Dayton Daily News back issues from May 2009:
Suicides cause alarm at base ; Wright-Patterson will halt operations Tuesday during commander's talk.
May 01, 2009; ... WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- The commander of the 88th AirBase Wing will suspend operations on Tuesday, May 5, to discusssuicide recognition and prevention, after four recent deaths of basepersonnel that included two confirmed suicides. The deaths have occurred during the ...
Local Chrysler supplier awaits bankruptcy impact
May 01, 2009; ... DAYTON -- More than 700 workers at the Behr Thermal Productsplant at 1600 Webster St. waited Thursday, April 30, to see whatimpact Chrysler LLC's bankruptcy would have on them. The nation's third-largest car manufacturer filed for Chapter 11bankruptcy protection in New York, with ...
Flu concern may last awhile ; Health officials prepare for an extended outbreak of the virus.
May 01, 2009; ... The greater Dayton area remained free of confirmed cases of swineflu Thursday, April 30, but health officials are settling in forwhat may become a long pandemic. Public health officials in Montgomery, Warren, Greene, Miami,Darke and Shelby counties reported no new suspected cases ....
Greene County workers OK concessions to save jobs
May 01, 2009; ... XENIA -- Ninety Greene County Job and Family Services unionworkers agreed to forgo expected raises and take a reduction in workhours to save 17 colleagues from layoffs. County commissioners agreed Thursday, April 30, to a memorandumof understanding with the Teamsters Union, which ...
PBS 16, 14 pull plug on analog ; TV stations' switch to digital went into effect today.
May 01, 2009; ... DAYTON -- Local public television stations WPTD and WPTO aren'twaiting for the June 12 national switch from analog to digital. Theymade the change at 1 a.m. today, May 1. David Fogarty, president and general manager of ThinkTV16 and 14,said there's a national trend for PBS ...
Records sought in election inquiry ; Subpoena orders attorney general to give a deposition.
May 01, 2009; ... COLUMBUS -- Republican Mike Crites, who ran for attorney generalagainst Democrat Richard Cordray, is seeking financial records and e-mails from Cordray's political fundraiser, Melissa Barnhart, andothers as part of a case before the Ohio Elections Commission. The commission issued ...
Local headlines
May 01, 2009 ... Light Up Dayton photography contest is tonight DAYTON -- The downtown skyline will glow tonight, May 1, as aninvitation to amateur and pro photographers to capture fresh cityperspectives. Photos may be submitted to the Light Up Dayton contest with achance to appear in an ...
Ditch the car and grab a prize
May 01, 2009; ... It's May Day and time for the Drive Less Live More campaign tokick off its third year. The drive to get people out of their cars is offering an expandedevents calendar and a first-ever bicycling summit. And, the One LessTrip contest is offering a new grand prize: a $1,000 gift ...
Ohio Poll: Obama tops Strickland in approval ; More Republicans OK with governor, though, than with the president.
May 01, 2009; ... COLUMBUS -- More Ohioans like the job that President Barack Obamais doing than approve of Gov. Ted Strickland's performance. When it comes to building bipartisan support, however, Stricklandhas the upper hand. Those are two key results of an Ohio Poll, sponsored by ...
Clinton County picked for national recession study ; Area picked as a place to research the mental toll of economy on people.
May 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON -- When the American Psychiatric Association wentlooking for a community hard hit by the economic recession, theyturned to Clinton County to get a sense of how bad the recession wastaking a toll. They could've simply talked to Chris Parks to get a sense of theanxiety ...
A sure sign of spring
May 01, 2009 ... Raindrops cling to the petals of a tulip Thursay, April 30, inSmith Memorial Gardens in Oakwood. More ...
Cartwright has show at Fraze
May 01, 2009; ... KETTERING -- Nancy Cartwright, the Kettering native who gainedfame and fortune as the voice of Bart Simpson, is bringing her one-woman show, "My Life as a 10-year-old Boy," to the Fraze Pavilionthis summer. Cartwright's performance is part of the fifth annual Concert ...
Police and court headlines
May 01, 2009 ... Driver in fatal car wreck a suspect in shooting death DAYTON -- The driver in a fatal car accident Saturday, April 25,was a suspect in the January shooting death of a 24-year-old man,Dayton Detective Sgt. Gary White confirmed Thursday. Robert W. Henning IV was found Jan. 15 ...
