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* em hasize what on offer - excellence ““5 Pres'dent
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. M .,_. ,3 :3 \ Newspaper Contest. Well, more com- nomlnatlons ;
f on second 3:343; ,_ bined them that did away with them. . . , _ 5
. 3);: . a EXCELLENCE And we brought in design categories . Norrunations and letters Qf applica i
1 Th ’1 . _ ”.3... .» . . . tions are being accepted until Friday, ;
oug t 3.. . s ; ~ . .. such as best front page, best editorial . . . 3
_ 3333 ,2 . . b t t Sept. 27 for the office of Vice pres1dent ;
33% "'3!” page, 8.5 sp or S page. of the Kentucky Press Association for i
. B David TJ'hompson m ' , It s still a contest, as such, but 2003 ;
: KlgA Executive Director KENWCKY we’re focusing more on the excellence Arty KP A member may nominate i
that each of_yoiu antrlfigieéo 3116 any individual who meets the criteria
NEWSPAPERS SEEK; 3:33:53 all; 2103333 setforthintheKPAbylawsforthat
E First things first. Monday, . . . . . . position. Additionally, individuals i
7 September 26, 1983 to September 26, mwmum momma ' Simian Wlliibfe Ziudgedjfine 1a g:msfitr t interested in holding office in the I
;_ 2002. Nineteen years. Thanx to each 2°“ e 0 (193:? d ]u dges Wh se egla S ’ . Kentucky Press Association may sub- 5
1:. of you for ma king the past 19 years N h d b :8 con ’ an any onora e men— mit a letter of application. 3
‘3‘, such an enjoyable career experience. eWSPaPPI' Contest a een a part ions. h KPA bylaws state: “The only per- g
a: . , . _ g. oretp go. At least. of KPA history for perhaps genera- Most of you have eard me say sons eligible for election to the office 5
5‘ . 3 . ,- ,,. ,_ ‘~ ~. " . . , tions. It focused on the layout and over the years that I Will put of vice resident are those who are ;
33‘ at 3 3 3 ,3 design of the newspaper. And of the Kentucky newspapers up against any current? servin as elected directors- '
' three KPAcontests, it was the small— state's newspapers, any time, any those who have been elected to serve, i
: New “contest.” New ”focus.” est — in number of newspapers, . where. If my math isicorrect, over the on the board, provided they have pre- 3
E BY now, each editor should have number of entries, and never a profit 19 yea5r; With KPAéI ye ggne ttthirough viously served as either an elected or
’ received the first mailing of the center. , some Aspintest )u gingls y f) b er appointed director or those persons
”Exc ellen c e in Kentucky Newspapers: . As we ve traveled the country get- states. never-once ave een who have served three consecutive ;
_ Recognizing Outstanding Writing, ting the three contests Judged, I think embarrassed or discouraged by the years as an appointed director.” i
. ‘ Photography and Design _ 2002.” Kentucky remains the only state with lack of quahty Kentucky newspapers Nominations must be sent to: 1
Long title, shortened to three newspaper contests. Some have EXthlt' h 1k d th David T. Thompson, Kentucky Press
. . ”Excellence in Kentucky Newspapers )ust one,_combining editorial and I guess w en I wa_ aroun e Association, 101 Consumer Lane, 3
_ 2002,, but the content is familiar. advertismg into a masswe package. room and one of the Judges comments Frankfort KY 40601. 3
. Basically it’s our 01 (:1 Fall Most have an editorial contest and an on how great he / she thinks our All no min ees consenting to the 1
, : Newspaper Contest with a few sprin— advertismg contest. None, that I newspapers are, 11m hke a proud nomination and agreeing to serve if i
' kles 0f the Better Newspaper Contest. recall, have three. . . . . paréa at; ospitaxpuigseryli . elected will be interviewed by the g
‘ , Doing away with the Summer This new competition brings in E (ilw at you e 1t tr . y 15. Nominating Committee once it has
1’ Convention after this year’ s gathering writing, photography and design for xce ence —— in your writing, in your been determined that the nominee .
