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at. it closed sess1on by UK board >
i: g ‘ By LISA CARNAHAN moving forward." said Fleiseliaker.
g g i v KPA News Bureau “The process is the important issue '
‘t y f ‘ KPAjoined The Courier-Journal with us and what we believe were
, A and Lexington Herald-Leader in fil- violations of the law at that May
V f.~ . 2‘“ 5 M ing suit against the University of meeting. The fact they‘ve changed
E "‘1” 3., “a‘ ‘ i ‘ . a Kentucky Board of Trustees and its the contract does not alleviate the
i .. W » -’ ,- _ ‘e‘emsgt’z'twwwﬁ’ chairman conceming the controver- need for the litigation."
W . “a?“ "W “LERSJ a. sial closed session to extend the con— A fax was sent to the KPA -
- - "3"“ > g ' ﬁg}- '15,? .326 tract of UK President Charles Board of Directors on June 9 con-
.» an. ’ ED " ’ I“ Wethington. cerning KPA involvement in a possi-
. i ' gwmgxﬁtﬂﬁ The board worked out a compro- ble lawsuit. The board voted 20-1 in
, W ‘w'fﬁfw’ﬁ mise June 29 to satisfy some of the favor of KPA entering into any I
-:-.. Aggﬂoé" J‘B .7,“ 'r .. complaints raised by university fac- action — as a party to any action
‘ " r» W ulty, the student body and other filed by a member newspaper or on "
we -. ' constituent groups, but that compro- its own - against the L'K Board of .
’1 Summer convention fun mise doesn't. affect the lawsuit. Trustees for apparent violations of . ‘
.. Dale Morton of the London Sentinel-Echo and wife Melody posed in C Joan IQ'SChaketrt‘ KPA (f'engrhal SR‘ZIQ'XI? and “muck” 0pm ,
6 front of the Jailers Inn Bed and Breakfast during the summer conven- C’OUI‘S‘EJa“ in a'dogniy. 0d“ 1' 9 * “ﬁg? C“ 't . r] d J . 11 I
. tion in Bardstown. It was the oldest operating jail in Kentucky in 1987 “um?" 09m? ’ 33‘ t e ,0,” .5 at‘ e awwl st .‘9 'un‘ ‘ .
-‘ when a new jail was built and it was converted to a bed and breakfast. est action didn t deter the litigation. The LK Board of Trustees held _
“I think we’re committed to See LAWSUIT, page 16 /,._..
* Headhnes, spot news package categones added to Fall Contest , .
', Categories recognizing the best headline and make suggestions for either contest. The committee considered several comments
writers and spot news packages have been The committee received suggestions for new and took action on those that could be incorpo-
added to the Kentucky Press Association Fall categories on editorial cartoons and websites rated into either contest.”
Newspaper Contest. The new categories will be along with a category to recognize headline The committee did not recommend adding ‘
added to the 1999 FNC contest and were writing. The committee considered all the sug- an editorial cartoon or website category. Don
approved at the June 17 KPA/KPS Board of gestions then took its recommendations to the White, publisher of the Anderson News and co-
Directors meeting. board. chair of the contest committee, told the board
A contest committee, formed by president “I want to make sure we continue looking at that the committee felt there would not be
Tom Caudill, examined the Fall Newspaper and ways to improve our contests,” said Caudill, enough entrants for either category.
Better Newspaper contests, after inviting mem- “and make sure that we hear from member “There are not a lot of on-stafT editorial car-
ber newspapers to comment on the two contests newspapers about what they want in a contest. See CONTEST, page 12
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newsprint report holds good news, a news What’s ahead
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TOtal tons Increase SUbStantIaIIy Kentucky Cabinet for Natural Resources to measure HWY”: ”mm . .
' but rGCYCIed tOtaI decreases use of newsprint and recycled newsprint on an annual ‘ I . g 0 . ,_
basis. The report is required by House Bill 282 from the nsu 18 i ‘ ‘
Just how strong are Kentucky newspapers? One 1994 Kentucky General Assembly. i t "
has to do little more than compare newsprint use in the On a comparison basis, the total newsprint con- mm hull l ‘ ;
past year to answer that question. sumed in 1998 for Kentucky newspapers was 88,658 I ”ml" ml"
According to information supplied by Kentucky’s 42 tons. up from 1997's 83.585892. an increase of 0Pg3zmwmblm
printing plants, newsprint consumption in 1998 rose 5,072.438 tons. Kentucky's lowest newsprint tonnage features UKstudent .
more than 5,000 tons over the previous year and year was 1996 when 81.285033 tons were used. . '
reﬂects the highest total of newsprint tons in the past In 1993, the ﬁrst calendar year reported to the cabi- ~Pg.8.AG I
six years. net, 85,816.35?) tons of newsprint were used. That total -Pg. 10: FutureofiounﬂsmatWKU
The information is compiled annually by the See NEWSPRINT, page 16 WWWbtmtechnology _
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