Jeffrey Gentry

The News Journal

Little old Delaware gets its share of airtime on national television Monday.

Thankfully neither of the two spots have anything to do with kids beating up a mentally-challenged man or adults having sex in public on Main Street in Newark.

Woo hoo. That's a win already.

The day starts with 10-year-old Braeden Quinn Mannering's appearance on the Rachael Ray Show.

Braeden is scheduled to talk about how his effort to help feed those in need – 3B: Brae's Brown Bags – is changing his community. The show, the season opener, can be seen at 10 a.m on ABC's Baltimore and Philadelphia affiliates or if you're downstate, you can see it at 3 in the afternoon on WBOC.

Braeden was a guest at The White House earlier this year, giving a speech to introduce Michelle Obama before the Kids State Dinner. He just continues to be someone we can be #delaproud of.

After hearing about Braeden's inspiring efforts in the morning, you can tune in at night to the Food Network to see the Old Fashioned Ice Cream Festival at Rockwood Park featured on the season finale of the cable network's series "Eating America."

The show airs at 10:30 Monday night and will feature the ice cream festival's "Best Sundae on Sunday" competition, won by the University of Delaware's UDairy Creamery and its student "Moo Crew" work force.

Barry Schlecker, the man whose Barry's Events company is behind the Wilmington Film Festival and the revival of the Brandywine Arts Festival, cosponsored the festival with New Castle County government.

"We were thrilled that the Food Network chose to feature our ice cream festival in the 'Eating America' series," Schlecker said, "and we believe this episode of the show will demonstrate that we truly rank among the top food festivals in the nation."

If you miss it Monday night, the Rockwood episode will be rebroadcast on the Food Network at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, 11 p.m. Friday, and 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20.

Delaware gets some national attention for positive things. That's worth feeling #delaproud about.

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