Pelican Press, Sarasota, Florida (Weekly Circulation 24,000)
Pelican Press article appeared on page 1B and continued on page 8B. Unfortunately the first page of the article is missing. A fabulous interview with Shirley Bender who worked at The White House for 9 years as Executive Housekeeper.

Part I of the article details Shirley's work at The White House and some amusing stories and her opinions on the first families and visiting guests.

Part II Heinz Bender

The Longboat Observer, Longboat Key, Florida (1x Weekly Friday Circulation 20,000)
Newspaper clipping announcing the Chocolate Festival. A professional chef's Best Dessert Competition the grand prize will be the Heinz Bender Award in memory of the executive pastry chef for the White House under three presidential administrations."

Another copy of the above article

Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, Florida (Daily Sunday circulation 106,680)
Article with later Correction regarding the Chocolate festival. Saturday's paper incorrectly stated the grand prize "will be the Heinz blender award". The later correction: "The Sarasota Chefs Association's grand prize at the Manatee Council on Aging's Chocolate Festival is the Heinz Bender award. A story in Saturday's edition stated otherwise."

Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, Florida (Daily circulation 106,680)
Sweet Success contains information from the press release with Chefs Goller and McDonald's win. " Didier's took the Heinz Bender award, name for a former local member who served as exec pastry chef for the White House during the Ford Administration."

Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sarasota, Florida (Daily circulation 106,680)
Copy from the society page "Marjorie North Let's Talk" column " Didier's took the Heinz Bender award, name for a former local member who served as exec pastry chef for the White House during the Ford Administration."

(The clipping does not have the name of Newspaper on it.)
The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort's pastry chef Didier Goller and assistant Pastry chef Frank McDonald won the grand prize and first runner-up award, respectively, at the Manatee Council on Aging's Chocolate Festival on Jan. 21.
The Chocolate Festival's Professional Chefs Dessert Competition was sponsored by the American Culinary Federation and the Sarasota Bay Chefs Association.
Goller received the grand prize, the Heinz Bender award, which was named in the memory of Bender, a former local member who served as executive pastry chef for the White House during the Ford administration. Photo of both chefs with their plaques.

The Longboat Observer, Longboat Key, Florida (1x Weekly Friday Circulation 20,000)
Chocolate festival: Twenty chocolatieres and merchants will be taking part in the second annual Chocolate Festival, noon to 3 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Bradenton Municipal Auditorium, Bradenton. Last year's grand prize winner was Didier Gollier, formerly of the Colony Restaurant, who created a miniature chocolate grand piano. He received the Heinz Bender award presented by Mrs. Heinz Bender of Longboat Key. The late Heinz Bender for many years was the White House chef. (Has photograph of the winner with his dessert as Mrs. Bender presents his plaque.)