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Col. Carl G. Davaz, USA retired, turned 81-years-old today in Bellevue, Wash.

Pavlova is an impressive dessert to make that's so easy, a 10-year-old could make it alone. To be precise, two 10-year-olds could make it by themselves, which they did. Invented in either Australia or New Zealand (depending on whom you ask) to honor the famous Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, the Pavlova was usually topped with tropical passion fruit. That fruit isn't as available here, so use your favorite seasonal fruit. Frozen fruit works, too, as do pomegranate seeds, caramelized bananas or chocolate sauce. The middle layer is usually whipped cream, but feel free to play around here. I like a mixture…

A year ago, nearly all of the photographers from Rich Clarkson’s Topeka Capital-Journal photography staffs came together for three-day reunion in Eugene.

My granddaughter’s nickname is Osh. It so happens that there’s a city named Osh in Kyrgyzstan. Former Register-Guard Features Editor Grant Podelco and his wife, Daisy Sindelar, are journalists working in Prague, Czech Republic for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Daisy recently traveled to Kyrgyzstan to produce a series of stories. I asked Grant if he would ask Daisy to shoot a picture of an “Osh” sign to show Olivia. She did and this is how Osh looks in Kyrgyz.

Vic and Alice Bender celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this weekend. They were married on May 13, 1951, in Vancouver, Wash.