An Exclusive Meet The Press/Face The Nation Opportunity (Collier County Version) for Naples Press Club Members

The Naples Press Club has an unprecedented opportunity to meet with top officials from The Jackson Laboratory (planning to build a major research facility in Collier County) -- and the format we've chosen will be an informal roundtable discussion moderated by NPC President Donna Fiala, who will be joined by working reporters representing television, radio and print.   Members of the Press Club will be the only audience and will have time  to ask their own hard-hitting questions.

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Words and pix by Denise and Birgit…and additional tweets from Sandy Lender, too.

The tag team of Scoop Editor and Web Goddess spent a weekend of listening and learning at the recent Writer’s Conference at FGCU. It was a knock-down drag-out contest to see whether Reporter’s Notebook and stick pen could best the iPhone Twittering - with coverage and notes. Here’s the result...

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April 26th was Olga Hirshhorn's 90th Birthday. She's been a Press Club member for a long time, and is on the board of the Friends of Art, for the Naples Museum of Art. Actually, she was one of the founders of Friends of Art in 1984, even before the Philharmonic Center for the Arts opened in 1989. Her deceased husband is the founder of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.
 
Olga attended one of our recent luncheons and it was obvious she still has a feisty side, based on her discussion about her difficulties with Comcast. Although she is not into e-mail (yet), birthday cards can be sent to her at "Sweet Spot Cottage", 170 Shell Alley, Naples, FL, 343102-7525 .
 

by Connie Kindsvater

Meet Julia Barnett, from Marco Island, a graduate of Lely High School, and one of Naples Press Club’s two 2009 Scholarship Winners.

Julia chose to go further away to school than many Florida students. She chose to attend Colorado State University-Pueblo because she loves the state and has family there. 

Julia is a Mass Communications Major, with a focus in Journalism. She has a double-minor, in Art, with a focus in Photography, and in Italian.  Her NPC “mentor” is Connie Kindsvater, who received a degree from Colorado State University (a while ago).

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by Phil Jason

The Book Fair aspect of the 2010 "Naples Authors and Books Festival" initiated a new concept:authors exhibiting in shops and restaurants along 5th Avenue South. Approximately 50 authors exhibited, hosted by two dozen business establishments. As is always the case, feedback is mixed. While some felt that there was not enough traffic or that signage was needed to direct people to participating merchants, others were very pleased with how things went.

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The Scoopsters have done it again. So much activity going on with NPC members, it’s hard to keep up.

Sandy Lender will get the best birthday present ever. She tells us: “I am stoked beyond words. The August/September issue of “Realms of Fantasy” magazine, which hits the shelves in time for my birthday in June, includes an AMAZING and FABULOUS birthday present for this very happy fantasy author. She goes on to describe the review of her book "Choices Meant for Kings”: 

“This is an awesome review that should attract attention in the fantasy genre’s foremost publication. I’m overwhelmed!” Congratulations Sandy and happy almost-birthday…

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Future for TV viewing: Thousands of channels?

Cable vs. Direct TV vs. HiDef vs. Fiber Optic?

All of the above, some of the above?

With the Federal deregulation of the telecommunications industry there is an emergence of effective competition to rising cable prices. More open access to potential competition for cable providers is now being discussed by many condominium associations locally.

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Where are all you contest junkies out there?
 
The neologism contest is falling on its face (doing a facefall)? Desperately need new entries this month to resurrect it.
  
Since the prize will be something based on the winning word —Carole Green might win with: 
 
FROILANE: "the strip of oil running down any lane on a freeway”, and her prize would be motor oil, although she might prefer the alternate prize of an orange barrel.
 
Or, I could win, even though I am disqualified, with CHEVROLATTE: and my prize could be a Chevrolet soaked in latte.
 
Take a chance. Dream up a brand new word with “million dollars” in it.
 
Watching and waiting to dispense the Almost-Publishers-Weekly Big Kahuna.

On April 10, 2010, Naples Fifth Avenue Merchants will host the 50+ Book Festival Exhibitors for the 8th Annual Authors & Books Festival. The schedule & locations are posted on the Authors & Books Festival Website.

You can print it also as PDF document or surf a virtual map below: On the day of the festival, the 5th Ave Visitor Center will have hard-copy maps and passports available to the visitors. 

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