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i -.6 f , _ - '0' Survey shows Kentuckians prefer that .
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7,, - .14 $3- poli’ricol OdS be placed In newspapers .
' i : ,4 ‘° i 3» As the spring election season nears, an array of political advertising will pop
- - “.i up like dandelions at every turn—-every turn of the station, every turn of the page,
1 sis _ g» I“. every turn of the corner. Candidates use advertising to capture attention and,
, . ‘ . [.1 iii” _' » \ ,\\ ‘ I more importantly, votes. -
' ‘ ‘ . ‘44; ' - “i; K ' But what's the best choice for advertising? According to a recent statewide
”M 4 , , i‘ .. ' z ‘¢ poll, candidates” advertising dollars would be best spent on newspapers. .
‘ 35' ‘ Kentuckians overwhelmingly prefer to look at political advertising in the ’
»- $3., _ A \ newspaper than to watch television commercials. Of the 803 adults surveyed, 71 .
‘ g' s4 ‘ . percent agreed with the statement, "Given a choice of looking at a political ad in ,
y: ". y the newspaper or on TV, i prefer newspaper." Among respondents saying they
" \A J \ plan to vote in the upcoming May primary, 73 percent prefer newspaper »
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t. Not only do they prefer newspaper advertising, they say it is the most
4‘ ‘ trustworthy advertising medium. By a two—to-one margin, Kentuckians con-
. ’ .- WW mwniﬁmmmm. sider newspaper advertising more credible than television advertising. Radio
' 1: - db". ﬂu". ﬂIIIIId IIuIItbou Ilotol 6mm“ on- advertising was found to be even less credible, losing to newspaper by a four-to-
..3 ,r- , tucky Pm: Aoooclutlon thtu Convention. one margin.
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,M -. tucky Press Association's annual Winter Convention. m f r v Lt v g; .
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,. i enlightening photography and design seminars, and gave some photogra- It's possible but improbable that much like candidates for president
19.. « phers a chance to find out about other departments of their newspapers orW your m’\~'5PdP9r WI“ be receiving any \‘ife Prt‘ﬁidt’nl‘ , | ~ ‘7 _
‘. stations. ads for this year's lieutenant govemor However, should the situation 5*
5 ‘ ‘1.’ . There were many speakers. For example, Len lanfranco of the Oregan r6694 ("l-‘9 and “WW“? PM" r‘" “d “n b" ‘ i ’
:"3; " NewspaperPublishers' Association told usabouthow the US. Departmentof That's because there is no lieuten- half of a lieutenant governor candie , ,
’j' - . Housin and Urban Development is cracking down on newspapers that ant govemor's race as such. For the date, the reporting mechanism for ad -'
‘ violate Ste Fair Housing Actthrough their real-estate classified ads. first time in Kentucky's political his- vertising will be the same as if the ad -_
‘9‘: “you mug ﬁnd emu/hum found out, gum in Pas; 3, tory, governor and lieutenant gover- was placed by the slate for governor. " ’ "
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.. , . . , No, Len Lanfrancodoesn't always ers' Association has devised a list of I I
«i x; q , 5% think the fines given by HUD to words and phrases thatare unaccept- lg n lies
" " ‘ ".7 ‘ " ~ ‘ ’ newspapers who violate fair hous- able according to HUD, and could ,
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“ s ‘ j ,. g ‘ ‘ fair. In fact, he thinks some of them der the Fair Housing Act. A sampling th '
. 4" mu ._ are very unfair. of the words are as follows: 9 I re S
‘ , _ ' Butthat's the way the balls bounc— able—bodied
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‘ .» 9' better get with it and realize what adults only No, Jim Squires did not blast cor-
; at. ‘ theymay face,Lanfranco,executive no blmd . . porate iournalism like he did in his
x ”\- 7" director of the Oregon Newspaper board approval required recent book. ., _ ,. \
s, - ' Publishers' Association, told those couples only Q U r e 7. s >-
who attended the Kentucky Press must be employed mm? who is - =
f“ . Association Winter Convention. ethnic references attendedthe ‘ . ‘
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3 ~ ‘ fair housing,"Lanfranco said."It‘sa mature individual Convention 3 " -..
