Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) articles from March 2006

Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH) archives from March 2006

Developer leaves city, building behind.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Mar. 1--DAYTON -- No man is an island, but one downtown restaurant operator caught in the stalled redevelopment of the former Schwind building feels like one. Tom Xarhoulacos, who owns the 37-year-old Moraine...

Downtown faces more closings.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Jim Dillon Mar. 1--DAYTON -- The winds of change continued to blow through downtown Dayton on Tuesday, two weeks after MeadWestvaco Corp. announced it will move 500 jobs out of downtown by summer's end. --The owners of home...

Kenilworth Avenue seeks historic tag.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Mar. 1--DAYTON -- An oasis of mini mansions in the 700 block of Kenilworth Avenue in the Five Oaks Neighborhood could become the city's 12th historic district. The Dayton City Commission will hold a public...

Cannery losing tenants; slow business blamed.
March 1, 2006... Mar. 1--DAYTON -- Go Home, the downtown-area home furnishings store in the Cannery, will close its store at Wayne Avenue and Third Street this month to focus on its Centerville location, the owner said Tuesday. Audrey Buckman, the store's...

Xenia, Ohio, teachers, board reach deal.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Amelia Robinson Mar. 1--XENIA -- The school board and teachers union will be asked to approve a contract ironed out Monday during a 10-hour intense negotiating session, school and union officials said Tuesday. Negotiating teams...

Money shortage may spell end for Woman's Club.
March 1, 2006... Byline: Benjamin Kline Mar. 1--DAYTON -- Members of the Dayton Woman's Club met Tuesday to hash out the future of the 90-year-old organization. The taste was not sweet. "We need more money. I'm not ashamed to say it," club president...

Some take issue with MVH blood substitute.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Cathy Mong Mar. 2--DAYTON -- Medical ethicists have taken issue with the use of a blood substitute on severely injured patients without their knowledge, but a local hospital taking part in the study of PolyHeme said FDA guidelines...

Technical service firm acquires GRACAR.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Jim Dillon Mar. 2--BEAVERCREEK -- MacAulay-Brown Inc., a local technical, engineering and management services provider to the military and government, expects its revenues to reach $90 million this year following the acquisition of...

$245,000 comprehensive review would forecast transit's direction.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Anthony Gottschlich Mar. 2--DAYTON -- The finance committee of the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority approved a $254,000 contract Wednesday for the agency's first comprehensive study in 15 years. The comprehensive...

Labor discord hitting jobs, pocketbooks across Valley.
March 2, 2006... Byline: Jim Dillon Mar. 2--DAYTON -- Wednesday's lockout of 2,700 hourly employees at AK Steel in Middletown is one of several escalating labor-versus-management struggles affecting Dayton-area residents. Pilots for Delta Air Lines and...

DPL leader gets $1M bonus.
March 2, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 2--DAYTON -- The DPL Inc. board has approved a $1 million cash bonus for Chairman Robert D. Biggs for 2005, double the amount he received in 2004, DPL told federal regulators Wednesday. The bonus is on top of...

DPL discloses $114.7M tax bill.
March 2, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 2--DAYTON -- Federal and state tax agencies contend that DPL Inc., owner of the Dayton Power and Light Co., owes an additional $114.7 million in taxes for the period from 1998 through 2004. DPL Inc. disclosed...

Dayton, Ohio, considers spending $13 million on rec centers.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Jim Bebbington Mar. 3--DAYTON -- The City Commission's debate over how to spend up to $25 million in bond revenue is only possible because the city is on the verge of paying off bonds that helped fund big-ticket development of the...

Boyd sues county to get job back or money.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Mar. 3--DAYTON -- Ricky Boyd hopes to win back his job as a director at the Combined Health District of Montgomery County or be awarded pay until he reaches age 66, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in...

Do you know the difference between these two diesel fuels?
March 3, 2006... Byline: Ben Sutherly Mar. 3--Builders, farmers and landscapers know they're had as soon as Ohio's black-uniformed tax enforcement agents or the Internal Revenue Service's khaki- and navy-clad officials detain their vehicles for fuel...

Coldwater Cafe carves out a special niche.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Ann Heller Mar. 3--A small restaurant in a small town has to carve out a special niche to survive. And the Coldwater Cafe in Tipp City provides an example of how to do that. Evolving from a little 11-table restaurant serving...

