President - Missouri Press Association

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October 2007
Gold Cup
winners
Jack Whitaker of the Hannibal Courier-Post was elected
2008 President of MPA, to
begin serving on Jan. 1.
MPA members attended a
baseball game at Busch
Stadium on Sept. 6.
Photojournalism Hall of
Fame induction program to
be Oct. 18 in Washington.
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Randy Smith of The Kansas City Star accepted
his newspaper’s Gold
Cup from MPA President
Dave Bradley at the Convention in St. Louis. Accepting the Newspaper
Contest Gold Cup for the
Lee’s Summit Journal
were editor Ann Scheer,
design editor Kyle
Worthington, photo editor
Jeff Kirchhoff and sports
editor Jake Singleton. All
of the winners are listed
beginning on page 20.
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Regular Features
President 2
NIE Report 11
Obituaries 12
Scrapbook 14
Jean Maneke 17
On the Move 18
Meeting offered plenty to think about
H
MPA board heard proposals at pre-Convention meeting
eavy rain at the Missouri Press Association annual
More pearls of wisdom came from Elaine Clisham repremeeting in St. Louis didn’t stop us. More than 400 senting the American Press Institute and its Newspaper Next
people showed up for various convention events in project. She said that while historically 20 percent of advertisearly September. Besides learning new ways to help newspa- ers purchased 80 percent of newspaper advertising, the trend
pers prosper in the digital age, everyone seemed to enjoy the is moving the other way. Build local online directories to help
camaraderie and fine food.
the public find products they want and upsell
Highlights included:
merchants desiring more
—A St. Louis Cardinals slugfest in which they
prominence, she said.
Sales reps
slaughtered the Pittsburgh Pirates between shows. Clisham urged
ers. The new downtown stadium welcomes fans
newspapers to rewith sculptures of the great St. Louis players and
structure departments. must be
will soon be enhanced by an adjacent Baseball
Turn newsrooms into motivated
Village.
information centers, cir—A trip to Anheuser-Busch’s Grant’s Farm
culation departments into to sell
where we tested an array of the brewer’s products
distribution and audiand heard rising star Kyle Wyley sing his country
ence development centers, online
ballads. Thanks again to American Profile magaand ad departments into
zine for bringing Kyle.
a product management adverDavid
Bradley
—An entertaining luncheon talk from Busch’s
organization, she said. tising.
St. Joseph News-Press
Chief Creative Officer Bob Lachky who oversees
It sounded a little wild,
MPA President
the company’s $500 million marketing budget.
but gave us something to
He talked about how he created the brewer’s
think about.
award-winning Superbowl commercials. He also indicated
Marketing strategists Mark and Eleanor Farnen encouraged
that print advertising could become part of the media mix in publishers to develop a consistent promotion theme for their
promoting some of the company’s 140 products, particularly newspapers. They showed how they helped the Columbia
regional ones.
Daily Tribune gain circulation over the past few years with its
everal of the sessions focused on expanding newspapers’ “Think in Ink” campaign.
readership from relying solely on ink and paper to building
At the annual association business meeting, the memberonline websites. Mike Blinder, a web consultant who heads ship changed the bylaws to set up a new category of online
The Blinder Group, held a “Streetfighter’s Workshop” on newspapers. Current active print members with websites are
building online revenue.
automatically online members.
Blinder said if newspapers would combine readership of
--their print editions with online viewership, they could boast
Your MPA Board convened before the annual meeting and
more readers than ever. He said newspaper sales reps must be heard some interesting vendors. Although we gave no official
motivated to sell part of their advertising sales online. “Make it
hurt if the salesmen don’t sell part of their ads online,” he sugPresident (continued on page 19)
gested. Blinder showed several ways to kick-start web sales.
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VOL. 75, NO. 10
OCTOBER 2007
Official Publication of
Missouri Press
Association, Inc.
PRESIDENT: David Bradley, Jr., St. Joseph News-Press
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: Jack Whitaker,
Hannibal Courier-Post
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: Vicki Russell,
Columbia Daily Tribune
SECRETARY: Jon Rust, Cape Girardeau
Southeast Missourian
TREASURER: Phil Conger, Bethany Republican-Clipper
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Doug Crews
ADVERTISING: Greg Baker
EDITOR: Kent M. Ford
DIRECTORS: Steve Oldfield, The Adrian Journal
Sandy Nelson, Cass County
Democrat-Missourian, Harrisonville
Jeff Schrag, Springfield Daily Events
Kevin Jones, St. Louis American
Dan Wehmer, Webster County Citizen, Seymour
Mark Maassen, The Kansas City Star
Joe May, Mexico Ledger
NNA REPRESENTATIVE: Helen Sosniecki,
The Vandalia Leader
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Missouri Press Association past presidents pass the gavel during the Hall of Fame banquet Sept. 7. Steve Oldfield of Adrian
presented the “gavel” to MPA in January. Oldfield is recuperating from a stroke and could not participate in this gavel passing.
Oldfield was represented by his wife, Linda, and family. From
left are Bill James, Harrisonville; Bob Wilson, Milan; Bill Miller,
Washington; Wendell Lenhart, Trenton; Dane Vernon, Eldon;
Dave Berry, Bolivar; Gary Sosniecki, Vandalia; and John Spaar,
Odessa. In the background are 2007 President Dave Bradley, St.
Joseph, and President-elect Jack Whitaker, Hannibal. Other past
presidents participating but not in the photo were: Jim Sterling, Columbia; Dalton Wright, Lebanon; Betty Spaar, Odessa; Tom Miller,
Washington; David Lipman, St. Louis; Harold Ellinghouse, Piedmont;
Chuck Haney, Chillicothe; and Don Warden, Owensville.
Hannibal publisher elected MPA president
Missouri Press
thanks sponsors
of 141st Convention
M
issouri Press Association
appreciates the support
of these businesses, which sponsored various functions at the
141st Annual MPA Convention
& Trade Show in St. Louis.
If you do business with any of
these people or see them at any
time, please add your personal
thanks for their support of Missouri Press Association.
Missouri Lottery
American Profile Magazine
Anheuser-Busch
Companies, Inc.
Branson/Lake Area
Chamber of Commerce
AT&T
Missouri Lawyers Media/Legal
Ad Network
Missouri Press Service
Missouri Department
of Natural Resources
EMBARQ
ork
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J
ohn R. “Jack” Whitaker, publisher
of the Hannibal Courier-Post, was
elected 2008 president of the Missouri
Press Association on Sept. 7 in St. Louis.
Whitaker will take office on Jan. 1.
He will succeed David Bradley, Jr.,
St. Joseph News-Press, who presided as
members of the press association gathered for the 141st
annual MPA Convention and Trade
Show, Sept. 6-8.
Other 2008 officers elected were
Vicki Russell, Columbia Daily Tribune, first vice
president; Sandy Jack Whitaker
Nelson, Harrisonville Cass County Democrat-Missourian,
second vice president; Brad Gentry,
Houston Herald, secretary; and Kate
Martin, Perryville Perry County RepublicMonitor, treasurer.
Jon Rust, Cape Girardeau Southeast
Missourian, and Dennis Warden, Owensville Gasconade County Republican,
were elected to three-year terms as
directors.
Jeff Schrag, Springfield Daily Events,
was elected state chair for the National
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Newspaper Association. He will succeed
Helen Sosniecki, Vandalia Leader.
Continuing on the MPA Board as
directors in 2008 will be Mark Maassen,
The Kansas City Star; Joe May, Mexico
Ledger; Kevin Jones, St. Louis American;
and Dan Wehmer, Seymour Webster
County Citizen.
Bradley will serve one more year on
the board as past president.
Retiring from the MPA Board will be
treasurer Phil Conger, Bethany Republican-Clipper.
Missouri Press members also elected
officers and directors of the Missouri
Press Service, Inc. Elected for a oneyear term beginning Jan. 1 were Steve
Oldfield, Adrian Journal, president;
John Spaar, Odessa Odessan, vice president; Gary Sosniecki, Vandalia Leader,
secretary-treasurer; and directors Dave
Berry, Bolivar Herald-Free Press, and
Dane Vernon, Eldon Advertiser.
Retiring from the MPS Board will
be director Wendell Lenhart, Trenton
Republican-Times.
MPA’s 142nd annual convention will
be held Sept. 11-13, 2008, in Columbia,
in conjunction with the University of
Missouri School of Journalism’s centennial celebration.
Foundation gets $6,000 from auctions
A
total of $6,045.50 was raised for
Missouri Press Foundation during the Convention in St. Louis.
Funds came from live and silent auctions
and the raffle of the “Country Editor”
print during the Awards Luncheon.
The luncheon raffle raised $408 from
sales of raffle tickets for the print, which
was donated by Missouri Press Service.
Missouri Press Foundation thanks all
those who contributed by purchasing
items and raffle tickets. Their generous
support helps the Foundation continue
its mission of educating Missouri’s present and future newspaper people.
People who purchased items from the
Live Auctions spent a total of $4,635.
They were: Hank Waters, Columbia
Daily Tribune; Steve Tinnen, Clinton
County Leader, Plattsburg; Dane Vernon,
Vernon Publishing, Inc., Eldon; Gary
Rust, Rust Communications, Cape
Girardeau; Dave Berry, Community
Publishers, Inc., Bolivar.
People who purchased items in the
Silent Auction spent $1,002.50.
They were: Vicki Russell, Columbia
Daily Tribune; Betty Spaar, The Odessan; Jim Sterling, Missouri School of
Journalism; Regina Rickey and Richard
Gard, Missouri Lawyers Media; Scott
Charton, University of Missouri; Suzie
Wilson, The Milan Standard;
Oliver Wiest, The Sedalia Democrat;
Joe May, The Mexico Ledger; Bruce Wallace, Boone County Journal, Ashland;
Dave Berry, Community Publishers,
Inc., Bolivar; Marie McGeehan, Boys
& Girls Town of Missouri; Kim Rich,
ICANON;
Bill Miller, Washington Missourian;
Lynn Berry, Branson Convention
and Visitors Bureau; Dennis Jenkins,
Schermerhorn Bros. Co.; Glenna Dake,
First Media; Harold Ellinghouse, Wayne
County Journal-Banner, Piedmont; and
Dave and Mary Marner, Gasconade
County Republican, Owensville.
Doug Crews, executive director of MPA, holds a caricature of President Ronald Reagan
up for auction at the Convention banquet. The cartoon had been purchased at an MPA
auction several years ago by the late Ray Vickery of Salem. His widow, June, donated the
cartoon to the auction.
Linda Oldfield, wife of 2006 MPA
President Steve Oldfield, holds the
president’s gavel after the Hall of
Fame banquet. Steve suffered a
stroke in April and could not attend
the Convention. His wife, daughters and mother-in-law, Lila Gunn,
did attend.
Chuck Haney, right, master of ceremonies of the Hall of Fame installation and auctioneer
for the Foundation, nags for bids from guests at the banquet. Haney, of Chillicothe, has
led the induction ceremoney every year since the Hall of Fame was founded in 1991.
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Donated items help Foundation
raise funds during Convention
I
tems listed below were donated to the
Missouri Press Foundation Live and
Silent Auctions by the people listed in
parentheses. The Foundation appreciates
all of the donations, which helped make
the MPA Convention in September fun
and rewarding.
