The governor has made several changes to his communications staff, so I wanted to share the names and some background information with you:

St. Louis, MO – July 7, 2017.

In Dean Klinkenberg’s compelling new novel, Double-Dealing in Dubuque, writer Frank Dodge gets a simple assignment that quickly turns complicated when a fire races through the Dubuque Convention Center, killing two people. Dodge suspects the city’s ambitious mayor of covering up the cause of the fire, so he swears to investigate until he discovers what really caused the tragedy.

Leon Donatello is in witness protection after betraying his mob boss to the feds. Socialite Tanya Miller, an expert marksman, has gone broke and, desperate to regain her former status, becomes a hitman hired to hunt down and assassinate Donatello. Jimmy Sanchez, an Oglala Lakota teenager lives in his car to avoid a vicious gang intent on recruiting him.

Pella, IA – On August 1, the Write Place—a publishing and design business headquartered in Pella, Iowa—will begin accepting manuscripts from aspiring authors for its fourth biannual Write Place Book Contest. The grand-prize winner will be awarded free publication of his or her manuscript as a print book and e-book, complete with editing and cover design services provided by the Write Place team.

NPR has been named the 2017 Harris Poll EquiTrend News Service Brand of the Year. The EquiTrend Brand Study also showed NPR to be the Most Trusted Brand and the Most Loved Brand.

Nancy Santiago announces release ofBaby Henry and Me’

(Bettendorf, Iowa) Katy Leigh Babcock a 12-year-old from Bettendorf and a Pleasant Valley Riverdale Heights student loves creating artwork and wants to become an artist.  Two years ago Katy was invited to illustrate an important story for the A Book by Me Holocaust series and she eagerly agreed to do so. A Book by Me books are true stories of Holocaust survivors written by students who have interviewed the story’s subject.  They are books written and illustrated by children for children.
Blue Grass Iowa resident Michael Valerius Jr. a Peru State College online student had three written pieces published in "Peru State College Writer's Guild Leaf Press: Special Sesquicentennial 
Edition." The publication covers student writings printed selections over the course of 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years.
 
Michael won 3rd place is "Poetry Category:2015-2016" is the poem "Little Brown Rocks", page 73.

Andy Mendonsa’s “Spiritual Widowhood” calls readers to help the widowed and fatherless

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