Eriek Flogger

Eirek Flogger is an award winning reporter for the Clark County Observer. Mr Flogger's columns are often based around the history of Clark County, such as the origins of the mysterious statue that lies in the exact center of the county, as well as the Hauntings of the house at 27 Spruce Street.

Early life

Eriek was born in Clark County in 1956, where he spent his youth running around exploring various sites of interest to local history, he graduated from High School 1974 with a 3.5 GPA, and went on to graduate from Verona University with a degree in Journalism as well as in History. He spent the next four years working on various assignments as well as obtaining a Masters Degree in history also from Verona.

Award

Eriek was in Northern Ireland on January 28th, 1985 to do a story on the growing threat of terrorism caused by the IRA for the New York Times, where he was stationed at the time. As he was sitting down to lunch in town, he heard an explosion behind him, he turned around with his camera at the ready and snapped a photo of the contrail, as well as the results of the mortar attack the IRA had launched on a police station behind him. Eriek quickly took his photos to his manager, who was staying at a hotel nearby, where they were developed the photographs, wrote an article, and printed all over the world. This won Eriek a Pulitzer Prize, and national recognition.

Return Home

After winning his Pulitzer, Eriek felt it was time to go home. On January 17th, 1987, Flogging announced in his column that he was retiring from the New York Times and returning home to Clark County, where he would do columns on his favorite passtime, the history of Clark County.