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JUSTIN OSMOND’S 250 MILE RUN 4 HEARING!

Justin Osmond, son of Merrill Osmond has been on an intense training schedule since September of 2014 to run the biggest & longest trek of his life. He isn’t running for himself, he’s running 250 miles to raise awareness and financial support for 25 deaf children living in Southern Utah who will be receiving the gift of better hearing. This Run 4 Hearing event will kick off the start of this trek on Saturday May 2nd starting in Justin’s hometown of Ephraim, UT located at: Canyon View Park, 650 S. 100 E starting at 9 AM. This will begin with a press conference at 8:45 AM and then a 5K Fun Run (open to the public). This will also kick start Justin’s 250 miler to St. George where the kids will be anxiously waiting to receive their new hearing devices. On Saturday May 9th at the finish line in St. George (location and time TBD), there will be another benefit run entitled “Super HEAR-O 5K Fun Run.” A grand celebration will take place as family, friends, and many community members wil

Interview Friday: Author Dan Willis - Guest Author at the St. George Book Festival in October

Dan Willis wrote his first work of fiction at the tender age of ten and has been creating fantastic tales ever since. Recently he wrote for the long running DragonLance series. his current project is a Steampunk Civil War series entitled, Dragons of the Confederacy, with NYT best-selling author, Tracy Hickman. Willis lives in Utah with his wife and four children.   VS: What do you do to help balance your writing life with your family life? Dan: I write when my kids are in school & my wife’s at work.   Then, when they all come home, I’ve got dinner ready and we can have family time together.   When I worked and wrote, I’d have to cut down how much writing I did in order to keep my priorities straight. VS: How long have you been writing? Dan: I started writing seriously in 2004, left to pursue other interests in 2008 and came back to it in 2011.   I did write in between, but not seriously, I started several books in that time, but I didn’t finish any o

Interview Friday: Dean Hughes, author of 100 books

Dean Hughes has published more than 100 books.   He has written fiction as well as non-fiction for all ages: children, young adults and adults. He is best known for Children of the Promise, a series of historical novels about the World War II.   He and his wife Kathy have three children and nine grandchildren.   They live in Midway, Utah. VS: What do you do to help balance your writing life with your family life? Dean: I have always gone about writing as though it’s a regular job.   I write most days, but keep my evenings and weekends free for family time, house-keeping, entertainment and church.   My wife and I have had an empty nest for a long time now, so we do many things together.   In addition, I play some golf, do some amateur photographic work, fly fish and read a lot. VS: How long have you been writing? Dean: I published my first book in 1979, so I’ve been putting out books for 35 years, but I was writing long before that.   I learned most of what