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Company now Owns well. almost. newspapersi to one of the largest ‘
' And the buying spree isn't newspaper chains in America.
.3 13 papers [[7 state over. The company plans to double To date, the company owns 128
its size by the new millennium. newspapers including some 23 £
2‘ By LISA CARNAHAN Martin. a former executive publications Icounting shoppersi in
KPA News Bureau with Thomson Newspapers. has Kt‘ntut'ky. Deals on another 30
3 Ralph Martin has spent the taken Community Newspaper PUl’llCilll‘”is ll) thi‘ South.
last 17 months traveling the coun- Holdings Inc.. ICNHII from a little Si’llthP-‘t and “Kim‘s? “r“ PPHd' i
, try doing what many newspaper known company of 13 dailies and ”1%- flf‘mldmg 1” Mi‘lrt‘m- B." 1h“ ‘
People only dream of —— if it was four weeklies in 1997 Ithat was "ml "1 1h” Wu}. to mid 99' Martin
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over an or sa 9 e oug l )u 1 n ow n in) ( n uc _\ See CNHI. page 7 Ralph Martin, preSIdent. CNHI.
3 o o o '
Nominations bein g accepted Commltment to newspaper
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for 1998, 99 Vice preSIdent In List ort y 0 recognition
Nominations and letters oi~ Nominations must he M'lli to: comm/ttee to honor long-term serV/Ce
i application are being accepted until David 'I‘ 'l‘hoinpsoii. ix'eiiiiicky ll , . £ ,3 I ., ,_ ”.1 , ,. ,. _ , _ H ,
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f. hept. la tor the ollice of Vice piesi- l iess .3\.\>Ut'l:llltlll. iii] ( niisiiinei Publisher , , . J Himnm‘u 1‘ ,,,H,M.HWM
i.- dent of the Kentucky l’ress IIaIie. hranktort. Ky rititiiil. .‘ ‘ £ ‘ . . .. . ~, . 3 , .. g, ., ,. , ,
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_ iiate any individual who meets the elected \\’lll be tiitei‘viewed by the l i H ‘ifl ”I: U. it“ "ll”. 1mm 1.“ MI. mm“ “m mp mm
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/ for that position. Additionally. indi- been determined that the nominee H ”n d ”I" h” 1“" mi“ ”"1" "”N' £ ' p g
[I ; viduals interested in holding office meets bylaw requirements. Wfl"
1 in the Kentucky Press Association Following the interview . ' ' ~ . ‘ ~ ' if“; "E‘ 3“
v may submit a letter of application. process. the Nominating Committee ' " " j ' 3 '
- KPA bylaws state: "The only will recommend a candidate for vice . 3 3
g persons eligible for election to the president to the Kentucky Press _ . '
' office of Vice President are those Association and Kentucky Press 5 j 'I.‘ :1
" who are currently serving as elected Service Board of Directors. '~ _ '- 33, 3.3:. .. .
‘ directors; those who have been Following action by the board, the .3 " K/ 11:31.11; "
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. vided they have previously served approval to the full membership of “ff ". g '
. as either an elected to appointed the Kentucky Press Association SU?3§3
, director; or those persons who have during the business session of the _ , 3 ' i
1 served three consecutive years as 1999 Winter Convention in ' 5 '1‘
I an appointed director." Louisville. ' ' f _ g
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V'andcrhuot nanled lislie!‘ , .\ iiatiyt- i t l’it'iuitl‘iitt (Vanity the last ‘11 '.e.ii's .is lilil’lll‘ln i’ .1 llli
. lle i‘H't'lVHl his master .s «legrm (iross graduated troiii Mort-head newspaper
pUbllShCl‘ at AShland in business .itliiiiiiistration iii ltlbl Stile lvhi‘V'TflU llt‘ I'l'l‘litk‘t‘r 14”"? 'lim-‘lt't l't'L’iHl lH‘ 11' ‘\“‘l~‘l"l
