Dayton Daily News back issues from January 2008:
Winslow sees Quinn as starter ; Browns tight end says that rookie QB should eventually get nod over Anderson.
Jan 01, 2008; ... BEREA -- Browns tight end Kellen Winslow is not one to mincewords. He remained true to form Monday on the subject of whichquarterback will lead the team. While lobbying for neither, Winslow thinks Brady Quinn eventuallywill get the nod over Derek Anderson, who struggled down the ...
The curious type
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Lewis envisions some changes are on the way for Bengals
Jan 01, 2008; ... CINCINNATI -- The Bengals saved their best for last, winning thefinal two games of the season for the first time since 2004. They also suffered their first losing season since 2002 -- theyear before Marvin Lewis became head coach. Their reward for finishing 7-9 -- under .500 ...
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Jan 01, 2008 ... Ringing in ...
Boat shows the same, but dates are pushed back
Jan 01, 2008; ... If you enjoy attending boat and outdoor shows during the winter,you will have to adjust your calendar this year. The shows arepretty much the same, but the dates have changed. The Cincinnati Travel, Sports and Boat Show, which has been heldin early January the last couple of ...
Creating interest a formidable foe for UD
Jan 01, 2008; ... DAYTON -- As he walked through the raucous University of DaytonArena crowd Saturday night while the Flyers were dismantling Pitt,Dayton's women's basketball coach Jim Jabir had two thoughts -- oneabout the scene, the other about Brian Gregory: "Everywhere you looked people were ...
We're from here and couldn't be prouder
Jan 01, 2008; ... Looks like you don't have to go far to see a quality collegebasketball team. In the Miami Valley, there are two: the University of Dayton andWright State. And it's not just because UD knocked off Pittsburgh on Saturday,vaulting into 20th place in the Associated Press poll ...
From the police blotter
Jan 01, 2008 ... Continuing our look at unusual items from area policedepartments, we close 2007 with The Best of the Police Blotter: Boy, 11, reportedly choked for shooting darts at child DAYTON -- June 8: An 11-year-old boy playing in the 1000 block ofTrieschman Ave. shot another child in ...
YOUR LETTERS
Jan 01, 2008 ... Trains, trolleys could help congestion Among the multitude of problems facing us -- such as energy andoil shortages, population growth and illegal immigration, increasingurbanization and decreasing farmland to feed this explodingpopulation, plus predictions of longer life spans -- ...
UD cracks national poll after four years
Jan 01, 2008; ... DAYTON -- The University of Dayton men's basketball team hasgotten off to a rollicking start this season, and the collegebasketball world has taken notice. The Flyers, who have won 10 straight games and upset No. 6Pittsburgh by 25 points on national TV on Saturday, are ranked ...
Officer hit truck after avoiding a deer
Jan 01, 2008; ... CEDARVILLE -- A Cedarville police officer died Monday night whenhe swerved his car to avoid hitting a deer along U.S. 42 andcollided with an oncoming pickup truck. The officer, driving a Chevrolet Cobalt, was traveling northalong U.S. 42 on his way to work about 6:30 p.m. when the ...
A tip from Ol' Saint Ron
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Seen & Overheard
Jan 01, 2008 ... KEEPING IT POSITIVE Much like Christian congregations did for Mel Gibson's film, "ThePassion of the Christ," black Americans locally and throughout thecountry are showing up in droves for Oprah Winfrey's "The GreatDebaters," starring and directed by Denzel Washington ....
Recognition nice, but more to do, warns Gregory
Jan 01, 2008; ... DAYTON -- University of Dayton men's basketball coach BrianGregory doesn't just want to make an appearance in the nationalpolls. He's trying to build a program that will stay there. A blow-out of No. 6 Pittsburgh on national TV and a 10-gamewinning streak catapulted the Flyers to ...
Sports headlines
Jan 01, 2008; ... Wright State's Brown Horizon player of week Wright State sophomore Todd Brown scored 47 points in two games,leading the Raiders to the Dr Pepper Classic championship inChattanooga, Tenn., over the weekend. He was tournament MVP, and wasnamed Horizon League player of the week on ...
