BPW honors county judge for Ada Carter Johnson Award
Odessa BPW Club presented the 1986 Ada Carter Johnson Award to Ector County Judge Jan Fisher at a Petroleum Club dinner. Fisher spoke of personal loss from her daughter Ashley’s leukemia, credited supporters and cited community service with the Ector County Bar Association and other groups. Betty Forbes of Troy urged confidence, listening, and self-reliance as paths to success, praising Ada Johnson’s pioneering work with The Odessa Herald.
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Ector County
Jan Fisher
Ada Carter Johnson
Ashley
Fisher
Odessa Business and Professional Women’s Club
Cynthia Clack
Odessa
Ector County Bar Association
Ector County Juvenile Board
Medical Center Hospital Board of Managers
Texas Women’s Political Caucus
Junior League and
Pilot
Clack
Petroleum Club
Betty J. Forbes
Troy
Forbes
Johnson
Odessa Herald
Easy Taco Dinner From Frozen Mix Veg and Chicken
A quick taco dinner uses cut up frozen broccoli, cauliflower and carrots with frozen diced cooked chicken and taco shells. Stir fry vegetables, thaw chicken, mix tomatoes with bouillon and red pepper, combine in wok, heat through, then fill shells and top with cheese avocado dip and salsa for four servings.
Microwave Magic Turns Reluctant Cook Into Believer
A personal reflection on a mother who avoids cooking until a Christmas microwave gift changes her. The piece shares a simple fruit crumble recipe using raspberries blueberries oats and cinnamon, baked in the microwave, yielding two servings with one enjoyed that night and the other for breakfast.
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Mother
Sandy
One-woman delivery saves hungry labor pains in Alliance
Sleepy father Norm Bottger delivered his son Sean at 1 15 a.m. Sunday in Alliance Nebraska after wife Sheri Bottger felt labor only 45 minutes prior. This marked the third rapid birth for the family with two older sisters, Andrea and Kristin, one born at home and another at a hospital.
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Kristin
Bottger
Austria seeks to rebuild after wine taint scandal
Vienna reports a year after a wine adulteration crisis exports plunged from 11.8 million gallons in 1984 to 7 million in 1985 and 539,600 in the first half of this year. A new law imposes labeling and quality controls, a marketing drive, and acreage limits for premium wines while a government led effort plans a 51 percent state funded export company starting Sept. 1 with 160 million shillings for promotion and market regain.
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Vienna
Austria
Johann Stadlmann
Federal Wine Growers Association
West Germany
Malaysia
Italy
Central Statistical Office
Nikolaus Gabriel
Rust
Burgenland
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BPW
Sovran Mortgage Corp
Ada Carter Johnson Award
The
Associated Press
Catherine Chapin
Knight-Ridder News Service
Mom
Sandy Hill
Charlotte Observer
Sandy Hill’s
Andrea
Hermann Katzler
Federal Wine Wholesale Trading Union
Erich Schmidt
Justice Ministry
Josef
Richard Grill
Schmidt
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