And popcorn plant too

Message from Richard Ellers (geerichard@aol.com):

If you miss Friday's PD editorial retirees lunch (April 29 Wild Mango, 362 Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted )then you will miss getting a free grow-your-own popcorn planting/growing kit from Richard Ellers who said:
“Here's a chance for you or some other popcorn lover to grow and learn. I developed these kits for school teachers when I was an OSU Extension Master Gardener and a volunteer environmental educators.”
Each kit comes with full instructions, a gardening glossary, and enough seeds for a three by four feet plot.

Cartoonist Dick Dugan dies

DUGAN JAMES RICHARD "DICK" DUGAN, 85, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Hospice of the Western Reserve surrounded by his family.

For 39 years his cartoons, especially Chief Wahoo and Cleveland Brownie, were a fixture on the editorial and sports pages. If a colleague left the paper, he would draw a caricature that friends would sign as a going away present.

For the death notice go to http://obits.cleveland.com/obituaries/cleveland/obituary.aspx?n=james-richard-dugan-dick&pid=150393656

For the obituary by Grant Segall:

http://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/index.ssf/2011/04/dick_dugan_drew_caricatures_fo.html

Luncheon on April 29 in North Olmsted

PD Editorial Retirees & Expatriates

Casual unstructured lunch troupe

Gather for lunch on the last Fridays of January, April, July and October

Spouses and guests always welcome

NEXT LUNCHEON: Noon, April 29

PLACE: Wild Mango, 362 Great Northern Mall, North Olmsted

Enter restaurant from parking lot behind Red Lobster, next to Sears.

Visit Wild Mango website for directions.

MENU: Order from menu on separate checks. Menu items include:

Asian Chicken Salad, $8

Bar-B-Q Ribs (Hawaiian style) $8

Roasted Duck Breast $12

Ginger Soy Glazed Salmon, $9

Chicken Cheese Cake, $7

RSVP By Tuesday April 26

Janet Beighle French (216) 221-2318, or jabfr519@sbcglobal.net or

JoAnn Pallant (440) 734-1923, or japallant@sbcglobal.net

Please notify if you want to be removed from list.

A review of Naughton's book

Tales of a serial prankster: Turning the boss’s office into a fun & inviting place

by Roy Peter ClarkPublished Apr. 11, 2011 12:01 amUpdated Apr. 11, 2011 10:40 am

In the sweet leisure of his retirement — if you don’t count the chemotherapy — former Poynter president Jim Naughton has penned a 257-page opus titled “46 Frogs: Tales of a Serial Prankster.”

Without the help of WikiLeaks or Romenesko, sources at Poynter have gotten their hands on one of the few available copies produced by Naughton himself. In spite of its playful title, Naughton’s professional memoir describes his experiences in such influential jobs as White House correspondent for The New York Times; managing editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer; and president of The Poynter Institute.

From his earliest days in journalism to his retirement four decades later, Naughton has littered American highways and byways with the detritus of his practical jokes. Some cost hundreds of dollars. Others tiptoed up to a line labeled “Against the Law.” And almost all involved animal husbandry, a circus cavalcade of dinosaurs, gorillas, elephants, camels, goats, sheep, chicken, crabs, and, of course, frogs.

The stories are entertaining enough. As beast fables they carry real lessons, about journalism and leadership, about life itself. Members of the Poynter faculty have mined this material and come up with a handful of gems. Over the next four days, Poynter.org will share some of Naughton’s stories in his own words. We will also explore what contemporary leaders can learn from such eccentric parables.

For the rest of the story go to http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/leadership-management/118951/tales-of-a-serial-prankster-turning-the-boss-office-into-a-fun-inviting-place/

No joking

Jim Naughton's " 46 Frogs: Tales of a Serial Prankster" has just been self published and

contains a fair amount of story telling about the PD.He worked at The PD from 1962-`1969 before moving on to New York, Philadelphia,and the Poytner Institute.

You can order it by going to: 

http://www.lulu.com/product/hardcover/46-frogs/15261161?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/1