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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Rachael Ray’s show on Wilmington airs Wednesday
Celebrity chef Rachael Ray will feature stories from the Wilmington on her talk show Wednesday, Nov. 25.
The show called “Thanksgiving on Main Street” includes footage of Ray’s visit earlier this month to Sugartree Ministry Center soup kitchen as well as the community Thanksgiving dinner she and her team held at Roberts Convention Centre.
The episode airs locally on WKEF 22 at noon.
The show calls Wilmington “a small town that refuses to lose faith.”Carter Oosterhouse of HGTV’s “Carter Can” Cincinnati native and former 98 Degrees member Nick Lachey and Kahi Lee of HGTV’s “Design on a Dime” also visited the community.
Ray invited Wilmington residents who faced economic hardship due in part to the closure of DHL to the dinner.
This isn’t the first time the plight of Wilmington workers has gained the attention of a national celebrity.
Comedian Jay Leno in May preformed two free shows there as part of Jay’s Comedy Stimulus Plan.
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Kettering garbage man retiring after 43 years, 4.3 million collections
Waste Management garbage truck driver Elmer Harris has done a lot more than collect waste in Kettering.
The father of five has become a fixture in the lives of the people he has serviced, according to Waste Management spokeswoman Beth Schmucker.
The Xenia resident officially retires Saturday, Nov. 28.
He serviced 400 homes a day on his route. That’s 4.3 million trash collections during his for 43 year career, Schmucker noted. It was no easy accomplishment.
“It’s been backbreaking, physically hard work,” Schmucker said.
Harris said he loves the people on his route. “All my customers have been extra nice to me - they’ve even given me the nickname Whitey,” he said.
Harris has been invited to birthday parties and wedding and even received high-praised from former Kettering Mayor Marilou Smith.
She sung his praises in a recommendation letter for a Waste Management award.
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