Ex-official to get comp-time pay.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Nancy Bowman Mar. 3--TROY -- The Miami County Board of Elections agreed Thursday to pay former deputy elections director Diane Miley for compensatory time, but continue discussion on her wrongful termination claims. The board...

More in county losing homes.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Ken McCall Mar. 3--Mortgage foreclosures hit a record high last month in Montgomery County, and officials are urging homeowners who are in trouble to reach out for help. Dan Foley, the county clerk of courts, said 425 mortgage...

Fuel checks reduce tax cheating.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Ben Sutherly Mar. 3--When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency implemented new fuel standards to reduce sulfur emissions in the early 1990s, the Internal Revenue Service took a step to reduce tax cheating. In 1993, it began...

Site makes identity theft possible, lawsuit says.
March 3, 2006... Mar. 3--COLUMBUS -- A Brown County man filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati on Thursday demanding that Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell immediately stop posting on his Web site documents containing...

New York group buys building.
March 3, 2006... Byline: Shannon Joyce Neal Mar. 3--DAYTON -- A New York real estate investment group purchased Courthouse Crossings, the former Elder-Beerman department store on Courthouse Square, for $16.2 million, CityWide Development and The Gem Real...

DPL can't pass cost of tax liability on to customers.
March 3, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 3--DAYTON -- DPL won't raise consumer fees to collect millions of dollars in additional taxes the government claims it owes for the period 1998 through 2004 because Ohio has already approved electricity rates...

Dayton Towers drops condo conversion bid.
March 5, 2006... Byline: Margo Rutledge Kissell Mar. 5--DAYTON -- The former Dayton Towers will remain as an apartment building instead of being turned into condominiums, residents learned Friday. "We're all delighted," said Arnold Coonrad, 73, who...

Land near Woodman may be reborn as wetland it once was.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Steve Bennish Mar. 6--DAYTON -- Melting glaciers created fens, a rare type of wetland, more than 13,000 years ago when Ohio was a much colder place. As they melted, the glaciers deposited tons of gravel, forming a porous layer that...

Workers urged to hold fast on pacts.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Mar. 6--DAYTON -- A dissident group of Delphi union workers from Michigan told about 100 local workers Sunday to speak up individually about their contracts as the company heads toward a March 30 deadline for...

GM may buy out 20,000 workers.
March 6, 2006... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Mar. 6--DAYTON -- Local Delphi workers heading toward a deadline for reaching new contracts with the bankrupt company could have a new offer to consider. Reports on Sunday said General Motors Corp. is in...

U.S. hoping to resume beef shipments to Japan.
March 6, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 6--PIQUA -- The Bush administration hopes to persuade Japan within months to reopen its market to U.S. beef despite some political opposition in that country, government officials told an audience of Ohio farmers...

Spending-limit idea challenged.
March 6, 2006... Byline: William Hershey Mar. 6--COLUMBUS -- Opponents of J. Kenneth Blackwell's proposed constitutional amendment to limit state and local government spending have launched a statewide challenge to the petitions used to get the issue on...

Job plan promotes access to training.
March 7, 2006... Byline: Margo Rutledge Kissell Mar. 7--DAYTON -- Tom Seekamp had been a systems technician at the Harris Corp. in Mason for 10 years when the plant shut down in September. The next month, he started in Sinclair Community College's...

Scholarships would provide an edge.
March 7, 2006... Byline: Mark Fisher Mar. 7--DAYTON -- With a University of Dayton engineering laboratory as a backdrop, U.S. Sen. George Voinovich touted the importance of math and science education and rallied support for legislation he co-sponsored that...

Agencies settle DHL dispute.
March 7, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Mar. 7--DAYTON -- Dueling port authorities in Montgomery and Clinton counties on Monday agreed to settle their differences over the financing of DHL's $300 million air freight hub expansion in Wilmington. ...

Berry waits for merger's ripple.
March 7, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 7--MORAINE -- AT&T Inc.'s proposed purchase of BellSouth Corp. poses interesting questions for the future of the Berry Co., a national leader in selling Yellow Pages advertising and producing and distributing...

Downtown may gain some jobs.
March 8, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 8--DAYTON -- Affiliated Computer Services Inc. is offering to hire some of the information technology employees of MeadWestvaco Corp. who might otherwise have to relocate or risk losing their jobs as MeadWestvaco...

Road projects come with bottleneck alerts.
March 8, 2006... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Mar. 8--VANDALIA -- There will be some extra eyes on the road to alert drivers to traffic delays caused by upcoming Miami Valley road construction projects. The Ohio Department of Transportation will roll out...

