NEWS COVERAGE IN HEBER!!

For those of you in Heber, there will be local radio and newspaper coverage next week.

I will be on the local radio station Monday, June 23, 2008 at 8am. Please spread the word.

ALSO, watch for a news story in the Wasatch Wave newspaper Wednesday, June 25. I sent them the following news release and they have agreed to run a story. We'll see how much they use.

For Immediate Release: Contact: John Hanks 702-232-1045

CORY HANKS AUDIO BOOK PREMIERS IN HEBER,
NEW BOOK PLANNED

Heber City, UT, June 16, 2008 – An audio CD version of “Up From The Hills,” the autobiography of Charleston native and hero N.C. “Cory” Hanks, was given a pre-release premier last week in Heber before 19 people (list available on request.)
This audio version of the original book is the first step in a complete re-write of “Up From The Hills” that will include much more detail and cover the rest of Hanks’s life beyond 1921, the original publication date.
“This audio book really brought Cory’s story to life,” commented Peg Sabey, one of the listeners and avid chronicler of Heber history. “We all know what happened and what a great man he was, but this was like hearing it for the first time.”
The book was recorded by John Hanks, is a former KSL-TV reporter, current college communications professor/media consultant, and author/actor/voiceover artist. He is also grand-nephew of the author, N.C. Hanks.
“My grandfather Jay Hanks was Cory’s little brother by ten years and his first in-home caretaker,” explains Hanks. “I heard stories all my life and read his book many times. It ended 34 years before his death and I always thought the story should be finished and put on audio, like the ‘talking books’ Cory used to listen to during his education.
“Now I have committed the original book to audio and have the opportunity to write ‘the rest of the story’ of this great man,” said Hanks.
Hanks has a problem, though. He needs more information and stories about N.C. Hanks. “I know he affected many thousands of lives and I’m sure there are recordings, notes and stories out there,” he said, “so I created a blog and am asking everyone to help out. If anyone has a story, a recording, or notes of one of Cory’s lectures, I’d love to hear from them.”
Hanks said the audio book would be released this summer and the complete book sometime in 2009.
Anyone with any information about Cory Hanks is asked to contact John Hanks at www.upfromthehillsmovie.com, john@johnhanks.com, or www.johnhanks.com.


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