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June 2005
Among those attending the
Past Presidents Dinner on
May 5 in the Governor ʼs
Mansion were Carlene and
Bill Williams (1974) of Thayer
and Marge and Robert Blosser (1976) of Jefferson City.
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Journalist’s Creed on 8th Street
Wanda Brown of Harrisonville unveils the Journalistʼs Creed plaque on the
MPA building on May 5. Looking on are Doug Crews, left, MPA executive
director; Mrs. Brownsʼ daughter, Mary James, and her husband, Bill. Bill
was the MPA president in 1998. The Brown family donated the money for
the plaque, which was installed in January.
A project to videotape interviews of MPA members started on May 5. Mary James and
Wanda Brown were among
the first of Scott Chartonʼs
subjects.
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Show-Me
Press
Association
will meet June
23-25 at Lake
Ozark.
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Tentative agenda
for MPA Convention
& Trade Show in
September.
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Regular Features
President
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On the Move 11
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Jean Maneke 21
NIE Report 22
Obituaries
Scrapbook
Missouri Press News, June 2005
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Graduations keep us busy
Each senior receives a complimentary copy as our gift
M
ay has become the busiest month of the year at
our offices. Graduation editions take an enormous amount of time and preparation. We are
fortunate that the three school districts we serve cooperate
in helping to make these issues memorable. Each senior
receives a complimentary copy of the graduation issue as
our gift.
Mother’s Day and Memorial Day also add to the stress,
but these events do add needed advertising dollars and opportunities.
With the dedication of the Walter Williams plaque on the Missouri Press Association building and the Past Presidents
dinner it has been difficult to find time
for golf, my children’s school and extracurricular activities: soccer, dance, softball and
music.
Son Blanton ripped a triple to dead center to help his team qualify for an automatic berth in the USSA Little League World
Series in St. Louis. The Cardinals will be in
town so we’ll be able to see a final game in
the old ball park, too.
My trip home from the Past President s dinner on May
5 was eventful. I was halfway home to Lee’s Summit when
I received a call on my cell phone
from Doug Crews.
y ol’ Harpo’s friend, Chuck
Son BlanHaney, left his car keys in my
ton ripped
truck. So I hustled up
Highway 5 to Boona triple to
ville to meet Doug
and Chuck with said
dead center
keys, which delayed
my arrival home until
to help his
12:30 a.m.
Chuck, I’ll see you
team qual— and many others
— at The Resort at
ify for the
Port Arrowhead on
June 23-25 for the anJohn Spaar
USSA Litnual Show-Me Press
The Odessan
Association meeting
MPA President
tle League
and golf outing.
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he gift of the bronze plaque containing
the Journalist’s Creed by the family of the late James
W. Brown was a fitting tribute to a publisher who dedicated his life to the journalism profession and who made
numerous contributions to the Missouri Press Association.
J.W. was a buddy of my grandfather, Les Simpson, so it was
a special pleasure to introduce Wanda and her daughter,
Mary, who unveiled the plaque.
Although the Christmas season is months away, our staff
received a bonus this month when our 2004 Christmas
VOL. 73, NO. 6
JUNE 2005
Official Publication of
Missouri Press
Association, Inc.
section was chosen for a $500 prize and a national award
from Metro Creative Graphics, Inc.
M
World
zark Press Association has
Series.
scheduled its annual meeting for
Aug. 12 at the Clarion Hotel in
Springfield.
Lots of other opportunities to get involved in journalism activities are coming soon: Among them are NNA’s
bus tour of five newspaper plants, Editors and Publishers
day at Mizzou, and later in the year the induction of the
first group into the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of
Fame.
PRESIDENT: John Spaar, The Odessan, Odessa
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: Steve Oldfield,
The Adrian Journal
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: David Bradley, Jr.,
St. Joseph News-Press
SECRETARY: Dan Wehmer, Webster County Citizen, Seymour
TREASURER: Jeff Schrag, Springfield Daily Events
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Doug Crews
ADVERTISING: Michael Sell
EDITOR: Kent M. Ford
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DIRECTORS: Gary Sosniecki,
The Vandalia Leader
Dave Berry, Bolivar,
Community Publishers of Missouri, Inc.
Dane Vernon, Eldon Advertiser
Jack Whitaker, Hannibal Courier-Post
Vicki Russell, Columbia Daily Tribune
Phil Conger, Bethany Republican-Clipper
Kevin Jones, St. Louis American
NNA REPRESENTATIVE: Gary Beissenherz,
The Concordian, Concordia
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Journalist’s
Creed plaque
dedicated May 5
at MPA building
in Columbia
The plaque bearing Walter Williamsʼ Journalistʼs Creed on the
side of the MPA building in Columbia was formally unveiled and
dedicated on May 5. Williams was the first dean of the Missouri
School of Journalism. At the photo on top, MPA President John
Spaar welcomes the crowd. The view looks south toward Jesse
Hall, the UMC administration building, with the School of
Journalismʼs Lee Hills Hall on the right. In the center, journalism
professor, former publisher and 1985 MPA President Jim Sterling
speaks, in a view looking north toward downtown Columbia.
Wanda Brown and her daughter, Mary James, are in the
foreground. Their family donated the money for the plaque. At
left, Columbia Mayor Darwin Hindman and his wife, Axie, center
join the reception in the MPA conference room. At right is Carlene,
Williams, wife of Bill Williams, former publisher in Thayer and
1974 President of Missouri Press Association. Alex James is in
the background at the left.
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Big day at MPA
Missouri Press had a big day on May 5. The Missouri Press
Foundation board held its annual meeting, the Journalistʼs Creed
plaque was dedicated, the past presidents dinner was held at
the Governorʼs Mansion (below), and Scott Charton began video
interviews of longtime Missouri journalists. Charton, on leave
from the AP, is working for University of Missouri President Elson
Floyd for a year. He is doing the interviews as a Missouri Press
Foundation project. Here he visits with MPA Historian Dr. William
H. Taft. He also interviewed Wanda Brown and her daughter,
Mary James, on May 5.
Wanda Brown, before the plaque
dedication and video interview on
May 5, studies one of the most
popular photographs hanging in the
MPA building in Columbia. The photo
was taken at the MPA Convention at
Grantʼs Farm in St. Louis in 1917.
Hanging above it is a photo in the
same location taken during the MPA
Convention in 2000.
Guests at the annual MPA Past Presidents Dinner visit in the foyer of the Governorʼs Mansion in Jefferson City before their meal on May 5. A photograph of all the past presidents
who attended the dinner will be in the July magazine.
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Get registered for golf
June 24 at Osage Beach
M
Ad Managers’ officers
Members gathering in St. Louis April 14-15 in St. Louis elected officers for the Missouri
Advertising Managersʼ Association. They are, from the left, Steve Hutchings, Gainesville
Ozark County Times, Second Vice President; Debra Kiser, Jefferson CIty News Tribune,
Director; Beth Durreman, Lebanon Daily Record, Director; Kevin Jones, St. Louis American, President; Jane Haberberger, Washington Missourian, First Vice President; and Jim
Salzman, Jackson Cash Book Journal, Director. Not present were Debbie Chapman,
Marshfield Mail, Secretary; Bobbie Snodgrasss, The Joplin Globe, Director; and Trevor
Vernon, Eldon Advertiser, Director. Results of the Better Ad Contest are in this issue.
Legislative leaders will speak at
Show-Me Press meeting June 25
T
wo leaders of the Missouri legislature, Speaker Pro-Tem Carl
Bearden, R-St. Charles, and Assistant
Minority Leader Paul LeVota, D-Independence, are on the agenda for the
Show-Me Press Association meeting on
Saturday, June 25. They’ll talk about
the first session of the 93rd General Assembly and answer questions.
(Minority Leader Jeff Harris of Columbia was scheduled to speak, but a
schedule conflict came up.)
Show-Me Press will meet Friday and
Saturday, June 24-25, at The Resort
at Port Arrowhead (formerly Holiday
Inn), at Lake Ozark. Rooms cost $99
($96 plus $3 handling fee). The hotel
phone number is (800) 532-3575. To
register for the meeting, call Sandy
Nelson at the paper in Harrisonville,
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(816) 380-3228.
An early-bird poolside party will be
held Thursday evening, June 23.
The meeting will begin officially after
the June 24 MPA Porter Fisher Golf
Classic. Friday evening’s activities will
be a poolside barbecue buffet followed
by a putt-putt golf tournament at the
hotel’s little links.
After breakfast and the business
meeting Saturday, a morning roundtable discussion will focus on a number
of newspaper issues.
Saturday’s lunch will include presentation of the Porter Fisher Golf Plaque
and the Screw-Up of the Year Award.
Take your bloopers from the past year
with you to the meeting.
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PA’s annual golf tournament will
be held Friday, June 24, at Sycamore Creek Golf Course, Osage Beach.
The event has been held at Sycamore
Creek for a number of years.
Two-person teams will compete in
a scramble with an 8 a.m. shotgun
start. Call or email the MPA office in
Columbia to register: (573) 449-4167;
kford@socket.net.
Cost is $50 per player, which includes greens fee, cart and lunch. Lunch
will be served on the pro shop patio
after golf.
CenturyTel will provide trophies for
the winners. Prizes also will be awarded.
