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

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

Muse Machine names leader.
December 1, 2005... Byline: Terry Morris Dec. 1--DAYTON -- The arts education organization the Muse Machine has named former NCR Corp. community relations director Mary W. Karr interim executive director. She succeeds Susan Pringle, who steps down after three...

'Daily News' rules out Arcade site.
December 1, 2005... Byline: Jim Bebbington Dec. 1--DAYTON -- The Dayton Daily News will not be moving into the downtown Arcade, company officials said Wednesday. Doug Franklin, president and CEO of Cox Ohio Publishing, parent company of the Daily News,...

REX says earnings up 104 percent in quarter.
December 1, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Dec. 1--DAYTON -- Local electronics retail chain REX Stores Corp. reported Wednesday that its third-quarter earnings, buoyed by income from synthetic fuel investments, climbed 104 percent compared with the same...

Plant closing to cost 480 jobs; MT Picture Display to close in February.
December 1, 2005... Byline: Ben Sutherly Dec. 1--TROY -- MT Picture Display Corp. announced the largest layoff in city history Wednesday, saying it will close its television picture tube plant in February and eliminate the plant's remaining 480 jobs. ...

Workflow says Relizon headquarters to stay.
December 1, 2005... Byline: Jim Dillon Dec. 1--DAYTON -- The new owner of the former Relizon Co. plans to keep the company's downtown Dayton headquarters open and operating for the foreseeable future. Greg Mosher, chairman and CEO of Workflow Management...

Dayton, Ohio-area makes pledge to Delphi.
December 2, 2005... Dec. 2--DAYTON -- Local elected officials and business leaders told Delphi Corp.'s top executive on Thursday that the community will do all within its power to help financially strapped Delphi keep its Dayton-area plants operating. The...

Biodiesel plant gets initial approval.
December 2, 2005... Byline: Lou Grieco Dec. 2--MIAMISBURG -- City officials have given preliminary approval to put a biodiesel processing plant in the old Carrollton Envelop building, which would be the second biodiesel plant in Ohio. The planning...

Relizon headquarters to stay open.
December 2, 2005... Byline: Jim Dillon Dec. 2--DAYTON -- The new owner of the Relizon Co. plans to keep the company's downtown Dayton headquarters open and operating for the foreseeable future. Greg Mosher, chairman and CEO of Workflow Management Inc.,...

Merger to save millions but customers unlikely to benefit.
December 2, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Dec. 2--DAYTON -- The proposed merger of Duke Energy Corp. and Cinergy Corp. includes power plant transfers that would save the companies at least $225 million, but they haven't proposed passing those savings on to...

Dayton chamber names VP for economic development.
December 3, 2005... Byline: Shannon Joyce Neal Dec. 3--DAYTON -- The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce announced Friday it hired Chris Kershner as its new vice president of public policy and economic development. Kershner, 29, will join the chamber...

General details lab chief's exit.
December 3, 2005... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Dec. 3--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- A two-star general was removed as commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory last month because senior leaders didn't like where he was taking the laboratory, the...

BRAC's over, what's next?
December 4, 2005... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Dec. 4--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- It weathered this summer's military base-closing storm, but the Development and Fielding Systems Group here still faces challenges -- including the daunting task of...

Dayton Daily News, Ohio, Jim Dillon column.
December 4, 2005... Byline: Jim Dillon Dec. 4--If Dayton-based MTC Technologies Inc. is one of America's best small businesses, as dubbed by Forbes magazine, it certainly isn't reflected in the company's stock price. It's Friday and I'm looking at MTC's...

Chip off the new block.
December 4, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Dec. 4--DAYTON -- An RFID tag contains data about the product to which it's attached. It uses a radio signal to transmit data that can be received by a reader. Retailers like Wal-Mart have laid out a road map...

Riverside council OKs sale of land.
December 6, 2005... Byline: Steve Bennish Dec. 6--RIVERSIDE -- The City Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve the sale of a 2-acre tract to a Mason-based development consultant. The sale is part of the city's Center of Flight project that...

Bill to help auto industry called flawed.
December 6, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Dec. 6--DAYTON -- Legislation that Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted is promoting as a means to encourage Delphi Corp. and auto industry employers to invest in their plants and keep jobs in Ohio may be ill-advised, a policy...

Grocers to sue state over tax.
December 6, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Dec. 6--DAYTON -- A statewide organization of retail grocers says it will file a lawsuit next year to challenge application of a new Ohio business tax to the sale of food which is consumed anyplace other than where it is...

BWC's new head charts direction.
December 6, 2005... Byline: Laura A. Bischoff Dec. 6--COLUMBUS -- William Mabe says he came out of retirement to be the new administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation because it looked like a fun thing to do. "I always thought what's fun is to...

