Angelo State welcomes WTPA

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Dillard receives Harold Hudson Award
Bob Dillard was awarded
the prestigious Harold Hudson Award at the WTPA 79th
annual Summer Convention
in San Angelo.
Last year’s recipient, Randy Mankin, presented the
award.
The award is in memory of
the late Harold Hudson, publisher of the Perryton Herald
and prominent member and
past president of WTPA and
the National Newspaper Association. The award is given
to an individual who has
significantly contributed
to the publishing industry
and West Texas Press Association.
“Bob was one of the first
publishers to offer Kathy
and me his assistance when
we joined this business in
1994,” said Mankin. ”And
he was the very first one I
called on for advice when
the polygamous cult invaded our county in 2004. I figured anyone who had lived
through and reported the
Republic of Texas standoff
could surely offer me some
good advice – and he did!”
A native of Tyler, Dillard
graduated from Fort Worth
Eastern Hills High School in
1963 where he had worked
on the school newspaper. He
attended Baylor University
in Waco and the University
of Texas at Arlington where
he again found himself as a
major player in the school
newspaper.
In 1976, he found a way to
buy a share of the Alpine Avalanche, which he operated
and coedited until 1990.
In 1982, the Dillards purchased the Big Bend Sentinel
in Marfa, a paper they owned
until 1992. In 1993, they acquired the Jeff Davis County
News and changed the name
to the Jeff Davis Mountain
Dispatch.
Then in 1995 the Stanton
News was purchased and its
name changed to the Martin
County Messenger. A year
later the Greenwood Ranger
published its first edition in
the Midland suburb.
And, somehow in the middle of publishing five West
Texas newspapers, he found
the time to serve as Jeff
Davis county judge, not to
mention a long list of volunteer jobs.
Bob and his wife Christi
have two children and seven
grandchildren.
The
cyan magenta yellow black
the crime entitled No Reason
to Kill.
“It was a crime that
touched San Angelo like no
other,” Smith said. “After
the murder, the whole town
changed.”
Smith went on to tell the
room full of journalists what
it was like to investigate
the crime. He also said that
much of the information
he obtained for the book
came from area newspapers
that had followed the story
closely.
He said many of the reporters actually knew more
about the case than the detectives working to solve it.
“The newspapers never
let up,” Smith said. “From
50 years later, you (newspapers) give us a means to
go back and get important
information. You are the
historians.”
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MICAH MOORE
Intern’s
stay
helped
by WTPA
Bob Dillard, left, receives the Harold Hudson Award from
last year’s recipient, Randy Mankin.
Smith relates tale
of senseless death
It was a riveting tale.
A crime so senseless, so
revolting, that it shook the
Texas city of San Angelo to
its core when on Feb. 11,
1980, a man walked into a
jewelry store and shot and
killed Sheila Elrod.
Elrod, 20, was a smart,
pretty employee of the store
who was gunned down during a robbery.
In the days, weeks and
months following the murder, police pursued leads
and collected evidence, but
it was 20 years later that a
break in the case would finally land a suspect behind
bars.
At the West Texas Press
Association’s annual conference in San Angelo, Russell
Smith, former San Angelo
police chief, addressed conference attendees about a
book he had written about
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Russell Smith tells the story of the death of Sheila Elrod
in 1980.
The Dublin Citizen has a new
member on staff.
Micah Moore, a Tarleton
State University student,
joined The Citizen as an intern for eight weeks through
a program with the West Texas Press Association. Moore
is originally from Golden, a
small town in East Texas, and
is an agricultural communications major.
While at Tarleton, he has
contributed to the J-TAC, the
student newspaper, and has
even written and reported
the news on KTRL and Tarleton’s latest media project, the
Texan TV News. Moore is also
active outside the classroom
as well, serving as the Noble
Ruler of Alpha Gamma Rho
and a member of the Student
Media Advisory Board. He has
also been active in student
government and in ’07-’08
served as Tarleton’s mascot,
the Texan Rider.
Moore will graduate in May
2010 and hopes to have a career in journalism and public
relations.
Mac McKinnon, publisher of
The Citizen, noted it is exciting to have someone to come
in and help who has the talent
that Moore obviously has.
“We hope everyone in the
community has the opportunity to meet him during
his time on staff,” McKinnon
said.
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It was time for publishers
and editors to put on their
thinking caps as Angelo State
University as the city of San
Angelo played host to the
79th annual West Texas Press
Association summer convention held July 16-18.
Ed Henninger, of Henninger
Consulting in South Carolina,
had members using their
“brain power” as he took
people through a two-hour
session of “Design Between
the Ears: It’s a Brainshop!”
Henninger concentrated on
how to balance, use better
type and focus on color to
help create better pages. He
also devoted his Friday afternoon free time to critiquing
several members’ newspapers
at no charge, giving them insight and suggestions on how
to improve their product.
Technology involving podcasts was discussed during
the Saturday morning session with ASU professors
Dr. Cathy Johnson and Dr.
June Smith. Both professors
touched on using the Web
to help expand community
newspapers. Smith spoke on
the use of two- to three-minute podcasts to get breaking
news out to readers of nondaily papers.
ASU students were exposed
to community newspapers
during the Friday luncheon
roundtable discussion that
involved Lara Johnson and
Kimberley Parker, Smith
and WTPA members Randy
Mankin, Cathy Collier and
Roy Robinson.
Issues from how to reach
out to students like Johnson
and Parker to what these
Melissa Perner is elected
president of the West
Texas Press Association
for 2009-10.
Perner
elected
president
his own band.
Friday morning opened with
a welcome from Preston Lewis, director of the Office of
Communications and Marketing at ASU. The convention’s annual silent auction
also opened and the bidding
began on items brought by
members.
