Modesto couple receives Good Egg Award

Vern and Barbara Deatherage received the annual Good Egg Award for their work with homeless people at Modesto Gospel Mission.The state’s poultry industry presented the award at its 49th annual Good Egg Breakfast Thursday at the DoubleTree Hotel in Modesto. "They have their hands on the hearts of people," said the Rev. Michael Atinsky, who presented the award. About 325 people attended the breakfast, enjoying custom-made omelets and raising scholarship money for poultry science students at Modesto Junior College.