‘3 3’ . 3 1.. . philosophy, and if you learn the non-smokers {W Pt“ ted _. . 1,
t I ‘~.~ e, j ~ philosophy you don't need a word non-drinkers Squires to ‘5‘; . ' ‘
f v ( £3 _ ‘ list because you'll work within the older person hit iournal-
3‘41: 5 » ”21",» ......u law. ‘ . . phySically fit . . “m hard, x " ,
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f {.3} f . 1;: i a » _ i administered and enforced? No copy of the Fair Housmg Advertising form” editor 'm quires
”a“. K it 5 ii” i way, he said. . ‘ Manual for $17 per copy can call KPA ”f The Chicago Tribune took a side
Len unfmnco The Oregon Newspaper Publish- at (800) 264—5721. road.
I I He concentrated his luncheon '
speech on politics and the media,
J uve n I '9 C rl I I .6 records 5 h o u Id namely the recent presidential run by
Ross Perot. Squires was Perot's press
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neyGeneralChrisGormanifhethought uphold the ~ access to information?" secretary fora while. ’
juvenile court proceedings should be state Open as Even though iiivenile crime is a SqU'r"-‘_~‘a'd m9“€“’5m"d“‘ ”Sm-f"
open. Record s/ maiorissuefacingsociety,(iorman said Of what '5 important ‘0 th" PUNK '5
And there was no waver or hesita— Open Meet- ) he is mostdisturbed by theway society (‘flt’n‘ skewed. .
‘ tion in Corman's voice when he an- ings statutes ‘ is becoming intolerant of different hm’mml‘lt5dur'nﬂ”W[it’m‘t‘lm’
swered. updated m “H“ paign,thepressconcentratedonl‘erot's i
.vl thinkthe requirements for confi— 1992. - Hecited \‘oltaire, Mm “Id. Imm. perconalitv quirks, he said, ‘
dentiality have been counterproduc- " R e c - not agree With what you say, hot H] “‘9 media ”‘5‘“ “H""l‘roh‘fnd 5
five," Corman said. ords have to Chris Gorman defend to the death your right to say what th'" campaign “"“ “ll about,‘ he
"I'm saying that when school offi» be open,‘ Corman said. "OtherWise, it.‘ ’ said,and added thecampaign ““55””
Cials can't get the appropriate records we'll have a situation where govern- He added he deliberately has ducted t” “"0”“ the electoral.process.
for a school teacher to know she has a ment runs Wild ” people \\ ith \'lt’\\ s to the extreme left I" 1992/ ”“39”"th d‘d” WW“ I“
problemchildin herclassroom,that'sa His administration, he said, has and right in his office, so he can have kanWhS‘ B'HQ l'nl‘m had PW” ”WP“ .
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the problem exists." meetings opinions when questions are "There are lealots who believe be- M" ”l" m"“” "‘ ““0“ f‘“ 9‘1. “"th
Gorman, who spoke during the raised about particular situations. iauset iod isontheirside,thevcan not ”mm?! “m” 3*“th entertaining
Kentucky Press Association Winter ”Thebestdisinfectantfora corrupt only trash your beliefs but even take lhmtlbl such (‘5 ”m” 5 P“r~‘“n“|'t."
