xt7rn872zb19 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7rn872zb19/data/mets.xml Kentucky Kentucky Press Association Kentucky Press Service University of Kentucky. School of Journalism 1995 Call Number: PN4700.K37 Issues not published 1935 Aug - 1937 Oct, 1937 Jul - 1937 Aug, 1939 Oct - Dec, 1940 Jan - Mar, 1951 Aug - 1956 Sep. Includes Supplementary Material:  2005/2006, Kentucky High School Journalism Association contest 2004-2005, Advertising excellence in Kentucky newspapers 2003-2005, Excellence in Kentucky newspapers newsletters  English Lexington, KY.: School of Journalism, University of Kentucky Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. The Kentucky Press Press -- Kentucky -- Periodicals The Kentucky Press, June 1995 Vol.66 No.6 text The Kentucky Press, June 1995 Vol.66 No.6 1995 2019 true xt7rn872zb19 section xt7rn872zb19 e. I ' "we—v '
3» , 7 '
PM‘ ’ sfi F (UK) SCF LEX 405 i ' .-
a x . ‘ e: ‘
. gim no; CENTRALSERMLS RECOR ' JU‘: 00‘) I ‘
MARGARET 1 KING LIBRAR 7---- M .
, , . l ~i- " at. ,v .. . '. . ' .
l l. , XNGTON KY 40506" 47.1;999; / 7,; g
. ~» " . JUNE 1995 j. I
"‘ " Volume 66--No. 6 -
I r. -‘ The official publication of
’ the Kentucky Press Service ,
f I.»
. criodicals I . ' , ,.
Dept. Rubbln Elbows /
. Docs N01 ? l s ’ * '

' Circumc To the right, Dorothy ‘f 7
Abernathy, right, ‘ f ,/—\‘
president of the 4 . ~ /

Kentucky Press . Q 9. - .‘
Association and .£ 9 f7 9. , ~
publisher of The R; ' f .1 ;_ - / . .
_ Oldham Era and the :i ‘ V s ‘* fig:
., FRANKFORT, KY. — Kentucky ronmental groups and representatives “"me Banner, "'91 4;. , "f;
' U newspapers have reached near total from the newsprint industry, was also President B'“, m ’ ’ L- '
' use of recycled newsprint, according established by House Bill 282. The 35"?" :ndiHillary ' ’ ’ V .
. . to a report given to the Kentucky Cabi- group held its first meeting May 25 in M m on ur "9 a. , _
‘ . . arch 10 reception . , .
g net for Natural Resources and EnVi- Frankfort. The task forceis expected to at the White House
ronmental Protection by Kentucky submit a report to the legislature by for the National fl '
Press Association executive director October 1 on recycled newsprint use in Newspaper Associe- . ‘
David T. Thompson. the Commonwealth. tion. Below right, . . ‘ - .
The report, required under House The state newspaper trade asso— John Del Sento, .'
, Bill 282 passed during the 1994 Ken— ciation identified 43 plants throughout publisher of the i3 .1 .- .
tucky General Assembly, was given to the Commonwealth where newspapers Ashland 08"V ‘g i * \
‘ . , Cabinet Secretary Phil Shepherd and and other newsprint users are printed Independent, and .V - ‘
. members of the Kentucky Recycled and surveyed the plants on total news a?" Delfanto ”“1 ,
., ~ Newsprint Task Force. The report cov— print consumed last year and the e same onor. ‘ '.
ers the 1994 calendar year. amount of recycled newsprint used. , “1‘; 3- . '
' The 11-member newsprint task All 43 plants submitted newsprint ; "W *1}. ' \
" .3 force consisting of state officials, envi- Continued on Page 16 ' . I ; .
' ' l s 5“
y u .. . ,  
. If you miss the Kentucky Press Association/Tennessee Press Association V ._ ’ ’3‘
.1 -‘ g ' Summer Convention this month, you'll be kicking yourself for weeks. ‘ _’ \’ l ,_:
‘ Not only will you miss great roundtable discussions about topics we know u . 1.
‘ '- ‘ will enhance the quality of your newspaper, A» » -. ~
3 -. 4 but you will miss out on mounds of fun as ‘ ‘ - r ~ We " '
.. .. ~ well. 4} ’1 we; ,
_ ' " How does Dollywood sound? And Mu- ,5 g . - 7 ‘r ‘ ,_
j. . . » sic Mansion, or Dixie Stampede? Or a relax- // é //
u ing afternoon of golfata local country club? (a, k//
‘1', - KPA‘s Summer Convention, set forJune " x. 'i , .
