TS Due date for next Touchstone (April 4) and help needed for distribution

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     As many of you know, The first Touchstone of the year (Vol. 16, 
No. 1) was delayed because our longtime printer unexpectedly went out 
of business.  Consequently, we're extending the due date for 
articles, ads, announcements, and poems for our second issue.  The 
new due date is Tuesday, April 4.  If you're planning on submitting 
something for that issue, please contact me as soon as 
possible.  Also if you would like a copy of The Touchstone writer's 
guide please let me know.

     Our first issue is now back from the printers and is available 
(or will be soon) at several blue newspaper boxes and other locations 
throughout Bryan and College Station as well as on the Blinn and A&M 
campuses. For those of you who receive a copy by mail, we hope to get 
those out soon.
     We have several really good articles in this issue including 
many by local writers. The lead, "Reflections on the Wall, A 
Remembrance" by Gary Varner, I think many people will find to be very 
moving. Local writers Ray White, Charles Phillips, Karen Hall, Lisa 
Wildmo, Bud Wurtz, and Anne Lessem all have fine articles.  In 
addition, we have poetry by Anne McCrady; cartoons by Tom Tomorrow, 
Matt Wuerker, and Golliver; and some really nice pieces by Bob 
Jensen, Tim Wise, Paul Street, David Atwood, Ed Sebesta, Greg Moses, 
Kevin Stoda, and Philip Brasfield.

     We need people to help distribute the magazine.  This involves 
seeing that some newspaper boxes and businesses are supplied with 
magazines and then rechecking every few days/weeks.  This is not a 
particularly time-consuming task -- provided we have enough people to 
do it.  If you'd like to help out, we're having a distribution 
meeting on Monday, April 27 at 6 PM at Revolution in downtown 
Bryan.  If you can't help distribute but would like to meet some of 
us or volunteer to do something else, please also stop by. Finally, 
if you'd like to help distribute but can't make the meeting, let me 
know and we can make arrangements to get you some bundles and set 
aside some delivery locations.
      I hope to see you at Revolution.

              Danny


Danny Yeager
The Touchstone
P.O. Box 2711
College Station, TX 77841-2711

www.rtis.com/touchstone/

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