Sponsors for the prize fund are being
sought. If you or your newspaper would
like to contribute $25, $50 or
more, please make
a check to Missouri Press
Association.
Sprint will provide golf
caps for all the players and
has contributed $100 to the
prize fund.
Other contributors to date
are Dan Wehmer and the Webster County Citizen $50
and Wendell Lenhart and the Trenton
Republican-Times $25.
Players will be able to buy mulligans,
$10 for one mulligan on each of the
nine holes. Proceeds will go to Missouri
Press Foundation.
Flight winners of this tournament
will be eligible to compete against Kansas Press Association in the Little Brown
Jug Tournament later in the year.
Show-Me Hold-em
G
uests at the Show-Me meeting will play one hand of
poker throughout the gathering.
At un-announced times, playing
cards will be dealt to each guest.
The person with the best poker
hand at the end of the meeting
will win a prize.
Retired Caruthersville publisher Ralph
Clayton, left, president of MPA in 1983,
received the Millie Wallhausen Friend of
Southeast Press Award at the April 15
meeting in Cape Girardeau. Scott Seal of
Portageville presented the award.
Missouri Supreme Court judge Stephen N.
Limbaugh Jr., a native of Cape Girardeau,
talked about the workings of the court during a luncheon presentation.
Southeast Press
annual meeting
held in Cape
SEMO Press Association elected officers during its April 15 meeting in Cape Girardeau.
They are, front row from left: Diane McClain, President, Daily Dunklin Democrat, Kennett; Laura Johnston, First Vice President, Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau;
Gabe Hartwig, Director, Southeast Missourian; second row: Michelle Friedrich, Secretary/Treasurer, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff; Ann Hayes, Executive Secretary,
Southeast Missouri State University News Bureau; Kate Martin, Second Vice President,
Perry County Republic-Monitor, Perryville; Peggy Scott, Director, Leader Publications,
Festus; Kim Million-Gipson, Director, Wayne County Journal-Banner, Piedmont; and
Scott Seal, Director, Missourian News, Portageville. Not pictured are Mildred Wallhausen, Historian, Enterprise Courier, Charleston; and Judy Schaaf, Director, The Mountain
Echo, Ironton.
Photographer and web consultant Lou Peukert explained some
of the creative applications of Photoshop during an afternoon
session that also featured Louise Bodenheimer, associate professor of art at Southeast Missouri State University. Other sessions
were on ad sales and page design led by staff members from
the Southeast Missourian and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A
roundtable discussion about advertising also was held.
Laura Johnston, assistant managing editor-features of the Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, led a session on new ideas for
tired stories. Other presenters included Dawn Kitchell, MPAʼs state
NIE director; and Jean Maneke, MPAʼs Legal Hotline counselor. A
reception hosted by Southeast Missouri State University President
Dr. Ken Dobbins closed the annual SEMO Press meeting.
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Liberty newspapers sold
L
iberty Group Publishing Inc. has
finalized an agreement to merge
with an affiliate of Fortress Investment
Group LLC. The acquisition by way of
merger is expected to close during the
second quarter of 2005. The
terms of the transaction were
not disclosed.
Liberty Group Publishing Inc., headquartered in
Northbrook, Ill., owns and
operates 274 publications in
15 states.
Liberty in Missouri are
the Neosho Daily News, Carthage Press, Camdenton Lake
Sun, Waynesville Daily Guide,
Rolla Daily News, St. James
Leader-Journal, Boonville Dailyt News,
Mexico Ledger, Linn County Leader of
Brookfield/Marceline, Kirksville Daily
Express, Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Moberly Monitor-Index, Macon
Chronicle-Herald, Maryville Daily Fo-
rum, Penny Press, Big Nickel.
Fortress Investment Group LLC is a
global alternative investment and asset
management firm founded in 1998
with approximately $15 billion in equity capital currently under
management. Through its
private equity funds, Fortress
Investment Group LLC
manages approximately $6.9
billion of capital on behalf
of prominent institutional
investors and high net worth
individuals.
Dirks, Van Essen & Murray acted as one of the advisors to Liberty Group
Publishing in the transaction.
In 1998, Hollinger International
Inc., owner of the Chicago Sun-Times,
sold Liberty Group Publishing to Los
Angeles leveraged-buyout firm Leonard
Green & Partners for $310 million.
Sale
involves
several
Missouri
papers.
Jump on bus for tour
of 5 papers with NNA
T
he National Newspaper Association’s tour of five Missouri
newspapers and printing plants will be
June 10-11. Call NNA to get signed
up. Attendees will meet in St. Louis
at the Westport Sheraton Plaza on the
morning of June 10. From there they
will take a bus tour of the Washington
Missourian, the Lebanon Daily Record,
the Bolivar Herald-Free Press and Missouri Color Web Printing, and the
Eldon Advrtiser.
Attendees will stay in the University
Plaza hotel on June 10. That evening
they will tour the American National
Fish and Wildlife Museum. The Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau will
host a wine reception and that evening’s
dinner at Hemingways Restaurant.
Registration fee is $295 for the first
registrant and $250 for the second, if
you are registering together.
To sign up contact Terri Loughrey at
(573) 882-5800 or terri@nna.org.
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J School’s experiment
makes front page of
international trade paper
E
mPrint, the Missouri School of
Journalism’s 10-week experimental
electronic newspaper, made the front
page of Newspapers & Technology, the
international trade journal of newspaper technology.
The EmPrint format is expected to
be commercially available this fall.
EmPrint repackages a publication’s
content in magazine-size forms that
open in full-screen when viewed with
Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 or 7. Roger
Fidler developed the format while serving as visiting fellow at the university’s
Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute.
EmPrint is designed for reading on
computer screens, with editorial and
advertising content that requires no
scrolling, Fidler explained. Editions are
bolstered with interactive video, audio
and other multimedia elements.
More than 3,600 people registered to
take part in the field test, Fidler said.
Fidler expects 80-85 percent of
EmPrint revenue will come from
advertising and 15-20 percent from
subscription sales. Cost of production
and delivery will be much lower than
with a print newspaper, so margins will
be higher.
K.C. Star wins 7 firsts
in Kansas Press contest
T
he Kansas City Star won seven first2004 football guide.
place awards in the Kansas Press
Second-place awards: Wright
Association competition. Awards were
Thompson (2), sports story and sports
presented in April in Lawrence.
feature story; Miriam Pepper, editoFirst-place awards:
rial pages; Joe Posnanski,
•The sports department
sports column writing;
in special sections for its Reporting,
Diane Carroll and Mara
2004 football guide.
column writing, Rose Williams, series;
• Mike Hendricks for
Kevin Murphy and John
editorial
column writing.
Schultz, news story; Mary
• Lee Judge for editorial cartoons win top Sanchez, column writing;
cartoons.
John Dvorak and Diane
awards.
• Melodee Hall Blobaum
Carroll, investigative story;
for a story about the huge
and Richard Espinoza and
backlog of Social Security disability
Linda Man, governmental/political
claim cases in the four-state region.
writing.
• Mike Casey for a series about nursThird-place winners: Wright Thomping homes in the area.
son (2), sports story; and Jason Whit• Lee Hill Kavanaugh for a series
lock, sports column writing.
about soldiers returning to Fort Riley
Honorable mentions: Joe Posnanski,
after deployment to Iraq.
sports story; and Derek Samson, sports
• Wright Thompson for stories in the
feature story.
NWMS website chosen
by Library of Congress
T
he website of The Northwest Missourian, the student-managed
newspaper at Northwest Missouri
State University, Maryville, has earned
national recognition.
Faculty adviser Laura Widmer and
editor-in-chief Cole Young were notified that the website has been selected
by the Library of Congress for inclusion
in a historical collection of internet
material related to the death of Pope
John Paul II.
The paper’s John Paul II page contains photographs, audio clips, wire
reports and stories written by Northwest
Missourian staffers. That content will be
made available through the Library of
Congress to web users.
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2005 MPA Annual Convention & Trade Show
Tentative Agenda:
September 22 - 24, 2005
The Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark
Thursday, September 22, 2005
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. - MPA/MPS Breakfast Board Meeting
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. - MPA Nominating Committee Meeting
12:00 noon - Golf Tournament
6:00 p.m. - Trade Show and Evening Meal/Entertainment/Happy Hour with Exhibitors
8:00 p.m. - Boat Cruise
Friday, September 23, 2005
8:30 a.m. - Breakfast with Speaker
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Morning Sessions
Jock Lauterer: Community Journalism - The Toughest Job Youʼll Ever Love
Peter Wagner: Advertising Sales
11:15 a.m. - Noon - MPA Business Meeting & Election of Officers & Directors
Noon - 1:00 p.m. - Luncheon with Speaker
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Trade Show Roundup
1:30 - 4:00 p.m. - Peter Wagner: Advertising Sales
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Newspaper In Education session
6:00 p.m. - Hall of Fame Reception
6:45 p.m. - Hall of Fame Dinner
Entertainment - The Courthouse Steps, a group of singing St. Louis attorneys
Saturday, September 24, 2005
8:00 a.m. - Dailies Breakfast
8:00 a.m. - Weeklies Breakfast with Mike Buffington, NNA president
9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Concurrent Workshops/Sessions -- Three Tracks
Pre-Press Track
9:00 - 11:30 a.m. - Russell Viers, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, etc.
