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Page 10 Writers Ink of Cudahy and Milwaukee: Gail Larson Toerpe, Reporter, gtoe@aol.com 3034 Wentworth So., Milwaukee, WI 53207 www.writersink.writernetwork.com L. A. Van Veghel: WI Fishing Club Newsletter; Numerous articles WI Fishing Club website; WI Council of Sport Fishing org.;Midwest Outdoors; WRWA Writing Discussion site, website article; Press releases; Article Great Lakes Fishing & Hunting; 2 articles WOCA Recrod; Washington Island Observer. Marjorie Pagel: History of Friends of the Franklin Library; Franklin Historical Society published 50 year history; Press releases for Women's Club & Writers Ink; Editor Newsletter (4 times year) for Women of the ELCK Greater Milwaukee; History of H.C. Woman's Club-Special & Newspaper contribution; Article about Pastor's family; e-publication through Milwaukee church groups and two-page spread in HAB. Jason M. Waltz: The Custer-Hawk Gazette Gail Larson Toerpe (President, Wirters Ink) Oak Creek Historical Soc. Newsletter; Observer; Press Releases for Oak Creek Hist. Soc.; Photo in Minneapolis Star-Tribune Travel section; Letter to Editor, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Gail, publisher/editor of the Washington Island Observer, wrote 50- 60 articles and contributed several photos for the paper this year. She has owned the paper since her husband gave it to her as a gift 15 years ago. Art Schmitz: In the Spirit, Chit Chat sub; We're Coming Over, Christmas Time in the City. # Writers Ink of Cudahy and Milwaukee Club Spotlight Writers Ink was formed on September 26, 1977, to provide an inexpensive forum for writers and would-be writers to discuss writing techniques, how to sell articles, and how to go about getting published. Members are men and women of varying ages, 25 through 94, and come from all walks of life. They are informal and friendly, but nonetheless earnest and dedicated. Some write seriously for publication, while others for personal satisfaction. Their varied vocations, interests, and perspectives are mirrored in their subject matter and writing style. Some have had a book or two published, several have seen hundreds of their articles in print, while still others are contributing editors to national publications. There are, however, some still waiting to be discovered. Some of the original members were: Lorraine Sordahl, Dolores Tichkowski, Sister Mary Julitta, Sister Mary Joanne, Shirley Belleranti, and Shirley Mudrick. Of these, the first three were the actual originators but the others came in shortly thereafter. They have always met at the Bank One building, for which our group is most grateful. We have had many prominent speakers over the years, some of whom include: Bill Nelson (Milwaukee Journal), John Gurda (Milwaukee historian), Elaine Bergstrom (science fiction author), Alan Borsuk, Joel McNally, Gary Markstein (Milwaukee journalists), Roy Reiman, Bob Ottum (Reiman Publications), Wayne Frank (author and past Milwaukee alderman), Martha Bergland (author of several books), and the list goes on. Many success stories, too, have come out of our group. Patricia Lorenz (author, lecturer, many published articles in Chicken Soup books as well as Christian periodicals), Sharon Hart Addy (five children's books published), Jack Byrne (became a writers agent after joining), May Thibaudeau (our oldest member, in her 90s, has published several histories, including one on Frederick Layton from which information is used by the Smithsonian Institution in D.C.), Yarn Spinner Paul Larson, from Arizona, Nancy Allan (had her own column in CNI newspapers for many years), Larry Van Veghel, (sports writer, published in many periodicals), and Gail Toerpe, who owns and edits the community newspaper on Washington Island (The Washington Island Observer). Many more of our members have had success and many choose only to write without any thought of being published. We enjoy the many readings and critiques and are pleased to have so many wonderful speakers. We also have a "brag session," which we call a "Round Table." Our group is always looking for speakers for Monday nights. E-mail our President, Gail Toerpe, at Gtoe@aol.com if you know of someone who would like to present a topic. # New Members Needed—Recruit New Members Any member who brings in five or more members between January 1st and March 31st will receive a free book and will be spotlighted in a future edition of the newsletter. Please be sure to have the new member list your name in the appropriate block on the membership form to receive credit.