Donated Items:
• 2 night/3 Day weekend at Lakeside
Condo-Lake Ozark (Jean Maneke,
Kansas City)
• Newspaper Tie and Suspenders
(Gary and Helen Sosniecki,
Vandalia)
• 2 Cards autographed by Carl
Edwards (Jim and Nancy Sterling,
Columbia)
• Framed Ronald Reagan Charcoal
Sketch by Pat Oliphant (June
Vickery, Salem)
• Danbury Mint Commemorative
Cardinals Baseball Glove (Missouri
Press Service, Columbia)
• Danbury Mint Busch Stadium Print
and Commemorative Coins
(Missouri Press Service, Columbia)
• 2006 Cardinals Official World Series
Program Hard Cover Book
• Cardinals Christmas Ornament
• American Society of Newspaper
Editors Framed Print (Missouri
Press Service, Columbia)
• Set of Four Framed Prints by James
Burkhart (Missouri Press Service,
Columbia)
• Norman Rockwell Country Editor
Framed Print (Missouri Press
Service, Columbia)
• Cardinals winning World Series
Framed Poster (Missouri Press
Service, Columbia)
• 1930s Newsboy Print (Doug and
Tricia Crews)
• 2007 Holiday Advertising Service
(Metro Creative Graphics)
• Black and Gold Throw (MPA staffer
Jackie Wiehe, Columbia)
• Shoe Shine Kit (Dawson’s Shoe
Repair, Columbia)
• 4 Rams vs. Green Bay Tickets (USA
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Today, Newell Jensen, St. Louis)
• Pure Missouri Honey & Jesse Hall
Print (Charles and Janann Hedberg,
Centralia)
• Barns of Missouri & Recipe Book
(Jim McCarty, Rural Missouri)
• John Darkow Cartoon (Columbia
Daily Tribune)
• 3 Children’s Books (Washington
Missourian)
• Linda Sabow Pottery (Publishing
Group of America)
• Recycled Products Clipboard (Abitibi
Consolidated)
• 2 Mizzou autographed basketballs
(Dan Wehmer, Seymour)
MPA President Dave Bradley
with Wanda Brown of Harrisonville,
who was inducted into the Missouri
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4 join Missouri Newspaper Hall of Fame
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Induction program held Sept. 7 during 141st annual MPA Convention
issouri Press Association inWanda Brown
cote served as president of the Northwest
ducted four people into the
rs. Brown was the co-publisher Missouri Press Association, which now
Missouri Newspaper Hall of
with her husband, the late J.W. awards the Merrill Chilcote Award to a
Fame on Sept. 7. The ceremony occurred Brown Jr., of the Cass County Demo- Northwest Missouri newspaper person
during the 141st annual MPA Conven- crat-Missourian in Harrisonville for 30 who has served community and profestion and Trade Show, held this year at the years. She is a member of the Missouri sion with distinction.
Sheraton Westport Chalet, St. Louis.
Press Foundation board of directors and
Charles Gusewelle
This year’s inductees were: Wanda A. was a lead donor toward establishment
r. Gusewelle joined The Kansas
Brown of Harrisonville, the late Merrill of the Missouri Chair in Community
City Star in 1955. He has beChilcote of St.
come one of the
Joseph, Charles
newspaper’s most
W. Gusewelle
prolific and poetic
of Kansas City
columnists. He has
and the late
written 10 books,
William Frankcompilations of
lin Switzler of
his columns and
Columbia.
chronicles of his
Chuck Haextensive travels
ney of Chilliaround the world.
cothe conHe is The Star’s
ducted the
most requested
installation, as
speaker, and three
he has done
times he has been
each year since
honored by Misthe founding
souri Press Associof the Hall of
ation as columnist
Fame in 1991.
of the year.
Honorees reWilliam
ceived Pinnacle
Switzler
Awards. Plaques
witzler Hall
with their phoat the Univertos are hung in Charles Gusewelle, left, and Wanda Brown, second from left, accepted their Pinnacle Awards at the sity of Missouri
the MPA office Hall of Fame banquet in St. Louis. Accepting the award for Merrill Chilcote was his daughter, Mrs. Carol is named for WilBill Taft, Columbia, MPA’s historian and retired Missouri School of Journalism professor, acin Columbia Duncan.
liam Switzler, a
cepted the award for the late William Switzler. David Sapp, Columbia, representing the Boone County
and in the stu- Historical Society, joined Taft in accepting the award for Switzler.
central Missouri
dent lounge of
newspaper man,
Lee Hills Hall at the Missouri School Newspaper Management at the School was involved with the founding of
of Journalism.
of Journalism.
Christian College (now Columbia ColThe Hall of Fame honors those who
Merrill Chilcote
lege) and Stephens College. He served
have served their communities and the
or more than half a century Merrill on the University of Missouri Board of
newspaper profession through years of
Chilcote wrote about the happenings Curators, represented Boone County in
sound, thoughtful leadership.
of St. Joseph and shared his thoughts and the legislature, and wrote history books
Nominations for next year’s induction opinions with readers of the St. Joseph about Missouri and Boone County. He
will be sought beginning in January.
News-Press. He died in 1983. Mr. Chil- died in 1906.
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Nominations will be taken early next year for induction
into the Hall of Fame in 2008. All MPA members and Friends
of MPA are invited to nominate people for induction.
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Rowlett Advertising Service
Publishing Group of America, American Profile
Socket
Thanks to exhibitors!
T
he organizations listed below exhibited in the Trade
Show at the MPA Convention in September.
Missouri Press Association appreciates their participation and support, and looks forward to seeing them at the
2009 Convention.
No trade show will be held during the 2008 Convention,
because it will be held in conjunction with the School of
Journalism’s centennial observance in Columbia, and no
time is available.
Exhibitors:
Circulation Verification Council
First Media Insurance
Missouri Newspapers In Education
Family Features Editorial Syndicate
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Publishing Group of America
Metro Creative Graphics
Schermerhorn Brothers Co.
Maneke Law Group
Branson Convention and Visitors Bureau
MPA Postal Consultant Ron Cunningham
Abitibi Consolidated
Transworld Systems
St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission
Socket
Rowlett Advertising Service
Missouri Division of Tourism
Missouri Lottery
ICANON
Boys & Girls Town of Missouri
Associated Electric Cooperatives
State Historical Society of Missouri
Boys & Girls Town of Missouri
Family Features Editorial Syndicate
Branson Convention and Visitors Bureau
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Convention
guests
State Treasurer
Sarah Steelman
MPA members at 1-year-old Busch Stadium for a Cardinals
win over the Pirates after a rain delay.
National Newspaper
Association President
Jerry Tidwell
Attny. Gen.
Jay Nixon
Gov. Matt Blunt
Secretary of State
Robin Carnahan
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Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder
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Newspaper In Education Report
Constitution Day material
used by few newspapers
Two new serial features available
M
onday, Sept. 17, was Consti- missioned by the Newspaper Association
tution Day, a day for all of us of America Foundation that looked at
to reflect on the importance whether civic engagement later in life
of this founding document and a day was linked to newspaper use during
public schools in the
youth.
United States are manIt is! Young people who
dated to teach young
used newspapers in school
people about the Conand read newspaper constitution.
tent aimed at teens are more
I know in at least 33
likely to volunteer, vote and
Missouri communities,
engage in civic expression
teachers had resources
as adults.
inside their newspapers
The study, “Lifelong
to teach about the ConReaders: Driving Civic
stitution. That’s how
Engagement,” shows a clear
many newspapers downadditive effect when comloaded one of the Conparing newspaper use in
stitution features from
young people with adult
Missouri Press. Kudos to Dawn Kitchell is MPA’s NIE civic engagement. As the
those newspapers!
director. Contact her at (636) number of newspaper inSadly, that’s just over 932-4301; [email protected]. fluences in a young person’s
10 percent of Missouri
life increases, the likelihood
of future civic expression,
newspapers.
A year ago the Knight Foundation voting activities and volunteer work rises
released an alarming study. After poll- dramatically.
our newspaper can be the link being 100,000 high school students, it
tween the school and civic engagefound that one in three say the First
Amendment goes “too far” in the rights ment. Your Missouri Press Association
has hundreds of resources – including
it guarantees.
This year for Constitution Day, the me – to help you. Talk to your school
Knight Foundation released a follow up administrators about Constitution Day
to that study. Three years after Constitu- and Bill of Rights Day, and make sure
tion Day was mandated in our schools, our schools continue on the mission
it found that more than half of all high they were given in the Northwest Ordschool students say they have not heard nance of 1787 by Thomas Jefferson: to
turn kids into citizens able to govern
of Constitution Day.
his should be alarming to all Ameri- themselves.
To read the full survey by the Knight
cans, but especially newspapers.
Did you know in the original Knight Foundation, visit firstamendmentfuture.
Foundation study, only 50 percent of org. To read the full study from the NAA
100,000 American high school students Foundation, visit naafoundation.org.
said newspapers should be allowed to
publish freely without government
This month from MPA
censorship?
This month we are releasing two seNewspapers DO make a difference.
rial stories for young readers. The 27th
Another study was released on Sept. in our series of historical fiction stories
17. This one was a MORI study com- from Kay Hively is called “Silver and
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Gold.” This is a 12-chapter story about
the building of the Transcontinental
Railroad.
We’re also releasing a story from a new
author. Many of you may be familiar
with Chris Stuckenschneider, a columnist from the Washington Missourian
who writes Book Buzz and Novel Ideas
(available free to you through MPA).
Chris has written her first serial story
for young readers. It’s about a group of
horses that survived a tractor-trailer accident on Interstate 44 a year ago.
This eight-chapter story is narrated
by a miracle colt born to one of the
injured mares. To read more about the
story, “Twist of Fate,” visit our new and
Twist of Fate
the Miracle Colt and his Friends
Chapter One
By Chris Stuckenschneider
The 165-acre ranch I call home sits
in a Missouri valley outside Union,
surrounded by hills and wildflowers.
At Longmeadow Rescue Ranch,
Mama and I wake to the sounds
of woodland birds, the coo of doves,
the chip of cardinals, the drum of
woodpeckers drilling towering oaks
for creepy-crawlies.
truck carrying Mom and 41 other
horses to a meat-packing plant in
Illinois careened off Interstate 44 and
landed on its side, its body ripping
like paper, trapping us. Twenty-four
horses and one hinny lived; many
were badly injured and received
emergency care on-site before being
transferred to area veterinary
hospitals.
Mama says we’ve been through a lot.
I wouldn’t know, don’t know much
about our history, but I’ve heard
about the accident. It’s a subject
Mom doesn’t like to talk about, says
it brings back awful memories. But
I can’t begin my story and introduce
you to my friends without explaining
how fate intervened and brought us
all to Longmeadow, a ranch operated
by the Humane Society of Missouri.
Mama had bumps and cuts and
was shaken up. I didn’t feel a thing
because I was cushioned inside her.
It would be seven months before
I saw the light of day. When the
veterinarians who treated Mom
realized she was pregnant, they
named her Mama. Two of the other
mares on the truck were expecting
colts too; their babies didn’t make it.
The date of the accident is imprinted
in Mother’s mind, like a tattoo on the
inside of a race horse’s lip—Sept. 27,
2006. That’s the night a tractor-trailer
The Longmeadow staff thought Mom
might lose me, but all went well. The
expert care Mama received did much
to assure my safe delivery.
Mama And Twister
You can credit Mom with doing all
the work the night I was born; at
least, that’s what Earlene says.
She’s the ranch director at Longmeadow, and was in charge of the
rescue operation—Earlene lives
on the Longmeadow property
and met me before anyone else.
On April 18, 2007, around 9 p.m.
she walked into the barn to check
on us, like she does every night.
Bazonka Donk, a Hinny who’s our
stablemate, was hollering to beat the
band. Earlene knew the sentry was
alerting her. She heard a tiny whinny
and got a gander at newborn me.
Mom said Earlene was all smiles.
My birth caused quite a stir at
Longmeadow. Overnight, strangers
appeared with pens in hand, reporters,
I guess, and writers eager to be the
first to ink the news that a “miracle
colt” had been born. The folks at
Longmeadow even had a contest,
and people voted on their favorite
name, which made me feel important.
Mom nickered and called me “Baby,”
but the ballots decided my official
name: “Twist of Fate.” My buddies
call me Twister—you can, too.
Illustrations by Tony Rainey; photographs by Jeanne Miller Wood.
Produced by the Missouri Press Foundation. Copyright 2007.
To contact Stuckenschneider, e-mail [email protected]
Being
the center
of attention
wasn’t bad, except
for the cameras. Sticking close to
Mom was a comfort. Once Earlene
released me to the round pen, it
was sheer bliss. I could kick up my
heels. Now that I’m getting older,
Mom doesn’t cut me as much slack;
neither does Earlene. The staff insists
I wear a halter, walk along politely
and keep my teeth to myself.
