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Editors, agents to speak at annual Yosemite Writers Conference (Madera Tribune)
Twenty-four magazine and book publishing professionals, including New York Times best-selling author David Morrell, will speak to aspiring and published writers at the 2007 Yosemite Writers Conference, August 24-26, at the Tenaya Lodge.

Window into Yosemite’s past (The Fresno Bee)
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Tom Bopp smiles as he settles in for another evening of music and musing behind the grand piano at the Wawona Hotel. It’s 5:30 p.m. on a summer Thursday, and three people have found seats in the parlor off the lobby. Not an overwhelming audience by concert standards, but perfect for what Bopp does best — sing and talk about one of the most majestic places on earth.

Sleeping At Yosemite (Hartford Courant)
For Tired Tourists, Lodging Plentiful But Fills Up Fast By day, you gape at falling water and soaring granite. But when night comes, do you stoke a campfire or repair to a formal dining room? Sleep on the ground or in an upstairs suite?

On Deck: What’s wake surfing? You’ll find out at Lake Yosemite soon (Merced Sun-Star)
sports@mercedsun-star.com; phone 384-2221; fax 385-2460 or write to Merced Sun-Star Sports, P.O. Box 739, Merced, CA 95341. You must include a contact phone number. Entries are published based on space available and the event’s date.

Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University hosts Yosemite photography exhibit (Los Angeles Times)
The superstars of early Yosemite photography come together at an exhibition of 50 photographs and related items through Oct. 28 at the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University in Palo Alto.

Yosemite campers feel left out in the cold (Boston Globe)
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — A creature of habit, Brian Ouzounian joins a swallow-like migration each summer to this park’s glacier-cleaved valley.

Going to Yosemite? Get Your Passport Ready! (Slashdot)
rev_media writes to tell us that CNN has a few updates to the Real ID act currently facing legislators. The Real ID acts mandates all states to begin issuing federal IDs to all citizens by 2008. Costs could be as much at $14 billion, but only 40 million are currently allocated. Several states have passed legislation expressly forbidding participation in the program, while others seem to be all …