Pork industry braces for flu crisis ; Farmer concerned that virus's name is unfairly damaging public perception.
May 01, 2009; ... CLAY TWP., Montgomery County -- Pete Dull wishes the swine fluwere called "Mexican flu" to reflect the disease's possible countryof origin -- and downplay an unwelcome association with the porkindustry. The Montgomery County hog farmer is concerned the virus ishurting public ...
Doc downplays swine flu threat
May 01, 2009; ... DAYTON -- The World Health Organization calls it a "public healthemergency of international concern." It dominates the airwaves, print media and online news world,feeding worry, if not hysteria, along the way. And here inMontgomery County, local health officials are ...
Masks, flu meds, hand sanitizers in demand at drugstores
May 01, 2009; ... Consumers need to take the same steps to prevent the swine flu asthey would for any type of influenza -- such as washing handsfrequently, using hand sanitizer and avoiding sick people, accordingto the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Flu-like symptoms include ...
Patrons eating pork, despite swine flu
May 01, 2009; ... El Meson co-owner Bill Castro acknowledges that his serversaren't going out of their way to highlight pork dishes or thecuisine of Mexico in their opening remarks to diners at his WestCarrollton restaurant. "But that doesn't mean we're backing away from serving pork,"Castro ...
Business headlines
May 01, 2009 ... Dayton Mall taxing district proposed DAYTON -- A public hearing June 9 will focus on the proposedDayton Mall Joint Economic Development District, which includesseven parcels in Miami Twp. that will be subject to Miamisburg's1.75 percent income tax in the district if approved ....
The Greene gets wine bar ; The Wine Loft, set to open in August, will feature popular and eclectic wines and appetizers.
May 01, 2009; ... BEAVERCREEK -- The Wine Loft wine bar is scheduled to open at TheGreene in August, a spokesman for The Greene's developer announcedtoday, May 1. The Wine Loft will offer 70 wines by the glass and 250 wines bythe bottle, along with a menu of appetizers and small-plate ...
Union: GM shutdown to hit Tenneco ; The parts plant on Woodman Drive in Kettering employs about 300 workers.
May 01, 2009; ... A union official expects Tenneco's Kettering plant to be affectedby General Motors' planned summer shutdown. Harry Bogan, regional director for the International Union ofElectronic Workers-Communication Workers of America, said thecompany has told union officials there will be an ...
Wright-Patterson officer gets Hawaii post ; Col. James H. Strickler, 48, will leave Wright-Patterson after serving nearly four years there.
May 01, 2009; ... WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Col. James H. Strickler, vicecommander of the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air ForceBase, is leaving in June to be stationed in Hawaii. Strickler, 48, is being reassigned to the Air Force's PacificCommand headquarters as director of ...
Not fixing Medicaid costs everybody
May 01, 2009 ... Ohio's hospitals and nursing homes are ticked about Gov. TedStrickland's budget. They can take a number. With the exception of some schools (which believe that thegovernor has set them up to get much more money in the future,though not so much now), nobody is happy. State ...
Specter shows the limits for Ohio Republicans too
May 01, 2009; ... When Arlen Specter announced Tuesday that he was leaving theRepublican Party, an e-mail labeled "Good Riddance" was sent out bythe National Republican Congressional Committee (whose job is toelect Republicans to the House of Representatives). Meanwhile, the chairman of the ...
Obama should decline invite from Notre Dame
May 01, 2009; ... Here on planet "What About Me," principled people are so rare asto be oddities. Thus, it was a head-swiveling moment Monday whenformer Vatican Ambassador Mary Ann Glendon quietly declined NotreDame's Laetare Medal. Glendon -- a Harvard University law professor and a ...
SPEAK UP
May 01, 2009 ... How can the president tell us not to panic about the swine fluwhen he hasn't bothered to fill 19 key posts in the health and humanservices department? Is it that hard to find Democratic nomineeswho've paid their taxes? Rep. John Boehner is not serving those he was elected ...
YOUR LETTERS
May 01, 2009 ... U.S. really is a Christian nation President Barack Obama needs a history lesson. During his visitto Turkey, he stated that Americans "do not consider ourselves aChristian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation." But thedocumentary evidence of our Christian origin is ...