g in Gatlinburg, meant doing away 26 categories. W91“? away Wlth a meets bylaw requirements.
with one contest. The Better couple of categories in the Fall See EXCELLENCE on Page 9 Following the interview process,
the Nominating Committee will rec-
h t f P ° ommend a candidate for Vice presi-
% OVCI‘ p 0 OS nee e 01' K A ll‘eC Ol'y dent to the Kentucky Press
3' Association and Kentucky Press
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; What better way to show a photog— Kentucky is considered. The photo 2002. Serv1ce Board Of- irectors
. , , , , Followmg action by the board the
. 3 rapher s talent than on the front cover does not have to have been published Please indicate on a cover memo individual will be recommended for
Z of the KPA Yearbook and Directory? in a newspaper to be used on the that the photo is being sent for consid- approval to the full membership of
. Each year, we select one four-color directory’s cover. eration for the front cover of the KPA — . -
a . . . . . KPA during the busmess sessmn of
3 photograph from a photographer at a The deadhne for subrrutting a four- Yearbook and Directory, and include the 2003 Winter Convention in
' member newspaper and publish that color photograph for the front cover is the newspaper and the photographer's Louisville
on the front cover of the directory with Nov. 15. name. The person elected Vice President
‘ appropriate credit given inside the The photographer whose photo is Please mail your 2003 Yearbook during the January business meeting
directory. selected will then be notified and and Directory front cover photographs - ~ _
, . . . . Will become PreSident Elect of
Any photograph depicting life in asked to send KPA a four-color sepa- to: KPA, 101 Consumer Lane, KP A /KPS in 2004 and serve as
Kentucky or a recent event in ration of the photograph by Dec. 3, Frankfort, Ky. 40601. President of the organization in 2005
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entuc y people, papers in e ne s .
Brandstetter hired as new Press to accepted a similar position at tor at The Paducah Sun before han- Esh returned to Madison County to
. . the Kentucky New Era. dling public affairs for Lockheed work first for the Richmond Register’s
managlng edltOI‘ Brandstetter, 35, was reviousl the Martin Ener S stems in West Berea edition, then for the Berea 3
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Jeannie _ W managing editor of The Mountain Paduach. Citizen. f
Brandstetter, a nahVe Press, a daily newspaper in Tabor, 29, has served as managing r
log-Salem, hals been , Gatlinburg, Tenn, and the surround- editor of The Press for the past three Jackson County Sun’s new 1
e to rep ace ' . 1ng area. years. He has worked at The Press off 1) . t . d .
Darryl K. Tabor as .....‘. ., . Brandstetter earned a bachelor’s and on for about eight years. He has WE SI e 18 uP-an -runn1ng ;
the managmg editor degree in journalism from Murray served in various positions at The The Jackson County Shh went
at The Cr1ttenden , ' State in 1988. She has worked at the Press, including advertising and edito- 8101931, on Thursday, July 1_8 when their 1
Press. ‘ - " Murray Ledger & Times, the Benton rial capacities. web s1te was up and runnmg. E
Tabor left the The Tribune-Courier and was lifestyles edi- Those interested in reading The Sun
Jackson Times welcomes 01‘4““? can do so by gomg to 1
, www.1acksoncountysun.com. '
The B entuck Pras S Strong as new edltOI‘ Readers are also be able to read '
The Jackson Times staff welcomed other state papers and find national ‘ '
The Kentucky Press (ISSN—OOZ3—0324) is Enterprise David W. Strong as its new editor in news through links at the site and can
published monthly by'the Kentucky Press . July. also send e-mafls to staff members.
Association/ Kentucky Press Service, Inc. Distn'ct 11 - Glenn Gray, Manchester Strong, 47/ has many years Of expe- The page has a famlhar 100k :
Periodicals Class 05m e is aid at Ente rise rience in 'ournalism and ublishin , because it is modeled off the Sun’s
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Frankfort, KY. 40601. Subscription priceis beginning in 1975 as a disc jockey and front page design.