Northern Lakes Writers’ Guild: LaMoine MacLaughlin, Executive Director 715-268-6811 lammacl@amerytel.com www.northernlakescenter.org Page 11 At the end of September, Northern Lakes Director LaMoine MacLaughlin attended the Fall Conference of WRWA in Janesville and helped with the presentation of the association’s Jade Ring Award for Poetry. He had been asked by the association to judge the material for this year’s award and found the winning entries to be remarkable. It was his task to select three winners and three honorable mentions from among 140 entries. In October, The Northern Lakes Writers’ Guild teamed with the Northern Lakes Theater Guild to open the Northern Lakes 2006/2007 concert and performance season with two interesting events: the first, an evening of old-time radio and the second, an evening of scary stories and poems. At the Guild’s October meeting there was discussion of material published in The Hometown Gazette, which publishes local writers’ work as part of its regular coverage of news and local highlights focusing upon the Clayton area. Published this past issue were Ed Moersfelder, Jeanne Murphy, Ralph Weber, and Patricia Hansen. During November, Northern Lakes’ Director LaMoine MacLaughlin was asked to become a regular columnist for another local publication, What’s Playing, a bimonthly magazine that highlights local arts and cultural events, including creative writing by writers from our area, and is published by Schoolhouse Productions in Clear Lake. The November/December issue includes MacLaughlin’s poem, “A Christmas Swallow,” which he read at last years’ WRWA fall conference in Wiscon- sin Rapids. The beauty of our natural surroundings will be the focus of MacLaughlin’s column. Anyone interested in contributing should e-mail manuscripts to LaMoine at the above address. In December, the Writers’ Guild will be finishing work on selections to be published in Northern Lakes’ Soundings, the literary publication of the Northern Lakes Center for the Arts. The upcoming January 2007 issue will complete 16 years of publishing original stories, poems, and essays by local authors. The magazine has been published semi-annually since 1991. So this past quarter there have been several opportunities for members of the Northern Lakes Writers’ Guild to publish their work and to share it with the general public. We are beginning to organize the annual regional gathering of northwest area writers to be held on Saturday, April 21 at the Northern Lakes Center for the Arts in Amery. It will include a workshop by Wisconsin author, Jerry Apps. Plan on attending. This annual event is held in rotation by the Northwest Regional Writers, the Poco Penners, and the Northern Lakes Writers’ Guild and is open to all writers. The Northern Lakes Writers’ Guild, an affiliate of the Northern Lakes Center of the Arts, is located at 113 Elm Street in Amery, Wisconsin. For more detailed information about activities of the Northern Lakes Writers’ Guild, please call the Northern Lakes Center for the Arts at (715) 268-6811. # (Limburger Attitude, continued from page 4) The last straw was when I went to the drug store for antibiotics. When the pharmacist told me it would cost $60 for three days' worth, I got madder than a constipated rattlesnake. And like a rattlesnake, I wanted to bite somebody. I didn't have that much money on me, so I had to leave without the pills. When I got back home, I stomped around complaining about everything that annoyed me. Being crankier than a giraffe with strep throat, I couldn't think of a single thing that didn't bug me. Coincidentally, while listening to the radio, I heard a country song entitled, "I hate everything." My sentiments exactly! Then I recalled a funny story about a kid pulling a prank on his grandpa. While the old man slept, his grandson wiped Limburger cheese on his mustache. When grandpa woke up, he complained that the room smelled bad. When he walked into a different room, that one smelled the same way. Finally, he went outside to get away from the odor, but it followed him. Grandpa exclaimed, "The whole world stinks!" Yesterday, even without Limburger cheese on my face, I felt like the whole world stunk. Of course, I know that this kind of thinking results from focusing on the negative and not seeing the positive. When I do that, I say things like "always, " "never," or "everybody." For instance, "EVERYBODY else has a better life than I do." Or "Things NEVER work out for me." And "Why do bad things ALWAYS happen to me" I know very well that everybody doesn't have a better life. Bad things don't always happen to only me, but yesterday, it sure did seem that way. When I have a "Limburger attitude," and feel like the whole world smells bad, I need to challenge my false self talk. To adjust my "stinkin' thinkin'," I remind myself that I cannot control my circumstances, but I can control my attitude. Reversing a Limburger attitude requires developing an attitude of gratitude. When I feel that everything is bad and the world stinks, I need to stop and make a conscious effort to focus on the positive. I think of the good things for which I can be (completed on page 18)
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