It’s a lot more fun to chase squirrels,
romp with the goats and listen to
Snortin Norton tell tales. Norton
is the ranch heavy, a hog with a
soft heart, who weighs in at 1,000
pounds. Though he’s a porker,
Norton’s well adjusted, not the least
bit squeamish about his chops.
Thanks to Norton, I know how
to spin a yarn and am chomping at
the bit to tell you about some other
horses who came to Longmeadow
to recover from injuries suffered in
the accident. They’ve all got a story.
Everybody loves Stan the Thoroughbred. Regal Stan is a whopping 17
hands tall and has something none
of the rest of us have. But there
I go again, putting the cart before
the horse. You’ll meet Stan in the
next chapter.
improved website, mopress.com!
In partnership with the Missouri
Geographic Alliance, Missouri Press will
release its annual series of geography
education features to use beginning in
November with Geography Awareness
Week, Nov. 11-17.
Headlines across Missouri last month
were about test scores from the Missouri
Assessment Program. Because of this,
many newspapers have seen the value in
our new series, “MAP Moments,” and
have ordered it from MPA.
MAP Moments is a 33-part series
that provides elementary and secondary teachers activities on how to use
the newspaper to teach the Grade Level
Expectation skills tested on the MAP
tests. You can find an order form for this
feature on mopress.com.
A full calendar of features available to
you from Missouri Press can be found on
the website by linking to the Newspapers
In Education pages.
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Holden Image
changes hands
J
ohn and Sandy Roberts have
purchased The Holden Image
from Cyndy Hartwell, wife of the
late co-owner and publisher, Rusty
Hartwell, who died unexpectedly
in May.
John Roberts and Rusty Hartwell
were friends since 1979, when they
were students at Central Missouri
State University in Warrensburg.
Hartwell was a first cousin of
Sandy Roberts, and the families
are close.
The Hartwells founded The Image 15 years ago.
John Roberts has 30 years of
newspaper experience. He said no
immediate changes are planned for
The Image.
He worked with many of the
paper’s staffers several years ago
when he served as associate editor
of the paper.
Gallatin Publishing buys J School press
G
allatin Publishing Co., publisher
of the Gallatin North Missourian
and other publications, is relocating its
printing plant and business offices into a
county-owned building on South Main
Street. Darryl and Elizabeth Wilkinson
own GPC.
GPC will expand its services to include a photography studio operated by
Jill Steward, the Wilkinsons’ daughter.
She has been managing the Chillicothe
office of The Ad Pages shopper for
GPC.
GPC bought the six-unit News King
press from the Missouri School of Journalism last spring after the school began
outsourcing its printing of the Columbia
Missourian. Two units from GPC’s current press were added to the six units,
providing the company with more color
capacity and the ability to print larger
sections faster.
Purchase of the press required GPC
to find more room.
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station for several
years. He specialized
in covering government, police and
courts. His last column appeared in the
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organizations listed below have
contributed recently to the Missouri Press Foundation. Contributions
to the Foundation provide training programs, internships, scholarships and
other support for Missouri’s
newspapers and newspaper
people.
Foundation donations
make wonderful tributes
to friends and associates
who have died. The Foundation will send a note
acknowledging your memorial gift.
Here are the recent Foundation contributors:
Newspaper In Education
Keiper, for the Eldon Advertiser
Bendco, Inc., for the Morgan County
Press
Vanderford & Associates, Inc., for
Lee’s Summit Tribune’s Junior Newz
Family Pharmacy, Inc. for Community Publishers, Inc.
Hawthorn Foundation for Tour of
Missouri features
Martinsburg Bank & Trust, for Centralia Fireside Guard
Gilda Harrell Manning for
Morgan County Press
Donald R. Means, CFP,
for Washington Missourian
Sidney A. Thayer Jr. for
Washington Missourian
Lewis & Associates, LTD
for Washington Missourian
In Honor of Wanda Brown
Doris Kirkpatrick, Warrensburg
Mrs. Davie B. Anderson, Harrisonville
Missouri Press Foundation
Wanda Brown, Harrisonville
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Miller
Photojournalism Hall of Fame
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on Friday, Oct. 5,
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Missouri.
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the Grand Ballroom
of the Alumni Center in Columbia.
Dinner will begin
at 8.
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• Nevada — The Nevada Daily Mail
now offers an e-edition replica of the
printed newspaper. A free trial period
for the e-edition recently ended.
Subscribers to the Daily Mail still get
free access to the e-edition; non-subscribers to the printed newspaper can
sign up to read the e-edition for a fee.
The e-edition is produced and administered with Technavia technology.
menting with video news on its website,
examiner.net.
• Kansas City — Melissa Hernandez,
an advertising account rep for The Kansas City Star, was struck by a hit-and-run
driver early in August in Overland Park.
She suffered serious head, neck and
spinal injuries.
She was taken by air ambulance in
early September to Craig Hospital in
Denver. The hospital is known for its
work with severe spinal cord injuries.
Hernandez has no feeling below her
neck.
Police are still looking for the vehicle
involved in the accident.
• Excelsior Springs — Kim Simmons,
sports editor for The Excelsior Springs
Standard, was named Employee of
the Year of the Fackelman Newspaper
Group during the company’s annual
meeting.
Simmons has been at The Standard’s
sports desk since spring 2001. She was
chosen a few years ago by Excelsior
Springs High School students as the
grand marshal of the Homecoming
parade.
“Her dedication to her work and to
the athletes, coaches and families she
serves with her sports writing shows
through in every aspect of her work,”
said Standard editor Eric Copeland.
• Independence — The Examiner
introduced a redesign in August and
returned to separate editions for the
Independence and Blue Springs markets.
The weekend paper remains one issue for
both markets.
The changes accompany a shift to
more local news and several new features.
Monday’s papers are tabloid size and
include a special health section. Other issues through the week are broadsheet.
The Examiner also has begun experi-
• Festus — Burglars broke into the
office of Leader Publications in Festus
on July 23, rifled through desks and
took some cash. An employee arriving
for work discovered the crime.
Two home burglaries were reported
later in the day.
• Bolivar — Readers of the Community Publishers Inc. newspapers now can
subscribe to an internet version of the
newspapers and read them online.
Distant subscribers who are frustrated
with delivery through the Postal Service
can buy an online subscription for the
same price as a local subscription to
the printed paper, said publisher Dave
Berry. Printed papers will not be mailed
to e-edition subscribers.
Readers can sample the e-edition of
their newspaper by clicking a link on
their newspaper’s website.
CPI publishes the Bolivar Herald-Free
Press, Buffalo Reflex, Marshfield Mail and
other newspapers around Springfield.
• Columbia — The State Historical
Society of Missouri featured editorial
cartoons and fine art drawings of Daniel Fitzpatrick, a St. Louis Post-Dispatch
cartoonist, in its Columbia gallery.
• Sedalia — The Sedalia News
Journal, a weekly, has launched a
seven-day-a-week online edition: sedalialnewsjournal.com. Video reports will
be an option.
Publisher Greg Melton said obituaries
and other time-sensitive information
will be posted daily.
• Salem — The Salem News is redesigning its weekly publication and its
shopper, the name of which has been
changed from The Extra to Dent County
Life.
The front page of The News, now in
color, has a column of local briefs and
weather on the left. Page two contains
a reference guide to the newspaper to
help readers find services and contact
information. Other pages have been
redesigned in a process that continues,
publisher Donald Dodd told his readers.
The News publishes on Tuesday and
Thursday. Its single-copy price has been
raised from 53¢ to 60¢. Subscription
prices were not changed.
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• St. Louis — Alvin Reid, editor of
The St. Louis American, has been elected
to the board of directors of the Press
Club of Metropolitan St. Louis.
• Mexico — Julie Wyatt, a 2003
graduate of Mexico High School and
a May 2007 graduate of the Missouri
School of Journalism, was selected for an
internship with The New York Times.
Wyatt is one of 17 MU students
chosen for 2007 Dow Jones Newspaper
Fund copy editing internships.
Of the more than 600 applicants for
the program nationwide, 105 student
journalists were chosen for the internship program. Three interns were chosen
by The New York Times.
After two weeks of training at Temple
University in Philadelphia, Wyatt is
working as an editor for the national
section of The Times.
• Union — Dawn Kitchell, MPA’s
Newspaper In Education director,
conducted an NIE workshop during
the Union Professional Development
University. The workshop was a demonstration of a 16-hour course Kitchell
teaches during summer at MU called
“The Living Textbook.”
The workshop highlighted how the
newspaper can be used as a classroom
tool to raise test scores, improve reading skills, enhance studies across the
curriculum, connect students to their
communities and foster reading habits.
• Nevada — Carl Simpson, retired
publisher in Nevada, recently was
named one of eight Grand Trustees
of the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks, a national office dealing with
investments and other lodge activities.
Simpson will travel the country visiting
lodges and overseeing major projects
such as real estate purchases and building projects.
Simpson was nominated for the
position by his daughter, Julie Righter,
publisher of the Nevada Daily Mail/
Sunday Herald-Tribune/Nevada News.
Righter was exalted ruler of the Bolivar
Elks Lodge before moving to Nevada
in 2004.
Simpson was a member of the Nevada
Elks Lodge for about 38 years. After
retiring he moved to Stockton and
transferred his Elks membership to the
Bolivar lodge.
• Centralia — The Fireside Guard
unveiled a redesign of its front page,
including a new flag, and published the
final edition of the Hallsville Top in late
August. Both papers are properties of
Lakeway Publishers of Missouri.
Hallsville news is being featured on
page three of The Fireside Guard. Top
subscribers now receive The Guard.
Managing editor Jeff Grimes said
readers in Hallsville and Centralia now
will receive all of the news from northern
Boone County in one newspaper. The
redesign of The Guard will continue,
he said.
• Hallsville — Jeff Grimes, managing
editor of The Centralia Fireside Guard
and former member of the MPA staff,
suffered moderate injuries in a traffic
accident Aug. 1 south of Hallsville.
The Highway Patrol reported that
Grimes’ car hit the rear of another car,
which was waiting for a third vehicle to
turn left. The car Grimes struck then hit
the rear of the third vehicle.
Nobody involved suffered serious
injuries.
• Versailles — The Leader-Statesman
and other papers of Vernon Publishing
Inc. have partnered with a company
called Courier to create their online
newspapers. Papers will be posted each
week, and subscribers will be able to
download and read every page exactly
as they appear in print.
Vernon Publishing Co. publishes
newspapers in Versailles, Eldon, Tuscumbia, Stover, Laurie and Tipton.
•Stover — Lauren Nolting, a Kansas
City resident and student at Oak Park
High School, completed a 40-hour
internship at the Morgan County Press
this summer.
The internship was a requirement
for the diploma Nolting seeks. She has
grandparents in Stover.
Also this summer, Nolting attended
a journalism camp at MU, where she
learned to work with InDesign, a newspaper production program.
• Cuba — Three Rivers Publishing
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and the Steelville Star/Crawford Mirror,
has a new website: threeriverspublishing.com.
Free Press editor Chris Case said the
website may contain more content than
is printed in the newspapers, and it will
be updated frequently.
Publisher Rob Viehman said, “This
website is going to truly turn us into a
daily newspaper.”
Staffers will be able to update the
website from remote locations. The site
will be able to offer video.
A web developer in Steelville helped
Three Rivers Publishing design and
launch the new site, Viehman said.
• Seneca — The Seneca News-Dispatch
observed the 125th anniversary of its
founding on Aug. 2.
Albert Cox and J.M. Boyd launched
the Seneca Dispatch on Aug. 2, 1882.
The newspaper has changed hands 19
times. Seven of those owners published
the paper for two years or less.
Diane Friend and Vera Rinehart
bought the Newton County weekly 16
years ago.
• Lee’s Summit — Junior Newz, the
children’s spinoff from the Lee’s Summit
Tribune, recently was named co-winner
in the Community Involvement category
of the Bright Ideas contest sponsored by
NIE Information Service in Pittsford,
N.Y.