After Henninger’s session,
WTPA members Terry Collier
and Marshall Day spoke on
their experience with the Aus-
Melissa Perner, editor and
publisher of The Ozona Stockman, was elected president of
the West Texas Press Association at the 79th annual summer convention July 16-18 in
San Angelo.
Perner had served the past
year as first vice president
and organized and chaired the
San Angelo convention, which
took place on the campus of
Angelo State University.
She succeeds Cathy Collier,
editor of the Fredericksburg
Standard-Radio Post.
Perner also serves on the
Texas Press Association board
of directors.
As a West Texas girl growing
up in the small town of Seagraves, Texas, Perner always
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Sweepstakes winners in the 2009 Better Newspaper Contest are, left to right, Melissa
Perner, Ozona Stockman; Cathy Collier, Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post; Lisa
Davis, Wise County Messenger; and Rayanne Schmid, Kerrville Daily Times.
students would experience if
hired by a community newspaper were discussed.
The convention opened with
a golf tournament chaired by
Paul C. Perner IV at Quicksand
Golf Course. Awards for the
winning team in the scramble
tournament were presented
at the Thursday night opening reception. That event was
held at the LeGrand Alumni
and Visitor Center on the ASU
campus. Guests arrived to
an elegant building set with
Western and Indian designs
and filled with names and
businesses of ASU Alumni.
ASU President Dr. Joseph
C. Rallo and his wife of three
weeks, Barbara, attended the
event. Rallo welcomed WTPA
to his campus and spoke on
how ASU is working on becoming one of the top universities in the country and has a
goal to have 10,000 students
in the future.
Entertainment for the evening was provided by Haden
Burchard, a sophomore at
Texas Tech University with
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tin Tenant’s Council and the
Federal Housing Administration. Both men’s newspapers
were targeted by the Austin
Tenant’s Council and ended
up having to donate advertising and conduct training. Both
men presented handouts to
help other newspapers avoid
any future targets.
WTPA members were free to
explore ASU and San Angelo
Friday afternoon, with oncampus tours and trips to the
Hummer House in Christoval,
before reconvening at the
Junell Center for the president’s reception sponsored
by ASU.
After a Texas barbecue
feast, Randy Mankin, 2008 recipient of the Harold Hudson
Award, presented this year’s
award to Fort Davis publisher
Bob Dillard.
The group was then treated
to an intense and intriguing
tale by San Angelo author
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“dreamed” of becoming a
newspaper journalist. In high
school, she worked on the
school newspaper and was
editor her junior and senior
years.
She began her journalism career at ASU where she moved
up the ranks to become editor
of the university’s newspaper the Ram Page her senior
year.
After graduating from ASU
in December 2000, Perner
immediately stepped into a
full-time reporting position
for the San Angelo StandardTimes, where she remained
until 2004 when she and her
husband, Paul, bought The
Ozona Stockman in Paul’s
hometown of Ozona.
There, Perner is publicity chair for Ozona Woman’s League and is an active
member in the First Baptist
Church.
Paul and Melissa live on his
parent’s ranch outside of
Ozona. They are the proud
“parents” of two dogs, Jade
and Sage, and a cat named
Dash.
Other WTPA officers elected
in San Angelo are Mac McKinnon of the Dublin Citizen
as first vice president and
convention chair and Derek
Tidwell of the Hood County
News as second vice president
and Better Newspaper Contest
chair. Collier will be chairman
of the board and Mary Dudley of the Perryton Herald is
secretary-treasurer.
Board directors for 2009-10
are Robert Burns, EMBARQ;
Carolyn Anderson, Rocksprings; Mark Engebretson,
Possum Kingdom Lake/Graford; Debbie Aylesworth,
Canyon (one year unexpired
term); John Schmid, Kerrville;
Roger Estlack, Clarendon; Lisa
Davis, Decatur; and Rochelle
Stidham, Stephenville.
Mary Dudley, of the Perryton Herald, is again
secretary-treasurer for
WTPA. She maintains the
records, keeps officers informed and is the central
point of contact for WTPA
business.
Perner appointed Bob Dillard
as scholarship chairman and
Robert Burns to a one-year
term, McKinnon to a twoyear term and Lisa Davis to a
three-year term on the newly
adopted finance committee.
A heartfelt ‘thank you’ to all who contributed their time, money
and effort to the success of the 2009 WTPA convention
EMBARQ
Hood County News
AT&T
Clarendon Enterprise
Dublin Citizen
Fredericksburg
Standard-Radio Post
Gatesville Messenger
Hill Country Community
Press
Iowa Park Leader
Lamesa Press-Reporter
North Central Texas
Publishing
Perryton Herald
South Plains Printing
— For being Better
Newspaper
Contest sponsors
Angelo State University
AEP Texas
AT&T
EMBARQ
Hood County News
Odessa Convention & Visitors
Bureau
Wise County Messenger
Iowa Park Leader
— For being convention
sponsors
Lake Country Sun
— For printing, labeling and
mailing
The Publisher
Cathy Collier
Melissa Perner
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Winners
Perner
Russell Smith as he presented
his book, No Reason to Kill.
With photos from the
book, Smith took the audience through the murder
of 20-year-old San Angelo
resident Shelia Elrod who
was killed in 1980 during a
jewelry store robbery.
Collier chaired Saturday
morning’s general membership meeting after the session.
He announced that the first
WTPA interns were at the
Dublin Citizen and the Brownwood Bulletin. WTPA provided
$5,000 to each paper.
Results of the Better Newspaper Contest were announced and Mac McKinnon
announced Odessa as the
convention site for 2010.
Prize drawings were held
for stays at Prude Ranch
and the Limpia Hotel in Fort
Davis and the Paisano Hotel
in Marfa.
Both were won by Bill Berger
and Jerry Berger.
