can the Browns, Steinbach's new team, make such a leap, keeping inmind that advancing to 8-8 would ...
Brians impress Kissell
Jul 01, 2007; ... University of Dayton athletic director Ted Kissell was discussinghow things are different now than during the school season: "The rhythm of things changes in the summer. We're not in ouroperational mode where, with all the sports, there seems to be a gameevery night and on ...
Buddies take down NBA 3-point king
Jul 01, 2007; ... Even though it was three against one, Wilmington resident ToddPrice still felt like he and his two buddies were the underdogs. The game was a 3-point shootout. The opponent was Reggie Miller,the NBA record-holder for career 3-pointers (2,560). As winner of a Meijer ...
Lohse on track as Reds beat Cards Ross breaks 0-for-14 slump with home run to help starting pitcher end losing streak as Cincinnati avoids topping 50 losses at midpoint.
Jul 01, 2007; ... CINCINNATI -- For nearly an hour before Saturday's game againstthe St. Louis Cardinals, several members of the Cincinnati Reds satin the clubhouse watching a television show called "Train Wrecks." Could anything be more apropos for this train-wreck of a season inwhich the Reds are ...
Self-described consultant paid by county GOP's secret fund He says he was assigned to work with four candidates seeking office in 2000.
Jul 01, 2007; ... Montgomery County Republican Party secret funds that were supposedto be limited to paying operating costs were instead used to pay apolitical consultant who said his work in 2000 involved directlyhelping four local candidates facing Democratic opponents in countyraces. Ray ...
Term limits will squash Dayton-area seniority after next year
Jul 01, 2007; ... COLUMBUS --When future political archaeologists sift through therecords at the Ohio Statehouse and study this year's wheeling anddealing on a new state budget, they're likely to say: "Wow, thoseguys from the Dayton area sure had lots of juice." But then they'lladd: "What term limits ...
Nothing's cooler than a free festival
Jul 01, 2007 ... Caption ...
Correction
Jul 01, 2007 ... In Saturday's edition, page A1, the story headlined "Tattoo eventleaves its military ...
Secrecy wasn't going to save Antioch College
Jul 01, 2007 ... One of the more remarkable statements made in the wake of theannouncement of Antioch College's closing was by President StevenLawry. He said the reason he didn't tell anybody on campus that thedecision was coming was that he didn't know. The fact that no public warning was ...
Family, friends question police shooting of man
Jul 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- Alan D. Whitaker's family and friends were searching foranswers Saturday, a day after he was shot to death by police officerscalled to his exwife's East Dayton home. "There's something not right," Whitaker's mother, Louise Guinn,81, said. Guinn said she and ...
Old Edison Elementary to be leveled by winter, replaced in 2009
Jul 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- Edison Elementary School will be demolished by winterleaving a vacant lot on a Broadway Street site that has held a schoolat least since the 1930s. But the lot won't stay vacant for long. A new Edison Elementarywill rise on the site by 2009, and the replacement school ...
Restored Corvettes draw crowds Enthusiasts gather at Carillon Historical Park to admire the sporty General Motors model.
Jul 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- There were red convertibles, 435-horsepower engines,hood scoops, leather interiors and shiny front grilles. For a day,the vintage Chevrolet Corvettes reminded viewers why they are reveredby auto enthusiasts among the storied U.S. muscle cars. The National Corvette ...
Artists together again
Jul 01, 2007; ... 51-72-40 could be a locker combination, but in the case of the2007 Wright State Juried Alumni Exhibit it's a series of numbers thatrepresents the intriguing artworks to see by turning right, left andthen right again in the spacious tworoom, two-story gallery at theCreative Arts Center on ...
Come learn how to be a director
Jul 01, 2007; ... If directors are made, not born, community theaters should be goodplaces to learn the basics of casting, interpreting a script,rehearsing toward a goal, staging scenes, working with designers andchanging battle plans in reaction to the unexpected. Two area community theaters are ...
It's worth trotting out to Xenia to see 'Blue Jacket'
Jul 01, 2007; ... We're the sort of family that does a lot of the stuff there is todo in the area where we find ourselves ... you know, museums,festivals, shows and the like. If they have it, we check it out. From examining the Boonshoft's bug drawers to antiquing inWaynesville, from hiking ...
