Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) articles from April 2006

Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) archives from April 2006

UPS gives date for pullout at airport.
April 1, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Apr. 1--DAYTON -- Adding details to an earlier announcement, United Parcel Service Inc. has told its 1,250 Dayton air freight hub workers their jobs will go away in the month of June, a spokesman said Friday. ...

Forecast cloudy for Delphi vets.
April 2, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 2--DAYTON -- Andy Winchek III could retire today from troubled Delphi Corp. with his 30 years of service. But he is waiting. He may be eligible for a $35,000 payment if he leaves now, under a retirement...

New use for Delphi plants presents area with challenge.
April 2, 2006... Apr. 2--DAYTON -- Local government involvement and a ready work force could attract manufacturers to buy and reuse the factories Delphi Corp. would leave behind under its plan to sell or close four Dayton-area plants. -- The best option:...

Children's Medical Center gets award.
April 2, 2006... Byline: Anthony Gottschlich Apr. 2--DAYTON -- Having a tube stuck in your chest or leg can sometimes result in nasty and costly infections, even in a sterile hospital environment. But Children's Medical Center of Dayton is good at...

DPL chief resigning.
April 3, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 3--DAYTON -- James V. Mahoney, president and chief executive officer of Dayton Power and Light Co. and its owner, DPL Inc., is resigning from both companies and the DPL board of directors, effective this summer. ...

Statehouse to get renovation touch-up.
April 3, 2006... Byline: Shaheen Samavati Apr. 3--COLUMBUS -- Amidst the 10th anniversary celebration of the Ohio Statehouse's $121 million renovation, the building is getting another, albeit smaller, facelift. Due to peeling paint inside the...

City moves to add tract from Sugarcreek Twp. despite pleas to delay move.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Katherine Ullmer Apr. 4--CENTERVILLE -- Pleas from Sugarcreek Twp. officials Monday did not stop Centerville from moving to annex 270 acres near the intersection of Wilmington Pike and Feedwire Road. Two township trustees,...

Attorneys on the go: 11 switch law firms.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Rob Modic Apr. 4--DAYTON -- About 11 attorneys, including two partners in the firm's name, left the Dayton law firm Coolidge Wall Womsley & Lombard last week to join a former colleague and son of one of the firm's namesakes at...

Troy proposal stirs strong opposition.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Doug Page Apr. 4--TROY -- Neighbors of a proposed housing development don't want it because it could ruin what they say is the small-town feel of their neighborhood. More than 80 people Monday packed city council chambers for a...

Senator, health chief promote new Medicare drug coverage.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Kevin Lamb Apr. 4--DAYTON -- Medicare's prescription drug coverage is so complex it can befuddle and stymie the folks it is designed to help: low-income patients. Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, and Health and Human Services...

DPL chief executive resigning.
April 4, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 4--DAYTON -- James V. Mahoney, president and chief executive officer of Dayton Power and Light Co. and its owner, DPL Inc., is resigning from both companies and the DPL board of directors, effective this summer. ...

YSI sells precision temperature business to Virginia company.
April 4, 2006... Byline: Kristin McAllister Apr. 4--YELLOW SPRINGS -- Looking to invest more into its core product lines, YSI Inc. in Yellow Springs has sold its precision temperature business to a Hampton Va.-based company. Rick Omlor, YSI chief...

Atomic workers concerned about reduction in benefits.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Tom Beyerlein Apr. 5--Lawmakers and worker advocates fear the Bush administration will hobble an already long-delayed and troubled compensation program for sick atomic workers by allowing budget worries to influence eligibility...

Court orders sale of Schwind Building.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Apr. 5--DAYTON -- Since the developer for the Schwind Building abandoned the project last summer, construction at 25-27 Ludlow St. has gone nowhere -- and soon the building itself will be going, going, gone. The...

Regional cooperation could be key to the future.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Ken McCall Apr. 5--DAYTON -- More than two decades after the old GH&R Foundry closed and threw 700 employees out of work, a cold wind whips across the vacant 12-acre lot just north of the Mad River. When the owner of the...

Next Medicare jam: Drug switches.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Kevin Lamb Apr. 5--Patients will need doctors' help finding replacement drugs now that they'll lose access to some medications because of restrictions in Medicare's prescription coverage. April 1 signaled the end of the...

Elected officials fear spending-curb proposal.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Ismail Turay Jr. Apr. 5--GOP gubernatorial hopeful J. Kenneth Blackwell's proposed Tax and Expenditure Limitation constitutional amendment, or TEL, aimed at curbing government spending and boosting the economy, is too restrictive...

