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

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

Comair Flights Soaring Again above Dayton.
July 3, 2001... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Jul. 3--Regional airline Comair took to the skies again Monday, ending a three-month strike by its pilots and partially restoring scheduled flights between Dayton and Cincinnati. Dayton was among 26 cities...

Middletown, Ohio-Based AK Steel, Partner Develop Germ-Killing Metal.
July 3, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jul. 3--MIDDLETOWN, Ohio--To future generations, cleaning up a germ-laden spill with disinfecting cleanser and paper towels could seem as antiquated as sweeping dirt floors with a straw broom is today. ...

Tipp City, Ohio, Nursery's Parent Plans to Seek Protection.
July 3, 2001... Byline: Ben Sutherly and Nancy Bowman Jul. 3--TIPP CITY, Ohio--Spring Hill Nurseries' parent company will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will liquidate virtually all its holdings, including the 152-year-old horticultural landmark in...

Dayton, Ohio-Based Moto Photo Selects New Chief.
July 3, 2001... Byline: Tim Tresslar Jul. 3--TROTWOOD, Ohio--Moto Photo Inc. has named a restaurant industry veteran to the chief executive post of this chain of one-hour photofinishing shops. Lawrence P. Destro, 54, began his stint as chief executive...

Mason, Ohio, Amusement Park Unveils `Tomb Raider' Ride.
July 4, 2001... Byline: Joann Rouse Jul. 4--MASON, Ohio--Coming to an amusement park near you: Tomb Raider, The Ride. Paramount's Kings Island officials announced Monday that they plan to open in 2002 a multisensory adventure ride based on this...

Springfield, Ohio-Based Bank Will Open Branch in Montgomery County, Ohio.
July 6, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Jul. 6--CENTERVILLE, Ohio--Springfield-based Cornerstone Bank will open its first Montgomery County office in September in a recycled fast-food restaurant on Wilmington Pike. Cornerstone Bank purchased the former...

Policy Change at Miami University of Ohio Will Make Way for Business Ventures.
July 6, 2001... Jul. 6--OXFORD, Ohio--A change in state law may lead to more research and product development at Miami University. Miami trustees last month approved a policy change that allows business partnerships between the university and employees who...

Dayton, Ohio-Based Department Store Chain Keeps 16th Rank.
July 6, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Jul. 6--Locally based Elder-Beerman Stores Corp. maintained its rank as the 16th largest U.S. department store chain in the newest listing by the National Retail Federation. Elder-Beerman, with 63 stories in Ohio,...

Troy, Ohio, Businesses Get Tax Incentives.
July 6, 2001... Byline: Nancy Bowman Jul. 6--TROY, Ohio--Tax-break agreements for two expanding Troy businesses--one in the city since the 1940s, the other since the mid-1990s--were approved Thursday by Miami County commissioners. The commissioners...

Dayton, Ohio, Called Top Tech Town.
July 6, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jul. 6--In the wake of the dot-com meltdown in regions like Silicon Valley, a new pack of information-technology centers is coming to the fore. And Dayton is right in the middle of the action, according...

Developer Takes Time to Consider Options for Building in Piqua, Ohio.
July 7, 2001... Jul. 7--PIQUA, Ohio--Developer Richard Coleman said his friend Bob Cole made a good decision when he turned the former Stouder Memorial Hospital in Troy into offices and apartments, but will wait before he considers a similar renovation of the...

New Development Officials in Montgomery County, Ohio, Eager to Work Together.
July 8, 2001... Byline: Jim Bebbington Jul. 8--To hear three of the top economic-development professionals in Montgomery County describe them, the region's efforts at attracting new and expanding businesses have only recently left behind the days of a...

Dayton, Ohio-Based Broadcast Equipment Supplier Says Takeover Effort Withdrawn.
July 10, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Jul. 10--KETTERING, Ohio--Directors of MCSi Inc., a national supplier of meeting presentation and broadcast equipment, said Monday a takeover bid by a former chairman has been withdrawn. MCSi also announced the hiring of...