The Washington Missourian’s Book
Buzz, a children’s reading program,
shared the award.
• Shelbina — The Shelbina Democrat
in August published a 40-page special
section titled “City of Shelbina Sesquicentennial Celebration.”
Neighboring Monroe City publisher
Linda Geist assisted Shelbina’s Cele Gilbert with the section.
The community observed its 150th
anniversary Aug. 5-11.
• Cape Girardeau — Southeast Missourian Jr. won first place in the Suburban Newspaper Association’s Best Kids
Publication among newspapers of all
sizes.
The Jr., published monthly, is filled
with original writing and art by local
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school children.
Cheryl Ellis is editor/coordinator of
the Jr.
• St. Louis — About 220 employees
of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch had until
Sept. 24 to accept the paper’s latest buyout offer. The offer included a severance
payment, pension plan and medical
benefits.
Parent company Lee Enterprises of
Davenport, Iowa, estimated this buyout
will cost about $8 million in cash and
benefits.
• Ashland — Jane Flink, former
owner and publisher of the Boone County
Journal in Ashland, has published a book
about retirement titled “Unmarked
Trails.”
Flink and her husband, Dick, sold
the newspaper in 2001 and retired to
a home in southern Boone County.
She had a 30-year career as a reporter,
photographer, columnist, editor and
publisher.
• Kansas City — Top youth carriers
for the Sun Tribune, Raytown Tribune
and Liberty Tribune were treated to
a night of fun Aug. 24 at Kauffman
Stadium. Each youngster received a
ticket to see the Royals game and a food
voucher.
• St. Louis — The Riverfront Times
won two first-place awards in the National Association of Black Journalists’
2007 Salute to Excellence Awards.
Awards were presented at the Association’s convention in Las Vegas.
Staff writer Kristen Hinman won in
the Enterprise category for her series on
Vashon High School basketball under
ex-coach Floyd Irons.
In the Business category, former RFT
writer Ben Westhoff won for a feature
profile of local hip-hop artist Spaide
R.I.P.P.E.R.
In the competition of the Association
of Food Journalists, RFT writer Malcolm
Gay took third place in the Best Newspaper Food Column category. Awards were
presented recently in Minneapolis.
• St. Joseph — Two St. Joseph NewsPress writers won awards in a national
competition sponsored by the American Association of Sunday and Feature
Editors.
Kristen Hare won first place in the
General Feature and Short Feature categories. Betsy Lee won third place in the
Narrative Feature category.
The awards won by Ms. Hare come
with cash prizes totaling $1,500. Awards
were presented Sept. 27 in Savannah,
Ga.
• Rolla — The Rolla Daily News sponsored an “Editor For A Day” contest as
part of its Customer Appreciation Day
on Sept. 26. Those entering had to write
in 100 words or less why they wanted to
be the editor for a day.
The winner worked with news editor
Alan Gerstenecker, wrote a column and
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Sunshine Law getting
more action than ever
Fingers being pointed over secrecy, emails
S
eptember draws to a close with
That discussion was still going strong
more attention being paid to the when suddenly Tony Messenger, editoMissouri Sunshine Law than I rial page editor of the Springfield Newsbelieve has ever happened in its past. Leader, and a strong Sunshine Law
Suddenly the spotlight of
supporter, filed a Sunshine
political discussion, the law
Law request for certain
nearest and dearest to the
emails coming from the
heart of reporters in this
governor’s office.
state, faces allegations from
The governor’s chief
of staff had sent out at
both sides of the political
fence.
least one email advocatRepublicans theoretically
ing for pro-life supporters
began the salvos when they
to pressure state officials
charged that the Appelto remove the attorney
late Judicial Nominating
general’s office from servCommission had violated
ing to defend the state
the law in the manner in
against the lawsuit filed
which it selected the three
by Planned Parenthood
finalists for the vacancy
over state funding. Meson the Missouri Supreme Jean Maneke, MPA’s
senger quickly discovered
Court. It is true that this Legal Hotline attorthat the governor’s office
claimed those emails had
commission, while a public ney, can be reached
been destroyed. In fact,
governmental body, is gov- at (816) 753-9000,
jmaneke@manekelaw.
apparently the policy of
erned by Supreme Court
Rules as to certain matters. Therefore, it the governor’s office is to not save
may meet and deliberate behind closed emails, although it is not clear at this
doors. But it appears clear that it is still point whether that is all emails coming
required under the Sunshine Law to post from that office, or just certain people’s
proper notice of the date, time and place emails.
Once again, the Sunshine Law beof those meetings, which it apparently
came the chorus of those upset about
failed to do.
ritics of the Missouri Plan, a process this development. Aren’t those electronic
which has for years taken the judi- records public records? Isn’t there a rule
cial selection process out of the political against deleting government agency
arena and served as a model across the emails?
Turns out the answer is yes and yes.
United States, argued that the plan was
antiquated and flawed. They say it fails Chapter 610, which governs records, is
to allow the governor to put his im- clear that electronic records are public
print upon the court and gives persons records. And no state agency records are
outside the political arena a say in the to be destroyed unless it is determined
by standards set out by the State Records
nominees.
Exactly, responded the plan’s support- Commission that the record may be
ers (of which I go on record as being destroyed.
one). The critics seemed to ignore the
o now there are Democrats in the
fact that the governor is allowed to name
state upset about the governor’s
participants to the commission and office’s policy. As of press time, it is
therefore has input into the final selected unclear whether anyone will pursue this
candidates in that manner.
in a court.
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What IS clear, however, is that a suit
WAS filed against the third entity that
fell into this firestorm of Sunshine Law
controversy. The State Ethics Commission lobbed a pass from the Missouri
Supreme Court that it must decide what
to do about candidates in the state who
took unlimited contributions during the
few months earlier this year while the
campaign finance laws were in a flux.
Rather, in the closed meeting, as the
lawsuit filed by
the State’s ReChapter
publican Party
alleged, the
610, which
commissiongoverns reers “pre-determined every
cords, is clear
substantive
that elecpolicy matter
which they detronic records
cided that day,
are public reincluding the
wording and/
cords. And no
or substance
state agency
of the motions
that would be
records are to
offered in open
be destroyed
session...”
mazingly
unless it is
enough,
determined
after the lawsuit was filed,
by standards
the commisset out by the
sion decided to
meet in open
State Records
session in a
Commission
special meeting and have a
that the re“re-do.”
cord may be
Clearly, the
Sunshine Law
destroyed.
will, in the
coming few
months, play an important role in the
discussion of state policy and candidates
for statewide office. The 2008 legislative
session is going to be very interesting.
Candidates running for public office in
2008 are sure to be asked their views on
these issues.
Your Missouri Press Association will
be a player in the legislative arena, as
we attempt to work with legislators to
improve the law, perhaps with many of
the changes we have long advocated.
Stay tuned. The viewing should be
interesting.
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On the Move
• Rogersville — Chris Tharp, formerly an employee of the Bolivar HeraldFree Press, has joined
the news staff of the
South County Mail
in Rogersville. Both
papers are owned by
Community Publishers, Inc.
Tharp is a native
of Kirksville and is
a May graduate of
Truman State UniChris Tharp
versity there with
a communications degree. He and his
wife, Tara, live in Springfield. They were
married in July.
• Versailles — Janet Dabbs has joined
the news staff of the Versailles LeaderStatesman. The Detroit native replaced
Aaron Weaver on the Greenview and
Gravois Mills beat.
Dabbs has two children, a son attending college in St. Louis and a daughter
in high school in Sunrise Beach.
• Paris — David
Eales replaced Michael Daugherty as
editor of the Monroe County Appeal
in Paris. Daugherty
took a position with
Missouri Press Association.
Eales joined the
David Eales
weekly last year after
working for another newspaper for 10
years.
• Lee’s Summit — G.W. “Jerry”
Vaughan has been named general manager of the Lee’s Summit Tribune. The
Independence native has more than 30
years of experience in business.
Vaughan attended Tulane University
in New Orleans and transferred to the
University of Denver, where he earned a
degree in business administration.
Vaughan has managed a number of
companies and in 2004 became the
executive director of the Grain Valley
Chamber of Commerce. He and his
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wife of 35 years, Sarah, have two grown
children.
• Rolla — Alissa Martin, 33, has been
named district advertising director for
the Rolla Daily News, the Waynesville
Daily Guide and the St. James LeaderJournal.
Martin had been interim director for
60 days for the three GateHouse Media
newspapers. She has been with the Rolla
Daily News advertising department for
10 years.
She has two young daughters.
• Elsberry — Ashley (Priest) Holton
has been hired as the
reporter for The Elsberry Democrat. She
is a 2006 graduate
of Troy Buchanan
High School and is
studying communications and journalAshley Holton
ism at St. Charles
Community College.
Holton, who was married recently,
replaced Katrina Kinsler, who went to
work for a real estate company.
ner Press in Marble
Hill and the Scott
County Signal and
circulation consultant for all 52 Rust
Communications
newspapers.
Kneer now holds
the additional title
of building operations director. He
Mark Kneer
oversees building
maintenance, cleaning and security for
the Southeast Missourian building and
other local Rust properties.
• Eldon — Jeremy Hulshof has
joined the news staff of the Eldon Advertiser. He’s also covering events for
the Miller County Autogram-Sentinel in
Tuscumbia.
Hulshof is a native of Portageville. He
spent some time in the Army, worked for
a time in Columbia and St. Louis, then
earned a communications degree from
Lincoln University in Jefferson City.
He replaced Amber Shackleford at
the Advertiser.
• Lebanon — Photographer Eric
Adams has left the Lebanon Daily Record
after 10 years and taken a position as a
teacher at Lebanon High School.
• Columbia —
Mitzi St. John has
joined the marketing department of
the Columbia Daily
Tribune. Formerly of
the Hannah Stanley
St. John advertising agency, St. John
brings more than 20
Mitzi St. John
years of experience
to her new position.
• Cape Girardeau — The Southeast
Missourian has added another title and
more responsibilities to Mark Kneer. The
13-year employee is circulation manager
for the Southeast Missourian, the Banwww.mopress.com
Sara Hanes
was born in May.
• Hopkins
— Sara Hanes has
joined the staff of
The Hopkins Journal. Originally from
Boise, Idaho, Hanes
moved to Hopkins
with her parents in
2001.
Hanes and her
husband, Matt, have
a son, Mallix, who
• St. James — Michele Martin has
replaced Kristen Whitaker, who moved
to Japan, as editor of the St. James
Leader-Journal.
Martin was born in California and
has lived in several states. In 2003 she
moved to Rolla from St. Louis and began
studying English at the University of
Missouri-Rolla.
She was an intern for the Rolla Daily
News and later worked part-time for
the paper before taking the position
in St. James. The Rolla and St. James
newspapers are Gatehouse Media publications.
• Columbia — Liz Heitzman, business
editor for the Columbia Daily Tribune, is
experiencing a ninemonth “professional
in residence” fellowship at the Missouri
School of Journalism. The Knight
Foundation-funded
position involves editing the Columbia
Missourian, teaching
Liz Heitzman
and taking classes.
• Raytown — Christine White has
joined the Raytown Post as an ad rep. She
replaced Cathy Mack, who moved to the
staff of Junior Newz, another publication
of the Post.
White has an extensive business and
sales background, most recently with
Coldwell Banker Hometown Realty.
She has lived in the Raytown area
most of her life and is known for her
work to improve the community. She
represents Ward 3 on the Raytown Board
of Aldermen. She previously represented
Ward 2 on the board and twice was
elected city treasurer.
She is married to Jeff Kinman.
President
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blessing, a national debt recovery service
provided by Transworld Systems Inc.
sounded quite reasonable.
An online travel service presented by
Anne and Marshall Tezon of Hamilton
showed some promise to raise funds for
MPA. Individual newspapers might be
interested in starting this service, too.
The results of a statewide market
survey by Pulse Research were presented
and showed the strength of newspaper
readership. The MPA-sponsored survey
reported that 66 percent of consumers
depend on newspapers and their grocery
inserts for shopping information. And,
68 percent of daily newspaper readers
voted in the last statewide election.
