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Bardstown, Maker's Mark Distillery and Saturday's schedule includes a KPA
My Old Kentucky Home are preparing to hOSt Business Session, the notice for which appears
the 1989 Kentucky Press Association Summer below, and a preview of the 1990 General As-
Convention. sembly with Senators Ed O'Daniel and Eck Rose
This year's convention is scheduled for and State Representatives Kenny Rapier and
June 22—24 at the Holiday Inn in. Bardstown. Bill Ark scheduled to appear.
Included on the entertainment agenda Steve Lowery, general manager of the
for the convention is a tour of Maker's Mark Kentucky Standard in Bardstown, is serving as
Distillery and barbecue hosted by Landmark 1989 Summer Convention planning chairman.
Community Newspapers; an afternoon 9f sight— Registration information for the con—
seelng 1n historic Bardstown; and a p1cn1c at My vention is in the mail so watch your mailbox.
Old Kentucky Home prior to attending The _____________
Stephen Foster Story. - -
The program schedule includes a legal Busmess SGSSIOn scheduled
session with KPA FOI attorney Ion Fleischaker; . . .
a presentation on the 1989 Retail Shopping Notice ls hereby given to members
Habits Survey by Tommy Preston of The of the Kentucky Press Assoc1at10n that the
P . . ‘ 1989 Summer Convention Business Session
reston Group in Lex1ngton, Western Kentucky '11b 11 d f S tu d 24 t9
University professor Jim Ausenbaugh; an up— :tltheeBCaar destoxclirrn £1012 dink? ,a a.m.
date on happenings in Washington and the Business to be discussed includes
National Newspaper Assoc1at10n by Reg1on 3 the reali nment o f KP A board districts
NNA director Adam Kelly; discussion of the g . '
. 1 f K ent u ck news a ers The Membershlp and By—Laws
1989 sa ary survey 0 y p p Committee recommended and the Board
conducted by Jim Highland, also of the WKU . ’ .
l . . _ has approved the follow1ng realignment of
: Journalism staff, and the ever-popular KPA th KP A D' tr' t tru tur _
Better Newspaper Contest awards luncheon e *KPSA clfeaste Dcistriec tsl 5 A an d1 SB to
and slide show. . . . . .
The awards will be presented at a lunch- givtldetthe present Dlstrlct 15 into two equal
eon on Saturday as the concluding session on 18 DC simer e the resent Districts 8 and 9
the convention schedule. . t n d' tgi t' p
Friday‘s luncheon will feature Bill in Q 0 irrifarr : the resent Districts 10 and
Samuels of Maker's Mark Distillery as speaker. I 1 , t d5 t . t-p
Convention—goers will have an opportunity to 1n 0 Slffiatlftolcpfesent board member in
tourMaker 3 Mark on Thursday evenlng, the any affected district lose any part of his / her
off1c1alopen1ng of the convention. Landmark 15 t rm bec use of reali nment'
hosting a barbecue Thursday night at Maker's e a g ’
Mark in nearby Loretto. —————————-—

