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[ CONTRIBUTORS ]

BOB GOURLEY is a Los Angeles
native who moved to the Las Vegas area in
early 2013. He is a 40-year radio veteran and
currently hosts the nationally syndicated Issues
Today program that airs weekly on over 140
stations. He is heard locally Sundays at 4 p.m.
on 1060AM. A life-long foodie, he has written
for newspapers and magazines for the past 15 years and has
also conducted radio interviews with some of the top chefs
in the country.
BILL BOWMAN has spent more
than 35 years in the sports writing business,
including the last 12 as a golf writer based in
Las Vegas. He’s the former editor of Vegas
Golfer Magazine and has played all around
Las Vegas valley golf courses with the likes
of comedian Bill Engvall, Burn Notice TV star
Jeffrey Donovan, ESPN’s Colin Cowherd, NASCAR driver
and Las Vegas native Kurt Busch, Collective Soul lead singer
Ed Roland and many others. He and his wife, Cindy, have
called Las Vegas home since 1994.

BRIAN HURLBURT is a lifelong
L a s V ega s
Paiute Las Vegan who has chronicled the Las Vegas
golf scene since 1993 after graduating with
was a co-founder of Vegas Golfer Magazine
Advantage Club Card a degree in communications from UNLV. He
and has been published nationally by
GOLF Magazine plus appeared on various
television and radio shows, including ESPN2’s First Take. He
is the founding editor of WWW.GOLFLASVEGASNOW.COM
and WWW.MESQUITEGOLFNOW.COM. He also authored
The Las Vegas Country Club: Chronicle of an Icon and is the
president of the Las Vegas Golf Hall of Fame. He is co-author
of City of Champions: the History of Professional Golf in Las
LAS VEGAS’ LARGEST AMATEUR Vegas with Jack Sheehan.
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Nov. 1-2, 2019 COLLEEN CHALMERS is a native
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After teaching, she decided that she wanted
to pursue a career in photography. In addition
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craft. Her photography captures the light and laughter in your
life, either with a big smile or a little giggle. Colleen began
Giggle Box Photography in 2010, and has done numerous
weddings, maternity, newborns, children/teens and families
as well as commercial work. www.giggleboxphoto.com

JERRY CLARKSON is a freelance
photographer. He spent most of his early career
doing weddings and portraits and now focuses
on sports and commercial photography. His
sports images capture the raw emotion during
the heat of an intense, competitive game and he
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associated with commercial photography. Freelancing gives
him the opportunity to work on a variety of projects and meet
HOSTED BY many interesting people. To see more of his work, visit www.
jerryclarkson.com.
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