APS -- Isn't SUMMER WITHOUT IT.Your summer won't be complete without attending the third annual Agricultural Publications Summit scheduled Aug. 1-4. Hosting the Summit is the beautiful Amway Grand Hotel in Grand Rapids Grand Rapids, city (1990 pop. 189,126), seat of Kent co., SW central Mich., on the Grand River; inc. 1850. The second largest city in the state, it is a distribution, wholesale, and industrial center for an area that yields fruit, dairy products, farm produce, , Mich., where you can escape the summer's heat. As a bonus, you may attend a pre-Summit reception at the Gerald Ford Library & Museum. Our meeting this year promises to provide all the professional contacts and information agri-marketers need to improve their business. The program offers a wide array of professional improvement for everyone from writers and photographers to managers and marketers. For the first time, a golf tournament will be held for all attendees of the Summit. The scramble tournament kicks off at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 1, at the beautiful Grand Rapids Golf Club. If you're not interested in golf, we've also provided two pre-Summit clinics to help you brush up on writing and photography skills. Paula LaRocque, writing coach for The Dallas Morning News, and Elmer Kelton Elmer Kelton (born April 29, 1926) is an American author, known for his Westerns. He was born in Andrews County, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1948. Kelton worked as the farm and ranch editor of the San Angelo Standard-Times from 1948 to 1963. , a humorist hu·mor·ist n. 1. A person with a good sense of humor. 2. A performer or writer of humorous material. humorist Noun a person who speaks or writes in a humorous way book author from Texas, will conduct a writing clinic. If photography is your passion, sign up for the clinic led by Phillipe Gross, author of The Tao of Photography -- Seeing Beyond Seeing. The Summit officially opens Thursday, Aug. 2, at noon with a luncheon address by the well-known White House correspondent Helen Thomas Helen Thomas (born August 4, 1920) is a noted news service reporter, a Hearst Newspapers columnist, and member of the White House Press Corps. She served for fifty-seven years as a correspondent and White House bureau chief for United Press International (UPI). . It then breaks into an afternoon of workshops and InfoExpo. End the evening by competing in the first-ever Ag Olympics, designed with a Michigan twist. Friday is devoted to more workshops, speakers and InfoExpo, with awards dinners concluding the day. The Summit ends on Saturday with the final workshop and a luncheon with the inspirational speaker An inspirational speaker is a term used to describe those that address audiences with the aim of inspiring the listeners to higher values or engendering understanding about life and themselves. Jack van der Geest Jack van der Geest (born 1923) was a member of the Dutch Underground, he was 1 of only 8 people ever to escape from Buchenwald Concentration Camp, and 101st Airborne translator during World War II. He became a US citizen in 1953. . Van der Geest recently wrote the book Was God on Vacation? based on his experiences during the Holocaust. His upbeat address will provide attendees with a wonderful take-home message. If you're staying over Saturday night, sign up for one of three optional tours Saturday afternoon and enjoy a dinner on the lakeside grounds of the Kellogg Biological Station Kellogg Biological Station (KBS), Michigan State University's largest off-campus education complex, is located by Gull Lake between Kalamazoo, Michigan and Battle Creek, Michigan (about 65 miles from the main campus). . No matter how you look at it, you can't afford to miss this year's Agricultural Publications Summit. We'll see you there! |
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