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6-June 1-ups.indd - Missouri Press Association
June 2005 Among those attending the Past Presidents Dinner on May 5 in the Governor ʼs Mansion were Carlene and Bill Williams (1974) of Thayer and Marge and Robert Blosser (1976) of Jefferson City. 5 Journalist’s Creed on 8th Street Wanda Brown of Harrisonville unveils the Journalistʼs Creed plaque on the MPA building on May 5. Looking on are Doug Crews, left, MPA executive director; Mrs. Brownsʼ daughter, Mary James, and her husband, Bill. Bill was the MPA president in 1998. The Brown family donated the money for the plaque, which was installed in January. A project to videotape interviews of MPA members started on May 5. Mary James and Wanda Brown were among the first of Scott Chartonʼs subjects. 5 Show-Me Press Association will meet June 23-25 at Lake Ozark. 6 Tentative agenda for MPA Convention & Trade Show in September. 10 Regular Features President 2 On the Move 11 13 14 Jean Maneke 21 NIE Report 22 Obituaries Scrapbook Missouri Press News, June 2005 www.mopress.com Graduations keep us busy Each senior receives a complimentary copy as our gift M ay has become the busiest month of the year at our offices. Graduation editions take an enormous amount of time and preparation. We are fortunate that the three school districts we serve cooperate in helping to make these issues memorable. Each senior receives a complimentary copy of the graduation issue as our gift. Mother’s Day and Memorial Day also add to the stress, but these events do add needed advertising dollars and opportunities. With the dedication of the Walter Williams plaque on the Missouri Press Association building and the Past Presidents dinner it has been difficult to find time for golf, my children’s school and extracurricular activities: soccer, dance, softball and music. Son Blanton ripped a triple to dead center to help his team qualify for an automatic berth in the USSA Little League World Series in St. Louis. The Cardinals will be in town so we’ll be able to see a final game in the old ball park, too. My trip home from the Past President s dinner on May 5 was eventful. I was halfway home to Lee’s Summit when I received a call on my cell phone from Doug Crews. y ol’ Harpo’s friend, Chuck Son BlanHaney, left his car keys in my ton ripped truck. So I hustled up Highway 5 to Boona triple to ville to meet Doug and Chuck with said dead center keys, which delayed my arrival home until to help his 12:30 a.m. Chuck, I’ll see you team qual— and many others — at The Resort at ify for the Port Arrowhead on June 23-25 for the anJohn Spaar USSA Litnual Show-Me Press The Odessan Association meeting MPA President tle League and golf outing. T he gift of the bronze plaque containing the Journalist’s Creed by the family of the late James W. Brown was a fitting tribute to a publisher who dedicated his life to the journalism profession and who made numerous contributions to the Missouri Press Association. J.W. was a buddy of my grandfather, Les Simpson, so it was a special pleasure to introduce Wanda and her daughter, Mary, who unveiled the plaque. Although the Christmas season is months away, our staff received a bonus this month when our 2004 Christmas VOL. 73, NO. 6 JUNE 2005 Official Publication of Missouri Press Association, Inc. section was chosen for a $500 prize and a national award from Metro Creative Graphics, Inc. M World zark Press Association has Series. scheduled its annual meeting for Aug. 12 at the Clarion Hotel in Springfield. Lots of other opportunities to get involved in journalism activities are coming soon: Among them are NNA’s bus tour of five newspaper plants, Editors and Publishers day at Mizzou, and later in the year the induction of the first group into the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame. PRESIDENT: John Spaar, The Odessan, Odessa FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: Steve Oldfield, The Adrian Journal SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: David Bradley, Jr., St. Joseph News-Press SECRETARY: Dan Wehmer, Webster County Citizen, Seymour TREASURER: Jeff Schrag, Springfield Daily Events EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Doug Crews ADVERTISING: Michael Sell EDITOR: Kent M. Ford O DIRECTORS: Gary Sosniecki, The Vandalia Leader Dave Berry, Bolivar, Community Publishers of Missouri, Inc. Dane Vernon, Eldon Advertiser Jack Whitaker, Hannibal Courier-Post Vicki Russell, Columbia Daily Tribune Phil Conger, Bethany Republican-Clipper Kevin Jones, St. Louis American NNA REPRESENTATIVE: Gary Beissenherz, The Concordian, Concordia MISSOURI PRESS NEWS (ISSN 00266671) is published every month for $7.50 per year by the Missouri Press Association, Inc., 802 Locust St., Columbia, MO 65201-4888; phone (573) 449-4167; fax (573) 874-5894; e-mail [email protected]; website www.mopress.com. Periodicals postage paid at Columbia, MO 65201-4888. (USPS No. 355620). POSTMASTER: Please send changes of address to Missouri Press Association, 802 Locust St., Columbia, MO 65201-4888. www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, June 2005 Missouri Press News, June 2005 www.mopress.com 3 Journalist’s Creed plaque dedicated May 5 at MPA building in Columbia The plaque bearing Walter Williamsʼ Journalistʼs Creed on the side of the MPA building in Columbia was formally unveiled and dedicated on May 5. Williams was the first dean of the Missouri School of Journalism. At the photo on top, MPA President John Spaar welcomes the crowd. The view looks south toward Jesse Hall, the UMC administration building, with the School of Journalismʼs Lee Hills Hall on the right. In the center, journalism professor, former publisher and 1985 MPA President Jim Sterling speaks, in a view looking north toward downtown Columbia. Wanda Brown and her daughter, Mary James, are in the foreground. Their family donated the money for the plaque. At left, Columbia Mayor Darwin Hindman and his wife, Axie, center join the reception in the MPA conference room. At right is Carlene, Williams, wife of Bill Williams, former publisher in Thayer and 1974 President of Missouri Press Association. Alex James is in the background at the left. 4 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, June 2005 Big day at MPA Missouri Press had a big day on May 5. The Missouri Press Foundation board held its annual meeting, the Journalistʼs Creed plaque was dedicated, the past presidents dinner was held at the Governorʼs Mansion (below), and Scott Charton began video interviews of longtime Missouri journalists. Charton, on leave from the AP, is working for University of Missouri President Elson Floyd for a year. He is doing the interviews as a Missouri Press Foundation project. Here he visits with MPA Historian Dr. William H. Taft. He also interviewed Wanda Brown and her daughter, Mary James, on May 5. Wanda Brown, before the plaque dedication and video interview on May 5, studies one of the most popular photographs hanging in the MPA building in Columbia. The photo was taken at the MPA Convention at Grantʼs Farm in St. Louis in 1917. Hanging above it is a photo in the same location taken during the MPA Convention in 2000. Guests at the annual MPA Past Presidents Dinner visit in the foyer of the Governorʼs Mansion in Jefferson City before their meal on May 5. A photograph of all the past presidents who attended the dinner will be in the July magazine. Missouri Press News, June 2005 www.mopress.com 5 Get registered for golf June 24 at Osage Beach M Ad Managers’ officers Members gathering in St. Louis April 14-15 in St. Louis elected officers for the Missouri Advertising Managersʼ Association. They are, from the left, Steve Hutchings, Gainesville Ozark County Times, Second Vice President; Debra Kiser, Jefferson CIty News Tribune, Director; Beth Durreman, Lebanon Daily Record, Director; Kevin Jones, St. Louis American, President; Jane Haberberger, Washington Missourian, First Vice President; and Jim Salzman, Jackson Cash Book Journal, Director. Not present were Debbie Chapman, Marshfield Mail, Secretary; Bobbie Snodgrasss, The Joplin Globe, Director; and Trevor Vernon, Eldon Advertiser, Director. Results of the Better Ad Contest are in this issue. Legislative leaders will speak at Show-Me Press meeting June 25 T wo leaders of the Missouri legislature, Speaker Pro-Tem Carl Bearden, R-St. Charles, and Assistant Minority Leader Paul LeVota, D-Independence, are on the agenda for the Show-Me Press Association meeting on Saturday, June 25. They’ll talk about the first session of the 93rd General Assembly and answer questions. (Minority Leader Jeff Harris of Columbia was scheduled to speak, but a schedule conflict came up.) Show-Me Press will meet Friday and Saturday, June 24-25, at The Resort at Port Arrowhead (formerly Holiday Inn), at Lake Ozark. Rooms cost $99 ($96 plus $3 handling fee). The hotel phone number is (800) 532-3575. To register for the meeting, call Sandy Nelson at the paper in Harrisonville, 6 (816) 380-3228. An early-bird poolside party will be held Thursday evening, June 23. The meeting will begin officially after the June 24 MPA Porter Fisher Golf Classic. Friday evening’s activities will be a poolside barbecue buffet followed by a putt-putt golf tournament at the hotel’s little links. After breakfast and the business meeting Saturday, a morning roundtable discussion will focus on a number of newspaper issues. Saturday’s lunch will include presentation of the Porter Fisher Golf Plaque and the Screw-Up of the Year Award. Take your bloopers from the past year with you to the meeting. www.mopress.com PA’s annual golf tournament will be held Friday, June 24, at Sycamore Creek Golf Course, Osage Beach. The event has been held at Sycamore Creek for a number of years. Two-person teams will compete in a scramble with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Call