<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Alynn J Mahle, educator and freelance author</span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contact: Alynn J Mahle</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-m_7750381785735391041gmail-Apple-tab-span">       </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-m_7750381785735391041gmail-Apple-tab-span">        </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-m_7750381785735391041gmail-Apple-tab-span">        </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-m_7750381785735391041gmail-Apple-tab-span">        </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tel. <a href="tel:(440)%20813-5362" value="+14408135362" target="_blank">440.813.5362</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Email: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:alynnmahle@gmail.com" target="_blank">alynnmahle@gmail.com</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Date: 6/26/2017</span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(56,118,29);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MEMOIR-WRITING IN THE WOODS</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(56,118,29);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Retreat for Writers and Non-writers</span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Alynn Mahle, BA, MA, memoirist and English instructor, from Cleveland, Ohio, teaches both experienced writers and non-writers foolproof ways to turn life stories into meaningful memoir. Join us for productive ways to record family memories at Bear Creek Farm Bed and Breakfast, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5504 State Road, Kingsville, Ohio 44048. One-hundred-acre property </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">near wine and covered-bridge country. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Retreat begins the afternoon of Friday, September 8, through Sunday, September 10, 2017 at 1 pm; fee for all class activities, supplies, and meals on Friday night and Saturday lunch: $160. (Breakfast complimentary for B&B and cottage guests only). Lodging costs are separate; also, evening meal on Saturday, in the community, not included in package. See <a href="http://bearcreekfarmbnb.com/" target="_blank">bearcreekfarmbnb.com</a> for room choices and site information. After the rooms are filled, registrations for workshop-only guests will be taken. Payment due at time of reservations; to register call Judy at <a href="tel:(440)%20813-1635" value="+14408131635" target="_blank">440-813-1635</a>. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration deadline, Friday, August 18, 2017. All fees must be  paid in full, and are nonrefundable.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(51,51,51);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bear Creek Farm is a smoke-free environment due to owners' smoke allergies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mahle encourages everyone to record family stories; to pass on values, customs and events, this sharing is our most important legacy. She says, “Your life is unlike anyone else's; no one has interacted with the same people, in the same ways you have. It is a fingerprint, a unique set of swirling experiences, owned by you.” Keynote Speaker Deanna R Adams is an award-winning author. Her first book was</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Rock ’n’ Roll and the Cleveland Connection </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Kent State University Press, 2002). She recently published the memoir collection </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Confessions of a Not-So-Good Catholic Girl.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Alynn J Mahle has been writing and publishing nonfiction and poetry for more than twenty years, and has encouraged writing students for almost three decades. For more information about the retreat MEMOIR-WRITING IN THE WOODS, contact her at <a href="tel:(440)%20813-5362" value="+14408135362" target="_blank">440-813-5362</a> or <a href="mailto:alynnmahle@gmail.com" target="_blank">alynnmahle@gmail.com</a>.</span></p><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">###</span></p><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU" style="font-size:12.8px"><div id="gmail-:pi" class="gmail-ajR" tabindex="0"><img class="gmail-ajT" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Alynn Mahle, MA. Educator, Presenter, Author <div><i>Cooking Fresh: Healthy Eats from the West Side Market</i></div><div><i>Around the Table: Stories from Our Lives </i></div></div></div>
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