Category: Scoop
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Happy to report that a new eBook will arrive this coming week on Amazon.com. It is called 'A Guy Named Bunny' and is written by our 94 year old member, an NPC founding member, Bernard F. Dudley. With a foreword by John D. Casey, who won the National Book Award for 'Spartina' in 1989 and…
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In a talk entitled "Constitutional Relevance in the Age of Obama", Levy will contrast the constitutional views of liberals, conservatives and libertarians – then apply those distinctions to two or three hot-button issues: campaign finance reform, same-sex marriage and health care. When: Thursday ,October 27th, 11:30 am Where: Naples Hilton Hotel, Tamiami Trail just south…
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The Hilton will be our new home for our regular meetings. Get to know it. When: Thursday, October 13 for 5:30 – 7:00pm Where: Naples Hilton on Tamiami Trail just south of Pine Ridge Road. What: Meet in the lobby area near Shula's for networking, fellowship, and drink specials.Please remember that tipping is expected even…
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Letter from Roberta Hecht appeared in NDN and Collier Citizen, May 2011 May 19, 2011,Editor, Naples Daily News: Monday night I had the distinct privilege of attending Golden Gate High School’s “Awards Night”. Specifically, I was in attendance to award a Press Club of Southwest Florida Terrence J. Miller Scholarship to Oscar Santiago-Torres, a most…
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Jim Sheeler, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, on his appointment to the faculty at Case Western Reserve University, speaking about a profession undergoing at least a midlife crisis: "A notebook is a passport to all sorts of places…Journalists will discover someway or other to make good money on the Internet. And if they don't, journalism is a life…
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Goodbye to Edwin Newman,outstanding journalist and defender of the honor of the English language. Newman was known for his erudite puns. One of the best : "The man who blotted his wet shoes with newspaper, explaining,"These are the Times that dry men's soles." Click here to read more articles about Edwin Newman
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This is the first in a series of columns about our members, their careers and activities — then and now. SCOOP welcomes your ideas and/or contributions to this column. by Brooke Mundy Carole Greene has every right to be proud. Not only is she a founding member of the Press Club of Southwest Florida,…
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Are you "xenolexic"* ? This word, and others, can be found in the list of "Unused but Useful: Oxford English Dictionary's Reject List." Sandra Yeyati shared an interesting article that includes this note: Oxford University holds 50 large filing cabinets crammed with 1000s of 6 x 4 inch cards detailing every declined entry for the Dictionary. Of…
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