‘ -j 1 . 22-24,offersall that, and more. Here'sa small J, ‘ I
" .\ listing of what you will encounter: a picnic in i ’ l__.
y“? 9‘ thepark; shopping; touring;the first(and maybeonly)KPA/TPA GolfScramble; ,
, Continued on Page 16 . - . '
CommonNet moves 10 KPA head Ulefel'S " '
‘\”'v ' : 1 . V
r!‘ 5; The Kentucky Press Association Kentuckynewspapers,allofwhichare your modem todia|:502-226-4929.1he other. a: . "fl ,
7- 1‘; ~ ' has acquired all the rights and equip- now members of KPA. same information--and Although the number of newspa— :2 , ’
.Zf-f .5 ~ merit used to operate CommonNet, Newspapersalsogetfree ‘ more-willbe available on persaccessingCommonNethaspicked til -\ ‘ ~ _‘
,L.; g the centralized computer Bulletin accesstothesystem.Theonly the bulletin board system. up, not every newspaper is on the sys- If; ‘ ‘- .
flip-i Board System KPA helped start about charge they incur is the cost tern yet. '-. ‘ ~' '
5".)in a year ago. of long-distance telephone ::: Newspapers also still Those that are interested but don't 5: ' , '
g1: , .. calls to dial up the system. ’ " have the opportunity to know how to access the system, or that 1: -
'32" 5:, The move came on the heels of a chat with each other over have questions about CommonNet ." 1‘ ~
sift; KPA decision to offer the software to Toaccess CommonNetat &? the computer, or send pri- should call the KPA Central Office at , ., , . _
ago}? access the computer system free to the KPA Central Office, set vate messages to each (800) 264-5721. . ,
.r ,.. a... .
3-5.3; q. - ,
13" "reg. .
’31:“; m m 1m" Do you use anonymous What can newspapers do Paducah Sun gets access < '
‘3 m sources? to attract young readers? to Juvenile court records .
.fji} j g .
' y _‘ ~55 g i‘ y _ ..............See Page 7 .........See Pages 8-9 ............See Page 12 -
‘ “".-"." K “r: ~l~v»_.~, . . . ' ‘
V‘s .] l—V”.V,-Z‘ - . . - u ) "f." . g ' -~ . '.-‘u “- .0 fl. . ' ‘-
_‘ ‘ ' . ‘ _ . . ‘, L.. "~', '.' .r‘. ,1. ;,‘- . I , . ~ '
' -..,‘ ’ . ' ‘ ‘ r‘ i . ~._\ ‘ ‘ .x v; , : a .- ‘r A" ‘ ‘ I. i' .' e L? "f ’ a ' ‘
‘ “s" " . .‘ :_ ~ . _ Ce. ... ‘1‘ *1; g‘. , 7‘...‘ 7 HEN" ' V ' .‘ .

 - ... ., n H, “u.“ .0 ....._\......... n. ..-. ... . . .. , - w an .. .. . l
Page 2. The Kentucky Press, June 1995 V
l
Wh t' M70 d/d 0U9fld0/59?
l 2 ]
O 5 6 7 D 9 to a S .
u 12 i) u is I6 i7 U 9
is is :0 pr 22 23 2a ' .
,, ,, ,, ,, p . KenTucky popers varied on who They wonTed
' |
To wrn The roce for Governor. Here 5 who some
11 lNE of Them ThoughT would be The besT choroe. =
l
Most newspapers--and "Patton is bright, outgo— "If we fast-forward three 1
mostpeopleingeneral--found ing and articulate. He has a ymrsand picture a scenarioof E
22_24 KPA/TPA Summer few surprises in the results of deep love and understanding d Stiltt’dt’dllng Wlth IUWW than 5 .
‘ C . G 1. b the May primary elections. of the mountains and its eXPt’Clt‘d Tm’t’nl't’b ”F PM“ W s
onventlonl at 1“ “13/ Newspapers, however, tion reforms still undergoing 5
Tenn, varied on their endorsements Ax surgery “r any like difficult): I
for candidates for Govemor ”ff - bitmthW we find mm? (WW
of Kentucky--and who some ‘ ' fort when picturing Patton in f
24‘28 NexpO Newspaper Trade of the Papers favored may I the governor's chair. ‘1
Show, World Congress Center, some as a surprise to some AR; "Henderb‘m “PM” l
Some quotations from _ ““fi- i
Atlanta newspaper endorsements for ~ % "Leadership ability, vision 2
candidates, as compiled by ‘h.~ K and commitment to service 5
25-28 Newspaper Association Of the Associated Press, follow. 4.5;! it? have nothing to do with one's 5
Am I" M k tin C f ‘1‘ . ' birthplace or party affiliation ‘1
e 103 at e g 011 91" "All are qualified: all are - and Kentucky needs the lead- fl
ence, Atlanta experienced, all are sincere. ership,visionand commitment :2
Oureditorial b0ard...isa split. Eck Rose can offer!"
There is a vote for Patton, --Winchester Sun
another for Rose and a third people."
- who would love to see --Ashland Daily lndepen- 'What most impre>>t‘> us
‘ Galbraith win in a landslide." dent about Paul Patton is his will-
--Maysville Ledger lnde- ingnesstodebateideas,toread
pendent "Porgy can talk at length and 10 learn." ‘
about the challenges facing "Lexington Herald—
" "Larry Forgy represents state government. While he Leader _
the best chance the Republi- tendstosermonizeaboutprob-
can Party in Kentucky has had lems without offering specific ., .
of electing a GOP govemor in solutions, he promises to use I'm“ and “W'W Mk R95.“
AD IDEAS JUNE almost a quarter century. That the governor's office as a bully has ShUWH hh’ can lead In diff!”