Joe Vanderhoof has twp” lroinnslléirsll'iiii:l‘lniiiiy-Jrsity p I 1 Alaixtlilil Elihu}? iiaiitied editor awn Mitei‘t'lj-lll 19",? Iin .i l\~rtisiii;1 ‘.ilt"s
named publisher of" the Asliland , ‘ T L.‘ l ( “mm“ H l H l-‘( d d.“( H. J HS ‘ r llt\\>[l.tl)tl. ‘m‘ “I” ”Hm“ ml lurid“! ll“. till
D'iilv In(le endent subscribers and the community will the Hopewell News. .i tin-day d‘illV low 111:1 year He t'lillli'llit‘i’l iii that
t . AP» ‘ 1 _ ‘ ‘ _ _ be simple. to produce the best posw paper in Hopewell \Xi c ipacity until he wuis ii iineal pub
A [lathe (if Flatwimtlh. ,- i - - —
, . , . sible local newspaper each and lislier in 19»
Vanderhoot, 43, started his news- 0‘,er d,“ .. V} d! h f' .. l H . -~ , ‘ . ‘ f 1 y ,_ ,
Paper career in Ashland when he replace: 'JOh‘nnplgl (Earls: wlih FOUtl‘ l0 lCle SCVCI ill L.” 3013:; l will“liml’lllltlmmn“
worked in the mailroom as a . ‘ '. “ ‘ ‘ . ‘ y t‘ . ng in.s ex s .eiiiire
youngster. His wife the former retired .July .31. CNHI pupCrS 1n StillC include iniplementation oi a new
Jane Broughton, also worked at the ‘ Kt‘ith F011”. has bt‘t‘n "21!"th pap-iiiatliotntgyistclrlii and} computer
newspaper in the circulation GrOSS pr0m0t6d publisher ot‘ the (irayson Journal- pillrntpimdtrilliz ‘: 1‘11 ‘Ul‘h 111‘.I'lm‘”l)}‘l'
department. - - , - Enquirer. the ()lth‘ Hill Times. , - l, - .v [,1 *0 Hr pm ograpis
During his 16 years at The to EdIIOr at PlkCVllle (‘arlisle Mercury. (lreenup (‘ountv dt‘nl-‘t’. Tmfl‘i“ 1115(llil.”Uri‘lnvlm”
Daily Independent, Vanderhoof DaVId Gross has been promoted News and M‘m'hm‘l T‘mW (Nnfinlufiillw :2 :1.” (-mflt 11“ Slur
served stints as assistant con- to editor ofthe Appalachian NeWs- ‘ Th“ ”"W‘F’lers 5”“ PUNK” buildin , (103:1: (“a {1}“ l.“ infill.“
troller, circulation manager and Express in Pikeville. “m” owned 'by (‘ommunity tuentlvlqused by \. wilt. 1‘ “{1}“ Nu TN A .
general manager. He spent eight Gross joined the newspaper's N““’fpap“r HMdmgS- Inc 11”“. :1 )ers t,(ic.;:1g:trl(: :11“ r. ”15‘“;
years at the Ottaway newspaper in staff last June as a staff writer and 1‘ ”UFZ 5PM” th" lit-“t 50"”31 ered {)0 lunhctional I l h mm“ A
Mankato, Minn. first as controller was promoted to associate editor in years mm 8mm" Publications. as 7 An 0 en hm‘lgii w.“ held ‘I t} .
and, for the last four Years, as pub- December. gilmjml manager and marketing , .. . p. ‘ i it. ‘ ‘ d 1“
director. He has 23 years of news- ll“ “‘l‘fillfl‘p‘ r . m rttognition ”l
' I 'he I< ent k P paper experience He replaces ”1"“ 5 44 years ”l “Tl-mi
uc y reSS Ronald .I, (‘audill who retired but . . . . ’
TheKentuckyPress(I$SN-0023—0324)ispub- Districtn will continue with the company on HUdSO“ 101118 Stall l
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lished monthly by the KentuckyPress Glenn Cray, Man‘hester linte n59 ‘ UlanllIlnh ( . . l
Asaxiafion/Kentuckyl’ressService,Inc. ' k rp dt Ddlly llldependcnl
Eeynodicall-cslaispostfiageispaidangrankfm-t, District 14 “/lltel‘b nalned managing Beth llu‘ls‘m has joined ll)" ‘
.4060. u scrip onpriceis peryear. StuartSimpson , news staff of the Ashland DilllV
Postmaster: Send changeofaddress toThe ’ edltgr 'll Meade Coun l J . , d _ t . . . . . . ‘
Kentucky Press, 101 ConsumerLane, Somerset Pulaski News-Joumal c ( ty n( t ptn tn as a courts reportei . ‘
Frankfort,KY.40601,(502)223—8821. . . Jim Waters has been named ”lids“: a .“T“‘“‘?‘“’ M '
Offi d . 015me lS-A managing.y editor of The Meade Moreheadé “”0 I niversity. “.le
K €63ka Directors ~ Don White, Anderson News County Messenger. He comes to the monitor an report on LUUH‘ actiVi-
entuc y ressAssoaation . . newspaper from The Daily ty in Boyd. (ireenup. (arter.
