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Publisher – Denice
VanDoren
Denice and her daughter
have lived in the area
since 2000, relocating to the Treasure Valley from Redmond, WA. With
previous business endeavors including ownership of a retail shop and
public relations/marketing communications, publishing a newspaper has
presented a great opportunity to apply that experience. The Eagle
Independent is a sister publication to the Star Independent, which
first published in March of 2005. Providing a newspaper to Eagle
residents that is truly focused on the community is very rewarding and
she is excited to publish a friendly, comprehensive news source for the
city of Eagle.
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Graphic Designer – Mary
Shaw
Mary is responsible for
putting all of the pieces
together every month and producing a newspaper that always reads well
and looks great! She is a professional Graphic Designer with over 25
years of experience assisting a variety of different businesses
effectively communicate their message. She is also an accomplished
artist, with work displayed and sold in several local and regional art
shows. Mary and her husband Roger relocated to the Treasure Valley in
1979 from Chicago, Illinois and she really loves this area. Designing
many of the ads published in the paper, Mary is extremely talented and
has made this community paper shine!
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Mickie Park
Mickie Park is the Roving
Reporter for the Eagle
and Star Independent newspapers. Mickie was born and raised in the Star
and Emmett area and is the third generation in her family to live in
Star. After graduating she spent sixteen years working at West One Bank
has raised three children. Mickie loves being outdoors working in her
garden and is an avid runner/walker She has always enjoyed traveling,
camping, fishing, and four wheeling. However, one of Mickie’s newest
and favorite pastimes is reporting for the papers. With her camera and
notepad in hand, zipping around in her little yellow Volkswagen, Mickie
is always ready for that next story!
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Ray Stokes
Ray is our advertising
sales person. He is out
pounding the pavement, making sure businesses get the information they
need to make an informed advertising decision. After 42 years in
Communication Sales and Marketing, he is now retired, but is enjoying
meeting folks in the community and making a little extra income to pay
for that “retirement gift to himself” parked in his garage. Ray and his
wife Chris relocated to this area from Bend, Oregon about 2 years ago
to be close their grandchildren and enjoy spending time with them and
traveling in their RV.
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