Robert H. Mottram was born and raised on the East Coast and lives now in a home overlooking the Salish Sea on an island in Washington state. He worked for more than 40 years in daily journalism as a newspaperman and Associated Press Correspondent. Mottram is a recipient of more than 40 national and regional awards for reporting and writing, including two national "Best of the Best" awards for feature writing.

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MOTTRAM WINS AWARDS

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The Outdoor Writers Association of America

awarded Bob

Mottram, The News Tribune's outdoor writer, with two

awards Monday in Redding, Calif., for a story about fishing at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

The story placed first among saltwater fishing stories in the organization's newspaper-writing division.

It was the second time in three years a saltwater fishing story by

Mottram won first place in the national contest.

Mottram was also

awarded the OWAA's "Best of the Best" Award. The second

award was voted by OWAA's past presidents as the best newspaper outdoor story on any subject in 1997. The

award has been given three times and

Mottram has won it twice.

- News Tribune staff

Dianna M. Young, Award-Winning author, began her dog training career in Germany, where she served three years of apprenticeship under skilled master dog trainers, studying and participating in dog obedience training, police-service work, security, scent detection, personal protection, tracking and search-and-rescue.

Dianna returned to the United States and enrolled in a nationally accredited school for professional dog trainers, where she continued her studies in canine behavior, all facets of professional dog training and animal husbandry. Upon completing her schooling, she worked and studied for several years in animal-related fields in New York state.

Dianna also served as an Animal Control Officer, enforcing animal-related laws and ordinances in New York state, and managed a 103-animal-capacity shelter and holding facility for a New York township.

Dianna then apprenticed under world-renowned Certified Master Dog Trainer John M. Henkel of New Milford, Connecticut. While employed at the Henkel teaching and dog training facility, Dianna assisted John with classes for the personnel of many law-enforcement and security agencies in New York and New England, and also training dogs world-wide to celebrities and dignitaries for personal and estate protection.

After returning to her native Pacific Northwest, Dianna began her own consulting and dog training services, and spent two years as canine-behavior consultant and in-store dog trainer for outlets of a national pet-supply store chain in two Washington cities.

In 1997 Dianna opened her own dog training and boarding facility, Camano Island Kennels, where she trains dogs successfully for a wide range of clients. People come to her with needs that range from simple dog obedience training to the finding and implementing of solutions for complex behavioral problems. She is a first-choice for many veterinarians who seek training for themselves and their own dogs, and teaches classes and seminars in dog-handling for the staff s of veterinary hospitals, animal shelters and rescue organizations.

Since moving to Camano Island, Dianna also has competed successfully at the international level with her own personal service dogs. Some have ranked very high for training in national and international Sieger shows, in which dogs demonstrate proficiency with skills similar to those used by police-service dogs. This has included attaining the position of number-one dog in the United States and number-one dog in Canada in their respective classes.