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Meet Fox 8 co-anchor and author Wayne Dawson

2023-04-01 14:00:00 2023-04-01 15:30:00 America/New_York Meet Fox 8 co-anchor and author Wayne Dawson Join us when WJW co-anchor and author Wayne Dawson visits to discuss his new memoir, <i>The Seeds of Greatness are Within You</i>. Middleburg Heights Branch - Meeting Room A/B (120)

Saturday, April 01
2:00pm - 3:30pm

Add to Calendar 2023-04-01 14:00:00 2023-04-01 15:30:00 America/New_York Meet Fox 8 co-anchor and author Wayne Dawson Join us when WJW co-anchor and author Wayne Dawson visits to discuss his new memoir, <i>The Seeds of Greatness are Within You</i>. Middleburg Heights Branch - Meeting Room A/B (120)

Middleburg Heights Branch

Meeting Room A/B (120)

Join us when WJW co-anchor and author Wayne Dawson visits to discuss his new memoir, The Seeds of Greatness are Within You.

About the author:

Wayne Dawson is co-anchor of Fox 8 News in the Morning. Before teaming up with the morning crew, Wayne served as co-anchor of the weekend editions of FOX 8 News – rated Number 1 for five consecutive years with Wayne behind the desk.
For two years prior to joining WJW in the late ‘70s, Wayne was an anchor/reporter at WNIR Radio in Kent, Ohio. The 1979 graduate of Kent State University holds a bachelor of arts degree in journalism. An eleven time Emmy winner, Wayne is a member of the NAACP, the National Association of Black Journalists and the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. He is also a member of the Broadcasters Hall of Fame. In 2014 Wayne was inducted into the NATAS Silver Circle and also received the Chuck Heaton Award for the Cleveland Press Club. He was also awarded the William Taylor Alumni award from the Journalism and Mass Communications School of Kent State University. Wayne was also twice named one of the Jaycees “Outstanding Young Men of America.” Beyond that, the Professional Women’s Business Association selected Wayne as “Outstanding TV News Reporter” and Delta Sigma Theta named him “Man of the Year.” Wayne Dawson is also an ordained minister.

Books will be available for sale and signing courtesy of the publisher.

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Middleburg Heights Branch

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Phone: 440.234.3600
Fax: 440.234.0849
Branch manager
Ronald Block

Hours
Mon, Apr 22 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Apr 23 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Apr 24 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Apr 25 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Apr 26 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Apr 27 9:00AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Apr 28 1:00PM to 5:00PM

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Wed, May 15, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Thu, May 16, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Thu, May 16, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Sat, May 18, 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Sat, May 18, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Tue, May 21, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Wed, May 22, 11:00am - 12:00pm
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