Dayton Daily News back issues from May 2008:
Painting the town with flowers
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Book sale this weekend at library
May 01, 2008; ... BEAVERCREEK -- The Friends of the Beavercreek Library willsponsor a book sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 3, and 1 to3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the Beavercreek Library, 3618 Dayton-XeniaRoad. Members of the Friends will be admitted from 10 a.m. to noonSaturday. The sale ...
Cedar Cliff OKs open enrollment
May 01, 2008; ... CEDARVILLE -- The Cedar Cliff Local Board of Education voted toagain accept open enrollment students for the 2008-09 school year.Enrollment ...
Hughes named festival chairman
May 01, 2008; ... DAYTON -- Patrick Hughes, a Dayton Access Television producer,has been named Dayton International Festival Inc. honorary chairmanfor 2008. Hughes, of Dayton, will receive the honor at the 2008 A WorldA'Fair on May 16-18 at the Dayton Convention Center. Hughes is well-known ...
County to borrow voting machines
May 01, 2008; ... TROY -- Miami County election officials aren't too proud to useanother county's electronic voting machines. If legal arrangements can be made, locals will be heading toCuyahoga County to borrow around 50 voting machines -- banned foruse in that county by Secretary of State ...
Blasik's two blasts, 6 RBIs lift Valley View
May 01, 2008; ... Valley View shortstop Brian Blasik continued his white-hothitting with a pair of three-run home runs as the visiting Spartansdowned Eaton 7-5 Wednesday, April 30, in high school baseballaction. The senior had two homers and six RBIs for the second consecutivegame. The first ...
WSU knocks off rival UD
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Bicyclists to compete in Bull Run Farms Road Race on May 4
May 01, 2008; ... SPRINGBORO -- Competitive bicycle racing comes to Springboro onSunday, May 4, with the Bull Run Farms Road Race. The event demands the physical and mental resilience of runningand the concentration of auto racing. Spectators will get a chanceto see when the race will start from ...
Bots IQ battles are ahead ; Competition moves to Miami Valley Career Tech Center on Saturday for first of 2 competitions in 2008.
May 01, 2008; ... For everyone who loves to watch killer robots do mortal battle,take heed: Bots IQ is around the corner. This time, it's a bitdifferent. Oh, the student-built robots will still clash. What's newis the location, the Miami Valley Career Technology Center. And theday, a Saturday, May 3 ....
House OKs lending curbs ; Democrats were irked after amendment nearly derailed the bill that caps interest rates.
May 01, 2008; ... COLUMBUS -- After firing a shot across Democratic Gov. TedStrickland's bow, House Republicans -- at least most of them --joined forces with Democrats to pass legislation aimed at crackingdown on payday lending abuses. It includes a 28 percent interest rate cap, limits on the ...
Coalition to hold meeting
May 01, 2008; ... Teenage drinking and drug use is an issue that is not unique toany one community, but impacts the lives of youth and families ofour region on a daily basis and costs our young people dearly interms of lost potential, lost opportunities, lost resources andsometimes even lost lives ....
Reading-themed track meet to collect children's books
May 01, 2008; ... CENTERVILLE -- It'll be a dual track and field meet with adifferent touch. The Warriors-Elks Challenge will be held at theCenterville Stadium on Friday, May 2. Organizers are calling it "The Race To Read." Leading up to theevent, each team will collect children's books for the ...
Mundane TV? Not anymore
May 01, 2008; ... SPRINGBORO -- Last week the co-hosts looked into the camera andwelcomed viewers to the 37th issue of "Springboro 45066," the TVnews magazine broadcast for six years on Channel 6 in Kettering,Oakwood, Moraine and Springboro. Springboro Mayor John Agenbroad and his co-host, Don ...
All Children's Theatre to do Mulan
May 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON TWP., Montgomery County -- Washington Twp.'s Town HallTheatre presents the All Children's Theatre production of Disney'sMulan Jr. from May 1-18. The production opens with a special opening matinee at 4:30 p.m.today, May 1, followed by performances on Fridays at 7:30 ...
Job-shadow group thinks of tomorrow
May 01, 2008; ... A group of 20 Centerville High School students participated inYouth in government Day in Centerville on Tuesday, April 29, jobshadowing officials. The group has set high goals . Among them was senior Erin Petree, a National Honor Societymember who plans to attend Indiana ...