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By Adam Kelly, Region 3 NNA Director
The story is told of a mountain politician 1989 E"°°”""° “mm“ District 12
who visited a constituent seeking support in the Larry Craig hzgfifi'ifl” ,
approaching election. To the surprised chagrin of the ”95“”? , g »
office holder, the citizen informed him that he was GM" Rwemepum'm - 095m” . .
undecided about whether to give the politican his Daviii Hawpe thig‘lfifl‘é’igkn'fll
support. "But, Jed," protested the candidate, "you 23315:: “mes . ' V
know I gave your daughter a job, got your boy out of gtfigfs‘igpso" '
the penitentiary, helped Aunt Minnie get her Social Sgiapifssuizfid Pulaski Week
Security and got you a grant to put water in your Lame COW Hamid News . District‘s
house." t Gu Haiiieid 7
"That's so," came the response, "but what figflm Chile" Voice “lines
have you done for me lately?" Danviiie Advocate Messenger 5m. “mg.
Sometimes I feel members of the National SW Ausfln
Newspaper Association have the same attitude to- Past President iffwwggmm
ward the activities of our organization. Just so you ”mam" 6'93""
can become aware of what has been done "lately" JWERBWSOH
here is a partial rundown of how NN A has been 1989 Board “Directors Lexington Herald-Leader
working for you in the first four months of 1989: District1 Jenn Lucas
* approved seed money to develop a desktop gmtyfiiumcoufier 0mm" Pm“
publishing hardware and software guide and to es— Dan Lacy
tablish a pilot desktop training program; 103';er h 3:33?me Chaim"
* together with other organizations, ob- Damg;"§p,‘i,'{‘gs prowess ' m’
tained congressional resolution to honor Freedom of ' . Kentucky Press Association!
Information Day, and for FOI Day, NNA urged Presi- Swagger Jr “mum Pm“ SW“ 3""
dent Bush to do everything in his power to obtain the Owerrsooro'Meesenger-inquimr David T. Thompson
freedom of hostage-reporter Terry Anderson; mm 4 Emmi“ Dim“
* deplored the burning of bookstores and of Mary Jane Smith Um McCain _
newspaper offices by those who police suspect are Logan Leader/News Democrat Members Services Director
terrorists opposed to the publishing of Salman District 5 Bonnie Howard
Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses"; Coleman Love Bookkeeper
‘ * urged open hearings on the York, Pa., Ioint E'izabeihmw" ”9"“ 5mm“ Gloria Davis
. Operating Agreement application; Dram s Kps Advertising Drum,
* monitored 17 bills in the last quarter of 1988 WOW Abernathy .
and 20 thus far in 1989 in Congress that could have Wham Era gamsmmms,
had adverse impact on the newspaper industry; District 7 i
* urged the Federal Trade Commission not to gamma News mm" We“
change co-op advertising guidelines from specifc
and equal guidelines for all retailers and all newspa- WSW“, Advertising Division .
pers to subjective guidelines that could hurt small Stigma, Independent mngmiiraid-Leader
merchants and community newspapers;
, * cooperated with the Newspaper in Educa— 33:31:: gmfifflgfim
tion programof AN PA by distributing an NIE survey 3am Coumy News omiook Danviiie Advocate Messenger
through Publisher's Auxiliary, and will participate . _
District 10 News EdllOflal
on an NIE panel for small newspapers at the May John DG‘Samo Richard Harm
NIE meetings in Dallas; Ashland Dan), Independem Owensbero Messenger-inquirer
*- helped the National Newspaper Founda- The Kentuck Press (ISSN 0023 0324)' bl‘ h d thl
tion conduct scholarship programs, one for college and second 3m postage paid at ”was: Igfwg‘oq’l‘mg
Juniors, the other an overseas study misswn fellow- at additional maiung offices. Subscription price is $4 per
Ship; year. Postmaster: Send change of address to The Kentucky
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Kenny Barkley, news Bob McGaughey, graduatélBfifi‘AMBrray i ate
editor of the Union County chairman of the Journalism — where is also served as sports
Advocate in Morganfield, and Radio / TV Department at editor of the Murray State
Barbara Justice, editor of the Murray State University and News.

Appalachian News Express, the journalism education rep- Daniel Price, chief
recently took the reins of two resentative on the KPA Board photographer for the Danville
affiliated press groups in Ken- of Directors, was named 1989 Advocate Messenger, had 40 of
tucky. Barkley was elected Boss of the Year by the Murray his black and white photo—

' president of the Western Ken- ’ Chapter of Professional Secre- graphs featured ina display re-
tucky Press Association while taries International. cently at Centre College. The
Justice was named to a similar Alice P. Killpatrick, a collection, entitled “With
position with the Kentucky Mt. Sterling civic and commu— Amazing Grace," featured
Weekly Newspaper Associa- nity leader for the past three scenes from life in rural Ken-
tion. decades, has been named pub- tucky.

Casey County News lisher of the Montgomery John Martin Arnett,
editor Maleena Streeval was Times and Central Kentucky advertising manager and staff
honored last month by the Times. photographer for the
Casey County Conservation Tony Fyffe, former Salyersville Independent, re—
District for her help in promot— news director for WSIP radio, cently resigned those duties to
ing soil conservation. has been named news and fea- accept a job in Frankfort.

