Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) articles from January 2007

Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) archives from January 2007

Study shows consumers want more from ATMs.
January 2, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 2--You're at the ATM getting cash when you decide to pay your bills and buy stamps and movie tickets while you're there. Consumers rated similar ATM amenities highly, according to a recent study of...

Crew, maintenance issues scrub two local airline flights.
January 3, 2007... Jan. 3--DAYTON -- A scheduled Delta Air Lines nonstop flight from Dayton to Atlanta was canceled on Tuesday for maintenance reasons, forcing some of the 144 passengers to wait until today to depart from Dayton International Airport. Most...

Sinclair Community College hires former state legislator to help with expansion.
January 3, 2007... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Jan. 3--DAYTON -- Tom Raga, former state representative from Mason, now works for Sinclair Community College as its senior director of strategy and regional development. Raga reports to Sinclair president Steven...

REX buys $5 million note from ethanol plant.
January 4, 2007... Jan. 4--DAYTON -- REX Stores on Wednesday announced the purchase of a $5 million secured promissory note from a Texas-based ethanol production company. The purchase of the Levelland/Hockley County Ethanol note, along with REX's previous $11.5...

Dayton, Ohio, number 4 for job loss.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 4--DAYTON -- Dayton tied for fourth in the nation for the largest over-the-year decreases in employment, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. Topping the list is Detroit-Warren-Livonia,...

Dayton, Ohio-area paper maker has new owner.
January 4, 2007... Jan. 4--HAMILTON -- SMART Papers, a maker of papers for writing, commercial printing, graphic arts and packaging, has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with new ownership, officials said Wednesday. Plainfield Asset Management, which took a...

Chamber puts muscle behind I-75 improvements.
January 4, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 4--DAYTON -- The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce today outlined its goals to continue the momentum of business growth in the region. The chamber's legislative and regulatory agenda identifies 10 regional...

Dayton airport traffic slips a bit.
January 5, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 5--Dayton International Airport got a little less busy in 2006 as the total number of takeoffs and landings fell by 10 percent from the prior year, according to preliminary figures the Federal Aviation...

Dayton city manager to focus on economy, services.
January 5, 2007... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Jan. 5--DAYTON -- Dayton City Manager Rashad Young wants to change operations at City Hall to put greater emphasis on boosting the economy and enhancing the way services are delivered to residents. "The...

Wellington Grille: Fine food, service, aura of romance.
January 5, 2007... Byline: Mark Fisher Jan. 5--BEAVER CREEK -- Chef Dennis McCarthy's three-decade culinary career took him from his native Dayton to San Francisco and then back to Dayton, where he served in recent years as chef at Olivia's and at Neil's...

Delphi Corp. turns to Dayton native to reshape company.
January 6, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 6--With a background in engineering and manufacturing, Rodney O'Neal has risen through the ranks of General Motors Corp. and later Delphi Corp. to become Delphi's chief executive, at a time when the company is...

Heating bills may drop 20 percent.
January 8, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 8--DAYTON -- Miami Valley residents could see a 20 percent decrease in their heating bills as winter temperatures climb 30 percent higher than normal. "So far, for January, it's been 28 percent warmer...

NCR to spin off profitable Teradata.
January 8, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 8--DAYTON -- NCR Corp. said Monday it will spin off its Teradata division, a star performer for the company in recent years, as a separate publicly traded company. NCR said it expects the deal to be tax-free for...

B.R. Scotese's closes amid financial woes, violations.
January 9, 2007... Byline: Mark Fisher Jan. 9--BEAVERCREEK -- B.R. Scotese's closed a day before the Greene County Board of Health took action to suspend the restaurant's food-service license through March 1. The restaurant's owner, Christopher Taylor,...

Appleton Papers stalls planned mill expansion.
January 9, 2007... Byline: Lisa Bernard Jan. 9--WEST CARROLLTON -- A request for a $200,000 Montgomery County grant to go toward a potential $100 million upgrade to the local Appleton Papers mill was tabled Monday by the Economic Development Grant Equity...

Bon-Ton will put E-B banner on Parisian.
January 10, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 10--BEAVERCREEK -- The Bon-Ton Stores on Tuesday announced plans to renovate and reconfigure its Elder-Beerman and recently acquired Parisian stores at Fairfield Commons Mall and operate both under the...