Hanes clutch again for No. 1 Elks ; Blooper in bottom of seventh delivers big win in battle of area's top two teams
May 01, 2009; ... DAYTON -- So much for Springboro's mastery of Centerville. Entering the baseball game at Fifth Third Field on Thursday,April 30, Springboro owned a three-game winning streak in thisburgeoning rivalry. Centerville put an end to that with a 7-6 winthanks to Logan Hanes' game-winning ...
Anderson not in Miami's plans ; Ex-Dunbar star's grades may deny the two-time junior college All- American one of RedHawks' scholarships.
May 01, 2009; ... OXFORD -- Mark Anderson's career with Miami University'sbasketball team might be finished before it ever got a chance tostart. The junior college All-American from Sinclair Community Collegeprobably will not transfer to Miami, RedHawks coach Charlie Colessaid Thursday, April 30 ....
Phillips wants to keep focus on wins, not low stats ; Second baseman says questions about his bat do nothing more than distract a young team.
May 01, 2009; ... The person least concerned about Brandon Phillips is BrandonPhillips, and he looks at his .188 batting average like the stockmarket. It has to go up, doesn't it? After his first day off on Wednesday, April 29, Phillips returnsto the lineup tonight in PNC Park against the ...
Gillette part of America's sports culture
May 01, 2009; ... Even though the bane of televised sports is commercials, I had tosmile a little recently when Major League Baseball announced anextension of it's contract with Gillette. Why? Because when I first remember watching World Series games inthe mid-1950s, the three things I remember ...
Top meets go head to head ; Roosevelt Memorial and Wayne Invite to be held on same weekend.
May 01, 2009; ... One of the few area high school track and field meets thatmeasures up to the Don Mitchell Roosevelt Memorial is the EnduranceSports Wayne Invitational. And that's the problem: Both will run today and Saturday, May 1-2. Wayne's lineup is mostly local with plenty of great ...
Players should never walk away from NFL
May 01, 2009; ... Rule No. 1 of the NFL: Never eliminate yourself. You don't quitthe NFL. The NFL quits you. My two best examples from the Bengals are Edward "Pig" Pratherand Mike Doughty. Prather, from Mississippi State, was one of the nation's finestsafeties in 2001. But he went undrafted ...
Ludlow Falls driver says he's ready to Rumble ; Westfall will pilot legendary driver's car at Indianapolis Speedrome event.
May 01, 2009; ... Despite solid runs, a victory-lane celebration has eluded MattWestfall this season. The Ludlow Falls driver hopes the "Sunday Afternoon Stimulus"spurs him to that win. Westfall will pilot the jet black No. 19midget car -- and the same chassis used by late legend Rich Vogler -- ...
Smith heads list of players at camp
May 01, 2009; ... Andre Smith toured Paul Brown Stadium in a business suit the dayafter the Bengals made him their No. 1 draft pick. Today, May 1, he wears a football uniform. The 6-foot-4, 332-pound offensive tackle from Alabama joins 44other players for the club's annual rookie minicamp at ...
TIP OF THE DAY
May 01, 2009 ... If you want to amp up your workout, grab some Nordic Walking Poles. They canincrease your calorie burn by 40 percent. They are available ...
DID YOU KNOW?
May 01, 2009 ... Women across the country are starting money clubs. Just as having a walking buddycan help you meet fitness goals, a money club allows women to gettogether and share ...
QUOTABLE QUOTES
May 01, 2009 ... 'You can't just fold your tent and go off into the night. I'd like to see it on theInternet or SOAPnet. That'd ...
May events for kids, families
May 01, 2009; ... Hey moms, looking for something different to do with the kids?From festivals, to exhibits, to special events, movie openings andmore, here are just some of the kidfriendly and family-friendlyevents happening in May in the Dayton area. Mark your calendars (orjust clip and save this page ...
Seen & Overheard
May 01, 2009 ... CROCS: PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN Last weekend's warm weather brought out the Crocs. A swamp of people in the vented plastic clog surrounded mewherever I went. There was no escape. Crocs people ran. They jumped and they played catch with thekids. Crocs have been called ...
Looking for a job? Watch your Facebooking
May 01, 2009; ... He's an Olympic swimmer and even he can't escape Facebook. If Michael Phelps' pot smoking incident doesn't convince newcollege graduates to protect their online identities, searching fora job in this market may force many to keep an eye on theirFacebooking behavior. "An ...
