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john avery whittaker award: an odyssey listener tells how she was welcomed into a new family (plus! a preview of this month’s club. the john avery whittaker award honors people who have impact on the faith of those around them. heath nominated the whit in his life: shirley barrett. heath tells his story, how god has used his life, and gives thoughts on how others can act like whit to people around them. it’s that time of year again! we wanted to let you know that we (the moderators) will be taking our christmas break starting december 21st, and we’ll be back in the office on january 7th. during that time, we will not moderate comments. you can still submit thanks for commenting on the whit’s end blog! we pray you have a very merry christmas, and a happy new year. see you in 2019! merry christmas! “gone fishing,” one of the early dramas focus produced, featured two actors who would later become familiar names on adventures in odyssey: chuck bolte and hal smith. chuck bolte was executive producer on the show during the majority of its first decade and hal smith, of course, became the first voice of john avery whittaker. hear this drama that helped lay the foundation for adventures in odyssey, plus some special memories from chuck.. writers bob smithouser (!) and phil lollar (plus surprise guest) dive de*p into “out to sea”. three years ago, bob smithouser didn’t want to make waves when his boss dave arnold asked him to write an odyssey script, but he felt like a fish out of water. he was green around the gills in the ways of script-writing and it was sink or swim. over the long voyage of writing the script, bob weathered the storm to get to final draft with the help of phil lollar and others to keep things on course. don’t got questions about album 65…or anything odyssey? call 1-855-784-whit (9448) to leave a question for the producers to answer on a future podcast. (always be sure to have your parent’s permission before you call!)