Advertising Track
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Marsha Lawrence, Best Buy Print Media Specialist
10:15 - 11:30 a.m. - John Spaar leads Best Ad Idea Exchange
News-Editorial Track
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Pete Rahn, MO Dept. of Transportation Director
10:15 - 11:30 a.m. - Panel with Missouri Legislators
11:30 a.m. - Better Newspaper Contest Reception
12:15 p.m. - BNC Awards Luncheon
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On the Move
• Lebanon — Israel Potoczny is
the new sports editor of The Lebanon Daily Record.
He has worked as
a sports reporter
at Missouri Western State College,
where he was a student for one year.
He also attended
one year at Southwest Missouri State
in Springfield.
Israel Potoczny
Potoczny is a
1994 graduate of Lebanon High School
and served for two years in the Navy.
• Kansas City — Chris Clark, formerly the news editor for the AP in
Utah and Idaho, has been named news
editor for Kansas and Missouri. His first
day was to be June 6.
Clark, 35, has worked for the AP
since 1996. He started in Kansas City
and served as day supervisor before
moving to Salt Lake City in 2002.
Clark is a native of Kansas City and
a 1991 mass communications graduate
of Missouri Southern State College,
Joplin.
Kia Breaux, news editor for the AP
in Nebraska, has been named assistant
chief of bureau for Kansas and Missouri. Her first day was May 31.
Breaux, 31, has worked for the AP
since 1997, including reporting and
editing stints in Kansas City and as
correspondent in Roanoke, Va. She’s
a native of Kansas City and a graduate
of the Missouri School of Journalism.
She succeeds Cliff Schiappa, who now
is Midwest regional photo editor.
• Fort Leonard Wood — The Guidon, which serves the military personnel
and community, has lost two enlisted
staffers. Sgt. Shatara Seymour and Spc.
Tremeshia Ellis have moved on from
the base.
Their departure leaves managing editor Master Sgt. Jon Connor and civilian
journalists Matt Wilson and Derek
Gean to produce The Guidon.
Connor recently replaced Carl Norman as the managing editor.
• Oak Grove — Nancy Mathis, formerly with the Higginsville Advance, has
joined the ad sales
staff of Focus on
Oak Grove. She has
been in advertising
sales for 22 years.
Mathis is a
graduate of Paola,
Kan., High School
and attended the
University of KanNancy Mathis
sas. She worked at
the Miami County
Republican and the Olathe Daily News
in Kansas before going to work for the
Higginsville paper, where she worked
for eight years.
• Seneca — J.B. Kelly has left the
news staff of the News Dispatch to work
on other local projects. He was with the
weekly 2-1/2 years.
Shanell Johnson has joined the
weekly as receptionist and writer. She
is a native of Nevada, Mo., who moved
to Seneca with her 2-year-old daughter
several months ago.
Pam Davis
Patty Roof
• Crane — Pam
Davis and Patty
Roof have assumed
the duties of editor
Fred Hall, who left
Stone County Publishing Co., Inc.,
to be Extension
education director in Chickasaw
County, Iowa.
Hall, editor of
The Crane Chronicle/Stone County
Re p u b l i c a n f o r
nearly 10 years, left
in late April.
Davis, office
manager for more
than five years, has
been named manwww.mopress.com
aging editor. Roof has been with the
paper for more than two years. She now
is the news editor.
• St. Louis — Political cartoonist
and illustrator R.J. Matson has been
hired as the editorial cartoonist for the
Post-Dispatch. Matson also draws for
The New York Observer and Roll Call
in Washington.
Matson succeeds John Sherffius, who
resigned in late 2003.
Matson has created the cover art
for 15 CDs by the Capitol Steps comedy troupe, and has illustrated several
books.
• Sarcoxie — Amanda Wagner has
joined the ad sales staff of Sarcoxie
Publishing, which
publishes the Sarcoxie Record, Pierce
City Leader-Journal
and Jasper County
Citizen in Carl
Junction.
Wagner will focus on the Pierce
City and Carl
Junction papers.
Amanda Wagner
Wagner previously was the office manager at Ozark
Plastics in Noesho. She has two children.
• Summersville — Rick Mansfield
has joined the Summersville Beacon as
a columnist and part-time reporter. He’s
retired from education, where he was a
teacher, principal and superintendent.
• Republic — Jeff Kessinger is the
new sports reporter for the Republic
Monitor. He’s a native of the area and
a graduate of Southwest Missouri State
University.
• Windsor — Danny Hampton has
left his reporter job with the Windsor
Review and joined the news staff at a
radio station in Sedalia.
Terri Kline, who has written stories
and taken pictures for the weekly, has
replaced Hampton. She previously
handled office work for the paper.
• Kansas City — Ginger Lamb,
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publisher of the Kansas City Daily Record, has been promoted to manager of
Arizona Capitol Times in Phoenix.
• Elsberry — Michael Short of St.
Charles has joined The Elsberry Democrat as editor/general manager.
Short has seven
years of experience
in production at
The Lincoln County
Journal and three
years at the Suburban Journals of St.
Charles County.
Barbara James,
previous manager
of the paper, was
Michael Short
elected city collector of Elsberry and
left the newspaper.
• Harrisonville — Shandi Duggins
has joined the news staff of The Democrat Missourian in Harrisonville. She is
a 2003 graduate of the University of
Central Arkansas in Conway, Ark.
Duggins will work at The Democrat
Missourian until Amelia Wigton returns
from maternity leave. Duggins then
will join the staff at The Star Herald
in Belton.
• Maryville —
Lisa Rogers has
joined the staff of
the Nodaway News
Leader to help with
advertising design
and page layout.
• Neosho —
Lisa Rogers
Rick Rogers has
been named publisher of the Neosho Daily News. He
succeeds Randy Cope, who is now the
co-chief operating officer and executive
vice president of Liberty Group Publishing.
Chip Watson has been named the
Daily News regional manager.
Rogers spent the previous 14 months
as executive editor of Specialty Publications, a division of Liberty Group.
He first worked with Liberty in 1998
as sports editor of The Carthage Press.
Watson, publisher of The Big Nickel in
Joplin, now manages The Daily News,
The Carthage Press, The Greenfield Vedette and six papers in Kansas.
Cope had been publisher of The
Daily News for about 12 years, from
1989-1995 and 1998-2005. He, his
father, Kenneth, and his grandfather,
Howard Bush, were the principle publishers at the newspaper for the past
50 years.
• St. Louis — Ken Jones, publisher
of Missouri Lawyers Weekly, has resigned
to return to private practice.
• Marthasville — Charlie Denn
is the new editor of The Marthasville
Record. The Virginia native has 35 years
of experience in journalism, from coverage of professional sports teams for the
Newsport News Times-Herald to covering the construction and heavy equipment industries for trade publications.
In 1988 the National Sportswriters and
Sportscasters Association named Denn
the Virginia Sportswriter of the Year.
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Bolivar
H
Helen Mae Berry
elen Mae Berry, 87, Bolivar, the
mother of 2003 MPA President
Dave Berry, died April 12, 2005, at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar.
Mrs. Berry was a nurse’s aide at Aurora Community Hospital for 28 years.
She moved to Bolivar six years ago after
the death of her husband, Ben. (Mrs.
Berry died at the same age and on the
same date as her husband.)
Her son, Dave, is vice president
of Community Publishers Inc. and
publisher of the company’s Missouri
newspapers.
Mrs. Berry leaves another son, a stepdaughter, two brothers, four sisters, five
grandchildren, a step-granddaughter
and seven great-grandchildren.
Columbia
F
Frank Dobyns, Jr.
rank L. Dobyns Jr., 81, Columbia, a
retired advertising instructor at the
Missouri School of Journalism, died
April 20, 2005, in his home.
Mr. Dobyns was a native of Arkansas
and earned his degree at Oklahoma
University in 1946. He and his wife
owned and published newspapers in
Oklahoma before he joined the faculty
at the School of Journalism in 1965.
He taught for 15 years, becoming a full
professor. He retired in 1981.
Mr. Dobyns leaves a daughter, a son,
eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a sister.
Ozark Press will meet Aug. 12 in Springfield
T
he 2005 Ozark Press Convention
will be held Friday, Aug. 12, at
the Clarion Hotel, 3333 S. Glenstone,
Springfield.
Details of the meeting and a registration form will be provided soon.
Jeff Schrag, Springfield Daily Events, is
coordinating meeting planning.
Sept. 1 ground breaking
for connector building
of Reynolds Institute
M
issouri Press Association members are encouraged to attend the
Sept. 1 ceremonies to break ground for
the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism
Institute, a new and vigorous advocate
for the future of journalism in democratic societies and a valuable resource
for research and development.
At 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1,
the Journalism School will launch
construction of a new building that
will link Walter Williams Hall and the
former Sociology Building on Francis
Quadrangle in Columbia. This building project will enhance the J-School
complex and provide the future home
of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism
Institute.
The institute was made possible
through a $31 million grant from the
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.
Reynolds was a 1927 graduate of the
Missouri School of Journalism.