Re-signing unrestricted free agents top Bengals priority
Jan 01, 2008; ... CINCINNATI -- Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis wouldn't mentionnames, but the unrestricted free agents likely to emerge as highpriorities are linebackers Landon Johnson and Dhani Jones, andoffensive tackle Stacy Andrews. Defensive end Justin Smith also would be welcome back, but ...
Bad census news might just hold seeds of better times
Jan 01, 2008 ... Turning the page. There are new years, and there are new years. The beginning of anelection year in this country is almost like the beginning of a newdecade. We tell American time according to who was president, likepeople who talk about Chinese history use the names of ...
Fort Piqua Hotel project gets tax credit
Jan 01, 2008; ... PIQUA -- A year after renovations kicked off on the historic FortPiqua Hotel, the state has approved tax credits for the multimilliondollar project. A combination of federal, state and local grants, tax credits anddollars, plus around $4 million in private funds is being used ...
State to bid Guard members good-bye ; Almost 250 members of the 37th Infantry Brigade are heading to Texas for training and then Kuwait.
Jan 01, 2008; ... SPRINGFIELD -- Churches, schools and auditoriums across Ohio willhold deployment ceremonies this week in anticipation of the largestunit call-up of National Guard soldiers since World War II. On Saturday, Southgate Baptist Church, 2111 S. Center Blvd., willhold a public deployment ...
Marine faces court-martial in deaths ; Charges related to alleged botched investigation into 2005 killings of 24 Iraqi citizens
Jan 01, 2008; ... Springboro High School graduate and Marine 1st Lt. Andrew Graysonwill face a court-martial on charges related to the deaths of 24Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005, the Marine Corps announcedMonday. Grayson, 26, will stand trial on charges of making false officialstatements, ...
BETTER GET YOUR GEAR, THE BUCKEYES ARE ABOUT TO BATTLE FOR THE NATIONAL TITLE
Jan 01, 2008; ... You've got the jersey and the scarlet and gray cap, but is thatBuckeye enough? From baby pacifiers to stopwatches, there areliterally hundreds of products for fans looking to show theirsupport for the Ohio State University football team as it faces offJan. 7 against the LSU Tigers in the ...
Season's first taste of snow
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GAME ON ; Once Hannah Montana is dragged into the mix, you know the BCS title game thing is huge. HUGE!
Jan 01, 2008; ... Please don't be insulted, The Ohio State University footballfans, but there is reason to suspect that fans of the LouisianaState University football team are every bit as nutty as you are. All sports fans are nuts to some degree, of course. How else doyou explain $275 million ...
I resolve ... ; We've all made fitness goals in the past. Here are some ways to follow through in 2008
Jan 01, 2008; ... Resolutions are an opportunity for us to create positive goals.Unfortunately, on average, most health and fitness resolutions lastonly about four weeks, and then its back to old habits. Here aresome suggestions to help keep you on track this year: No more excuses. We often justify ...
OSU delays leaving for title game ; Hoping to avoid distractions, the Buckeyes will not head to New Orleans until five days before the game.
Jan 01, 2008; ... Last season, the Ohio State football team was almost toocomfortable when it arrived in Phoenix for the national championshipgame well before New Year's Day. The Buckeyes, after all, had playedthree of their past four bowl games in the area. "People were talking about this place ...
OSU bowl travel costs about $2 million ; Money comes from $17 million Big Ten gets for being in game
Jan 01, 2008; ... Several times a day, Pete Hagan edits one of the manyspreadsheets concerning the BCS championship game and prints thecorrections, replacing the old copy in a designated file. One list,for instance, might include special needs for hotel rooms. Anotherconcerns charter flights ....
Unbeaten 'Boro proves itself vs. Hoosier power
Jan 01, 2008; ... North Central almost permanently imprinted its name on its ownholiday tournament championship trophy. The Indiana high school girls' basketball powerhouse has won itsince 2000. That is until last Friday when Springboro claimed theevent. Playing a two-time state champion in ...