Poll: More favor flat tax rate than deductions.
April 5, 2006... Byline: Kristin McAllister Apr. 5--A Washington-based tax monitoring organization that wants Congress to eliminate tax deductions and institute a flat income tax found for the second consecutive year that Americans are willing to forgo tax...

Duke Energy takes control.
April 5, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 5--If you have been a customer of Cinergy Corp.'s Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co., get used to the name Duke Energy Corp. You will be seeing a lot of it. Duke Energy's completion of the $9 billion merger in which...

Road plan would widen Ohio 73 to nine lanes.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Lawrence Budd Apr. 6--SPRINGBORO -- Interstate 75 will add a lane in each direction and Ohio 73 could almost double to nine lanes if a planned $12 million construction project is approved for the congested interchange. ...

Midwest leads in 2nd homes.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Steve Bennish Apr. 6--DAYTON -- The largest concentration of vacation home buyers -- one in four -- are in the Midwest, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday in announcing that vacation and investment home sales set...

How insulation from a UD lab could be the key for future Air Force vehicles.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Apr. 6--DAYTON -- High-speed flight is a hot topic these days at the University of Dayton Research Institute -- literally. UDRI Senior Research Engineer Timothy Fry leads a focused research effort to develop...

Drug-plan switch an Rx for confusion.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Kevin Lamb Apr. 6--For people who were intimidated by choosing from 43 Medicare drug plans, wait until those plans start changing the drugs they cover and don't cover. "It's already confusing enough," Bob Matthews, executive...

Voters may face two bids to allow slots at tracks.
April 6, 2006... Byline: Shaheen Samavati Apr. 6--COLUMBUS -- Voters in November may face two proposals to allow slot machines at Ohio horse racing tracks. Penn National Gaming Inc., a Pennsylvania-based company that owns Raceway Park in Toledo, is...

More passengers flying out of Dayton.
April 7, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Apr. 7--DAYTON -- After sliding for more than a year, passenger boardings at Dayton International Airport grew by 5.2 percent in February compared to the same month last year and were up almost a percent for the...

Gas prices rise, may hit $3 by summer.
April 7, 2006... Byline: Kristin McAllister Apr. 7--DAYTON -- As temperatures rise with spring, so do gasoline prices. Oil Price Information Service analyst Tom Kloza in mid February said he expects pump prices by spring to rise 50 cents a gallon,...

Montgomery County No. 2 in Ohio foreclosures.
April 7, 2006... Byline: Jim Debrosse Apr. 7--DAYTON -- Ohio continues to lead the nation in the percentage of people losing their homes to mortgage foreclosures, with Montgomery County ranked second in Ohio, a new study shows. The new numbers come as...

How to avoid lemons and other hazards when you're on the lot.
April 9, 2006... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Apr. 9--You have legal rights -- and recourses when laws are broken -- when it comes to buying a used car. To keep life from handing you a lemon, take these inspection checklists with you when shopping, and be...

Delphi wants to drop idle workers.
April 9, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 9--Delphi Corp.'s latest contract proposal to the United Auto Workers union includes a provision to lay off excess employees in the "jobs bank," a program which pays idled workers full salary and benefits even when...

After Katrina, used-car buyers must be more wary than ever.
April 9, 2006... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Apr. 9--No one buying a used car wants to get squeezed. But now that some of the half-million cars and trucks damaged by Katrina and other Gulf Coast hurricanes last year are surfacing in used car markets away...

Don't owe? Don't worry about tax deadline.
April 10, 2006... Byline: Rob Modic Apr. 10--Here are five things you might not know about the April 17 federal IRS tax filing deadline: 1. If you are absolutely dead certain you will get a refund, the April 17 deadline doesn't affect you. Go ahead and...

Some Xenia teachers' jobs depend on tax.
April 10, 2006... Byline: Ismail Turay Jr. Apr. 10--XENIA -- More than 13 Xenia teachers could lose their jobs if the district's 0.5 percent income-tax proposal fails in the May 2 election, Superintendent Jeff Lewis said Friday. Although officials will...

UD picks firm to plan use of land.
April 10, 2006... Byline: Mark Fisher Apr. 10--DAYTON -- The University of Dayton has hired the international design firm Burt Hill to guide development of 49 acres the school purchased from NCR. Burt Hill, with offices in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Boston,...