FACEBOOK NETIQUETTE:THE DOS AND DON'TS OF SOCIAL NET WORKING
May 01, 2009; ... Rachel L. Randolph was getting poked and for the life of her, shedidn't know why or what to do about it. Responding properly to said poking wasn't the only thing thatbaffled the 40-year-old Dayton resident during her first fewattempts at navigating Facebook.com. "All these ...
AOL, SixDegrees.com built road to Facebook
May 01, 2009; ... Facebook was hardly the first social networking site to becreated -- or the last. Social networking has existed in cyberspace since the early daysof the Bulletin Board System and Multiple User Dimensions, whichwere used in the early 1980s. According to Digital Trends, the ...
WANTED: YOUR SUMMER FESTIVALS
May 01, 2009 ... I'm sure I'm not alone in my disbelief that May is already here.Don't get me wrong -- the change in weather is welcome, but it seemscrazy to think that we're rapidly approaching the halfway mark for2009. And with month five here and six just around the corner, it'stime once again to get ...
A little of focus
May 01, 2009; ... As a junior at Preble Shawnee High School, Danielle Littlerealized that her aspirations of becoming a doctor would require 12more years of schooling so she changed her mind. "I actually ventured into English and a bunch of other trialand-error majors before I decided I really ...
SEEING IS DISBELIEVING
May 01, 2009; ... Like most of the world, I was astounded when I first saw thevideo. There she was, a woman who fit none of my personal criteria ofbeauty, displaying obvious, undeniable and unbelievable talent. How is it possible that Susan Boyle, a contestant on the realityshow "Britain's ...
RED MOLLY ; ACOUSTIC TRIO DELIVERS HARMONIOUS, OLD-TIME TRADITIONAL SOUND
May 01, 2009; ... Laurie MacAllister, Abbie Gardner and Carolann Solebello werehappily performing solo or in their own groups when they first sangtogether at a campsite at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in July 2004.There was that instant spark of musical synergy when they realizedthey should pursue this ...
REGGAE'S PATO BANTON SPREADS POSITIVE VIBES BEYOND THE MUSIC
May 01, 2009; ... British reggae artist Pato Banton has been known for his musicalconvictions, positive lyrics and deep spirituality ever since hissolo debut, "Never Give In," was released in 1988. There's also a side of him fiercely dedicated to communityoutreach, which prompted the socially ...
DEVIL WEARS PRADA EYES NEW ALBUM, WARPEDTOUR
May 01, 2009; ... Road-seasoned emo band Hawthorne Heights is the most successfulrock act to come out of Dayton this decade. The group's 2004 debut,"The Silence in Black and White," was certified platinum, and the2006 followup, "If Only You Were Lonely," went gold. The Devil Wears Prada, a local ...
'THEY KILLED SISTER DOROTHY' ; DAYTON-BORN NUN'S MURDER EXPLORED IN DOCUMENTARY
May 01, 2009; ... Sister Dorothy Stang, a Catholic nun and Dayton native, was shotsix times and left to die on Feb. 12, 2005, on a muddy road in theBrazilian rain forest. The film "They Killed Sister Dorothy" tells Stang's story. Narrated by fellow Dayton native Martin Sheen, the ...
'GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST' ; McCONAUGHEY IS ON FAMILIAR TURF IN ROMANTIC TAKE ON 'CHRISTMAS CAROL'
May 01, 2009; ... The Internet Hate Fest for Matthew McConaughey reached its nadirlast week, with one blogger going so far as to call the goofy-go-lucky dude "Satan." But give the Devil his due. Whatever it is about him that so getsunder some folks' skin, he's well-practiced at playing the ...
LET THEM ENTERTAIN YOU -- AND THEMSELVES
May 01, 2009; ... They know they will not be the next American Idol, but that isnot what the men and women who are temporary stars on karaoke stagesthroughout town are looking for. They're trying to entertain, sure,but mostly they're having fun and hoping it rubs off on theaudience. They don't worry when ...
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE KARAOKE
May 01, 2009; ... In one moment, a darling pair of young women sing a song from theBroadway show "Rent." They're actually quite good. Then, a man in camouflage pants plods up to the stage and sings aMetallica song -- directly and loudly into the microphone. Next, a showman who favors Michael ...
AFTER 21 YEARS TOGETHER, TEMPEST HAS 'ONLY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE'
May 01, 2009; ... Ronald Reagan was president, gasoline was only 91 cents a gallonand acidwashed jeans were erroneously being touted as the latest incasual chic in 1988 when multifaceted rock band Tempest formed inSan Francisco. Much has changed in that time, for good and bad, but the ...
