Mary Rechner, English instructor, authored an article titled "Twentieth Century Ruin: The Broughton Log Flume" published in Columbia Gorge Magazine (Winter 2007-08). She was also recently awarded a Professional Development Grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council to attend the 2008 annual Associated Writing Program Conference, where she will participate on the panel "Building the Next Generation: Proven Pedagogy for the K-12 Creative Writing Classroom."