Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) articles from August 2005

Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) archives from August 2005

First privately owned spaceship spends the night at Wright-Pat.
August 1, 2005... Byline: James Cummings Aug. 1--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- About 300 people, Wright-Patterson employees and their families, turned out late Sunday afternoon to see SpaceShipOne, the world's first privately owned spaceship, land to...

NCR gets Symbol exec as its CEO.
August 2, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Aug. 2--DAYTON -- William Nuti, who has spent the past three years leading bar-code scanner manufacturer Symbol Technologies Inc. and cleaning up an accounting fraud scandal there that he inherited, has been named...

Solganik seeks Chapter 11.
August 2, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Aug. 2--DAYTON -- Longtime restaurant entrepreneur Howard Solganik is having a hard time keeping the kitchen fires burning. Solganik filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy for his two companies July 18, saying his downtown...

Work to get under way on center's roadways.
August 3, 2005... Byline: Amelia Robinson Aug. 3--BEAVERCREEK -- Infrastructure work for a $186 million shopping and entertainment complex will begin next week, Beavercreek City Engineer David Beach said Tuesday. Street, sewer, water and other...

New NCR CEO wants to buy.
August 3, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Aug. 3--DAYTON -- NCR Corp. has vibrant businesses, in particular its Teradata data warehousing unit, and will focus on growing those businesses and controlling costs, the company's new chief executive, William Nuti,...

Glimcher reports loss in quarter.
August 3, 2005... Byline: Jaclyn Giovis Aug. 3--COLUMBUS -- Glimcher Realty Trust, the real estate investment trust that owns the Dayton Mall and the Mall at Fairfield Commons, announced Tuesday a net loss of $1.1 million in the second quarter, but...

Trading system cost bureau millions in commission.
August 3, 2005... Byline: Laura Bischoff Aug. 3--COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation uses a stock and bond trading system that apparently costs the bureau millions more in commissions each year and allows state officials to pick which...

Dayton airport traffic continues fall.
August 4, 2005... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Aug. 4--DAYTON -- Passenger traffic at Dayton International Airport continued its steady decline in June, falling 20.1 percent from the same month last year, according to airport figures. Monthly statistics...

Women who move dirt.
August 4, 2005... Byline: Im Debrosse Aug. 4--NEW CARLISLE -- Some women can't resist rearranging the furniture. Linette Montero, on the other hand, can't drive past an open field without thinking, "I could really do something with that." Montero, a...

Dayton Daily News, Ohio, business profile column.
August 6, 2005... Byline: Jim DeBrosse Aug. 6--ELECTRICIAN TRIES TO STAY IN REGION: Trade union membership was no guarantee of a job for Paul Bargo. After seven years with Reynolds & Reynolds, Bargo, a union electrician, was laid off when the forms...

Marion's to roll back prices to '60s.
August 7, 2005... Byline: Jason Roberson Aug. 7--DAYTON -- At the height of the Atkin's diet craze, one of its followers, in her weakest hour, came to Marion's Piazza in need of a fix. The backslider ordered the usual, as she did once a week when...

Arcade important to residents.
August 7, 2005... Aug. 7--DAYTON -- In the last few years, downtown Dayton has tried to rebound with minor league baseball, loft housing, RiverScape MetroPark, the Schuster Center for the Performing Arts and a dazzling renovation of the Old Court House. But...

Workers don't break work connection at play.
August 7, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Aug. 7--DAYTON -- The cell phone and laptop computer that Jerry Warner uses to keep in touch with the small business he owns -- even while on vacation -- have given him some memorable stories to tell. There was the...

Back-to-school season can't begin early enough for local Ohio retailers.
August 7, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Aug. 7--DAYTON -- In the week following the Fourth of July at local retail stores, the red, white and blue gave way to Cornflower, Hot Magenta and Atomic Tangerine. Dayton resident Charmaine White, whose...

School supplies cost $81.83 on average.
August 7, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Aug. 7--TROTWOOD -- With a Wal-Mart sales flier in one hand and a school-supply handout in the other, Charmaine White was trying to get some bang out of her 40 bucks. Like three-fourths of parents this year,...

