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Cutting Edge

WRVO | By JIm Sollecito
Published October 17, 2012 at 1:40 PM EDT

Jim talks about his trip to Washington, D.C. to see the White House Rose Garden and Michelle Obama's Kitchen Garden.  Listen to his tale about how he donated his pocket knife to the Secret Service.  Looks like no more mumbly peg for Jim until Santa brings him a new one.
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