Look out Dayton! It's Gustafer Yellowgold Musical 'alien' makes a return trip to the Dayton area
Jul 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- The friendly alien Gustafer Yellowgold is making areturn trip to Dayton today. Gustafer came to Earth from the Sun several years ago and set uphousekeeping in Minnesota. His existence, however, was conceived inthe imagination of friendly musician and illustrator Morgan ...
artful leadership DAI'S NEW DIRECTOR POSITIONED ALLENTOWN MUSEUM TO THRIVE IN ALL CORNERS OF THAT COMMUNITY
Jul 01, 2007; ... LLENTOWN, Pa. -- When a office 2002 Allentown David , had theBrigham executive just Art one Museum arrived piece director at in ofthe art 's on display. "It was a dark landscape and seemed dreary," says Brigham, whosoon replaced the painting with an assortment of others -- ...
Starship landing at Summer Arts Festival
Jul 01, 2007; ... Never before had so many people put so much faith into a pair ofcolossal red dice as a means of exterminating one rock group. And yet, back in the '80s, Starship survived being chased by giantrolling dice in the video for "We Built This City." But that didn't mean they were ...
Lexus dealership helps customers connect with adoptable animals
Jul 01, 2007; ... It might not be the last place you would expect to find a dogroaming around -- but it's probably a surprise to many customerslooking for a car not a canine. Lexus of Dayton is doing its part to find homes for dogs availablefor adoption from the Humane Society of Greater Dayton ....
Say what? Column about Marilyn Monroe exhibit brings bombshell of disparate reactions
Jul 01, 2007; ... My wife was right. As usual. "Oh, D.L.," she said after she hadfinished reading last Sunday's column, "you'll get negative reactionon this one." "This one" was a tongue-in-cheek column concerning the about-to-be-departed Marilyn Monroe exhibit at the Dayton Art Institute ....
HISTORY COMES ALIVE AT ARLINGTON FROM JFK'S GRAVESITE TO THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS, NATIONAL CEMETERY OFFERS A GLIMPSE INTO OUR NATION'S PAST
Jul 01, 2007; ... A president's grave The eternal flame burns at the grave of President John F. Kennedy,who is buried between his wife, Jacqueline, two of their twochildren. Nearby is the grave of Robert F. Kennedy. High on a hill inthe background is Arlington House, a restored memorial to ...
Field of honor ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY IS A PLACE OF REFLECTION AND REMEMBRANCE
Jul 01, 2007; ... ARLINGTON, Va. -- If the Fourth of July is a great excuse for hotdogs, parades and fireworks, it's also a good reason to remember those who made those things possible. And there's no more appropriate place for that than Arlington National Cemetery. Four ...
Life on the line Starting at 7:01 a.m., it's a nonstop workday for employees on the assembly line at Moraine's GM plant
Jul 01, 2007; ... MORAINE -- It's 6:30 on a perfect June morning, and General Motors-Moraine is waking up. Not that the Stroop Road truck assembly plant ever truly sleeps.Although it lost a third shift last summer, the plant retains amaintenance crew, medical personnel and security throughout ...
Unlike O'Neill, Dunn enjoys swinging for those fences
Jul 01, 2007 ... Hal McCoy, the hall-of-fame baseball writer for the Dayton DailyNews, knows a thing or two about America's pastime. If you want totap into that knowledge, send an e-mail tohmccoy@DaytonDailyNews.com. For more Ask Hal, log on toDaytonDailyNews.com/reds. Q If Ken Griffey Jr. has ...
Caddie Classic's proceeds top $1M after the tourney turns 20
Jul 01, 2007; ... Nineteen years ago a group of seven former caddies, all graduatesof the Evans Scholarship program, conducted an invitationaltournament at California Golf Course, a public facility inCincinnati. They raised $300 for the Evans program and had no idea how muchthat number would grow ...
Record may not bring respect or adulation Cloud from steroid allegations has kept fans from embracing slugger's bid to become the new home run king.
Jul 01, 2007; ... SAN FRANCISCO -- Baseball's home run record ranks as the mostprized in all of American sports, coming with a title that reflectsits regality. Is Barry Bonds so worthy? Babe Ruth was a true Home Run King, reaching the feat in a fashionfit for the excesses of the Roaring ...
No charters, lots of fan interaction in WNBA
Jul 01, 2007; ... Back in April, Alison Bales got the thrill of a lifetime when shewas selected with the No. 9 pick in the WNBA draft. But starting her professional basketball career with theIndianapolis-based Indiana Fever wasn't the only positive. Thelocation of her team was of equal value ....
B R I A N G R EG O RY Q & A Flyers basketball coach looks forward, feels pressure to win
Jul 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- With one of his four-day summer basketball camps havingjust ended on the old Fieldhouse court down below, UD basketballcoach Brian Gregory sat down with me in his second-floor office atthe Frericks Center on Thursday and talked for more than an hourabout the state of Flyers ...