Air show scales back 2006 heritage exhibit.
December 7, 2005... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Dec. 7--DAYTON -- Vectren Dayton Air Show organizers haven't completely scratched a major aviation heritage exhibit for 2006, the chairman of the United States Air and Trade Show Inc. said Monday. USATS...

Dems to seek testimony of autoworkers.
December 7, 2005... Byline: Jessica Wehrman Dec. 7--WASHINGTON -- Congressional Democrats will spend the next two weeks collecting testimony from Delphi Corp. and General Motors Corp. employees about how the crisis in the U.S. automobile industry has affected...

Tax break opens way for call center in Riverside.
December 7, 2005... Byline: Shaheen Samavati Dec. 7--COLUMBUS -- InfoCision Management Corp., a telemarketing company based in Akron, was approved Monday for a five-year, 50 percent state tax credit to open a call center on Woodman Drive in Riverside. The...

GM drops revamping for SUVs.
December 7, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Dec. 7--DAYTON -- General Motors Corp. has dropped plans for re-engineering Chevrolet TrailBlazers and GMC Envoy sport utility vehicles made at its Moraine plant, but is looking at reworking the exterior and interior...

RTA stalls budget cuts until new chief starts.
December 7, 2005... Byline: Lynn Hulsey Dec. 7--DAYTON -- The $60.1 million 2006 budget the Greater Dayton RTA board approved Tuesday continues to rely on reserves to cover operating deficits. The board opted to wait to make major budget cuts until the...

Consultant picked to lead RTA.
December 7, 2005... Byline: Lynn Hulsey Dec. 7--DAYTON -- The new executive director of Greater Dayton RTA is Mark F. Donaghy, the consultant who this year oversaw a critical review of the transit system's performance and laid out a plan for improvement that...

Retailers going deep (on discounts) to score.
December 8, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Dec. 8--DAYTON -- Retailers' advertising and pricing wars are creating deep discounts this holiday -- bad news for retailers' bottom line, but good news for consumers trying to save money. On the Friday...

Fairborn, Ohio, teachers to consider strike notice.
December 8, 2005... Byline: Ismail Turay Jr. Dec. 8--FAIRBORN -- With contract negotiations at an impasse, Fairborn teachers will consider an "intent to strike" vote this afternoon, union officials said. The teachers will hear from their negotiating team...

KeyBank picks district president.
December 9, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Dec. 9--DAYTON -- Daniel C. Fischer, a former Fifth Third Bancorp executive, has been hired as president of KeyBank's Dayton district, which includes five counties in the Dayton and Springfield areas. Fischer's...

Bank suing over lack of work.
December 9, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Dec. 9--DAYTON -- J.P. Morgan Chase Bank is seeking foreclosure against private developer Rain and Associates for failing to complete construction on the Schwind Building at 25 S. Ludlow St., according to Montgomery...

Partner's death forces Dayton, Ohio, jeweler to close.
December 9, 2005... Byline: Shannon Joyce Neal Dec. 9--DAYTON -- Larry Jaffe never expected he would have to close his jewelry store when Bob Gross, his business partner of 26 years, died suddenly of a heart attack in July. But Nov. 11, Jaffe started a...

Bowlds new commander of AF research laboratory.
December 9, 2005... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Dec. 9--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Maj. Gen. Ted F. Bowlds will be the new commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Air Force Materiel Command announced Thursday. Bowlds will fill a vacancy...

Grant, Wal-Mart link criticized.
December 9, 2005... Byline: Lynn Hulsey Dec. 9--DAYTON -- Trotwood can demolish an empty building to make way for a possible Wal-Mart Superstore after Montgomery County commissioners on Thursday approved a grant to help with the project. Trotwood won...

Shopsmith is private company again.
December 10, 2005... Byline: Jim Dillon Dec. 10--DAYTON -- Shopsmith Inc., the struggling maker of multipurpose woodworking machines, is a privately held company again. Shopsmith on Thursday filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...

Qbase to move to new headquarters soon.
December 11, 2005... Byline: Jim Dillon Dec. 11--DAYTON -- For nearly all of his adult life, Bill Pardue has dealt with data. So, it is no surprise that Pardue again is running a company that manages information. Having served as president and chief...

CWA president rallies Delphi employees.
December 11, 2005... Byline: Rob Modic Dec. 11--DAYTON -- Wearing a bright red cap, Larry Cohen, president of the 700,000-member Communications Workers of America, told a frigid but spirited crowd at Courthouse Square on Saturday that the fight for Delphi jobs...

Do earmarks smell of pork?
December 11, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Dec. 11--DAYTON -- Months ago, community representatives let it be known that NCR Corp. could use help expanding its Dayton headquarters building to make room for employees being consolidated there from out of town. ...

