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» Former News-Leader Journalist to be Inducted
Posted: 4/24/2008


 
Paul K. McMasters
(photo courtesy www.kspr.com)   

Longtime journalist and First Amendment expert Paul McMasters, who began his career at The News-Leader, will be inducted in the Ozarks chapter of the Writers Hall of Fame of America May 1 at Drury University.

McMasters will address award-winning young authors and scholarship recipients following presentations of excerpts from his and winning student manuscripts.

McMasters, a member of Journalism’s Hall of Fame, will draw upon a lifetime of writing about First Amendment issues in Congress, the courts, the media and other areas of public life.

Recently retired as executive director of the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, McMasters began his career at the News-Leader.

The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and will be held in the student union.

Reservations can be made by contacting Bob Ranney, 5315 Morning Glory Lane, Brookline, 65619, by calling 864-5483 or mailing rjranney@sbcglobal.net.
 
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» Author Frank McCourt Inducted
Posted: 1/17/2007


 
Frank McCourt receives plaque
from Executive Director Paul Johns   

On November 6, 2006 Pulitzer-prize winning author Frank McCourt was inducted into the Writers Hall of Fame® of America. The ceremony took place on the campus of Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri. Prior to his induction, Mr. McCourt gave a public lecture to some two thousand persons at the Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts at Missouri State University. His public lecture was co-sponsored by the Missouri State University College of Arts and Letters.
 
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» NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM
Posted: 9/9/2005


 
The Bridge Builder
by
Will Allen Dromgoole

An old man, going a long highway,
Came at evening, cold and gray
To a chasm, vast and deep and wide,
Through which was flowing a sullen tide.
The old man crossed in the twilight dim—
That sullen stream had no fears for him;
But he turned, when he reached the other side,
And built a bridge to span the tide.

“Old Man,” said a fellow pilgrim near,
“You are wasting strength in building here.
Your journey will end with the ending day;
You never again must pass this way.
You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide,
Why build you this bridge at eventide?”

The builder lifted his old grey head.
“Good Friend, in the path I have come,” he said,
“There followeth after me today
A youth whose feet must pass this way.
This chasm that has been naught for me
To that fair haired youth may a pitfall be.
He too, must cross in the twilight dim;
Good Friend, I am building this bridge for HIM.”
   

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