Musketeer Madness

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Good to see The Enquirer is participating in Weak Little Brother Week.

In case you cannot open the link (even if you can!):
University of Dayton's bad smells bring EPA rap
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAYTON, Ohio - The city should tighten the rules on industry in an attempt to reduce odors from the U.D. Arena that are nauseating residents and hurting businesses, according to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
Ted Kissell, UD Vice-President and Director of Athletics, said Thursday that the odors - which vary from a rotten-egg to ammonia smell - have gotten progressively worse over the years and are affecting everyone in the Dayton area.
Kissell said some guests at a motel have canceled their stays after complaining that the odors nauseated them.
Combined Health District of Montgomery County has received no reports of anyone becoming ill because of the odors, said spokesman Bill Wharton. "But multiple people acknowledged that the odors are horrendous and they’re embarrassed by U.D.’s lackluster performance on the court," he said.
Daniel J. Curran, President of the University of Dayton has stated, “Perhaps we should investigate what is causing the smell rather than investigating the smell itself.” Kissell is expected to sit and talk with Flyers coach, Brian Gregory, in the next couple of days.
Matt Walbridge, an environmental specialist with the Ohio EPA said the University of Dayton should limit industrial discharges to the sewer system, ban certain problem industrial waste, consider financial incentives to try to reduce high-strength discharges announce city inspections only a day or two in advance instead of a month and attempt to put a winning product on the basketball court.”
Tom Schommer, Dayton's wastewater-treatment manager, said the University of Dayton Arena has been upgraded with numerous odor-control systems since 1989 at a cost of millions of dollars, but it hasn't eliminated the odors. Schommer added, “the smell should only last another two weeks. The stench usually appears in early November and ends by mid-March.”

TRUE STORY:

I work for a company in Dayton that was acquired and merged with another from Virginia a couple of years ago. On the day of my first meeting with the Marketing VP from Virginia, there was a foul stench surrounding the Dayton office. At the end of our meeting, with a frown on his face he asked me, "What's that smell?". I replied, "It's just Dayton".

Needless to say, I was proud of my response.

Sadly, it's true... Dayton stinks. The EPA says so.

And here I thought it was just the way the team was playing.