or email the MPA office in Columbia to register: (573) 449-4167; [email protected]. Cost is $50 per player, which includes greens fee, cart and lunch. Lunch will be served on the pro shop patio after golf. CenturyTel will provide trophies for the winners. Prizes also will be awarded. Sponsors for the prize fund are being sought. If you or your newspaper would like to contribute $25, $50 or more, please make a check to Missouri Press Association. Sprint will provide golf caps for all the players and has contributed $100 to the prize fund. Other contributors to date are Dan Wehmer and the Webster County Citizen $50 and Wendell Lenhart and the Trenton Republican-Times $25. Players will be able to buy mulligans, $10 for one mulligan on each of the nine holes. Proceeds will go to Missouri Press Foundation. Flight winners of this tournament will be eligible to compete against Kansas Press Association in the Little Brown Jug Tournament later in the year. Show-Me Hold-em G uests at the Show-Me meeting will play one hand of poker throughout the gathering. At un-announced times, playing cards will be dealt to each guest. The person with the best poker hand at the end of the meeting will win a prize. Missouri Press News, June 2005 Retired Caruthersville publisher Ralph Clayton, left, president of MPA in 1983, received the Millie Wallhausen Friend of Southeast Press Award at the April 15 meeting in Cape Girardeau. Scott Seal of Portageville presented the award. Missouri Supreme Court judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr., a native of Cape Girardeau, talked about the workings of the court during a luncheon presentation. Southeast Press annual meeting held in Cape SEMO Press Association elected officers during its April 15 meeting in Cape Girardeau. They are, front row from left: Diane McClain, President, Daily Dunklin Democrat, Kennett; Laura Johnston, First Vice President, Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau; Gabe Hartwig, Director, Southeast Missourian; second row: Michelle Friedrich, Secretary/Treasurer, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff; Ann Hayes, Executive Secretary, Southeast Missouri State University News Bureau; Kate Martin, Second Vice President, Perry County Republic-Monitor, Perryville; Peggy Scott, Director, Leader Publications, Festus; Kim Million-Gipson, Director, Wayne County Journal-Banner, Piedmont; and Scott Seal, Director, Missourian News, Portageville. Not pictured are Mildred Wallhausen, Historian, Enterprise Courier, Charleston; and Judy Schaaf, Director, The Mountain Echo, Ironton. Photographer and web consultant Lou Peukert explained some of the creative applications of Photoshop during an afternoon session that also featured Louise Bodenheimer, associate professor of art at Southeast Missouri State University. Other sessions were on ad sales and page design led by staff members from the Southeast Missourian and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A roundtable discussion about advertising also was held. Missouri Press News, June 2005 Laura Johnston, assistant managing editor-features of the Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, led a session on new ideas for tired stories. Other presenters included Dawn Kitchell, MPAʼs state NIE director; and Jean Maneke, MPAʼs Legal Hotline counselor. A reception hosted by Southeast Missouri State University President Dr. Ken Dobbins closed the annual SEMO Press meeting. www.mopress.com 7 Liberty newspapers sold L iberty Group Publishing Inc. has finalized an agreement to merge with an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC. The acquisition by way of merger is expected to close during the second quarter of 2005. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Liberty Group Publishing Inc., headquartered in Northbrook, Ill., owns and operates 274 publications in 15 states. Liberty in Missouri are the Neosho Daily News, Carthage Press, Camdenton Lake Sun, Waynesville Daily Guide, Rolla Daily News, St. James Leader-Journal, Boonville Dailyt News, Mexico Ledger, Linn County Leader of Brookfield/Marceline, Kirksville Daily Express, Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Moberly Monitor-Index, Macon Chronicle-Herald, Maryville Daily Fo- rum, Penny Press, Big Nickel. Fortress Investment Group LLC is a global alternative investment and asset management firm founded in 1998 with approximately $15 billion in equity capital currently under management. Through its private equity funds, Fortress Investment Group LLC manages approximately $6.9 billion of capital on behalf of prominent institutional investors and high net worth individuals. Dirks, Van Essen & Murray acted as one of the advisors to Liberty Group Publishing in the transaction. In 1998, Hollinger International Inc., owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, sold Liberty Group Publishing to Los Angeles leveraged-buyout firm Leonard Green & Partners for $310 million. Sale involves several Missouri papers. Jump on bus for tour of 5 papers with NNA T he National Newspaper Association’s tour of five Missouri newspapers and printing plants will be June 10-11. Call NNA to get signed up. Attendees will meet in St. Louis at the Westport Sheraton Plaza on the morning of June 10. From there they will take a bus tour of the Washington Missourian, the Lebanon Daily Record, the Bolivar Herald-Free Press and Missouri Color Web Printing, and the Eldon Advrtiser. Attendees will stay in the University Plaza hotel on June 10. That evening they will tour the American National Fish and Wildlife Museum. The Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau will host a wine reception and that evening’s dinner at Hemingways Restaurant. Registration fee is $295 for the first registrant and $250 for the second, if you are registering together. To sign up contact Terri Loughrey at (573) 882-5800 or [email protected]. Where do your readers get their energy? More than ever, Missouri’s rural and suburban families use propane to fuel their active lifestyles. For cooking, heating, hot water, drying clothes or fireplaces...nothing matches the Exceptional Energy of propane! Propane is safe, clean-burning, affordable and dependable; it’s the perfect fuel for your readers and their busy families! Visit the Missouri Propane Education and Research Council at MissouriPropane.com or call (573) 893-8298. 8 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, June 2005 J School’s experiment makes front page of international trade paper E mPrint, the Missouri School of Journalism’s 10-week experimental electronic newspaper, made the front page of Newspapers & Technology, the international trade journal of newspaper technology. The EmPrint format is expected to be commercially available this fall. EmPrint repackages a publication’s content in magazine-size forms that open in full-screen when viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 or 7. Roger Fidler developed the format while serving as visiting fellow at the university’s Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. EmPrint is designed for reading on computer screens, with editorial and advertising content that requires no scrolling, Fidler explained. Editions are bolstered with interactive video, audio and other multimedia elements. More than 3,600 people registered to take part in the field test, Fidler said. Fidler expects 80-85 percent of EmPrint revenue will come from advertising and 15-20 percent from subscription sales. Cost of production and delivery will be much lower than with a print newspaper, so margins will be higher. K.C. Star wins 7 firsts in Kansas Press contest T he Kansas City Star won seven first2004 football guide. place awards in the Kansas Press Second-place awards: Wright Association competition. Awards were Thompson (2), sports story and sports presented in April in Lawrence. feature story; Miriam Pepper, editoFirst-place awards: rial pages; Joe Posnanski, •The sports department sports column writing; in special sections for its Reporting, Diane Carroll and Mara 2004 football guide. column writing, Rose Williams, series; • Mike Hendricks for Kevin Murphy and John editorial column writing. Schultz, news story; Mary • Lee Judge for editorial cartoons win top Sanchez, column writing; cartoons. John Dvorak and Diane awards. • Melodee Hall Blobaum Carroll, investigative story; for a story about the huge and Richard Espinoza and backlog of Social Security disability Linda Man, governmental/political claim cases in the four-state region. writing. • Mike Casey for a series about nursThird-place winners: Wright Thomping homes in the area. son (2), sports story; and Jason Whit• Lee Hill Kavanaugh for a series lock, sports column writing. about soldiers returning to Fort Riley Honorable mentions: Joe Posnanski, after deployment to Iraq. sports story; and Derek Samson, sports • Wright Thompson for stories in the feature story. NWMS website chosen by Library of Congress T he website of The Northwest Missourian, the student-managed newspaper at Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, has earned national recognition. Faculty adviser Laura Widmer and editor-in-chief Cole Young were notified that the website has been selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in a historical collection of internet material related to the death of Pope John Paul II. The paper’s John Paul II page contains photographs, audio clips, wire reports and stories written by Northwest Missourian staffers. That content will be made available through the Library of Congress to web users. Missouri Press News, June 2005 www.mopress.com 9 2005 MPA Annual Convention & Trade Show Tentative Agenda: September 22 - 24, 2005 The Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark Thursday, September 22, 2005 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. - MPA/MPS Breakfast Board