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Dayton Daily News, February 25, 2004

Obituaries

Briefly; Radcliff Middle Event to Focus On Math Prowess

JEFFERSON TWP., Montgomery County - Radcliff Middle School will hold a spaghetti dinner and discussion of math proficiency preparation for the schools' students and parents Thursday at 6 p.m. in the cafetorium, 120 Knox Ave. The math proficiency will be presented by Richard Gates, who earned his doctoral degree from the University of Dayton in 1998.

Regional Headlines

OFFICIALS IDENTIFY BODY FOUND IN FIELD HAMILTON - Butler County sheriff's officials said they are close to finding those responsible for killing, dismembering and burning a Hamilton man they identified Tuesday as Jeffrey Glenn Watson, 41.

Commentary; Libraries Deserve Our Vote

Everybody thinks that the local branch library has the Best Children's Librarian in the Whole Wide World. Everybody would be wrong, of course, because we have the Best Children's Librarian in the Whole Wide World.

'Lord of Dance' Prepares for Encore

Show to be at Schuster DAYTON - Lord of the Dance, the high-energy Celtic spectacle that has drawn nearly 30,000 spectators in previous visits to the area, is coming back for more.

Mayor of Trotwood: Progress On the Way

Look for Salem upgrade to ignite boom, he says TROTWOOD - Get ready for traffic jams. That's the hopeful warning from Mayor Donald K. McLaurin as he offered a vision of prosperity along Salem Avenue in a speech at Cross Point United Methodist Church.

Man Gets 2 Years in Diversion of Funds

He already had paid $280,000 to Reynolds subsidiary DAYTON - A former employee of a Reynolds and Reynolds Co. subsidiary was sentenced to prison Tuesday after he repaid far more than the $245,000 he was accused of diverting from company accounts.

Man Gets 7-to-25 in Rape of Children

Offenses occurred during 11-year period XENIA - A 58-year-old Waynesville man was sentenced Tuesday to seven to 25 years in prison for raping two children from 1983 through 1992.

Longtime Journalist Bill Fox Dies

Served as chief of Troy bureau for `Daily News' TROY - For more than 30 years when news broke in the northern Miami Valley, Bill Fox was there.

Prosecutor Denies Expert Poaching

Slaying suspect contends witness switched sides DAYTON - An assistant Montgomery County prosecutor denied Tuesday that he obtained confidential information from an Indiana arson expert who had initially advised public defenders representing Julie Ann Abner.

Deaths and Funerals

Clark County * BRENN, Olive E., 90, of Springfield, Monday. (Littleton & Rue, Springfield)

Dog Saved From Icy Lake

PLEASANT TWP., Clark County - The feeling of helplessness sank deep into Dawn Cromwell as she stared at Gypsy yowling for help Tuesday morning behind her house on Vernon-Asbury Road. The 40-pound dog flailed in frigid Clark Lake about 75 feet from shore. Cromwell heard the yelping about 7 and thought the dog might have gotten tangled in a trap in the woods. Then Cromwell spotted her in the lake.

Fat Tuesday Frivolity

Mardi Party Animal

Dying Mother's Son Makes Dream Come True

"It was my private prayer, my dream of dreams, that I could see my youngest son be married," Marcia Etienne said. "I feel so blessed now that it has happened." Marcia's son, Daniel Etienne, 23, took Laura Owenby, 22, as his bride in a ceremony Saturday held in the Great Room at Hospice of Dayton, 324 Wilmington Ave.

Election 2004; Senate Race Not Big-Buck Battle

Mitchel challenge to Voinovich mostly words, not dollars DAYTON - John Mitchel, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel in Beavercreek, did not file a federal campaign finance report last week which would have documented his spending in his Republican primary campaign against Sen. George Voinovich.

Group to Give City Fiscal Exam

Report will urge six-year budget course DAYTON - A committee of regional business leaders, residents and union officials will comb through the city's finances in a yearlong effort to chart the course for Dayton's budgets through 2010.

Election 2004; Levy Would Restore Library Services

Without it, look for drastic cuts Once Timothy Kambitsch gets started talking about ways to improve the Dayton Metro Library, it's hard to get him to stop.