Call These Organizations for Answers to Your Questions
For information about agriculture or issues
affecting rural Missouri, contact:
For information
about public
education, contact
(573) 893-1467
Missouri State
Teachers Association
Missouri
Farm
Bureau
407 S. Sixth St., P.O. Box 458
Columbia, MO 65205
573-442-3127 or 800-392-0532
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Scrapbook
• Fayette — Missouri State Teachers Association will present its Media
Awards for coverage of education
to The Democrat-Leader and Fayette
Advertiser. The newspaper’s website,
fayettenewspapers.com — was the only
website recognized for online coverage
of education in Missouri.
In the daily newspaper division, the
Southeast Missourian in Cape Girardeau
will be recognized. Awards will be presented Nov. 3 at the annual convention
of the MSTA in St. Louis.
Honorable Mention awards will be
presented to the Fulton Sun and the
Nodaway News Leader.
• Bolivar — Fund-raising events
were held this spring for the family
of Shane and Katie Duncan and their
newborn son, Riley. Riley’s kidneys
are not functioning properly. Proceeds
from the fund-raisers will help with his
medical costs and other expenses.
Katie is associate editor of the Bolivar
Herald-Free Press.
• Cape Girardeau — The Southeast
Missourian held a contest in April and
May to find a phrase and mascot for the
campaign to clean up the county.
The anti-litter campaign began in
March after the newspaper received
a number of complaints about litter
in the area. A task force of people
from Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Scott
City and the Missouri Department of
Transportation is addressing the litter
problem.
Suggestions for a phrase and mascot
were printed in the newspaper. Readers
voted on their preference.
• Rolla — Stephen E. Sowers,
publisher of the Rolla Daily News, was
married on April 9 on Captiva Island,
Fla., to Lonna L. Stephenson.
The bride was escorted by her son,
Zack Stephenson, and her 2-year-old
grandson, Ethan Stephenson, both of
Rolla. Her daughter-in-law, Lisa Stephenson, was attendant.
The groom was attended by his sons,
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Stephen Sowers II, Columbia; Seaver
Sowers, Washington, D.C.; Shayne
Sowers and Sander Sowers, both of St.
Louis; and Seth Sowers, Rolla.
• Columbia — Douglass High
School and the Columbia Daily Tribune
are observing their 15th anniversary as
Partners in Education.
Every semester several Douglass
High School students learn about the
publishing industry and get hands-on
experience in newspaper production.
They work with Tribune staff and produce the Chalkboard page, which has
received national recognition from the
Partners In Education program for its
Former President honored
than 40 years, the last 30 as an editorial writer.
• Bolivar — The newspapers of
Community Publishers Inc. of Mo.
held an online auction May 18-26.
Called Ozarks Auction Mania, the
event featured a variety of items, including cars, furniture, clothing, homes and
lawn equipment, all contributed by area
businesses.
The newspapers ran an insert previewing the items to be auctioned.
Bidders called in bids if they did not
want to use a computer.
• Troy — Amie Stein, publisher of
the Suburban Journals of St. Charles
County, has been named to the United
Way of Greater St. Louis’ Tri-County
Auxiliary board of directors.
Former Chillicothe publisher and 1995 MPA President
Chuck Haney, center, recently received the Citizen of
the Year Award from the Elks Club. The Chillicothe
Chamber of Commerce also honored Haney recently for
Volunteer Service “Above and Beyond.” At left is Darren
Lauhoff, exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge. At right is Jim
Valbracht, leading Knight.
literacy development.
• Kansas City — Robert Sigman, a
longtime member of The Star’s editorial board and now an editorial writer
and columnist for Sun Publications,
received the Johnson County Community College Headline Award in April.
The award from the school’s journalism and media communication
department recognizes contributions to
journalism in Johnson County.
Sigman worked for The Star for more
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• Savannah — Touchdown Publications, publisher of the Savannah Reporter,
launched a monthly publication on May 5 serving the
Village of Country Club.
The Country Club Reporter began as an insert in the
Savannah Reporter. Plans
are to make it a stand-alone
publication.
Dwayne Williams, a partner in Touchdown Publications, is in charge of the
project. Others involved are
Reporter columnist Duane
Thies and managing partner
Leslie Speckman.
The Country Club Reporter is a magazine with color
front and back covers.
• Harrisonville — Cass
County Publishing Co., publisher of
the Cass County Democrat Missourian,
sponsored the City-Wide Garage Sale
on May 7. The Harrisonville Area
Chamber of Commerce had announced
a few weeks earlier that it would no
longer sponsor the event.
Ads placed in the newspaper by sale
participants served as the registration
fee.
• Holden — John Roberts, associate
publisher of the Holden Image and coMissouri Press News, June 2005
owner and co-publisher of the Lone Jack
News Stand, has been named director of
the HOPE Coalition.
The non-profit agency administers
a number of charity programs and the
Community Activity Center.
• Kansas City — The Kansas City
Star presented its Ernest Hemingway
Writing Awards to high school students
from around the country on April 16.
Two area students were among the four
winners.
The awards honor excellence in
feature, news, sports and commentary
writing. Winners received $2,500 college scholarships.
Winners were: Sara Full, Blue Valley Northwest; Ross Boomer, Shawnee
Mission East; Maria Abascal, Lakota
East, Liberty Township, Ohio; and
Dan Oshinsky, Walt Whitman High,
Bethesda, Md.
• Seneca — News Dispatch editor/
publisher Diane Collins has donated
to the Seneca Branch Library a copy of
the Jim Sawyer booklet “Newswriting
Short Course.”
• Fulton — In its Mother’s Day
issue, The Fulton Sun printed the
winning essay in its Callaway County
Mother of the Year Contest.
The newspaper joined the Callaway
Chamber of Commerce in sponsoring the contest. Readers were asked
to write essays of not more than 100
words explaining why their mother
was the best.
Local businesses donated prizes to
the subject of the winning essay. The
Sun presented the winning mother with
a framed copy of the front-page story
about her.
• Washington — The Missouri Association of School Librarians presented
the Washington Missourian, Dawn
Kitchell and Chris Stuckenschneider
with its Missouri Friends of School
Libraries Award.
The award recognizes “exemplary
service in support and promotion of
reading to students, school and public
libraries in Missouri communities.”
It honored the newspaper and its two
employees for the Book Buzz program
and other youth literacy programs.
Kitchell, Missouri Press Association’s
Newspapers In Education director, and
Stuckenschneider accepted the awards
in front of a crowd of more than 800
librarians at the group’s annual conference at Lake of the Ozarks.
• Nevada — Carl Simpson, retiring
publisher of the Nevada Daily Mail,
in April received a plaque from the
Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of
Commerce for his years of service to
the community.
Simpson on May 1 turned over reins
of the Nevada Daily Mail and Herald,
Nevada News and Fort Scott Tribune to
his daughter, Julie Righter.
• Kansas City — Bill Tammeus,
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Faith section columnist for The Kansas
City Star, has won the 2005 Wilbur
Award for column writing.
The award, presented in April in
Nashville, is sponsored by the Religion
Communicators Council, a national
organization of communications professionals. It recognizes outstanding
coverage of religion in the secular
media.
• Slater — Jean Black of the Main
Street News took something home to her
readers from the meeting in Branson
of the Missouri Society of Newspaper
Editors.
The Branson Chamber of Commerce
and some of the Branson shows sponsored a dinner at the meeting. They
provided creative table centerpieces and
lots of free promotional material.
Black’s table was sponsored by the
Jim Stafford Theater. She took home
a load of the material and held raffles
of the items. In May, June and July,
prizes are Jim Stafford buckets full of
goodies. In August, winner will get the
huge centerpiece.
• Columbia — Kansas City Star
columnist C.W. Gusewelle spoke at
the annual luncheon sponsored by the
Friends of the University of Missouri
Libraries on April 16 at the Reynolds
Alumni Center.
After the luncheon Gusewelle signed
copies of some of his eight books.
• Chillicothe — About 1,200 people
attended the third annual ConstitutionTribune Spring Expo at Chillicothe
High School.
More than 50 businesses exhibited
their goods and services in and around
the school.
The newspaper gave away a threepiece patio set in a drawing.
• Hopkins — A plaque in honor
of Russell Cross was installed at an
entrance to Hopkins Memorial Park
recently. Cross is the former owner/
publisher of The Hopkins Journal.
The plaque reads: In Memory of
Russell L. Cross, a loyal servant of this
park and this community for 50 years.
He kept “The hop in Hopkins.”
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• Cuba — The Cuba Free Press held
an open house in its new building on
April 30.
After more than 40 years on the west
side of Cuba, the Free Press moved earlier this year to its new building at 501
E. Washington (old Route 66).
With its new building, the Three
Rivers Publishing, Inc., staff of 16 has
much more space, new office furniture,
new printing equipment and other new
equipment.
The company also publishes the
Steelville Star-Crawford Mirror and an
ad publication called The Extra, which
goes to all non-subscribers in Crawford County. It also offers commercial
printing.
• St. Joseph — Alonzo Weston, a
columnist for the St. Joseph News-Press,
won the ninth annual Kelsy Beshears
Racial Justice Award. It was presented
in May.
The award was created to recognize
the lifetime of work in the community
by Mrs. Beshears, who was active until
her death at age 100 in 1999.