UD women rebound under Jabir
Jan 01, 2008; ... As Sunday afternoon gave way to evening, University of Daytonwomen's basketball coach Jim Jabir did something he has notpreviously done. Sing on key? Dance real smooth? "No way!" laughed Nikki Oakland, his senior center. "He sings atthe top of his lungs and he has ...
OCTOBER 20, OHIO STADIUM OHIOSTATE24 MICHIGANSTATE17 ; Late surge can't save Spartans
Jan 01, 2008; ... Top Offensive Performance: Chris Wells again wears down anopponent with 31 carries for 221 yards and a touchdown, his fifth100-yard game after totaling 102 yards in the previous two. Top Defensive Performance: Junior Malcolm Jenkins comes up fromthe secondary to make eight tackles ...
Cleveland shaping up to be the team to beat in 2008 season
Jan 01, 2008; ... BEREA -- Joshua Cribbs was asked Monday if he thought the Brownsare now the team to beat next season in the AFC North. The Pro Bowl kick returner answer was a resounding "yes." And, he added, "I feel like if we would have been in theplayoffs, we would have been the team to ...
Film to document plight of Ethiopian Jews ; Local filmmaker Aileen LeBlanc is directing the saga of oppressed black Jews going to the Promised Land
Jan 01, 2008; ... "Take Us Home" is a film-in-progress by local producer/directorAileen LeBlanc that documents the airlift of Ethiopian Jews fromtheir native land to the Promised Land. "Their black Jewish culture goes back thousands of years whenthey were forced into the mountains of Gondar," ...
Hearing on sex offenses delayed
Jan 01, 2008; ... TROY -- Prosecutors and defense lawyers met behind closed doorswith a Miami County judge Monday before agreeing to a week delay fora hearing on a legal challenge of a new Ohio law reclassifyingconvicted sex offenders and changing registration requirements. Troy lawyer Jose Lopez ...
Students looking for college aid need to start application process
Jan 01, 2008; ... Today is the first day college-bound high school seniors andtheir families can begin the cumbersome task of applying for federalfinancial aid, and the U.S. Department of Education and studentlenders are reminding families to start the process early and by thepriority filing deadlines of ...
Area woman benefits from new implant ; Springfield resident Holbrook the first patient in southwest Ohio to receive artificial cervical disc.
Jan 01, 2008; ... KETTERING -- For two years, the pain radiated through AliceHolbrook's left arm to her fingertips. Physical therapy and medication provided no relief for the 44-year-old Springfield area resident and mother of five. "Nothing worked," said Holbrook, who was diagnosed with ...
A Great Blue Heron takes morning flight
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P H OTO S O F T H E Y E A R 2 0 07 No need for hot sauce
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My wish list of positive things for the new year
Jan 01, 2008; ... On this first day of the new year I always take time to list someof the things I am thankful for as we head down new paths and greetnew adventures. I remain positive and list things that just pop into my mind inno specific order. - The Dayton Dragons' opening day (April 7) ...
SPEAK UP
Jan 01, 2008 ... America's No. 1 resolution should be to get out of the worlddomination business. Levers may be slowly replacing door knobs because you can opendoors with a flick instead of a turn, but levers ...
Getting all dolled up
Jan 01, 2008 ... Actress Sunny Thompson (right) transforms herself into MarilynMonroe for the one-woman play "Forever Blond." ...
Cedarville mourns officer who died ; Casey Terrell loved law enforcement, says the village's police chief.
Jan 02, 2008; ... CEDARVILLE -- Casey Terrell was a natural at the job, a fearlesspolice officer who could sniff out trouble and turn a minor trafficstop into a drug bust, his boss said Tuesday. "He had something other officers don't have," Cedarville policeChief Chris Gillaugh said a day after ...
State, feds OK inner-city street work ; Project will involve area around Grandview Hospital, Dayton Art Institute.
Jan 02, 2008; ... DAYTON -- The Ohio Department of Transportation and the FederalHighway Administration have said a plan to improve roads aroundGrandview Hospital, the Dayton Art Institute and the Masonic Templepasses environmental standards. With the approval, the city of Dayton can move forward ...