There’s a lot more material from
this survey that will help you deflate
the myths about newspapers as a dying
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Photojournalism Hall of Fame
induction program on Oct. 18
F
our photojournalists with deep roots
in Missouri comprise the third class
of inductees into the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame in Washington,
Mo. They will be
inducted at 4 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 18.
A reception for the
inductees and their
families and friends
will follow the ceremony.
Those wishing to
attend should register by Oct. 15 by Bill Garrett
contacting Missouri
Press Association
at (573) 449-4167
or dcrews@socket.
net.
The Photojournalism Hall of
Fame opened in
2005 after several
years of work initiated by Bill Miller
Jack Hackethorn
Sr., publisher of the
Washington Missourian. Co-chairmen
of the inductee selection committee are
Cliff Schiappa, former regional photo
editor of the Associated Press, and David
Rees of the University of Missouri
School of Journalism. Also on
the committee are Jim Curley, a director of the Missouri
Photojournalism Workshop;
and Doug Crews, executive
director of Missouri Press Association.
This year’s inductees are:
W. E. “Bill” Garrett (1930 -)
During 10 years as editor of National
Geographic Magazine, Bill Garrett led
it to the highest circulation in its 102
years. He left the magazine in 1990
after writing and/or photographing
32 major articles from every continent
except Antarctica and co-producing the
television special “Alaska!,” based on his
adventures.
Jack Hackethorn (1911-2006)
Jack Hackethorn loved talking politics
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with family and friends and photographing just about anything. As a teen, he
worked in the Columbia Daily Tribune’s
mailroom. With encouragement from
an Associated Press
reporter, he learned
to use a camera.
Hackethorn was
the Missouri Farmers
Association director
of public affairs for
30 years. In 1996 he
received the University of Missouri Distinguished Alumni
Wes Lyle
Award.
Wes Lyle (1934 -)
As a photographer
for The Kansas City
Star and The Kansas City Times, Lyle
bore witness to the
dramas of the day.
His work for the
newspapers stands as
some of the best, say
Joe Wood
his peers. Subjects
of his photographs include Presidents
Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy,
Jack Benny, Louis Armstrong, Duke
Ellington, Thomas Hart Benton and
The Beatles.
He left The Star and The Times
in 1977, and later worked
for American City Business
Journals.
Joe Wood (1914 – 1996)
Joe Wood was an accomplished photographer for the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat and
an accomplished violinist with the St.
Louis Philharmonic Orchestra. He was
a championship boxer, too.
Wood photographed politics — from
local elections to presidential campaigns
— general news and major sporting
events. He photographed such celebrities as Judy Garland, Spencer Tracy,
Clark Gable and Dizzy Dean. He once
played poker with President Harry
Truman at the Jefferson Hotel in St.
Louis.
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These people accepted awards for their weekly newspapers
at the MPA Convention on Sept. 8. Rules for the 2008 contest
will be distributed early next year. Missouri Press Founda-
tion, sponsor of the contest, congratulates all the winners and
thanks the newspapers for entering the contest.
2007 Better Newspaper Contest winners
WEEKLIES:
1. General Excellence
Class 1
1. Boone County Journal
2. Smithville Herald
3. Thayer South Missourian News
HM. Noel McDonald County Press
HM. Houston Herald
Class 2
1. Kearney Courier
2. Owensville Gasconade County Republican
3. Republic Monitor
HM. Belton Star-Herald
Class 3
1. Raytown Tribune
2. Lee’s Summit Journal
3. Harrisonville Cass County Democrat
Missourian
HM. Nevada Sunday Herald-Tribune
Class 4
1. Washington Wednesday Missourian
2. Sun-Tribune, Clay County
3. Chesterfield Journal
2. Best Newspaper Design
Class 1
1. Kearney Courier
3. Mt. Vernon Lawrence County Record
Class 2
1. Liberty Tribune
2. St. Louis Business Journal
3. Northwest County Journal
3. Best Front Page
Class 1
1. Green Park Call
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2. Cuba Free Press
3. Republic Monitor
HM. Eldon Advertiser
HM. Belton Star-Herald
Class 2
1. The St. Louis American
2. St. Louis Mid-County Journal
3. Sun Tribune
4. Best News Story
Class 1
1. Smithfield Herald, Kelly Weiss,
Reasons Hydrants Failed
2. Vandalia Leader, Gary Sosniecki, Snow Job
3. Boone County Journal, Ashland,
Augie Kryger, $564,000 in Fines
HM. Smithfield Herald, Ashley Rader Vasquez,
Clerk Nabbed
HM. Smithfield Herald, Ashley Rader Vasquez,
Board Approves TIF
Class 2
1. Kearney Courier, Emily Hoffman,
Tree Clearing Crew
2. Platte County Landmark, Ivan Foley,
Annexation Lawsuit
3. Warrenton Warren County Record,
Charlie Denn, Slotting the Profits
HM. Canton Press-News Journal,
Dan Steinbeck, Sordid Path
HM. Republic Monitor, Amy Brant,
Buried Alive
Class 3
1. Ozark Christian County Headliner News,
Amelia Wigton, Jimson Weed
Donna Osborn, Ethanol
3. Bolivar Herald-Free Press, Linda Fuerst,
Bridge Fire
HM. Kansas City Northeast News,
www.mopress.com
Michael Bushnell, Trick for Treats
HM. Buffalo Reflex, Paul Campbell,
Buffalo Women Help
Class 4
1. News Democrat Journal, Chris Campbell,
Out of Order
2. St. Charles Journal, Steve Pokin,
Where is Jeff Morrison?
3. Washington Weekend Missourian,
Ed Pruneau, Deputies Find Festus
HM. St. Charles Journal, Steve Pokin,
Courting a Crisis
HM. Wednesday Sun, Kellie Houx,
Just Say “Nein”
5. Best Feature Story
Class 1
1. Smithville Herald, Ashley
Rader Vasquez, Two Sides
2. Thayer South Missourian News,
Terry Mullins, From Little Town to Big Time
3. Lincoln New Era, Dianne Peck,
Savior of Dogs
HM. Thayer South Missourian News,
Chris Wulff, Alzheimer’s Slow Good Bye
Class 2
1. Mt. Vernon Lawrence County Record,
Charlie Meeks, Easy Riders
2. Platte County Landmark,
Bill Hankins, A Painting Life
Charlie Meeks, Ghost Hunters
Class 3
1. Eldon Advertiser, Amber Shackelford,
Willis Sees Perfectly Clear
2. Lee’s Summit Journal, Nicholas Dupont,
Soul Survivor
3. Gladstone Sun Gazette, Jared
Hoffmann, Domestic Dad
HM. Fort Leonard Wood Guidon,
Allison Choike, Soldier of the Day
HM. Perry County Republic-Monitor,
Perryville, Kate Martin, Together Again
Class 4
1. St. Charles Journal, Russell Koranda,
One Good Marine
2. St. Louis Business Journal, Rick Desloge,
Ray Fournie story
3. Festus Jefferson County Leader,
Kim Robertson, Forgotten Village
HM. St. Louis American, Bill Beene,
Gene Lynn story
HM. Washington Wednesday Missourian,
Joan Elliott, Death of Dream
6. Best News or Feature Series
1. Washington Wednesday Missourian,
Joan Elliott, Disasters: Are we prepared
2. Belton Star Herald, Shandi
Duggins-Brinkman, Four Hearts for Africa
Internet Bullying
HM. Fredericktown Democrat News, Robert
Vanderbrugen, Lifelong Civil Servant
HM. Liberty Tribune, Natalie Shelton, Adoption
7. Tilghman Cloud Memorial Editorial
Class 1
Economic Divorce
2. Smithville Herald,
Changing Minds, Reputations
3. Vandalia Leader, Illegal Meeting
HM. Kearney Courier, Legislative Meddling
HM. Smithville Herald, Ambulance District
Class 2
1. Wednesday Sun, License Bureau Scandal
2. St. Charles Journal, Compassion
Isn’t Something to Outlaw
Moving Violation
HM. St. Charles Journal,
If Brown Can’t Stand the Heat
HM. North County Suburban Journals,
Overland Mayor
8-H Best Columnist-Humorous
1. Perry County Republic-Monitor, Kate Martin
2. Buffalo Reflex, Jim Hamilton
Donna Osborn
HM. Boone County Journal, Ashland,
Bruce Wallace
HM. Gainesville Ozark County Times,
Regina Wynn
8-S Best Columnist-Serious
1. Vandalia Leader, Gary Sosniecki
2. Fort Leonard Wood Guidon, Robert Johnson
3. St. Louis Community News, Shelly Schneider
9-N Best News Photograph
Class 1
1. Platte County Citizen, Lee Stubbs,
Too Much Smoke
2. Lee’s Summit Journal, Jeff Kirchhoff,
Dr. King Celebration
3. Belton Star Herald, Adam Droegemueller,
Belton Mayor Reaction
Dan Steinbeck, Crash Scene
HM. Eldon Advertiser, Amber Shackelford
Class 2
1. St. Louis American, Wiley Price,
Mother’s Grief
2. Gladstone Sun Tribune, Brenda Ahearn,
Hot, dry weather
3. Tri-County Journal, Rick Graefe,
Hometown Boy
HM. Ozark Christian County Headliner News,
Donna Osborn, Tornado
HM. Festus News Democrat Journal, Andrew
Jansen, Welcome Home
9-F Best Feature Photograph,
Class 1
Loving Life
Stars in His Eyes
3. Windsor Review, Terri Kline, Golden Knight
Dan Steinbeck, Perfect Throw
Class 2
1. St. Louis Business Journal, Brian Cassidy,
Scott and Skyler Suggs
2. Platte County Sun-Gazette, Matt Frye,
Serving up Tech
3. Festus News Democrat Journal,
Andrew Jansen, Traveling Wall
HM. Raytown Tribune, Mark Johnson,
Celebrating
HM. Gladstone Sun-Tribune, Matt Frye,
Eyeing an Owl
9-S Best Sports Photograph
Class 1
Tongue Lashing
2. Republic Monitor, Jeff Kessinger,
Time to Regroup
3. Platte County Landmark, Bill Hankins,
Safe at Home
HM. Lee’s Summit Journal, Jeff Kirchhoff,
Sky Serve
Class 2
1. Liberty Tribune, Matt Frye, Celebrating Safe
2. Gladstone Sun Tribune, Brenda Ahearn,
Conference Champs
3. Nevada Sunday Herald Tribune,
Ralph Pokorny, Touchdown
HM. Arnold-Meramec Journal, Andrew
Jansen, Play at the Plate
HM. Bolivar Herald-Free Press, Bill Breshears,
Good
9-I Best Photo Illustration
Class 1
Cast in Bronze
2. Republic Monitor, Amy Brant,
Stamp Out Hunger
3. Kahoka The Media, Mike Scott, Date Rape
HM. Eldon Advertiser, Tim Flora,
Back 2 School
Class 2
1. Ft. Leonard Wood Guidon, Christian
DeLuca, Sexual Offenders
2. St. Louis Business Journal, Erin McGowan,
www.mopress.com
Parking Collections
3. St. Louis Business Journal, Erin McGowan,
Berkshire Hathaway
HM. Ozark Christian County Headliner News,
Amelia Wigton, Ethanol
10. Best Photo Package
Class 1
1. Kearney Courier, Brenda Ahearn,
Happy Food
Extreme Makeover
Cindy Gladden, Deutsch Co. Days
HM. Kearney Courier, Brenda Ahearn,
Fostering Independence
HM. Platte County Landmark, Bill Hankins,
Like Mother/Like Daughter
Class 2
1. Liberty Tribune, Matt Frye,
Mending Broken Hearts
Best of the Rest
3. Harrisonville Cass County
Democrat-Missourian, Andrew Mouzin,
Sarah Greene, Cass County Fair
HM. Perry County Republic-Monitor,
Kate Martin, Tornado 06
HM. Ozark Christian County Headliner-News,
Donna Osborn, Chuck Branch, Duck Race
11-A Ad Idea or Promotion of an Advertiser
1. Bolivar Herald-Free Press, Billie Marsh,
Wishes Come True
Christine Feagan, Washington Smokehouse
Nancy Schaefer, First State Community Bank
HM. Marshfield Mail, Halloween
11-N Ad Idea or Promotion of the Newspaper
1. Suburban Journals of Great St. Louis,
Survivor
2. Suburban Journals of Great St. Louis
(Kirkwood-Webster Groves)
3. Houston Herald, Kathy Richardson
HM. St. Louis American, Kevin Jones
HM. Lee’s Summit Journal:
12. Best News Content
Class 1
1. Kearney Courier
HM. Lee’s Summit Journal
HM. Warren County Record
Class 2
1. Jefferson County Leader
2. St. Louis Business Journal
3. Sun Gazette (Gladstone), Sun Tribune
(Gladstone), and Liberty Tribune
13. Community Service
1. Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis,
Old News Boys Day
2. Washington Missourian, Dawn Kitchell and
Chris Stuckenschneider, Run to Read
3. Houston Herald, Kathy Richardson and
Brad Gentry, Downtown Revitalization
HM. St. Louis American, Salute
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14. Best Editorial Page
Class 1
1. Green Park Call
2. Lee’s Summit Journal
3. Kearney Courier
HM. Belton Star Herald
HM. Smithville Herald
Class 2
Democrat-Missourian
2. Sunday Herald Tribune
3. Perry County Republic Monitor
HM. Bolivar Herald-Free Press
HM. Marshfield Mail
15. Best Sports Page
Class 1
1. Lee’s Summit Journal, Jake Singleton and
Jeff Kirchhoff
2. Kearney Courier, Chris Geinosky, Scott Ward
3. Smithville Herald, Bill Knust and Scott Ward
HM. Belton Star Herald, Scott Loesch
HM. Platte County Citizen, Lee Stubbs
Class 2
1. Sun Tribune, Ben McClanahan and
Scott Ward
2. Liberty Tribune, Kevin Goodwin and
Scott Ward
3. Sun Gazette, Ben McClanahan and
Scott Ward
HM. Sun Tribune (Wednesday)
16. Best Sports News Story or Package
Class 1
1. Jackson County Advocate, Andrea Wood,
2. Thayer South Missourian News,
Terry Mullins
3. Centralia Fireside Guard
HM. Owensville Gasconade County
Republican, Dave Marner
HM. Carrollton Democrat, Colby Gordon
Class 2
1. Sun Tribune Newspapers, Ben McClanahan,
Strong as Oaks
Democrat-Missourian, Sarah Greene
3. Liberty Tribune, Kevin Goodwin
HM. Bolivar Herald-Free Press, Bill Breshears
HM. St. Louis American, Earl Austin
17. Best Sports Feature Story
Class 1
1. Kearney Courier, Chris Geinosky,
One for the Team
2. Lee’s Summit Journal, Jake Singleton,
A Walk to Remember
Tim Schmidt, Quest for Success
HM. Eldon Advertiser, Tammy Witherspoon,
Dichotomy of Katie
HM. Warrenton Warren County Record,
Tim Schmidt, Driven to Succeed
Class 2
1. Chesterfield Journal, David Kvidahl,
You’re Very Lucky
2. Sun Gazette, Ben McClanahan, Headstrong
3. Washington Missourian Wednesday, Bill
Battle, Rhandi Belte
HM. St. Louis West County Journal,
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David Kvidahl, Futbol Forever
HM. Sun Gazette, Ben McClanahan,
A Fantastic Four?