Bald eagles drop off list, but they're still protected
Jul 01, 2007; ... I don't believe the removal of the bald eagle from the EndangeredSpecies Act's list of threatened species is all that big of a deal. While the official status of the bald eagle is changing, it's notlike hunters are going out to shoot America's national bird out ofthe sky. And it's ...
Oprah probably didn't enjoy NBA draft
Jul 01, 2007; ... Coming out of spring training, nobody figured the Reds would betaking BP in October, but this is getting ridiculous. Heading intoSaturday night's game, Cincinnati had to finish the season 78-4 tomatch the franchise's best record (108-54 in 1975). A slam dunk: I watched nearly four ...
Count UD AD among Flyer faithful
Jul 01, 2007; ... Down on the Frericks Center basketball courts, all of the DaytonFlyers players on next season's team -- already on campus takingsummer classes -- were helping run one of coach Brian Gregory's youthcamps. Out in the community, the new premium seating campaign that willrequire ...
White defends using secret fund to keep party position Key Republican says he regrets that 'civil war' has had a lasting impact on local Republicans.
Jul 01, 2007; ... State Rep. John J. White stands by his decision to spend partymoney from a secret operating fund to fight off a challenge to hisleadership of the Montgomery County Republican Party in 2004. But even though he used donors' money -- $53,801 of it just forprinting and phone calls -- ...
Area congressmen shift strategies Now part of the minority, the Republicans change the way they work to get results.
Jul 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON -- For the past six months, Reps. John Boehner, MikeTurner and David Hobson have operated under a new world order. As members of the Republican majority, all three had clout andpositions of leadership. They could introduce bills that could,conceivably, reach a floor ...
Strickland signs budget; Riverside's WPAFB tax banned Governor's line-item vetoes include cutting special education vouchers to be used at private schools.
Jul 01, 2007; ... COLUMBUS -- Gov. Ted Strickland on Saturday signed the $52.3billion, two-year state budget, which included a ban on the municipalincome tax that Riverside has been imposing on some civilianemployees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Strickland used his line-item veto 38 times, ...
Stivers fights to hang on to what sets it apart
Jul 01, 2007; ... During the past few years, I'd occasionally receive an e-mail froma friend who volunteers at Dayton's Stivers School for the Arts. Since his retirement in 2004, Bill Pflaum, who was my boss duringthe 2 1 / 2 years I worked at the Mazer Corp., has been spending 30hours each week ...
Schools want closer relationship with neighbors Dayton Public Schools likely to change busing policies to keep students in schools close to where they live.
Jul 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- Mary Taylor lives half a block from Edison ElementarySchool, and sees children walking to and from there every school day. But most of the students attending classes at Edison arrive onbuses, a vestige of decades of busing to achieve racial balance inthe district's ...
GOP sought to hide names of secret-fund donors The fund, which paid the salary of then-chairman Jeff Jacobson, prompted a state investigation.
Jul 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- Montgomery County Republican Party officials wereworried in 2004 that a state investigation would reveal the names ofdonors who secretly poured nearly $800,000 into party coffers. So worried in fact, their attorney told state officials thatcopying the names might not be ...
Folks get a taste of Dayton flair, New Orleans flavor at festival The Hot 8 Brass Band will lead procession through festival onto Cityfolk Main Stage.
Jul 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- The Hot 8 Brass Band paraded down Monument AvenueSaturday, leading a procession of kids waving red, white and bluebatons through crowded the street during the second day of the 2007Cityfolk Festival. "We do it every Sunday in New Orleans," Harry "Swamp Thang" Cooksaid ...
Antioch explains deferred payments, jump in expenses Questions about the college's finances have emerged after closing announcement.
Jul 01, 2007; ... YELLOW SPRINGS -- Additional financial details provided by AntiochUniversity last week shows that 2005-06 total compensation for twoadministrators included one-time deferred compensation of around$200,000 each. The university's accountant also explained how a portion of ...
Woman uses birthday for good cause
Jul 01, 2007; ... A big 60th birthday. How should the milestone be celebrated? Thatwas the question Kathy Fortney of Miamisburg said she asked herselfas her July 15 birthday approaches. Fortney, a retired Miamisburg school teacher, said some of herfriends offered suggestions. "Some said I ...
Veteran, South Korea native help commemorate Korean war Prosperity of South Korea today 'is proof we did the right thing' in Korean War, says Air Force veteran.
