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

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

Data: U.S. automakers' role in economy up.
September 1, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Sep. 1--Domestic automakers supported about 480,000 U.S. auto parts jobs in 2005 with combined spending of $171 billion, according to an organization that promotes American automakers' contributions to the nation's...

Free credit report can guard against identity theft.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Kristin McAllister Sep. 1--In light of the number of identity theft cases this year at universities and large corporations, government officials say one way to safeguard yourself is by ordering a free credit report annually. ...

Earnings decline at REX, but same-store sales up.
September 1, 2006... Byline: Kristin McAllister Sep. 1--DAYTON -- REX Stores Corp. on Wednesday reported a drop in second-quarter earnings and an increase in same-store sales for the same period. The net income of the local electronics retailer's fiscal 2006...

Company sheds office space, region rakes in possibilities.
September 2, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Sep. 2--DAYTON -- With a decision five years ago to sell properties or get out of leases that it no longer needed, NCR Corp. says it has cut $78 million a year out of its worldwide facilities operating budget. NCR...

UD sponsors Business Plan Competition.
September 3, 2006... Sep. 3--DAYTON -- The University of Dayton is sponsoring a Business Plan Competition. The free event is open to UD students, as well as alumni who graduated since 2002. Dayton residents also can team with students. The first test is a...

UD lab has looked toward the future for 50 years.
September 3, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Sep. 3--DAYTON -- The University of Dayton Research Institute turned 50 Friday, but its director says the years aren't what count. "It's not just the 50 years, it's the research success over those 50 years,"...

Workers' comp informational tour begins.
September 5, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Sep. 5--The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, coming off more than a year of scandal, is beginning its annual fall tour to update employers on workers' compensation law and dispense advice on how to prevent worker...

DeWine gets backing for supporting tax cut.
September 6, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Sep. 6--DAYTON -- The tax cuts that President Bush lobbied for and U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine supported have allowed Gem City Tire to double its employment and expand its business, the tire distributor's president said...

Free Wi-Fi expands to all of Dayton.
September 6, 2006... Byline: Cathy Mong Sep. 6--DAYTON -- All 55 square miles of this city are about to be hot -- Wi-Fi hot. Residents and visitors to Dayton and its airport could have free Internet access anywhere there is green space within its corporate...

Minimum-wage issue makes the Nov. 7 ballot.
September 7, 2006... Byline: William Hershey Sep. 7--COLUMBUS -- Ohioans will get to vote on at least one statewide issue on Nov. 7 -- a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the state minimum wage from $5.15 to $6.85 an hour. Secretary of State J....

Miami Valley South is halfway to completion.
September 8, 2006... Byline: Anthony Gottschlich Sep. 8--CENTERVILLE -- Construction on Miami Valley South Health Center reaches the halfway point today with a private ceremony among hospital officials and local leaders. Slated to open in October 2007, the...

Outdoor-oriented Orvis to open store at The Village at Dayton Mall.
September 8, 2006... Byline: Kristin McAllister Sep. 8--MIAMI TWP. -- Orvis Sporting Traditions officials confirmed Thursday that the Vermont-based company will be opening a store in early November at The Village at Dayton Mall. Construction continues on...

DPL names new president, chief executive officer.
September 8, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Sep. 8--DAYTON -- Paul M. Barbas, who has been a senior executive with utility companies in Delaware and Pennsylvania, will take over on Oct. 2 as president and chief executive officer of DPL Inc. and its subsidiary...

Air Force contract buoys local economy.
September 9, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Sep. 9--An Air Force contract worth $627.8 million should generate local high-tech jobs and shows what was at stake in last year's military base-closing process, a Dayton Development Coalition executive said...

Dayton Mall's Village brings new stores, eateries.
September 10, 2006... Byline: Kristin McAllister Sep. 10--MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County -- The Dayton Mall's new open-air retail and restaurant center will open this fall, bringing 25 stores and restaurants to the region. The bulk of construction is...

Power plants brace for big wave of retirees.
September 10, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Sep. 10--Laid off in June by the Ford Motor Co. and with a family to support, Josh Scherzinger is looking for a new career. The cutbacks in production capacity and employment in the U.S. auto and auto parts...

Kroger unveils $16 million shopping center.
September 12, 2006... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Sep. 12--DAYTON -- Kroger and Cincinnati-based Midland Atlantic Development want to build a $16 million shopping center at Wayne Avenue and Wyoming Street, provided they get City Commission approval and property...