Dayton school layoff notices being issued.
January 10, 2007... Byline: Scott Elliott Jan. 10--Dayton Public Schools this week is notifying employees who will be laid off as a result of 61 job cuts -- including 30 teaching positions -- in a cost-cutting move to head off a looming deficit. The...

Many open jobs won't support a family.
January 10, 2007... Byline: Lynn Hulsey Jan. 10--The good news is there are 21,000 jobs out there waiting to be filled in the Miami Valley. The bad news is a third of them don't pay enough to support a family. A Job Vacancy Survey Report for...

Last of 10 C-5 Galaxy cargo planes arrives at WPAFB.
January 11, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 11--Wright-Patterson Air Force Base now has its full expected complement of Lockheed C-5 Galaxy cargo-hauling planes to replace the C-141 aircraft the Air Force has retired. The shift to the C-5, one of the...

Oregon District residents speak out against liquor permits.
January 11, 2007... Byline: James Cummings Jan. 11--DAYTON -- Seven residents of the Oregon Historic District told Dayton City Commissioners on Wednesday they still feel the district has more than its fair share of bars and they remain opposed to new liquor...

NCR announces hundreds of job cuts.
January 11, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 11--DAYTON -- NCR Corp. is cutting hundreds of manufacturing jobs at ATM-making plants from Texas to Scotland in a realignment of its financial self-service division that produces and sells the automated teller...

Nameplate change most difficult on Parisian shoppers.
January 11, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 11--BEAVERCREEK -- The change from a Parisian to Elder-Beerman nameplate may be biggest hurdle in getting customers to accept two Elder-Beerman anchors at the Mall at Fairfield Commons this spring. "It...

Cincinnati Bell uses ruling to raise rates.
January 11, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 11--Cincinnati Bell has increased its residential rates for basic local telephone service in its Cincinnati and Hamilton exchanges by $1.25 per month, less than two months after gaining state approval to impose the...

Super Wal-Mart store coming to Kingsridge.
January 11, 2007... Byline: Lisa Bernard Jan. 11--MIAMI TWP. -- Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has plans to open a superstore on Kingsridge Drive by spring 2008. The planned 200,000-square-foot store will include groceries, general merchandise, a...

The burden of proof to be eased for former atomic bomb workers.
January 12, 2007... Byline: Tom Beyerlein Jan. 12--People who took part in the historic early work on the atomic bomb in Dayton during the 1940s and later suffered from radiation-related cancers will likely have an easier time qualifying for federal...

Delphi to sell key operation at Home Ave. plant.
January 12, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 12--DAYTON -- An investment banker has been hired to help sell a key business at Delphi Corp.'s Home Avenue plant. W.Y. Campbell & Co., a Detroit firm that helps companies sell operations, will explore...

Housing slowdown means no Homearama '07.
January 12, 2007... Byline: Lisa Bernard Jan. 12--The slowdown in the housing market in 2006 has led organizers of the annual Homearama show to cancel this year's event. High levels of unsold homes remain on the market -- leading many home builders to...

Flying Pizza may move temporarily for garage.
January 12, 2007... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Jan. 12--DAYTON -- A popular downtown pizzeria may be asked to move, temporarily, during construction of a parking garage to serve employees of an office tower being built for CareSource Management Group. ...

NCR leaders hope split will help boost its core business.
January 13, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 13--DAYTON -- NCR Corp. is headed back to the future. With the company's decision to split off its Teradata data warehousing division as a separate publicly traded company, NCR will focus on building the U.S....

Labor offers mixed reviews of Delphi's new financing plan, investors.
January 13, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 13--Dayton labor leaders have mixed feelings about the private equity investment firms that received a federal bankruptcy judge's approval Friday to pump billions of dollars into Delphi Corp. to help steer it out of...

Dayton Steel buys new computer software.
January 13, 2007... Jan. 13--DAYTON -- AXIS Computer Systems, a provider of enterprise resource planning software for metal, wire and cable industries, announced that Dayton Steel Service Inc. selected its AXIOM Enterprise Management System as its new generation...

Body mover expanding, building 'morgue on wheels'.
January 16, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 16--DAYTON -- It's a grisly business that requires skills in forensics and, above all, respect for the dead. "I don't care how much money you have or how much money you don't have, your loved one is...

Two more Beavercreek restaurants to close.
January 16, 2007... Byline: Mark Fisher Jan. 16--BEAVERCREEK -- Two more Beavercreek restaurants are closing. Adam's Rib Company and Shades of Jade, the restaurants that share the space of the former Wallaby's at 2434 Esquire Drive, just south of the...