I is reason enough to endorse pulpit to generate the type of CU” times. He can find that
Forgy in the Republican gu- debate that will lead to posi— narrow Path betWt’t‘n helm: H’- .
bematorial primary..." tive action." spoinsive1 to public sentiment
- - - - --Maysville Ledger lnde- --Ashland Dailv lndepen- anc panc “mi: 5” ”5
.1. BRIDES, weddings, etc. This is one of the biggest pendent dent . "The Couriepjuumdl
' months for weddings, so do yourselves and those
'. prospective brides out there a big favor and visit
some florists or some bridal outlet and clothing ‘
5 stores. They need a good bargain now! k . A , , - - _ .,
Kontuo y Dress ooOClEiUOll. liio
‘ o
g FATHER'S DAY. Help those children out there W" —' - ' ' "
thank dear ol' Dad for all the things he does for 1994 KPA Officers and Board of Directors
L them: Sporting goods stores, hardware stores and Pmi dent mm,“ Dim“ m
. clothing stores are all good sources of Father 5 Dorothy Abernathy 0mm pm“,nn Tom (‘audill l
Da iftS The Oldham Era Franklin Favortle [ltlnglon Hera/if I mile: 1
' y g ' President-Elect District 5 District [SB
, John Del-Santo DaVid Greer (iuy Hatfield
‘ ' ' I - Ashland Daily Independenl 7}, N . -E Citizen Voice & r mm
SUMMER. l’ool time. Its also time. for those hot pm pmidm. Digmgfg “"7““ sm. At-lAi-ge
- ' days to roll in, so promote some things to help ghlev2140weiy In Merv Auhespin Rus; Powell
- - e entire ySIam rd 1'}, c _j 1 Ashiuul Dmlv Irulvpmulrnr
people stay cool in the shade. Also promote those Vi“ 9mm,” Dijmffg" ”"""‘ oup Hutchcson
. . p001 Items llke crazy. Gene Clabes Kelley Warnick Princeton Tlntl’i-Il‘mlr‘l
Recorder Newspaper: Gal/min Comm- News Jerry Lyles
_ ; . . Treasurer Dial-“13.9 Benton Tribune ('niinrr
DAIRY MONTH: June is also Dairy Month, so 24am, BiakaSN F Ken Metz lilylhnlj‘;
. . ppa ac ran ewx» -t'pren B m C N . _0 I )k at uni . in:
why not plan a 518 page? Board of Directors &s.fic?'i'b';vu'"’ "'m Associates 9mm...
~ District I Many Backus Bob Adams
, William Mitchell Appalachian [WWSJQ‘anI Western Kentucky l'nncrsily ‘
. Fullon leader District '2 Advenising Division
? District 2 Louise Ilalmaker Teresa Revlcti
' .v' "‘5 Dillingham Jarkmn Timex/Beatlvwlle Enlerpnre M‘ [I‘M C"“"" N?“
' " a /, ‘J Dawson Spring: Progress District '3 News-Editorial Diiisinn
\ ‘ I‘ [fistrk't 3 Glenn On John Nelson
y
g - ' I ’ ) 1‘ ‘ Teresa Revlctt Mancherter Fluterpme Pularlu Week
\O ‘ i {1‘ ’ McLean County News 0‘5"“. 14 Circulation Division
’ ~\ \-88 ‘ \V / Slum Simpson TOM R“““’"" _
. .‘ . . . . Q Pulaski Week Appalachian News Lrprers
.- . )\ Executive Director CIW Service Director Mail/News Release Service
1 .. _ l . 9 Dmd T, Thompson Rachel Mchy Nancy Peyton
. j . . Bum Manager Bookkeeping Assist-l" Clipping Assistants
’- . . 4' :. ‘.v Bonnie Howard Buffy Johnson Linda Slemp. (‘aml Payton. llnlly
, ' w c"! Advent“ Director Advertising Assistant 5'18"!
. ‘ ‘ ‘ " h§ (“Oil 0““ Sherry Hm m Remind-y Pm: ilsstzi mm in
~ ' News I-reol Director Secretary :33: figmftgxggyg ;; gm -'
‘_ Becky L Meadows Sue Camnuclt y.- WV Sendrmn' of ...Z'... to mm
7 - a I’M-fie.“ Wufl Who-.10! Can-mimrmm.
, ‘-’ .r m Levi. Ky mlJmlln-IUII
a".
’4 AW” . l ' ’ '" ' " i‘ ”m” '“wm’m"""im‘w"Fw‘”""‘""””‘“‘“r“ '
mw'igg‘:¥’£:’:;: sni""f’"j (" . :2 1’! 1‘31“» "'g’g ‘. l . i: l 5.. I ' v i A ‘i . . - ‘ i, " V‘ ’ i f v \ l i l
. _ . . , '_ i

 f, . t
t
l
l
E l'ne Kentucky Press, June 199‘), Page 3
__,.___________.._ ______.__..__.__.-__ _._ ._,_ _--_... - ,_._,_...‘.,_._ ..__--..__,..._,-.A.M_._u_~_.. ___-.._-‘_—.___.-.._.-#__W ‘17
1 .
Our News P or YOU“ KPA N u ets ‘3”
. . o L in
‘ . . I
—.——————-———————'———-————% i
> E Hawpe named
l
(/5 an 9 V6!