18. Best Sports Column
1. Ozark Christian County Headliner,
Jason Michael
2. Liberty Tribune, Kevin Goodwin
3. Lee’s Summit Journal, Jake Singleton
HM. Sun Gazette, Ben McClanahan
HM. Belton Star Herald, Scott Loesch
19. Best Family Living Coverage
1. St. Louis Suburban Journals
2. Washington Weekend Missourian
3. Houston Herald, Kathy Richardson
20. Best Coverage of Young People
1. Nixa XPress, Ryan Bowling, Samantha Lile,
Matt Roberts
3. Grandview Jackson County Advocate
HM. Gladstone Sun Gazette,
Stephanie Farebrother
HM. Liberty Tribune, Angie Anaya Borgedalen
21. Best Special Section
Class 1
1. Thayer South Missourian News, We Honor
Those Who Serve
2. Mt. Vernon Lawrence County Record, Faces
3. Belton Star Herald, Seniors and Healthcare
HM. Smithville Herald, Bridal Guide
HM. Boone County Journal, Ashland, Southern
Boone County
Class 2
Missouri Wine
2. St. Louis Suburban Journals, Best Bridal
3. Sun Tribune, Mending Hearts
HM. Festus Jefferson County Leader,
Peggy Bess, Family Christmas Album
HM. Bolivar Herald-Free Press, Living Guide
22. Best Investigative Reporting
1. Ozark Christian County Headliner,
Donna Osborne, Ethanol
2. Kearney Courier, Emily Hoffman
3. Lee’s Summit Journal, Nicholas Dupont
23. Best Local Business Coverage
1. Washington Wednesday Missourian
2. St. Louis Business Journal, Patricia Miller
3. Liberty Tribune, Gene Hanson
HM. St. Charles Journal
HM. Smithville Herald
24. Best Business Story
Class 1
1. Missouri Lawyers Weekly, Geri L. Dreiling,
The Birth of a Lawsuit
2. Kearney Courier, Emily Hoffman, Here
Comes the Cake
3. Missouri Lawyers Weekly, Geri L. Dreiling,
The Rise and Felonies
HM. Vandalia Leader, Gary Sosniecki,
50 Years of Strikes, Spares
Class 2
1. Gladstone Sun Tribune, Gene Hanson,
Legal Action
2. Arnold-Imperial Leader, Kim Robertson,
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Whiz in Biz
3. St. Louis Mid-County Journal, Ryan Heinz
and West County Newsroom; Convenience,
A Health Care Trend
HM. Washington Wednesday Missourian,
Karen Cernich, Family “Outfitted”
25. Best Coverage of Government
1. Bolivar Herald-Free Press, Linda Fuerst,
City-County Feud Over TIF
2. St. Louis American, McCaskill/Talent Senate
Joan Elliott, Are We Prepared?
HM. Smithville Herald, Ashley Rader Vasquez,
TIF Proposal
HM. St. Louis Business Journal, Christopher
Tritto, Blunt Force
26. Story About Rural Life or Agriculture
Class 1
Like Mother, like Daughter
2. Warrenton Warren County Record, Cindy
Gladden, Farm-Grown Girl Reflects
3. Canton Press-News Journal,
Dan Steinbeck, CAFO
Class 2
1. Liberty Tribune, Natalie Shelton,
Tomato Bounty
Prairie Celebration
3. Liberty Tribune, Angie Borgedalen,
Farmer Worried
HM. Marshfield Mail, Mike Cullinan,
Farmer Assistance
HM. Harrisonville, Cass County
Democrat-Missourian, Andrew Mouzin,
What Makes a Perfect Pumpkin
27. Best Story About Religion
1. Washington Weekend Missourian, Karen
Cernich, From Drugs and Alcohol to Christ
Training for Life
3. St. Louis American, Mel Meadows,
Midnight Church
HM. Washington Weekend Missourian, Karen
Cernich, African Adventure…God’s Way
28. Best Story About Education
Class 1
1. Lee’s Summit Journal, Pete Gutschenritter,
Nursing 101
2. Smithville Herald, Ashley Rader Vasquez,
Too Close
3. Lee’s Summit Journal, Pete Gutschenritter,
Baby Steps
HM. Grandview Jackson County Advocate,
Andrea Wood, Taking Notes
HM. Smithville Herald, Ashley Rader Vasquez,
Art on Display
Class 2
1. St. Louis American, Alvin Reid,
A Damn Shame
Karen Cernich, Serving Coffee
3. Bolivar Herald-Free Press, Katie Duncan,
Mastering the MAP
HM. Festus Jefferson County Leader,
Patrick Martin, Disconnected
29. Best Story About the Outdoors
1. Smithville Herald, Ashley Rader Vasquez,
Ticks and Mosquitoes
2. St. Louis Southwest County Journal,
Jack Cowan, MODOT “Mussels”
Up Wildlife Protection
Charlie Meeks, Home on the (Ozarks) Range
HM. Harrisonville Cass County DemocratMissourian, Andrew Mouzin,
Unique Creature Found
HM. Harrisonville Cass County DemocratMissourian, Sarah Greene, Quail Unlimited
30. Best Story About History
Class 1
Kathy Fairchild, Goodbye, Mother
Charlie Meeks, In Pursuit of Old Shepherd
3. Albany Ledger, Don Groves, Clock
Keeps Courthouse Time
HM. Kearney Courier, Jeff Salem,
Worthlander Remembers
Class 2
1. Nevada Sunday Herald-Tribune, Colette
LeFebvre, Children of the Depression
Exploring the Past
Joan Elliott, Slaves Escape to Freedom
HM. Marshfield Mail, Chad Hunter,
Pearl Harbor Survivor
31. Best Page Design
Class 1
1. Kearney Courier, Scott Ward, The
Double Standard
2. Kearney Courier, Amy Neal, Home from Iraq
HM. Smithville Herald, Scott Ward,
Make Your Voice Heard
Class 2
1. Sun Gazette, Scott Ward, Summer for
the Books
2. Liberty Tribune, Scott Ward, Track Stars
3. Sun Tribune, Scott Ward, Running Strong
HM. Sun Tribune, Andrew Ward,
Coin-Operated Memories
HM. St. Louis American, Melvin Moore,
Stylishly Hot
32. Best Information Graphics
1. Lee’s Summit Journal, City Walk Map
2. Harrisonville Cass County DemocratMissourian, Shandi Duggins-Brinkman and
Andrew Mouzin, Price of Power
3. Belton Star Herald, Shandi DugginsBrinkman and Adam Droegemueller,
Car Allowance
HM. St. Louis Business Journal,
Erin McGowan, Blunt Force
HM. St. Charles Journal, Aaron Hoffmann,
Don’t Worry
33. Best Editorial Cartoon
1. Houston Herald, Kathy Richardson,
Saved By The Vote
2. Houston Herald, Kathy Richardson,
Sunnyside Down/Eco. Forecast
3. Festus Jefferson County Leader, Judy Dixon,
I Don’t Know
HM. Festus Jefferson County Leader, Judy
Dixon, Local 2665 Puppet Strings
34. Best Newspaper in Education Program
1. Bolivar Herald-Free Press
2. Washington Missourian, Dawn Kitchell and
Chris Stuckenschneider
3. Odessa Odessan, Renee Spaar
HM. Pineville McDonald County
News-Gazette, Joyce Haynes
HM. Marshfield Mail, Kristin Dudley
35. Best Online Newspaper
1. HoustonHerald.com
2. Vandalialeader.com
3. Stlamerican.com
36. Best Headline Writing
Charlie Meeks
2. Kearney Courier, Scott Ward
3. Liberty Tribune, Scott Ward
HM. Sun Tribune, Scott Ward
37. Major Storm Coverage
1. Republic Monitor, Kate Martin
3. Republic Monitor, Amy Brant
HM. Tuscumbia Miller County
Autogram-Sentinel
DAILIES
38. General Excellence
Class 1
1. Camdenton Lake Sun
2. Lebanon Daily Record
3. Fulton Sun
HM: Dexter Daily Statesman
HM: Neosho Daily News
Class 2
1. Columbia Missourian
2. Sedalia Democrat
3. Hannibal Courier-Post
Class 3
1. Jefferson City News Tribune
2. Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian
3. St. Joseph News-Press
Class 4
1. Kansas City Star
2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch
3. Springfield News-Leader
39. Best Newspaper Design
Class 1
1. Sedalia Democrat
3. Neosho Daily News
Class 2
2. Kansas City Star
40. Best Front Page
Class 1
1. Sedalia Democrat
2. Independence Examiner
3. Lebanon Daily Record
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Class 2
1. Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian,
Joe Sullivan, Jon Rust, Rex Rust, Gary Rust
HM. Joplin Globe, Gary Castor
HM. Columbia Tribune
41. Best News Story
Class 1
1. Neosho Daily News, Todd G. Higdon and
Wes Franklin, 10 Dead
2. Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune,
Catherine Stortz Ripley, War claim
3. Neosho Daily News, John Ford,
Camping Trip
HM. West Plains Daily Quill, Betty Womack,
Hot off presses
Class 2
Matt Sanders, One Town Divided
Matt Sanders, Trains
3. Columbia Daily Tribune, Jacob Luecke,
Starling-struck
HM. The Sedalia Democrat,
Matt Bird-Meyer, Elks leader dead
Class 3
1. Kansas City Star, Joe Posnanski, Buck O’Neil
2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Meramec drownings
3. Kansas City Star, Don Bradley and Kevin
Murphy, Elks Lodge collapse
HM. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Jeremy Kohler,
Catering company killings
HM. Kansas City Star, Bob Cronkleton and
Dawn Bormann, Pit bull kills woman
42. Best Feature Story
Class 1
1. Camdenton Lake Sun, Joyce L. Miller,
Alone praying
2. Fulton Sun, Katherine Cummins,
Just his type
3. Lebanon Daily Record, Julie Turner,
Mock crisis
HM. Lebanon Daily Record, Julie Turner, Love
HM. Fulton Sun, Mark Sommerhauser,
Light in darkness
Class 2
1. Columbia Missourian, Nate Birt,
Brave Nano World
2. Columbia Missourian, Ben Fredman,
Family’s Ordeal
3. Hannibal Courier-Post, Margie Clark,
Stepping Back
HM. Sedalia Democrat, Chuck Orman, ABCs
HM. Sedalia Democrat, Sarah (Daniel)
Nail, Tiny Angel