Air Force base preps for new jobs, budget cuts.
January 17, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 17--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Budget pressures and preparing for the future will each have an impact this year at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Col. Colleen M. Ryan, who as commander of the 88th Air...

Study: Auto parts industry is economy's invisible giant.
January 17, 2007... Byline: Thomas Gnau Jan. 17--Every job in auto parts manufacturing creates another 4.7 jobs, according to an industry study released this morning. In 2004, the parts industry directly employed more than 783,000 workers across the...

Strickland names energy adviser, orders energy savings policies.
January 17, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 17--COLUMBUS -- Ohio Governor Ted Strickland today signed an executive order naming an energy adviser to coordinate the state's efforts in creating jobs by becoming the leader of next-generation energy...

Monroe planners want more answers on outlet mall plan.
January 17, 2007... Jan. 17--MONROE -- Cincinnati Premium Outlets developers may soon present more concrete plans, but there are items that need to be addressed. The Monroe Planning Committee on Tuesday night tabled two agenda items regarding the proposed...

Proposed school funding amendment would change local tax role.
January 17, 2007... Byline: William Hershey Jan. 17--COLUMBUS -- A coalition of union and school groups today unveiled a proposed constitutional amendment that would give every public school student the right to a "high quality public education" by...

Dayton highways to get traffic alert signs.
January 17, 2007... Byline: Lisa Bernard Jan. 17--DAYTON -- Electronic message boards that alert highway motorists of traffic accidents, severe driving conditions and other useful information could be making their way to Dayton's freeway system. However,...

Base prepares for new jobs and tighter belt.
January 18, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 18--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Budget pressures and future planning will each have an impact this year at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Col. Colleen M. Ryan, who as commander of the 88th Air Base Wing...

ATM maker raises its earnings outlook for 2006.
January 18, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 18--DAYTON -- NCR on Tuesday raised its earnings outlook for the fourth quarter, sending the stock of the ATM maker up nearly 3 percent by the last trade. NCR said it expects to make 91 cents a share for...

Funding woes hinder Tech Town development.
January 18, 2007... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Jan. 18--DAYTON -- When city officials announced plans in 2003 to convert the former Harrison Radiator factory on Monument Avenue into a high-tech business park, they expected to have the work well under way in...

West's deep freeze may mean shortages.
January 18, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 18--DAYTON -- A deep freeze out West could soon translate to higher produce costs for Miami Valley shoppers as area grocers brace for months of produce shortages. Prices are expected to shoot up across...

Big box retailer wants to build in Miami Valley.
January 19, 2007... Byline: Nancy Bowman Jan. 19--TIPP CITY -- Menards hopes to build one of its home improvement stores here just west of Interstate 75 in 2008, bringing along other new retail and restaurant businesses. Preliminary plans for what would...

Health, defense and high-tech skills in demand.
January 19, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 19--DAYTON -- Employment in manufacturing in the region is declining at the same pace as the rest of the nation, but jobs in education, health, high-tech services and defense are on the rise, according to a...

State liquor sales rise for eighth straight year.(Financial report)
January 19, 2007... Byline: Mark Fisher Jan. 19--With record dollars spent on liquor ($655.7 million) and record volume consumed (an even 10 million gallons), there is no doubt Ohioans experienced a very spirited 2006. The dollar figure marks the eighth...

Regency and Cornerstone getting new look, name.
January 20, 2007... Byline: Lisa Bernard Jan. 20--DAYTON -- A Cleveland-based development and property management firm, JED Investments, has purchased the Regency and Cornerstone apartment complexes on Central Avenue, near the Dayton Art Institute. ...

High-tech bike shop reinvents the wheel.
January 20, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 20--BEAVERCREEK -- roll:, a new-to-the-market cycling shop, is coming in March to The Greene in Beavercreek. Like it's name, roll: is different in that it's been recognized by Bicycle Retailer and...

Premier Health Partners chief talks recruiting, medical costs, other challenges.
January 20, 2007... Byline: Anthony Gottschlich Jan. 20--Big challenges face the Dayton area's health-care industry, says Tom Breitenbach, founding president and CEO of Premier Health Partners, the parent operating company for Good Samaritan, Miami Valley and...