Pr "d t DlStTlCtllS-B . Advocate in Dayton. Ohio. where Lawrence and Rowan counties and
Gleedlfield Citizen VoiceazTimes . John Nelson, Darwille AdvocateMessenger inx survpd as news editor. federal court in Ashland. .
y . - ‘ Prior to the newspaper busi» A native of BarliourVille,
PresidentElect 3:“? at Large ‘ _ . ‘ ness, \Vaters was news director of ”WW” preViously worked for th“
Tom Caudill, Lexington Herald—Leader t aron Tuminski, Winchester Sun VVBZI ”(“0 m Xenia, Ohio, ”0 has Mid dlesboro Daily . News. the
. ‘ a total of 10 years Of broadcast Barbourville Mountain Advocate.
Past President Ed Riney, 0W9“5b0m Messenger inquirer news experience. His wife. the for- th‘: ('or‘bin Tlm‘IS‘rI “bun" ””‘l
(,eneClabesFloi-ence TeresaM llin Be C'tiz mer Tracy (‘ox. is a native of WW Ml‘—'I\ m Hazard.
u 5' rea ' en Meade (‘ountv
VicePresident ‘ ‘ ' ' '
Vacant Associates Division . . ‘ DeWitte named business
Treasurer Ed Mastrean, Kentucky Educational TlnSley retlres after writer in OWCHS‘bOrO ‘
Television ‘ .
Teresa Revlett,McLeanCountyNews 44 yearb at Glasgow Dave DeWitte has been named l
District] Advertising Division William J. Tinsley retired Aug. bus'lw‘“ writer {0" 1h“ ()W‘mem“ -
WilliamMitchell,Fu]tonLeader Larry Brooks, Lexington Herald-Leader 21 after nearly 44 years at the MessengerInqutrer DeWitte. 42.
. . . . . Glasgow Daily Times. He served See PEOPLE, page 11 ;
Dim“ 2 mfigflaflvfl; Post ————__———_— l
Jed Dillingham, DawsmSpringsProgxess ’ i
1
District 3 Circulation Division ‘ Deaths l
Teresa Revlett, McLean County News Dave Eldridge, )essamme Journal ————-———-—-—————-——’—'_—"_—‘ 1‘
WC” Journalism Ed cation James W. Joseph 47. He continued to work full-time l
u - . . l
. . . . in the news )a ’r bu: nets 1. l
OiarliePortrnann,FranklmFavofite Jo—Ann Huff-Albers, Western Kentucky Former Kentucky POSt Clty edl- com letin liisfxcolle 8:1 wtrk’vhlllti l
Univmm, tor James w. Joseph died Aug. 21 weft Magrly 23,) W fr .n - ‘
Districts ofa heart attack. ‘ .’ '.' ~ )1, S 1 news- .
David GreenTheKentuckyStandard, General Counsels Joseph filed his weekly column gm?“ ‘nil‘i‘:l‘1l‘g,lf.““§“ at thv
Bardstown )onFleischakerandKimGreene on that Friday, ironically about Worsmout l '0) ln","“ the F0” ;
Dismdé . more&Shohl legendary sports writer Jim ayne (1nd.) .lournal-(yiazette and ‘
M . h h - n , the Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle
DorothyAl thy,Olll Era urray w 0 ad died earlitr that . ,
KentuckyPressAssociation week of a heart attack. A few hours (matte (Hf; came t” th" kentucky i
District7 KentuckyPressServiceStaff later. Joseph was also dead of a lostan ”(3" '
Kelley WanuckGallatinCounty News David '1'. Thompson, Executive Director heart attack. He was 67. H“ was ” “WV" newsman H"
District8-9 BonnieHoward, Controller He earned bachelor's and mas- rm)": “(‘ws‘ H" “:1“ f" (l"(l‘f:”l"‘li‘
GloriaDavis, Advertising Director ter's degree from Northern oya man, a per ‘l‘lt'llm‘gt' Sn”
KenMetz,BathCmmtyNewsOutlmk LisaCamahan,NewsBureauDirector Kentucky University and in 1996 WNW“ K“”““7k¥ Ht“ Edit”
District 1011 Rebalewis,Reseamh/Marketinngrdinator was named the university‘s Alumni Vance Trimble. ’
Marty Backus, Appala:hiari News Express Sue Cammack, Administrative Assistant of the Year He earned his degrees ’l"“"l’h 1"”‘L'hl l“) r ””l'sl”
Buffy Sams, Bookkeeping Assistant later in life because family and job “1“5“'S ”l Northern l‘“”l”"kV
District12 David Shropshire,IndianaSalesSupervisor responsibilities prevented him lvanVFSlU' ““(l TWF' 5‘1”“
lack G. Thomas, Jackson Times Rachel McCarty, Advertising Assistant from entering‘r colleut until he was See DEATHS. page 11
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