Stock Tumble Follows Ohio-Based Computer Systems Maker NCR's Warning.
July 10, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jul. 10--DAYTON, Ohio--NCR Corp. stock plunged 13.5 percent to $38.70 a share Monday after the company said second-quarter earnings and sales will miss forecasts because customers postponed upgrades of...

Civil Suit Against Middletown, Ohio-Based Steel Company Opens.
July 10, 2001... Byline: Dale Dempsey Jul. 10--CINCINNATI--In a case that is being closely followed by steelworkers and environmental groups, the federal government's civil lawsuit against AK Steel of Middletown opened Monday before U.S. District Court...

Ohio Public Utilities Commission Mulls Interest Charges for Ameritech.
July 11, 2001... Byline: Laura A. Bischoff Jul. 11--COLUMBUS, Ohio--Although the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio decided more than nine months ago that Ameritech Ohio should pay millions of dollars into a special fund, the telephone giant is still...

Automation Systems Company DTI Pleased with New Dayton, Ohio, Headquarters.
July 11, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jul. 11--DAYTON, Ohio--With the moving vans unloaded and his company up and running, Stephen J. Perkins now knows his suspicions were correct: Dayton is a great place to do business. Perkins, president...

Dayton, Ohio, Consortium Announces Business Plan Challenge.
July 12, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jul. 12--DAYTON, Ohio--Plastic leis and bottles of merlot circulated Wednesday through a crowd gathered at the Engineers Club to celebrate i-Zone's one-year anniversary. The culmination of the "Year-One...

Dayton, Ohio-Based Firm to Unveil ATM with Infrared Receiver.
July 13, 2001... Jul. 13--DAYTON, Ohio--Who needs a keyboard or video screen when an infrared signal will do? That's apparently what Dayton-based NCR Corp. believes when it comes to designing the automatic teller machine of the future. Today NCR will...

Columbus, Ohio-Based Bank Holding Company to Leave Florida Market.
July 13, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Jul. 13--COLUMBUS, Ohio--Huntington Bancshares Inc. announced a strategy Thursday to boost sagging profits that will pull Huntington Banks from Florida and some Midwest locations. The Columbus-based bank holding...

Health Group Drops Dayton, Ohio-Area Blue Cross Contract.
July 13, 2001... Byline: Kevin Lamb Jul. 13--DAYTON, Ohio--Premier Health Partners has formally canceled its contract with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, effective Dec. 31, in time to meet the requirement of 180 days' notice. The action,...

Proposed Bill to Open 401(k) Advice Market, Protect Employers.
July 16, 2001... Byline: Mei-Ling Hopgood Jul. 16--WASHINGTON--Since Mary Wolke graduated from Miami University about five years ago, she has wanted to invest in a 401(k) plan, outside of her teacher retirement program. The eighth-grade teacher at Troy...

Springboro, Ohio, Real Estate Salesman Built False Empire.
July 16, 2001... Byline: Rob Modic Jul. 16--DAYTON, Ohio--Before his 30th birthday on Nov. 25, 1999, Krishan Chari's intimate circle of investors and businesses was collapsing on him. Last week, nearly surrounded by those he betrayed, Chari apologized...

Ameritech Ohio Cuts Costs on Phone Books; Consumers Complain.
July 16, 2001... Byline: Laura A. Bischoff Jul. 16--COLUMBUS, Ohio--Ameritech Ohio appears to be shrinking the type it uses in phone books, putting more names, addresses and numbers onto fewer pages. Ameritech says the move saves paper and lightens the...

Huffy Agrees to Buy Schwinn/GT Cycling Division, Pending Court Approval.
July 17, 2001... Byline: Jim Dillon Jul. 17--MIAMISBURG, Ohio--Huffy Corp. has agreed to buy the cycling division of Boulder, Colo.-based Schwinn/GT Corp., one of the oldest and best-known names in bicycles, for an estimated $60 million. Privately held...

