2010 WAY-OUT-WEST TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Mary Sue (Suzi) Belles
is Treasurer of the Rotary Club and keeper of the purse for the Book
Festival. She brings conscientiousness and dedication to any endeavor
she undertakes. Suzi can be reached at suzib7@hotmail.com ____________________________________________________________________ Donna Greene
has lived in Alpine for 14 years. Donna is the Coordinator of Faculty
Support and Outdoor Learning at Sul Ross State University. Donna
is also the president of the Texas Mountain Trail Writers, a Big-Bend based writer’s group. Donna Greene can be reached at dgreene@sulross.edu ______________________________________________________________________ Julia Green,
Associate Manager, Front Street Books, Alpine, with degrees in both
Literature and the Biological Sciences. She is a dedicated bookwoman
well-read in fiction and diverse nonfiction subjects. Julia's
intelligence, wide-ranging skills and competence offer much to the
Festival Committee. She can be reached at amazons@fsbooks.com ______________________________________________________________________ Tom Michael
is General Manager of KRTS, the public radio station serving Far West
Texas at 93.5 FM and streaming online at www.marfapublicradio.org. A
former editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Michael has contributed
to several other reference works, such as Merriam-Webster's
"Encyclopedia of Literature." He also serves on the board of the Alpine
Public Library, with a branch in Marathon.
Jean Hardy-Pittman chairs
the Alpine Rotary Club's Literacy Committee and is the General Director
of the 2010 WOW Texas Book Festival. Jean worked as a photojournalist,
writer, and magazine and book editor for twenty years. She has owned
and operated Front Street Books in Alpine and Marathon, Texas, since
1994. She holds a BA in English and in Journalism; and an M.S. in
Biology. Jean can be reached at jhp@fsbooks.com
Luticia "Lou" Pauls
is the newly elected President of the Alpine Rotary, which she has also
served a Secretary, Treasurer and Past President. Lou
has been Assistant District Governor for Alpine and Marfa Rotary
District 5520. She is Proprietor of The Maverick Inn in Alpine. A native Texan and transplant from the Houston/Galveston area, Lou also serves as Treasurer of the Alpine Chamber of Commerce and is involved in a number of other community activities. ___________________________________________________________________
Chris Ruggia and his wife Ellen operate
Vast Graphics (www.vastgraphics.com), a graphic design studio in
Alpine. Chris also writes and draws an ongoing comic strip
(www.jackcomics.com) about the animals of the Big Bend region. Chris
designs and executes most of the advertisements and graphic elements
for the book festival.
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TOM MICHAEL | MARFA PUBLIC RADIO | 93.5 FM KRTS
432.729.4578 / tom@marfapublicradio.org_
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