WOMEN (13-2)
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YOUR LETTERS
Jan 02, 2008 ... Column left out 2 important facts Re "Is U.S. starting to lose its lust for executions?," Dec. 20:In his feel-good commentary, Tom Teepen leaves out two importantfacts: - There is no mention of additional murders committed by properlyconvicted killers who kill again in ...
OSU gets it done with fewer 5-star recruits ; Developing lesser-known players who have the right attitude -- like Laurinaitis and Jenkins -- works, too.
Jan 02, 2008; ... COLUMBUS -- Ohio State hasn't been putting together bannerrecruiting classes year after year, at least not compared to thelikes of Notre Dame and Southern Cal. But at least one recruiting analyst believes he knows the reasonthe Buckeyes still have managed to win 30 of their last ...
Bengals need leaders, maybe a Hall of Fame
Jan 02, 2008; ... A retired Dayton Daily News editorial writer once told me his jobwas to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." Here's my post-New Year's Day attempt: - What's stale in Bengaldom? A fractured locker room in desperate need of leadership; apredictable ...
Dayton second worst Ohio city for stolen cars in '06 ; One of every 59 registered vehicles was stolen; only Cleveland had a higher rate, according to a study.
Jan 02, 2008; ... The number of car thefts is dropping locally and statewide,according to the latest data from local police and the FBI. A report by the Ohio Insurance Institute released in lateDecember said tracking devices and other auto theft deterrents arethe reason behind the decline ....
Sheriff's crusade on illegals to continue ; 'I will continue to educate the public about the problem . . . with illegal aliens coming into this county,' he says.
Jan 02, 2008; ... HAMILTON -- Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones' mantra forthe past 30 months has been that federal and state governments mustdo something about illegal immigrants clogging the court system,overflowing jails and talking jobs from Americans. Others have now joined the sentiment ...
Seen & Overheard
Jan 02, 2008 ... ARENA ARIA American operatic tenor Daniel Holmes, who is in town preparingto sing the role of Macduff in the Dayton Opera's forthcomingproduction of Verdi's (based on Shakespeare's) "Macbeth," isscheduled to sing the national anthem at the University of DaytonFlyers basketball ...
Voinovich's anger comes years late
Jan 02, 2008 ... In recent months, U.S. Sen. George Voinovich has devotedattention to the predatory lending crisis in Ohio. He, for instance, co-sponsored a bill that would make certainkinds of mortgage refinancings easier. Here's the idea: One strategy for keeping struggling borrowers who ...
Johnson puts the 'D' in UD hoops ; Sophomore's defense and shooting style are unique; Flyers host Akron tonight.
Jan 02, 2008; ... DAYTON -- For University of Dayton coach Brian Gregory, sellingincoming players on the value of defense is usually like being aparent trying to convince kids to eat vegetables. But whenever Marcus Johnson has been asked to put the clamps onan opponent, it's tantamount to telling ...
Masons plan dinner, tour Jan. 19 to help Special Olympians
Jan 02, 2008; ... The beautiful Dayton Masonic Temple, sitting majestically on thehill next to the Dayton Art Institute across the Great Miami Riverfrom downtown Dayton, will be celebrating two events Jan. 19. The members of Solar Lodge 730 will mark the bicentennial ofFreemasonry in Ohio with a ...
Sonic addition drives in to local restaurant mix in several locations ; Kentucky-based franchisee plans to open 30 stores around Dayton over five years.
Jan 02, 2008; ... A franchisee of Sonic Inc. drivein restaurants plans to openstores in Kettering, Huber Heights, Beavercreek and Celina in 2008as its regional expansion continues. The franchisee, Houchens Industries Inc., already has selectedsites in these cities and has received zoning approvals, ...
Are you saving enough dough? ; Research says many get caught up in peer pressure and impulse shopping.
Jan 02, 2008; ... More than half of Americans aren't saving enough and many --especially the younger set -- can blame impulse shopping and peerpressure, according to a study recently released by the ConsumerFederation of America and Wachovia Corp. The research "reaffirms what Wachovia has already ...