Dan Carroll, an Eng— ture editor for the Paintsville Nancy Daly, Sunday
lish graduate from Xavier, Herald. news editor for the Somerset
Ohio, University, has been John S. Carroll, execu- Commonwealth Journal, has
named community editor for tive vice president and editor been named news editor of the

. the Campbell County Re- of the Lexington Herald- Pulaski daily. She replaces
corder. Recorder publisher Leader, and Irene C. Nolan, Larry Troxell who resigned in
Bryan Dear also announced managing editor of the Louis- January to spend full time in
that Shelly Whitehead Bishop ville Courier-Journal served as the ministry.
has been named marketing nominating jurors for the 1989 Susan Elmendorf, for-
and distribution manager of Pulitzer Prizes that were mer general assignment for
the Boone, Kentucky and awarded March 30. The Henderson Gleaner, has
,, Campbell County Recorder Mary Scott Ottutt, re- been named assistant press
newspapers. porter for the Morehead News 5 secretary for US. Sen. Wendell
A second former Hen- since last December, has been Ford.
. derson Gleaner photographer promoted to mana in editor, '

has wonaPulitzer Prize for ex- according to Nefrs ggeneral 6D DIRECTOR
planatory journalism. William manager Jeff Fannin. Small daily newspaper is
Snyder, news photographer Pikeville Appalachian seeking an advertising
for the Dallas Morning News News Express publisher sales management profes-
joined with two fellow Morn- LeJeune Waggoner, was fea— Sional tomotlvate and di-
ing News photographers in tured in a recent Business rect ”tall advertising de-
sharing a Pulitzer for coverage Monday section by the Lexing- partment. Salary based on
of a 1986 airplane crash in Dal— ton Herald—Leader. experlence plus. benefits.
las. Snyder, 29, began his ca- Richard Todd, former Written applications OHIY
reer at The Cleaner as a pho- sports editor of the Fulton t9 Betty. Berryman, PUb‘
tographer. Keith Williams, Daily Leader, has been named 1‘51“?” WHTChESter Sun, BOX
who workedforTheGleanerin sportswriter for the Mayfield 4300' Wlnchester, Ky.
1972, won a Pulitzer in 1976. Messenger. Todd is a 1988 40391 '

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: ‘ bardstown Holiday Inn
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First Place Second Place Third Place
The Gleaner The Advocate-Messenger The Winchester Sun
Henderson, Ky. Danville, Ky. Winchester, Ky.
Daily 11
First Place Second Place Third Place
The News-Enterprise Messenger-Inquirer Kentucky New Era
*nt Elizabethtown, Ky. Owensboro, Ky. Hopkinsville, Ky.
Congratulations to the Winners ‘
of the 1989 Advertising Contest!
Winners in General Excellence
Weekly I
First Place Second Place Third Place
GeorgetOWn Graphic The News—Herald Cadiz Record
Georgetown, Ky. Owenton, Ky. Cadiz, Ky.
Weekly IT I
First Place Second Place Third Plum
The Sentinel-News Central Ky. News-Journal Franklin F avo‘rite
Shelbyville, Ky. Campbellsville, Ky. Franklin. Ky.