Convention, told his audience his of- goyemmentissunshineft Lormansaid. away your right toexist,"(‘.orman said. ‘lmrb‘ and ( “NWT“ lnf'dt’lltu‘N or m"
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, anti E‘aui l‘.itto.n air-in; rm lx‘epun /, ‘Above, (i-r) candidates 5 I ./
I lit. an . andidatel arrx lltltj‘v partn: / ‘ GGIEWOOd Galbraith. ;
I pated in .i torurn durine the lxl'-\ I Larry Forgy and 30b i
I \\ inter Convention l Babbage prepare for the l , i
I 1"”4 l‘resident htme lo\\er\ appointed a six memiwr‘ tomnuttc-e to dwell p the ‘ KPA f°'um.'°' guberna- _ , l
I V . . M , _ tonal candidates. To the ,
: proposaltortheseriesotpublit torums headerilu ( .iillilll .tlslhhlxi‘kiil‘\t!'\_~’\\t‘rt‘\lt'i\ I left candidate Paul - I l
' I Aubespin, ot the l.(ilil5\'ill(’(‘Ulirlt‘r‘ltitii‘lidlj ( iuv llattield oi the( iii/t'n \'eit e and limes I Patton speaks about his l I
Irvine: Russ l’owell, of the Ashland Daily independent; l )a\ id t ireer of the l"li/.ibcithtou n I piaﬁorm during the ' ' I
NeWs Enterprise: and either Karl Harrison or Bill liartleman oi the l‘aducah Sun I forum held during the s s.) I
Although the committee has yet to meet, it \\'lll consider holding at least one public KPA Winter Convention. 9 y x is} i . l _
forum in each of the six Congressional districts. The proposed format would also allow for . é? w
i the public to ask questions of the gubernatorial candidates participating. By the tiling - ‘ ’
deadline on January 31, eight candidates had filed for the Governor's race, including H: .
i Democrats Bob Babbage, (iatewood Galbraith, Stephen Maynard, Paul Patton and John f
I (Eck) Rose, and Republicans Larry Forgy, Bob Cable and Tommy Klein. ‘0‘
I ”Previous gubernatorial races have been more along the line of image races,” said KI’A >
Executive Director David T. lhompsonr ”This series of publit forums Will move the race M “M”:
away from images and get to the heart of the decision-making process A» the issues."
To the left, i-r Mark VanPatten, eneral mana er of
And Other sceneSH" _s" L the Bowling; Gieen Daily News, Dgave McBride,geditor
I 5 of the Ohio County Messenger and Louise Hatmaker.
‘ g = ‘ ot the Jackson Times and the Beattyviile Enterprise '
‘ i and a member oi the KPA Board of Directors, get ‘
together for a photo. Bottom left. (i~r) KPA Executive
w’ » 5 Director David T. Thompson has his back turned to
F“: x V i _ . .. the camera as he talks with Marty Backus, publisher ~_ M
l 7%» ‘ f i A ‘ - ~ ‘ _~ ot the Appalachian News Express of Pikevilie and a
;. rt ‘ t, ,K s _ ‘ a 3, member of the KPA Board 01 Directors, and Todd
‘ , x,’ g ‘ \ it: 3‘ Rainwater, general manager of the Pikeville paper. .
f ‘ a ‘ *” 4 .» ' Qs‘: ' Below (l-r), Celia McDonald, 3 past president of KPA,
l ' \ _.. \ Dorothy Abernathy. publisher of The Oldham Era and .~
‘ ‘ ~ ‘ l i 1995 KPA president, and Steve Bernard, advertising v A;
‘ ‘ .‘ a ’ - . - director for The Courier Journal of Louisville get ' ,s, '.
\ )éﬁ‘,“ ‘A ‘ >' together for a visit. . .
Is 45‘" f i (”v _ i ,,
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Above. Tom and Pat Gish ot the ‘ / “ i '
Whitecburg Mountain Eagle
receive the Edward. M. Templin
Award. '
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Dedicated 'l'O the people they serve
Editor's Note:0urseries ofprofiles of bought the newspaper 31 years 11 Th ' "They've al—
Kentucky Press Association-member ago. , , , ‘ W ere ey re ways been fam-
news apers continues According to the Hust s, its 7 _ il 50an and l
P notallthatdifficultdecidingwhat Located.,.. 1 / 89‘ hhpethevalwavs‘
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8 Beck L. Meadows hometown people like to read. ( X z” . .. _ .1?
