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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Shred your cigarettes today, get free sandwich coupon
I received the following email from Peter Osborne, the Southwest Ohio Public Relations Director for the American Cancer Society. This event is going on right now, until 3 p.m.
On Thursday’s American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout, smokers in Dayton will have the chance to go cold turkey for a hot chicken sandwich.
When smokers bring their cigarettes to Buffalo Wings & Rings in Centerville, they’ll be able to place them into an industrial shredder and receive a coupon for a hot chicken sandwich. Coupons are limited in number and only available on a first come, first served basis. The shredder will be available to all until 3 p.m.
The American Cancer Society will also provide information on smoking cessation support services. This event will happen from 12-3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19.Buffalo Wings & Rings is located at 894 S. Main St. in Centerville. Here’s more from the organization’s media advisory:
What: Quit cold turkey and get hot chicken!
For the 34th American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout, smokers can throw their cigarettes into an industrial shredder and receive a coupon for a Buffalo Wings & Rings hot chicken sandwich in return for going “Cold Turkey.” Chicken sandwich coupons are limited and only available on a first come, first served basis. The industrial shredder will be available to all until 3 p.m.
The American Cancer Society will also provide information on support programs for current and ex-smokers to help them stay free of cigarettes, avoid cancer and enjoy more birthdays.
Who: Volunteers of the American Cancer Society are organizing this activity. Smokers can shred their cigarettes. Centerville’s Buffalo Wings & Rings is donating the chicken.
Where: Buffalo Wings & Rings, 894 S. Main St., Centerville, Ohio
When: Cigarettes will be shredded on site from 12-3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19, the 34th American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout.
Why: The Great American Smokeout is a great day to quit smoking. American Cancer Society volunteers encourage smokers to “shred” the habit by tossing their cigarettes and reaching out to the Society for help with staying smoke-free.
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TweetKettering grill / tavern to close for good Friday night
KETTERING — Bosco’s Grill & Tavern, 5900 Bigger Road, which lost its liquor license last month for not forwarding sales tax it collected to the state, will close at the end of business Friday night, Nov. 20, after an 11-year run.
Owner Mary Bosco said the decision to close was a difficult one, but with the loss of revenue from the liquor-license suspension, “It just wasn’t going to work.
“It’s been great,” Bosco said. “I love what I do, and that’s what makes it so hard to close the doors of the place.”
State regulations block a liquor permit-holder from renewing its liquor license if it owes money to the state that the business has collected in sales tax, or if it is in arrears on money owed to the state’s workers-compensation fund. The amount Bosco’s owed was not available; a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Taxation said he could not disclose the amount in arrears.
While the loss of revenue from alcohol sales was the final blow, Bosco traces her tavern’s downfall to the 2007 smoking ban, which she said some other businesses similar to hers chose not to enforce.
“That hurt us a lot,” Bosco said. “There never was a level playing field.”
Eleven employees will lose their jobs. “They’ve all got feelers out, and some have gotten an encouraging response. This is an exceptional crew of employees,” Bosco said.
“Once I get settled here, I’ll have my resume on the street, too,” the tavern owner said.
“I’d be happy to cook for someone else,” Bosco said. “Ownership isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.”
Bosco’s kitchen is open until 9 p.m. tonight. On its final day of business, it will open at 7 a.m. for breakfast, serve lunch, then offer Friday night dinner specials that include crab cakes, Prince Edward Island Mussels, pasta with shrimp and mushrooms, and sherried cream of mushroom soup. No alcohol will be served, but Friday night karaoke will go ahead as scheduled, and the kitchen will be open until 10 p.m., with limited appetizers served until 11:30 p.m., Bosco said.
“It’ll just be our usual Friday night,” she said.
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