Electric dereg termed work in progress.
August 9, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Aug. 9--DAYTON -- Ohio's experiment with allowing consumers to choose their electricity supplier hasn't attained its goal of establishing a fully competitive market, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio said in a...

SCLC, Wright-Pat meet on discrimination issue.
August 9, 2005... Byline: Cathy Mong Aug. 9--DAYTON -- Leaders from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference broke bread Monday and vowed to continue meeting to investigate complaints of discrimination at the base....

BRAC hears Californians' arguments.
August 9, 2005... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Aug. 9--MONTEREY, CALIF. -- Monterey City Manager Fred Meurer on Monday argued against privatizing or relocating either the two military schools located here or the Air Force Institute of Technology at...

Cities seeking income buffers.
August 9, 2005... Byline: Jaclyn Giovis Aug. 9--DAYTON -- As Delphi Corp. tries to avoid bankruptcy, four Montgomery County cities are exploring ways to soften the effect that potential plant consolidations, shutdowns and job losses could have on their...

Spending-cap backers back off.
August 9, 2005... Byline: William Hershey Aug. 9--COLUMBUS -- Ohio voters will have to wait until next year to decide if they want to amend the state constitution to limit state spending. Just two days before Wednesday's filing deadline to get the "tax...

OSU's research rise boosts UD, WSU.
August 9, 2005... Byline: Mark Fisher Aug. 9--COLUMBUS -- Ohio State University's ascension into the top 10 of public research universities in the country will benefit the local universities it partners with, such as Wright State and the University of...

Auto parts supplier Delphi considers bankruptcy.
August 9, 2005... Byline: Jason Roberson Aug. 9--DAYTON -- Delphi Corp., the world's largest auto parts supplier with 6,000 local workers, on Monday said it will consider bankruptcy if it does not get relief from union leaders or General Motors Corp. ...

West Milton feels pain of progress.
August 10, 2005... Byline: Ben Sutherly Aug. 10--WEST MILTON -- Construction has two downtown blocks looking like a war zone, and businesses on the front lines are hunkered down or even in full retreat. Since a $750,000, three-month reconstruction of...

Last area Damon's closes doors.
August 10, 2005... Byline: Jaclyn Giovis Aug. 10--KETTERING -- Damon's Grill at the Town and Country Shopping Center in Kettering, closed its doors after dinner Sunday, signaling the exit of the restaurant chain in the Dayton area. BBQ Inc., the...

Schneider hiring 100 new truck drivers.
August 10, 2005... Byline: Maria Ortiz Aug. 10--DAYTON -- Need a job? Do you want to drive a truck? During the next 30 days, Schneider National Inc., the nation's largest full truck load provider, intends to a hire 100 truck drivers for its Springfield...

Sogeti will add jobs in Dayton.
August 10, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Aug. 10--DAYTON -- Sogeti USA plans to hire 400 information technology specialists across the United States by the end of this year to handle increasing demand for its services in business intelligence, project...

Bill benefits area counties.
August 11, 2005... Byline: Jim Bebbington Aug. 11--The transportation bill signed by President Bush Wednesday included at least $30.7 million for local projects. They are: Greene County --$3 million to eliminate at-grade signalized intersections...

Hospital food woes a thing of the past in Ohio hospital.
August 12, 2005... Byline: Lauren Pauer Aug. 12--Deep-dish pizza, bubbling with cheese and served within minutes of ordering, sounds like express delivery or room service at a five-star hotel. For Children's Medical Center patients, it's a combination of...

I-Zone celebrates fifth anniversary.
August 12, 2005... Byline: Jaclyn Giovis Aug. 12--DAYTON -- I-Zone started off like most small businesses -- with an simple idea and a few people committed to making it happen. The Dayton-based volunteer organization that focuses on nurturing local...

Ohio regulators allow Vectren to appeal $9.6M refund.
August 12, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Aug. 12--DAYTON -- State regulators on Wednesday said they will give Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio Inc. another chance to challenge the state's decision in June that Vectren should refund $9.6 million plus interest to...

Outdoor adventures on the way, including kayaking, agency says.
August 13, 2005... Byline: Steve Bennish Aug. 13--DAYTON -- Five Rivers MetroParks is launching an ambitious outdoor adventure program this fall that officials say will incorporate a dozen or more fast-growing pursuits like kayaking and spread awareness of...

