,. - - » _ Volume 73, Number 1 a“??? I V .::5,7§7§:::7' ”‘5 3113;" , m ' ‘ s ‘ ' '1 ‘ Kenkay Press Association ' I as ge : 1/,’ fit 3/ If? W I K 101 Consumer Lane PAID " ' » "t s} ~ 43? f : I ( , ; 9,, gift? I , I g _ 12,, ._ I I , F (UK) LEX 405 1 V T ’\ its ‘ *I i CENTRAL SER'ALS RECORDS ”: n ' a g :1ng RSITY OF KY LIBRARIES ‘ x: 7 January 2006 - Published by Kentucky Press Association/Kentucky Press Service 1? z" 3 W {1/}?! , I i P l B I i . I: . .331: . New general manager z; . , ; :; .. I , . gag ft: - - . wig f 4 named for newspapers J ; I. ' '3 #5 ;..;: '. I After 19 years as CEO 0 f The . . I g . . V , f; f 5%. I . g , _II;:'II .II ; . 7h. . , Community Press newspapers, ‘ as; , .,I-: ‘5' 5 r x. " a; ”m - j I I, .. Tom Noonan has " retired. The is: . I ‘ ..; I W“; i ‘ I" i ' , , in f ’ I Community Press 152 the Parent E; ' a ”f ‘ H J .' 3 ~ ' . . ' " 2 company 27 newspapers in greater W3? . . . 1% r, ._ ' j ,. We worked, hard7 together and. ' ' .. “r r .. I -. t 2 ' 7 I ' ‘ . I. Ivery- healthy .rv’a‘nd viable opera- i ” . I II 1: ' .13 “ g ;;Igjgjg“ I' I f . ' . ' ' —tion,” Noonan said in a message to ' i ' I " ‘ TI :2,“ V “A; a .gAI 7 employees. 5 I ' i “*2 ., iv 1 we“. 1‘ f ' William Cusack has taken over ' " ’ ' ' ' ,, " the leadership role as general man- . PHOTO BY JOHN WHITLOCK/KPA NEWS BUREAU '; ager. k h b d' f Kentucky Speaker of the House Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, speaks with the media following the Open . , Gus,“ as een irector 0 ing of the 2006 session of the Kentucky General Assembly Jan. 3. 1 - . operations of the Community Press 1 . since 2002. Prior to that he served 4 g . ' , as pubhsher o; the comm, Kentucky General Assembly opens 2006 sessmn .. ' Recorder newspapers in northern , I ' -- . , Kentucky.I . What can we expect from this . From our KEEP, and some of their positions 5 y 1 I He joined the company in year’s General Assembly? probably make a lot of sense to a ', > , ' IMarch 2000’ coming from Thomson Turn your head toward the news deg k ... . . lot of voters including the notion ;. g SOUthWESt Ohm, where he served heavens and ye may find your —--— ' that the commonwealth is losing I .a« ‘ in a number 0f roles including answer. . millions of dollars to Indiana casi— E ,. .. regional sales manager of the The knowledge you seek may By IohnI Whitlock I I nos. I I .. Journal-News Group, publisher 0f come in the form of a billboard. KPA was Bureau g; 3.1 I’m not here to make an argu- _ , . ’ the Oxford Press and general man- A casino advocacy group, Dm’d‘” 'J‘ ment for or against more gaming in ; ' . ager 0f I‘ . Thomson Kentucky Equine Education referendum to amend the state con— the state but as the General , I Onlme/ Electronic Publlshmg. Project, is making a major push stitution to all for full casino gam- Assembly gets rolling, newspapers 'TI 7 " - ”The Community Press and The through billboards and newspapers ing for those holding licenses to across the state should brace for :I V » Community Recorder are owned to allow expanding gaming in the operate racetracks in Kentucky.” the two-sided blitz to come. _ ' by Gannett CO- Inc, the country’s commonwealth. Kentucky Senate bill 4 which Some of the more conservative f 1 largest newspaper group in terms The aim of its membership, in was prefiled by David E. Boswell regions of the state that don’t see a - , _ . 0f. Circulation. . it’s own words, is ”in the interest of Owensboro, proposes the state lot of revenue from the horse 3 ~ " . - ' ["11 am particularly happy that of preserving Kentucky’s equine Constitution be amended to allow industry and charitable-gaming I" IYVE are able to promote from Wlth' heritage and strengthening the casino gambling at Kentucky operators will line up for a fight 3 , g - In; said Margaret Buchanan, presr- economy, the Kentucky Equine horse-racing tracks. with casino supporters. . I , . :r I '3 i SeerNEWS 911 Page 12 Educatlon Pro]ect supports a voter There is a lot of power behind . See SESSION on Page 3 1