Garrigan set for Div. I sectional ; The senior, a standout soccer player, looks to make a mark in tennis in a higher division.
May 01, 2008; ... BELLBROOK -- Bellbrook's David Garrigan might be the best well-known and unknown high school tennis player in the Dayton area. All of the Division II players know him as one of the top three D-II singles players, along with Ben Roeser of Waynesville, AddisonWille of Oakwood and ...
Fairborn grad earns Academic All-MAC honors
May 01, 2008; ... Jessica Neel is wellpleased with the numbers she is posting fromher classroom work at Central Michigan University. It's her numbers in gymnastics she wishes she could get just atab higher. Neel, a junior and graduate of Fairborn High School, is ascholarship gymnast at ...
Commissioners OK annexation
May 01, 2008; ... BEAVERCREEK -- County commissioners officially approved changingthe political boundaries of 10.5 acres along Colonel Glenn Highwayfrom Beavercreek Twp. to the city. The property is the site of a threebuilding complex now mainlyused by for overflow office and classroom space for ...
City seeks Brownfield funds to aid clean up ; Former NuGlo Industries site has been a neighborhood 'sore spot' for years.
May 01, 2008; ... BEAVERCREEK -- After waiting 20 years, Linda Ankeney hopes cityofficials can clean up the "eyesore" next to her engraving business.The former NuGlo Industries, 3465 Dayton-Xenia Road, once soldautomobile paint and solvents from the a small home nextdoor toAnkeney Engraving Co. Barrels of ...
Hall-of-Famer got start coaching at Kettering schools ; Jim Ehler has enjoyed a rich history in the local high school and college sports scene.
May 01, 2008; ... ENGLEWOOD -- Jim Ehler thought he had arrived as a coach some 50years ago when he took over the trackand-field program at a newjunior high school in the Kettering school district, saying he wouldhave been "satisfied for life." But the 79-year-old Miami University graduate, who ...
C-J pitcher enjoying super season ; The sophomore has 26 strikeouts while walking only six and has an ERA of 1.00.
May 01, 2008; ... DAYTON -- Soft-spoken Marlena Hoendorf figures she has the bestof both worlds -- playing shortstop and pitching and having the topcoaches. In fact, the Chaminade-Julienne High School sophomore considersEagles softball coach Dee Bowling "the very best coach I've everhad." ...
School district to keep SUVs ; The state will not reimburse the district if it doesn't use school buses to transport vocational students.
May 01, 2008; ... OAKWOOD -- Oakwood City School District Treasurer Kevin Philosaid a legal opinion sought by the district means the district cancontinue to use Chevy Suburbans, instead of a school bus totransport its student. The legal opinion was made by Columbus attorneys and sought afterthe ...
Volunteer makes most of his chance
May 01, 2008; ... Among the 190 Kettering Medical Center volunteers recognizedApril 27 at the Mandalay Banquet Center, none was as thrilled ordeserving as Tom Lanasa, 47, of Kettering, who is living withcerebral palsy. Lanasa's 5,000 hours represented 12 years of arriving at thehospital via his ...
Dayton officer helping keep kids in school
May 01, 2008; ... Dayton police officer Leatha Savage grew up in a small rural townin Florida "and I can remember the police officers sitting on ourporch drinking tea, and they would come to homes on Sunday and eatwith the people. There was a female deputy, too, and I grew upwanting to be in police work." ...
Partnership to perk up Piqua
May 01, 2008; ... PIQUA -- Downtown Piqua's planters should benefit this year frommore green thumbs, thanks to a partnership of Mainstreet Piqua,Green Leaf Garden Club, the Piqua Garden Place and the city. In late 2007, Green Leaf Garden Club members approachedMainstreet Piqua with a series of ...
ISUS students show VIPs home showcase ; Senators tour house in Wolf Creek neighborhood.
May 01, 2008; ... DAYTON -- The house at the corner of Williams and Second streetsin the Wolf Creek neighborhood now has walls and floors and stairs. Pretty soon, it will be ready for a family to occupy, and thearmy of young men and women who gather here day after day to buildit will have moved on ...
It's music that makes her sing
May 01, 2008; ... BROOKVILLE -- She's obsessed with Billie Holiday, listens toeverything from "screamo" to country and believes that "not playingmy guitar is not good for me." And at 17, she knows what she wants to be -- a singer/songwriter. "People ask me what I want to do," Alyssa Sease ...