5 1' UK AI Ill I I
' "':::;'_'T_.::...::_'.4-1:;_ ._ . O u n I
;i , . . . 7 7
l i I W hen btan McKinney isn t t basing am Mr i‘.l:‘”il‘.t‘\' hour". t'l inxx er w. it; - t .n mo f
E‘, ' tuilancesor fire trucksin his blatk IWJ, \lus di~pla\ atthekmntu. la}. \ttiit'irlll’fllJHlitis 1
2 tangtil,he'susuallypreparingitfora show torthat shoe. i‘rt‘t.|tist'iii'\\.‘.-- :nthnhospi 1 a O a me
7? McKinney is news editor at the ( entral tal battling kidnm stones and blood t lots ;
5 Kentucky News Journal in (.antpbellsx'ille. i\\'ti other \lustangs also make their /'
:- He's also a self-confessed Mustang nut. home with Mt Kinney. t tne is a Who Mos ' ’ p . ' H
;- His1994 Mustang is driven each day on tang convertible, candyaipple red With a l LOUISVIHe VOUllel Journal edliOl
; the job. ltalso was atthe 30th Anniversaryof white top. McKinney also owns a sili'er- Ofle of 20 new lnducTeeS a
i' the Mustang Car Show sponsored by the blue 1966 Mustang fastback which is un- \ “
. . . . . , . \
l Mustang Club of America in Charlotte, NC. dergoing an extensive restoration. . . \ \t
( _ . . . \ . .. . ,_ . . . likexille natue lta'tid » Haupe, editor ot the i.t‘lll‘s\lllt' /
7, in Aprilof1994.ltwonafirstplaceatthes‘how The den of McKinney s home is filled . , , . , I
. _ . . . (ourier-lournal and a past president ot the i‘st‘lltthh\ lress
l which attracted almost 3,000 Mustangs in— With Mustang memorabilia of all kinds ,_ W . . y ,
i . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . :\\\Utlrliltlfi,l‘t‘ttlnlé'tlllt’lligill‘lt‘h membersottheLni‘tersit‘.‘of .
.. cluding PreSIdent Bill Clintons 1967 coupe. including Jim Beam decanters, die cast K , . , f -
.1 , ‘ . . . ‘ entuckx AltimniAssotiationsllallo. Distinguished Ailumniin
I, 'I'l'iecaralsocampetedattheCarlCaspers models, dealer promos and posters of all A ml -
4 Custom International Car Show in February. types. He also has an original pedal car ‘ i ' . .. , . .
It took home a first lace in that ‘hOW issued in 1965 Han pe, \\ ho recen ed a [rat helorof Arts degree from L K in
P 1’ ' ’ 1W6, started his career \Vlth 'lhe Associated Press then ixorked
. . , . ' ,~.~.- . . . ' . for the St l’etersburg limes and came back to Kentiic ky in 1969
.M ,.. - .v ' — h, an... I 7' ‘ 'fi ,f‘? 5 w to work in The C ourier~loi.irnal's Hazard Bureau
‘ “1 " 7;; ' 2M , '3 I- «In ‘ w W” He has been editor of lhe (' ourier--lournal \lntt’ 1%,"
" V l ‘ ”’: .3 J. ; ,3,” " " f S“ The induction of the new members brought the number of
‘ ~ -' . l g inductees into the hall to 231, of the 160,000 alumni of the
m . "‘ J l unix'ersity.
~ ”'4‘?“ a ‘ . Vw” . Every the years distinguished alumni are chosen by a com—
' o . w- . ' . ‘ - . . ' I
...‘ .. - I mittee consisting ot members of the National Alumni As‘t‘fld‘ / "
C ”’3' ””7"” tion Board of Directors and other alumni, attording to Bob .
~ 5 “, ...- I .. __ Whitaker, director of LK alumni affairs. (‘riteria intlude an
. . . ’ 5“” earned degree from L K at least 10 years before tonsideration. ‘
,. . ‘ 3 ”All of the inductees have been recognized by their peers as
.- fl .. " _ ' ““9 ha\ ing reached and remained at the pinnatle of their tields,
- 29; \x'hith include t‘tilltaliltlll. business, goiernment, stiente and
‘ y H athletit s,” \Vhitaker said
. ' "1,"; Ric hard Heariofi oiiis\ille,\x htHhtlllt‘tiiht‘dudrki‘cHllll‘nli‘
v - fl ’_ . , , tee,saidaconin‘iont harai teristit ottheindutteesisthestatexxide
am" N .-. . , . .- « 'i and national retognition lliei. nan e reten ed for their .11 tum e
‘ °+ ,5 ~ ,7 ments
.1 - ‘ ~ , ~ , .
, - / S ~ 2 Mary Schurz nominated
5 x Q . I ‘ ' ”7 5
/ "’ 7;? ‘ 8'2»... V m. 4;;
, , . . » m for term on SN PA Board
4:4. 5 '5 .1 51..” ”I‘d/“'5.” 5”,“ 2".” 9,... . ' I " £5? w) Ix’gfyw‘“ ' " , .
i ' _ "1.; . few 3‘??qu ' m fl, ._; 3.3%!“ L ' ,v A Kentucky newspaper publishershasbeen nominated for a
3 ~ ' 4‘31} » . ' ”1.433%; 7"»- W . . three—year term on the lloard of Directors of the Southern News
San McKinney won a first place for his 1994 Mustang GT from the Mustang Club of America. Paper Publishers Assm'mtien, and another Kentuc ky publisher is
finishing such a term
, Mary Schurz, ublisher of the Dam ille Adiocate-Txlessen- ,
. P _ . -
I ger. has been nominated for the SNI‘A Board, while lohn 5
Hager, president and publisher of the Uwensboro Messenger»
lnqtiirer, will complete a three~year term and leave the board in
S€ptember .
