http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ Dale Huffman wants your suggestions and story ideas. He'd like to share a story about you, your family, or a friend. This column is for you. en-us dhuffman@coxohio.com 2010-08-30T13:15:34-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2010/08/30/memories_of_patricia_neal.html Patricia Neal, who was born in 1926, died from lung cancer on August 8, 2010. She had a number of smaller roles on the Broadway stage before being paired with actor (and later President of the United States) Ronald Reagan... 17373947@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2010-08-30T13:15:34-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2010/01/26/memorial_hall_heart_soul_and_t.html Just a month ago I featured a story quoting a number of Miami Valley residents who were wishing and praying that Memorial Hall in Dayton would not be razed. Now it has been announced by county officials that the historic... 16474203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2010-01-26T14:55:36-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2010/01/21/stranger_rescues_dog_and_saves.html When Christina Consolino of Dayton opened her front door for three of her children one day recently, the family’s pet, a golden retriever, dashed out the door. “He ran across the yard and right into the street,” Christina said. “I... 16424903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2010-01-21T15:09:59-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2009/12/30/the_little_childs_gift.html Children. Bless their hearts. They learn early that it is good to give. Barbara A. Davis, of Lebanon, remembers when her son Jeff was nearly 1 year old, and she took him to church for the first time. She said... 16185103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2009-12-30T13:46:22-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2009/12/23/an_unusual_friendship_continue.html A young sailor from Greenville and a Miamisburg woman who is in her 80s have been hooked up via the Internet and hope to become corresponding friends. In early December I wrote about Donna Cronin of Miamisburg, who was flying... 16151903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2009-12-23T15:28:40-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2009/12/15/a_silver_dollar_and_some_memor.html Richard “Dick” Duncan wants to know if anyone else remembers how NCR used to have special treats for children of employees. “They used to show movies in the NCR auditorium on Main Street year around on Saturday mornings,” Duncan said.... 16064203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2009-12-15T13:03:44-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2009/12/11/remembering_homicide_victims.html About 500 residents of the Miami Valley who know someone who was a victim in a violent homicide are expected to gather together to console one another at a holiday candlelight service. For 19 years Montgomery County Prosecutor Mat Heck... 16026703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2009-12-11T11:41:21-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2009/12/03/some_muscle_power_is_deeply_ap.html Corie Marko of Tipp City was driving to a class at Wright State University where she was scheduled to take a test when she said her car started making funny noises. Corie’s mother Julie Marko explained, “Corie is a junior... 15929903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2009-12-03T14:56:22-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2009/11/19/to_put_shoes_on_a_childs_feet.html Meg Schwieterman is a fourth grader at Incarnation School who has a desire to help children who need a good pair of shoes. She puts it this way, “Each year my school has a gym shoe drive for the kids... 15772603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2009-11-19T12:58:58-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2009/10/27/colorful_history_a_pink_newspa.html In a commendable goodwill gesture in support of the campaign of fighting breast cancer your Dayton Daily News delivered a paper on Saturday, Oct. 17, printed on pink paper. There was a mention that perhaps this was the first time... 15422603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2009-10-27T12:18:17-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2009/10/20/man_in_a_red_truck_gave_the_sh.html It was one of those colder days. The chilly date was Oct. 15, and there was a light rain coming down and the temperature was about 40 degrees. It happened at Main Street downtown, near the intersection of Fourth Street.... 15319503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2009-10-20T12:28:00-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2009/10/14/red_white_and_blue_cash_regist.html On display in what I sometimes call my “museum room” at home are a number of historical and somewhat interesting items. Because I have written many times over the past 50 years about my interest in Dayton history, some caring... 15236803@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2009-10-14T11:05:56-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2009/10/01/roosevelt_high_school_in_1943.html At old Roosevelt High School, which was located on West Third Street in Dayton, the subject on many of the student’s minds in the year 1943 was World War II. A reader who didn’t sign the letter wrote to me... 15040303@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2009-10-01T11:29:12-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2009/09/23/pretzels_and_waffles_and_memor.html Every year for the past 30 years it has been my pleasure to be on hand to help kick off the opening of the Germantown Pretzel Festival. It is a tradition unmatched in the Miami Valley. No other festival has... 14911603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2009-09-23T10:41:35-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/entries/2009/09/21/yummy_news_for_chocolate_lover.html Here comes the 7th annual Dayton chocolate festival. Dayton radio personalities Bill Nance and Melody Morris of WFCJ-FM (93.7) are hosting the chocolate festival on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds on... 14867903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/dalehuffman1/ 2009-09-21T09:55:10-05:00 dhuffman@coxohio.com