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WRITING JOURNEY … The guest speaker at the Kiwanis meeting for October 9, 2024 was Dawn Hauter. Dawn is a contributor to two Chicken Soup for the Soul publications. She shared with us her journey to becoming a writer. She read her first published essay, which was about her son leaving home. She also read from her second essay, entitled Lessons from the 5K, which was published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone. Pictured left to right: Dawn Hauter and Kiwanian and program host, Von Plessner.