Meeting 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. - MPA Nominating Committee Meeting 12:00 noon - Golf Tournament 6:00 p.m. - Trade Show and Evening Meal/Entertainment/Happy Hour with Exhibitors 8:00 p.m. - Boat Cruise Friday, September 23, 2005 8:30 a.m. - Breakfast with Speaker 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - Morning Sessions Jock Lauterer: Community Journalism - The Toughest Job Youʼll Ever Love Peter Wagner: Advertising Sales 11:15 a.m. - Noon - MPA Business Meeting & Election of Officers & Directors Noon - 1:00 p.m. - Luncheon with Speaker 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Trade Show Roundup 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. - Peter Wagner: Advertising Sales 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Newspaper In Education session 6:00 p.m. - Hall of Fame Reception 6:45 p.m. - Hall of Fame Dinner Entertainment - The Courthouse Steps, a group of singing St. Louis attorneys Saturday, September 24, 2005 8:00 a.m. - Dailies Breakfast 8:00 a.m. - Weeklies Breakfast with Mike Buffington, NNA president 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Concurrent Workshops/Sessions -- Three Tracks Pre-Press Track 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. - Russell Viers, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, etc. Advertising Track 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Marsha Lawrence, Best Buy Print Media Specialist 10:15 - 11:30 a.m. - John Spaar leads Best Ad Idea Exchange News-Editorial Track 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Pete Rahn, MO Dept. of Transportation Director 10:15 - 11:30 a.m. - Panel with Missouri Legislators 11:30 a.m. - Better Newspaper Contest Reception 12:15 p.m. - BNC Awards Luncheon 10 www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, June 2005 On the Move • Lebanon — Israel Potoczny is the new sports editor of The Lebanon Daily Record. He has worked as a sports reporter at Missouri Western State College, where he was a student for one year. He also attended one year at Southwest Missouri State in Springfield. Israel Potoczny Potoczny is a 1994 graduate of Lebanon High School and served for two years in the Navy. • Kansas City — Chris Clark, formerly the news editor for the AP in Utah and Idaho, has been named news editor for Kansas and Missouri. His first day was to be June 6. Clark, 35, has worked for the AP since 1996. He started in Kansas City and served as day supervisor before moving to Salt Lake City in 2002. Clark is a native of Kansas City and a 1991 mass communications graduate of Missouri Southern State College, Joplin. Kia Breaux, news editor for the AP in Nebraska, has been named assistant chief of bureau for Kansas and Missouri. Her first day was May 31. Breaux, 31, has worked for the AP since 1997, including reporting and editing stints in Kansas City and as correspondent in Roanoke, Va. She’s a native of Kansas City and a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism. She succeeds Cliff Schiappa, who now is Midwest regional photo editor. • Fort Leonard Wood — The Guidon, which serves the military personnel and community, has lost two enlisted staffers. Sgt. Shatara Seymour and Spc. Tremeshia Ellis have moved on from the base. Their departure leaves managing editor Master Sgt. Jon Connor and civilian journalists Matt Wilson and Derek Gean to produce The Guidon. Missouri Press News, June 2005 Connor recently replaced Carl Norman as the managing editor. • Oak Grove — Nancy Mathis, formerly with the Higginsville Advance, has joined the ad sales staff of Focus on Oak Grove. She has been in advertising sales for 22 years. Mathis is a graduate of Paola, Kan., High School and attended the University of KanNancy Mathis sas. She worked at the Miami County Republican and the Olathe Daily News in Kansas before going to work for the Higginsville paper, where she worked for eight years. • Seneca — J.B. Kelly has left the news staff of the News Dispatch to work on other local projects. He was with the weekly 2-1/2 years. Shanell Johnson has joined the weekly as receptionist and writer. She is a native of Nevada, Mo., who moved to Seneca with her 2-year-old daughter several months ago. Pam Davis Patty Roof • Crane — Pam Davis and Patty Roof have assumed the duties of editor Fred Hall, who left Stone County Publishing Co., Inc., to be Extension education director in Chickasaw County, Iowa. Hall, editor of The Crane Chronicle/Stone County Re p u b l i c a n f o r nearly 10 years, left in late April. Davis, office manager for more than five years, has been named manwww.mopress.com aging editor. Roof has been with the paper for more than two years. She now is the news editor. • St. Louis — Political cartoonist and illustrator R.J. Matson has been hired as the editorial cartoonist for the Post-Dispatch. Matson also draws for The New York Observer and Roll Call in Washington. Matson succeeds John Sherffius, who resigned in late 2003. Matson has created the cover art for 15 CDs by the Capitol Steps comedy troupe, and has illustrated several books. • Sarcoxie — Amanda Wagner has joined the ad sales staff of Sarcoxie Publishing, which publishes the Sarcoxie Record, Pierce City Leader-Journal and Jasper County Citizen in Carl Junction. Wagner will focus on the Pierce City and Carl Junction papers. Amanda Wagner Wagner previously was the office manager at Ozark Plastics in Noesho. She has two children. • Summersville — Rick Mansfield has joined the Summersville Beacon as a columnist and part-time reporter. He’s retired from education, where he was a teacher, principal and superintendent. • Republic — Jeff Kessinger is the new sports reporter for the Republic Monitor. He’s a native of the area and a graduate of Southwest Missouri State University. • Windsor — Danny Hampton has left his reporter job with the Windsor Review and joined the news staff at a radio station in Sedalia. Terri Kline, who has written stories and taken pictures for the weekly, has replaced Hampton. She previously handled office work for the paper. • Kansas City — Ginger Lamb, 11 publisher of the Kansas City Daily Record, has been promoted to manager of Arizona Capitol Times in Phoenix. • Elsberry — Michael Short of St. Charles has joined The Elsberry Democrat as editor/general manager. Short has seven years of experience in production at The Lincoln County Journal and three years at the Suburban Journals of St. Charles County. Barbara James, previous manager of the paper, was Michael Short elected city collector of Elsberry and left the newspaper. • Harrisonville — Shandi Duggins has joined the news staff of The Democrat Missourian in Harrisonville. She is a 2003 graduate of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Ark. Duggins will work at The Democrat Missourian until Amelia Wigton returns from maternity leave. Duggins then will join the staff at The Star Herald in Belton. • Maryville — Lisa Rogers has joined the staff of the Nodaway News Leader to help with advertising design and page layout. • Neosho — Lisa Rogers Rick Rogers has been named publisher of the Neosho Daily News. He succeeds Randy Cope, who is now the co-chief operating officer and executive vice president of Liberty Group Publishing. Chip Watson has been named the Daily News regional manager. Rogers spent the previous 14 months as executive editor of Specialty Publications, a division of Liberty Group. He first worked with Liberty in 1998 as sports editor of The Carthage Press. Watson, publisher of The Big Nickel in Joplin, now manages The Daily News, The Carthage Press, The Greenfield Vedette and six papers in Kansas. Cope had been publisher of The Daily News for about 12 years, from 1989-1995 and 1998-2005. He, his father, Kenneth, and his grandfather, Howard Bush, were the principle publishers at the newspaper for the past 50 years. • St. Louis — Ken Jones, publisher of Missouri Lawyers Weekly, has resigned to return to private practice. • Marthasville — Charlie Denn is the new editor of The Marthasville Record. The Virginia native has 35 years of experience in journalism, from coverage of professional sports teams for the Newsport News Times-Herald to covering the construction and heavy equipment industries for trade publications. In 1988 the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association named Denn the Virginia Sportswriter of the Year. Call These Organizations for Answers to Your Questions Missouri Insurance Information Service Questions about Internet? Call Socket Internet, Inc. for answers to your questions on Email, the World Wide Web, or Network Computing. We can answer virtually any question. Call: 1 (800) 762-5383, x 115 or Email: [email protected] 220 Madison St. - 3rd Floor Jefferson City, MO 65101 (573) 893-4241 - phone (573) 893-4996 - fax [email protected] - email Missouri Beef Industry Council A public information organization of insurance companies. It's What's For Dinner. 2306 Bluff Creek Drive, #200 Columbia, MO 65201 (573) 817-0899 When you need answers, just call us. MPA Postal Help Ron Cunningham (417) 849-9331 [email protected] 12 With all the directions your phone service can take today, it's good to know there's someone who can show you the way. So, before you spend more time than you really want trying to find the right answers, just go straight to the source. 