Air Force call center to bring 100 jobs.
April 11, 2006... Byline: Jessica Wehrman Apr. 11--WASHINGTON -- The Air Force on Monday announced plans to bring at least 100 Air Force call center jobs to the Dayton region. Under an Air Force plan, the region -- and possibly the former site of the...

Vectren reverses stance on energy-saving tips.
April 11, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 11--DAYTON -- Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio Inc. was criticized by its customers in December when it proposed to have consumers pay for information to help them reduce natural gas consumption. On Monday, the...

Makeover expected to bring in $370 million to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
April 11, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Apr. 11--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- New figures detail the dramatic growth Wright-Patterson Air Force Base expects from the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure process. Base engineers estimate they will...

GM, local union reach tentative agreement on Moraine plant.
April 12, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 12--MORAINE -- General Motors Corp. and the union for hourly workers at its Moraine sport utility vehicle plant have reached tentative agreement on a deal that could ensure new work in upcoming years for the plant,...

Rise in payments spell trouble.
April 12, 2006... Byline: Jim Debrosse Apr. 12--Specialty mortgages with low introductory payments and adjustable rates have helped millions of Americans become homeowners in recent years. But they also can lead to payment shock, deepening debt and the...

Mortgage payments' rise stunning homebuyers.
April 12, 2006... Byline: Jim DeBrosse Apr. 12--DAYTON -- Janice Lattimore Brown faced a mountain of bills after her son's car crash. So when a broker told her she could reduce her monthly house payment with a specialty mortgage, she signed on without...

Unions say Delphi is using court instead of negotiating.
April 12, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 12--DAYTON -- Delphi Corp.'s labor unions and supporters have begun a political counteroffensive against the auto parts supplier, even as the company awaits a bankruptcy court's permission to cancel contracts with...

Dayton Daily News, Ohio, James Cummings column.
April 12, 2006... Byline: James Cummings Apr. 12--CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WORKING IN OUR REGION: Something I heard about while reporting on Delphi's planned plant closings a week or so ago reminded me of one of my all-time favorite movies, Close Encounters of the...

Gas jumps in price; outlook isn't rosy.
April 12, 2006... Byline: Leigh Allan Apr. 12--If you want to save money on gasoline, don't drive until September. Or, better yet, 2007. Gas prices in the Dayton area spiked Tuesday, jumping 20 or even 30 cents a gallon at many stations. Pump prices...

Gem City Records sold to Georgia-based music chain.(Company overview)
April 12, 2006... Byline: Margo Rutledge Kissell Apr. 12--DAYTON -- Twenty-five years ago, John Huffman founded Gem City Records, carving out a niche for hard-to-find and import records, foreign movies and eventually indie rock selections. Today,...

DPL questioning ex-executives as it prepares for trial suit preparation.
April 12, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 12--DAYTON -- Lawyers for DPL Inc. have questioned former board Chairman Peter H. Forster as part of the company's lawsuit involving $33 million he and two other former DPL executives received before they left the...

City opposes liquor license for local carryout.
April 12, 2006... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Apr. 12--DAYTON -- A carryout in West Dayton and a market on the east side ran into obstacles in obtaining liquor licenses on Wednesday. The Dayton City Commission on Wednesday voted unanimously to object to...

Clayton details fitness complex.
April 13, 2006... Byline: Ryan Justin Fox Apr. 13--Clayton -- Living in the city's planned Village of North Clayton mixed-use development might be a very healthy choice. City leaders and village developers unveiled plans for the 180,000 square-foot,...

Kroger may take Windmill Farms site.
April 13, 2006... Byline: Lawrence Budd Apr. 13--CLEARCREEK TWP., Warren County -- For decades, Windmill Farms has been a popular farm market at the intersection of Ohio 73 and Ohio 48 in Warren County. Soon, shoppers may be able to find more than...

Accessorizing now a big part of yoga.
April 13, 2006... Byline: Laura Dempsey Apr. 13--DAYTON -- Yoga used to be the simplest of activities, requiring nothing but a body and a little space. The pared-down aesthetic fit nicely with the spiritual side of the ancient practice, in which controlled...

Petro rejects slots backers' wording.
April 13, 2006... Byline: Shaheen Samavati Apr. 13--Columbus -- Attorney General Jim Petro has rejected summaries for three proposed constitutional amendments aimed at bringing slot machines to Ohio racetracks. Petro faulted the summaries for not...

GM-union pact would skip raise for hourly workers.
April 13, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 13--A tentative agreement between General Motors Corp. and the union for hourly workers at GM's Moraine Assembly plant will eliminate a wage increase this September and transfer some health care costs to retirees, a...