Forum to examine state of environment.
December 13, 2005... Byline: Steve Bennish Dec. 13--DAYTON -- The city of Dayton Environmental Advisory Board is holding a town hall meeting tonight at City Hall on the state of the environment. The meeting is open to the public and will include remarks...

Investors urged to consider long-term.
December 13, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Dec. 13--DAYTON -- Investors should focus on high-value, long-term investment stocks in 2006 to ride out what could be a volatile year, leaders of James Investment Research Inc. said Monday. The investment management...

Plans form for Salem Mall site.
December 13, 2005... Byline: Ryan Justin Fox Dec. 13--TROTWOOD -- Salem Mall's much-anticipated new look was unveiled Monday night when city and development officials revealed preliminary specifications for the LandMark town center. It is the planned...

Retailers hope for big weekend.
December 14, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Dec. 14--With 11 shopping days left before Christmas, retailers are planning their next moves for their most crucial weekend of business. The weekend before Christmas has become the busiest shopping period of...

MeadWestvaco buys design company.
December 14, 2005... Byline: Jim Dillon Dec. 14--DAYTON -- MeadWestvaco Corp., which has operations in the Dayton area, said Wednesday it has acquired DZN, The Design Group, a full-service design and marketing company based in Los Angeles. Terms were not...

Miami County elections board hires Dem's ex-chairman.
December 15, 2005... Byline: Nancy Bowman Dec. 15--TROY--The Miami County Board of Elections approved Thursday the hiring of David Brewer as the elections deputy director. Brewer, a former Democratic Party chairman, was recommended to the board by county...

Reynolds delays filing results.
December 16, 2005... Byline: Jim Dillon Dec. 16--KETTERING -- Reynolds and Reynolds Co. said Thursday it will delay filing its full-year results indefinitely while it continues to review how it recognizes revenue. Reynolds and Reynolds, a provider of...

Time Warner names channels for family tier.
December 16, 2005... Byline: Shannon Joyce Neal Dec. 16--DAYTON -- Time Warner Cable announced Thursday which channels it will include in its Family Choice Tier, a 15-channel package aimed at content-conscience parents. The channels include Boomerang,...

Energy conservation may come at a cost.
December 16, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Dec. 16--DAYTON -- Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio Inc., the Dayton area's dominant supplier of natural gas, has asked state regulators for permission to charge consumers for costs of gas conservation. If the Public...

Trader Joe's pulls wine.
December 16, 2005... Byline: Mark Fisher Dec. 16--DAYTON -- Trader Joe's -- which had pulled its Chiaro del Bastardo Italian white wine from the shelves of its Ohio stores after the DaytonDailyNews.com wine blog "Uncorked" raised questions about two apparently...

Cinergy, Duke ready to offer credits to answer merger questions.
December 16, 2005... Byline: Jim Dillon Dec. 16--DAYTON -- Cinergy and Duke Energy on Friday said they are ready to offer a series of customer credits and guarantees to "resolve all issues" stemming from the proposed merger of the two utility companies. ...

Salaries soar for Dayton, Ohio-area hospital CEOs.
December 17, 2005... Byline: Kevin Lamb Dec. 17--DAYTON -- Local hospital CEOs had the highest average total compensation of eight Ohio regions in the latest report by the state's largest union for health care workers. The average income for Dayton-area...

Carlson's charge: Materiel Command faces challenges.
December 19, 2005... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Dec. 19--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE--The biggest blips on Gen. Bruce Carlson's radar these days aren't enemy missiles, but organizational and funding challenges. The former combat pilot and Eighth Air...

Blue Angels to headline air show.
December 19, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Dec. 19--DAYTON--Two pilots from the U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet team flew to Dayton on Friday to help announce the live acts lined up for the 2006 Vectren Dayton Air Show. The jet team will headline the air show...

Arcade owner dreaming big.
December 19, 2005... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Dec. 19--DAYTON -- Brownfield Charities Inc. founder Tony Staub believes he's come up with an "incredible" idea to make Dayton's historic Arcade a destination once again. He's seeking donations of about...

Delphi, GM workers speak out.
December 19, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Dec. 19--Employees and retirees of Delphi Corp. and General Motors Corp. are telling Congress that they are worried about the future of their pension and health care benefits, and about the grim prospects for starting...

Who has first dibs on insurance settlements?
December 19, 2005... Byline: Shaheen Samavati Dec. 19--COLUMBUS -- Diana Smith of Beavercreek Twp. will never fully recover from the shattered pelvis and hip, four fractured vertebrae, broken feet, and damaged knees caused by a car crash in November 2004. ...

Postal peak raises volume to 1.5 million pieces.
December 20, 2005... Byline: Lou Grieco Dec. 20--DAYTON -- Dayton-area post offices were expecting twice the usual volume of mail Monday, as people rushed to get holiday cards and gifts in the mail. Related Children's letters to Santa Gifts don't have to...

