Kansas Authors Club receives grant from CACF
   The 3rd District of the Kansas Authors Club has received a $500 grant from the Coffeyville Area Community Foundation to help sponsor the youth portion of the Kansas Authors Club’s statewide annual conference that was held in Coffeyville, October 7–9, 2005.
   Lois Hendrix, new member and co- president for District 3 in 2006 wrote the grant.
   In photo, left, Frankie Roland, District 3 , Coffeyville, accepts the check from Janie DeVore Gillis, executive director of the Coffeyville Area Community Foundation.

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Ursula Turner, District 3, Coffeyville, is new district co-president. At left Ursula stands with KAC convention keynote speaker, Bill Kurtis. Mr. Kurtis was honored at the Coffeyville convention with the William Allen White Award and honorary one year membership in Kansas Authors Club, making him a member of District 3, Sedan.

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Meeting: Sat., April 16, 2005
Trinity United Methodist Church,
1001 W. 8th, Coffeyville
Phyllis Lewis, District 3, Yates Center, was our special speaker. She talked about the writing of her book, The Legend of the Aneeka, a juvenile fantasy about an ancient Indian tribe in which two thirteen-year-old girls become guardians of a secret treasure of gold.

Photos from District 3 April Meeting:

April 2005 Meeting Attendees and soon-to-be-hosts of KAC 2005 Convention in Coffeyville	Richard Paul Tanos, newest member of Night Writers

Ruth Townsend, long-time Independence group member	Cheryl Carvajal organized our Independence group

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D3 Members in:
Aug Member News — Frankie Roland
Mar Member News — Frankie Roland — Ursula Turner
         — Grant Williams

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