Category: Scoop
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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.…
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Do you know we have a celebrity in our midst? Our very own Randy Jones, NPC VP of Programs, and formally known as Randall Kenneth Jones, is starring in The Naples Players production of The Great American Trailer Park, opening October 9 at the Sugden Community Theatre. “I am sure most NPC people have NO IDEA that…
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Those Press Club of Southwest Florida members who aren’t in town at this time of year may think all press club action in the summer could be represented by the sound of crickets chirping. Not so! It is true we do not schedule monthly luncheons from June through September. But we do gather at networking…
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As Phil Lewis embarks for new adventures after 35 years at the Naples Daily News, many former staffers have waxed nostalgic about his leadership and his journalism. It’s my honor to do the same here. I grew up in Phil’s newsroom, the one on Central with dirty carpet and back copies of papers stacked so…
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October 24, 2013 – Kathleen van Bergen, CEO, Artis–Naples November 21, 2013—KC Schulberg, Member of a Hollywood Family Dynasty of Filmmakers December 5, 2013—“The Magic of the Holidays” with Keith Raygor; NPC Annual Meeting January 23, 2014—Mei-Mei Chan, Publisher, Fort Myers News-Press February 27, 2014—open March 27, 2014–Richard Broome, Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs…
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I’m the new NPC SCOOP editor, and while I know some of you, I certainly don’t know all of you, and that’s one of the things I’d like to accomplish – getting to know each other. Most of us have come from somewhere other than Florida – and I know we have such varied and…