$8 per year. Postmaster: Send change of DisfiiCl 12 ~ David Thomberry, Somerset newsman at Intermountain Sun Spots is the place to look for
address to The Kentucky P1651101 ~ Commonwealth 10111331 ' Broadcasting Company, Inc., WEKG- links to stories and pages while infor-
$323323 Lane, Frankfort, KY' 40601! (502-) District 1.3 T C dill Le _ . . AM, in Jackson. mation currently in Sun Spots will
' , Her a1 d-Lea deim , au ’ xmgton , He left the radio station in July 1979 appear on the Community news page.
Officers . .: _ - , - to begin an eight-year double—hitch All of the pictures on the home
Kentucky press Association District 14 ~ Teresa Scenters, Berea Citizen with the US. Navy. After leaving the page will be in black and White so the i
. , ; , , , , , .' - . i, , . ' , Navy in May 1987, Strong returned to page will load to computer screens 1
President —, David Eldridge, Jessamine ,:1 State AteLarge ' _, , ' " , , . Breathitt County and rejoined the staff quickly, but full color versions are
Journal . , ' .. ., , , ,., , Keith Ponder, Glasgow Daily Times . , 1 at WEKG-AM/VVJSN—FM in Jackson as with the full stories that can be read by
' . v, , , 1 . , , . . . ,. “ . , , . f , Glen Greenth 5?ng Advocate , , ' , _ ' news director, assistant manager, on— clicking on the links at the end of each 14,5
Lhendent—Elech Sharonil‘urmnsku , '. - 1 . KellyRobmson, RecorderNew'spapers ‘ - - '1»; ~_
. . . : _ , ,, , . , . . , , _ _, .. , ,., , . , ,, , air personality and talk show host. story. u
' *Wmchester Sun ‘ ' ' ClmsPoore, Kentucky Kernel ' . , He left the radio work in 1989 1:
Vice President John Nelson, Danville Division Chairman I J 1 groggy? hiridj? .199,2 as thte d Bryan jOiIlS NEWS-
Advocate Messen er . News Editon‘al Division —Jeff Moreland, , r ea oun Y Glee s spor 5 an
g Richmond Register . features editor and also did some gen— Democrat Staff as reporter
Treasurer - David Thornberry, Somerset , eral news reporting. Carrie Bryan 15 the newest member
Commonwealth Journal Advertising Division -I Your Standard Vacation. I remember access to his/ her personnel informa- ASSistant Attorney General Amye A month later, Schroeder irutiated
‘: several issues of the paper when we tion, With some exceptions. The spe- L. Bensenhaver ruled the records an appeal With the attorney general 5
s - - c1f1c recognition supports the exemp— must be disclosed. office challenging the City s refusal to
published 20 or more photos Just to . _ , , _ , , _ ,
whittl e down the size of the backlog. tion of such information from public The Kentucky Enquirer/City of permit her to inspect Moehlman s
‘_ Plus it t d t disclosure to indiViduals or entities Ludlow personnel record, including com-
’ genera e. a grea source h than the em 10 ee ”Bullitt The attorne eneral’s office found laints record documentin final res-
' of feature story ideas about local peo- 0t er . p y ' . . y g . p . ’ . .g .
le who had visited some ver exotic County Fiscal Court and the Office of that the City of Ludlow Violated the olution of complaints, and investiga-
i: lands y the Judge/ Executive respect the pri- Open Records Act when it partially tive documents relating to com-
O ' d tr 1. 11 vacy rights of its employees as set denied Cindy Schroeder’s request to plaints, as well as records document-
‘* urrea ers were ave ing a over forth in the United States and inspect and copy the personnel ing legal fees incurred by the city as a
‘ the Uruted States and a’E’IQad- Each Kentucky Constitutions and applica- record of former Ludlow result of the civil action initiated by .