‘mc 90” Spec 9,5 lhe nominations \H” be placed before the Monday general
assemny of the SNPA annual convention, to be held Sept. 17-20
Tom and Pat Cis‘h, owners and publishers pages and theeditorial pages belong to us, and "t1h““'““dm“”r”‘( ”1“"“1” Springs, ( “I”
. of the Whitesburg Mountain Eagle in Eastern the rest belongs to the community," fom ( lish ,.
Kentucky, will be the featured speakers at the said . I
1995 Montana NewtsPdPOr Association (‘ori- lhe Faille’s conimiinitV Pages are filled Kelley warnICk to a aln .. *
vention in Billings, Mont, on June 17. \Vlih items such as xx his in the hospital this
In their talk, "is Small Still Beautiful "' the week and other soc ial e\ ents KPA B '7: .
Cashes Will outline how they took a small, "When one of the ltHJI tolumnists takes serve on our 5... '
struggling weekly in an Eastern Kentut kt tom atter the It n al t ornmissit iner be. ause the roads .
“1-»..v. . \ .\ ll*,.'st. -. . . . .
munity ‘ 8 H ”N ‘l‘u md "m’anm‘d. 't into m pot 1” ”1 [h H n men it“ ‘ “H thin lsel|e\ Haunt k, editor of the t..illatin ( otintx News u“ 1
oneof the most respected and dynamic neus am editorial l \ oiild \xrite \\ . , . . . «
. - .irsa\\ has been elected to a term on the lsentuck\ lres
papers in the Southern Appalac hian region lhe i .iles neix spaper st\ le has .esiilted AWN] ”hm PM ird M Directors tor “hm t" Hi‘l‘rn1\\lll w ‘ '_
and humid in numerous auards int hiding state, regional imu ”W I‘M; I ‘ i Q “n 1,,
lhe (ashes are conVinc ed that \x hat thex and national honors ‘ \ . ’ _ . f
. . . . ‘a. . ‘ \arnit k has been ('|('\ ted to this board position before. a ..
h«l\t‘d(u\mpll\ht‘ti\\lththt‘.\10llnitl|l\i agleis ' lnl ', ~ lornt uls'lli‘it‘l\t‘tili\t‘|tlhni eter .
/ \xas his tather the late ( harles \Narnit k kellex \Mimick de
thereforotherneuspaperstoemiilatoanortl zentjer \ixard loi i1lJlele~iMHi support ot . \ ,
‘ teated \ndreut ppman of the lsentin ki lntiiiirer in the spet Iai
ing to the Montana lress .‘\s\(\tl.litiin ( onti tieedorn ot the pre~s and the people . right to l . .
e ettion llie \atanu tame about when id \shtratt «it iht
dential Bulletin Lnoe~ tioni thel lll\ er sit\ ot -\i'i/ona l lepar't thxenton \eu Her ‘1 l n \l m 1
. \ l t ‘ ' ‘
“We always told oiirsehes that the front ( ontinued on Page 16 ‘1‘ ‘
! ' i. 5
I - I c .«.\N ff

 l
1
$
Page 4, The Kentucky Press. June 1995 . l
P p h 1 df f H E
Cl GI'S 5 CW I’Cl | IONS O GXCG ence ‘
l
Editor'sNote:0urseriesofprofilesof offer was made, both
KPA-membernewspapers continues. agreed toselltotheKen— Where They're LocatEd...
—-———————————-— tucky New Era in
ByBeckyL.Mead0ws Hopkinsville.
KPA News Bureau Director Hutcheson stayed on as
—— publisher of the new
Princeton Times Leader twice-weekly Times 3'9
Leader. .
It takes a lot to make Chip , ”We ve’added a ‘0' . 1 ‘7. . _
Hutcheson back down. Anyone who 5"?“ then, HPtCheson ,_ ”-7- .,u.‘ ».~
knows the publisher of the Princeton ”'d with a 5m”?- .. 1 5 3 ' : ~ t
Times Leader would agree to that. Both weeklies "59d _ ‘ I
Take, for instance, a Caldwell to Pl’bl'Sh 0" Wednes- ,. 1
County rape trial involving a seven- days. NOW! the Times ' . . '; ,
year-old girl. Hutcheson covered the Leader PUM'SheS , ~ . A: _. .. 3 i
trial and didn'thesitateabitin writing WaneSdays and Satur— " _ 4 ' _ ‘.~
the story. days. ‘ ~ I i
That included ve ra hic testi- » .1 -
mony and a drawing bl; ghergirl about Even though the
the man charged with the crime. newspaper {5 a mun" when he became editorof the newspa-
Because the defendant was ableto weekly, it still concentrates on many per. The paper went from six after-
prove to the jury the testimony and types of stories smaller weeklies do. Paducah Sun noons a week to seven mornings ,. for
drawing were incorrect, he was found For example,high SChOOI sportsare b'g logical reasons. First, l’axton was hav—
innocent. And Times Leader readers "9W5 'n the county, 50 the newspaper Sometimes when youthinkoflarge ing to go in at 5:30 to meet the morning
didn't miss a detail. runs a '0‘ 0f sports “€W5- 1" fact, the daily newspapers, it’s hard to imagine printing deadline. Second, radio and
Hutcheson, a state-at-large mem- newspaper expanded “5.5P0rt5 COVPY- the faces behind them because somany television stations could get the paper
ber of the KPA/KPS Board of Direc— age to include all teams In the basket- people make up the product after it came out and air the stories
tors,onceowned thePrinceton Leader. balldistrict,which has lead to increased Butwhen youthinkofthe Paducah before local residents received the
When he and the publisher of a com— subscriptions and newsstand Isales— Sun, the Paxtons‘ immediately come to Paducah Sun in the afternoon.
