The PRICE will be RIGHT here

This post is mostly for my mom, but here's the heads-up for everyone else: Poughkeepsie native Dave Price will make a triumphant return to the Queen City!

A 1983 graduate of Poughkeepsie High School, Price will be the guest speaker at the Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union's annual meeting on April 9th. Here's a shot, snapped by Journal photographer Darryl Bautista, of Dave speaking at last April's Poughkeepsie Area Chamber of Commerce breakfast.

For the uninitiated, Dave Price moved on to become a weather man on WCBS TV's morning news program before being promoted to CBS's "The Early Show," where he's been seen from coast-to-coast. He also auditioned to fill Bob Barker's role as host of "The Price Is Right" when Bob left.

Here's a recent pic of "The Early Show's" cast ... that's Dave all the way to the left.

I actually met and interviewed Dave back in April of 2001, when he was still with WCBS. We were both at Yankee Stadium for Opening Day -- I was coverng my first-ever MLB game, he was doing the noontime weather from the ballpark. He was a very nice guy, and he has fond memories of Poughkeepsie and nice things to say about his hometown.

Believe it or not, my mom is a huge fan of Dave's, even meeting him a few years ago when the Hudson Valley Renegades gave away bobbleheads of him. Here's Dave in his bobblin' glory.

I actually just checked in with Mom (she and Dad are both planning on attending April's meeting ... say "Hi!" to them if you see them) and she likewise said Dave was very nice when she met him. When she told him she was my mom and that he and I had spoken at Yankee Stadium, he said he remembered. (I was like, Well, of course, Mom! What else is he going to say? but she was happy. And really, isn't that all that matters?!)