‘ PhOtO had local people In 1t Whfle they ble statutory and case law. Administrator Mike Moehlman, any Moehlman. . f'
r held a COPY Of The Standard. They ”Based on the overwhelming complaints lodged against ’
E’Ok ThetSthdirrdIiWIttthhem ht) L weight of legal authority, we con- Moehlman, the final resolution to See OPINIONS on Page 9 ,
" urope, 0 us a a, o apan, o as
. Vegas, to Hawaii and even to '
‘- Mongolia. My cousin even had a copy 0 9 °
pm INAN to begin electronic delivery of ads
f. her husband take an underwater
f PhOtO from the Bahamas. Getting ads through the INAN sys- along with a code number for retriev— “We are trying to make a good
. A few other Kentucky papers are tern will become easier in the next few ing the ad from a special web site. thing even better,” said Stamps.
; now publishing the vacation photo weeks. Letters will be sent shortly to ”Electronic delivery of ads is defi- ”Electronic delivery is appreciably
f promotion. 1 don’t know if they tOOk HSPA publishers and ad directors nitely an improved method,” said faster and less labor intensive than
: the idea from the Bardstown paper or detailing how INAN placed ads will David Thompson, Kentucky Press mailing reflective copy of the ads
1- somewhere else. It doesn’t matter. It be available Via the Internet, said Association executive director. ”We’ve which must then be shot or scanned to
: only matters that readers in several HSPA executive director David used this system in Kentucky for sev- prepare them for publication.
j, communities across Kentucky appar— Stamps. eral years now with great success. We ”Obviously, the big advantage is
~ ently love the concept. Working with its sales partner, the plan to implement the same system in getting individual ads to the newspa-
September is the ideal month to get Kentucky Press Service, INAN will Indiana.” pers on time in the first place,” he said.
. those creative juices flowing and put soon begin making ads available from Publishers and ad directors will ”The new system will eliminate the
- some reader fun on your paper’s the Web site using password protected soon be receiving a technical explana- mad scramble that goes on when we
,» pages. Let me know how it goes so 1 portals. Indiana newspapers due to tion booklet and cover letter from find out a newspaper has not received
1 can share your success stories with receive advertising from INAN will be HSPA on how to utilize the new deliv- copy on time to fit its publication
others. faxed or e-mailed notice of the ad ery method, said Stamps. schedule.”

 The Kentucky Press, September 2002 — Page 5 ‘
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‘gone fishing’ ' ' 7 ~ * "
By DANA EHLSCHIDE several great freelancer writers. ?
News Bureau Director The magazine is designed to offer 3 __ .
Chris Poore hopes to hook a few fishermen everything they need to . , ' i 4‘” , 1,
readers with one of the state’s newest know about Kentucky fishing. ”It tells ; 3rw§iugt§3g€$flhgw‘~i ,
His bait, the Kentucky Fishing to use it,” Poore said. ' , ~ fffipfiggp v.
Journal, hit newsstands in July and so It provides fishing forecasts and a ,- 37.13 ' gfigfiififfiiéw 2
far readers have fallen for it hook, line different small lake or stream will be Effiggfifigjgéfigflifjh’fi” : ' i.
and sinker. featured each month. ”:‘"’ 3.3 , '- T ' _ , f ., .. " 3 ;. , i
' “We had a great, overwhelming Because timeliness is important ' Ayah}? ' 7 ,1. :
response the first month,” Poore, who when providing information on the 1;}: 3 _} " .. x'vta " , . , .i ,
serves as editor / publisher, said. “We ”fish worthiness” of a lake or stream, V ' f‘ , ~ - {If 1 item , , ‘ ‘3:
had notes and e-mails from people Poore said the publication is produced » j 7 ' a _ ' . ’ "
saying this is just what the state on newsprint rather than the slick— ' . / p i , " “ ‘ f
needs.” white magazine quality paper that " -. " , ‘ 3
The Kentucky Fishing Journal is the would take longer to print. / 4 V . , ‘ g 1
state’s only magazine, produced in ”The conditions are meaningless if j: , ' .. , 3% “'33 , .
Kentucky, that is devoted solely to they’re not out quickly,” Poore said. -, y .. “ ‘ ' ,3‘ = ‘
fishing in the Blue