peting weekly, the Caldwell County and (”‘9th valuableeconomicpomt. mind.They’reoneofavanishingbreed. “l convinced management that if
. Times, realized the newspapers only _—_—‘——‘———‘—————-———— that Ci)ntinluedhsomebody WT go;ng
re eated each other, and a urchase - . to eat our unc axton saic witi a
P P 'I convmced management that if that smile. ”Now, when we're hm, hm.
. . body knows we’re first."
L NTY continued, somebody was gomg to eat Besides that, the newspaper i. m
' _ the brink of a technological explosion
Won 13000 our lunch. Now, when we re first, tThe Pgducah Sfiun '31 quictkly moving
. owar pagina _ng een ire newspa-
Namath-..” everybody knows we're first” 3:53:32L:**.:ii:‘.:’2i;;:i.::€::‘£3.12:
"Jim Paxton pages. It’s also foolproofin that itauto—
MI matically changes jumplines if stories
, SOB! ........$106,435,000 ”It has led people to Princeton to The Paxton family still owns the :ngeldmped to other pages and later
shop," Hutcheson said. ”One adver- Sun, a 30,000-circulation dail news- . . -
' w tiser told “5 he had someone from OUt‘ paper on the far western edgeyof Ken- the 12:33:? 33': (1:273, ‘22:}; )yvt?
W $29 156 Side Princeton come in his store and tucky. In fact, the family is in its fourth d . 'n t' m fl" th ) ‘m ller wineek-
........ ’ buy a prom dress, and they had 599“ generation of ownership and is sec- yyar mg a K ( t 5 a
- ~ - ’ ies owned by the company. it takes
h‘S ad m our newspaper. That makes 0nd onlyto the Owensboro Messenger . l' l - ,* t
' you feel 800d." lnquirer for the largest familv owned Fiery Ill ‘ei eqUIpment to pagina 9'
W O‘m the Paperm much newspaper in .h. ’ “ii” *1‘.‘ t u . - .. . f . y ,
local news as possible,and Hutcheson Jim Paxton iseditorofthe newspa- l , S, f. m 1; ,mttfes- 0 “n ”ll“
writes a column for each edition of the per. He was called into service by the k 1‘ er“ “MIPS“ r; M t “m new will
Population ..........63.700 newspaper. family when h” first-cousin, ’Jack ‘yVh'Ch “fa”, Pa” “ )publishing " ”r14 *
. . l‘axtoh, was killed in a plane crash. group 0 m uspape m
. N0. HOUSOhOldS 26,100 | ill f?“ 'It, :35 l‘fé'iptil'ldnl l” have a "Everyone looked to the Courier»
oca vmce, 953' - ournal and wanted to do licate it,” -
.. M" And,.to give peoplea voicein their l’axton said. “Now it’s Iomlpfirst, state GreenVille Leader NEWS
. m 3688 725 om community,the newspaperrunsa fUll‘ second, national third. he had to fight , ‘ _ . _ i
........ a i page op-ed page on Wednesdays. a bitofa hard battle h, get all local (”PV lhetweenvdle leader News is full .
" People send in columns about what’s on the front" ' of surprises.
‘ W going on in thecommunity. Hutcheson Ofcourse, there a re exceptions. The First, it '5 "m located in (ireenville. l
~ W....m.s35,m said he_l'm't5 the k’P‘CS on the op-ed Challenger explosion. The Oklahoma It '5 in Central _( ”Y« lmt a few m'l‘“
_ pagetmssues thataffectpeoplearound City bombing. outside (ireenyille. -
Princeton. But the exceptions are rare. When Second, it is the largest weekly in
. ~W The paper also runs two pages of most issues of the l’aducah Sun hit the western Kentucky, according to ‘
comics in eachissue, which Hutcheson newsstands, they are filled with local (‘arolyn Hillard, a co‘manager of the
m said is unique for the size of the Times news. ' newspaper.