Money to help with foreclosure counseling
May 01, 2008; ... TROTWOOD -- Helping Hands Community Outreach Center has receivedmore than one-quarter million dollars to support foreclosureprevention counseling. The $256,750 will enable Helping Hands and its localorganizations across the Montgomery County to provide moreforeclosure counseling ...
Dayton officer helps keep kids in school
May 01, 2008; ... Dayton police officer Leatha Savage grew up in a small rural townin Florida "and I can remember the police officers sitting on ourporch drinking tea, and they would come to homes on Sunday and eatwith the people. There was a female deputy, too, and I grew upwanting to be in police work." ...
Newton senior named Strawberry Festival queen
May 01, 2008; ... TROY-- Ginny Vehorn, a senior at Newton High School, will reignover the 2008 Troy Strawberry Festival. The daughter of Dale and Cathy Vehorn, Ginny was crowned festivalqueen April 18 from among 17 participants. She will preside over the June 6-8 festival and represent ...
Work may be outsourced to cut expenditures
May 01, 2008; ... TROY -- Contracting with a private business to operate thecityowned dump on Dye Mill Road may be only the beginning of a pushthis year to privatize municipal services and thus cut the city'scosts. Patrick Titterington, Troy's public service and safety director,told the City ...
Elks baseball rallies to 8-4 win
May 01, 2008; ... SPRINGFIELD -- Catcher Austin Bailey warmed up starting pitcherMitch Monke before the game and then told him, "I want to beat themso bad." In the middle of the fifth, third baseman Justin Williamsgathered the Panthers together in a huddle and shouted at all ofthem, "How many ...
Tipp City earns award
May 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Tipp City is one of 84 of the nation's morethan 2,000 public power utilities to receive the Reliable PublicPower Provider recognition from the American Public PowerAssociation for providing consumers with reliable and safe electricservice. The designees were ...
70-year-old trainer has 20-1 odds
May 01, 2008; ... LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Every few years, a real sentimental favoritecomes along who the racing gods seem to smile down upon at theKentucky Derby. There was 92-year-old owner Frances A. Genter -- her vision sopoor she couldn't see her colt, Unbridled, make the stretch run --getting ...
SPEAK UP
May 01, 2008 ... The problem with this administration and Congress is the Wizardof Oz effect. We have one in the White House without a brain, onewithout a heart and a Congress without any guts. They don't have aclue about what people are thinking, and they don't speak forthemselves unless a poll tells ...
AHL could be the ticket to energizing area hockey
May 01, 2008; ... Couldn't help but chuckle last week after learning of thefeasibility study being conducted to determine whether the MiamiValley would support an American Hockey League team. As if the answer isn't obvious. First, it's a level above the ECHL, which has governed the ...
80 guitars, 1 teacher
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Gymnast qualifies for Junior Olympic Nationals ; Springboro junior has a fifth- (parallel bars) and seventh- (pommel horse) place finish at regional competition.
May 01, 2008; ... FRANKLIN -- T.C. Fortner is probably the best Springboro HighSchool athlete that you've never heard of. The junior spends upward of 16 hours a week toiling in obscurityand training as a gymnast. His regimen is paying off as he isreaching high standards. He competes for the ...
Letter to the editor
May 01, 2008 ... Dear Editor, In the April 17 edition of the Dayton Daily News Neighborssection for Springboro and Clearcreek Twp., the DDN headlinesmisinformed the public regarding the Springboro Schools most recentlevy. The headlines falsely stated that Springboro Schools pay $11,000for ...
Former councilman on track for treatment ; Hemmert could avoid conviction on drug charges.
May 01, 2008; ... LEBANON -- Former Springboro Councilman Michael W. Hemmertremains on track to qualify for treatment in lieu of conviction ondrug charges that triggered his resignation in February. Last week, Judge James Heath ordered Hemmert, 53, of Springboro,to remain free without bond at his ...
Alcohol, drugs coalition to meet May 8
May 01, 2008; ... Teenage drinking and drug use is an issue that is not unique toany one community, but impacts the lives of youth and families ofour region on a daily basis and costs our young people dearly interms of lost potential, lost opportunities, lost resources andsometimes even lost lives ....
