On Sunday Sept. 17 at 7, the First Presbyterian Church of Odebolt, was honored to host Efi Latsoudi of Greece, our Presbytery’s International Peacemaker this year. A psychologist, filmmaker and human rights advocate, she serves the refugees and asylum seekers fleeing to Europe from Africa, the Middle East and Asia. She is one of the founders of LESVOS SOLIDARITY, a grassroots organization based on Lesvos Island in Greece. Efi was the coordinator of an independent welcoming shelter (Pipka Camp) for the most vulnerable refugees.
Trinity Lutheran Church of Odebolt serves up Dad’s Belgian Waffles on Sept. 17. Linda Viggers and Cinnamon Wulf greeted the community as they came into the Community Center to get a bite of the scrumptious waffles along with some sausage links, coffee, and juice. The Waffles were light and filling, but it was ‘all you can eat,’ which brought people asking for more. More than 10 waffle irons were operating serving the waffles in good time. The friendly workers of Trinity Lutheran called out to customers as they left, “Thanks for coming and come back next year!”
Caleb Wood, a teacher and coach at OABCIG, loves to see students learning and achieving. Wood explained his teaching duties at the school.
“I teach SPA,” he said, “which stands for Scientific Principles and Applications, and is basically a freshman science class. I teach Earth Science, and this year Physics. I’ve also taught STEM and Meteorology in the past. So most of my day is spent with underclassmen.”
Teaching was not Wood’s childhood dream, but it fits his interests and abilities.
Trevor Carlson is from Ida Grove but is now in his 35 years, a world traveler and writer. Trevor has been to 50 countries and as I interviewed him, he said in the upcoming weeks he was going to Peru and the Netherlands. Trevor currently has a podcast site called Theformulapodcast.com. Here he interviews different people who he has met along his travels.
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week is September 10-16, 2023. The 2023 theme is Truckers: Through & Through We Can Always Depend on You! or back by popular demand Our TRUCKERS are The HEROES! Whatever it Takes is the Difference You Make!
Hoefling trucking is based out of Odebolt, Iowa and has been in business since 2005.They haul livestock; mostly hogs, some cattle and 1 belt trailer that hauls distillers. They have 14 trailers and seven semis, six company drivers, six owner operators
A group of ladies from Faith Lutheran Church in Odebolt call themselves the Knotty Ladies. This is simply because they tie many knots in their wonderful work they do in the church. These ladies sew and knot together many quilts. Their mission is to make as many quilts as they can to be sent to Lutheran World Relief for whom Faith Lutheran is a sponsor for.
Felipe Stone, a previous foreign exchange student from Chili, comes back to visit Frank and Diane Neville from Odebolt after 40 years. Stone was part of the exchange program called Youth for Understanding in 1982. Stone was just supposed to be with the Neville’s for a temporary stay but discovered that he wanted to stay longer. He did then end up staying for a year and the Neville’s just loved having him. The Neville family included three children, Troy, Terryi, and Tammy.
Jennifer Sykes wears two big hats for Golden Horizons. She has worked for Golden Horizons for 10 years, of the 13 years the building has stood there up behind the school. She started out as a nurse, and then shortly after that, she became the Director of Nursing. Then, three years ago, when the Administrator position became available, she took that on too. Sykes received her education through Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs.
When asked what she likes best about working there, she responded,
