FROM the FARM: Velvety chicken pate a taste of luxury

Phil Potempa's weekly farm column recipe.

OFFBEAT: Reader looking for film that starred Monty Woolley

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

OFFBEAT: Time for Hospice of Calumet Region's Fall Mums Luncheon

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

OFFBEAT: Lee Meriwether still working and happy with her TV history

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

OFFBEAT: Hospice of the Calumet Area 30th Anniversary Gala includes names and memories

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

OFFBEAT: Join me for insider celeb scoop at Munster Friends of Theatre luncheon this month

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

Three for all

THREE FOR ALL - - East Chicago fans Marcia K. Goodan and Linda Savka frame fellow East Chicago native turned Broadway actress Betsy Palmer backstage at the Royale Theatre in New York City following a 1968 performance of David Merrick's "Cactus Flower" starring Palmer.

OFFBEAT: Readers sharing their memories, mementos of Betsy Palmer visits

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

OFFBEAT: Betsy Palmer joining Friday the 13th Teibel's luncheon with fun film stories

Friday the 13th is nearly here and there's another reason for readers attending Friday's Teibel's birthday luncheon to be excited.

OFFBEAT: Like actress Betsy Palmer, East Chicago's Frank Hanak was local notable and he will be missed by many

One of my faithful column contacts and a friend who liked to follow my daily writing was East Chicago notable Frank Hanak.

Hoosier fame face

HOOSIER FAME FACE - - Actress Betsy Palmer, who graduated from East Chicago, Ind. in 1944 remains one of Northwest Indiana's claim-to-fames. Her classmate Frank Hanak, editor for the East Chicago alumni newsletter "The Anvil" died July 22, 2010 at age 89.

FROM the FARM: Delicious Greek cookie recipe long-sought after find

Readers are getting just as excited as I am about next month's Friday the 13th luncheon on my Aug. 13th 40th birthday at Teibel's restaurant in Schererville.