Class 3
1. Springfield News-Leader, Wes Johnson,
Raging blackness
2. The Pitch, Ben Paynter, Two Soldiers
3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Todd Frankel,
Forgotten Prince
HM. Joplin Globe, Scott Meeker,
Work Speaks Volumes
HM. Kansas City Star, Stacy Downs,
Fate’s message
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43. Best News or Feature Series
1. Columbia Missourian, Shauna Bittle,
Columbia Missourian, Hospice
2. Fulton Sun, Mark Sommerhauser,
Inside Biggs
3. Kansas City Star, Eric Adler, Mending
Marcus
HM. St. Joseph News-Press, Kristen Hare,
Aaron Bailey, Susan Mires, Alyson Raletz,
Triumph, Year Later
44. Best Editorial
Class 1
1. Columbia Daily Tribune, Governance
Class 1
1. Sedalia Democrat, Sydney Brink,
Police Seek Witness
2. Mexico Ledger, Dean Patrick, Sky’s on Fire
3. Lebanon Daily Record, Eric Adams,
Soldier Laid to Rest
HM. Hannibal Courier-Post, Amanda
Stratford, Double Fatality
HM. Fulton Sun, Justin Kelley, Hitting Snow
Class 2
1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Gabriel B. Tait,
Fire Survivor
2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes,
McCall, Scary Shot
HM. Kansas City Star, Keith Myers,
Little Cowboys
HM. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert
Cohen, Blue Highway
46. Best Sports Photo
Class 1
1. Eastern Jackson Co. Examiner, Julie
Scheidegger, Foot Meet Face
2. Boonville Daily News, Chris Bowie,
Play at Plate
3. Daily Dunklin Democrat, Kennett,
Mike Buhler, Rivals Battle
HM. Fulton Sun, Justin
Kelley, Take it to Hoop
Class 2
1. Joplin Globe, T. Rob
Brown, Heady
Competition
2. St. Joseph NewsPress, Jessica
Stewart, Calloway
Drops Decision
3. Kansas City Star,
Chris Oberholtz,
Pugilists
HM. St. Louis PostDispatch, Chris Lee,
To the Hoop
These people accepted awards for their daily newspapers at the MPA Convention. Results of the contest
also can be found at mopress.org. The Sedalia Democrat produced a tabloid with the results, including comments of the judges from the Kansas Press Association and all of the winning photographs.
2. Neosho Daily News
3. Sedalia Democrat, Court Sees Past Politics
HM. Camdenton Lake Sun, Don’t Tred on Me
Class 2
1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Children
2. Jefferson City News Tribune, Campaign ad
3. Kansas City Star, Unseat Circuit Judge
HM. Jefferson City News Tribune, Christianity
45. Best Columnist – Serious
R. Joe Sullivan
2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Sylvester Brown
3. Kirksville Daily Express, Gregory Orear
HM. Camdenton Lake Sun, David Schiefelbein
HM. Kansas City Star, Mary Sanchez
45. Best Columnist — Humorous
1. St. Joseph News-Press, Ken Newton
2. Jefferson City News Tribune, Nancy Vessell
3. St. Joseph News-Press, Alonzo Weston
46. Best News Photo
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Tornado Survivor
3. Kansas City Star, Keith Myers,
Soldier Funeral
HM. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen,
Storm Damage
HM. Joplin Globe, Roger Nomer,
Remembering the Fallen
46. Best Feature Photo
Class 1
1. Sedalia Democrat, Hal Smith, This
Won’t Hurt
2. Hannibal Courier-Post, Amanda
Stratford, Fence Painting
3. Columbia Missourian, Steve Bartel, Zebra
HM. Sedalia Democrat, Sydney Brink,
Dough Boy
HM. Neosho Daily News, Senior Hill
Class 2
1. Springfield News-Leader, Dean Curtis,
Tornado Survivors
2. Joplin Globe, T. Rob Brown, Trial by Ice
3. Jefferson City News Tribune, Kelley
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46. Best Photo Illustration
Class 1
1. Kirksville Daily
Express, Jason
Hunsicker, Softball
2. Hannibal CourierPost, Amanda
Stratford, Cup
Catherine Ripley
Class 2
1. Springfield NewsLeader, Dean Curtis,
Xanga.
2. Kansas City Star, Rich Sugg, Gay Clergy
Diane L. Wilson, 9-11
HM. Springfield News-Leader,
Amber Arnold, Flood Watch
HM. Columbia Daily Tribune,
Gerik Parmele, Super Foods
47. Photo Package
Class 1
1. Sedalia Democrat,
Joseph Beaher: Tiny Angel
2. Sedalia Democrat, Sydney Brink, ABCs
3. Columbia Missourian, Adam
Masloski, Sturgeon
HM. Fulton Sun, Justin Kelley, Clydesdales
Class 2
1. Kansas City Star, David Eulitt,
Motors For Miles
2. Springfield News-Leader, March 14
3. Columbia Daily Tribune, Ed Pfueller,
Odyssey on Katy
HM. St. Joseph News-Press, Benjamin
Reed, Turning Away
HM. Jefferson City News Tribune,
Stephen Brooks, Captive Artists
48A. Best Ad Idea for an Advertiser
1. Kansas City Star, Jan Dumay and Robin
Langdon, Star Home
2. Columbia Daily Tribune, Linda Hays,
Regional Airport
3. Kansas City Star, Jacquie Lahatto and
Robin Langdon, Downtown Comes Alive
48N. Best Ad Idea for the Newspaper
1. Kansas City Star, Tom Lore, Cathy
Gripka, Cindy Campbell, New Star
2. Columbia Daily Tribune, Linda Hays,
Half Is Not Enough
3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Angie Clark,
Good News
49. Best News Content
Class 1
2. Sedalia Democrat
3. Dexter Daily Statesman
HM. Camdenton Lake Sun
HM. Fulton Sun
Class 2
2. Kansas City Star
50. Community Service
1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Charity Raffles
Stolen Valor
3. St. Joseph News-Press, 20 Who Count
51. Best Editorial Page
Class 1
1. Sedalia Democrat
2. Independence Examiner
3. Camdenton Lake Sun
HM. Lebanon Daily Record
HM. Columbia Missourian
Class 2
1. Columbia Daily
3. Kansas City Star
HM. Springfield News-Leader
HM. Jefferson City News Tribune
52. Best Sports Page
Class 1
1. Sedalia Democrat, Kyle Smith
2. Independence Examiner, Karl Zinke/Staff
3. Neosho Daily News, Cody Thorn
HM. Columbia Missourian, Staff
Class 2
1. Kansas City Star, Staff
2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Staff
3. Springfield News-Leader, Staff
HM. St. Joseph News-Press
HM. Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian
53. Best Sports News Story or Package
Class 1
1. Columbia Missourian, Staff
2. Independence Examiner, Bill Althaus
3. Neosho Daily News, Cody Thorn
HM. Fulton Sun, Mark Sommerhauser
Class 2
1. Kansas City Star, Bill Reiter, Bob Huggins U
2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Joe Strauss
and Derrick Goold, Steroids
3. Kansas City Star, Jason King,
Stuff of Champions
HM. Springfield News-Leader,
Kary Booher, That’s Amaury
HM. Kansas City Star, Sam Mellinger,
Jeff Passan, Pride of KC
54. Best Sports Feature Story
Class 1
1. Columbia Missourian, Andrew Astleford,
Joining the Family
2. Independence Examiner, Bill Althaus,
Unparalleled Career
3. Columbia Missourian, Jenna Stumpf,
Rolling Revival
HM. Columbia Missourian, Jenifer
Langosch, Playing On
Class 2
1. Kansas City Star, Elizabeth Merrill
2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Derrick Goold
3. Springfield News-Leader, Kary Booher
HM. Columbia Daily Tribune, David Robb
HM. Kansas City/The Pitch
55. Best Sports Column
1. Kansas City Star, Joe Posnanski, Deaf
Drivers/Dee Brown/Tamba
2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Bryan Burwell
3. Kansas City Star, Jason Whitlock,
Buck/Duke/Chiefs
HM: Jefferson City News Tribune, Tom
Rackers, True Hue
56. Best Family Living Coverage
3. Jefferson City News Tribune
57. Best Coverage of Young People
3. Columbia Daily Tribune, Janese Heavin
and Marcia Vanderlip
HM. Kansas City Star, Bill Norton
58. Best Rural Life/Agriculture Story
Class 1
1. Columbia Missourian, Gavin Off,
The Last Crop
2. Columbia Missourian, Leslie Parker,
Biofuel Boom Town
3. Columbia Missourian, Kevin Crowe,
Waiting for Rain
HM. Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal,
Sue Sterling
Class 2
1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Todd C.
Frankel, Branding Revival
2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Eric Hand,
Crop Killer
3. Columbia Daily Tribune, Matthew
LeBlanc, Change in the Wind
HM. Springfield News-Leader, Sarah
Overstreet, Family Farming: A Fading Dream
HM. Springfield News-Leader, Sarah
Overstreet, A Fair Kind of Folk
www.mopress.com
59. Best Special Section
Class 1
1. Lebanon Daily Record, Hometown
Memories
2. Waynesville Daily Guide, Progress Edition
3. Neosho Daily News, Our Town
HM. Boonville Daily News, Progress 2006
HM. Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune,
Football Fix 2006
Class 2
1. Columbia Daily Tribune, Our Town
2. Columbia Missourian, Travel Missouri
3. Sedalia Democrat, Duty Calls
HM. Hannibal Courier-Post, Celebrate
Black History
HM. Independence Examiner, Jag-Pot
Class 3
1. Springfield News-Leader, Special
Section – How Far Can We Go?
