2007 DISTRICT CONVENTION CONVENTION

Clay County Regional Event Center

Spencer, Iowa

Keynote Speaker Chuck Offengurger, "The Iowa Boy"

A Top Motivator-Covering Iowa for 45 years

After a long career as a feature columnist and co-host of RAGBRAI for the Des Moines Register, Chuck Offenburger is now writing from his farm home near Cooper in Greene County, Iowa, about 55 miles west and a little north of Des Moines.

Besides his columns, he also is a regular in Okoboji Magazine, which is published eight times yearly for the Iowa Great Lakes area.

Offenburger also does freelance writing for other publications, as well as serving as a visiting instructor at colleges and high schools, teaching journalism and courses on Iowa.

He continues to travel widely in the state for stories, speeches, meetings of boards he is serving on, and consulting on matters of economic development and tourism.