1-800-788-3500 www.mopress.com Sprint ® Missouri Press News, June 2005 Obituaries Bolivar H Helen Mae Berry elen Mae Berry, 87, Bolivar, the mother of 2003 MPA President Dave Berry, died April 12, 2005, at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar. Mrs. Berry was a nurse’s aide at Aurora Community Hospital for 28 years. She moved to Bolivar six years ago after the death of her husband, Ben. (Mrs. Berry died at the same age and on the same date as her husband.) Her son, Dave, is vice president of Community Publishers Inc. and publisher of the company’s Missouri newspapers. Mrs. Berry leaves another son, a stepdaughter, two brothers, four sisters, five grandchildren, a step-granddaughter and seven great-grandchildren. Columbia F Frank Dobyns, Jr. rank L. Dobyns Jr., 81, Columbia, a retired advertising instructor at the Missouri School of Journalism, died April 20, 2005, in his home. Mr. Dobyns was a native of Arkansas and earned his degree at Oklahoma University in 1946. He and his wife owned and published newspapers in Oklahoma before he joined the faculty at the School of Journalism in 1965. He taught for 15 years, becoming a full professor. He retired in 1981. Mr. Dobyns leaves a daughter, a son, eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a sister. Ozark Press will meet Aug. 12 in Springfield T he 2005 Ozark Press Convention will be held Friday, Aug. 12, at the Clarion Hotel, 3333 S. Glenstone, Springfield. Details of the meeting and a registration form will be provided soon. Jeff Schrag, Springfield Daily Events, is coordinating meeting planning. Sept. 1 ground breaking for connector building of Reynolds Institute M issouri Press Association members are encouraged to attend the Sept. 1 ceremonies to break ground for the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute, a new and vigorous advocate for the future of journalism in democratic societies and a valuable resource for research and development. At 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1, the Journalism School will launch construction of a new building that will link Walter Williams Hall and the former Sociology Building on Francis Quadrangle in Columbia. This building project will enhance the J-School complex and provide the future home of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. The institute was made possible through a $31 million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation. Reynolds was a 1927 graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism. Call These Organizations for Answers to Your Questions For information about agriculture or issues affecting rural Missouri, contact: For information about public education, contact (573) 893-1467 Missouri State Teachers Association Missouri Farm Bureau 407 S. Sixth St., P.O. Box 458 Columbia, MO 65205 573-442-3127 or 800-392-0532 Got a question about an MPA activity? Check mopress.com for the answer. Download registration forms, ads, features, editorials and stories. The Missouri Bar Jefferson City 573-635-4128 Missouri Press News, June 2005 www.mopress.com 13 Scrapbook • Fayette — Missouri State Teachers Association will present its Media Awards for coverage of education to The Democrat-Leader and Fayette Advertiser. The newspaper’s website, fayettenewspapers.com — was the only website recognized for online coverage of education in Missouri. In the daily newspaper division, the Southeast Missourian in Cape Girardeau will be recognized. Awards will be presented Nov. 3 at the annual convention of the MSTA in St. Louis. Honorable Mention awards will be presented to the Fulton Sun and the Nodaway News Leader. • Bolivar — Fund-raising events were held this spring for the family of Shane and Katie Duncan and their newborn son, Riley. Riley’s kidneys are not functioning properly. Proceeds from the fund-raisers will help with his medical costs and other expenses. Katie is associate editor of the Bolivar Herald-Free Press. • Cape Girardeau — The Southeast Missourian held a contest in April and May to find a phrase and mascot for the campaign to clean up the county. The anti-litter campaign began in March after the newspaper received a number of complaints about litter in the area. A task force of people from Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Scott City and the Missouri Department of Transportation is addressing the litter problem. Suggestions for a phrase and mascot were printed in the newspaper. Readers voted on their preference. • Rolla — Stephen E. Sowers, publisher of the Rolla Daily News, was married on April 9 on Captiva Island, Fla., to Lonna L. Stephenson. The bride was escorted by her son, Zack Stephenson, and her 2-year-old grandson, Ethan Stephenson, both of Rolla. Her daughter-in-law, Lisa Stephenson, was attendant. The groom was attended by his sons, 14 Stephen Sowers II, Columbia; Seaver Sowers, Washington, D.C.; Shayne Sowers and Sander Sowers, both of St. Louis; and Seth Sowers, Rolla. • Columbia — Douglass High School and the Columbia Daily Tribune are observing their 15th anniversary as Partners in Education. Every semester several Douglass High School students learn about the publishing industry and get hands-on experience in newspaper production. They work with Tribune staff and produce the Chalkboard page, which has received national recognition from the Partners In Education program for its Former President honored than 40 years, the last 30 as an editorial writer. • Bolivar — The newspapers of Community Publishers Inc. of Mo. held an online auction May 18-26. Called Ozarks Auction Mania, the event featured a variety of items, including cars, furniture, clothing, homes and lawn equipment, all contributed by area businesses. The newspapers ran an insert previewing the items to be auctioned. Bidders called in bids if they did not want to use a computer. • Troy — Amie Stein, publisher of the Suburban Journals of St. Charles County, has been named to the United Way of Greater St. Louis’ Tri-County Auxiliary board of directors. Former Chillicothe publisher and 1995 MPA President Chuck Haney, center, recently received the Citizen of the Year Award from the Elks Club. The Chillicothe Chamber of Commerce also honored Haney recently for Volunteer Service “Above and Beyond.” At left is Darren Lauhoff, exalted ruler of the Elks Lodge. At right is Jim Valbracht, leading Knight. literacy development. • Kansas City — Robert Sigman, a longtime member of The Star’s editorial board and now an editorial writer and columnist for Sun Publications, received the Johnson County Community College Headline Award in April. The award from the school’s journalism and media communication department recognizes contributions to journalism in Johnson County. Sigman worked for The Star for more www.mopress.com • Savannah — Touchdown Publications, publisher of the Savannah Reporter, launched a monthly publication on May 5 serving the Village of Country Club. The Country Club Reporter began as an insert in the Savannah Reporter. Plans are to make it a stand-alone publication. Dwayne Williams, a partner in Touchdown Publications, is in charge of the project. Others involved are Reporter columnist Duane Thies and managing partner Leslie Speckman. The Country Club Reporter is a magazine with color front and back covers. • Harrisonville — Cass County Publishing Co., publisher of the Cass County Democrat Missourian, sponsored the City-Wide Garage Sale on May 7. The Harrisonville Area Chamber of Commerce had announced a few weeks earlier that it would no longer sponsor the event. Ads placed in the newspaper by sale participants served as the registration fee. • Holden — John Roberts, associate publisher of the Holden Image and coMissouri Press News, June 2005 owner and co-publisher of the Lone Jack News Stand, has been named director of the HOPE Coalition. The non-profit agency administers a number of charity programs and the Community Activity Center. • Kansas City — The Kansas City Star presented its Ernest Hemingway Writing Awards to high school students from around the country on April 16. Two area students were among the four winners. The awards honor excellence in feature, news, sports and commentary writing. Winners received $2,500 college scholarships. Winners were: Sara Full, Blue Valley Northwest; Ross Boomer, Shawnee Mission East; Maria Abascal, Lakota East, Liberty Township, Ohio; and Dan Oshinsky, Walt Whitman High, Bethesda, Md. • Seneca — News Dispatch editor/ publisher Diane Collins has donated to the Seneca Branch Library a copy of the Jim Sawyer booklet “Newswriting Short Course.” • Fulton — In its Mother’s Day issue, The Fulton Sun printed the winning essay in its Callaway County Mother of the Year Contest. The newspaper joined the Callaway Chamber of Commerce in sponsoring the contest. Readers were asked to write essays of not more than 100 words explaining why their mother was the best. Local businesses donated prizes to the subject of the winning essay. The Sun presented the winning mother with a framed copy of the front-page story about her. • Washington — The Missouri Association of School Librarians presented the Washington Missourian, Dawn Kitchell and Chris Stuckenschneider with its Missouri Friends of School Libraries Award. The award recognizes “exemplary service in support and promotion of reading to students, school and public libraries in Missouri communities.” It honored the newspaper and its two employees for the Book Buzz program and other youth literacy programs. Kitchell, Missouri Press Association’s Newspapers In Education director, and Stuckenschneider accepted the awards in front of a crowd of more than 800 librarians at the group’s annual conference at Lake of the Ozarks. • Nevada — Carl Simpson, retiring publisher of the Nevada Daily Mail, in April received a plaque from the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce for his years of service to the community. Simpson on May 1 turned over reins of the Nevada Daily Mail and Herald, Nevada News and Fort Scott Tribune to his daughter, Julie Righter. • Kansas City — Bill Tammeus, The Finest Resource For Building Advertising Revenue The Online Libraries of MetroCreativeConnection Enjoy the Benefits of the Images, Spec Ads, Editorial and Automotive Photo Libraries: • Get revenue-generating ideas, ads, images & auto photos • Increased productivity • Easily download what you need through our user-friendly search engine • Instant access 365/24/7 • Themed editorial features at your fingertips Start the New Year Right! Call LouAnn Sornson for a FREE sample password today! 