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Bob Brincefield
Mac McKinnon
Mary Dudley
Bob Dillard
Joe Hernandez
Rochelle Stidham
Mark Engebretson
— For providing articles and
photographs
for The Publisher
Paul C. Perner IV
Joe Hernandez
— For assisting with the golf
tournament
Susan Williams
Susan Calloway
— For assisting with door
prizes and the silent
auction
Third - South Tarrant Star
interesting way. Very good!”
Second Place - Hood County
News
Third Place - Jack County
Herald
Honorable Mention - Graham Leader
General Excellence
Division A
First Place - Stephenville
Empire Tribune
“Good overall appearance;
not too cluttered. Sports
pictures are very professional. Great focus on local
elections.”
Second Place - Plainview
Daily Herald
Third Place - Kerrville Daily
Times
Honorable Mention - Brownwood Bulletin
Division C
First Place - Hamilton Herald News
“Good use of creative artwork – still interesting even
without photos. Nice use of
fonts. Nicely put together.”
Second Place - Fredericksburg Standard
Third Place- Lake Country
Sun
Division D
First Place - The Albany
News
“Great ads! Good composition and color; good photos,
very clean design.”
Second Place - Crowley
Star
Third Place - Keene Star
Column Writing
Division A
First - Stephenville EmpireTribune
“The writer gets to the
point. Second column is very
interesting.”
Second – Roswell Daily
Record
Third – Kerrville Daily
Times
Honorable Mention - Plainview Daily Herald
Division B
(Tie) First - The Perryton
Herald
“Nice analysis.”
First - Lamesa Press-Reporter - “Touching story about
small town antics. Really
enjoyed reading it.”
Second - The Highlander
Third - The Burleson Star
Division C
First - Glen Rose Reporter
- “Awesome story, very interesting about the relation
to billion-dollar corporations getting bailed out while
Average Joes are still struggling.”
Second - Fredericksburg
Standard
Third - Dublin Citizen
Division D
First- Hico News-Review “Excellent, very newsworthy.
Hits home to most.”
Second - Joshua Star
Division B
First Place- Burleson Star
“I like the National Dog
Week. Lots of good coverage
on local stories.”
Second Place - Wise County
Messenger
Third Place - The Canyon
News
Division C
First Place - Fredericksburg
Standard
“High resolution photos
had better quality than most
papers in the same division.
Catchy headlines, good layout.”
Second Place - Dublin Citizen
Third Place - Hamilton Herald News
Honorable Mention - Glen
Rose Reporter
Division D
First Place - The Olney Enterprise
“Overall, very good appearance. We loved the little kids
page. We also like the panoramic picture of the fire on
the front page.”
Second Place - South Tarrant Star
Third - Crowley Star
Honorable Mention - Alvarado Star
Special Coverage Award
Division-Weekly
First Place - Dublin Citizen
“This was a stand-out entry.
Great coverage of behind
the scenes politics and an
appraiser’s fight with local
business interests.”
Third Place - Ozona Stockman
Division - Semi-Weekly/
Daily
First Place - The Highlander
“Great coverage of a hometown hero’s rise to Olympic
contender.”
Second Place - Canyon
News
Third Place - Graham Leader
Honorable Mention -Lamb
County Leader News
Special Section
Division A
First Place - Brownwood
Bulletin
“This entry won first place
in a field of tough competitors. Tons of good features
that really show the reader
what the people of Brownwood are like.”
Second - Roswell DailyRecord.
Third - Stephenville EmpireTribune
Honorable Mention - Kerrville Daily-Times
Division B
First place - Highland
Lakes,
“Articles were good and
original.”
Second - Canyon News
Third - Hood County News
Fourth - Wise County Messenger
Division C
First - Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post
“Interesting take on a subject. Articles were good and
creative.”
Second – Dublin Citizen
Third - Colorado City Record
Honorable Mention - Hondo
Anvil-Herald
Division D
First - Ozona Stockman
“Good articles all related to
the theme of the section. Layout and design were simple
but photos were OK. Overall,
something different.”
Second - El Dorado Success
Third - Albany News
Sports
Division A
Empire-Tribune
“Strong use of leads to draw
the reader in. An effective
job of covering sport-related
information for a variety of
sports. Articles read easily
and clearly. Photos are great,
very clear images and nice
job capturing action photos.
Nice job equally distributing
coverage on each segment of
sports related events/material. Visual presentation of the
information is appealing.”
Second Place - Roswell Daily
Record
Third Place -Kerrville Daily
Times
Division B
“Pictures and layout are
amazing; Very intriguing.”
Second Place - Burleson
Star
Third Place - The Graham
Leader
Division C
Standard
“Wonderful pictures! Nice
coverage of all sports for Fredericksburg and surrounding
areas. Good leads. Way to
keep attention throughout
story. Photo captions are
good. Nice color in stories.
Good headlines!”
Second Place - Hondo AnvilHerald
Third Place - Glen Rose
Reporter
Honorable Mention - Dublin
Citizen
Division D
News
“Lots of good stories and
pictures. Great range of coverage. Everything from varsity to youth, great coverage.
Good future info.”
Second Place - The El Dorado Success
Third Place - The Alvarado
Star
Photographer of the Year
Weekly Division
First Place - Lisa Walter,
Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post - “Great perspectives
and use of visual storytelling
techniques.”
Second Place - Christopher
Amos, Alvarado Star
Third - Kim Ovard, Crowley
Star
Honorable Mention - Joe
Hernandez, Ozona Stockman
Semi-Weekly
First Place - Joe Duty, Wise
County Messenger - “Great
photos, visually compelling
journalism.”
Second Place - Gabe Wolf,
Lampasas Dispatch
Third Place -Russel Skiles,
Lamesa Press Reporter
Honorable Mention - Kim
Ovard, Burleson Star
Daily
First – Mark Wilson, Roswell
Daily Record, “Photos that
make you say ‘wow!’”
