Andy Plymale
A Battelle (Pacific Northwest National Lab) geomicrobiologist by day, Andy Plymale has reviewed CDs for The Entertainer nearly since its inception, in addition to occasionally offering food and beer reviews. Andy is a long-time jazz guitarist and jazz aficionado, but enjoys many styles of music, as is evident by his involvement with the Three Rivers Folklife Society, where he served as President and Treasurer, and the now-defunct Battelle Staff Association concert series, where he booked a variety of musical acts.
Andy holds a B.S. in Agronomy from Ohio State and an M.S. in Technical Communication from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His articles have appeared in Adirondack Life, The Rensselaer alumni magazine, and Victory Review, among other publications. He lives in Richland.

Rosella Brina
Rossella Brina was born in Italy and has lived in the United States for the past twenty years. A former chemist, she has been writing both fiction and non-fiction for ten years. She lives in Richland with her husband and two children.

Marsha Bates
Marsha Bates is a life-long bibliophile who gets to read books for fun and work. She's currently employed by the Mid-Columbia Library System, and divides her time between teen collectioin development, teen programming and information services. Her hobbies are reading, writing and travel.

Sondra Wilson
Sondra Wilson is president of Carlson Wagonlit Travel in Richland on the Parkway, Kennewick across from Winco, the mall next to LensCrafters, and Walla Walla around the corner from 26 Brix. A tri-cities resident for 28 years, she has spent many years involved in numerous Tri-City area organizations.

Paul Casey
Paul has been married to Kristina for eleven years and has two children: Austin (7) and Cheyenne (3). He serves as the Director of Family Ministries at Bethel Church in Richland (www.bethel-church.org). He also serves as president of the National Association of Family Ministries (www.familymin.org).
Prior to his current ministry position, Paul had been a teacher and administrator in three Christian schools for a total of 13 years. He has a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and a Master's in Educational Administration. He has been a seminar speaker for 13 years. Paul writes articles for 5 publications, and serves on the Northwest Christian Speakers Bureau, speaking at camps, retreats, and parenting seminars.

Rebecca Packard
Rebecca Packard, music education columnist, has a BA from Brigham Young University with majors in both English and music. She took music education classes while in college, and was a T.A. at the METTA Academy of Music, where she helped teach children K-12 about music theory, composition, sight-singing, and music history.
She also has taught private voice lessons and performed both domestically and abroad. She's been happy to apply her love for language and music to writing in various Tri-Cities publications since 2003 and was recently awarded a fellowship for music journalists sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and Columbia University.

Joe Maday
Joe Maday is a member of The Northwest Golf Media Association. He is also the Co-Founder of The Brotherhood of The Dimpled OrbT, b.o.d.o.T Golf, and the b.o.d.o. TourT. He has competed as a regular player on the b.o.d.o. Tour and was the Commissioner of the Tour's august body of brethren.
If you have any comments about his articles, questions on where to play, or problems with your game, you can reach Joe at his e-mail address: bodogolf@televar.com.

Pat Horne
Pat and Bob Horne are the owners and instructors of Gotta Dance. They hold weekly classes on Mondays and Thursdays specializing in Swing, Latin and Ballroom Dancing. In addition to classes, they host a dance get-together every Saturday night at the Pasco Red Lion Hotel. Their accomplishments include over 60 dance events since 1978.
Everything they do is in the name of dance. Live! Love! Dance!

Randy Brich
Recently retired from a less than challenging position with the USDOE, Randy Brich and his wife Michele are building a home on Oahe Reservoir 20 miles north of Pierre, South Dakota. Former full-time writer for The Entertainer and author of more than 30 published pieces focusing on outdoor adventures Randy pursues a freelance writer’s life.
Expect to see pieces in South Dakota magazine as well as Dakota Outdoors along with an occasional piece in The Entertainer.