Dayton commission expected to vote today on proposal to attract flights.
December 21, 2005... Byline: Jim Bebbington Dec. 21--DAYTON--Dayton's airport wants to offer incentives to encourage airlines to add or start new service. Airport officials want the authority to waive for up to six months the landing, gate and...

Dayton, Ohio, man assembles gifts for a small fee.
December 21, 2005... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Dec. 21--DAYTON--So you've found the perfect gift for that special someone, but what stops you in your tracks are the three most dreaded words of holiday shopping: "Some assembly required." Those words are...

Tipp's city manager gets 4.5 percent pay increase.
December 21, 2005... Byline: Nancy Bowman Dec. 21--TIPP CITY-- City Manager David Collinsworth's efforts to guide the city through choppy financial waters earned him praise -- and a 4.5 percent raise -- from the City Council. Council President Vickie...

Montgomery leads state in foreclosures.
December 21, 2005... Byline: Katherine Ullmer Dec. 21--DAYTON--Montgomery County leads the state and Ohio leads the nation in per capita home foreclosures, but a community initiative is hoping to stem the tide through a foreclosure resource hot line. ...

Ho, ho, hold that line big spender.
December 21, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Dec. 21--DAYTON--The last days of Christmas shopping can turn into a financial freakout for some shoppers trying to finish their lists. "These are the folks more likely to spend carelessly," said Bill Staler,...

Duke-Cinergy merger wins approval.
December 22, 2005... Byline: Jim Dillon Dec. 22--DAYTON -- State regulators on Wednesday approved the $9 billion takeover of Cincinnati-based Cinergy Corp. by Duke Energy Corp. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio also approved a rate increase request...

Coin dealer: BWC made profit.
December 22, 2005... Byline: William Hershey Dec. 22--COLUMBUS -- Embattled Toledo-area rare-coin collector Tom Noe made a public appearance Wednesday at a press conference where his attorney defended Noe's handling of the $50 million investment Noe handled...

Miami University responds to suit, says equal benefits allowed.
December 22, 2005... Byline: Shaheen Samavati Dec. 22--COLUMBUS -- Lawyers for Miami University argued that not allowing a university to offer equal benefits to its employees would violate the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in a response to a lawsuit...

Senators block commission report on insurance claim issue.
December 22, 2005... Byline: Shaheen Samavati Dec. 22--COLUMBUS -- Sens. Jay Hottinger, R-Newark, and David Goodman, R-New Albany, blocked the six-member Subrogation Rights Commission from issuing a majority report at its final meeting on Wednesday. The...

Wright-Pat scramjet earns X-plane status from the Pentagon.
December 22, 2005... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Dec. 22--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- The Pentagon has given X-plane status to a $212 million program aimed at test-flying a revolutionary jet engine developed at Wright-Patterson, the Air Force Research...

Residents angry center may close.
December 22, 2005... Byline: Jim Bebbington Dec. 22--DAYTON -- Residents who live near the city's Linden Recreation Center voiced anger Wednesday that the city is proposing to close it with no specific plans for a replacement. The center could be closed as...

Gas bills to show spike, Vectren says.
December 29, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Dec. 29--DAYTON -- Customers could get a shock in January when they open their natural gas heating bills for December because the colder-than-normal weather earlier this month caused furnaces to run more often, Vectren...

State OKs DP&L rate boost.
December 29, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Dec.29--DAYTON -- The Dayton Power and Light Co. on Wednesday received state approval to charge its electricity customers a rate increase of 6.7 percent starting on Jan. 1, plus additional annual rate increases of close...

Retailers ride 11th-hour holiday frenzy.
December 29, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Dec. 29--DAYTON -- Last-minute shoppers may have salvaged the holiday season for retailers, according to initial sales results released Wednesday showing a significant surge during the last week before Christmas....

Ex-PaySource president sues company.
December 29, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Dec. 29--DAYTON -- A former president of PaySource Inc. is suing the company and its sole shareholder and chief executive officer, Robert Sacco, charging wrongful termination under Ohio's whistleblower protection...

Vectren gas rates stay put.
December 30, 2005... Byline: John Nolan Dec. 30--Ohio's two largest providers of natural gas, Columbia Gas of Ohio and Dominion East Ohio, on Thursday cut their rates for January to pass along to customers the benefit of lower market prices for gas within...

Ohio seeks to help auto industry.
December 30, 2005... Byline: Laura A. Bischoff Dec. 30--COLUMBUS -- Automakers and parts suppliers such as General Motors and Delphi may get a break on their enormous electric bills next year in the hopes of lending a helping hand to the ailing industry in...