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Local man will be on ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ Tuesday

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By Andrew McGinn, Staff Writer 1:03 PM Monday, November 30, 2009

SPRINGFIELD — Two summers ago, Don Everhart attended “The Price is Right Live” — a stage version of the TV game show — at a casino in Las Vegas.

He went dressed as Uncle Sam, but was never called down.

Maybe it’s because he was at the wrong game show.

The Springfield resident finally found a game show where costumes just aren’t optional, they’re tradition.

Everhart will be seen competing on “Let’s Make a Deal” at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, on WHIO, Channel 7, in the Dayton area and 10 a.m. on WBNS, Channel 10, in Columbus. He and his wife, Myrna, and stepdaughter, Connie Flannery, attended a taping of the game show in Vegas in early November.

The Everharts went dressed as scarecrows.

“My wife thought we’d never get picked,” confessed Don Everhart, a retired press operator at KTH Parts in St. Paris.

Mrs. Everhart thought wrong.

Don was picked by host Wayne Brady — standing in for the venerable Monty Hall in the new version of the 1960s classic — about halfway through the show.

“I don’t know why, but I was as calm as I’ve ever been,” he said.

Everhart found himself faced with 10 checks on a table.

“I was always an (Dale) Earnhardt fan,” he said, “so I picked No. 3. That’s where the fun started.”

But whether he gets zonked or not is for you to see.

Contact this reporter at (937) 328-0352 or amcginn@coxohio.com.

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