Weston was recognized for his writing that delves into a variety of social
issues and his daily commitment to
family and the community.
• St. Joseph — The News-Press &
Gazette Co. has purchased, subject to
federal regulatory approval, the ABC
television affiliate in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
The station is near Yellowstone National Park, and Jackson Hole, Wyo.
The company publishes the St. Joseph
News-Press, owns St. Joseph Cablevision
and television stations in Bend, Oregon,
El Paso, Texas, Palm Springs, Calif., and
Yuma, Ariz./El Centro, Calif.
• Chillicothe — The ConstitutionTribune has redesigned its layout and
added two feature pages.
The “Our Town” page will run on
Tuesdays. Friday’s paper will include a
page of photos taken during the week.
• Bolivar — The Bolivar Herald-Free
Press held an open house on May 20 for
Free Press Plaza, the new home of the
newspaper and At Your Service Salon.
• Kansas City — Kansas City Star
editorial page editor Miriam Pepper was
among several community leaders who
were honored in May by the Missouri
Association of Social Welfare, Kansas
City chapter.
The association said the honorees
demonstrated commitment to its core
values, including respect for human
rights and concern for people with
great needs.
• Waynesville — The Daily Guide
was the host for Let’s Go Expo early in
May. Residents visited exhibits of many
local businesses.
• Higginsville — City attorney
Doug Harris presented a review of
the Sunshine Law for the Higginsville
Board of Aldermen in May.
He explained the definitions of public bodies, public meetings and public
records, meeting notification requirements and other aspects of the law.
Concerning gray areas of the law,
Harris said, “the best thing to do is
fall back on the presumption of openness.”
St. Louis weekly available to blind
T
he St. Louis American now is available via a free telephone service
from the National Federation of the
Blind (FNB).
Using a standard touch-tone phone,
the user can work from a menu to select
which newspaper, section and article to
read. This menu also lets users change
the speed and quality of the voice, and
skip ahead or back within the articles.
No computer or special training is
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Anyone who cannot read conventional newspapers and magazines
because of a disability qualifies for
NFB-NEWSLINE.
Eligible people may register by calling the Missouri State Library at (573)
522-6710 or by going online to nfb.
org/newsline1.htm.
Several other Missouri newspapers
offer the service.
Legislature adjourns:
What passed, failed?
T
he Legislature adjourned at 6
p.m. May 13, in Jefferson City.
Missouri Press Association kept
close watch for any efforts by legislators to
eliminate the sales and use tax manufacturing exemption for newspapers. Newspapers
collect a sales tax on paid subscriptions
because of a Missouri Supreme Court case
in 1989. The exemption, in statute since
1998, allows newspapers to purchase the
following without paying sales or use tax:
newsprint, ink, computers, photosensitive
paper and film, toner, printing plates and
other machinery, equipment, replacement
parts and supplies used in producing newspapers published for dissemination of news
to the general public.
Here are outcomes of bills in the 2005
Missouri General Assembly that Missouri
Press Association monitored:
House Bill 214 failed: This bill would
have allowed cities, counties, towns and
villages to adopt ordinances that do not
require elections in nonpartisan races when
the number of candidates filing for positions equals the number of positions to be
filled. The bill did not pass. Bill sponsor:
Rep. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg)
• House Bill 235 failed: This bill would
have required a certificate of value containing the actual amount of consideration
or reasonable estimate of the true current
market value of property to be filed with
the recorder of deeds when a property is
sold, but the information would be a closed
record. The bill did not pass. Bill sponsor:
Rep. Kathlyn Fares (R-Webster Groves)
• House Bill 518 failed: This bill
would have allowed a pilot program in the
City of St. Louis for the installation of an
automated traffic control system. Vehicles
would be photographed at intersections,
and owners whose vehicles run red lights
would receive tickets by mail with penalties
to pay. The photos would be closed to the
public. The bill did not pass. Traffic control
system amendment sponsor: Sen. Harry
Kennedy (D-St. Louis)
• House Bill 199 withdrawn: This
bill would have required newspapers and
broadcast stations to keep an open file with
detailed information on who purchases political campaign advertising. The file would
be available to the public for inspection at
the newspaper office or broadcast station.
The bill was withdrawn by the sponsor:
Rep. Ed Wildberger (D-St. Joseph)
• Senate Bill 420 passed: However, an
amendment that would have closed names
of victims of sexual crimes was deleted
from the bill. Closed records amendment
sponsor: Rep. Leonard Hughes (D-Kansas
City)
• Senate Bill 287 passed: Public school
funding formula. A provision regarding
charter schools is contained in the bill.
In addition to publishing its financial
statement in the local newspaper, charter
schools may publish the statement on the
website of the Department of Elementary
and Secondary Education. The original
bill would have allowed charter schools
to post their financial statements on the
Internet, rather than in newspapers. MPA
thanks bill sponsors/handlers: Sen. Charlie
Shields (R-St. Joseph) and Rep. Brian Baker
(R-Belton)
• House Bill 297 passed: School accountability report card. Newspapers and
broadcast news media must be given each
public school district’s accountability report
card on an annual basis in a standardized,
easily accessible format. MPA thanks bill
sponsor: Rep. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg)
House Bill 487 passed: An amendment
in the bill allows motor vehicle dealers,
when advertising by broadcast or print media, to provide disclaimers and disclosures
by referring to an Internet web page or a
toll-free number containing the information required to be disclosed by law. MPA
thanks amendment sponsor: Sen. Larry
Gene Taylor (R-Shell Knob)
• House Bill 58 passed: County financial statements in 2nd, 3rd and 4th class
counties will continue to be published as
required by current law. The effort to abbreviate the statement failed after vigorous
lobbying by newspapers and MPA. The
county financial statement issue WILL
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BE BACK next session, the bill sponsors
promise. The bill makes numerous changes
to statutes affecting county government,
and it authorizes competitive bids to be
waived by the county commission under
emergency circumstances or when there
is only a single, feasible source for the
supplies. A proposed purchase of more
than $3,000 from a single, feasible source
must be posted, and a proposed purchase
of more than $5,000 must be advertised.
The bill requires that expenditures more
than $5,000 by the county executive and
the county sports complex authority in
Jackson County must be competitively bid.
The bill extends authority to all cities and
counties in the state to develop geographic
information systems (GIS) and authorizes
charges for the use of the systems. Bill sponsors: Rep. Bob Johnson (R-Lee’s Summit),
Rep. Todd Smith (R-Sedalia), Rep. Vicki
Schneider (R-O’Fallon)
• Senate Bill 280 passed: A provision
was deleted from current law that requires
newspaper notice when license examinations are given for barbers and cosmetologists. The bill allows the licensing board to
advertise the examination dates and locations in any way it desires, not necessarily
in newspapers. Amendment sponsor: Rep.
Marilyn Ruestman (R-Joplin)
• Senate Bill 422 passed: This bill provides that when a court enters an order of
expungement under current law for arrest
records or alcohol-related driving offenses,
the expunged records shall be confidential
and only available to the parties or by court
order for good cause. Bill sponsor: Sen.
Matt Bartle (R-Lee’s Summit)
• House Bill 388 passed: Some insurance complaint information filed by
consumers with the Division of Insurance
will be closed to the public. MPA, at this
writing, is still seeking a final copy of the
bill for review. Bill sponsor: Rep. Brian Yates
(R-Lee’s Summit)
• House Bill 443 passed: This bill
allows the board of trustees of the Public
School Retirement System to close meetings when deliberating or making tentative
or final decisions on investments in order
to protect PSRS investment returns. The
board of trustees of the Missouri State
Employees Retirement System has a similar
exemption for discussion purposes. Annual
reports available to the public offer a full
accounting of board of trustees’ investment
decisions. Bill sponsor: Rep. Therese Sander
(R-Moberly).
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Ad Managers’ contest results
T
hese are the results of the 2005
Better Ad Contest. Awards were
presented April 15 at the Missouri Advertising Managers’ Association meeting in St. Louis.
Best Full Page Ad - Division A
HM - Weston Chronicle - Jim McPherson
HM - Weston Chronicle - Jim McPherson
3rd -Weston Chronicle - Jim McPherson
2nd - New Haven Leader - Mandy Frick
1st - Weston Chronicle - Jim McPherson
Best Full Page Ad - Division B
2nd - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings
1st - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings
Best Full Page Ad - Division C
HM - Charles G. Coy Washington Wednesday Missourian
HM - Green Park Call - Staff
3rd - Shanda Cobb Lawrence County Record
2nd - Mail Call - Staff
1st - Christine Feagan Washington Wednesday Missourian
Best Full Page Ad - Division D
HM - Lebanon Daily Record - Staff
HM - Rolla Daily News Karen Hood & Jason Light
3rd - Lebanon Daily Record - Kim Newman
2nd - Daily Dunklin Democrat Jerri Coleman
1st - Dexter Daily Statesman - Elaine Pursell
Best Full Page Ad - Division E
HM - Joplin Globe - Teri Carlson
HM - Jefferson City News-Tribune -
Among the first-place winners in the weeklies categories of the Ad Managersʼ contest
were, front row from left: Karen Barred, Salem; Mary Schaper, Marthasville; Mandy Frick,
New Haven; Jane Haberberger, Washington; Kim Leeper, Mt. Vernon; and Christina
DeLaRosa, Palmyra. In back are: Donna Percel, Salem, Vida Taylor, St. Louis; Norene
Prososki, Gainesville; Steve Hutchings, Gainesville; Christine Feagan, Washington;
Kevin Jones, St. Louis; and Janie Flynn, Thayer.