Market's sluggish, but some contractors are asking: What slowdown?
January 20, 2007... Byline: Lisa Bernard Jan. 20--Despite declines in housing construction during the last year, some area builders say they believe the demand for a new home remains strong in certain markets. In growing areas of the Miami Valley, local...

Budget cuts force air force base to consolidate public affairs offices.
January 21, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 21--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- The Air Force's mouthpieces are undergoing changes. Budget cuts are prompting bases around the country to consolidate public affairs offices. At Wright-Patterson Air...

Premier paid dearly for Anthem rift, tax records show.
January 21, 2007... Byline: Anthony Gottschlich Jan. 21--DAYTON -- Recently filed tax returns show just how hard Premier Health Partners' 2005 break from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans hammered the hospital network's bottom line. Good...

Where does our food come from? Often from a processing plant in Ohio.
January 22, 2007... Byline: Ben Sutherly Jan. 22--The path food takes from the farm to your fork frequently goes through a processing plant -- and you might be surprised at how much of that processing happens here in Ohio. Bob Evans, for example,...

Dayton-area home sales in December near record level.
January 23, 2007... Byline: Lisa Bernard Jan. 23--DAYTON -- Single-family home sales in December were at the second highest level ever reported for the month, according to the Dayton Area Board of Realtors. Last month, 895 single-family homes were sold in...

Sugarcreek Twp. goes to court seeking return of the Dille property.
January 23, 2007... Byline: Katherine Ullmer Jan. 23--SUGARCREEK TWP., Greene County -- The Sugarcreek Twp. Trustees and Sugarcreek Twp. Administrator Barry Tiffany filed a motion in Greene County Common Pleas Court on Monday to get the 270-plus acre Dille...

Terms outlined for CareSource headquarters.
January 23, 2007... Byline: Lisa Bernard Jan. 23--DAYTON -- The Dayton-Montgomery County Port Authority has signed off on the final agreements for the construction of CareSource's headquarters downtown. In November, the managed care services firm...

Wright State unveils $6.2 million addition at its school of medicine.
January 23, 2007... Byline: Anthony Gottschlich Jan. 23--FAIRBORN -- The new digs at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine are so impressive, "It almost makes me want to go back to medical school," Wright State President Kim Goldenberg said...

Anthem's e-prescriptions could cut medical errors.
January 23, 2007... Byline: Kevin Lamb Jan. 23--DAYTON -- Dozens of local doctors soon will be writing prescriptions electronically instead of scribbling them on pads, with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield providing the equipment in a pilot program the...

NCR awards ATM contract.
January 24, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 24--DAYTON -- NCR has awarded a five-year contract to a California-based company to manufacture its ATMs in U.S., Canada and Brazil and its self-checkout systems globally. "Expanding our relationship...

Lockheed contract benefits local aerospace plant.
January 24, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 24--VANDALIA -- Smiths Aerospace, part of the global technology business Smiths Group, has received a five-year contract from Lockheed Martin for logistics support on Lockheed C-130J/K aircraft operated by Britain's...

AK Steel stock surges to an all-time high.
January 24, 2007... Byline: Dave Greber Jan. 24--MIDDLETOWN -- AK Steel's record sales and unadjusted income of more than $34 million for the fourth quarter of 2006 fueled the Middletown-based steelmaker's stock to an all-time high Tuesday. James L....

Ohio gets $100 million to help disabled, seniors move.
January 24, 2007... Byline: William Hershey Jan. 24--COLUMBUS -- Ohio will receive $100 million over five years to help 2,200 seniors and people with disabilities move from nursing homes and other institutions to homes and community-based settings. "This...

Ohio rated among worst in December job growth.
January 24, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 24--Ohio ranked second in the nation for the worst job growth in December compared to a year ago, according to a federal Bureau of Labor Statistics report issued Tuesday. The Midwest registered the...

Ohio fourth in nation in mass layoffs.
January 24, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 24--Ohio ranked fourth in the nation for the most mass layoff claims in 2006, according to a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report. With 317,907 filings, California recorded the largest number of claims...

Commissioners OK increase in trash collection rates.
January 24, 2007... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Jan. 24--DAYTON -- City of Dayton residents will pay more for waste collection in 2007 -- and possibly every year thereafter. The Dayton City Commission on Wednesday approved an ordinance setting monthly...

NCR earnings up 16 percent after restructuring.(Financial report)
January 25, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 25--DAYTON -- The global restructuring of its manufacturing resources and market adoption of enhanced payment systems in ATM technology are among the reasons that NCR Corp. today announced a 5 percent...