Second - John Schmid, Kerrville Daily Times
Third - Richard Porter, Plainview Daily Herald
Journalist of the Year
Division-Weekly
First Place - The Llano County Journal - George Hatt
“Well written, interesting
subjects. Shows that you can
write about anything from
sports to crime scenes and
still be effective. Great leads,
from features to sports to
difficult situations. You kept
interest and wrote effectively
in all areas. Great stories,
huge variety, very interesting. Good profile, good leads
and variety in stories. Good
visuals and great layout and
presentation.”
Second Place - Alvarado
Star-Christopher Amos
Third Place- The Hico News
Review - Anna Belew
Division-Semi-Weekly
First Place - Wise County
Messenger - Mandy Bourgeois
“Her articles varied in topic
from Santa profiles to the
heartwarming story of two
sisters. Her writing always
helps the reader to see the
funny and the meaningful
side of the topic.”
Second Place - Lampasas
Dispatch-Record - David
Lowe
Third Place - Graham Leader - David Rupkalvis
Honorable Mention - The
Highlander - Bobbi Gage
Division- Daily
Empire Tribune - Amanda
Kimble
“Great range of coverage.
The sexual assault stories
were inspiring. Good photos
along with stories. Lead to
‘Let’s Eat’ culinary story was
good. Nice way to link Athena to the goddess Athena
- Made us want to read more.
Pretty good headlines.”
Daily Herald - Doug McDonough
Times - Alyson Chapman
Honorable Mention - Roswell Daily Record - Richard
Jacques
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2009 WTPA Better Newspaper Contest winners
SWEEPSTAKES
Division A
First place – Kerrville Daily
Times
Second – Stephenville Empire-Tribune
Tie for third – Plainview
Daily Herald, Roswell Daily
Record
Division B
First place - Wise County
Messenger
Second place – the Highlander
Third – Graham Leader
Division C
First place - Fredericksburg
Standard-Radio Post
Second place - Dublin Citizen
Third place - Glen Rose
Reporter
Division D
First place - Ozona Stockman
Second place - Joshua Star
Third place - Alvarado Star
Editorial Writing
Division A
First Place - Roswell Daily
Record
“Good editorial; good writing, and it makes a clear
if sometimes unpopular
point.”
“Good background and
conclusion was strong although some of the arguments seemed convoluted.”
Second place - Plainview
Daily Herald
Times
Division B
First Place - Graham Leader
“OK overall but focuses
on making sure everyone is
aware of a problem rather
than on any solution.”
“Good editorial, good background and shines light on
local issue.”
News
Third Place - Wise County
Messenger
Division C
Standard
“Good use of personal example to define a local problem. Good clear argumentation.”
Second Place - Colorado
City Record
Third Place - Lake Country
Sun
Division D
First Place - Joshua Star
“ Pretty good piece.”
“Good on an important issue. A kind of ‘folksy’ writing
that is hard to pull off.”
Second Place - Ozona Stockman
Third Place - Eldorado Success
Features
Division A
First - The Kerrville Daily
Times
“Really touching story.”
Second - Stephenville Empire-Tribune
Third - Plainview Daily Herald
Division B
First - Wise County Messenger
“Very nice, good length,
great photos.”
“This is great. The soldier
theme was consistent in
the story, title, photos and
captions. The photos are
great.”
Second - Quanah TribuneChief
Third - Breckenridge American
Division C
First - The Hamilton Herald
“Very interesting.”
Standard-Radio Post
Division D
Tie, First - Hico News Review
“Great content. A nice warning tale.”
First - Joshua Star
“You did a great job with
explaining why Scott loves
sports and what inspires him
to do what he does.”
Second - Crowley Star
Third - The Ozona Stockman
News Writing
Division A
First Place - Kerrville Daily
Times
“Story flowed very well
and kept me interested. It
is a local issue, hitting on a
national one. Great job localizing. Educates and informs
people in a very upbeat yet
serous way. Very good en-
Division B
First Place - The Graham
Leader
“Good lead, good use of
quotes. The story made me
want to keep reading, trailed
off a little at the end, but
overall good story.”
“Good story, a few grammatical errors, but not a lot
wrong.”
News
Third Place - Quanah Tribune Chief
Honorable Mention - Lampasas Dispatch Record
Division D
First Place- The Ozona
Stockman
“Good quotes, interesting
intro, very good story, could
shorten cutlines.”
“Very well written, turned
it into an interesting story.
Colored ink on Page 1 would
be cool.”
Second Place - Joshua Star
Photography
Division A
Quicksand Golf Course offers many challenges
Quicksand Golf Course,
the “ninth hardest course in
Texas,” was the site of the
2009 West Texas Press Association annual golf outing
at its annual convention in
San Angelo.
Tournament chairman Paul
C. Perner IV said he was
pleased with this year’s turnout.
Quicksand boasts 7,171
yards of challenging golf
when played from the championship tees. Sand traps,
water hazards and generous
fairways dot the 18 holes laid
out over 320 acres.
“We chose Quicksand because it is a beautiful and
joyed it a lot.”
“Good story; you have some
really good quotes and the
all focused on how the ban
is going to be bad for them.
I think there could have been
more numbers and statistics
used to show how many this
ordinance will effect. Great
quote on how much VFW
gives in scholarships. I think
there should have been more
emphasis.”
Second Place - Brownwood
Bulletin
Third Place -Stephenville
Empire-Tribune
Division C
Standard
“Interesting topic, about a
topic that affects everyone,
so it draws the reader. I liked
the interviews with normal
shoppers.”
“I really like the use of the
picture of the map. It really
helps the reader put a visual
with the story. Interesting
subject for readers and could
possibly inform the reader to
be more safe if they were not
knowledgeable about this.
Good job!”
Second Place - Glen Rose
Reporter
Third Place -Colorado City
Record
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fun course to play,” Perner
said. “We decided to shake
things up a bit and do the
tournament as a scramble
this year.”
The winning team scored
a 67, with second and third
teams tied at 68 each.