Lawyer Files Suit against Xenia, Ohio, Animal Hospital on Behalf of Poodle.
July 19, 2001... Byline: Kristen Convery Jul. 19--XENIA, Ohio--Dayton lawyer Paul Leonard this week filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of a pet, a poodle that was brought into a Xenia animal hospital to get its teeth cleaned and left with a 3-inch incision...

Germantown, Ohio, Detour Takes Motorists Long Way around Railroad Crossing Fix.
July 19, 2001... Byline: Cathy Mong Jul. 19--GERMANTOWN, Ohio--The official detour issued by the Ohio Department of Transportation in effect Monday for folks entering Germantown via Ohio 725 sure isn't the one Clerk of Village Council Tiffany Warner plans...

Cincinnati-Based Financial Company Reports Drop in Income.
July 20, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Jul. 20--CINCINNATI, Ohio--Provident Financial Corp., parent of Provident Bank, reported Wednesday that net income per share fell 29 percent to 63 cents a share in the second quarter compared with 89 cents a share a year...

Upscale Discount Department Store to Open Location in Centerville, Ohio.
July 20, 2001... Byline: Katherine Ullmer Jul. 20--CENTERVILLE, Ohio--Stein Mart, an upscale discount department store, is negotiating to put a 36,000-square-foot store in Centerville. The store would serve as the anchor for a $7 million strip mall to...

Owner of Dayton, Ohio, Mall Reports Increased Revenue in Second Quarter.
July 20, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Jul. 20--DAYTON, Ohio--Glimcher Realty Trust, owner of the Dayton Mall, Miami Twp., and the Mall at Fairfield Commons, Beavercreek, Thursday reported that second-quarter revenues grew 21.6 percent primarily due to taking...

Dayton, Ohio-Based Manufacturing Company Announces Earnings Report.
July 20, 2001... Byline: Tim Tresslar Jul. 20--DAYTON, Ohio--Standard Register Co.'s second-quarter earnings fell 82 percent, executives reported Thursday. The company also said it expects during the third quarter to complete a restructuring that includes...

Judge Tosses Out Lawsuit Filed on Pet's Behalf against Dayton, Ohio, Company.
July 21, 2001... Byline: Cathy Mong Jul. 21--DAYTON, Ohio--Sprinkling his decision with the above quotes and other anecdotes denoting obvious affection for companion animals, Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey E. Froelich nonetheless could not...

Health Officials Say Radon Poses Risk in 80 Percent of Homes in Ohio.
July 22, 2001... Byline: Kristen Convery Jul. 22--XENIA, Ohio--Sherrie Jackson once tested a Kettering home for radon and found something alarming: the level of the radioactive gas was more than seven times higher than what the Environmental Protection...

Tax Rebates Almost in Hands of Dayton, Ohio, Residents.
July 22, 2001... Byline: Bob Dart Jul. 22--Alison Green has $300 on the way from Uncle Sam. "In the scheme of things, it's not that much money," said Green, who is 28 and single. But she's not complaining. "I'm always glad to have my money in my...

Partners Receive Accolades in Ohio for Building Novelty Clothing Business.
July 24, 2001... Byline: Renate Frydman Jul. 24--LOVELAND, Ohio--It sounds like a simple business premise. People, especially grandmas, like wearing embroidered and appliqued sweat shirts. People in general like to announce things about themselves on...

Charlotte, N.C.-Based Goodrich Corp. Reports Second Quarter Income.
July 24, 2001... Jul. 24--Goodrich Corp. on Monday reported second-quarter net income of $83.3 million, or 78 cents per share, compared with $81.7 million, or 75 cents per share, for the same period a year ago. This year's earnings included a special charge...

New Apartment Building Opens in Downtown Dayton, Ohio.
July 24, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jul. 24--DAYTON, Ohio--The revitalization of downtown Dayton took another step forward Monday with the grand opening of St. Clair Lofts, a five-story, 108-unit apartment building at the corner of Fourth and...

