IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE 2016 ARIZONA HISTORY CONVENTION IN YUMA, join APW for lunch on Saturday, April 16, 2016. The lunch starts promptly at 11:30 a.m. at the Da Boyz Italian Cuisine restaurant at 284 South Main St., Yuma.  According to MapQuest, this restaurant is 1 minute away from the Hilton Garden Inn & Pivot Point Conference Center where the Arizona History Convention is taking place.  You will have plenty of time to join us at 11:30 a.m. and have lunch without missing out on the Arizona History Convention morning and afternoon programs. We will order from the menu at Da Boyz with separate checks. Let us know to expect you by leaving an RSVP at apw.reservations@gmail.com. Check your membership directory if you’d prefer to call Brenda or leave a message that way.

There is another Da Boyz restaurant in Yuma, so be sure to come to the right one, at 284 S. Main St. 85364. (928) 783-8383

The next APW Rim Country chapter meeting will be held on March 16th, 2016, at 1pm in the Library meeting room.

After brief announcements, our speaker will be Carole Mathewson.

California native Carole Emma Mathewson has resided in Payson, Arizona since 1992. Having majored in English and Early Childhood Education, she has been a preschool teacher and a secretary—executive and legal. She was a newspaper reporter/copy editor for 10 years.

Mathewson is the author of: The Waste of War—The Story of a Civil War Union Surgeon and his Nurse, published in December 2014; and The Hostess of Providence: A One-woman, One-act Play, presented by Mathewson on stage in 1985 and published in 2011. Both are available online at her Author Page on Amazon. Mathewson has three additional books in progress, and is ready to go to press with World War II on the Home Front.

Payson-area author Carole Emma Mathewson will speak about her book, The Waste of War: The Story of a Civil War Union Surgeon and his Nurse. Mathewson will discuss the nine chapters of the book. The story concerns her great-grandparents and their contribution to the Civil War. Her grandparents were Dr. Harley P. Mathewson, a graduate of Dartmouth Medical School, and his wife Mary Sanborn Mathewson, who served as his nurse throughout the war. Mathewson devoted a number of years to researching the work, which is 336 pages in length.

You can read the latest information packed March 2016 TypeRider here! Read reports about past events, peruse the upcoming calendar of APW and other writing events plus news about members.

Get caught up on APW events and people. The February, 2016 issue is now available. You’ll find reports on meetings, information about upcoming APW and other writing events and more. Betty Webb shares her insights in “That Pesky First Chapter.” A copy of the notes from Shirin McGraham’s January presentation to the Colorado District meeting, “Writing for newspapers/Associated Press style” are included and may be printed for your referral.

Take a look at the May, 2015 TypeRider! Read informative articles about district meetings – each district had a meeting in the past month. Also, find out which members won awards in the 2015 Communications Contest. APW had an excellent showing. Plus check out all the writing events coming up – and much more.

The March, 2015 TypeRider is now available. Look for writing events in each of our four districts plus many others coming up including the annual Tucson Festival of Books. Meet Joan Cox and discover some writing opportunities.