Celebrity sighting in Ontario

Touted as a "celebrity" dinner, Chaffey High School's dinner fundraiser featured well-known city and school officials as the servers of the night.

Among those in attendance were Supervisor Gary Ovitt, councilmembers

Sheila Mautz, Debra Dorst-Porada, Alan Wapner and mayor Paul Leon.

But it was actor Christopher Rich, who most recently starred in "Reba", who was the real celebrity in attendance.

Rich, whose business venture has brought him to Ontario, said he came out because he is a big supporter of education.

The former "Murphy Brown" actor studied acting at the University of Texas and later at Cornell University, where he received a master's degree in theater arts.

I'm sure you're wondering what that businness venture is about.

First, let me remind you about a new city ordinance on bingo. In January, the city adopted a new ordinance that would allow eligible nonprofits to host bingo games at multiple locations in the city at the same time.

The ordinance brought the city into compliance with state law, which was changed last year. The previous law only allowed a bingo game to be played at one location.

The new state law was initiated by Rich and he told me it would help schools and nonprofits take in a bigger profits.

It is no surprise that Rich's company, one of the only ones in the state, can provide the services to hold multiple bingo calling.

Apparantly, the city of Ontario is battling the city of L.A. for more than just the airport.

They are both in contention to have Rich bring his business to their city. The winner would be the first in the state to operate under the new law, Rich said.

May the best city win.