Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) articles from August 2001

Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) archives from August 2001

Dayton, Ohio, Bookstore Presses Officials for Loans.
August 1, 2001... Byline: Benjamin Kline Aug. 1--DAYTON--Jim and Pat Latham, the owners of the financially troubled Wilkie's bookstore, 101 S. Ludlow St., are cooking up some support in their search for a loan to add a cafe to the store. The recipe? Add...

Airborne Narrows Net Loss, Expects Further Economic Difficulties.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Aug. 2--Airborne Inc. Tuesday said cost-control efforts narrowed its net loss for the second quarter to $6.4 million, or 13 cents per share, compared with its first quarter-net loss of $17.0 million, or 35 cents...

Honda Posts Best Quarter in its History.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Aug. 2--Honda Motor Co., Japan's third-largest automaker, said Tuesday its first-quarter earnings rose 40 percent, spurred by the yen's depreciation and a sharp rise in sales. Net income for the quarter...

Head of California NASA Center Invites Ohio Governor, Officials for a Tour.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Laura A. Bischoff Aug. 2--COLUMBUS--NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin has invited Gov. Bob Taft and other Ohio political and business leaders to tour NASA Ames Research Center this month to see how Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research...

Tipp City, Ohio, Nursery Business to Go on Auction.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Nancy Bowman Aug. 2--TIPP CITY, Ohio--More will be known this month about the fate of Spring Hill Nurseries following the Aug. 21 auction of the more than 150-year-old Tipp City business and virtually all other holdings of parent...

Dayton, Ohio, Utility Posts Increased Earnings, Healthy Power Sales.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Aug. 2--DPL Inc. reported Wednesday that electric sales from its new hot-weather peaking plants are on track to help generate record annual profits. Meanwhile, the utility said second-quarter earnings climbed 23 percent....

Co-Founder of Dayton, Ohio, Liquor Delivery Service Dies at 90.
August 2, 2001... Byline: Mark Fisher Aug. 2--Malcolm B. Frank, who with his two brothers launched a liquor delivery service that became Arrow Wine & Spirits, died Monday at Hospice of Dayton. He was 90. Mr. Frank was 23 when he and younger brothers,...

Telephone Companies To Compete for Southwest Ohio Customers.
August 3, 2001... Byline: Laura Bischoff Aug. 3--COLUMBUS, Ohio--Within a year, southwest Ohio could become a hotbed of local phone competition with Cincinnati Bell and Ameritech going after each others' customers, said Alan Schriber, chairman of the Public...

Employers Watch Clock Tick as Anthem Blue Cross, Hospitals Battle.
August 5, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Aug. 5--DAYTON, Ohio--Employers ranging from giant Delphi Automotive Systems to small service companies are nervously watching the calendar as their biggest health insurance carrier remains stalled in contract talks with...

Rift Between Insurers Creates Competition for Two Dayton, Ohio, Hospitals.
August 5, 2001... Byline: Kevin Lamb Aug. 5--The bitter rift between a giant insurer and the operator of two Dayton hospitals has health-insurance companies thinking now might be the time to compete seriously for this market. "I've heard from several,"...

Piqua, Ohio, High School Shows Off New $3.2 Million Stadium.
August 5, 2001... Byline: Kelly Isaacs Baker Aug. 5--PIQUA, Ohio--Gary Watt walked through the threshold of the new Piqua High School football stadium and could not conceal his appreciation for what he saw. "This looks like a college facility!" he said,...

Governors Use National Meeting to Push Their Ideas on Internet, Sales Taxes.
August 8, 2001... Byline: Laura A. Bischoff Aug. 8--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Buying toys for your kids' birthdays, clothes for your mom's Christmas gift or books for yourself online might become more taxing. Governors here for the National Governors'...

Dayton, Ohio, Money Management Firm Sues Former Chief.
August 8, 2001... Byline: Jim Dillon Aug. 8--C.H. Dean & Associates Inc. filed a civil lawsuit Monday against former president John C. Riazzi, claiming Riazzi has conspired with his new employer, Transamerica Investment Management LLC, and its parent, Aegon...

Dayton, Ohio-Based Business-Form Printer to Conclude Restructuring.
August 8, 2001... Byline: Tim Tresslar Aug. 8--DAYTON, Ohio--Standard Register Chief Executive Dennis Rediker said Monday he expects the company's previously announced restructuring to conclude by October, but its transformation as a business to remain an...

Business Travel Stuck in Doldrums; Survey Shows Firms to Hold Line on Expenses.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Tim Tresslar Aug. 21--More than half of companies plan to keep their spending for plane tickets, rental cars and hotel rooms flat in 2002 as they grapple with a slowing economy and higher costs, a national group of travel managers...