Bombeck contest honors writers
May 01, 2008; ... CENTERVILLE -- More than 1,350 writers from 18 countries and all50 states (plus Washington, D.C.) entered the 2008 Erma BombeckWriting Competition sponsored by Washington-Centerville PublicLibrary, WHIO-TV, and the University of Dayton. In the end, judges chose essays from the ...
Wooden bats making headway in prep baseball
May 01, 2008; ... Andrew Bustle has shaken off more than catcher's signals. TheCenterville High School pitcher felt the sting of an aluminumbaseball bat when he was a freshman and has a scar on his chin as areminder. "A line drive off the bat gashed me open pretty good, leaving mebleeding and ...
Springboro soldier helps father fight cancer battle
May 01, 2008; ... SPRINGBORO -- Iraq isn't the only tough fight Brad Marsh gotthrough. Marsh -- a captain in the U.S. Army -- was stationed in Iraq in2005 when he learned his father had an incurable, but treatable,form of blood cancer. Last week, Marsh was officially designated a champion by ...
Centerville couple owns pair of pet businesses
May 01, 2008; ... For some people, going to the dogs is not a happy thought, but toChristina and Matt Massie, it is the fulfillment of a dream. The Massies' two Centerville businesses, Club K-9 Doggy DaycareInc. and Canines to Felines Pet Sitting, provide unique services forpets and their owner ...
At 84, man joins Peace Corps
May 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON TWP., Montgomery County -- The average age of a PeaceCorps volunteer is 26. That's not stopping 84-year-old Ralph Bernstein of WashingtonTwp. from going on the adventure of a lifetime. On June 7, Bernstein, bicycle helmet in hand, will be heading toGhana on the ...
Hall-of-Famer got start coaching at Kettering schools ; Jim Ehler has enjoyed a rich history in the local high school and college sports scene.
May 01, 2008; ... ENGLEWOOD -- Jim Ehler thought he had arrived as a coach some 50years ago when he took over the trackand-field program at a newjunior high school in the Kettering school district, saying he wouldhave been "satisfied for life." But the 79-year-old Miami University graduate, who ...
Two Catholic Services programs aimed to help at-risk youth ; One is aimed at expecting or new parents, the other at destructive decisions.
May 01, 2008; ... DAYTON -- At-risk children and young parents have two new helpinghands in the form of initiatives by Catholic Social Services of theMiami Valley. They are ParentLink and TMAC (Teens Making a Choice). ParentLinkis aimed young people from ages 14 to 25, who are either expectingor ...
Frame shop business is picture perfect
May 01, 2008; ... BEAVERCREEK -- Sketches Frame Shop, 3348 Dayton Xenia Road inBeavercreek, recently celebrated their 15th year in business. Owner Bambi Merz said she owned a cross-stitch store inCincinnati and moved to the area so her mom could work in the store. She said she had two main ...
Helping hands reach out to youth ; One program is aimed at expecting or new parents, the other at destructive decisions.
May 01, 2008; ... DAYTON -- At-risk children and young parents have two new helpinghands in the form of initiatives by Catholic Social Services of theMiami Valley. They are ParentLink and TMAC (Teens Making a Choice). ParentLinkis aimed at young people from ages 14 to 25, who are eitherexpecting ...
Local runner setting the pace for healthy lifestyle ; Former Carroll soccer player competes in marathons and teaches nutrition to kids and teams.
May 01, 2008; ... BEAVERCREEK -- Some goals in Pam Nisevich's life -- earning herPh.D. and competing in the Ironman Triathalon in Hawaii to startwith -- are reachable. Others, such as getting children to eat right and exercise more,may be very difficult to attain. It will not, however, be from ...
Beavercreek residents top 70th house race ; Democrat Bill Conner and Republican Jarod Martin will battle it out for Kevin DeWine's house seat.
May 01, 2008; ... Republican Jarrod Martin has a new challenger in the race tosucceed fellow Beavercreek resident Kevin DeWine for the 70th statehouse seat. In an informal caucus April 23, Democrats picked Air Forceretiree Bill Conner, who also happens to be from Beavercreek, to runagainst Martin ...
Fairmont one of area's top softball teams this spring
May 01, 2008; ... Fairmont softball coach Rick Armstrong wasn't too wrapped up inwhat kind of record his team would post when the Firebirds playedsix games in Florida the first week of April. The veteran coach was simply happy to leave the area's constantrain showers so he could assess his team in ...
