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From St. Louis Area Young Republicans President Katy Forand:

Shamed Dogan and Tracey Gunn received the 2007 Man and Woman of the Year Awards at the Annual St. Louis Area Young Republicans’ Membership Appreciation Picnic on September 13. The YRs were joined by Senator John Loudon, Rep. Jane Cunningham, and President Pro-Tem Michael Gibbons, who presented the awards.

Dogan, who serves on the Board of Directors, is an announced candidate for State Representative in the 88th District. He was recently selected as one of the St. Louis Business Journal’s 30 Under 30.  A graduate of Yale University, Shamed currently serves as Higher Education Coordinator for the Regional Business Council.

Gunn, a graduate of Washington University, currently serves as Vice President of Membership. She has been involved in various community organizations and political campaigns, including serving as Director of Youth for Sen. Talent’s 2002 campaign. Tracey now works for U.S. Bank Community Development Corporation in St. Louis.

The St. Louis Area Young Republicans meet on the second Thursday of every month at 7:30 PM at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. For more information, please go to www.stlyr.com.

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Jo Mannies’ excellent piece on blogs in today’s P-D contained a phrase (”political consultant”) that should be clarified: As you know from the disclaimer you see daily on johncombest.com, I work for The Vandiver Group, Inc., which is a strategic communications firm. What I do can best be described as communications consulting.

A seemingly minor distinction, I know, but important considering you know how much I love to make fun of “political consultants”.

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