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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Oakwood native to appear on ‘Project Runway’
The Miami Valley will have a player in the game during the upcoming season of “Project Runway.”
Oakwood native Althea Harper will appear on the Lifetime show, it was revealed Thursday, July 9.
The 25-year-old University of Cincinnati’s School of Design student now lives in New York.
She will be challenged on the show by 15 other contestants. The season premiere Aug. 20.
See more examples of Harper’s work at UC here.
Read more about the season here.
Learn more about Althea Harper on ‘Project Runway’ at mylifetime.com
The bright-eyed blonde has worked with noted designers, including Vivienne Westwood and Alexander McQueen, to fulfill the fashion school’s famed cooperative education requirements.
She was ready to take on the world when interviewed in 2008 before her final project at UC.
“You have to work hard and it will pay off,” she said. “I have to go to New York and show up at doors with my portfolio.”
Read previous Dayton Daily News article on Althea Harper here.
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TweetReport: Dayton drivers among safest in the nation. What do you think?
Despite the swerving sometimes seen on Main Street, Dayton drivers aren’t that bad in the grand scheme of things, a report says.
Dayton ranked 12th best in the fifth annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report” released Wednesday, July 8.
We’re not number one (that honor goes to Sioux Falls, South Dakota), but according to Allstate, the Gem City has safer drivers than 188 other large American cities.
Allstate’s report uses data to rank America’s 200 largest cities in terms of car collision frequency.
Fort Wayne drivers ranked sixth.
Dayton drivers have an average 11.6 years between accidents.
Drivers in Washington DC are the worse drivers. They have 5.1 years between collisions.
Akron was 18 on the list, Cleveland, 29; Cincinnati 62; and Toledo, 68. Columbus finished in a disappointing 87th place.
Drivers in Washington DC are the worse drivers.
“America’s Most Improved Driving City” is Alexandria, VA, the report says.
Here are the top safest cities according to the report:
- Sioux Falls, S.D.; 2. Fort Collins, Colo.; 3. Chattanooga, Tenn.; 4. Cedar Rapids, Iowa; 5. Knoxville, Tenn.; 6. Fort Wayne, Ind.; 7. Lexington-Fayette, Ky.; 8. Eugene, Ore.; 9. Boise, Idaho; 10. Colorado Springs, Colo.; 11. Reno, NV; 12. Dayton.
Learn more about the report here.
What do you think? Is AllState’s report crazy?
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