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Kettering prepares for Holiday at Home

Photo submitted by the Holiday at Home committee Pamela Cochran, property manager for Town & Country, is the 2009 Holiday at Home Grand Marshal.

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The 2008 Holiday at Home Pageant Court from left to right: Princess Marie Byer, Princess Sara Tahy, Queen Katrina Baker, Princess Brittany Sanders, and Princess Dacey Jackson.

Photo provided by Holiday at Home committee The 2008 Holiday at Home Pageant Court from left to right: Princess Marie Byer, Princess Sara Tahy, Queen Katrina Baker, Princess Brittany Sanders, and Princess Dacey Jackson.

By Kelli Wynn, Staff Writer Updated 4:12 PM Wednesday, June 17, 2009

KETTERING — Pamela Cochran, property manager of Town & Country Shopping Center, 300 E. Stroop Road, has been chosen to be the 2009 Holiday at Home Grand Marshal, according to Bill Tschirhart, spokesman for Holiday at Home.

Cochran was chosen because of her dedication to service in the community and for her volunteer spirit, Tschirhart said Wednesday, June 17.

Read more about Cochran in the June 25 edition of the Kettering and Oakwood Neighbors section of the Dayton Daily News.

In other Holiday at Home news, applications are being accepted for the Holiday at Home 2009 Pageant.

The Holiday at Home committee will be awarding up to $10,000 in scholarship money to this year’s Queen and her court, according to Tschirhart.

Candidates for the pageant should be females between the ages of 17 to 21 and live in the jurisdictions of Kettering, Oakwood, Centerville, Bellbrook, Beavercreek, Washington Twp., Miamisburg, Miami Twp., and Moraine, Tschirhart said.

Pageant contestants will be judged on community service, poise, personality and appearance.

The pageant, which is free to the public, will be held 6 p.m. on July 24 in Fairmont High School’s Auditorium, 3301 Shroyer Road.

For more information or to obtain an application, contact Pageant Director Brittany Waag at (937) 613-7234 or visit the Holiday at Home web site at www.Holidayathome.org.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2414 or kwynn@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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