800.223.1600 Metro Creative Graphics, Inc. • 519 Eighth Avenue • New York, NY 10018 • www.metrocreativegraphics.com • [email protected] Missouri Press News, June 2005 www.mopress.com 15 Faith section columnist for The Kansas City Star, has won the 2005 Wilbur Award for column writing. The award, presented in April in Nashville, is sponsored by the Religion Communicators Council, a national organization of communications professionals. It recognizes outstanding coverage of religion in the secular media. • Slater — Jean Black of the Main Street News took something home to her readers from the meeting in Branson of the Missouri Society of Newspaper Editors. The Branson Chamber of Commerce and some of the Branson shows sponsored a dinner at the meeting. They provided creative table centerpieces and lots of free promotional material. Black’s table was sponsored by the Jim Stafford Theater. She took home a load of the material and held raffles of the items. In May, June and July, prizes are Jim Stafford buckets full of goodies. In August, winner will get the huge centerpiece. • Columbia — Kansas City Star columnist C.W. Gusewelle spoke at the annual luncheon sponsored by the Friends of the University of Missouri Libraries on April 16 at the Reynolds Alumni Center. After the luncheon Gusewelle signed copies of some of his eight books. • Chillicothe — About 1,200 people attended the third annual ConstitutionTribune Spring Expo at Chillicothe High School. More than 50 businesses exhibited their goods and services in and around the school. The newspaper gave away a threepiece patio set in a drawing. • Hopkins — A plaque in honor of Russell Cross was installed at an entrance to Hopkins Memorial Park recently. Cross is the former owner/ publisher of The Hopkins Journal. The plaque reads: In Memory of Russell L. Cross, a loyal servant of this park and this community for 50 years. He kept “The hop in Hopkins.” 16 • Cuba — The Cuba Free Press held an open house in its new building on April 30. After more than 40 years on the west side of Cuba, the Free Press moved earlier this year to its new building at 501 E. Washington (old Route 66). With its new building, the Three Rivers Publishing, Inc., staff of 16 has much more space, new office furniture, new printing equipment and other new equipment. The company also publishes the Steelville Star-Crawford Mirror and an ad publication called The Extra, which goes to all non-subscribers in Crawford County. It also offers commercial printing. • St. Joseph — Alonzo Weston, a columnist for the St. Joseph News-Press, won the ninth annual Kelsy Beshears Racial Justice Award. It was presented in May. The award was created to recognize the lifetime of work in the community by Mrs. Beshears, who was active until her death at age 100 in 1999. Weston was recognized for his writing that delves into a variety of social issues and his daily commitment to family and the community. • St. Joseph — The News-Press & Gazette Co. has purchased, subject to federal regulatory approval, the ABC television affiliate in Idaho Falls, Idaho. The station is near Yellowstone National Park, and Jackson Hole, Wyo. The company publishes the St. Joseph News-Press, owns St. Joseph Cablevision and television stations in Bend, Oregon, El Paso, Texas, Palm Springs, Calif., and Yuma, Ariz./El Centro, Calif. • Chillicothe — The ConstitutionTribune has redesigned its layout and added two feature pages. The “Our Town” page will run on Tuesdays. Friday’s paper will include a page of photos taken during the week. • Bolivar — The Bolivar Herald-Free Press held an open house on May 20 for Free Press Plaza, the new home of the newspaper and At Your Service Salon. • Kansas City — Kansas City Star editorial page editor Miriam Pepper was among several community leaders who were honored in May by the Missouri Association of Social Welfare, Kansas City chapter. The association said the honorees demonstrated commitment to its core values, including respect for human rights and concern for people with great needs. • Waynesville — The Daily Guide was the host for Let’s Go Expo early in May. Residents visited exhibits of many local businesses. • Higginsville — City attorney Doug Harris presented a review of the Sunshine Law for the Higginsville Board of Aldermen in May. He explained the definitions of public bodies, public meetings and public records, meeting notification requirements and other aspects of the law. Concerning gray areas of the law, Harris said, “the best thing to do is fall back on the presumption of openness.” St. Louis weekly available to blind T he St. Louis American now is available via a free telephone service from the National Federation of the Blind (FNB). Using a standard touch-tone phone, the user can work from a menu to select which newspaper, section and article to read. This menu also lets users change the speed and quality of the voice, and skip ahead or back within the articles. No computer or special training is www.mopress.com needed. Anyone who cannot read conventional newspapers and magazines because of a disability qualifies for NFB-NEWSLINE. Eligible people may register by calling the Missouri State Library at (573) 522-6710 or by going online to nfb. org/newsline1.htm. Several other Missouri newspapers offer the service. Missouri Press News, June 2005 Legislature adjourns: What passed, failed? T he Legislature adjourned at 6 p.m. May 13, in Jefferson City. Missouri Press Association kept close watch for any efforts by legislators to eliminate the sales and use tax manufacturing exemption for newspapers. Newspapers collect a sales tax on paid subscriptions because of a Missouri Supreme Court case in 1989. The exemption, in statute since 1998, allows newspapers to purchase the following without paying sales or use tax: newsprint, ink, computers, photosensitive paper and film, toner, printing plates and other machinery, equipment, replacement parts and supplies used in producing newspapers published for dissemination of news to the general public. Here are outcomes of bills in the 2005 Missouri General Assembly that Missouri Press Association monitored: House Bill 214 failed: This bill would have allowed cities, counties, towns and villages to adopt ordinances that do not require elections in nonpartisan races when the number of candidates filing for positions equals the number of positions to be filled. The bill did not pass. Bill sponsor: Rep. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg) • House Bill 235 failed: This bill would have required a certificate of value containing the actual amount of consideration or reasonable estimate of the true current market value of property to be filed with the recorder of deeds when a property is sold, but the information would be a closed record. The bill did not pass. Bill sponsor: Rep. Kathlyn Fares (R-Webster Groves) • House Bill 518 failed: This bill would have allowed a pilot program in the City of St. Louis for the installation of an automated traffic control system. Vehicles would be photographed at intersections, and owners whose vehicles run red lights would receive tickets by mail with penalties to pay. The photos would be closed to the public. The bill did not pass. Traffic control system amendment sponsor: Sen. Harry Kennedy (D-St. Louis) • House Bill 199 withdrawn: This bill would have required newspapers and broadcast stations to keep an open file with Missouri Press News, June 2005 detailed information on who purchases political campaign advertising. The file would be available to the public for inspection at the newspaper office or broadcast station. The bill was withdrawn by the sponsor: Rep. Ed Wildberger (D-St. Joseph) • Senate Bill 420 passed: However, an amendment that would have closed names of victims of sexual crimes was deleted from the bill. Closed records amendment sponsor: Rep. Leonard Hughes (D-Kansas City) • Senate Bill 287 passed: Public school funding formula. A provision regarding charter schools is contained in the bill. In addition to publishing its financial statement in the local newspaper, charter schools may publish the statement on the website of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The original bill would have allowed charter schools to post their financial statements on the Internet, rather than in newspapers. MPA thanks bill sponsors/handlers: Sen. Charlie Shields (R-St. Joseph) and Rep. Brian Baker (R-Belton) • House Bill 297 passed: School accountability report card. Newspapers and broadcast news media must be given each public school district’s accountability report card on an annual basis in a standardized, easily accessible format. MPA thanks bill sponsor: Rep. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg) House Bill 487 passed: An amendment in the bill allows motor vehicle dealers, when advertising by broadcast or print media, to provide disclaimers and disclosures by referring to an Internet web page or a toll-free number containing the information required to be disclosed by law. MPA thanks amendment sponsor: Sen. Larry Gene Taylor (R-Shell Knob) • House Bill 58 passed: County financial statements in 2nd, 3rd and 4th class counties will continue to be published as required by current law. The effort to abbreviate the statement failed after vigorous lobbying by newspapers and MPA. The county financial statement issue WILL www.mopress.com BE BACK next session, the bill sponsors promise. The bill makes numerous changes to statutes affecting county government, and it authorizes competitive bids to be waived by the county commission under emergency circumstances or when there is only a single, feasible source for the supplies. A proposed purchase of more than $3,000 from a single, feasible source must be posted, and a proposed purchase of more than $5,000 must be advertised. The bill requires that expenditures more than $5,000 by the county executive and the county sports complex authority in Jackson County must be competitively bid. The bill extends authority to all cities and counties in the state to develop geographic information systems (GIS) and authorizes charges for the use of the systems. Bill sponsors: Rep. Bob Johnson (R-Lee’s Summit), Rep. Todd Smith (R-Sedalia), Rep. Vicki Schneider (R-O’Fallon) • Senate Bill 280 passed: A provision was deleted from current law that requires newspaper notice when license examinations are given for barbers and cosmetologists. The bill allows the licensing board to advertise the examination dates and locations in any way it desires, not necessarily in newspapers. Amendment sponsor: Rep. Marilyn Ruestman (R-Joplin) • Senate Bill 422 passed: This bill provides that when a court enters an order of expungement under current law for arrest records or alcohol-related driving offenses, the expunged records shall be confidential and only available to the parties or by court order for good cause. Bill sponsor: Sen. Matt Bartle (R-Lee’s Summit) • House Bill 388 passed: Some insurance complaint information filed by consumers with the Division of Insurance will be closed to the public. MPA, at this writing, is still seeking a final copy of the bill for review. Bill sponsor: Rep. Brian Yates (R-Lee’s Summit) • House Bill 443 passed: This bill allows the board of trustees of the Public School Retirement System to close meetings when deliberating or making tentative or final decisions on investments in order to protect PSRS investment returns. The board of trustees of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System has a similar exemption for discussion purposes. Annual reports available to the public offer a full accounting of board of trustees’ investment decisions. Bill sponsor: Rep. Therese Sander (R-Moberly). 17 Ad Managers’ contest results T hese are the results of the 2005 Better Ad Contest. Awards were presented April 15 at the Missouri Advertising Managers’ Association meeting in St. Louis. Best Full Page Ad - Division A HM - Weston Chronicle - Jim McPherson HM - Weston Chronicle - Jim McPherson 3rd -Weston Chronicle - Jim McPherson 2nd - New Haven Leader - Mandy Frick 1st - Weston Chronicle - Jim McPherson Best Full Page Ad - Division B 2nd - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings 1st - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings Best Full Page Ad - Division C HM - Charles G. Coy Washington Wednesday Missourian HM - Green Park Call - Staff 3rd - Shanda Cobb Lawrence County Record 2nd - Mail Call - Staff 1st - Christine Feagan Washington Wednesday Missourian Best Full Page Ad - Division D HM - Lebanon Daily Record - Staff HM - Rolla Daily News Karen Hood & Jason Light 3rd - Lebanon Daily Record - Kim Newman 2nd - Daily Dunklin Democrat Jerri Coleman 1st - Dexter Daily Statesman - Elaine Pursell Best Full Page Ad - Division E HM - Joplin Globe - Teri Carlson HM - Jefferson City News-Tribune - Among the first-place winners in the weeklies categories of the Ad Managersʼ contest were, front row from left: Karen Barred, Salem; Mary Schaper, Marthasville; Mandy Frick, New Haven; Jane Haberberger, Washington; Kim Leeper, Mt. Vernon; and Christina DeLaRosa, Palmyra. In back are: Donna Percel, Salem, Vida Taylor, St. Louis; Norene Prososki, Gainesville; Steve Hutchings, Gainesville; Christine Feagan, Washington; Kevin Jones, St. Louis; and Janie Flynn, Thayer. Rosalie Heislen & Sam Sudenhoeffer 3rd - St. Joseph News-Press - Robin Thorntan 2nd - Daily American Republic - Joe Jordan 1st - Joplin Globe - Bobbi Snodgrass Ad Smaller Than A Full Page - Division A 3rd - New Haven Leader - Mandy Frick 2nd - New Haven Leader - Mandy Frick 1st - South Missourian News Kathy Kleinman Ad Smaller Than A Full Page - Division B HM - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings HM - Palmyra Spectator Christina DeLaRosa 3rd - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings 2nd - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings 1st - Palmyra Spectator Christina DeLaRosa Ad Smaller Than Full Page - Division C HM - St. Louis American - Melvin Moore HM - St. Louis American - Melvin Moore 3rd - Washington Wednesday Missourian Christine Feagan 2nd - Washington Wednesday Missourian Christine Feagan 1st - Washington Wednesday Missourian Christine Feagan Metro Creative Graphics plaques for Best In Show ads were accepted by Steve Hutchings, Gainesville (weeklies), and Leslee Lane, Sedalia (dailies). 18 Ad Smaller Than Full Page - Division D HM - Rolla Daily News Kim Franklin & Rick Lawrence HM - West Plains Daily Quill Vicki Johnson www.mopress.com 3rd - Lebanon Daily Record - Kim Newman 2nd - West Plains Daily Quill - Pam Puckett 1st - West Plains Daily Quill - Sharon Essary Ad Smaller Than A Full Page - Division E HM - Joplin Globe - Marcos Soriano HM - St. Joseph News- Press Galen Hessemyer 3rd - Joplin Globe Bobbi Snodgrass & Blake Spivak 2nd - Daily American Republic - Crystal Jones 1st - Joplin Globe - Roma Harmon Best Ad Series - Daily HM - Columbia Missourian John Nelson & Nikki McCarvile HM - Lebanon Daily Record - René Barker 3rd - Sedalia Democrat - Carla Childers 2nd - Joplin Globe Bobbi Snodgrass & Kelli Price 1st - Dexter Daily Statesman - Elaine Pursell Best Ad Series - Weekly HM - Green Park Call - Staff HM - Concord Call - Staff 3rd -Salem News - Karen Barred 2nd - Green Park Call - Staff 1st - Washington Wednesday Missourian Christine Feagan Best Single House Ad - Division A 2nd - South Missourian News Kathy Kleinman 1st - Weston Chronicle - Jim McPherson Best Single House Ad - Division B HM - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings Missouri Press News, June 2005 3rd - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings 2nd - Ozark County Times - Regina Wynn 1st - Marthasville Record - Mary Schaper Best Single House Ad - Division C HM - St. Louis American -Mike Terhaar HM - North County Journal - Chris Oth 3rd - Northeast News Melissa Healer & Joe Boothe 2nd - North County Journal - Chris Oth 1st - North County Journal - Chris Oth Best Single House Ad - Division D 3rd - Lebanon Daily Record - Staff 2nd - Columbia Missourian - John Nelson 1st - Lebanon Daily Record - Staff Best Single House Ad - Division E HM - Sedalia Democrat - Lisa A. Lynn HM - Joplin Globe Bobbi Snodgrass & Kelli Price 3rd Sedalia Democrat - Michael Beck 2nd - Joplin Globe Bobbi Snodgrass & Kelli Price 1st - Joplin Globe - Bobbi Snodgrass Best Effective Use Of Small Space - Dailies HM - Sedalia Democrat - Dianne Withers HM - West Plains Daily Quill - Vicki Johnson 3rd - Daily Dunklin Democrat Judd Cannon 2nd - Lebanon Daily Record - Kim Newman 1st - Joplin Globe - Brianna Maxwell Effective Use Of Small Space - Weeklies HM - Jackson Cash-Book Journal Jim Salzman & Diane Proffer HM - Jackson Cash-Book Journal Diane Proffer & Teri King 3rd - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings 2nd - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings These are some of the dailies first-place winners in the Ad Managersʼ Association Better Ad Contest. In front, from left, are Elaine Pursell, Dexter; Eddie Crouch, Sedalia; Carla Bean, West Plains; and Sharon Fitzjohn, Joplin. In back are; Kim Newman, Lebanon; Lisa Lynn, Sedalia; Carla Childers, Sedalia and Leslee Lane, Sedalia. 1st - St. Louis American - Mike Terhaar Creative Use Of 1 Spot Color - Daily HM - West Plains Daily Quill - Vicki Johnson HM - Lebanon Daily Record - Kim Newman 3rd - Jefferson City News-Tribune Sherri Kennedy 2nd - Lebanon Daily Record - Debra Helbig 1st - Sedalia Democrat - Carla Childers Creative Use Of 1 Spot Color - Weekly HM - Northeast News - Melissa Healer HM - Lawrence County Record Shanda Cobb 3rd - Marthasville Record - Mary Schaper 2nd - Green Park Call - Staff 1st - Lawrence County Record - Shanda Cobb Creative Use Of Full Color - Daily HM - St. Joseph News-Press - Josh Fultz 3rd - Sedalia Democrat Lisa A. Lynn & Dianne Withers 2nd - Joplin Globe Teri Carlson 1st - Daily American Republic - Carin Young Mike Sell, Missouri Press Associationʼs advertising director, receives the Old Pro plaque from Beth Durreman, president of the Missouri Advertising Managersʼ Association. Sell is retiring from MPA this year. He is a former publisher who has been on the MPA staff since 1994. Creative Use Of Full Color - Weekly HM - St. Louis American Mike Terhaar HM - Salem News Karen Barred 3rd - Ozark County Times - Missouri Press News, June 2005 www.mopress.com Onnica Hutchings 2nd - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings 1st - Salem News - Karen Barred Regularly Scheduled Section - Division A No entries Regularly Scheduled Section - Division B 1st -Palmyra Spectator Patty Cheffey & Christina DeLaRosa Regularly Scheduled Section - Division C 3rd - Lawrence County Record - Staff 2nd - St. Louis American - Staff 1st - Lawrence County Record - Staff Regularly Scheduled Section - Division D HM - Columbia Missourian - Kirk Rohlfs HM - West Plains Daily Quill - Staff 3rd - Daily Dunklin Democrat Diane McClain & Ad Staff 2nd - Columbia Missourian - Staff 1st - Daily Dunklin Democrat Diane McClain & Ad Staff Regularly Scheduled Section - Division E HM - Independence Examiner John Beaudoin & Sharon Dankenbring HM - St. Joseph News-Press - Ad Staff 3rd - St. Joseph News-Press - Ad Staff 2nd - Daily American Republic Karen Hendrix 1st - St. Joseph News-Press - Ad Staff Best One Time Special Section - Division A HM - New Haven Leader - Mandy Frick 3rd - Boone County Journal -Bruce Wallace 2nd - New Haven Leader - Mandy Frick 19 1st - Boone County Journal Bruce Wallace 1st - Washington Wednesday Missourian 3rd - Lebanon Daily Record - Classified Staff 2nd - Lebanon Daily Record - Classified Staff 1st - West Plains Daily Quill - Staff Best One Time Special Section - Division B HM - Ozark County Times - Staff HM - Marthasville Record - Mary Schaper 3rd - Palmyra Specta tor - Mark & Patty Cheffey & Chris tina DeLaRosa 2nd - Ozark County Times - Staff 1st - Ozark County Times - Staff Best Classified Section - Daily 3rd - Joplin Globe - Sharon Fitzjohn 2nd - Sedalia Democrat - Eddie Crouch 1st - St. Joseph News-Press Deborah Lemon Best Shared / Signature Page - Division E HM - Sedalia Democrat - Lisa A. Lynn HM - Joplin Globe - Marcos Soriano 3rd - Joplin Globe - Marcos Soriano 2nd - Sedalia Democrat - Dianne Withers 1st - Sedalia Democrat - Eddie Crouch Best Newspaper Promotion - Weekly 3rd - Lawrence County Record - Shanda Cobb 2nd - St. Louis American Best Advertising Sales Tool -Weekly HM - St. Louis American - Kevin Jones HM - St. Louis American - Sales Staff 3rd - North County Journal Chris Oth & Tammy Mortensen 2nd - St. Louis American - Kevin Jones 1st - Washington Wednesday Missourian Beth Durreman of Lebanon receives the Past President Plaque from Kevin Jones, St. Louis, the new president of the Missouri Advertising Managersʼ Association. Best One Time Special Section - Division C HM - Salem News HM - Washington Wednesday Missourian 3rd - Lawrence County Record 2nd - Salem News 1st - Salem News Best One Time Special Section - Division D HM -Dexter Daily Statesman - Elaine Pursell HM - Lebanon Daily Record - Staff 3rd - Columbia Missourian Jody Thornberg & Bee Walker 2nd - Dexter Daily Statesman - Elaine Pursell 1st - Rolla Daily News - Staff Best One Time Special Section - Division E HM - Independence Examiner Sharon Dankenbring HM - St. Joseph News-Press - Ad Staff 3rd - Daily American Republic - Staff 2nd - Independence Examiner Ray Van Jones 1st -Sedalia Democrat Leslee Lane & Carla Childers Best Single Classified Ad - Daily HM -Joplin Globe - Rona Harmon 3rd - St. Joseph News-Press - Josh Fultz 2nd - Lebanon Daily Record Beth Durreman 1st - Sedalia Democrat - Leslee Lane Best Single Classified Ad - Weekly 3rd - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings 2nd - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings 1st - Salem News - Sheree Upton Dodd & Wayna Woolman Best Classified Section - Weekly HM - SunCrest Call - Staff HM - Green Park Call - Staff 3rd - St. Louis American - Vida Taylor 2nd - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings 20 - Kevin Jones 1st - South Missourian News Kathy Kleinman Best Newspaper Promotion - Daily HM -Sedalia Democrat - Walt Bartlick 3rd - Lebanon Daily Record - René Barker 2nd - Lebanon Daily Record - René Barker 1st - Joplin Globe - Ad Department Best Shared / Signature Page - Division A 2nd - New Haven Leader - Mandy Frick 1st - New Haven Leader - Mandy Frick Best Shared / Signature Page - Division B HM - Ozark County Times - Reginna Wynn HM - Marthasville Record - Mary Schaper 3rd - Palmyra Spectator - Christina DeLaRosa 2nd - Marthasville Record - Mary Schaper 1st - Palmyra Spectator - Christina DeLaRosa Best Shared / Signature Page - Division C HM - Green Park Call - Staff 3rd - North County Journal - Mona Johnson 2nd - Oakville Call - Staff 1st - Lawrence County Record - Shanda Cobb Best Shared / Signature Page - Division D Best Advertising Sales Tool - Daily 3rd - Rolla Daily News - Lonna Stephenson 2nd - Joplin Globe - Advertising Department 1st - Joplin Globe Bobbi Snodgrass & Blake Spivak Best Newspaper Produced Insert - Weekly HM - New Haven Leader Mandy Frick & Staff HM - Hermann Advertiser-Courier - Staff 3rd - St. Louis America - Kevin Jones 2nd - Marthasville Record - Mary Schaper 1st - St. Louis American - Staff Best Newspaper Produced Insert - Daily HM - West Plains Daily Quill - Ad Staff HM - West Plains Daily Quill - Ad Staff 3rd - Independence Examiner Sharon Dankenbring 2nd - Daily American Republic - Joe Jordan 1st - Dexter Daily Statesman - Elaine Pursell Best Ad Content - Weekly HM - Ozark County Times Onnica Hutchings & Regina Wynn HM - South Missourian News - Staff 3rd - Marthasville Record - Mary Schaper 2nd - Washington Wednesday Missourian 1st - St. Louis American - Staff Best Ad Content Entire Publication - Daily 3rd - Lebanon Daily Record - Staff 2nd - Joplin Globe - Advertising Department 1st - St. Joseph News-Press - Tim Weddle Missouri Press Association / Missouri Press Service 802 Locust St., Columbia, MO 65201-4888 (573) 449-4167 / Fax: (573) 874-5894 / www.mopress.com STAFF Doug Crews: Executive Director, [email protected] Mike Sell: Advertising Director, [email protected] Kent M. Ford: Editor, [email protected] Connie Whitney: [email protected] and Jennifer Plourde: [email protected]: Advertising Sales & Placement Karen Philp: Receptionist, Bookkeeping, [email protected] Lesa Litty: Member Services, Meeting Planning, [email protected] Jeff Grimes: Website Administrator, [email protected] www.mopress.com Missouri Press News, June 2005 Mixture of laws regulate bidding on public business Different rules for state, counties, cities O ne of the most frequent quession of the state cannot perform, sell, tions to the hotline (and one rent or lease property to the entity for of the questions I am least a sum of more than $500 per transacprepared to answer quickly) relates to tion or $1,500 annually unless the sale, whether a public govrental or lease is the result ernmental body must of a competitive bid process take bids before making and the member is the lowest a purchase. bid. (School board members Because it’s such a frehave a lower figure of $500 quent question, I hope per year.) Bills have been this column provides passed to raise the thresholds some basic guidelines, to $5,000 per year. and since the column Second, there is a statuwill be on the Missouri tory preference for goods Press Association weband products made in the site, it will give reporters state of Missouri, if the price a quick place to look for is competitive to other simisome quick answers to lar items. And all political the basics. (You could subdivisions must take bids Jean Maneke, MPAʼs Legal Hotline attoreven copy the column for the purchase of insurney, can be reached and keep it in a handy ance coverage provided for at (816) 753-9000, file.) employees. [email protected]. The laws are different Counties are governed depending on what the primarily by state law. Secpublic body is. State entities are genertion 50.660 requires all contracts for ally required to get bids for purchases. the purchase of supplies, materials, That’s a pretty broad requirement, with equipment or services valued at more only some exceptions, so you are usually than $4,500 must be by competitive safe if you assume there is probably a rebid, and that also applies to cumulative quirement for bids on the state level. purchases from this same supplier that Also, there is a requirement that if total that amount during a period of 90 state funds are being provided to a local days. If a county has a county purchasgovernmental entity for a project, there ing agent, that person takes the bids must be bids taken for that project, and determines the lowest price, quality even if it would not normally require considered, in purchasing supplies for bids be taken. the county. ounties, cities and school disIn second-class counties and firsttricts have varying requirements. class counties with a commissioner There are some obvious statutes with form of government, the commissioners specific purposes that require bids, must advertise for sealed bids for supsuch as publication of the financial plies, and for advertising and printing. statement, which I am not including (There are a number of requirements in in this article. terms of soliciting bids for publication Rather, in terms of these local entiof legal notices. I am not addressing ties, I am focusing more on the issue all of those requirements in this article of whether bids are required in terms but would direct readers to the legal of purchases for the local governmental notice handbook on the web-page of unit of supplies and similar items. the Missouri Press Association, which First, any member of a legislative or contains the statutes relating to legal governing body of a political subdivinotice publications.) C Missouri Press News, June 2005 www.mopress.com Counties are also required to take bids for the construction of buildings. School boards also are governed somewhat by state law. School boards in seven-director districts are required to take bids to select the depository of district funds. Metropolitan school districts are required to advertise for bids for the furnishing of supplies for the district, while seven-member districts are not required to take bids by state law. (However, some seven-member districts have implemented such a requirement by local regulation.) ities are the least regulated by state law, because they are a “corporate” entity of themselves, subject to limited state supervision. Cities of 500,000 inhabitants must take bids for construction projects in excess of $25,000. Third-class cities must solicit bids before contracting to do certain road work paid for with special tax bills. Fourth-class cities must solicit bids when they are improving streets within the city limits. While this doesn’t cover every single requirement in state law, it does serve to highlight the main instances when bids are required. And, again, I would remind reporters that, particularly in the case of cities, there may be local ordinances that require bids be taken before purchases that are more restrictive than the limited provisions listed above for cities. C Sen. Bond speaks at Mexico literacy salute U .S. Sen. Christopher Bond delivered the keynote address at the annual Salute to Literacy program sponsored by The Mexico Ledger. Publisher Joe May introduced Bond. “We live in a world that is increasingly technological, and those who do not know how to read are at a great disadvantage,” Bond said. “Our society is one where literacy is crucial. If you can’t read the directions, you’re in trouble.” Various awards were presented to citizens, teachers and students for their efforts to improve the literacy of area residents. 