2. Kansas City Star, Redesign
3. St. Joseph News-Press, Profiles of Progress
HM. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, New Home Base
60. Best Investigative Reporting
Class 1
1. Fulton Sun, Inside Biggs
Catherine Ripley, Stolen Valor
3. Columbia Missourian, Jennifer Price,
Broken Promises
HM. Columbia Missourian, Megan
Rolland, Matthew Haag, Use and Abuse
HM. Columbia Missourian, Lynsy Smithson Stanley, Sara Stoltz, State Maintain
Class 2
1. Kansas City Star, Steve Everly, Hot Fuel
2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Bill Lambrecht,
Vast E-Wasteland
3. Joplin Globe, Derek Spellman and
Melissa Dunson, Anderson Guest Home Fire
HM. Cape Girardeau Southeast
Missourian, Missouri’s Campaign Shell Game
HM. Springfield News-Leader, Amos
Bridges, Chad Donson’s Death
61. Best Local Business Coverage
1. Kansas City Star
HM. St. Joseph News-Press
62. Best Business Story – News or Feature
Class 1
1. Columbia Missourian, Layla Bellows, Carolyn
Dohack, Rachel Higginbotham,
A Fairer Wage or Fewer Jobs
2. Columbia Missourian, Brett Wessler,
Open for Business
3. Columbia Missourian, Matt Jarzemsky,
Swimming in Surplus
HM. Columbia Missourian, Lynsy
Smithson Stanley and Sara Stoltz,
Boom Town
HM. Sedalia Democrat, Matt Bird-Meyer,
Workin’ Like a Dog
Class 2
1. Kansas City, The Pitch, Nadia Pflaum
and Carolyn Szczepanski
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2. Kansas City Star, Mike Casey, Mark
Morris, David Klepper
3. Columbia Daily Tribune, Kevin Coleman
HM. St. Joseph News-Press, Greg Kozol
HM. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Mary Jo Feldstein
Reception for
Concordia
retirees
63. Best Coverage of Government
1. Kansas City Star, Government Efficiency
2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Amendment 2
3. Kansas City Star, Defective Equipment
HM. Springfield News-Leader, Should
Busing Rules Change?
HM. St. Joseph News-Press, A Tale
of Two Cities
Gary and Judy Beissenherz, former longtime
owners and publishers
of The Concordian,
were honored with
a reception on Aug.
16 in Concordia. The
Concordian, published
for many years by the
Beissenherz family,
now is owned by Rust
Communications. Gary
and Judy are shown
with some of the awards
they won in the Missouri
Press Foundation Better Newspaper Contest
over the years, including their 1999 Gold
Cup, which they won
in a tie with the Liberty
Sun-News.
64. Best Story About Religion
1. Kansas City Star, Malcolm Garcia,
Pastor Nurtures Equality
2. Columbia Missourian, Laura Johnston,
LaRue Diehl, Serving God and Country
3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Tim Townsend,
Controversy Follows
HM. Kansas City Star, Kevin Murphy,
On the Road to Salvation
65. Best Story About Education
1. Columbia Missourian, Sarah Reedy,
Shining Star
2. Kansas City Star, Melodee Hall Blobaum,
Mike Sherry, Technology Changing Schools
3. Kansas City, The Pitch, Carolyn
Szczepanski, Jay’s Anatomy
HM. Fulton Sun, Jon Hetzel, A Textbook Case
66. Best Story About the Outdoors
1. Kansas City Star, Lee Hill Cavanaugh,
Serpent Sage
2. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Ken Leiser,
Raunchy on the River
3. Kansas City Star, Mike Sherry,
Perilous Place to Play, Navigate
67. Best Story About History
Class 1
1. Columbia Missourian, Hugh Welsh,
Undercurrents
2. Mexico Ledger, Zach Mortice,
Battlefield Detectives
3. Fulton Sun, Jon Hetzel, Winston
Churchill’s Visit
HM. Jefferson City News Tribune,
Michelle Brooks, Home by Sears
Class 2
1. Kansas City, The Pitch, C.J. Janovy,
Justice at Last
2. St. Joseph News-Press, Alonzo Weston,
Joe Blumberg, What Lies Beneath
3. Springfield News-Leader, Wes Johnson,
100 Years Later
HM. Kansas City Star, Brian Burnes,
Secrets of Nelly Don
68. Best Page Design
1. St. Joseph News-Press, Paul Branson, Eat,
Drink and Be Scary
2. Kansas City Star, Charles Bloom, Ghost
3. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Reagan Branham,
Go, Go Gadgets!
69. Best Information Graphics
1. Kansas City Star, Noah Musser, Marianne
Seregi, and Matt Campbell, WWI Museum
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American sports editor into Hall of Fame
E
arl Austin Jr., sports editor of The
St. Louis American, is among the
inaugural class that will be inducted into
Lindenwood University’s Athletics Hall
of Fame during Oct. 19-20 Homecoming activities.
Austin is the all-time leading scorer
for Lindenwood’s basketball team. He
was a four-year starter from 1982-86 and
was the team’s MVP three times.
He was the school’s male athlete of the
year in 1984-85 and won Lindenwood’s
athletics director award in 1985-86.
His jersey number was retired after his
senior season.
2. Sedalia Democrat, Lucas Soltow and
Beth O’Malley, Proposed High School
3. Kansas City Star, Greg Branson,
How Transplants Worked
HM. Columbia Daily Tribune, Lora
England, Dive Into Summer
HM. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Elizabethe
Holland and Tom Borgman, Busch or Bust
72. Best Newspaper in Education Program
1. Kansas City Star, Jim Sajevic
2. St. Joseph News-Press, Diane Goold
3. Springfield News-Leader, Juliana Goodwin
HM. Hannibal Courier-Post, Debbie Quinlin
HM. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kristi Hurst
70. Best Online Newspaper
1. ColumbiaMissourian.com
2. Hannibal.net
3. KansasCity.com
73. Best Headline Writing
1. Columbia Daily Tribune
71. Best Editorial Cartoon
1. Kansas City Star, Dick Cheney Went Fishing
2. Columbia Daily Tribune, John Darkow,
Brokeback Capitol Hill
3. Columbia Missourian, David Friesen,
College President
74. Major Storm Coverage
3. Sedalia Democrat
www.mopress.com
Missouri Newspaper Organizations
NORTHWEST MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Leslie Speckman, Savannah;
Secretary, Kathy Conger, Bethany; Treasurer, W.C. Farmer, Rock Port. Directors: Dennis Ellsworth,
St. Joseph; Chuck Haney, Chillicothe; Wendell Lenhart, Trenton; Chris Boultinghouse, Mound
City; Steve Tinnen, Plattsburg; Jamey Honeycutt, Cameron; Kay Wilson, Maryville.
SHOW-ME PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Trevor Vernon, Eldon; First Vice President, John
Spaar, Odessa; Secretary-Treasurer, Sandy Nelson, Harrisonville. Directors: Stacey Rice, Drexel;
Judy Spaar, Odessa; Past President/Director Gary Beissenherz, Concordia.
CALENDAR
October
7-13 — National Newspaper Week
18 — Missouri Photojournalism Hall
of Fame induction, Washington
February 2008
OZARK PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Roger Dillon, Eminence; Vice President, Tianna
Brooks, Mountain View; Secretary-Treasurer, Sharon Vaughn, Summersville. Directors: Dala
Whittaker, Cabool; Brad Gentry, Houston; Jeff Schrag, Springfield; David Burton, Springfield;
Keith Moore, Ava; Jim Hamilton, Buffalo; Kimball Long, El Dorado Springs; Past President,
Rosemary Henderson, Mt. Vernon.
21 — MPA/AP Day at the Capitol
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Kate Martin, Perryville; First
Vice President, Elaine Pursell, Dexter; Second Vice President, Gera LeGrand, Cape Girardeau;
Secretary-Treasurer, Michelle Friedrich, Poplar Bluff; Historian, Mrs. Mildred Wallhausen,
Charleston; Executive Secretary, Ann Hayes, Southeast Missouri State University. Directors:
Kim Million-Gipson, Piedmont; Peggy Scott, Festus; Judy Schaaf-Wheeler, Ironton; H. Scott
Seal, Portageville; Diane McClain, Kennett.
20-21 — Ozark Press Association,
College of the Ozarks, Branson
DEMOCRATIC EDITORS OF MISSOURI: President, Richard Fredrick, Paris; First Vice
President, Bob Cunningham, Moberly; Secretary, Beth McPherson, Weston; Treasurer, Linda
Geist, Monroe City.
MISSOURI CIRCULATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: President, Brenda Carney,
Harrisonville; First Vice President, Jack Kaminsky, Joplin; Second Vice President, Steve Edwards,
St. Joseph; Secretary, David Pine, Kansas City; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors:
Jim Kennedy, Bolivar; Ken Carpenter, Kansas City; Rob Siebeneck, Jefferson City.
MISSOURI ADVERTISING MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION: President, Steve Hutchings,
Gainesville; First Vice President, Trevor Vernon, Eldon; Second Vice President, Bobbie Snodgrass,
Joplin; Secretary, Jim Salzman, Jackson; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: Debra
Kiser, Jefferson City; Stacy Rice, Drexel; Dennis Warden, Owensville; Suzie Wilson, Milan. Past
President, Jane Haberberger, Washington.
MISSOURI ASSOCIATED DAILIES: President, Joe May, Mexico; Vice President, Ben Weir, Jr.,
Independence; Secretary, Shelly Arth, Marshall; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia; Past President,
Larry Freels, Kirksville. Directors: Jack Whitaker, Hannibal; Arnie Robbins, St. Louis; Charlie
Fischer, Sedalia; Don Wyatt, Springfield; Dan Potter, Columbia; Randy Cope, Neosho.
MISSOURI AFFILIATE, NATIONAL FEDERATION OF PRESS WOMEN: President, Karen
Glines, Des Peres; Vice President, Fran Mannino, Kirkwood; Secretary and Newsletter
Compositor, Peggy Koch, Barnhart; Publicity, Colene McEntee, St. Peters; Membership, Linda
Mantle, Olivette; Treasurer/Archivist, Dee Rabey, Granite City, Ill.; Contest, Janice Denham,
Kirkwood; Quest Awards, Marge Polcyn and Linda Mantle; Past President and Conference
Director, Susan Fadem, Olivette; At Large, Verna Smith, St. Louis; Mary Kimbrough, St. Louis;
Sue Mathias, Clayton.
MISSOURI PRESS SERVICE: President, John Spaar, Odessa; Vice President, Gary Sosniecki,
Vandalia; Secretary-Treasurer, Dave Berry, Bolivar. Directors: Dane Vernon, Eldon; Wendell
Lenhart, Trenton.
MISSOURI PRESS FOUNDATION, INC.: President, Tom Miller, Washington; First Vice
President, David Lipman, St. Louis; Second Vice President, Mrs. Betty Spaar, Odessa; SecretaryTreasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: R.B. Smith III, Lebanon; Wallace Vernon, Eldon;
Rogers Hewitt, Shelbyville; James Sterling, Columbia; Mrs. Wanda Brown, Harrisonville; Mrs.
Avis Tucker, Warrensburg; Edward Steele, Columbia; Robert Wilson, Milan; Kirk Powell, Pleasant
Hill; Wendell Lenhart, Trenton.
MISSOURI-KANSAS AP PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS: Chairman, John Montgomery,
Hutchinson, Kan. Missouri AP Managing Editors: Chairman, Carol Stark, Joplin; Past Chairman,
Oliver Wiest, Sedalia.
MISSOURI SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER EDITORS: President, Buzz Ball, Carthage; First
Vice President, Cathy Ripley, Chillicothe; Second Vice President, Dale Brendel, Independence;
Secretary-Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: Chris Wrinkle, Hannibal; Dennis Ellsworth,
St. Joseph; Rob Viehman, Cuba; Jeff Schrag, Springfield; Sam Blackwell, Cape Girardeau; and
Oliver Wiest, Sedalia; Past President, Buck Collier, St. Louis.
MISSOURI COLLEGE MEDIA ASSOCIATION: President, Alexandra Nicolas, Missouri Southern
State University; Vice President, Morgan Ryman, Metropolitan Community College, Longview;
Secretary, Jesse Cordova, Missouri Southern State University; MPA Liaison, Pat Sparks, Longview
Community College; Adviser, T.R. Hanrahan, Missouri Southern State University.
March
May
8-9 — Missouri Advertising Managers’
Association, Hilton Promenade
Hotel, Branson
June
12-14 — Show-Me Press, MSNE/
APME joint meeting, Resort
at Port Arrowhead, Lake Ozark
September
11-13 — 142nd MPA Convention,
Stoney Creek Inn, Columbia
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