Leaping on the leap year bandwagon ; 2008 brings with it an extra day full of possibilities
Jan 02, 2008; ... Happy leap year, fine citizen. Let me be among the first towelcome you to leap year 2008. I am pleased to inform you that youare certainly in for a marvelous leap year, indeed. How do I know? It is in the calendar, and I said so. For uno, there is only one Friday the 13th ...
TWO TASTES ONE CHAMP ; Mix bayou and heartland in your BCS buffet
Jan 02, 2008; ... If you're planning a get-together to watch the BCS bowl game,don't take sides in the kitchen. The Buckeyes and Tigers may bebattling for college football supremacy, but when Louisianaspecialities are served alongside Midwestern beef, all is right inthe culinary world. We ...
ROAD TO REDEMPTION: 2007 OHIO STATE FOOTBALL OCTOBER 27, BEAVER STADIUM, STATE COLLEGE, PA. OHIOSTATE37 PENNSTATE17 ; Beaver Stadium 'white out' turns into Ohio State rout as Buckeyes improve to 9-0
Jan 02, 2008; ... Top Offensive Performance: Quarterback Todd Boeckman controls thegame by completing 19-of-26 passes for 253 yards and threetouchdowns. He handles the intense Beaver Stadium atmosphere withcoolness and precision. Top Defensive Performance: Marcus Freeman (Wayne) not only has ...
Buckeyes' 2005 recruits exceeded expectations ; Many key contributors to championship run arrived on campus with little fanfare.
Jan 02, 2008; ... COLUMBUS -- When Ohio State sophomore safety Anderson Russell wasfinishing his career at Atlanta powerhouse Marist High School, hedidn't have to sift through an array of scholarship offers or endureimpassioned recruiting pitches before deciding on a college. The only other ...
Dayton family celebrates the first birth of 2008 ; The new year's second delivery at Miami Valley Hospital is born to a mother who also shares her son's New Year's Day birthday
Jan 02, 2008; ... DAYTON -- Adreia McMahon -- baby on a mission. Obviously determined to be the first baby born in Greater Daytonthis year, Adreia pushed her way into the world at 2:47 a.m., just20 minutes after her parents arrived at Miami Valley Hospital. Parents Adresia McMahon and Kevin ...
Cooperation increasing among local governments
Jan 02, 2008; ... The year that just ended featured some interesting developmentsin intergovernmental cooperation in Montgomery County. There's stilla lot of parochialism evident, but in 2007 the idea that it'ssometimes better to cooperate than compete is increasing. Of course, cooperation is ...
SPEAK UP
Jan 02, 2008 ... Re "Limits on lawsuit damages upheld," Dec. 28: As the OhioChamber of Commerce representative intimated: Companies can nowproject an "acceptable financial risk" of ...
Taking flight on a wing and a shiver
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Miami County considers new tech position
Jan 03, 2008; ... TROY -- Miami County Sanitary Engineering Departmentadministrators said they have enough construction projects in thepipeline to keep a full-time construction inspector busy for a fewyears. Hiring the person to handle the inspections as a county employeeis cheaper than hiring ...
Airstrip plans aired
Jan 03, 2008; ... MONROE TWP., MIAMI COUNTY -- Plans for a private airstrip insouthwest Monroe Twp. have nearby property owners airing concerns. Some appeared before the Miami County Board of Zoning Appeals onDec. 20 to hear about, and request more information, on the proposalby Richard Oaks of ...
Military notes
Jan 03, 2008 ... Tygett, Airman 1st Class Maurissa K., daughter of Scott J. andMary M. Tygett of Dayton, is serving as a medical technician withthe 36th Medical Operations Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base inGuam. Johnson, Air Force Staff Sgt. Djuan, son of Dannie Johnson ofDayton, is serving ...
SunWatch lecture series kicks off on Saturday
Jan 03, 2008; ... DAYTON -- Dennis Banks, co-founder of The American IndianMovement, will kick off SunWatch Indian Village/ ArchaeologicalPark's 2008 Contemporary Native Perspectives Lecture Series onSaturday. "His involvement in The American Indian Movement combined withhis current endeavors ...