Man, machine may merge to explore space, expert says.
March 8, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Mar. 8--MIAMISBURG -- Robots in classic science fiction films often looked, talked and acted like people -- sometimes to a fault, as in the case of the fussy C-3PO in the Star Wars films. But humans might ape...

Downtown may gain some jobs.
March 8, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 8--DAYTON -- Affiliated Computer Services Inc. is offering to hire some of the information technology employees of MeadWestvaco Corp. who might otherwise have to relocate or risk losing their jobs as MeadWestvaco...

Interior design part of Home & Garden show.
March 9, 2006... Byline: James Cummings Mar. 9--DAYTON -- Not quite sure how to blend that one antique end table your grandmother left you into your contemporary decor? Looking for ways to make your family room say "rustic" without saying "rummage sale?"...

Local development of unmanned jet to end.
March 9, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Mar. 9--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- The Defense Department is closing an office to develop stealthy unmanned combat jets here just four months after opening it. The change reflects a Pentagon-level...

WorkflowOne to be headquartered in Dayton.
March 9, 2006... Byline: Jim Dillion Mar. 9--GREENWICH, Conn. -- Workflow Management Inc., a provider of supply chain logistics, document outsourcing and business communication services, announced Thursday it will consolidate the U.S. businesses of...

Standard Register to close Terre Haute plant.
March 9, 2006... Byline: Jim Dillon Mar. 9--DAYTON -- Document management and supply company Standard Register on Thursday said it will close a label printing plant in Terre Haute, Ind. and eliminate 60 jobs there. Dayton-based Standard Register said...

Tipp OKs $4,970 for transit service.
March 9, 2006... Byline: Nancy Bowman Mar. 9--TIPP CITY -- The Tipp City Council doesn't think Miami County is trying to take the city for a ride with a nearly $5,000 bill to help subsidize a county transit system. The council listened Monday to a...

Electric bill comes as shock to eatery.
March 10, 2006... Byline: Anthony Gottschlich Mar. 10--SPRINGBORO -- If Greg Carter discovered he had been undercharging his diners for steak dinners over the years, he wouldn't think about going back to his customers and collecting the difference, he said....

Dayton school board shakes up Montessori program.
March 10, 2006... Byline: Scott Elliott Mar. 10--DAYTON -- Two new schools -- a charter high school and a citywide Montessori elementary school -- were approved Thursday by the Dayton school board. The Montessori school will take over the Patterson...

Sides debate issue of state's megafarms.
March 11, 2006... Byline: Ben Sutherly Mar. 11--REYNOLDSBURG -- Defenders and critics of Ohio's largest livestock and poultry farms clashed Friday over whether the state should further regulate the industry. The debate follows the introduction last fall...

Lab serves as simulator, gateway to future of war.
March 12, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Mar. 12--MESA, ARIZ . -- Inside a complex of neat, nondescript buildings, researchers create virtual worlds where real-world airmen can train for missions. The Warfighter Readiness Training Division occupies...

Light in the wallet? You're not alone.
March 12, 2006... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Mar. 12--DAYTON -- Do you feel like you're bringing home a little less bacon these days? You're not alone. Although the national economy grew 3.6 percent in 2005, more than 80 percent of American workers'...

Beavercreek housing developments before trustees tonight.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Amelia Robinson Mar. 13--BEAVERCREEK TWP., Greene County -- After two packed public hearings and mounds of legal paperwork, township trustees are ready to decide tonight whether to sign consent decrees to settle federal lawsuits...

Former WB station to be local affiliate for new network.
March 13, 2006... Byline: Bob Batz Mar. 13--WBDT-TV (Channel 26) has been chosen to be Dayton's CW Network affiliate. WBDT, which has its offices and studios in Miamisburg, beat out WHIO-TV (Channel 7) to air the offerings of the new network that was...

Developers get the OK on 629 residences despite some protests.
March 14, 2006... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Mar. 14--BEAVERCREEK TWP., Greene County -- Township trustees agreed Monday night to sign consent decrees with two area home developers, settling two federal lawsuits and clearing the way for the companies to build...

Former WB station to be local affiliate for new network.
March 14, 2006... Byline: Bob Batz Mar. 14--DT-TV, Channel 26, has been chosen to be Dayton's CW Network affiliate. WBDT, which has its offices and studios in Miamisburg, beat out WHIO-TV, Channel 7, to air the offerings of the new network that was...

