‘ F F (UK) LEX 40? g ' REPROGRAPHICS UNIVERSITY OF KY. 8 211 KING LIBRARY scum 2‘ LEXIN GTON KY 40506-OOL ) i I ‘ I \Cl 1L . Volume 71, Number 12 - December 2000 Pres S PUBLISHED AS A MEMBER SERVICE ()I: THE KENTUCKY PRESS ASSOCIATION ANI) KENTUCKY PRESS SERVICE W' t ff 40 h f ' ' circulation and management. \ ' 1 fl 2001 conventlon The Galt House East is an all— 3 . s ' . ht h' '. .' ~ ' ' ‘.’ t ' “ set for Jan-18, 19 suites oel t at oxerlooks the Dhio I 5. 5 River in downtown LoiiisVille. " . " ' By LISA CARNAHAN Rooms are available for $83 which is '- * " KPA News Bureau. . well below the normal booking rate. , ~+ ; JPSt how much information and The hotel has established a reserva- E . learning experience can you pack tion deadline of Tuesday. Jan. 2 and .... “WM . mm a mere two days? Attend the after that, our room allotment will ' ‘ .- . ' ' 2001 K‘PA Winter Convention and be available to the general public. ' 13" ,5 Trade Show at the (Jalt House East Expanded sessions aren‘t the 5-1 .. i m I’Ou‘svme next month and fmd only thing new to the 2001 conven— ' (A; . OUt'w , t t d th tion. This year. in the back of the ‘ , eve res ruc ure e program Trade Show area. we'll have “The to allow for an optimum amount of , .. . . . . Coffee House, where you can relax. . * _ ‘ - training and at the same time. kept . , , _ . r». costs at a minimum. The only com— enjoy refreshments and catch up _ . - _ plaint we hope you’ll have is ‘wish it With Old acgua‘ma’Ff’s or get. I” . - A , " WW . 1 could have been longer.” We hope know new friends. While there, Join ' ~._ . . you’ll leave Louisville with great your friends in a game of Rook. ~ . new ideas and saying to yourself, Spades of Hearts. . ~ ..‘ “That’s the best convention I’ve ever SQSSIODS get started egrlier ”‘33 Downtown Louisville awaits 'tt d d. An h _” usual - 10 a.m. on Thurs ay — an _ d as)"; theyziuig: of the meeting promise to get underway with a Downtown Louisvnlle and the Galt House East will be the site of the nearly 40 hours ofinstruction will be ‘bang.’ Certified Adobe Expert 2001 KPA Winter Convention and-Trade Show. This year s convention offered for all aspects of the newspa_ Russell Viers wowed a group of features a heavy emphasrs on training for newspaper staffs and man- per business: editorial, advertising, See CONVENTION, page 12 agement and an expanded Trade Show and Vendor Showcase. O | | M-I weeklies added 1 KPA Board Membérs “3-616“- l , i KPA/KPS Board Members John Pulaski Week for 10 years and editor . 1 Nelson, David Thornberry. Jerry of the Citizen Voice & Times for two . Pennington and Stephen Bowling years. to a X tOl I e la rOl Ip l were re-elected to another three—year This marks Nelson‘s second term | term on the board. beginning on the board of directors. He’s also Paducah-based Paxton Media finalized by the end of the vear, I January 2001~ SCFVCd as Chairp“”°“ “T 1h“ KPA Group Inc., has announced it will buy according to David Paxton, president I ‘ Nelson has been managing editor News Editorial Division. . . the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer and chief executive officer of Paxton of the Danvtlle Advocate-Messenger Pennington is a copy editor at and the remaining Kentucky weekly Media Group. l Em. m": P‘fi‘tif‘t’ur wags. Prl(lr