City Council OKs $532K budget hike
May 01, 2008; ... BELLBROOK -- City Council unanimously increased the 2008 budgetby $532,176, with $325,000 paying Bellbrook's share of improvementsto the water pumping and distribution center and the raw water line. The supplemental appropriation passed Monday, April 28, alsoincluded $30,000 for ...
Neighbors headlines
May 01, 2008 ... Parks offering Yogalates program BELLBROOK -- Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Park Distric is offeringYogalates on Thursdays, May 15 to June 19 at the Community Center.Registration deadline is today, May 1. This specialized class combines the principles of Hatha Yoga andPilates mat ...
Home Builders group honors Sugarcreek man
May 01, 2008; ... Tom Tanner of Sugarcreek Twp. recently was named the 2007Associate Member of the Year by the Home Builders Association ofDayton. With many years of working in the field of heating and air-conditioning, Tanner has collected a number of awards, including theAir Conditioning ...
Pittl is Kettering Kiwanis Citizen of Year ; The city's volunteer resources manager is lauded for her contribution of time, energy and talent to others.
May 01, 2008; ... KETTERING -- When the Kiwanis Club of Kettering looks forcandidates for Citizen of the Year, they turn to Bonnie Pittl fornominations. Pittl, 57, is the city's volunteer resources manager andaccording to Ralph Daniels, chairman of the club's communityservices committee, "she ...
Bowles brothers battery for Stebbins
May 01, 2008; ... If Philadelphia is the City of Brotherly Love, then Riverside canbe labeled the City of the Brotherly Battery. That's battery as in baseball -- and the brothers Bowles may bethe first brother battery in Stebbins High School history. They are Devin and Nate Bowles, one a rangy ...
Teen alcohol, drugs coalition to hold meeting ; The group is seeking residents who would like to work on specific projects to address three key areas.
May 01, 2008; ... Teenage drinking and drug use is an issue that is not unique toany one community, but impacts the lives of youths and families ofour region on a daily basis and costs our young people dearly interms of lost potential, lost opportunities, lost resources andsometimes even lost lives ....
Trotwood tennis enjoying solid season
May 01, 2008; ... From 1991 to 2004, life was good of the boys tennis program atTrotwood-Madison High School. The Rams were a top 10 team in Miami Valley Tennis CoachesAssociation rankings on a regular basis. Players at all threesingles spots and the doubles team were contenders in the ...
Outdoor pool at UTS to be open this year
May 01, 2008; ... TROTWOOD -- Until a few weeks ago, residents were in limbo aboutwhether the YMCA-sponsored outdoor swimming pool would open up againthis year. But the YMCA Neighborhood Development Center has announced thatthe outdoor pool at the United Theological Seminary's Trotwoodcampus, ...
Foundation awards grants
May 01, 2008; ... PIQUA -- The Miami County Foundation awarded 75 grants totaling$201,109 during an awards ceremony on April 23. By allocating grants twice yearly, the foundation helps schools,individual students and charitable organizations to attain theirobjectives. Grants awarded to assist a ...
Sidney hurdler eager to step it up in May ; Jordan Goffena wants to get back to state and should face some possible rivals this weekend.
May 01, 2008; ... SIDNEY -- April could be considered spring training for JordanGoffena. His times of 14.53 seconds in the 110-meter highs and 39.05 inthe 300 intermediate put the Sidney High School senior among thebest in hurdlers in the state. In those races, however, Goffena's only ...
Trotwood's safety director moves on ; Mike Etter's love of law enforcement has led him to the post of police chief at the Dayton International Airport.
May 01, 2008; ... TROTWOOD -- Last year was tough for the police department, butnot the reason Public Safety Director Mike Etter left last week. "It's a chance for me to continue to do what I love, lawenforcement," Etter said about his departure from the departmentwhere he has served for 32 years ....
Budget predictions dire in Trotwood ; School district sees deficit in 2011, city sees funding woes by 2012; both to have levies on fall ballot.
May 01, 2008; ... TROTWOOD -- Trotwood-Madison school district predicts that ifnothing changes, it will be in the hole to the tune of $4.5 millionby 2011. The city forecasts that if nothing changes it will have just over$500,000 in its four core funds at the end of 2012. That would runthe city ...