Dayton voters go to polls today on wage tax renewal.
March 14, 2006... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Mar. 14--Today is election day -- just in Dayton -- and city voters will decide just one issue. Here are the details. THE ISSUE. City voters will decide whether to renew an earnings tax rate of 0.5 percent...

Fairborn official's link kills $500K pact.
March 15, 2006... Byline: Ismail Turay Jr. Mar. 15--FAIRBORN -- The school board Tuesday rescinded a renovation contract of more than $500,000 with a local contractor after officials discovered that board member Steve Reichard had ties to the company. ...

Gov. Taft signs gift card measure.
March 15, 2006... Byline: Stephanie Irwin Mar. 15--COLUMBUS -- Shoppers will now be able to hang on to their gift cards for up to two years without any surprise expirations or decreased value when they redeem them, according to a law signed by Gov. Bob Taft...

'Daily News' relocating to old NCR building.
March 15, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 15--DAYTON -- The Dayton Daily News and its owner, Cox Ohio Publishing, will relocate in early 2007 within the city, leaving behind the nearly century-old downtown location where former Gov. James M. Cox built the...

Ex-worker suing Greene recorder.
March 15, 2006... Byline: Amelia Robinson Mar. 15--XENIA -- A former employee is suing Greene County Recorder Mary Morris claiming she defamed him by claiming he had a gambling problem and stole $26,000 from her office. "Morris acted maliciously,...

Dayton tax wins renewal by big margin.
March 15, 2006... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Mar. 15--DAYTON -- Voters were scant in Tuesday's special election, but those who did go to the polls overwhelmingly passed Dayton's 0.5 percent income tax renewal through 2014. City officials said they were...

Ohio's growth slowing further.
March 16, 2006... Byline: Ken McCall Mar. 16--Ohio's anemic population growth slowed further last year, posting the smallest gain of the decade. New data estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau for July 1, 2005, show Ohio grew by fewer than 14,000 people...

'Daily News' arrival could influence UD decisions.
March 16, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 16--The relocation of the Dayton Daily News and its owner, Cox Ohio Publishing, early next year could influence how the University of Dayton develops a neighboring tract of 49 acres, the university's president said....

IRS issues rules for energy tax credits.
March 16, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 16--Just in time for tax filing season, the Internal Revenue Service has issued the rules for tax credits that consumers and home builders may claim for making new or existing houses more energy efficient. ...

Bill expands voucher program.
March 16, 2006... Byline: Scott Elliott Mar. 16--DAYTON -- About 25,000 more Ohio students would be eligible to pay for private school tuition using tax dollars under a proposed change in the voucher rules. The proposal, included in a budget corrections...

Landfill opponents use solid waste report.
March 17, 2006... Byline: Ryan Justin Fox Mar. 17--TROTWOOD -- A citizen opposition group is using Montgomery County's latest solid waste plan as added ammunition in its fight to stop a private company from developing a 700-acre landfill in Trotwood. ...

SEC has info on publicly traded companies.
March 17, 2006... Byline: Jim Dillon Mar. 17--As part of Sunshine Week, the Dayton Daily News is offering daily tips on finding public information. The Securities and Exchange Commission maintains all filings from publicly traded companies operating in...

State, local jobless rates fall.
March 18, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 18--The unemployment rate in Dayton, the state and Ohio's major metropolitan areas fell in January from a year earlier, following a national trend reflected in government statistics released on Friday. But...

Highlands cave site becomes nature center.
March 19, 2006... Byline: Steve Bennish Mar. 19--A Highland County cave complex, long a roadside tourist attraction, will be rededicated as an interpretive nature center this spring, the nonprofit conservation group buying the property said on Friday. ...

Manhattan Project worker to discuss bomb.
March 19, 2006... Byline: Jim Debrosse Mar. 19--DAYTON -- John Birden, 87, can recall all the uncertainty and fear during the early days of the Manhattan Project in Dayton, when he was among a dozen researchers at the old Bonebrake Seminary building trying...

Urgent need for IT workers.
March 19, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 19--If timing is everything, college students graduating with degrees in computer science and related fields are indeed right on the money. Company recruiters are coming to college campuses with more...

How insulation from a UD lab could be the key for future Air Force vehicles.
March 19, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Mar. 19--DAYTON -- High-speed flight is a hot topic these days at the University of Dayton Research Institute -- literally. UDRI Senior Research Engineer Timothy Fry leads a focused research effort to develop...