Dayton, Ohio, Teachers OK One-Year Contract.
August 21, 2001... Byline: Scott Elliott Aug. 21--Dayton teachers Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a one-year contract with the city school board that will raise pay by 4 percent and give extra money to the most senior teachers. But negotiations will...

CEO to Retire from Dayton, Ohio-Based Retailer Elder-Beerman.
August 22, 2001... Byline: Tim Tresslar Aug. 22--MORAINE, Ohio--Frederick J. Mershad, who helped lead Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. out of bankruptcy protection and oversaw its return to Wall Street, will retire as chairman, president and chief executive on...

Channel 2 Co-Anchor to Leave Dayton, Ohio, for Post in Denver.
August 22, 2001... Byline: Terry Morris Aug. 22--Molly Hughes, who has co-anchored the 5, 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts on WDTN-TV, Channel 2, since February 1996, has accepted a position with KCNC-TV, Channel 4, in Denver. The 35-year-old Pittsburgh native,...

Dayton, Ohio, Teachers' Pact Offers 4 Percent Pay Boost.
August 23, 2001... Byline: Scott Elliott Aug. 23--Dayton teachers will avoid tougher evaluations, longer work days and changes to the school calendar if they approve the school board's contract offer today. Teachers will vote at 4 p.m. at Hara Arena on...

Akron, Ohio, Authorizes Spending for Trade Mission to Germany.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Jim Bebbington Aug. 24--DAYTON, Ohio--How do you say sticker shock in German? The city of Dayton has authorized spending up to $40,000--including more than $20,000 in air fare--to send four officials to Germany in October as...

Experts Assess Meaning of Presidential Appointment for Ohio Air Force Base.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Aug. 24--DAYTON, Ohio--President Bush's expected nomination of Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff could prove to be a mixed blessing for Wright-Patterson Air Force...

Ohio-Based Department Store Chain Elder-Beerman Reports Quarterly Loss.
August 24, 2001... Byline: Tim Tresslar Aug. 24--MORAINE, Ohio--Hit by a soft economy, Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. lost $3.6 million, or 32 cents per share, during the second quarter, the company said Thursday. Chairman, Chief Executive and President...

Postal Service Ends Contract with Indianapolis-Based Mail Carrier.
August 28, 2001... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Aug. 28--DAYTON, Ohio--Emery Worldwide Airline's Indianapolis-based Express Mail operation made its last flights Sunday night, marking the U.S. Postal Service's early termination of the contract, a spokeswoman...

Turner Broadcasting Signs Deal with Ohio-Based Digital-Media Firm MCSi.
August 28, 2001... Byline: Tim Tresslar Aug. 28--MCSi Inc. said Monday it has inked a systems integration contract with Turner Broadcasting System Inc. for Turner's new network operations center in Atlanta. The contract calls for MCSi to supply and...

Atlanta Bread Company to Open Its First Eatery in Dayton, Ohio, Area.
August 28, 2001... Byline: Mara Lee Aug. 28--KETTERING, Ohio--Atlanta Bread Co., a bakery-cafe similar to Panera Bread, will open its first Dayton area franchise in Governor's Place. Governor's Place, an office park at the corner of South Dixie Highway...

Dayton-Area Leader May Not Get Ohio State Development Post.
August 28, 2001... Byline: William Hershey Aug. 28--COLUMBUS, Ohio--State Sen. Bruce Johnson, R-Columbus, appears likely to be named state development director by Gov. Bob Taft after Johnson and Daniel J. Curtis, vice president of the Miami Valley Economic...

Kroger Asks Consumers to Check Beef.
August 28, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Aug. 28--DAYTON, Ohio--A Wisconsin meat packer is recalling 265 tons of fresh ground beef sold this month by the Kroger Co. and other retailers that may be contaminated with dangerous bacteria. The Food Safety and...

Dayton, Ohio, Power Company to Join Utility Alliance.
August 29, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Aug. 29--DAYTON, Ohio--The Dayton Power and Light Co. and nine other electric utilities in the Midwest and East plan to turn over the transmission of long-distance power in the grids that link them to a new for-profit...

Restaurant Chain to Close 16 Michigan, Ohio Sites.
August 29, 2001... Byline: Jason Roberson Aug. 29--Bill Knapp's on Tuesday became the latest restaurant chain to shrink operations in the Dayton area. The Battle Creek, Mich.-based chain is closing 16 locations in Michigan and Ohio because of sagging...

Paper Company's Headquarters to Leave Dayton, Ohio, Area.
August 31, 2001... Byline: Tim Tresslar Aug. 31--DAYTON, Ohio--The $3 billion merger of Mead Corp. with Westvaco Corp. will cost Dayton the world headquarters of a Fortune 500 company whose roots here go back 155 years. If shareholders and regulators...