Rosalie Heislen & Sam Sudenhoeffer
3rd - St. Joseph News-Press - Robin Thorntan
2nd - Daily American Republic - Joe Jordan
1st - Joplin Globe - Bobbi Snodgrass
Ad Smaller Than A Full Page - Division A
3rd - New Haven Leader - Mandy Frick
1st - South Missourian News Kathy Kleinman
Ad Smaller Than A Full Page - Division B
HM - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings
HM - Palmyra Spectator Christina DeLaRosa
3rd - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings
1st - Palmyra Spectator Christina DeLaRosa
Ad Smaller Than Full Page - Division C
HM - St. Louis American - Melvin Moore
HM - St. Louis American - Melvin Moore
3rd - Washington Wednesday Missourian Christine Feagan
2nd - Washington Wednesday Missourian Christine Feagan
1st - Washington Wednesday Missourian Christine Feagan
Metro Creative Graphics plaques for Best In
Show ads were accepted by Steve Hutchings, Gainesville (weeklies), and Leslee Lane,
Sedalia (dailies).
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Ad Smaller Than Full Page - Division D
HM - Rolla Daily News Kim Franklin & Rick Lawrence
HM - West Plains Daily Quill Vicki Johnson
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3rd - Lebanon Daily Record - Kim Newman
2nd - West Plains Daily Quill - Pam Puckett
1st - West Plains Daily Quill - Sharon Essary
Ad Smaller Than A Full Page - Division E
HM - Joplin Globe - Marcos Soriano
HM - St. Joseph News- Press Galen Hessemyer
3rd - Joplin Globe Bobbi Snodgrass & Blake Spivak
2nd - Daily American Republic - Crystal Jones
1st - Joplin Globe - Roma Harmon
Best Ad Series - Daily
HM - Columbia Missourian John Nelson & Nikki McCarvile
HM - Lebanon Daily Record - René Barker
3rd - Sedalia Democrat - Carla Childers
2nd - Joplin Globe Bobbi Snodgrass & Kelli Price
Best Ad Series - Weekly
HM - Concord Call - Staff
3rd -Salem News - Karen Barred
2nd - Green Park Call - Staff
1st - Washington Wednesday Missourian Christine Feagan
Best Single House Ad - Division A
2nd - South Missourian News Kathy Kleinman
1st - Weston Chronicle - Jim McPherson
Best Single House Ad - Division B
HM - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings
2nd - Ozark County Times - Regina Wynn
1st - Marthasville Record - Mary Schaper
Best Single House Ad - Division C
HM - St. Louis American -Mike Terhaar
HM - North County Journal - Chris Oth
3rd - Northeast News Melissa Healer & Joe Boothe
2nd - North County Journal - Chris Oth
1st - North County Journal - Chris Oth
Best Single House Ad - Division D
3rd - Lebanon Daily Record - Staff
2nd - Columbia Missourian - John Nelson
1st - Lebanon Daily Record - Staff
Best Single House Ad - Division E
HM - Sedalia Democrat - Lisa A. Lynn
HM - Joplin Globe Bobbi Snodgrass & Kelli Price
3rd Sedalia Democrat - Michael Beck
2nd - Joplin Globe Bobbi Snodgrass & Kelli Price
1st - Joplin Globe - Bobbi Snodgrass
Best Effective Use Of Small Space - Dailies
HM - Sedalia Democrat - Dianne Withers
HM - West Plains Daily Quill - Vicki Johnson
3rd - Daily Dunklin Democrat Judd Cannon
2nd - Lebanon Daily Record - Kim Newman
1st - Joplin Globe - Brianna Maxwell
Effective Use Of Small Space - Weeklies
HM - Jackson Cash-Book Journal Jim Salzman & Diane Proffer
HM - Jackson Cash-Book Journal Diane Proffer & Teri King
These are some of the dailies first-place winners in the Ad Managersʼ Association Better
Ad Contest. In front, from left, are Elaine Pursell, Dexter; Eddie Crouch, Sedalia; Carla
Bean, West Plains; and Sharon Fitzjohn, Joplin. In back are; Kim Newman, Lebanon;
Lisa Lynn, Sedalia; Carla Childers, Sedalia and Leslee Lane, Sedalia.
1st - St. Louis American - Mike Terhaar
Creative Use Of 1 Spot Color - Daily
HM - West Plains Daily Quill - Vicki Johnson
HM - Lebanon Daily Record - Kim Newman
3rd - Jefferson City News-Tribune Sherri Kennedy
2nd - Lebanon Daily Record - Debra Helbig
1st - Sedalia Democrat - Carla Childers
Creative Use Of 1 Spot Color - Weekly
HM - Northeast News - Melissa Healer
HM - Lawrence County Record Shanda Cobb
3rd - Marthasville Record
- Mary Schaper
2nd - Green Park Call - Staff
1st - Lawrence County Record
- Shanda Cobb
Creative Use Of Full Color
- Daily
HM - St. Joseph News-Press
- Josh Fultz
3rd - Sedalia Democrat Lisa A. Lynn &
Dianne Withers
2nd - Joplin Globe Teri Carlson
1st - Daily American Republic
- Carin Young
Mike Sell, Missouri Press Associationʼs advertising
director, receives the Old Pro plaque from Beth Durreman, president of the Missouri Advertising Managersʼ
Association. Sell is retiring from MPA this year. He is a
former publisher who has been on the MPA staff since
1994.
Creative Use Of Full Color
- Weekly
HM - St. Louis American Mike Terhaar
HM - Salem News Karen Barred
3rd - Ozark County Times -
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1st - Salem News - Karen Barred
Regularly Scheduled Section - Division A
No entries
Regularly Scheduled Section - Division B
1st -Palmyra Spectator Patty Cheffey & Christina DeLaRosa
Regularly Scheduled Section - Division C
3rd - Lawrence County Record - Staff
2nd - St. Louis American - Staff
1st - Lawrence County Record - Staff
Regularly Scheduled Section - Division D
HM - Columbia Missourian - Kirk Rohlfs
HM - West Plains Daily Quill - Staff
3rd - Daily Dunklin Democrat Diane McClain & Ad Staff
2nd - Columbia Missourian - Staff
1st - Daily Dunklin Democrat Diane McClain & Ad Staff
Regularly Scheduled Section - Division E
HM - Independence Examiner John Beaudoin & Sharon Dankenbring
HM - St. Joseph News-Press - Ad Staff
3rd - St. Joseph News-Press - Ad Staff
2nd - Daily American Republic Karen Hendrix
1st - St. Joseph News-Press - Ad Staff
Best One Time Special Section - Division A
HM - New Haven Leader - Mandy Frick
3rd - Boone County Journal -Bruce Wallace
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1st - Boone County
Journal Bruce Wallace
1st - Washington
Wednesday
Missourian
3rd - Lebanon Daily Record - Classified Staff
2nd - Lebanon Daily Record - Classified Staff
1st - West Plains Daily Quill - Staff
Best One Time
Special Section - Division B
HM - Ozark County
Times - Staff
HM - Marthasville
Record - Mary
Schaper
3rd - Palmyra Specta
tor - Mark & Patty
Cheffey & Chris
tina DeLaRosa
2nd - Ozark County
Times - Staff
1st - Ozark County
Times - Staff
Best Classified
Section - Daily
3rd - Joplin
Globe - Sharon
Fitzjohn
2nd - Sedalia
Democrat - Eddie
Crouch
1st - St. Joseph
News-Press Deborah
Lemon
Best Shared / Signature Page - Division E
HM - Sedalia Democrat - Lisa A. Lynn
HM - Joplin Globe - Marcos Soriano
3rd - Joplin Globe - Marcos Soriano
2nd - Sedalia Democrat - Dianne Withers
1st - Sedalia Democrat - Eddie Crouch
Best Newspaper Promotion
- Weekly
3rd - Lawrence
County Record
- Shanda Cobb
2nd - St. Louis
American
Best Advertising Sales Tool -Weekly
HM - St. Louis American - Kevin Jones
HM - St. Louis American - Sales Staff
3rd - North County Journal Chris Oth & Tammy Mortensen
2nd - St. Louis American - Kevin Jones
1st - Washington Wednesday Missourian
Beth Durreman of Lebanon receives the Past
President Plaque from Kevin Jones, St. Louis,
the new president of the Missouri Advertising
Managersʼ Association.
