Home in Southern Illinois. For more than four decades I have been a newspaper journalist and also enjoyed in recent years assisting friends with book projects, including my own dad, Wil Gower, who authored 2 books in 2006 and 2008. My wife is Beth and we stay busy in Mount Carmel community. I retired from the Editor's post of the Register in May 2013 and received Editor Emeritus recognition for the 34 years. I was inducted into Southern Illinois University Journalism Hall of Fame with the honor "Master Editor."
