Lobe to chair Biergarten

ODESSA - Deanna Lobe, a lifelong resident, was named Biergarten Chairman for the 52nd Deutschesfest scheduled for Sept. 14-17. She has volunteered at Fest since graduating from high school in 1996, most recently in the sausage booth and as a server in the

Biergarten.

Over the past two years, Lobe has been the Service Manager at Wheatland Bank. Prior to that, she worked for 23 years at the Odessa Clinic.

When not at the bank, she can be found working in the kitchen at Odessa Golf and RV.

"Being chairman of the

Biergarten has proven to be more work than I thought it would be," Lobe said.

But she...