Delphi now has the upper hand; bankruptcy threat puts GM, UAW on notice.
August 14, 2005... Byline: Jason Roberson Aug. 14--DAYTON -- Robert S. "Steve" Miller had a few summer errands to run before agreeing to leave retirement to become Delphi Corp.'s chairman and chief executive officer July 1. Years ago, under different...

Billionaire's wisdom: Dayton needs to find the next Wright Brothers.
August 14, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Aug. 14--With $1.8 billion in the bank, Clay Mathile is one of Dayton's resident rich men. Though he is well-known for the Mathile Family Foundation's $20 million in grants its gives annually to grow Dayton,...

Young's dairy more than ice cream.
August 14, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Aug. 14--Twenty years ago, Dan Young thought his business, Young's Jersey Dairy at 6880 Springfield-Xenia Road, north of Yellow Springs, was a farm market. What started as a simple dairy farm in 1869, is now a...

Dayton Daily News, Ohio, Jim Dillon column.
August 14, 2005... Byline: Jim Dillon Aug. 14--As the famous New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra once said, "This is like deja vu all over again." Oil and gasoline prices are soaring, causing angst and dismay among many Miami Valley motorists who now are...

Dereg on phones may cost you more.
August 14, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Aug. 14--If you are served by a land-line telephone company and have signed up for multiple services, keep an eye on your bill, consumer advocates say. The market deregulation that Ohio and other states have granted...

Little York looks to recreate ambiance.
August 14, 2005... Byline: Jaclyn Giovis Aug. 14--DAYTON -- Pizza and beer are a winning combination at Little York Tavern, where owners Tom and Pat Hentrick pride themselves on making the dough. The homemade pizza dough recipe is secret, of course. "We...

Dayton leaders hopeful that rushing river will lead to wave of development.
August 14, 2005... Byline: Steve Bennish Aug. 14--SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- About 11 a.m. on a hot Saturday, the Jeeps, pickups and sport utes loaded with kayaks begin arriving at the East Race Waterway. A century ago, the half-mile concrete water channel that...

Kayaking in Dayton?
August 15, 2005... Byline: Steve Bennish Aug. 15--Water spray, swirling currents and thrilling plunges spell whitewater adventure of the type seldom if ever seen in the Midwest. Today, the potential is just around the river bend. "I love it, man!"...

Bob Evans profits drop 50 percent.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Aug. 16--Bob Evans Farms Inc. will focus on bringing home the bacon after its first-quarter profits fell nearly 50 percent over the same period last year. The Columbus-based restaurant chain and sausage maker...

Chin sells Elbo's bar, restaurant downtown.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Ann Heller Aug. 16--DAYTON -- Art Chin, who for 17 years operated Chins Oriental Cafe downtown, has sold both the restaurant at 200 S. Jefferson St. and the adjacent Elbo's The Bar. The sale, for an undisclosed price, was to...

New officer in charge at ASC.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Aug. 16--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Lt. Gen. John L. "Jack" Hudson became the Aeronautical Systems Center's new top officer Monday. The former major general also pinned on his third star during a...

Clayton ready to begin work on Towne Center.
August 16, 2005... Byline: Ryan Justin Fox Aug. 16--CLAYTON -- A unique European village-styled "towne center" that will be the centerpiece of an emerging city will arise from Clayton farmland. Today's noon groundbreaking of Clayton's planned Towne...

Businesses' new home starts.
August 17, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Aug. 17--BETHEL TWP., MIAMI COUNTY -- Local philanthropist Clay Mathile broke ground Tuesday on a $30 million building for entrepreneurs on a 114-acre farm in Bethel Twp. After working out of several locations...

Fed up with trying to fill up: Gas prices hitting home.
August 17, 2005... Byline: Ismail Turay Jr. Aug. 17--TROTWOOD -- Driving to the grocery store for a loaf of bread and visiting grandchildren whenever they want are becoming less of an option for David and Cora King. The couple's decision is not a result...