On the winning team was
Perner, Kathy McClellan from
Vernon, Charles and Vonnie
Fisher from Roswell, N.M.,
and Bob Brincefield of Brownwood.
Everyone on the West Texas
Press Board of Directors and
members would like to thank
Quicksand Golf Course and
their staff for being such
wonderful hosts.
Paul Perner announces the
winners of this year’s golf
tournament.
Style and poise
Mac McKinnon, publisher of The Dublin Citizen, announces winners of the 2009 WTPA Better Newspaper
Contest.
First - Brownwood Bulletin
(corn)
“Interesting photo! Good
composition, display and
subject.”
Second - Kerrville Daily
Times
Honorable Mention - Kerrville Daily Times
Rose Reporter
Division B
First - Lamb County Leader
(fire) - “A perfect, newsy, interesting front page photo.
Truly captured a unique and
interesting moment!”
Second - Wise County Messenger
Honorable Mention - Wise
County Messenger
Advertising Composition
Division A
First Place - Plainview Daily
Herald
“Ads catch readers attention; even the one without
color. Not too cluttered or
wordy, gets message across
succinctly.”
Bulletin
Third Place - Stephenville
Empire Tribune
Division C
First - Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post (track)
“Great photo, captures expressions.”
Second - Dublin Citizen
Third - Fredericksburg Standard Radio-Post
Division D
First- Hico News (bridge)
“Eye-catching photo! Very
well composed.”
Second - Alvarado Star
Third - Ozona Stockman
Honorable Mention - Crowley Star
Division B
Messenger
“Very original, eye-catching,
great ideas. Very creative.
Gets message across in an
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Ed Henninger urges design thinking
R e d e s i g n t h e w a y y o u small newspapers carries his yours is a newspaper that is
think.
name.”
planned. Or not.”
That was South Carolina
More information on the
He added that design is no
design consultant Ed Hen- program is available by con- more of an extra than acninger’s advice on how to tacting edh@henningercon- curate reporting, good writmake any newspaper redesign sulting.com or www.hen- ing, selling ads or making
a success, and he challenged ningerconsulting.com.
deadlines.
West Texas Press Association
At his morning workshop,
He offered some suggestions
members to do just that at Henninger talked about five about typography in terms of
the San Angelo convention basic design principles – bal- body type, headline type,
July 17.
line length,
“Learn to use “We’re all working for the reader,” he concluded. standing
your brain and “If you think about them when you’re doing ev- headlines,
think about
u s e
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who think
He also
they can’t afurged ediford a redetors to consign, Henninger talked about ance, contrast, focus, propor- sider holding most stories to
the Francis A. Henninger tion and unity – and showed no more than 12-15 inches.
Grant Program that Hen- examples of how those can
“Readers stop when the
ninger Consulting offers to be executed in newspaper story gets too long,” he said.
make design services afford- design.
“We’re all working for the
able for every newspaper –
“First impressions really reader,” he concluded.
“especially those with limited matter. That’s why design
“If you think about them
circulation, revenue and staff matters,” he said, “Design is when you’re doing everything
size,” he said.
about looking right.”
you do, you can’t go wrong.”
“The grant is named for
He stressed that design “is
After lunch Friday, Henmy father who believed in not an extra. It’s a key ingre- ninger sat down with indihard work, commitment to dient in creating a newspaper vidual newspaper staffs and
family and giving to others that’s worth reading – and did one-on-one evaluations
without any desire for recog- advertising in.”
during the afternoon.
nition,” Henninger said. “Dad
He noted that a paper’s deHe questioned staffs about
never made it to high school, sign “tells readers that yours their goals and the reasons
sacrificing his education to is a newspaper that is cred- behind their current designs,
help in his father’s shop as a ible. Or not. It tells readers and he also offered suggesprinter’s devil. He’d be proud yours is a newspaper that is tions on how the papers
to know this plan to help careful. Or not. It tells readers could be improved.
Left, Angelo State University President Dr. Joseph
C. Rallo greets West Texas
Press Association members
at a Thursday evening dinner. Right, Preston Lewis,
director of the ASU Office
of Communication and
Marketing, greets West
members at the Friday
morning meeting.
Ed Henninger, a design consultant, gives a two-hour
presentation at the West Texas Press Association.
Silent auction items raise $862
Around 30 items were on
the auction block for WTPA’s
annual silent auction, with all
proceeds benefiting the Bob
Craig Memorial Scholarship
Fund.
The auction raised $862 this
year. The top selling item was
a wrought iron and crystal
candle holder, donated by
The Graham Leader, and purchased by Debbie Day for $60.
Day also bought the second
most sought-after item for
$50, a huge candy basket,
donated by the Lamesa PressReporter.
Auction items ranged from
the ever-popular Dublin Dr.
Pepper and James Avery earrings, to food and gift baskets,
home décor, autographed
books, signed prints, jewelry,
vases, metal crosses and even
“Second Life” golf balls.
Some 30 items are at the West Texas Press Association annual convention. Proceeds
benefit the Bob Craig Memorial Scholarship Fund.
We’ve heard that
a million monkeys at a million
keyboards could
produce the
complete works
of Shakespeare;
now, thanks to
the Internet, we
know that is not
true.
Robert
Wilensky,
speech at a 1996
conference
Left, Dr. Joseph C. Rallo, president of ASU, and his wife, Barbara, spend an evening
with WTPA members during their third week of marriage. Above, ASU staff member
and their wives have dinner at Thursday evening’s reception.
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Day, Collier relate Fair Housing Act experiences
A few Texas newspapers had
a run-in with Housing and
Urban Development over classified ads that were alleged to
be in violation of federal fair
housing guidelines – and two
publishers caught in the whirlwind told West Texas Press
Association members of their
experiences.
Marshall Day, publisher of
the Gatesville Messenger, and
Terry Collier, publisher of the
Fredricksburg Standard-Radio
Post and president of the Texas Press Association, related
their experience and their
perception of the ordeals.