Jul 01, 2007; ... DAYTON -- The costly sacrifices of American troops in the 1950s todefend South Korea against a communist invasion have paid off bypreserving that country as a democracy, thriving economy and U.S.ally, speakers said Saturday at an annual ceremony commemorating theend of the Korean War ....
Dragons fall to Wizards
Jul 01, 2007; ... FORT WAYNE -- After losing seven of eight games to Dayton in thefirst half of the season, Fort Wayne continued to turn the tables onthe Dragons Saturday night with a convincing 14-5 win. The Wizards, who won Friday 5-1, erupted for six runs in thesecond and four in the fourth and ...
S P E A K U P
Jul 02, 2007 ... Fireworks laws and restrictions are as big a joke as ourimmigration laws. The sovereignty of our country is under attack by the brain-deadpoliticians in Washington, D.C. There can be no immigration reformuntil our borders are sealed. Those laws are already on the books.It's time ...
Managing collegians 'been fun'
Jul 02, 2007; ... XENIA -- The sounds and sights around the Athletes In ActionStadium are a relentless "thwack" of the ball making contact with thewooden bat. On the makeshift mound is sweat-soaked Ron Oester, throwingbatting practice to his visiting Cincinnati Steam players. Oesterendeared ...
Village waiting for repercussions of Antioch closing Yellow Springs concerned with what to do with surplus of energy and loss of income tax.
Jul 02, 2007; ... YELLOW SPRINGS -- The shock of losing its largest employer hasleft the village with a lot of energy and a tighter budget on thehorizon. Village Manager Eric Swansen is trying to determine how AntiochCollege closing in 2008 will impact the village's $1.5 milliongeneral fund and ...
Narron is casualty of Reds' losing record
Jul 02, 2007; ... Perhaps Leo Durocher was right. Nice guys do finish last. No doubt that is not the legacy Jerry Narron wanted to leave withthe baseball fans of the Cincinnati Reds, but he is a nice guy and,sadly, the Reds are well on their way to finishing in last place inthe National League's ...
Last-place Reds fire manager Narron
Jul 02, 2007; ... CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati Reds manager Jerry Narron was firedSunday after his team suffered its 51st defeat in 82 games, an 11-7loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. He is expected to be replaced byPete Mackanin, the team's Major League advance scout. Narron, speaking only to the Dayton ...
Water ban could end this week in Greene County Commissioner Perales says plans are in motion to raise capacity and search for more well site locations.
Jul 02, 2007; ... There is a good chance a watering ban for some Greene Countyresidents could move to an odd/even day watering schedule this week,Greene County Commissioner Rick Perales said Friday. "Thanks to residents' compliance, the system is charged andhealthy," Perales said. "The water ...
Brothers who killed mom up for release The three pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence in 2003.
Jul 02, 2007; ... DAYTON -- Five years after their mother's strangulation, threebrothers convicted of killing her will appear in a judicial releasehearing today. Charles Robert "Bobby" Call, 26, and his half brothers,Christopher L. Sullivan and Gary S. Sullivan, both 21, will appearbefore ...
'X' is for 'exciting' in Motocross
Jul 02, 2007; ... DAYTON -- On the back of Motocross rider Matt Buyten's left armthere is a scar nobody can miss. "I got flung away from the bike and then it smacked me," Buytensaid. "It broke my humourous bone it two spots." On Sunday spectators at Hara Arena saw just how that could ...
Griffey ready to welcome Bonds
Jul 02, 2007; ... CINCINNATI -- As far as the media is concerned, it isn't the SanFrancisco Giants coming to town Tuesday, it is Barry Bonds and thepursuit of home runs. Because both their fathers played in the majors and they spenttime together as kids, Bonds and Ken Griffey Jr. go back a long ...
School talks can't ignore today's kids Students can't repeat childhood
Jul 02, 2007 ... Dayton Public Schools recently considered ending its summerliteracy program before the end of the scheduled three weeks. Theprogram, which began in mid-June, was financially premised on 300children participating. That number was used to justify the teacher expense, the cost ...
Narron: 'It breaks my heart' Former Reds manager says he was told 'they were going to try something different,' wishes team well.
Jul 02, 2007; ... CINCINNATI -- Jerry Narron, in an exclusive interview with TheDayton Daily News, confirmed Sunday night that he has been fired asmanager of the Cincinnati Reds and is likely being replaced by theteam's advance scout, Pete Mackanin. The Reds confirmed only that Narron was fired ...