K); Pres: Editor Theyliketoread abouteachother, V15 \J'A 1V Jr» s MAO-l 1‘ m” be’ She balk
_'—___._ so the paper prints a lot of ”so— 5 15g ‘2\ \ Union !
- and-sovisited so—and-so"articles. ,, J“ L I . ‘\ ‘
- ~ \ . \ , V ,
Prov1denceJouma1 Theyalso takea lotof pictures of 2 X/ g 111 \l 3 /v County
Enterprise local reSidents to run in the pa- » 4 \ Advocate
per. w“
One day an elderly man in Provi- "I think there's a need for . ‘1 ‘ ,
dence disappeared. that," Hust said. "Everything's gotten ested in," Charlie said. "Anybody can Sometimesittakestragedy tg‘PdUE“
Had he just wondered off? No, so fast-paced." put out a paper, but is it what people “9“ 5‘Paper 5 name m ‘3‘ 9r} 0 .‘ 5
probably not; he didn't have Edd Hust bought the paper after will read? That's the deal." mmdf‘ , C Ad . .
Alzheimers orany othermind-altering workinganumberofyearsforhis uncle, l 1 the an“? outngy d r‘n‘;“‘t::
_ O L ) 7 7 7
disease. who owned the Sebree Banner. . Sebree Banner/Sturgis thunk 5 .dm‘J‘dr (W‘Vlfll' ll ge Fh) .VVM
Was he the victim of foul play? "I felt I had a better future owning News e ““5"”- anac? a er, W ‘ ‘ j
Nobodyknew,butCharlieHustof my own paper than working for some— generilnarl‘aggo {hene‘YEPaPIfrer‘j
the Providence Journal-Enterprise one else," he said. . , . recenty I e inacar "as. m “mu“
went right to work. So Edd bought the Providence Betty Catlett didntgive up. Her husband was also killed in the
It's in times like this that weekly lournal-Enterprisein1969.1twas paid When .t‘m95 got tough after her “Tea“ ‘ _
news a ers around the stateoften rise for in 1974, he said. husband died and she was leftalone to Now her former office sits to the
to thegcrc’asion getting the word outto Purchasingthe paper meanthehad facethechallengeofputtingoutanews- left of the newspaper's front door, the
residentsofthe’ircommunitiesthatone put down his roots in Providence, a paper, she (“Uld have rolled ”P the “Rh“ turned ”ff Her ‘lESk 5‘“ m the
’ of their neighbors is in trouble. town in Webster County. CharlieHust carpet right there and sold her papers. same place it always did, as does her
Hustgot the word out,butsome of describes Webster Countyas "typical." ‘ty tShe. didn t. It s not in her personal- other office furniture.
the area TV stations beat the weekly Thereisn'talotofretailbusinessin ' 0 8“'9 ”P- . ' . ‘
Paper Providence. Evansville,lnd., is only57 h Fer litehhgsgandf} Reginald, ahnld It can be ClannlSh ‘
"Eve bod knew about it," Hust miles awa , and it has two sho in’ 5 e 0‘18 ll 9 ‘3 ’99 anner 5}“ « ' ' i
said "Wleyjustyhave to go into more malls. y Pp B 1962. They went to downtown Sebree at tlmes, but I thlnk J
detail. We're not going to beat any- to look‘over the newspaper office. it's the greatest
body withascoop or anything." "Shoppingmallshavekilled towns ‘lve never 5‘39“ 5“ much "35W '
like Providence," Edd said. eqmpment, and “9W5P3P9” were place on earth,
But that's where the newspaper The people Of Providence, hOW— $3;de “pl“ a corner, and Reginald
comes in. Hustcan tell residents about ever, are not like they are often por- ﬁald to me,‘ Oh Betty, this is iust what --Barbara Starkey
the elderly man's family. He has time trayed in the media, Charlie said. I "9 always wanted, She 53‘d W‘”‘ d _'.._.—_———'_'—