Best One Time
Special Section - Division C
HM - Salem News
HM - Washington Wednesday Missourian
3rd - Lawrence County Record
2nd - Salem News
1st - Salem News
Best One Time Special Section - Division D
HM -Dexter Daily Statesman - Elaine Pursell
HM - Lebanon Daily Record - Staff
3rd - Columbia Missourian Jody Thornberg & Bee Walker
2nd - Dexter Daily Statesman - Elaine Pursell
1st - Rolla Daily News - Staff
Best One Time Special Section - Division E
HM - Independence Examiner Sharon Dankenbring
HM - St. Joseph News-Press - Ad Staff
3rd - Daily American Republic - Staff
2nd - Independence Examiner Ray Van Jones
1st -Sedalia Democrat Leslee Lane & Carla Childers
Best Single Classified Ad - Daily
HM -Joplin Globe - Rona Harmon
3rd - St. Joseph News-Press - Josh Fultz
2nd - Lebanon Daily Record Beth Durreman
1st - Sedalia Democrat - Leslee Lane
Best Single Classified Ad - Weekly
1st - Salem News - Sheree Upton Dodd
& Wayna Woolman
Best Classified Section - Weekly
HM - SunCrest Call - Staff
3rd - St. Louis American - Vida Taylor
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- Kevin Jones
1st - South Missourian News Kathy Kleinman
Best Newspaper Promotion - Daily
HM -Sedalia Democrat - Walt Bartlick
3rd - Lebanon Daily Record - René Barker
2nd - Lebanon Daily Record - René Barker
1st - Joplin Globe - Ad Department
Best Shared / Signature Page - Division A
1st - New Haven Leader - Mandy Frick
Best Shared / Signature Page - Division B
HM - Ozark County Times - Reginna Wynn
HM - Marthasville Record - Mary Schaper
3rd - Palmyra Spectator - Christina DeLaRosa
2nd - Marthasville Record - Mary Schaper
1st - Palmyra Spectator - Christina DeLaRosa
Best Shared / Signature Page - Division C
3rd - North County Journal - Mona Johnson
2nd - Oakville Call - Staff
1st - Lawrence County Record - Shanda Cobb
Best Shared / Signature Page - Division D
Best Advertising Sales Tool - Daily
3rd - Rolla Daily News - Lonna Stephenson
2nd - Joplin Globe - Advertising Department
1st - Joplin Globe Bobbi Snodgrass & Blake Spivak
Best Newspaper Produced Insert - Weekly
HM - New Haven Leader Mandy Frick & Staff
HM - Hermann Advertiser-Courier - Staff
3rd - St. Louis America - Kevin Jones
2nd - Marthasville Record - Mary Schaper
1st - St. Louis American - Staff
Best Newspaper Produced Insert - Daily
HM - West Plains Daily Quill - Ad Staff
HM - West Plains Daily Quill - Ad Staff
3rd - Independence Examiner Sharon Dankenbring
2nd - Daily American Republic - Joe Jordan
Best Ad Content - Weekly
HM - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings & Regina Wynn
HM - South Missourian News - Staff
3rd - Marthasville Record - Mary Schaper
2nd - Washington Wednesday Missourian
1st - St. Louis American - Staff
Best Ad Content Entire Publication - Daily
3rd - Lebanon Daily Record - Staff
2nd - Joplin Globe - Advertising Department
1st - St. Joseph News-Press - Tim Weddle
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Mixture of laws regulate
bidding on public business
Different rules for state, counties, cities
O
ne of the most frequent quession of the state cannot perform, sell,
tions to the hotline (and one
rent or lease property to the entity for
of the questions I am least
a sum of more than $500 per transacprepared to answer quickly) relates to
tion or $1,500 annually unless the sale,
whether a public govrental or lease is the result
ernmental body must
of a competitive bid process
take bids before making
and the member is the lowest
a purchase.
bid. (School board members
Because it’s such a frehave a lower figure of $500
quent question, I hope
per year.) Bills have been
this column provides
passed to raise the thresholds
some basic guidelines,
to $5,000 per year.
and since the column
Second, there is a statuwill be on the Missouri
tory preference for goods
Press Association weband products made in the
site, it will give reporters
state of Missouri, if the price
a quick place to look for
is competitive to other simisome quick answers to
lar items. And all political
the basics. (You could
subdivisions must take bids
Jean Maneke, MPAʼs
Legal Hotline attoreven copy the column
for the purchase of insurney, can be reached
and keep it in a handy
ance coverage provided for
at (816) 753-9000,
file.)
employees.
jmaneke@juno.com.
The laws are different
Counties are governed
depending on what the
primarily by state law. Secpublic body is. State entities are genertion 50.660 requires all contracts for
ally required to get bids for purchases.
the purchase of supplies, materials,
That’s a pretty broad requirement, with
equipment or services valued at more
only some exceptions, so you are usually
than $4,500 must be by competitive
safe if you assume there is probably a rebid, and that also applies to cumulative
quirement for bids on the state level.
purchases from this same supplier that
Also, there is a requirement that if
total that amount during a period of 90
state funds are being provided to a local
days. If a county has a county purchasgovernmental entity for a project, there
ing agent, that person takes the bids
must be bids taken for that project,
and determines the lowest price, quality
even if it would not normally require
considered, in purchasing supplies for
bids be taken.
the county.
ounties, cities and school disIn second-class counties and firsttricts have varying requirements.
class counties with a commissioner
There are some obvious statutes with
form of government, the commissioners
specific purposes that require bids,
must advertise for sealed bids for supsuch as publication of the financial
plies, and for advertising and printing.
statement, which I am not including
(There are a number of requirements in
in this article.
terms of soliciting bids for publication
Rather, in terms of these local entiof legal notices. I am not addressing
ties, I am focusing more on the issue
all of those requirements in this article
of whether bids are required in terms
but would direct readers to the legal
of purchases for the local governmental
notice handbook on the web-page of
unit of supplies and similar items.
the Missouri Press Association, which
First, any member of a legislative or
contains the statutes relating to legal
governing body of a political subdivinotice publications.)
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Counties are also required to take
bids for the construction of buildings.
School boards also are governed
somewhat by state law. School boards
in seven-director districts are required
to take bids to select the depository
of district funds. Metropolitan school
districts are required to advertise for
bids for the furnishing of supplies
for the district, while seven-member
districts are not required to take bids
by state law.
(However, some seven-member districts have implemented such a requirement by local regulation.)
ities are the least regulated by state
law, because they are a “corporate”
entity of themselves, subject to limited
state supervision. Cities of 500,000
inhabitants must take bids for construction projects in excess of $25,000.
Third-class cities must solicit bids before contracting to do certain road work
paid for with special tax bills.
Fourth-class cities must solicit bids
when they are improving streets within
the city limits.
While this doesn’t cover every single
requirement in state law, it does serve
to highlight the main instances when
bids are required. And, again, I would
remind reporters that, particularly in
the case of cities, there may be local
ordinances that require bids be taken
before purchases that are more restrictive than the limited provisions listed
above for cities.
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Sen. Bond speaks at
Mexico literacy salute
U
.S. Sen. Christopher Bond delivered the keynote address at
the annual Salute to Literacy program
sponsored by The Mexico Ledger. Publisher Joe May introduced Bond.
“We live in a world that is increasingly technological, and those who do
not know how to read are at a great
disadvantage,” Bond said. “Our society is one where literacy is crucial. If
you can’t read the directions, you’re in
trouble.”
Various awards were presented to
citizens, teachers and students for their
efforts to improve the literacy of area
residents.
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NIE Report
No better ‘Informational text’
than newspapers for students
L
ast month I represented
song’s important message to schools.
Missouri’s newspapers at
Operation Respect offers curriculum,
the Newspaper Association
teacher training and school assemblies.
of America-sponsored National
Currently the program can be found
Newspaper In Education Conference
in 1/8th of the schools in America,
in Charleston, S.C. This meeting
Yarrow said.
is the largest gathering of NIE
I’ve been looking for a way to get my
professionals and draws
newspaper arms around
participation from many
bullying for many years,
international newspapers
and I hope at MPA we’ll
as well.
find a way to help Yarrow
Our association was
share his message: “We’ve
honored during the event
lost our heart in so many
for its work reaching out
ways. We must get back to
to young readers. This year
love and kindness.”
the Florida NIE CommitThe best breakout sestee won first place, but we
sion I attended was prewere honored with a secsented by Dr. Sherrye Dee
ond-place award for work
Garrett, a long-time NIE
done by state and regional
professional and now an
Dawn Kitchell is
associations and commitassociate professor of eduMPAʼs NIE directees. This was the third year
cation at Texas A&M Unitor. Contact her at
MPA was recognized.
versity, Corpus Christi.
(636) 932-4301;
Jay Smith, president of
(Honestly, it was all about
kitchell@yhti.net.
Cox Newspapers, Inc., Atthe session, not the univerlanta, is the new chairman of NAA. He
sity, although I did “whoop” a bit.)
opened the conference by telling those
“Informational text” is one of the
in attendance that NIE professionals are
latest buzz phrases in education, and
“the heroes of our business.”
her session was aptly titled “Newspapers
“Each time a newspaper is read
— The Ultimate Informational Text!”
— whether at school or at home — our
In a nutshell, informational text is
audience grows. And we are in the audinonfiction text created for a purpose
ence building business.”
other than direct instruction. It’s real
Music legend Peter Yarrow followed
life reading.
Smith to share his modern movement
Garrett said first graders spend 3.6
to change the world. Best known as
minutes a day interacting with inforpart of the singing group Peter, Paul
mational text, and a typical classroom
and Mary, Yarrow is working through
library consists of just 10 percent inhis foundation, Operation Respect, to
formational text. This explains why 44
promote kindness in schools.
million Americans are unable to extract
any of you may have heard the
information from a text if inferencing
song written by Steve Seskin and
or background knowledge is required.