Ohio E-Commerce Use Needs to Accelerate, Study Says.
July 25, 2001... Byline: Tim Tresslar Jul. 25--Last year, Ohio businesses increased their use of the Internet and Web sites by 15 percent compared with the previous year, according to a study released Tuesday. Still, the state must aggressively...

Kettering, Ohio, Computer Supplier Narrows Strategic Choices.
July 25, 2001... Byline: Tim Tresslar Jul. 25--KETTERING, Ohio--A committee of MCSi Inc. directors charged with reviewing MCSi's strategic options has narrowed possible courses of action to three. A decision is expected this quarter, executives said...

Vandalia, Ohio, Baby Products Firm Announces New CEO.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Ben Sutherly Jul. 26--VANDALIA, Ohio--Evenflo Inc. said Wednesday that Wayne W. Robinson is succeeding Richard Frank as chief executive of the infant and juvenile products company. Evenflo said Frank decided to move on after...

Bankrupt Nursery Closes Stores in Dayton, Ohio, Area.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Nancy Bowman Jul. 26--TIPP CITY, Ohio--Susan Staigl used her lunch break Wednesday to buy ground cover plants for her Greenville home, taking advantage of a sale liquidating the stock at Spring Hill Nurseries. "It's kind of sad...

Dayton, Ohio, Information Systems Company Reports Earnings Up.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Tim Tresslar Jul. 26--DAYTON, Ohio--Reynolds & Reynolds Co., which provides information management systems and services to auto dealers, said Wednesday earnings from continuing operations and sales grew during the third quarter....

Dayton, Ohio, Mayor Takes Aim at Adult Movie Houses.
July 27, 2001... Byline: Derek Ali Jul. 27--DAYTON, Ohio--Without mentioning specific targets, Dayton Mayor Mike Turner fired a warning shot at operators of adult-oriented entertainment establishments this week, after the city struck an agreement to...

Label Maker Streamlines Global Operations; Ohio Facilities Unaffected.
July 27, 2001... Jul. 27--A proposed restructuring by Paxar Corp. expected to eliminate 300 jobs worldwide and streamline North American operations has not affected employment at Paxar's local units, officials said Thursday. Neither the former Monarch...

Evansville, Ind.-Based Natural Gas Supplier Reports $17 Million Loss.
July 27, 2001... Byline: Tim Tresslar Jul. 27--EVANSVILLE, Ind.--Natural gas supplier Vectren Corp. reported a $17.7 million loss for the quarter as it shouldered restructuring and other costs and experienced soft demand, the company said. For the...

Dayton, Ohio-Area Dairy Mart Chain Names New CEO after Takeover Plan Collapses.
July 31, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Jul. 31--HUDSON, Ohio--Dairy Mart Convenience Stores Inc., a struggling regional chain with more than a dozen stores in the Dayton area, announced Monday that a planned takeover by the chairman and chief executive...

Miami-Based Forklift Company Acquires Clarklift of Dayton, Ohio.
July 31, 2001... Byline: Christopher Montgomery Jul. 31--MORAINE, Ohio--Miami Industrial Trucks said Monday it has agreed to take over Clarklift of Dayton, the dealership for Clark Material Handling Co. forklifts in the Miami Valley. All of Clarklift...

Dayton, Ohio-Area Natural Gas Supplier To Drop Rates.
July 31, 2001... Byline: Jim Bohman Jul. 31--DAYTON--Vectren Corp., the natural gas supplier for much of Dayton and the Miami Valley, announced Monday that gas rates will drop about 30 percent on Aug. 1. Doug Petitt, president of Vectren Energy...

Consumer Credit Businesses Try to Block Dayton, Ohio Ordinance.
July 31, 2001... Byline: Rob Modic Jul. 31--DAYTON, Ohio--A Washington, D.C.-based trade association, which represents hundreds of businesses that engage in extending a fifth of all consumer credit in the country, filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block...