FRED GRAY was a senior editor at the Associated Press and Reuters during his 27-year career
in New York City. After taking early retirement in 1997 he moved to Colorado, where he worked
for the Steamboat Springs “Today” newspaper before returning to his beloved Northern
Michigan to report and write a column for the Petoskey News-Review. Father of two grown
children, both living in Colorado, he watches over his 94-year-old mother in Petoskey. He is
currently director of communications and website development for Emmet County, Michigan
(www.emmetcounty.org). He also owns and operates his personal Web site,
www.flowingwellpublications.com, where you can purchase additional copies of That’s
Outrageous! and photography.