2005 Winter - Wisconsin Writers Association

Page 13Oshkosh Area Writers’ Club: Ruth Percey, Reporter oshkoshwriters@writeme.com900A Harney Ave, Oshkosh, WI 54901 920-231-6182The Oshkosh Area Writers meet on Saturdays in the lower level public meeting room of the Oshkosh Public Library.Times vary. Check oshkoshwriters.blogspot.com for the latest information or call Ruth Percey at the abovenumber. #Wisconsin Rapids Area Writers: Anna M. Allison, Reporter 715-424-4175450 15th Ave. N., Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495Marge Hamm won 2 nd place award in The CatholicDaughters State Contest: Let Freedom Ring. HelenKroening is preparing her book, Cherished Family Tiesand Tales. Harold Hamm writes songs and wrote thelyrics for a recently released CD, Side by Side. CharlotteHouston writes poems and is writing a book abouther family. Marian Bergh writes short stories.Local writing groups in the Wisconsin Rapids areahosted 75 writers and speakers attending the WRWAFall Conference in Wisconsin Rapids and promoted theregion by distributing gift packs containing cranberryproducts and other goodies.The Wisconsin Rapids area Writers gather in a meetingroom at the Wisconsin Rapids Mall (east end, acrossfrom Paper City Bank) at 1 p.m. on the 4 th Monday ofeach month. #Members at Large: Please send your items to the Editor at bdsutton@centurytel.net or via mail at23059 Old 35, Siren, Wisconsin 54872 (715) 653-4376Art Schmitz made a presentation to a group of 25men and women on “Writing for Personal Enrichment”on August 1 st at the new Sherman Park Gathering Placein Milwaukee. The program was so well received thatArt is scheduled to give another talk on December 9 th ,an oral book review of The Private Life of Bees, by SueMonk Kidd.Jane-Marie Bahr, Menomonie, had her poem,“Escape,” published in Free Verse. Another poem,“Cocky,” is scheduled for publication soon.Ruth Wucherer, Milwaukee, had her review ofWriting and Publishing Personal Essays, by SheilaBender, published in the July/August edition of InkyTrail News, Shelby Township, Michigan. #Notes from the Group Coordinator: Earle Garber, groups@wrwa.net 715-421-0244483 Airport Ave., Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494We’re moving on and (note)we’re no longer “local.” It’s redundant.The Group mailing and SASEis working and only a few shy reportershave not answered. I knowrepetition helps. If you haven’t returnedthe information about thewriters in your group or if you needhelp, please ask. WRWA providesstandup posters for your library orbookstore.New groups (new to us) recentlyheard from include Plymouth, RiceLake, and Cambridge. JanesvilleArea Writers reporter, Edna Thorp,bless her, asked for help and help ison the way. She loved the promptsfrom Writers Magazine. She thoughtthey were a bit off the wall, but humorous.In Stevens Point life is beginningagain, some WRWA members,some not, writing fiction andnon-fiction.Welcome to a new group, the Jot& Title Bookheads in SheboyganFalls. Club Reporter Syl “Salty”Regan can be reached at W3276CTH V, Sheboygan Falls, WI53805-2927.Once more for groups; WRWAmembership is not required. It ismore important that your group islisted to help writers who ask forhelp. And, as Newsletter Editor,Boyd Sutton said on page 5, ClubReporters do not have to be WRWAmembers to report, nor do othermembers of the club need to bemembers to be included in the report.Our objective is to spread thenews about clubs and writing inWisconsin and to make it easy forpeople to find a club in their area tojoin. WRWA membership is, however,a sound investment. #