Want $250 toward a furnace?
April 16, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 16--DAYTON -- Thinking about buying a new furnace? Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio Inc., the region's primary provider of natural gas, is requesting state regulatory approval for a Vectren-designed program to...

Civilians at base can go to professional boot camp.
April 16, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Apr. 16--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Barbara Westgate has a blurry memory of filling out paperwork, standing in front of the American flag and taking an oath when she became an Air Force civil service...

UD students learn about portfolios first-hand.
April 16, 2006... Byline: Kristin McAllister Apr. 16--DAYTON -- You're 21 and managing a $6 million account. No pressure, right? Not only do University of Dayton seniors accepted into the Davis Center for Portfolio Management program manage more than...

Farmland's value on rise in Warren.
April 17, 2006... Byline: Ben Sutherly Apr. 17--Around the Miami Valley these days, farm acreage is worth a mint. Of the four most populous counties in the Dayton region, Warren County's farm real estate prices are the highest, according to the two...

Former Standard Register exec joins NCR.
April 17, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 17--DAYTON -- Peter Dorsman, a former Standard Register Co. executive whose job was eliminated in 2004 during a reorganization of that company, has joined NCR Corp. as vice president and general manager of its...

Borders books to reopen at mall.
April 17, 2006... Byline: Kristin McAllister Apr. 17--DAYTON -- The Borders bookstore at South Towne Centre that closed in February will reopen next month at the Dayton Mall. The new 22,000-square-foot store is part of a $19 million retrofit of the...

Farmers' cash crop is sometimes their land.
April 17, 2006... Byline: Ben Sutherly Apr. 17--CLEARCREEK TWP., Warren County --| The possibility of a Kroger supermarket supplanting Windmill Farms shows even public-oriented agriculture -- sometimes called agritainment -- isn't immune to development...

Rebate plan would ease pain of conservation.
April 17, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 17--DAYTON -- Buying a high-efficiency furnace fueled by natural gas or oil to heat your home can make you eligible for federal tax credits under the energy bill that President Bush signed last August. And...

REX hikes CEO bonus by 40 percent to $1.15 million.
April 18, 2006... Byline: Kristin McAllister Apr. 18--DAYTON -- REX Stores Corp. Chief Executive Stuart Rose received a $1.15 million bonus in fiscal 2005, a 40 percent increase from the amount he received the previous fiscal year, according a filing with...

Black-owned firms growing at four times national rate.
April 19, 2006... Byline: Leigh Allan Apr. 19--DAYTON -- Ervin Matthews of Dayton, who is black and owns a business, is in one of the fastest-growing segments of the nation's economy. The Census Bureau says the number of black-owned businesses in the...

Analysts expect GM to decrease its losses.
April 19, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 19--DAYTON -- Auto industry analysts expect General Motors Corp. on Thursday to report a first-quarter loss of 44 cents per share, after the automaker's losses last year of $10.6 billion and $18.69 per share. ...

Troy administrator resigns.
April 19, 2006... Byline: Doug Page Apr. 19--TROY -- The city's public service and safety director resigned Wednesday morning. David Anderson had been under pressure from the City Council and the mayor because of problems with several projects over the...

Grafton Hill neighbors' hopes rise when buildings fall.
April 20, 2006... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Apr. 20--DAYTON -- Joe Quinn sat on the steps of his Central Avenue home beaming as the 30-ton backhoe lifted its claw and took a bite out of the apartment building across the street. Fifteen years of...

Higher energy prices may stunt corn crop.
April 20, 2006... Byline: Ben Sutherly Apr. 20--Expect to see fewer corn fields this year as rising energy prices ripple through the farm economy. It is too early to tell if price increases for fertilizer and fuel will cause produce prices to increase,...

Group seeks public's views on health care.
April 20, 2006... Byline: Kevin Lamb Apr. 20--Congress wants your ideas for improving health care, either in Cincinnati next week or online through next month. The Citizens' Health Care Working Group is a nonpartisan committee charged with finding out...

Medicaid to take $2B hit in cuts.
April 20, 2006... Byline: Anthony Gottschlich Apr. 20--The skyrocketing cost of health care is forcing the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services to slash $2 billion from Medicaid, the health insurance program for the poor and disabled. Among those...

Budget cuts may limit home health program.
April 20, 2006... Byline: Anthony Gottschlich Apr. 20--FAIRBORN -- A car crash six years ago paralyzed 19-year-old Cory Trenkamp below the shoulders, ending the strapping athlete's life as he knew it. But thanks to a home health care service, Trenkamp...