Troy plant losing 236 more jobs.
August 17, 2005... Byline: Ben Sutherly Aug. 17--TROY -- Hammered by hemorrhaging sales for its television picture tubes, MT Picture Display Corp. in October will cut another 236 workers, or nearly a third of its remaining work force, a company spokesman...

Consumers' Counsel decides to sue DP&L.
August 17, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Aug. 17--DAYTON -- Dayton Power and Light Co.'s plan to charge its customers for the utility's service of billing other electricity suppliers would violate DP&L's commitment in 2000 not to pass along those costs, the...

Electronic voting booths arrive in area.
August 17, 2005... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Aug. 17--DAYTON -- Electronic voting machines have arrived in the Miami Valley, and elections officials are sweating over security and scheduling public information blitzes. The Help America Vote Act, passed...

Bucklew to leave Dayton, Ohio, chamber job.
August 18, 2005... Byline: Jason Roberson Aug. 18--DAYTON -- Bryan Bucklew, vice president of public policy at the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, said Wednesday he has accepted the position of president and chief executive officer of the Greater Dayton...

Gander Mountain shares fall on news of loss.
August 18, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Aug. 18--MINNEAPOLIS -- Shares of outdoor retailer Gander Mountain fell nearly 10 percent Wednesday after the company reported a $10.4 million net loss for the second quarter ended July 30, more than double its $3.9...

Low prices in Ohio keep outside electric providers at bay.
August 19, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Aug. 19--DAYTON -- If you are an electricity consumer looking for someone to provide your power at lower rates than your local utility, don't expect to get your wish anytime soon. Starting in 2001, Ohio began...

Sadlier retiring from Fifth-Third Bank.
August 19, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Aug. 19--DAYTON -- Dan Sadlier, 58, president and CEO, Fifth Third Bank (Western Ohio), on Friday announced plans to retire from that position effective Sept. 30. Upon retirement Dan will assume the role of...

Bon-Ton still saddled with clearance items, contributes to loss.
August 19, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Aug. 19--DAYTON -- Although Bon-Ton Stores Inc. has said it fully integrated the Elder-Beerman stores it purchased in 2003 and refined its merchandise, customers continue to turn away from the display racks. The...

Whiteford Food looking for buyer, may close.
August 19, 2005... Byline: Ben Sutherly Aug. 19--VERSAILLES -- Beleaguered by tight pricing contracts and high meat prices, Whiteford Food Products plans to cease operations Oct. 5 unless it can find a buyer. The company already has laid off about 50 of...

Oprah tickets nearly sold out.
August 20, 2005... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Aug. 20--DAYTON -- Tickets to see to see talk-show host Oprah Winfrey and poet Maya Angelou at a benefit for Wright-Dunbar, Inc. Sept. 12, are literally leaping out of the box office. The 2,300 seats...

Bankruptcy filings increase in advance of change in law.
August 21, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Aug. 21--Howard Solganik's decision in July to put his restaurants and food consulting business into Chapter 11 reorganization plunges him into months of uncertainty as he tries to reshape the strongest of his properties...

New group to share Dayton with world.
August 21, 2005... Byline: Jim Debrosse Aug. 21--DAYTON -- It's a new day for Dayton history. Carillon Historical Park will soon operate year-round. The vast NCR and DP&L collections, now sealed inside a five-story downtown warehouse, will be open to...

New form gives public access to union information.
August 21, 2005... Byline: Jason Roberson Aug. 21--To prevent corruption, some labor unions now will be required to submit a revised federal financial disclosure form by Sept. 30, but union leaders say it's not necessary. Labor organizations with fiscal...

Kettering, Ohio, facility may lose 425 jobs if BRAC plan is approved.
August 23, 2005... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Aug. 23--KETTERING -- Threatened jobs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have dominated Base Realignment and Closure news, but Kettering officials say they're focused on the 425 endangered jobs at the Defense...

Beavercreek Township, Ohio, to ask 3.3-mill levy for police.
August 23, 2005... Byline: Amelia Robinson Aug. 23--BEAVERCREEK -- After weeks of often heated discussion, the city council Monday night voted to place on the ballot in November a police levy that city officials have called below par. "I think it is...