,. Leader. The paper also runs the Mini- That'simportantbecause TheCou» Third, there Is no editor per se for
W..num.31m Page,asyndicated page foryoungread» rier-lournal is not really The l‘aducah lh“ newspaper. lnstead lh" Pl'bl‘t'l
‘ 975- . . . Sun's main competition, Paxton said. “‘m ‘“ “up"r""“d by ”"9" co~manag
“ m. W ‘1 m l" addition to overseeing the Pm' The greatest threat to the newspaper Is ers Wh” all W‘M‘ together 'n the MM
3‘. ' ' ductionoftheTimesLeader, HUtChQS‘m at the hands of small, weeklv, (ommu- ""““"‘t" ”f the ”OW‘P“ PW»
Q. also supeerses a l0b printing business nity nGWSPdPt'rs who give residents lh" m'm'mvmpnl “VI“ ma)" h" ‘1”
7 4, MI housed in theback of theTimes Leader news they can’t find anywhere “I“. fen-m, but It works
“I: ‘- “mu“,flm‘lg,” offices. The job printing business has unless it’s m the l‘adutah gun ”lhe paper has a reputation for
.’ bloomed over the past few years, "an we “mt ”n “““P'nt! the being wry lair," Hillard said mlh .l
.21.? an": Hutcheson said. _ small weeklies," l‘axton said With a "ml"
,r ”Itlookslike this year we'lldouble 5mm, llw rest ot the story about lllt‘ .
. 7' W'm'mm’ns our business over last year," he said He (hanged a t0“. cht.r things ( (mtinucd on Page §
‘ . l
:1.‘,'> 1-....‘....,......- _ . .q . . . . ,. ,.~“\ ,.. I .“‘ , I
- m ,' , . ‘ .

 g - i.
l
' l
, l . . _ The Kentucky Press, June 1.995, Page 5
E Newspapers continue traditions of excellence
I M
l Continued from Page 4 .
i GreenvilleLeaderNewsisalmosttypi- The People Bthnd the Papers...
cal of most weekly newspapers in the
state. For example, community news is
big.The paper runsalotofcommunity .
and social news, because that’s what
Muhlenberg County residents like to
read. - ,
”We usually have people lined up I ‘ Q‘s
waiting for the paper to come out,” ' 3i;
Hillard said with a laugh. 3’: _ _ .
And covering a lot of social news m- I I .u
31 does not make the newspaper inferior 3 _ 33.3 W 33 3 1 r§§
3 to large daily newspapers, said Legon I 3 1', ”figs? , ’ 3, 3 _ 3 . 5-3 A” 3.. 3 .3333 /
. McDonald, also a co-publisher of the it" " ‘ F571 i la. a, ,3 v k _' . " 3 .. 'xi 3...
3. newspaper. 3 33 ' ‘ 3 333.35 . ' 33 4; ‘3 33 ' ‘1'7 '" '- - 3‘ 3 .3 ’ ,1 as -. ‘
3‘. 3' ”I think we’re in a posmon to ex- . 3 s 3 .. . 3: “ 3-3 ’ 31:33 _3 ' . ,.
g ‘ pand on information because we have 3 " $3 . ' ‘ 3. . ' 3i? 3 \ \3
r, 3 the time to dig around," he said. i ' ’fiéF g 7 Us F _f ' \\7“
31 ‘ And dig around they do, but 3 "is s 3 , 3, a
mostly inside Muhlenberg County. 33 3 33:73: .3? Ms ' > 3" 3 3 3 3'— l{ 3; 3 .1 3
Lar dail n ws a ers have th r - ' », - ”25‘ t.‘ . - L. ‘ ‘i 3 1' ’3» i‘ I
as ye PP 839 3 3,. s s 3.. -. . . /
sources to cover news events for big , f. .3 . .f M " ' g 3-..; \ ' ' "“
areas, so the Creenvtlle Leader News ,1 - g . » «:5 i my: t 3 ,, a . . _ l
staff members concentrate theirefforts ‘,’%" ' . 3“ ' M} ,F w33_,3::"* 2.3.; 3 7"
on covering news daily newspapers 3 ‘13:“ 2”» 3 "$3. 3%.“; '
cannot provide. WI; 3 "3‘3”" ' ' I ' ‘ . .3
”it has to be something extremely v, 5‘ j ‘ f» ' .
significant for us to go out of the ’ 3 §*#,+§q 3 ' 3 ‘
county," Hillard said. «1'5“3 15%;? , . 3 3 § 3
Thecommunity hasalargeelderly . ' k ' 3 ' :1
£3133me::$(Ll:3’::3),,f:‘::ubr3:fixct::293(3):]: Some of the staff members of The Leader-News in Greenville include Melissa Travis, Luba Garrett, Carolyn 3 ,
, ‘ Hillard, Wayne Thompson, Angela Wilson, DaVId Landrum, Dana Lear, Ronnie Stewart, Stephanie Barnett. /
P9“ 3 Norman Byers, Billy Hinton, Penny Greene and Legon McDonald. I
The newspaper, unlike many other i'
weeklies, does not have a regular edi- ‘ :3”: " :3 ” w g; i -"_‘,_W ...‘~"-;3-’5;3'.3,’ #315“ mm .
torial page. "We are in a small rural i 33 . F 25:1» f ‘ ,i *1: , ' 3» ‘ I '7" .3333 “‘7“ ’ .1: l
area,so wedon't have much toeditori— "‘3. s « '~_ , ,3 f . ‘ ' 3’ if . 3 ‘ ._ 3 , ‘3 t.» ”’3’ ’ :3‘ ,
alize about,” Hillard said. Sometimes .. - t . ‘53! a? .g; ”72 ' 3‘“ 3:32: i ‘ ‘3 29.! )5 ;‘ ‘ {$.31 ‘,
_ . . st .» 5.. "i _ 'e . -- ma; .