Day said it was Collier’s
paper that received the first
notification, his was next. In
all, some 10 small newspapers
had been notified of violations
in the fair housing law.
“It was the first time anyone
could recall a group of small
newspapers being targeted,”
he said. “They gave you no
warning – they just say ‘you’re
guilty.’”
Day noted that the Austin
Tenets Council initiated the
action through HUD.
“They live off fines,” he
continued. “They targeted all
these small papers. There was
no rhyme or reason.”
MARSHALL DAY
He related that the first letter from HUD and the Austin
group wanted $25,000 cash
and $10,000 in free advertising for a year as well as the
entire newspaper staff to
attend sensitivity training in
Fort Worth.
“HUD backed off (the training in) Fort Worth,” said Day. “I
could not afford a $25,000 hit.
We went back and forth.”
He explained that there were
three ads in question. The
first was for an ad that noted
it was one-bedroom, “mature
renters only.”
“Mature did not necessarily
mean old – it could be responsible,” he said he argued.
The second ad was a onebedroom, one-bath, “great for
single.”
“It didn’t say ‘for single
only.’
“One I could not defend – no
children – I couldn’t argue that
one,” Day noted.
He said HUD kept reducing
the fine amounts, but there
was never a conversation with
ATC.
Day called the National
Newspaper Association and
spoke with an attorney there
who advised that he not hire
an attorney.
“She was very helpful.
“In the end, they wanted
$2,500 and $5,000 worth
of free advertising. It was
obvious from the beginning
they weren’t interested in
sensitivity. They just wanted
money so they could qualify
for grants. They had to justify
their existence.”
Day said he settled for $1,250
in cash and $5,000 in free advertising for one year.
“They turned out to be illegal
ads,” he said.
TERRY COLLIER
His advice?
“Describe the property, not
the person.”
Collier said his notice was
that there had been a formal
complaint regarding the federal fair housing act.
“We went the attorney route,”
he said. “Initially they wanted
a $5,000 fine, a fine for ‘frustration of resources.’”
He also noted that they asked
for $5,000 in free advertising
and sensitivity training.
“We had three also – al-
legedly,” said Collier. “Our
ads limited the number of
people.”
He added that they were
informed that they could be
fined up to $11,000 per offense.
“We eventually got a conciliatory agreement. They said,
‘How about $750.’”
He also agreed to run $5,000
in free advertising for a year.
“We’ll be done at the end
of September,” he said, adding that he also made a deal
for online training for three
employees.
He also said he called Sen.
Kay Bailey Hutchison’s office.
“The more folks were cited
by this outfit, the fines got less
and less and less. They know
they’re being watched now.”
Collier noted that with $4,000
in attorney fees, his cost was
$4,700.
“They’re (ATC) already getting funded. I don’t think
they should be rewarded by
predatorily reading our paper.
I don’t want them to use this
to go against smaller papers.
“There’s no second chance.
Ethically, morally, we don’t
want to run ads like that
– I think they just wanted
money.”
Publishers, ASU professor discuss journalism future
Graham Newspapers Publisher Roy Robinson opened
Friday’s roundtable discussion
with a quote from Ray Marcano
of Cox Ohio Newspapers.
According to Marcano, there
will always be a demand for
true journalists, for information played down the middle
– not bloggers. Robinson said
community newspapers will be
around – what we need to save
is journalism.
The comments laid the
groundwork for a discussion
between panel members, Robinson, Randy Mankin, Editor
and Publisher of the Eldorado Success, Fredericksburg
Standard-Radio Post Editor
Cathy Collier, Dr. June Smith
with Angelo State University
Journalism Department and
two student staff members of
the Ram Page, ASU’s student
newspaper.
Smith said there is a need
for good writers for different
mediums who have the skills
to ask the hard questions in
such a manner that they will
get and answer and not a “no
comment.” One of the students agreed with Smith and
said that information comes
faster now and there needs to
be a convergence of mediums.
Mankin said that print products will always be a part of the
equation – if we can find a way
to pay for it.
Speaking on the advantages
community newspapers offer
young journalism students
graduating from the university,
Collier said, “We can offer the
opportunity for students to
have a full range of experiences
far more than a large newspaper in Dallas. We are anxious
to do on-line newspapers and
students can help us integrate
Facebook and Twitter and
streaming video.”
The students said on the
Ram Page they learn to do
a little bit of everything and
become more than just a photographer – they become well
rounded. Robinson said they
will find that in community
newspapers as well – learn to
Left, Dr. June Smith presents information about
integrating technology to
West Texas Press Association members. Right, Dr.
Cathy Johnson addresses
the integration of newspapers and the Internet.
Both are with Angelo State
University.
Small town newspapers also see effects of Internet
Although they may be the
last to go, small town newspapers – like their larger
counterparts – are “breaking
… at an astonishing rate,” Dr.
Cathy Johnson told members
of the West Texas Press Association.
Johnson, an associate professor of journalism, and Dr.
June Smith, head of the Communications Department
at Angelo State University,
spoke July 18 during the
summer convention sessions
on the ASU campus.
Johnson talked about what
she termed the “evolving
media landscape and what it
means for those of us trying
to get messages out.”
She reminded WTPA members that “now readers can
talk back” if they don’t like
or disagreed with something
in the paper.
“Historically, it’s been said that the power of the press belongs to those who
own one. With the Internet, everyone has the power of the press, so to speak.
It’s cheap to produce a message, so everyone is producing messages.”
Dr. Cathy Johnson
Associate professor of journalism, ASU
“They can go online and
voice their opinions to the
whole world, in many case
right on the newspaper’s Web
site,” she added.
And while she said she likes
printed ink on a piece of
paper – and the portability
of a newspaper – she noted
that she likes the new model
as well.