Emergency calls plague Internet phone service.
August 24, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Aug. 24--DAYTON -- Customers of Internet-based telephone service -- known as Voice over Internet Protocol -- are being urged to respond quickly to notifications from their providers about what could be important...

Gas prices send many scooting.
August 24, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Aug. 24--DAYTON -- Move over, SUVs. Here comes the scooter. The number of Miami Valley residents inquiring about scooters is soaring, according to local scooter dealers. "The No. 1 reason we're hearing is...

Change in law will shuffle RTA board.
August 25, 2005... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Aug. 25--DAYTON -- The new state budget brings cuts to the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority, but it's the leadership -- not the bottom line -- that takes the hit. On Wednesday, Donald K. McLaurin,...

Report: Ohio workers' compensation bureau needs overhaul.
August 25, 2005... Byline: Laura A. Bischoff Aug. 25--COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation should scrap a trading system that costs millions more in commissions, add staff to the internal auditor team and hire outside experts to manage the...

City gains Arcade block site.
August 25, 2005... Byline: Jim Bebbington Aug. 25--DAYTON -- The city is taking possession of the Gibbons Annex, a building that is part of the downtown Arcade block, in hopes of getting the empty building redeveloped. Dayton Arcade Centre Partnership,...

Deal will save Greene $100K.
August 25, 2005... Byline: Ismail Turay Jr. Aug. 25--XENIA -- In a move that is expected save taxpayers more than $100,000, the Greene County Sheriff's Office entered into an agreement that will give the county a 45 percent discount on inmate health care at...

MTC Technologies wins order worth $45 million.
August 25, 2005... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Aug. 25--DAYTON -- MTC Technologies Inc. has won a task order worth up to $45 million that will be led by its new Texas subsidiary, OnBoard Software. The Dayton-based company's CEO said the award validates MTC's...

Midwest Iron, Metal celebrates 50th with expansion.
August 28, 2005... Byline: Maria Ortiz Aug. 28--Midwest Iron and Metal, a family-run industrial recycling company, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an expansion. With help from the city of Dayton and the Ohio Enterprise Program, Midwest invested...

Union chief: Opponents lied.
August 28, 2005... Byline: Jason Roberson Aug. 28--DAYTON -- James Phillips, union president to more than 1,000 hourly workers at Behr Dayton Thermal Products LLC, said a faction of the workers are spreading lies about a recent controversial hourly wage...

Delphi sets deadline for help from union.
August 30, 2005... Byline: Jason Roberson Aug. 30--DAYTON--General Motors Corp. and the United Auto Workers must agree on a plan to relieve Delphi Corp. of its expensive cost structure early next month, or else Delphi will file for bankruptcy, according to a...

Dayton housing 8th in affordability.
August 30, 2005... Byline: Jaclyn Giovis Aug. 30--The Dayton metropolitan area ranks eighth in the nation for most affordable places to live, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo second-quarter housing index. About 88.4...

Suit targets head of NCR.
August 31, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Aug. 31--DAYTON--The new chief executive of NCR Corp. is facing accusations that he violated federal securities law by misleading investors about the financial condition of the company he formerly headed. A lawsuit...

NCR's new chief has old woes.
August 31, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Aug. 31--DAYTON -- William Nuti, the new president and chief executive officer of NCR Corp., is still haunted by the troubles of his last assignment as head of Symbol Technologies Inc., whose shareholders have named him...

Yellow Rose under new ownership.
August 31, 2005... Byline: Shannon Joyce Neal Aug. 31--WEST CARROLLTON--Long interested in owning a bar, brothers Weston and Chase Lorenz couldn't pass up the chance to take over one of the Dayton region's largest nightclubs. The brothers purchased the...

Frontier is ready to take off.
August 31, 2005... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Aug. 31--DAYTON--Frontier Airlines Flight 4191 will open a new chapter in airline service at Dayton International Airport when it lands here this evening. It will mark the first arrival in Frontier's new,...

Local economy key to development.
August 31, 2005... Byline: Jaclyn Giovis Aug. 31--Evolution not revolution. The phrase sounds more like a Darwinian theory than a real estate development strategy. But university and business leaders have used it to bring 40 high-tech companies and...