Piqua schools mull earned income tax.
January 25, 2007... Byline: Doug Page Jan. 25--PIQUA -- The school board took the first step Wednesday night to replace its 0.5 percent adjusted gross income tax with an earned income tax. The board agreed to ask the state Department of Taxation to...

MVRPC seeking input today on area projects.
January 25, 2007... Byline: Lisa Bernard Jan. 25--DAYTON -- The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission is inviting the public to weigh in on a plan to prioritize transportation improvement projects for western portions of Montgomery County. The...

RTA's major route redesign will go into effect Sunday.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Lynn Hulsey Jan. 26--DAYTON -- Not long ago the mantra at the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority was "be more than a bus company" and its former leadership refused to cut service even as deficits grew. On Sunday RTA...

Ohio among nation's leaders in foreclosures.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Lisa Bernard Jan. 26--DAYTON -- Foreclosures are up 42 percent in the U.S., with Ohio ranking eighth in the nation in 2006, according data released by RealtyTrac. With 81,517 foreclosures filed last year, the state's...

School board makes plea for passage of 16-mill levy.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Scott Elliott Jan. 26--Dayton school leaders made an emotional plea to voters Thursday while acknowledging they are asking a lot by placing a levy estimated at 16 mills on the May 8 ballot. After the board voted unanimously to...

Tall Timbers Supper Club heads to the auction block.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Valryn Warren Jan. 26--HUBER HEIGHTS -- Named for the old trees lining its once elegant circular driveway, the former Tall Timbers Supper Club is rooted deeper in history than most people realize. But its future is anybody's...

Talbots to open store at The Greene on Friday.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 26--BEAVERCREEK -- Talbots, the women's clothing chain, on Friday opens the doors of its new Dayton-area home at The Greene in Beavercreek. Talbots last summer announced plans to relocate from The Mall at...

Local company announces $100 million expansion.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Lisa Bernard Jan. 26--DAYTON -- Appleton has announced plans for an $100 million expansion of the company's thermal paper production capacity at its mill in West Carrollton. The expansion will include the installation of a...

Tipp City-Vandalia water treatment plant dedicated.
January 29, 2007... Byline: Nancy Bowman Jan. 29--TIPP CITY -- Most toasts are made with something stronger than water, but at Sunday's dedication of a $24 million joint venture between Tipp City and Vandalia, water was more than appropriate. Elected...

Hawthorn Hill may become part of aviation park.
January 30, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 30--DAYTON -- Under draft legislation being proposed for consideration by Congress, Hawthorn Hill -- the longtime home of aviation pioneer Orville Wright -- and the Wright brothers' airplane factory -- now part of...

Extra staff helps riders cope with RTA's route overhaul.
January 30, 2007... Byline: Lynn Hulsey Jan. 30--DAYTON -- A massive reworking of Greater Dayton RTA routes brought a few surprises, lots of questions and some complaints from people no longer transferring buses at Wright Stop Plaza, Executive Director Mark...

Fifth Street Deli may get permit after all.
January 30, 2007... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Jan. 30--DAYTON -- Patrons of the Fifth Street Wine & Deli have routinely asked the same question since the eatery opened. Where's your wine? Co-owner Robert Strong says he'll soon have an answer for...

TJX Companies closes area A.J. Wright stores.
January 30, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 30--DAYTON -- After little more than four years in the Dayton market, TJX Companies is closing both A.J. Wright discount retail stores here. The Framingham, Mass.-based TJX in November announced the...

Air Force opens bids for new airborne tanker.
January 31, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 31--The Air Force on Tuesday took a big step toward its top priority of replacing its decades-old fleet of KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft, inviting companies to submit bids for a new generation of the planes. ...

Proposed $3 billion cut in BRAC funds could delay Air Force construction plans.
January 31, 2007... Byline: John Nolan Jan. 31--The Air Force said Tuesday it is preparing for the possibility that Congress may not appropriate all the money President Bush had proposed this year to start closing and realigning military bases as a 2005 law...

Dayton, Ohio-area employment growth for December among nation's worst.
January 31, 2007... Byline: Kristin McAllister Jan. 31--DAYTON -- While much of the nation enjoyed a solid job market, Dayton ranked fifth among metropolitan areas nationwide for the slowest rate of employment growth in December, according to a U.S. Bureau of...