NOODLES & CO. A WELCOME ADDITION TO THE GREENE
May 01, 2009; ... BEAVERCREEK -- Comparisons of like enterprises are inevitable, sowhen Noodles & Company opened at The Greene in February, it wasnatural to compare its fare to the recently departed Nothing butNoodles chain that operated restaurants on Miller Lane in ButlerTwp. and on Brown Street near ...
TIM HAWKINS: CLEAN COMEDY WITH AN EDGE
May 01, 2009; ... Versatility and the desire to work outside the confines of comedyclubs has been the key to success for Tim Hawkins. He delivers a mixof humorous songs and traditional jokes that he calls clean comedywith an edge, which makes his act just as churches and corporate events as ...
A 'DARK' CONCLUSION FOR VICTORIA SEASON ; HUMAN RACE THEATRE TO STAGE THRILLER
May 01, 2009; ... DAYTON -- Gloria Hendrix is blind. Three desperate and dangerousmen have invaded her apartment in search of a doll loaded withheroin. They will do practically anything to get it. How it got there is a story. A woman on an international flightasked her husband to hold it because ...
FOOD[news]
May 01, 2009 ... BOOSALIS CAFE ADDS DINNER HOURS, GREEK MENU MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County -- Boosalis Baking and Cafe, 9486Springboro Pike (Ohio 741), has extended its hours and unveiled anew Greek dinner menu Thursdays through Saturdays from 4 to 8 p.m.Appetizers include Keftedes -- Greek-style ...
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY ; INDUSTRYWIDE PROMOTION RETURNS
May 01, 2009; ... Publishing behemoths Marvel and DC dominate the comic bookindustry. Their characters, such as Batman, Wolverine, Superman andSpider-Man, have achieved iconic, pop culture status and routinelymonopolize the top-50 comic book titles each month, but there aredozens of independent publishers ...
Economic crisis taking mental toll on women ; 'Mother ... is person everyone looks to'
May 01, 2009; ... WASHINGTON -- The struggling economy not only has batteredsavings accounts, credit card limits and retirement funds, it alsohas taken a psychological toll, according to a survey that studiedboth the United States and a corner of southwest Ohio hitparticularly hard by job loss ....
Dayton to host historic meeting of Apollo astronauts
May 02, 2009; ... WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Neil Armstrong and BuzzAldrin, the first two people to walk on the moon, highlight ahistoric gathering of astronauts coming to the National AviationHall of Fame's annual July celebration of prominent aviators. A total of 13 Apollo astronauts are ...
Four being tested for flu ; Greene County resident just back from Mexico is among those suspected of having swine flu bug.
May 02, 2009; ... The Greene County Combined Health District is investigating asuspected case of the H1N1 virus . The person, who traveled to Mexico recently, has tested positivefor Influenza A and now is being tested for the swine flu, said SaraPappa, health district spokeswoman. In other ...
Personal data on police, firefighters given to city commissioner ; Nan Whaley, a Wright State grad student, denies using influence.
May 02, 2009; ... DAYTON -- The Wright State University graduate student given homenumbers and addresses of police and firefighters, which were to beused to conduct a residency survey, is a Dayton city commissioner. Nan Whaley, the commissioner, was given the information forcollege study, according ...
Arrest made in Dayton homicide ; David Dominguez is accused of killing Rodrigo Resendiz with his car at east Dayton bar April 24.
May 02, 2009; ... DAYTON -- Police in Pasadena, Texas, have arrested a man wantedin the April 24 homicide outside an east Dayton bar, Dayton homicideSgt. Gary White said Friday, May 1. David Dominguez, 37, of Samuel Street, was arrested about 8:40p.m. Friday by police in the town about 15 miles ...
Burglars prompt alarm ; 9 incidents reported in a rural area of Miami County and south of Troy.
May 02, 2009; ... CONCORD TWP., Miami County -- Sheriff's deputies areinvestigating nine daytime residential burglaries in the last twoweeks between Troy and West Milton and, in recent days, housingsubdivisions in the area of Swailes Road south of Troy. Thursday, April 30, someone broke into a home ...
House burns
May 02, 2009 ... No one was home when this house on Coronado Drive in HarrisonTwp. burned on Friday, May 1. Harrison Twp. fire Chief Mark Lynchsaid flames were coming through ...