“I like being able to retrieve
a story on line. I like the fact
that I can read newspapers
around the country,” she
said. “I like the fact that I
can get news updates more
quickly online than with any
other medium. I like that I
can learn things from readers’ comments.”
Survival for newspapers,
she believes, means embracing and evolving with the
technology – and “changing
the way we’ve always done
things,” she said.
She talked about blogging,
Facebook, You Tube, Twitter
and more.
“Historically, it’s been said
that the power of the press
belongs to those who own
one,” she said. “With the
Internet, everyone has the
power of the press, so to
speak. It’s cheap to produce
a message, so everyone is
producing messages.”
There is hope for newspapers, she concluded, but it
will be necessary “to rethink
Two high school seniors get scholarships
No college applicants is no problem
Left to right, Publisher Randy Mankin, ASU students Kimberly Parker and Lara Johnson,
ASU Professor Dr. June Smith, Publisher Kathy Collier and Publisher Roy Robinson
discuss the future of journalism.
be responsible, come early and
stay late to do the job and pull
their weight like the rest of
us. Mankin told the students
community newspapers cover
stories that don’t make it into
the larger dailies. We can give
a voice to people who don’t
normally have a voice.
The Friday luncheon and
roundtable program was sponsored by AEP Texas.
WTPA awarded Bob Craig
Memorial Scholarships to
two graduating high school
seniors this year during the
summer convention.
Since no applications were
received for the $2,000
scholarship for current
college students, during
WTPA’s general business
meeting, the membership
decided to award two $2,000
high school scholarships.
The recipients, chosen
from over 20 applicants,
were Megan Bentley of Canadian and Ryan Diaz of
Andrews.
Bentley, the daughter of
Stanly and Mary Alice Bentley, is a 2009 graduate of
Canadian High School.
She plans to major in
journalism at St. Edwards
University in Austin.
In high school, she worked
on the school newspaper
staff as a reporter, and also
competed in UIL news and
feature writing events.
Diaz, a 2009 graduate of
Andrews High School, is the
son of Rudy and Rosie Diaz.
His father is sports editor at
the Andrews County News.
In high school, he was on
the annual staff responsible
for sports and photos.
He has also worked in the
circulation department at
He plans to attend Grayson County College in Denison.
our current model of giving
away our content online.”
Smith picked up that theme
and began her talk by encouraging newspapers to charge
for online content, suggesting, for example, that papers
push online subscriptions for
high school graduates going
away to school in the fall.
She talked about the “human quality” of online podcasts, news updates and film
clips, and noted the ease of
using small cameras that allow for automatic downloads
to Web sites.
“It’s so easy,” she said, “and
they have an amazing quality.
It may look a little bit ‘home
movie’ but that’s OK.”
She added that the cameras
are so small that they are
easily tucked in reporters’
pockets when they go out on
an assignment.
Newspapermen learn
to call a murderer ‘an
alleged murderer’ and
the King of England
‘the alleged King of
England’ to avoid libel
suits.
Stephen
Leacock
Canadian economist
and
humorist
(1869 - 1944)
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Day, Collier relate Fair Housing Act experiences
A few Texas newspapers had
a run-in with Housing and
Urban Development over classified ads that were alleged to
be in violation of federal fair
housing guidelines – and two
publishers caught in the whirlwind told West Texas Press
Association members of their
experiences.
Marshall Day, publisher of
the Gatesville Messenger, and
Terry Collier, publisher of the
Fredricksburg Standard-Radio
Post and president of the Texas Press Association, related
their experience and their
perception of the ordeals.
Day said it was Collier’s
paper that received the first
notification, his was next. In
all, some 10 small newspapers
had been notified of violations
in the fair housing law.
“It was the first time anyone
could recall a group of small
newspapers being targeted,”
he said. “They gave you no
warning – they just say ‘you’re
guilty.’”
Day noted that the Austin
Tenets Council initiated the
action through HUD.
“They live off fines,” he
continued. “They targeted all
these small papers. There was
no rhyme or reason.”
MARSHALL DAY
He related that the first letter from HUD and the Austin
group wanted $25,000 cash
and $10,000 in free advertising for a year as well as the
entire newspaper staff to
attend sensitivity training in
Fort Worth.
“HUD backed off (the training in) Fort Worth,” said Day. “I
could not afford a $25,000 hit.
We went back and forth.”
He explained that there were
three ads in question. The
first was for an ad that noted
it was one-bedroom, “mature
renters only.”
“Mature did not necessarily
mean old – it could be responsible,” he said he argued.
The second ad was a onebedroom, one-bath, “great for
single.”
“It didn’t say ‘for single
only.’
“One I could not defend – no
children – I couldn’t argue that
one,” Day noted.
He said HUD kept reducing
the fine amounts, but there
was never a conversation with
ATC.
Day called the National
Newspaper Association and
spoke with an attorney there
who advised that he not hire
an attorney.
“She was very helpful.
“In the end, they wanted
$2,500 and $5,000 worth
of free advertising. It was
obvious from the beginning
they weren’t interested in
sensitivity. They just wanted
money so they could qualify
for grants. They had to justify
their existence.”
Day said he settled for $1,250
in cash and $5,000 in free advertising for one year.
“They turned out to be illegal
ads,” he said.
TERRY COLLIER
His advice?
“Describe the property, not
the person.”
Collier said his notice was
that there had been a formal
complaint regarding the federal fair housing act.
“We went the attorney route,”
he said. “Initially they wanted
a $5,000 fine, a fine for ‘frustration of resources.’”
He also noted that they asked
for $5,000 in free advertising
and sensitivity training.
“We had three also – al-
legedly,” said Collier. “Our
ads limited the number of
people.”
He added that they were
informed that they could be
fined up to $11,000 per offense.
“We eventually got a conciliatory agreement. They said,
‘How about $750.’”
He also agreed to run $5,000
in free advertising for a year.
