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Dayton Daily News, April 03, 2004

Editorial

The View Downtown; Remembering That Lefty On the Mound

The last 10 days have not been pleasant. Three of my old friends have passed away: Harry `Tuffy' Brooks, Jim Pietrzak and the latest, Edgar Burdette `Lefty' McFadden, one my closest sports friends. I remember the first time I saw Lefty. He was standing in the front of the Dayton Daily News news room with Ed Schlosser, who was going to manage the Old Reliable Coffee team in the high-ranked Class A amateur baseball league in the summer of 1941. Ed was touting Lefty as his star pitcher for that...

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Religion Notes; Special Events

Belmont United Methodist Church, 2701 S. Smithville Road, Belmont: University of Dayton Mixed Chorale, 7 p.m. Sunday. Cedarville Opera House, 70 N. Main St., Cedarville: 4 By Grace Southern gospel quartet, 7:30 p.m. today. Tickets: $5. Reserved seating for groups of 10 or more and out-of-town patrons, call Lynn McConkey at (937) 766-5529.

What Would You Do with the Arcade?

What would you do with it? The much-loved, long-vacant Arcade in downtown Dayton finally has a new owner - Anthony Staub, a local developer who was given the building by longtime owner Tom Danis this week. Staub, who has managed several other property rehabilitations in the area, says he wants to hear ideas for how to use the five-building complex. "I think that everyone needs to be involved," he says.

Brent Keith Finds `Nashville Star'-Dom Within Grasp

At 24, Blanchester's own Brent Keith is the youngest contestant among the eight finalists remaining in the USA Network's Nashville Star talent show. Created in response to the overwhelming popularity of the American Idol television series, the Nashville Star competition (10 p.m. Saturday on USA) differs from its pop-music predecessor on a variety of fronts.

Unsung Medical Heroes

Laboratory staff works quietly behind the scenes KETTERING - It's 1:25 p.m. on a Tuesday. Snowflakes swirled in a gray morning sky as Bill Taylor, whose medical career was influenced by a television series, hurried along a brightly lit corridor, talking as he walked.

Seen & Overheard; a Real Yawner.

A recent advisory from Maxwell House, the coffee people, says plenty of Americans aren't looking forward to setting their clocks ahead tonight for daylight saving time. The most common complaints include: * 91 percent feel cheated, tired and disoriented because they've lost that hour of sleep.

Shopping Around; Seersucker Looks Are Cool Again

Seersucker is one of those great fabrics that signals spring. The pretty puckered cottons are carefree; they don't show wrinkles and always look fresh and crisp. You'll see lots of seersucker fashion this year for men, women and kids.