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West Peoria’s favorite trash collector

As a photojournalist, you get to experience and photograph a wide variety of things on a daily basis. Today was no different as I shadowed West Peoria’s trash collector, Jeff Reagan. Reagan is well known and liked by the community. In fact, he’s liked so much so that the mayor is trying to resign with Waste Management (the company Reagan works for) just to keep him as the local trash collector.

West Peoria garbage collector Jeff Reagan, left, shares a laugh with local customer Ron Eckstein as Reagan works his shift on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. "He's probably the best garbage man we've ever had," Eckstein said of Reagan. "Don't tell him that"
West Peoria garbage collector Jeff Reagan, left, shares a laugh with local customer Ron Eckstein as Reagan works his shift on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. "He's probably the best garbage man we've ever had," Eckstein said of Reagan. "Don't tell him that"
West Peoria garbage collector Jeff Reagan hops off his truck at a stop to collect the garbage on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Reagan has worked the job for 13 years, and he is well liked amongst the neighborhoods in West Peoria where he collects trash.
West Peoria garbage collector Jeff Reagan hops off his truck at a stop to collect the garbage on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. Reagan has worked the job for 13 years, and he is well liked amongst the neighborhoods in West Peoria where he collects trash.

West Peoria garbage collector Jeff Reagan prepares to take off from a collection stop on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, along his route. Reagan, who has worked the job for 13 years, is so liked by the community that the city wants to resign Waste Management just to keep the veteran trash collector.
West Peoria garbage collector Jeff Reagan prepares to take off from a collection stop on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, along his route. Reagan, who has worked the job for 13 years, is so liked by the community that the city wants to resign Waste Management just to keep the veteran trash collector.

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