June 17 and 18, 2008 all day:
Business Letter Writing Format
ATI classrooms in Montgomery
two workshops on business letter writing format for personnel connected to the House of Representatives--not open to the public For more information call (205) 531-53 or ruthcook@bellsouth.net

July 8, 2008 9:00 to 4:00:
Advanced Business Writing Review
Tuscumbia (for ALDOT)
A quick grammar and usage review followed by format discussions for letters, e-mail, fax and memo. Report writing, including executive summary, plus editing and proofreading practices for all content. For more information call (205) 531-53 or cook9006@bellsouth.net

July 16, 2008 9:00 to 4:00:
(See July 8 entry for description and contact information.)
Tuscaloosa (for ALDOT)

July 17, 2008 9:00 to 4:00:
(See July 8 entry for description and contact information.)
Birmingham (for ALDOT)

July 24 and 25, 2008 9:00 to 4:00:
(See July 8 entry for description and contact information.)
Montgomery (for ALDOT)

July 30, 2008:
Your 80s Punctuation--Not!
Guntersville State Park Lodge
State Secretaries Conference--An update of punctuation changes since the 1980s. For more information call 205 531-5330 or ruthcook@bellsouth.net

August 7, 2008 9:00 to 4:00:
(See July 8 entry for description and contact information.)
Mobile (for ALDOT)

September 11, 2008 8:30 to 12:30:
Overview and update of grammar and usage
Auburn University Montgomery
What's changed and what hasn't in grammar, usage and punctuation. For more information call 205 531-5330 or ruthcook@bellsouth.net

September 12, 2008 8:30 to 12:30:
Discussion of letter and e-mail format and content.
Auburn University Montgomery
(see above) For more information call 205 531-5330 or ruthcook@bellsouth.net

November 3, 2008 at 6:00 PM:
Camp Aliceville and the book, Guests Behind the Barbed Wire
Delta Kappa Gamma chapter in Blount County First Baptist Church in Oneonta
A slide show and talk about Camp Aliceville and the German POW Experience in Alabama For more information call 205 531-5330 or ruthcook@bellsouth.net

November 11, 2008 at 7:00 PM:
Writing Today Open Forum for Writers: Interviews--A Vital Part of Writing Narrative Non-Fiction
Books-A-Million at Brookwood Village
Discussion of interviewing techniques and use of material gleaned from interviews in writing historical and other narrative non-fiction.824-8338 For more information call 205 824-8338 or nabellas@charter.net (Nabella Shunnarah)

January 7, 2009 (time to be announced):
GUESTS BEHIND THE BARBED WIRE--slide show and discussion of the little known story of Camp Alicevill
St. Peter's Catholic Church guild meeting
Ruth Cook will present a talk about her book, which chronicles the German prisoner of war camp at Aliceville, AL during WWII. Autographed copies will be available. For more information call 822-7588 or Barbara Woods

February 23, 2009 at 9:30 AM:
30 minute talk about Guests Behind the Barbed Wire and Camp Aliceville
Indian Valley ladies club regular meeting
For more information call 205 531-5330