21 NIE Report No better ‘Informational text’ than newspapers for students L ast month I represented song’s important message to schools. Missouri’s newspapers at Operation Respect offers curriculum, the Newspaper Association teacher training and school assemblies. of America-sponsored National Currently the program can be found Newspaper In Education Conference in 1/8th of the schools in America, in Charleston, S.C. This meeting Yarrow said. is the largest gathering of NIE I’ve been looking for a way to get my professionals and draws newspaper arms around participation from many bullying for many years, international newspapers and I hope at MPA we’ll as well. find a way to help Yarrow Our association was share his message: “We’ve honored during the event lost our heart in so many for its work reaching out ways. We must get back to to young readers. This year love and kindness.” the Florida NIE CommitThe best breakout sestee won first place, but we sion I attended was prewere honored with a secsented by Dr. Sherrye Dee ond-place award for work Garrett, a long-time NIE done by state and regional professional and now an Dawn Kitchell is associations and commitassociate professor of eduMPAʼs NIE directees. This was the third year cation at Texas A&M Unitor. Contact her at MPA was recognized. versity, Corpus Christi. (636) 932-4301; Jay Smith, president of (Honestly, it was all about [email protected]. Cox Newspapers, Inc., Atthe session, not the univerlanta, is the new chairman of NAA. He sity, although I did “whoop” a bit.) opened the conference by telling those “Informational text” is one of the in attendance that NIE professionals are latest buzz phrases in education, and “the heroes of our business.” her session was aptly titled “Newspapers “Each time a newspaper is read — The Ultimate Informational Text!” — whether at school or at home — our In a nutshell, informational text is audience grows. And we are in the audinonfiction text created for a purpose ence building business.” other than direct instruction. It’s real Music legend Peter Yarrow followed life reading. Smith to share his modern movement Garrett said first graders spend 3.6 to change the world. Best known as minutes a day interacting with inforpart of the singing group Peter, Paul mational text, and a typical classroom and Mary, Yarrow is working through library consists of just 10 percent inhis foundation, Operation Respect, to formational text. This explains why 44 promote kindness in schools. million Americans are unable to extract any of you may have heard the information from a text if inferencing song written by Steve Seskin and or background knowledge is required. Allen Shamblin, “Don’t Laugh at Me.” Garrett said children do well on The song was published as a children’s fiction types of writing, with setting, book, and Seskin visited the Washington characters, plots, etc., but really struggle Missourian this spring to talk about the with expository texts. But the stanbook and its message. dards movement is calling attention to When Yarrow heard the song at a informational text and educators are folk festival, he was so moved that he recognizing the need to incorporate it created Operation Respect to take the into the classroom, she said. M 22 www.mopress.com “National and state standards place high priority on being able to read, write and think about informational materials.” Garrett said newspapers are the best tool for informational text, and children can learn that type of reading skill by listening. “Read newspaper stories to children regularly and they will develop an ear for it,” she said. We should encourage teachers and parents to read aloud from the newspaper every day, Garrett said. Newspapers and Informational Text are the topics for the 2006 NIE Week Teacher Guide from NAA. It’s free and will be available to newspapers early next year. Next year’s conference is coming to St. Louis. Angie Clark of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Erin Orr of the Springfield, Ill., State Journal Register and I will cochair the planning committee. Angie and I promoted St. Louis and our state at the planning breakfast the final day of the conference. The 2006 meeting will bring together two national conferences — Newspaper In Education and Youth Editorial Alliance — to create the first NAA Foundation Young Readers Conference July 22-26. I’m looking forward to the opportunity to help pull together everyone working toward the same goal — reaching young readers. We should encourage teachers and parents to read aloud from the newspaper every day. Missouri Press News, June 2005 Missouri Newspaper Organizations NORTHWEST MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Jamey Honeycutt, Cameron; First Vice President, Steve Tinnen, Plattsburg; Second Vice President, Leslie Speckman, Savannah; Secretary, Kathy Conger, Bethany; Treasurer, Chris Boultinghouse, Mound City. Directors: Dennis Ellsworth, St. Joseph; Kathy Whipple, Kearney; Becky Sellars, Smithville; Chuck Haney, Chillicothe; W.C. Farmer, Rock Port; Wendell Lenhart, Trenton; Tim Larson, Maryville; Kay Wilson, Maryville. SHOW-ME PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Charlie Fischer, Sedalia; First Vice President, Jeff Hedberg, Centralia; Second Vice President, Gary Beissenherz, Concordia; SecretaryTreasurer, Sandy Nelson, Harrisonville. Directors: Jack Whitaker, Hannibal; Rob Viehman, Cuba; John Spaar, Odessa; Dick Fredrick, Paris. OZARK PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Fred Hall, Crane; Vice President, Jeff Schrag, Springfield; Secretary-Treasurer, Rosemary Henderson, Mount Vernon. Directors: Dala Whittaker, Cabool; Brad Gentry, Houston; Roger Dillon, Eminence; Dan Wehmer, Seymour; Kimball Long, El Dorado Springs. Past President: Keith Moore, Ava. SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Diane McClain, Kennett; First Vice President, Laura Johnston, Cape Girardeau; Second Vice President, Kate Martin, Perryville; 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 SchaafWheeler, Ironton; H. Scott Seal, Portageville; Gabe Hartwig, Cape Girardeau. 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 MANAGERSʼ ASSOCIATION: President, Kevin Jones, St. Louis; First Vice President, Jane Haberberger, Washington; Second Vice President, Steve Hutchings, Gainesville; Secretary, Debbie Chapman, Marshfield; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: Beth Durreman, Lebanon; Trevor Vernon, Eldon; Debra Kiser, Jefferson City; Jim Salzman, Jackson; Bobbie Snodgrass, Joplin. 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, Holly Berthold, Eureka; Finance Director, Karen Zarky, St. Louis; Co-Secretaries, Peggy Koch, Barnhart, and Kathie Sutin, St. Louis; Committee Chairs: Alice Handelman, Village of Westwood, Publicity; Christy James, Richmond Heights, Membership; Gina Kutsch, St. Charles, Newsletter; Dee Raby, Granite City, Ill., Archivist; Pamela Walter, Clayton, Meetings; At Large Board: June Becht, St. Louis; Anne Heinrich, St. Louis; and Elly Wright, Kirkwood. Past President: Janice Denham, St. Louis. MISSOURI PRESS SERVICE: President, Dave Berry, Bolivar; Vice President, Dane Vernon, Eldon; Secretary-Treasurer, Wendell Lenhart, Trenton; Directors: William L. Miller, Sr., Washington; Robert Wilson, Milan. MISSOURI PRESS FOUNDATION, INC.: President, Tom Miller, Washington; First Vice President, David Lipman, St. Louis; Second Vice President, Mrs. Betty Spaar, Odessa; Secretary-Treasurer, 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; Ralph Clayton, Caruthersville; Mrs. Jo Anne Bray, Camdenton; Kirk Powell, Pleasant Hill. MISSOURI AP PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS: Chairman, Charlie Fischer, Sedalia. Missouri AP Managing Editors: Chairman, Diane Raynes, Trenton; First Vice Chairman, Oliver Wiest, Sedalia; Past Chairman, Dennis Ellsworth, St. Joseph. MISSOURI SOCIETY OF NEWSPAPER EDITORS: President, Buck Collier, St. Louis; First Vice President, Buzz Ball, Neosho; Second Vice President, Cathy Ripley, Chillicothe; Secretary-Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: Chris Wrinkle, Lebanon; Dennis Ellsworth, St. Joseph; Dale Brendel, Independence; Diane Raynes, Trenton; Greg Orear, Brookfield; Sam Blackwell, Cape Girardeau; and Bud Jones, Odessa. MISSOURI COLLEGE MEDIA ASSOCIATION: President, Kate Drolet, University of Missouri-St. Louis; Vice President, Brian Heyman, Southwest Missouri State University; Secretary, Jerome Boettcher, Northwest Missouri State University; MPA Liaison, Pat Sparks, Longview Community College. Missouri Press News, June 2005 www.mopress.com CALENDAR June 10-11 — NNA On the Road bus tour of printing plants 22-24 — Central States NIE Conference, Catoosa, Okla. 23 — MPA/MPS Board meeting, The Resort at Port Arrowhead (formerly Holiday Inn), Lake Ozark 24 — MPA Golf Tournament, 8 a.m., Sycamore Creek, Osage Beach 24-25 — Show-Me Press, The Resort at Port Arrowhead (formerly Holiday Inn), Lake Ozark July 20-22 — Living Textbook NIE course, University of Missouri, Columbia August 11 — Editors and Publishers Day, University of Missouri-Columbia 12 — Ozark Press Association, Clarion Hotel, Springfield September 1 — Groundbreaking for Reynolds Journalism Institute building at University of Missouri-Columbia 22-24 — 139th Annual MPA Convention & Trade Show, The Lodge of Four Seasons, Lake Ozark 28-Oct. 1 —NNA Convention, Milwaukee October 20 — Induction Ceremony, Photojournalism Hall of Fame, Washington, Mo. Check mopress.com for meeting information and registration forms. 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