Christopher Club may sell to developer.
September 12, 2006... Sep. 12--KETTERING -- The Christopher Club, a privately owned swimming pool and reception hall, is exploring options including selling its property to a commercial developer or inviting its swim club members to collectively buy the site, a...

Agricultural initiative between Ohio, Israel proving productive.
September 13, 2006... Byline: Ben Sutherly Sep. 13--When Mercer County Commissioner Jim Zehringer hosted two Israelis in August, he took them to the county fair and a Cincinnati Reds game, where one of his guests had a kosher hot dog. He also accompanied...

Sugarcreek sues over property taxes.
September 13, 2006... Byline: Lawrence Budd Sep. 13--XENIA -- Sugarcreek Twp. wants a judge to block Centerville from using a special taxing district to develop 270 acres along Interstate 675, Wilmington Pike and the Greene-Montgomery county line. ...

Troy plans upgrades for Honda traffic.
September 13, 2006... Byline: Doug Page Sep. 13--TROY -- Despite previous promises, the city is planning to possibly spend more than $860,000 to upgrade West Main Street to handle truck traffic from a Honda parts warehouse to Interstate 75. City leaders and...

Coalition seeks research 'megacenter' and more tech jobs.
September 14, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Sep. 14--A business and university team led by the Dayton Development Coalition has applied for a $60 million state grant to create a research and commercialization "megacenter" tied to the military aerospace...

Vectren proposal cut back by PUCO.
September 14, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Sep. 14--The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio on Wednesday scaled down a natural gas conservation program proposed by Vectren Energy Delivery of Ohio Inc., ordering that it be limited to low-income customers. The...

Wright-Pat deal means hundreds of IT jobs.
September 14, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Sep. 14--DAYTON -- Last week's $628 million contract to Computer Sciences Corp. is just part of the huge database modernization effort at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, senior managers said Wednesday. And...

'Megacenter' would show fruit of Wright-Pat's win.
September 15, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Sep. 15--The Dayton Development Coalition's bid for a state-funded research and commercialization "megacenter" would capitalize on the region's win in last year's military base-closing process, a coalition said...

Copper thefts wilt flower shop's bottom line.
September 15, 2006... Byline: Kelli Wynn Sep. 15--DAYTON -- Randy Oberer says frequent thefts of copper piping at his floral business leave him feeling less than rosy. Since mid-August, thieves have repeatedly stolen copper piping from the cooling units...

Flight test planned for jet fuel made from coal.
September 16, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Sep. 16--Researchers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have an idea for a new jet fuel made from coal instead of oil. Will it fly? They hope to start finding out Tuesday. A B-52 bomber at Edwards Air...

Gas prices plummet at pump, dip below $2.
September 18, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Sep. 18--Gasoline prices broke the $2 per gallon level over the weekend in the Huber Heights area. An Internet search and a drive through the Dayton-Riverside-Huber Heights areas Sunday afternoon found...

Miami County district to use biodiesel in buses.
September 19, 2006... Byline: Doug Page Sep. 19--LOST CREEK TWP., Miami County -- The Miami East school district will start fueling buses with biodiesel, joining only a handful of districts nationwide. It's likely not going to save money or improve...

Doctor-owned medical center begins business.
September 19, 2006... Byline: Anthony Gottschlich Sep. 19--DAYTON -- The for-profit, doctor-owned Medical Center at Elizabeth Place opened Monday after a year of planning and intense opposition from Premier Health Partners, the Miami Valley's largest hospital...

15 E. coli cases in Ohio linked to outbreak strain.
September 19, 2006... Byline: Mark Fisher Sep. 19--The number of Ohio cases that may be linked to the nationwide E. coli outbreak grew to 15 on Monday, and state health officials said they are investigating the death of a 23-month-old Cambridge-area girl to...

Base work could swell population by 3,800.
September 20, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Sep. 20--RIVERSIDE -- Up to 3,800 government workers and family members could swell the populations of local communities as military work in other states relocates to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, its...

Uno's restaurant downtown under new ownership.
September 20, 2006... Byline: Valryn Warren Sep. 20--DAYTON -- The downtown location of Uno Chicago Grill is under new ownership, escaping the fate of its sister restaurants in Huber Heights and Centerville that closed in the past several months. Uno's at...

Minster's Wooden Shoe brew to be available again.
September 21, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Sep. 21--Although the Wooden Shoe Brewery that was once Minster's largest employer is long gone, its key products are being revived. Minster businessman Andy Phlipot is bringing back the old brewery's lager and bock...