the newspaper runs a clearly labeled . k 1.3,: “‘3! 45%;;33. a 3.. “‘73:“? ) ;_ a ~ g 3
o inion Niece on the front m ie, she ._ ' . ‘ ’ r ’ A” 27? ' F s:: :
The paper is‘ also very feature ori— 3 3 3 3 éx' "3 _ 3 3, . I _ 3 _. 7 4'“ 'M
ented, but not the fluffy type of tea- 3; fl “" ‘/ ,3 ‘ ~. ‘ , , i ' ‘ V l ,9 .". I 3"? ,
3 tures. 3 . a 1:33; 3 . . 3,33 s, 3 b, :6 3
”We do informational, entertarm ’ *, . _ r f ' 35;"; "a
ing, newsworthy features," Hillard 3 .. - ‘ 3"!*~" 2‘ I ,"'i" :- i
said. 3 . _s" 3'3 {‘43, _ 33 3 3,33. 3’31 3 .’ .1
fiery once In a while, Hillard tries 3; ‘3 J P 3.33 3 335 . .31.”..‘L'H' ‘ ,.
to slip things in the paper about how ‘ 4 ' 2 ~ 3 " I i ' iffi‘ @9132 -
the paper works, often necessary to 3 ‘ ' 33 Z ' , .3 3533 "‘ ‘3 it!
give local residents a clue about why ‘* ‘ .- ' . I :31!th 33 -
the newspaper does things it does ' f 21,333 (3:3: F - ‘
She explained about a time some» I g ' 3 , 3 55“.”: {2:3 3 E . 33 g 1
one came into the newspaper office "‘ . a a ‘3: b ' “of”. Is") ' > g 3
and wanted to know why something . 3 _ . 5 5 * ‘ »
they had submitted had not been in J ' ’ l “I . ‘- / _
that particular issue. Hillard told the
person there wasn't room in the pdpvr The staff of the Princeton Times Leader includes, front: Willie McGregor, / /.r—\
that week, so the person asked why Chip Hutcheson, Sidney Dorroh, Cindy Hutcheson, Ellen Fortner, Stalanie 3/
i didn't they “M add more ridges m the Gray and Mary Cepek; Back: Joey Randolph, Ralph Sharp, Todd Griffin, Rich \3 / ,/
paper. Nichols, Larry Roberts. Anita Baker and Susan Campbell. Not pictured are 3/..5—5
. ”paw“, don't tend to think of Bill Hobby, Vickie Hughes and Todd Elam.
newspapers as a business," she said __
, with a laugh.
m____._w // .;
, ,
HAVE WE MISSED YOU? " f \e \
. %
The Kentucky Press Wlll finish profiling newspapers across the
state in its August issue. If your paper has not been profiled
yet, please call Becky L. Meadows at (800) 264-5721. We r __Jm—'
want to make sure everyone gets a chance in the spotlight! {Jar
E33533 i . J
l
i -
l - . {h >-

 Page 6, The Kentucky Press, June 1995 l
1.»; ~—————— i
17"; ' I
531"“ Th B k St ‘ I
e uc ops ere ews -
kg .
‘5
J A
Paper wm The creed of the
I 5“.
award for / -_~ .
- \ a / SCI es erson
specm/ ' /
. _//\\ By Taylor Hayes my t‘tistomers. I will listen to my cu»
sec [on :4 _—7 Advertising Manager, tomersi
( Kentucky New Era Above till, I believe in thyself and I I
—— shallcontinuein my effortstobrii‘igthe
The Grant County News has /\ \ l loye sales I thriye on sellinganil pride and rt’spt’ti my profession th" I
been chosen to receive a national \\ lam proud to be called a salesperson [ serves. l have a strong self—image and l I
media award through the 1995 am aware that there are comets and am motivated neither by fear nor re
”Buckle Up America!" Award pro- __________ meieiirsm our profession whoby their ward, but by attitude. I know my iiilii
gram sponsored by the American , actions misguide (ma 59]] for the short tiide is a reflection of those things I
Coalition for Traffic Safety. NO prospect eVer term. I vow never to be among their believe in and those things I wish to
The newspaper was chosen ' ' (lympany' l am slrly'iny; it) be d SlAR accomplish.
from entries from 33 States. tells me, NO. one who can be called upon to point lcarry Within myself purpose, re-
Theawardwasgiven foraspe- the right direttion, especially when solve and selfmonfidence. Noone will ‘
cialsectionthatwaspublisheddur- What I understand things seem to be the darkest. That is ever take these qualities from me be ‘
IngChlld PassengerSafetyAware- . yy'hen l “'1“ \l’ill‘lk’ n1y'bflghl95L t'dUM’ l >ll’l\'t’ l-lrfil l0 ht’lp others. NU
ness Week. Publisher Ken Stone them to say 13, l bent-w in n1y tompany (ma ii“. prospect ey'er tells me, “No.” W hat I .
approached the Northern Ken- products it offersdl will always try to understand them to say is, “No, thank I
tuckyRuralOfficeforTrafficSafety 'NO thank you_ better understand how they can ben- you. Not at this time. l’leasecall on me i
forhelp gatheringtheinformation. I eflt my customers. I \y'ill dlyy'ay's (ifft‘l’ again." I know that persistence and
Thepapersold ads tocover the Not at this time suggestionsand ideasonhow my ((in‘l- patience are the prerequisites to every .
COSt 0f the inserts. . pany' (a