Allen Shamblin, “Don’t Laugh at Me.”
Garrett said children do well on
The song was published as a children’s
fiction types of writing, with setting,
book, and Seskin visited the Washington
characters, plots, etc., but really struggle
Missourian this spring to talk about the
with expository texts. But the stanbook and its message.
dards movement is calling attention to
When Yarrow heard the song at a
informational text and educators are
folk festival, he was so moved that he
recognizing the need to incorporate it
created Operation Respect to take the
into the classroom, she said.
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“National and state standards place
high priority on being able to read,
write and think about informational
materials.”
Garrett said newspapers are the best
tool for informational text, and children
can learn that type of reading skill by
listening.
“Read newspaper stories to children
regularly and they will develop an ear
for it,” she said.
We should
encourage
teachers and
parents to read
aloud from the
newspaper every day, Garrett
said.
Newspapers
and Informational Text are
the topics for
the 2006 NIE
Week Teacher
Guide from
NAA. It’s free
and will be available to newspapers early next
year.
Next year’s
conference is
coming to St.
Louis. Angie
Clark of the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch; Erin Orr
of the Springfield, Ill., State
Journal Register
and I will cochair the planning committee. Angie and I promoted
St. Louis and our state at the planning
breakfast the final day of the conference.
The 2006 meeting will bring together two national conferences — Newspaper In Education and Youth Editorial
Alliance — to create the first NAA
Foundation Young Readers Conference
July 22-26.
I’m looking forward to the opportunity to help pull together everyone
working toward the same goal — reaching young readers.
We
should
encourage
teachers and
parents
to read
aloud
from the
newspaper
every
day.
Missouri Newspaper Organizations
NORTHWEST MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Jamey Honeycutt, Cameron;
First Vice President, Steve Tinnen, Plattsburg; Second Vice President, Leslie Speckman,
Savannah; Secretary, Kathy Conger, Bethany; Treasurer, Chris Boultinghouse, Mound
City. Directors: Dennis Ellsworth, St. Joseph; Kathy Whipple, Kearney; Becky Sellars,
Smithville; Chuck Haney, Chillicothe; W.C. Farmer, Rock Port; Wendell Lenhart, Trenton;
Tim Larson, Maryville; Kay Wilson, Maryville.
SHOW-ME PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Charlie Fischer, Sedalia; First Vice President,
Jeff Hedberg, Centralia; Second Vice President, Gary Beissenherz, Concordia; SecretaryTreasurer, Sandy Nelson, Harrisonville. Directors: Jack Whitaker, Hannibal; Rob Viehman,
Cuba; John Spaar, Odessa; Dick Fredrick, Paris.
OZARK PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Fred Hall, Crane; Vice President, Jeff Schrag,
Springfield; Secretary-Treasurer, Rosemary Henderson, Mount Vernon. Directors: Dala
Whittaker, Cabool; Brad Gentry, Houston; Roger Dillon, Eminence; Dan Wehmer, Seymour;
Kimball Long, El Dorado Springs. Past President: Keith Moore, Ava.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Diane McClain, Kennett;
First Vice President, Laura Johnston, Cape Girardeau; Second Vice President, Kate Martin,
Perryville; Secretary-Treasurer, Michelle Friedrich, Poplar Bluff; Historian, Mrs. Mildred
Wallhausen, Charleston; Executive Secretary, Ann Hayes, Southeast Missouri State
University. Directors: Kim Million-Gipson, Piedmont; Peggy Scott, Festus; Judy SchaafWheeler, Ironton; H. Scott Seal, Portageville; Gabe Hartwig, Cape Girardeau.
DEMOCRATIC EDITORS OF MISSOURI: President, Richard Fredrick, Paris; First Vice
President, Bob Cunningham, Moberly; Secretary, Beth McPherson, Weston; Treasurer,
Linda Geist, Monroe City.
MISSOURI CIRCULATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: President, Brenda Carney,
Harrisonville; First Vice President, Jack Kaminsky, Joplin; Second Vice President, Steve
Edwards, St. Joseph; Secretary, David Pine, Kansas City; Treasurer, Doug Crews,
Columbia. Directors: Jim Kennedy, Bolivar; Ken Carpenter, Kansas City; Rob Siebeneck,
Jefferson City.
MISSOURI ADVERTISING MANAGERSʼ ASSOCIATION: President, Kevin Jones,
St. Louis; First Vice President, Jane Haberberger, Washington; Second Vice President,
Steve Hutchings, Gainesville; Secretary, Debbie Chapman, Marshfield; Treasurer, Doug
Crews, Columbia. Directors: Beth Durreman, Lebanon; Trevor Vernon, Eldon; Debra Kiser,
Jefferson City; Jim Salzman, Jackson; Bobbie Snodgrass, Joplin.
MISSOURI ASSOCIATED DAILIES: President, Joe May, Mexico; Vice President, Ben
Weir, Jr., Independence; Secretary, Shelly Arth, Marshall; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia;
Past President, Larry Freels, Kirksville. Directors: Jack Whitaker, Hannibal; Arnie Robbins,
St. Louis; Charlie Fischer, Sedalia; Don Wyatt, Springfield; Dan Potter, Columbia; Randy
Cope, Neosho.
MISSOURI AFFILIATE, NATIONAL FEDERATION OF PRESS WOMEN: President, Karen
Glines, Des Peres; Vice President, Holly Berthold, Eureka; Finance Director, Karen Zarky,
St. Louis; Co-Secretaries, Peggy Koch, Barnhart, and Kathie Sutin, St. Louis; Committee
Chairs: Alice Handelman, Village of Westwood, Publicity; Christy James, Richmond Heights,
Membership; Gina Kutsch, St. Charles, Newsletter; Dee Raby, Granite City, Ill., Archivist;
Pamela Walter, Clayton, Meetings; At Large Board: June Becht, St. Louis; Anne Heinrich,
St. Louis; and Elly Wright, Kirkwood. Past President: Janice Denham, St. Louis.
MISSOURI PRESS SERVICE: President, Dave Berry, Bolivar; Vice President, Dane
Vernon, Eldon; Secretary-Treasurer, Wendell Lenhart, Trenton; Directors: William L. Miller,
Sr., Washington; Robert Wilson, Milan.
MISSOURI PRESS FOUNDATION, INC.: President, Tom Miller, Washington; First Vice
President, David Lipman, St. Louis; Second Vice President, Mrs. Betty Spaar, Odessa;
Secretary-Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: R.B. Smith III, Lebanon; Wallace
Vernon, Eldon; Rogers Hewitt, Shelbyville; James Sterling, Columbia; Mrs. Wanda Brown,
Harrisonville; Mrs. Avis Tucker, Warrensburg; Edward Steele, Columbia; Robert Wilson,
Milan; Ralph Clayton, Caruthersville; Mrs. Jo Anne Bray, Camdenton; Kirk Powell, Pleasant
Hill.
MISSOURI AP PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS: Chairman, Charlie Fischer, Sedalia.
Missouri AP Managing Editors: Chairman, Diane Raynes, Trenton; First Vice Chairman,
Oliver Wiest, Sedalia; Past Chairman, Dennis Ellsworth, St. Joseph.
MISSOURI SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER EDITORS: President, Buck Collier, St. Louis;
First Vice President, Buzz Ball, Neosho; Second Vice President, Cathy Ripley, Chillicothe;
Secretary-Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: Chris Wrinkle, Lebanon; Dennis
Ellsworth, St. Joseph; Dale Brendel, Independence; Diane Raynes, Trenton; Greg Orear,
Brookfield; Sam Blackwell, Cape Girardeau; and Bud Jones, Odessa.
MISSOURI COLLEGE MEDIA ASSOCIATION: President, Kate Drolet, University of
Missouri-St. Louis; Vice President, Brian Heyman, Southwest Missouri State University;
Secretary, Jerome Boettcher, Northwest Missouri State University; MPA Liaison, Pat Sparks,
Longview Community College.
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CALENDAR
June
10-11 — NNA On the Road bus tour
of printing plants
22-24 — Central States NIE
Conference, Catoosa, Okla.
23 — MPA/MPS Board meeting,
The Resort at Port Arrowhead
(formerly Holiday Inn), Lake Ozark
24 — MPA Golf Tournament,
8 a.m., Sycamore Creek,
Osage Beach
24-25 — Show-Me Press,
The Resort at Port Arrowhead
(formerly Holiday Inn), Lake Ozark
July
20-22 — Living Textbook NIE course,
University of Missouri, Columbia
August
11 — Editors and Publishers Day,
University of Missouri-Columbia
12 — Ozark Press Association,
Clarion Hotel, Springfield
September
1 — Groundbreaking for Reynolds
Journalism Institute building at
University of Missouri-Columbia
22-24 — 139th Annual MPA
Convention & Trade Show, The
Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark
28-Oct. 1 —NNA Convention,
Milwaukee
October
20 — Induction Ceremony,
Photojournalism Hall of Fame,
Washington, Mo.
Check mopress.com for
meeting information and
registration forms.
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