Kettering owes county nearly half-million for billing error.
September 21, 2006... Byline: Rob Modic Sep. 21--DAYTON -- The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a year-old decision by a lower court that found the city of Kettering owes Montgomery County nearly half a million dollars for mistakenly implementing a...

Greyhound may move terminal to the airport.
September 21, 2006... Byline: Joanne Huist Smith Sep. 21--DAYTON -- Greyhound Lines Inc. may move its bus terminal from downtown Dayton to the general aviation section of Dayton International Airport. "We're looking at the feasibility of the move from an...

Wright-Pat plays Mars-quest role.
September 21, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Sep. 21--WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- The birthplace of aviation is helping researchers learn to fly on other worlds. A team of NASA, Air Force and Navy researchers used a unique wind tunnel at...

Talbott Tower marks 25 years under owners.
September 21, 2006... Byline: Kristin McAllister Sep. 21--DAYTON -- The owners of the Talbott Tower today celebrate their 25th anniversary of purchasing the downtown building at First and Ludlow streets. Decades ago, a group of Dayton businessmen formed the...

Union boss says Delphi will close Moraine plant.
September 22, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Sep. 22--KETTERING -- Union leader Willie Thorpe expects that sometime next year, Delphi Corp. will close its Moraine automotive compressors factory and transfer production to Mexico. Thorpe, chairman of the...

Fifth Third makes $5M bid on land for failed country club development.
September 22, 2006... Byline: Amy Picard Sep. 22--Fifth Third Bank, the primary financer of the long-stalled Benchrock golf course project, was the sole bidder Wednesday on the multimillion dollar property. The $5 million bid was the minimum two-thirds of...

Entrepreneur's sauce uses the Wright recipe.
September 22, 2006... Byline: Kristin McAllister Sep. 22--DAYTON -- Saucey 2 appears on her 1995 Oldsmobile vanity plate and that's how local entrepreneur Bobby Wright describes herself, especially after being named one of Kroger's 81 outstanding minority-owned...

College education promise is a magnet for Kalamazoo.
September 25, 2006... Byline: Scott Elliott Sep. 25--Paula Norder cares deeply about her son's education -- enough to move her family from their Portland, Ore., home of 10 years to a Midwestern city she had visited just once for a Nirvana rock concert years...

Price check on medical procedures now available.
September 25, 2006... Byline: Kevin Lamb Sep. 25--DAYTON -- More than 300,000 Miami Valley residents will be able to compare ballpark prices in advance for certain medical procedures by using an online database that Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield is...

Dayton, Ohio-area housing market counters trend.
September 26, 2006... Byline: Kristin McAllister Sep. 26--DAYTON -- New-home construction is down but existing homes here are selling at a comfortable pace, say national and local housing officials. Building permits issued between January and August for new...

Wright-Pat unit's fiscal oversight expands.
September 27, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Sep. 27--An Air Force labor-saving move will bring to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base financial responsibility for all of the service's support costs. Starting Sunday, the Air Force Materiel Command will be...

Bill would give tax help to ex-workers at Delphi, GM.
September 27, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Sep. 27--A legislative proposal offered Tuesday in Columbus would authorize a tax credit for former employees of General Motors and Delphi for expenses for education, training or starting businesses. The proposal...

Defense bill that gives Dayton, Ohio, area $63.75 million awaits approval.
September 28, 2006... Byline: Jessica Wehrman Sep. 28--WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives late Tuesday approved a defense funding bill that included some $63.75 million for research projects at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Miami Valley....

Slowing of care costs eases the pain just a bit.
September 28, 2006... Byline: Ken McCall Sep. 28--It's hard to find employers celebrating the news that annual increases in health insurance premiums appear to be slowing down. Even among those who believe it. Mike Collinsworth, president of Custom...

Ohio Supreme Court upholds Dayton Power and Light billing.
September 28, 2006... Byline: John Nolan Sep. 28--State regulators acted within their authority when they approved an agreement allowing Dayton Power and Light Co. to charge residential customers for handling billing for other electricity suppliers, the Ohio...

New Dayton, Ohio, airport director states goals.
September 29, 2006... Byline: Timothy R. Gaffney Sep. 29--DAYTON -- Job One for the city's new aviation director is filling the vacant United Parcel Service freight hub at Dayton International Airport, he said Thursday. Iftikhar Ahmad, who takes the...

Businesses pleased with Dayton, Ohio, transit authority hub plan.
September 29, 2006... Byline: Sean Strader Sep. 29--DAYTON -- A plan to eliminate the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority hub at Third and Main streets downtown and replace it with a nearby transfer center was welcomed by downtown businesspeople at a...