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Mel is short for mellifluous: A memoir of Captain Mel Berman

Mel is short for mellifluous: A memoir of Captain Mel Berman

By Jim Junttila

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Charlie Meyers dies at 72

Charlie Meyers dies at 72

Remembering former OWAA member, Charlie Meyers.

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Al Rostello

Rostello’s legacy, in his own words.

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Remembering Al Rostello

By Jim Cogdal – ‘The disease may have taken its toll on him physically the past few years, but I can assure you, it never touched his will to live, down to the final hunt.’

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Albert Rostello

Obituary courtesy (LaSalle, Ill.) NewsTribune.

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OWAA's poet

OWAA's poet

Editor’s note: Former OWAA President Joel M. Vance wrote this piece about Margaret Menamin Eshbaugh a number of years ago for Outdoors Unlimited. Eshbaugh, 71, who wrote the poem that became OWAA’s official prayer, died of leukemia June 3, 2009, in Pittsburgh after a brief hospitalization. You can read her obituary here. “In autumn when  Read more »

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Poet Margaret Menamin Eshbaugh dies

Poet Margaret Menamin Eshbaugh dies

She wrote “OWAA Prayer”

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John J. ‘Jack’ Kerins dies at 87

John J. ‘Jack’ Kerins dies at 87

OWAA stalwart loved his family, the Marines and writing

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Dick Wolff dies at 87

Fishing, hunting and camping evolved into lifelong passions

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