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April 14, 2004

Augustana Hosts Regional Authors' Autography Party

SIOUX FALLS - Six Sioux Falls writers will be honored along with 20 other writers at the 17th annual Regional Authors' Autograph Party at Augustana on April 24.

The six are David Kemp, author of "History of Independent Baseball Leagues 1993-2000;" JoEllen Koerner, author of "Mother, Heal My Self: An Intergenerational Healing Journey Between Two Worlds;" Gary Olson, author of "Sioux Falls, South Dakota: A Pictorial History;" Lynwood Oyos, author of "The Family Farmers' Advocate: South Dakota Farmers' Union, 1914-2000;" Ron Robinson, "Diamond Trump;" and Al Schock, "Poems and Toasts." They will be recognized as leading regional authors at a dinner on April 23, and on April 24 will sign copies of their work from 10:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. in the Fantle Building on the Augustana campus.

Sponsored by the Center for Western Studies as part of the two-day Dakota Conference, the autograph party will also feature the following authors:

Thomas Adamson, "South Dakota" (Capstone Press).

Carl Edeburn, "Sturgis: The Story of the Rally" (Dimension Press).

David Allan Evans, "The Bull Rider's Advice" (Center for Western Studies).

Sean J. Flynn, "Chief-Marine Corps Warrior: The Life of John P. Pat Flynn Jr." (Sunflower University Press).

Rebecca Stromstad Glaser, "North Dakota" (Capstone Press).

Herbert E. Hoover and Carol Goss Hoover, "Sioux County: A History of Indian-White Relations" (Center for Western Studies).

Bernie Hunhoff, editor, with Roger Holtzmann and Jerry Wilson, "South Dakota's Best Stories" (South Dakota Magazine).

Aaron B. Larson, "Murder at Pine Beach" (Publish America).

Vernon Linnaus, "A Real Live Railroad: The 40-Year Saga of the Ill-Fated Yankton- Norfolk Line" (South Platte Press).

Ken McCullough, "Obsidian Point: A Triptych." Poetry (Lone Oak Press).

Elaine N. McIntosh, "The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Food, Nutrition, and Health" (Center for Western Studies).

Wayne H. Phillips, "The Plants of the Lewis and Clark Expedition" (Mountain Press Publishing Company).

Scotty Roberts, "Becoming a South Dakotan" (Harold's Printing).

Elwin L. Rogers, "Labyrinths of Speculation: The Kensington Rune Stone 1898-1998" (Pine Hill Press).

Craig Ryan, "Magnificent Failure: Free Fall from the Edge of Space (Smithsonian Books).

James E. Sherow, "A Sense of the American West" (University of New Mexico Press).

Robert C. Steensma, "Drifting to an Unknown Future: The Civil War Letters of James E. Northup and Samuel W. Northup" (Center for Western Studies).

Lydia Whirlwind Soldier, "Memory Songs." Poems (Center for Western Studies).

For more information about the Autograph Party and the Dakota Conference, contact Regional Author's Autograph Party, Center for Western Studies, Box 727, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD 57197, or phone (605) 274-4007.