Category: Scoop
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At the Nov. 21st NPC Luncheon Meeting, movie producer K C Schulberg shared his plans to shoot a local movie in May and June in Everglades City. The movie, “A Dream Last Night,” is based on magical realism, and is, in a way, a tribute to his grandfather B P Schulberg and his grandfather’s 1957
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Arthur Lloyd Hecht, a founding member of the Press Club of Southwest Florida and a board member, passed away peacefully in Naples, Fla. on Oct. 22, 2013, after succumbing to cancer. It was the day before his 80th birthday, and he was surrounded by his family at the time of his death. He opened the
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Business tackled at our October Board of Governors meeting focused on a wrap-up of our Celebrity Author Luncheon and plans for future meetings. We actually made over $600 for our scholarship fund. We will add even more to that figure once we sell the remainder of the Jeff Klinkenberg books we purchased for the occasion.
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Our Program VP Randy Jones made my job easier by writing a Naples Daily News “Business Class” column about our November program presenter, KC Schulberg. Since KC has already approved this copy, I’m going to use it as our promotion for the November 21 luncheon meeting. Note: this is one week earlier than usual.
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Press Club of Southwest Florida has received an invitation from Options Thrift Shoppe for a “personalized, after-hours shopping experience.” Available on weeknights from 5:00 to 8:00, this chance to browse for a minimum of 20 NPC members comes with a 20% discount on all merchandise. If you are unfamiliar with Options, let me fill you
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Ms. van Bergen told the NPC members and guests the story about why she was not able to keep her initial speaking engagement with NPC on Jan. 24, 2013. She flew into Brussels that day to meet with Andrey Boreyko, the conductor she wanted to bring to Artis-Naples as the new Music Director for
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This column is going to be about NPC members. I am submitting my story as one of them. On September 14, 2013, I became a widow. My husband Peter Simenauer died that day. He was the last of my family, because I lost my daughter and only child last August. Tara Heidi Simenauer. She was
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Your Press Club of Southwest Florida continues to grow. At our September 18 board meeting, we accepted into membership two new applicants: Suzanne Leonard and Shirley Hanson. We hope to welcome them at our next luncheon. Please search them out and make them feel appreciated for joining us. Dr. Sam Parish came aboard earlier in
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To kick off our fall/winter luncheon season, Artis—Naples CEO Kathleen van Bergen will share some behind-the-scenes information about the functioning of our premiere cultural venue Artis—Naples. Ms. van Bergen approaches her third season at the helm of the organization, whose name was changed from The Philharmonic Center for the Arts to Artis—Naples, to mixed reaction.