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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book
Antiqua";">Awards,
speakers, and mystery dinner theater highlight local festival</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span
style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">“<i style="">A
Spring Literary Arts Festival: The Plot
Thickens</i>” in McArthur, Ohio will feature a diverse
schedule on Saturday,
April 14, ranging from a writing contest awards ceremony to
famous guest
speakers and a mystery dinner theater. <br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span
style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">At
noon, the Friends of the Library will hold a reception and
awards ceremony in
the meeting room of the library for the winners of the Linda
Ogle Russ Memorial
Writing Contest.<span style=""> </span>The general public is
invited to attend as local writers are recognized for their
writing merits that
have focused on the mystery genre for this year’s contest. <br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span
style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Following
the awards ceremony, Stephanie Barczewski, professor of history
at Clemson University and author of <i style="">Titanic: A
Night Remembered,</i> will offer
a presentation and book signing commemorating the 100<sup>th</sup>
anniversary
of the sinking of the Titanic
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/faculty/facultyBio.html?id=84">http://www.clemson.edu/caah/history/faculty/facultyBio.html?id=84</a>)
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.amazon.com/Titanic-Night-Remembered-Stephanie-Barczewski/dp/1441161694/ref=tmm_pap_title_0/182-5714500-2212830">http://www.amazon.com/Titanic-Night-Remembered-Stephanie-Barczewski/dp/1441161694/ref=tmm_pap_title_0/182-5714500-2212830</a>).
<br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span
style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">At
2:30, Steve Hamilton, mystery writer and winner of several
awards, including the
Hopwood Award for fiction, the Michigan author award, the best
first mystery
award by the Private Eye Writers of America, and most recently
the 2011 Edgar
Award and author of <i style="">The Lock Artist</i> and
the Alex McKnight series, will also offer a presentation and
book signing (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://authorstevehamilton.com/">http://authorstevehamilton.com/</a>).<span style="">
</span>Admission to the events at the library is
free of charge. <br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span
style="font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Later
that evening, ticket holders will have a special treat when
Random Acts of
Toledo (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.random-acts.net/ABOUTUS.html">http://www.random-acts.net/ABOUTUS.html</a>) engage the
audience in a mystery dinner theater at 7:00 p.m. in the Vinton
County High School cafetorium,
entitled “A Titanic Mystery.”<span style=""> </span>A $25
advance purchase ticket includes dinner and the show (on sale
until Monday,
April 9). The menu, provided by Chef Mary Reynolds of Flutes and
Peppercorns (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.flutesandpeppercorns.com/">http://www.flutesandpeppercorns.com/</a>),
includes a mixed leaf salad with black peppercorn or sweet
Vidalia onion
dressings, roasted Cornish hens with sage, onion, and celery
dressing, mashed
potatoes and gravy, roasted mixed vegetables, homemade yeast
rolls, and apple
cake with rich vanilla sauce.</span><i style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book
Antiqua";"> <br>
</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book
Antiqua";">A Spring Literary Arts
Festival: The Plot Thickens is sponsored by the Herbert
Wescoat Memorial
Library and the Friends of the Herbert Wescoat Memorial
Library in McArthur, Ohio.
Major events will begin on Monday, April 9 and the last event
will be held on
Sunday, April 15. For more information, contact the library at
740-596-5691 or visit
the Friends of the Library on Facebook at Friends of the
Herbert Wescoat
Memorial Library, Inc.</span></i></p>
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