NewPage offering stock to raise $300M.
April 20, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 20--DAYTON -- NewPage Corp., fresh from reorganizing its top management, has begun a limited public stock offering to raise $300 million the coated papers maker wants to use for growth and paying down its $1.7...

GM's quarterly loss bigger than expected.
April 20, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 20--DAYTON -- General Motors Corp. on Thursday reported a first-quarter loss of $529 million, or 94 cents per share, compared with a loss of $988 million, or $1.75 per share, for the first three months of 2005. ...

City objects to additional liquor permit in Oregon.
April 20, 2006... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Apr. 20--DAYTON -- The Fifth Street Wine and Deli in the Oregon Historic District could open in June, minus the spirits. The Dayton City Commission on Wednesday voted to object to the application for a liquor...

Troy's service and safety director quits.
April 20, 2006... Byline: Doug Page Apr. 20--TROY -- The city's public service and safety director resigned Wednesday after the mayor raised concerns over staff accountability. Mayor Mike Beamish said increased costs for a new fire station prompted...

Clopay may buy MT Picture plant.
April 21, 2006... Byline: Doug Page Apr. 21--TROY -- Clopay Building Products Co. Inc. is ready to spend more than $60 million to buy, renovate and equip the former MT Picture Display plant. The company also plans to create 400 full-time jobs, plus...

GM keeps quiet on plans to cut costs.
April 21, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 21--DAYTON -- General Motors Corp. expects its cost-cutting efforts to eventually save it as much as $4 billion this year. But the company is steering clear of going public with specific earnings projections for...

Ohio to bid for $1 billion prototype coal plant.
April 23, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 23--DAYTON--It's a $1 billion prize already being sought by 21 entities that have applied from nine states: the FutureGen project, which the U.S. Department of Energy envisions as a prototype plant to demonstrate...

Cincinnati testing wireless on buses.
April 25, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 25--Cincinnati's public bus system is running a test program offering free wireless Internet access aboard selected routes to see whether there would be enough rider interest to expand the service and make it...

State gives OK for money to fund Clopay growth.
April 25, 2006... Byline: Shaheen Samavati Apr. 25--COLUMBUS -- Clopay Building Products Co. Inc. was approved Monday for millions of dollars in state incentives to expand operations to the former MT Picture Display plant in Troy. "This is a major step...

UPS giving $25,000 to help fill hub.
April 25, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Apr. 25--DAYTON -- United Parcel Service Inc. is giving the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce $25,000 to help it find new uses for the air freight hub UPS will vacate in June at Dayton International Airport. ...

Delphi and union still talking.
April 26, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 26--DAYTON -- Negotiations with Delphi Corp. are continuing in efforts to reach agreement on new, lower-cost contracts the company says it needs to emerge from bankruptcy reorganization, one of Delphi's unions said...

Effort under way to close wages' gender gap.
April 26, 2006... Byline: Kristin McAllister Apr. 26--A nationwide grass roots campaign has aligned with lawmakers to push passage of two laws designed to close the wage gap between men and women. The campaign -- the WAGE Project -- chose Tuesday as...

Home sales up 9.8 percent for quarter.
April 26, 2006... Byline: Steve Bennish Apr. 26--DAYTON -- The number of home sales for the first three months of the year in Dayton increased 9.8 percent from 2005 compared with 2006, from 2,724 to 2,990, according to statistics compiled by the Ohio...

Vectren's earnings up, but short of forecast.
April 26, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 26--DAYTON -- Vectren Corp. said Tuesday it earned $57.6 million in the first quarter, up slightly from $56.1 million a year ago, but warmer than normal weather caused the energy company to miss Wall Street's...

Two NCR execs on board reelected.
April 27, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Apr. 27--DAYTON -- NCR Corp. shareholders on Wednesday overwhelmingly elected senior NCR executives William R. Nuti and James M. Ringler to new terms on the board of directors, but holders of 20.2 million shares of stock...

Vectren shutting off gas over meter upgrades.
April 27, 2006... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Apr. 27--DAYTON -- Vectren plans to shut-off natural gas service to about 1,700 mostly residential customers who it says have ignored requests for access to their homes so their gas meters can be updated. The...

DPL focused, execs tell owners.
April 27, 2006... Byline: Tom Beyerlein Apr. 27--DAYTON -- DPL Inc. has its eye back on the ball after years of dabbling in risky, far-flung, nonutility investments, management told shareholders Wednesday. Executives said shareholders' total return --...