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Tri-City News Robertson Record inptludes a riverboat 'aglainst z;
- se 1n sun as remin ers o
celebrates 60 year makes {t 120 for 1:20 smallfgown life on the Ohio and
l The Tri-City News in fK Prior tart-315 Spurs/£1: Kentucky rivers.
‘ _ o entuc y's counties a _
: 53:33:25; :ifiggiarcyéle at least one newspaper with a Herald'l-eader WlnS.
1 During the celebration, second class mailing permit. SPJ award for series .
g the News had on display the Alfd thus, only one county was .
3 first issue distributed -- March w1thouta home newspaper for The hexmgton Herald-
i 15’ 1929 __ ,. that is slightly yel- publishing roqujred public no- Leader. received a third place -'-
i lowed, worn and marked but tices. award in the 39th annual Excel-
: still sufficiently intact to givea That is, until the lencein]ournalism Awards for
‘ history of the era in which it Robertson Record, in itsseries ofarticles on race re.a-
was published." Kentucky's smallest county, t10n5 m Lexmgton-
‘ Publisher Jeff Wilder changed from a third class The award was Prej
‘ noted many of the changes that permit to second class. sented by the Atlanta chapter
had taken place in publishing State law requires all of the Somety of l’rofessmnal
‘ the Tri-City News __ going government agencies to pub- Journalist-s, honoring the best
from a neWSpaPer without a HSh public notices and makes lournalistic work in the South-
mechanical department to provisions that if no newspa- east.
‘ today's weekly that publishes per is published in the county, T118 . Herald-Leader
"on some of the latest equip- public notices must be pub- won for D1v1ded We Sttnd‘
L ment available." lished in a newspaper with Blacks and Whites 1n Lexmg-
general circulation in the ton," written by reporters
‘ . county. Andy Mead and Angela Duer-
: Commonwealth-Journal All public notices for sonlohnson, .
stops charging for obits Mt. Olivet and Robertson _
' 3 County are now being pub- Dally Independent
1 The Somerset Com- fished inThe Record hikes subscription rates
‘ monwealth—Iournal has an- .
3 nounced it's "listened to our News-Democrat The Ashland Daily
‘ readers"and willnotchargefor changes nameplate Independent increased Ihome J
printing obituary notices. carrier delivery and mail sub—
; In addition, the news- scription rates in April without
‘ paper announced it will in— For the first time in changing single copy stand
clude a picture of the deceased "many, many years" the Car— prices. ft
with the obituary notice. rollton News-Democrat has Publisher John Del '
When the Common- changed its nameplate. Santo said, "We continue to see
wealth-Joumal began charg- The Carroll County sharp increases in the cost of
ing for detailed information, weekly, owned by Landmark newsprint, ink and photo ma-
"Funeral homes protested. Community Newspapers Inc., terials," in explaining the in-
Subscribers comlalined. Ge- changed its nameplate from crease to Daily Independent
nealogical societies fussed_ Old English to a version of subscribers.
Historical groups com- New York type. The style was It was Ashland's first
plained." created by BolinStaley- rate increase since October,
The newspaper said it Chudada Advertising in 1987.Thatincreasecame on the
would charge if an obit is pub— Evansville, Ind. heels of a seven percent hike in
lished more than one time. The new nameplate newsprint costs.

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H a e r ret i re s afte r Mr
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Lawrence W. Hager, Jr. co—publisher of the Messenger- 3““: ‘W . t; /
Inquirer and chairman of Owensboro Publishing Co. announced 3;, / , . , j , I, 3.};
his retirement April 28 after 41 years in the newspaper business. I 3;; "
Hager, 66, also resigned his seat for District 3 representa- X.’ .
' tive on the Kentucky Press Association Board of Directors. Hager “at? x
was elected to that seat last year after another Owensboro em— / i1
ployee, Rob Schorman, left the Messenger-Inquirer. A special ’3
1 election is being conducted in District 3 to fill Hager's unexpired .. , , '
term. é,“ '
Larry Hager sold his interst in Owensboro Publishing to Larry Hager, Jr.
the company according to a joint announcement by Hager and
his brother, John, who will remain as editor and publisher of the Messenger-|nqu i rer
newspaper.
"I am stepping down at a time when a single leader is honorrehd 2y ASNES _ t
better than two. I leave knowing the Messenger-Inquirer is in f N e $SSan hoc1e y
good hands and has an outstanding future...I hope to find as :3 eswlfpgper b1 orsM as se-
much enjoyment on the outside as I have had on the inside." ectI t {3 wens oro f 6:33;:
Larry Hager announced his retirement during a meeting ger— nquilrler as one o t, e h
with the newspaper's employees. He joined the paper full time Uegt sma newspapers in t e
upon his graduation from college in 1948. He held several ' ' H d't
positions in the newsroom, rising to managing editor, and then f h ’IJ‘ames erréiat n, 1:34.11?
was named co—publisher with his father in 1966. He shared the E t e d Irganiverse 1 y, dICth-I
position with his brother, John, when John joined the paper on a “83;; agglrielnri05nifiirin;
full tlme ba51s m 1973' ASNE's convention in Wash-
. ' in ton, D.C.
C'J WInS anOther PU'Itzer g Itwasthesecondmajor
national award for the Messen—
The Louisville Courier- with non—alcoholic sparkling ger—Inqulrer m recent “7991(5-
Journal captured a Pulitzer grape juice, not the traditional
’ Prize March 30 for general champagne,
news reporting. Editor David Hawpe, _
While there was some who was in Bardstown for a . A ,
fl celebration, it was more sub- KPA Board meeting when he g '
dued than usual because of the learned of the award, re-
subject of the entry -- the May, minded reporters not to forget "
1988, church-bus crash in the families of the victims, Ufigfififilfiim
which 27 people died in a fiery, most of whom were members 1-800—22.3-1600
head-on collision with a of the First Assembly of God in .M tRfQREsENZIrNSt; lice
pickup truck on Interstate 71 Radcliff. . Ajvz‘rtisfi‘j’ébgtypmmics‘.
near Carrollton. Hawpe said the $3000 'Classified Dynamics" .
The Courier-Journal prize would be donated to an :mlt‘fgyL21VreArrtS—mg sen/”c
staff celebrated —- the ninth Pul- organization "that would have
itzer won by the Courier-Jour- an impact down in Radcliff or “a. 712 0
nal and its later sister publica- on the issues that arose out of c n E AT j v E sin A P H I c 3, IN c .
tion the Louisville Times __ this tragedy." \our cream'e advantage.

