Category: Scoop


  • Press Club of Southwest Florida authors presented their books at the Collier County Public Library’s first-ever Author and Book Fest on Saturday, Feb. 21, at the South Regional Library. The event organized by Patricia DeGroot, administrative supervisor, included 38 local authors. Authors participated in half-hour lectures, sold and signed books from 10 a.m. until 2

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  • NPC Book Beat with Phil Jason   Boca Undercover, by Miriam Auerbach This slim and sassy novel is the fourth installment in Ms. Auerbach’s Dirty Harriet Mystery Series. Harriet Horowitz, a private investigator, is also a reformed material girl rebelling against the glitzy ostentation of Boca Raton. These days, she embraces the natural beauty of the Everglades

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  • Please note New Date for February’s Luncheon Friday, February 27 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Nov. 1, 2001, Kent Heitholt, sports editor for the Columbia (Missouri) Daily Tribune, was murdered in the newspaper’s parking lot around 2:10 am. Two years later, a young man named Charles Erickson began publicly sharing recurring dreams that he and his former Rock Bridge High School classmate

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  • In honor of the “Bring a Book, Bring a Friend” month, bring a book suitable for a child or teen to our February Press Club of Southwest Florida luncheon. New and like-new books for children of all ages are needed, from board and cloth books for babies to more advanced reading material suitable for high

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  • A capacity crowd of 83 at the January Press Club of Southwest Florida luncheon heard Richard Broome, Hertz Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Communication, talk about the current challenges facing corporate Hertz. Broome said Hertz wants to be a good corporate citizen in Collier and Lee Counties, and in the world at large, and

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  • As you read this, I am in the final stages of preparation to leave Feb. 9 for a cruise from Sydney, Australia, to Auckland, New Zealand, returning March 4. I have selfishly considered those locales too distant for me to commute to attend the February luncheon. So I’ll just say right now how much I’ll

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  • Editor’s note: This is an excerpt written by David Pfaff of a Press Club of Southwest Florida Newsletter from February 1996. For us to move forward we must remember where we have been. On This Date is a fun way for NPC members to find out about the Press Club of Southwest Florida’s past. It

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  • Naples resident Lois C. Sabatino, a founding member of Press Club of Southwest Florida, loves to write and has been at the craft all of her life. For 45 years as a professional writer, she has worked in a variety of media, primarily for newspapers, magazines and television. A proven wordsmith, she has also done

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