2005 Winter - Wisconsin Writers Association

Page 10Sauk County Writers: Richard W. Basker, Reporter aw305@mwt.net (608) 524-14901520 Coventry Court, Reedsburg, WI 53959-1448After months of kicking the ideaaround, the Sauk County Writers areexpanding with a branch in Reedsburg.The club was losing activeparticipants in that part of the countydue to the distance from Baraboo.Some of our members no longercared to drive and the cost of a cabwas too great. Add to that the risinggas prices made this the time tostart.The Reedsburg Branch of theSauk County Writers will meet atLongley’s, a restaurant on Reedsburg’seast side at 1:30 p.m. on thesecond Tuesday of every month.The first meeting was held November8 th . The Baraboo Branch meetson the first Monday of the month, sothe different dates will allow membersmore flexibility in participating.President Teddy Jedry usuallyassigns a topic for the next month.October’s topic was “Epitaphs,” andthe lighthearted results of a morbidtopic were fun to listen to. #Pauquette Wordcrafters: Marge Inselman, Reporter minselmanwriter@mymailstation.comW5538 Hwy 60, Poynette, WI 53955 (608) 635-4657Idella Anacker had three 3 poems published in Free Verse. Lou Roach published a poem in the fall issue of MainStreet Rag, had two poems accepted by Hummingbird and has a review of another poet's book in an upcoming editionof Free Verse. Marge Inselman, Idella Anacker, Dave Manthey, Charlotte Clark, and Carol McCune allhad articles in “Writers' Write,” a newspaper column started in January 1999 in the Portage Daily Register.The “Pauquette” in our club’s name comes from the name of the first pioneer to settle the Poynette area. The localtown was called the Village of Pauquette until a postal employee misread, or could not read, the name on a piece ofmail, and changed it to Poynette. Several businesses and organizations still use the name Pauquette so the history ofthe name is not lost forever—for example, the restaurant, Pauquette Pines, next to the golf course on the edge ofPoynette. #Mid-Central Region: Linda Aschbrenner, Reporter wordzoo@dwave.net (715) 387-8058First Report M233 Marsh Road, Marshfield, WI 54449Writer and photographer SylviaOberle was recently featured inBoomers. Gloria Federwitz haspublished her poetry in the MarshfieldBuyers' Guide.Susan Twiggs has participated inpoetry workshops, MAPS meetings,and Final Friday open mike readings.Michael Kriesel was appointedby the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poetsto serve on the Wisconsin PoetLaureate Commission. This fall hegave readings in Wisconsin Rapids,Marshfield, and Madison. His newestchapbook is Chasing SaturdayNight: Poems About Rural Wisconsin.(See Michael’s ad on page 22)His poetry recently appeared in TheProgressive, Free Verse, and WisconsinAcademy Review.Linda Aschbrenner, editor andpublisher of Free Verse and MarshRiver Editions, published chapbooksin 2005 by poets Karl Elder, KarlaHuston, Michael Kriesel, and LaurelYourke. Seewww.marshrivereditions.com. Thisfall she participated in three bookfairs, including the Wisconsin Publishers'Showcase in Madison. Herpoetry appeared in Cup of Poemsand The Wisconsin Poets Calendar.Linda and Michael served on thepanel, “Making It Happen! Poetryand Community: An Open Roundtableon Poetry in Wisconsin for Poets,Publishers, Teachers, BookBuyers and Librarians,” at the WisconsinBook Festival in Madison.Kris Rued-Clark writes featurearticles for 'boomers and Beyond, aquarterly publication available freein Stevens Point and elsewhere (seehttp://wiboomersandbeyond.com/).Kris has written about area poets/ artists Barbara Cranford,Lilas Smith, Sylvia Oberle, andGloria Federwitz.The next Final Friday Open Mikein Marshfield will be January 27.All poets are invited to attend.Readings are held at 7 p.m. on thelast Friday of the month, Januarythrough October, at ThimbleberryUsed and Unusual Books, 166 S.Central Avenue, Marshfield. TheMarshfield Area Poetry Society(MAPS) will also resume meeting inJanuary at the Marshfield PublicLibrary. #