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Continued from Page 2 * started a program of regional meetings of
efforts to maintain revenue foregone full funding for state chairman, state managers and regional d1rec-

. , tors to better learn how to meet member needs;
second class, 1n-county postage users, * , , , ,

* helped eight foreign journalists understand preparedhand (ll:strlbutledfirrtlfolrmationétgall
. . . . h . . h .S. Inf _ statemanagerson owt erepea o t e otterya an
gftiéo:21;el;s$-throug briefings for t e U or affected newspapers, after NNA had helped lead the
* redesigned News Media Update beginning fight for*fle:tlalolliesltlect)if ageeldillgrs' exchange Program
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w1th the April 29 issue to make it ea51er or newspa with the USSR and conducted a pilot test;
pers to use, ,, . .
>I- recommended that newspapers sell na— contlnued to expand dlscounts for mem—
tional ads at local rate plus commission as part of a $51122: gigfgéaglfiyngogmms that can save
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5:33:230 keep natlonal ads in pnnt 1nstea O * during the first three months of 1989, NNA '
,t hosted more than 100 members of Con— president Tom Bradlee participated in seven state ‘
gress at the largest congressional reception ever for 313550313219“ conventigns, execlutive VllceB pblregldelfit
NNA'S Government Affairs Conference, which also am ““9950“ an genera counse o. r1n '
included addresses by leaders of Congress and mann part1c1pated m three reglonal meetings and
agency officials; past president Web Hawkins in one state meeting.
* expanded libel insurance program to offer - .
broader coverage in every state without raising rates; R e m e m be r ' SC h 00' B el I
* . e n u n I I
part1c1pated 1n four amicus briefs before the
supremecm entry deadline IS June 2
* offered members limited edition prints of Entries are now being accepted for the 1989
Norman Rockwell's "Hometown NEWS"; Kentucky Education Association's SChOOl Bell
* testified and submitted briefs at the Postal award- The award program is designed to recognize
Rate Commission to maintain second class mail in- excellence 1'11 reporting and analysis Of pUbliC educa-
tegrity and to preserve community newspaper sam— tion news 1n Kentucky during the 1988-89 school
pling flexibility; year. .
’* worked on the Mailers Technical Advisory Entries must be postmarked no later than
Committee to help solve in-the—field mailing prob— Friday, June 2, 1989-
lems; Entries are to be mailed to Mary Ann Blank—
_ ’* participated in the Council for Commercial enship, KEA Communications, 401 Capitol Avenue,
Freedom to guard against taxes on advertising or on Frankfort, KY-; 40691 .
changes in the expensing of advertising; IJudgln‘g W111 b? done Independently by
* coordinated efforts of state press associa- professmnals 1n ]oumallsm and commumcatrons.
tions to try to obtain armed forces recruiting advertis- _ Wlnners W111 be notified 0f JUdgeS' decrsions
ing for newspapers, especially the community press; 1n l “1}" 1989-
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