to talk to friends and relatives to see if "When a TV station comes down laugh. ‘ y n 1‘ 5{JPPWE‘d~ t"? be my ”ff'Fen‘m’U
the man would have left fora specific here, they always find someone with . The newspaper had 450 Circula- but I dont want it, Barbara btarkey,
reason. threeteethintheirhead whocan'tmake tion then. lt has 4,000 now. current general manager of the Walt—
As of the day this article was writ- complete sentences, and interviews The)” struggled t“ pay the” b_‘”5 Dearowned “EWSPAPE‘P 5““ I ‘hml‘
ten the man had not been found. them," he said with a laugh. and those of the newspaper the first we'll lust turn it into a sitting room for
Thejob ofreportingon theday—to- Mostof the people farm orworkin few years. LUCk'lY they had several K1195“
dayaffairsofProvidenceisin thelapof coal mines. children tf’ help out. The newspaper ha“ sprang l‘dt‘l‘ 1
Charlie Hust and his father Edd who "We know what people are inter They immediately became part of from the unfortunate event, however,
. ' ' acommunitythattook them in almost and continues to bring news to resi-
° immediately, she said. dents ot' .‘ylorganfield and Union
" The People Behlnd the l)apersq , ”Wec‘oncentrateon everythinglo- (‘ounty l
g’, l .y caland countywvide, she saiil.”\'\/e're lhe stalf vv rites a lot ol feature i
- ”' I ' . still just a country week newspaper ' stories about local residents, Starkey l
,ﬁ 5 _ . Likea lotofother weekly papers in said, Also, to help promote the paper's l
» r "z , ., V the state, Catlett runs the ”who's vis» image in the community, Starkey is a l
.. fr‘ . . “v ited whom" stories beiause she said inornber of a lot of lmal clubs and l
' . . f V ’ people like to read them She also cov~ groups’aml them'is spaporotten help i
if . 5 f a a’ ._ . ers the local sihools and county and sponsor festnals l
‘ y ‘- x . __ / if", ' ( city governments. l‘erhaps the most famous festn al
g x i, 3 [3." _. I ,, Shewon't kt-epanyone'snameoiit in Union ( ounty is the little Stiirgis ‘
f: . ' . M’" l-, ‘ ofthelocalcourtneivs. lustaskherson, Rally." Once per year, the little UH“ .
[Q '1" ’ ’ V g ' “Lil -‘- SCUM, Who got a speeding ticket once. munity isbombarded u itli bikers yes, l
2, k" s i it . , 3 She even ran his name in the court actual Harley Davidson folks
, . '2 ’ . I news. "I think of Hells Angels when l
TM M OHM Wkumd-Entﬂpﬂu Includo. (bottom l-r) Robin "We don't omit any names," she think of bikers, but they're really super }
v.09”. ”d mm (”P- H) 3057" mm“. W ”NOV. "0'9". said. "You either run all of them or nice," Starkey said
“MINE“ “0"- none of them." Although the annual festivals lead
t. .' .’ Sebree, also in Webster (iiiiinty, is to increased ad revenue for the news
A . \ o. , alsomade upofalotofcoalminers and paper, most of the paper's ad sales
' J" a g, 5 (a farmers. Vacant storefronts dot the come from Henderson and Webster
' ; i. O ”“1 . f , 3... 2'. downtownlandscape lheeionomy is counties Some sales come from llll
a 5;. g, _ " 5‘ . . ‘1 ‘l’j; a little slow, but most residents have nois. .
‘ 5‘ ‘5 ” “‘4; P '3 ' yr: .. "~‘ " kept their chins up, HM luding ('atlett, As far as Mor vanfield voes, most ‘
9“. 6- ‘ 5" ‘ ‘7' ”’32) 3“ I‘ . . k .h
’ .; ‘ (q ‘ ‘ gaff-.fX-t i, whohadaverygoodvearadvertising ofthebusinesse