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“Extreme Makeover” folks: What rain?

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Didiayer Snyder (left), one of the 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' designers, assists Shana Pierson, of Spring Valley in the backyard of the Terpenning family home, located at 548 Carthage Dr., in Beavercreek.

By Meredith Moss, Staff Writer Updated 4:48 PM Tuesday, August 4, 2009

BEAVERCREEK — When asked about the torrents of rain, thunder and lightning that hit the Miami Valley Monday night and Tuesday morning, Aug. 3 and 4, Larry Ryan had a quick response.

“Rain, what rain?” he responded. “Weather, there is no weather!”

Ryan, who is coordinating much of the local community effort on behalf of the James Terpenning family and “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” said everything is proceeding on schedule. He is chief operating officer, Prudential One, Realtors, and is spearheading both a blood drive and canned food collection.

“It didn’t faze us one bit; the whole house is under roof,” Ryan said. “The excavators are here, and today they will level the lot and start with the landscaping.”

Taking on that challenge is Stockslager’s Greenhouse and Garden Center in New Lebanon.

“We were contacted by My Lawn, Landscape, and Hardscape in Spring Valley and asked to provide flowering annuals, perennials, vegetables and herbs,” Jacob Stockslager said. “We were told the family had a vegetable garden. We’ve seen the show, and it’s great that they came to the area, and we are more than happy to help out in any way we could.”

About eight employees, he said, were heading to Beavercreek at noon with a truckload of several hundred flowers and plants. Studebaker’s Nursery in New Carlisle is providing shrubs. Colors will be pinks, purples and whites, Stockslager said.

“Planting may be a little bit difficult; it may be hard working in the flower beds with the mud,” Stockslager said. “The plants will still be fine; it’s actually a little easier to work when the ground is soft and saturated versus hard and dry. Of course, it would be easier if the sun were shining.”

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2440 or MMoss@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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