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...ba href=/dementia/a/b – was chosen for the Oprah Book Club.In an interview with the Portland Oregonian, Franzen expressed some reservations about the honor, saying that Oprah Winfrey "picked some good books, but she’s picked enough schmaltzy, one-dimensional ones that I cringe, myself."In response, Winfrey disinvited Franzen from appearing on her talk show.

The notoriety, however, helped pushed The Corrections – a critically acclaimed work which had received the National Book Award – to the No.

1 fiction spot on The New York Times best seller list.Other public events during Writers’ Week include the following:A PANEL DISCUSSION on truth in creative non-fiction with faculty members Wendy Brenner (Phone Calls from the Dead, Large Animals in Everyday Life), David Gessner (Return of the Osprey, Prophet of Dry Hill), John Jeremiah Sullivan (Blood Horses) and former writer-in-residence Bill Roorbach, 3:30 p.m.

today in Room 101, King Hall.A READING BY BILL ROORBACH (Temple Stream, A Place on Water) and poet Tracy K.

Smith (The Body’s Question), 8 p.m.

today in Room 134, Dobo Hall.A READING OF RECENT WORKS by faculty members Clyde Edgerton, David Gessner, Malena Morling and Michael White,, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday in Room 101, King Hall.

Morling, author of the new collection Astoria, recently had three of her poems read by Garrison Keillor on the public radio series The Writer’s Almanac.A PANEL DISCUSSION, "Getting Published in the 21st Century," 3:30 p.m.

Wedn...

...ba href=/dementia/a/b … didn't feel the games were too hard, that they couldn't win," Utech said.

"They ask, 'Are we gonna have this again?

' They want another one." Pentek isn't part of a Girl Scout Troop because most most girls drop out of Scouts in favor of other activities by the time they reach their teens, said her mom.

Pentek, however, is what's known as a Juliette Scout, which means she progresses on a kind of independent study Girl Scout program.

As her leader, her mother supervises her and has seen her dedication to Scouts grow.

A big part of that is the example she learned from her brothers.

"That's why this meant so much to her," Sharon Pentek said.

"To achieve the highest award in Girl Scouts." Ronnafran Jakel is Pentek's Gold Project adviser, and has been working with Pentek for about two years on her award requirements.

"I have helped those Pentek children with numerous religious awards over the years," Jakel said.

"She is a very deserving person because she put her heart and soul into this project.

It was a big project.

A big, big project.

I'm very proud of her.

I'm proud I was asked to help her." Pentek said now that she has finished her project, she's going to remain a Girl Scout for as long as she can.

"I'm hoping to stick in for a couple years yet until I'm done with high school, but we'll see how it goes," she said.

Reach Janet Ortegon at jortegon@sheboygan-press.com or 453-5121.

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...ba href=/dementia/a/b patients particularly appreciate the guest books, as it enables them know who has visited their loved one.

Grace's efforts have helped provide more than 500 guest books for HNS.The award is named in honor of Alex Scott, one of the first winning heroes in the Volvo for life Awards and an eight-year-old cancer patient from Wynnewood, Pa.

She gained national attention for her efforts to raise money for pediatric cancer research by holding annual lemonade stands.

What started as a simple but passionate idea inspired a worldwide grassroots fundraising effort that raised $1.4 million in 2004 alone.

Sadly, Alex passed away Aug.

1, 2004.

Parents Jay and Elizabeth continue promoting Alex's cause and raising money for pediatric cancer research through their foundation, Alex's Lemonade Stand.The Butterfly Award is part of the Volvo for life Awards, a national search for and celebration of everyday heroes with Volvo providing $1 million in charitable contributions each year in honor of everyday heroes.

The Butterfly Award called for people nationwide to nominate a young hero they knew who, like Alex Scott, did the extraordinary for their communities.

Hundreds of nominations were submitted, and Jay and Elizabeth selected Grace as the winner."Shortly before she died, Alex spoke to us about butterflies, and we released them at her funeral as a beautiful tribute to her life.

Since then, the butterfly has come to symbolize Alex, her life and her work," said Jay and Elizabeth Sc...