Clean-air official sounds alarm on bill backed by industry.
March 21, 2006... Byline: Steve Bennish Mar. 21--DAYTON -- The director of Dayton's air pollution control agency said Monday that a bill pending in the Ohio legislature will lead to dirtier air, create potential hazards and thwart residents' efforts to...

Piqua Education fund gets $500,000.
March 21, 2006... Byline: Valryn Bush Mar. 21--PIQUA -- The Piqua Education Foundation is $500,000 stronger with a grant from a trust established by a Piqua native more than 100 years ago. Jacob G. Schmidlapp, born in Piqua in 1849, overcame poverty,...

GM, Delphi and UAW talk early buyouts.
March 21, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 21--DAYTON -- General Motors Corp. can take a significant step to address its costs and help struggling parts supplier Delphi Corp. by agreeing with the United Auto Workers union on an early retirement program for...

Ohio's top higher education official resigns.
March 21, 2006... Byline: Mark Fisher Mar. 21--COLUMBUS -- Ohio's top higher education official -- Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick G.W. Chu -- has stepped down and will lead an initiative for a statewide virtual school in which the board of regents is...

Hearing set on gas saving plan.
March 21, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 21--DAYTON -- Customers of Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio Inc. get their chance next week to sound off on the company's proposal to show its natural gas consumers how they can reduce gas consumption to cut their...

Dayton, Ohio, names interim city manager.
March 22, 2006... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Mar. 22--DAYTON -- The Dayton City Commission on Wednesday named Rashad Young as interim city manager effective April 1. Young, an assistant city manger in Dayton since March of 2005, takes the position as a...

New Lebanon, Ohio, councilman resigns.
March 22, 2006... Byline: Lou Grieco Mar. 22--NEW LEBANON -- Two weeks after the firing of Municipal Manager Anna M. Clark, one New Lebanon Village Council member quit in protest and a group of residents have started a recall effort targeting three other...

IUE-CWA awaits Delphi Corp.'s proposal.
March 22, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 22--A major Delphi Corp. union said Tuesday it was still awaiting a proposal for early retirement buyouts for autoworkers, even as General Motors Corp. and Delphi were discussing such a plan with the larger United...

GM, Delphi, union reach agreement.
March 22, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 22--General Motors Corp. said Wednesday it reached agreement with the United Auto Workers union and Delphi Corp. on a multibillion-dollar program under which GM will offer money incentives to induce thousands of its...

Board of regents head Chu resigns.
March 22, 2006... Byline: Mark Fisher Mar. 22--COLUMBUS -- Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick G.W. Chu has stepped down and will take a position with a statewide virtual school, Chu and regents officials said Tuesday. Chu has served as the top...

ACLU challenges federal loan ban to students with drug convictions.
March 22, 2006... Byline: Mark Fisher Mar. 22--The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday challenged the constitutionality of a federal law that blocks students convicted of a drug offense from obtaining federal student loans. "Closing the campus...

Channel 7 among ratings leaders.
March 22, 2006... Byline: Bob Batz Mar. 22--The results of the February Nielsen Media Research metered television ratings survey are in and staff members at Dayton's WHIO-TV, Channel 7, are celebrating. Channel 7 -- a CBS Network affiliate -- was among...

ACLU says student-loan ban unconstitutional.
March 23, 2006... Byline: Mark Fisher Mar. 23--DAYTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday challenged the constitutionality of a six-year-old federal law that blocks students convicted of a drug offense from obtaining federal student loans....

Delphi, GM, UAW agree to buyout packages.
March 23, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 23--DAYTON -- General Motors Corp. said Wednesday it reached agreement with the United Auto Workers union and Delphi Corp. on a multibillion-dollar program under which GM will offer incentives to induce thousands of...

GM's early out offer has workers thinking.
March 23, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 23--DAYTON -- The early retirement program announced Wednesday by General Motors Corp., Delphi Corp. and the United Auto Workers union gives Rick Tincher two realistic options he didn't have before. Now, the...

Effect of GM retirement proposal locally won't be known for a while.
March 23, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Mar. 23--DAYTON -- The effect of the new retirement incentive program of General Motors Corp. and Delphi Corp. on the Dayton area's auto industry operations could take months to play out. And Delphi, mired in...

Board reapproves building deal.
March 24, 2006... Byline: Ismail Turay Jr. Mar. 24--FAIRBORN -- After conferring with the city's solicitor, the school board Thursday reapproved a contract it rescinded last week over questions about a board member's ties to the firm that won a bid for...