“We’ll be done at the end
of September,” he said, adding that he also made a deal
for online training for three
employees.
He also said he called Sen.
Kay Bailey Hutchison’s office.
“The more folks were cited
by this outfit, the fines got less
and less and less. They know
they’re being watched now.”
Collier noted that with $4,000
in attorney fees, his cost was
$4,700.
“They’re (ATC) already getting funded. I don’t think
they should be rewarded by
predatorily reading our paper.
I don’t want them to use this
to go against smaller papers.
“There’s no second chance.
Ethically, morally, we don’t
want to run ads like that
– I think they just wanted
money.”
Publishers, ASU professor discuss journalism future
Graham Newspapers Publisher Roy Robinson opened
Friday’s roundtable discussion
with a quote from Ray Marcano
of Cox Ohio Newspapers.
According to Marcano, there
will always be a demand for
true journalists, for information played down the middle
– not bloggers. Robinson said
community newspapers will be
around – what we need to save
is journalism.
The comments laid the
groundwork for a discussion
between panel members, Robinson, Randy Mankin, Editor
and Publisher of the Eldorado Success, Fredericksburg
Standard-Radio Post Editor
Cathy Collier, Dr. June Smith
with Angelo State University
Journalism Department and
two student staff members of
the Ram Page, ASU’s student
newspaper.
Smith said there is a need
for good writers for different
mediums who have the skills
to ask the hard questions in
such a manner that they will
get and answer and not a “no
comment.” One of the students agreed with Smith and
said that information comes
faster now and there needs to
be a convergence of mediums.
Mankin said that print products will always be a part of the
equation – if we can find a way
to pay for it.
Speaking on the advantages
community newspapers offer
young journalism students
graduating from the university,
Collier said, “We can offer the
opportunity for students to
have a full range of experiences
far more than a large newspaper in Dallas. We are anxious
to do on-line newspapers and
students can help us integrate
Facebook and Twitter and
streaming video.”
The students said on the
Ram Page they learn to do
a little bit of everything and
become more than just a photographer – they become well
rounded. Robinson said they
will find that in community
newspapers as well – learn to
Left, Dr. June Smith presents information about
integrating technology to
West Texas Press Association members. Right, Dr.
Cathy Johnson addresses
the integration of newspapers and the Internet.
Both are with Angelo State
University.
Small town newspapers also see effects of Internet
Although they may be the
last to go, small town newspapers – like their larger
counterparts – are “breaking
… at an astonishing rate,” Dr.
Cathy Johnson told members
of the West Texas Press Association.
Johnson, an associate professor of journalism, and Dr.
June Smith, head of the Communications Department
at Angelo State University,
spoke July 18 during the
summer convention sessions
on the ASU campus.
Johnson talked about what
she termed the “evolving
media landscape and what it
means for those of us trying
to get messages out.”
She reminded WTPA members that “now readers can
talk back” if they don’t like
or disagreed with something
in the paper.
“Historically, it’s been said that the power of the press belongs to those who
own one. With the Internet, everyone has the power of the press, so to speak.
It’s cheap to produce a message, so everyone is producing messages.”
Dr. Cathy Johnson
Associate professor of journalism, ASU
“They can go online and
voice their opinions to the
whole world, in many case
right on the newspaper’s Web
site,” she added.
And while she said she likes
printed ink on a piece of
paper – and the portability
of a newspaper – she noted
that she likes the new model
as well.
“I like being able to retrieve
a story on line. I like the fact
that I can read newspapers
around the country,” she
said. “I like the fact that I
can get news updates more
quickly online than with any
other medium. I like that I
can learn things from readers’ comments.”
Survival for newspapers,
she believes, means embracing and evolving with the
technology – and “changing
the way we’ve always done
things,” she said.
She talked about blogging,
Facebook, You Tube, Twitter
and more.
“Historically, it’s been said
that the power of the press
belongs to those who own
one,” she said. “With the
Internet, everyone has the
power of the press, so to
speak. It’s cheap to produce
a message, so everyone is
producing messages.”
There is hope for newspapers, she concluded, but it
will be necessary “to rethink
Two high school seniors get scholarships
No college applicants is no problem
Left to right, Publisher Randy Mankin, ASU students Kimberly Parker and Lara Johnson,
ASU Professor Dr. June Smith, Publisher Kathy Collier and Publisher Roy Robinson
discuss the future of journalism.
be responsible, come early and
stay late to do the job and pull
their weight like the rest of
us. Mankin told the students
community newspapers cover
stories that don’t make it into
the larger dailies. We can give
a voice to people who don’t
normally have a voice.
The Friday luncheon and
roundtable program was sponsored by AEP Texas.
WTPA awarded Bob Craig
Memorial Scholarships to
two graduating high school
seniors this year during the
summer convention.
Since no applications were
received for the $2,000
scholarship for current
college students, during
WTPA’s general business
meeting, the membership
decided to award two $2,000
high school scholarships.
The recipients, chosen
from over 20 applicants,
were Megan Bentley of Canadian and Ryan Diaz of
Andrews.
Bentley, the daughter of
Stanly and Mary Alice Bentley, is a 2009 graduate of
Canadian High School.
She plans to major in
journalism at St. Edwards
University in Austin.
In high school, she worked
on the school newspaper
staff as a reporter, and also
competed in UIL news and
feature writing events.
Diaz, a 2009 graduate of
Andrews High School, is the
son of Rudy and Rosie Diaz.
His father is sports editor at
In high school, he was on
the annual staff responsible
for sports and photos.
He has also worked in the
circulation department at
He plans to attend Grayson County College in Denison.
our current model of giving
away our content online.”
Smith picked up that theme
and began her talk by encouraging newspapers to charge
for online content, suggesting, for example, that papers
push online subscriptions for
high school graduates going
away to school in the fall.
She talked about the “human quality” of online podcasts, news updates and film
clips, and noted the ease of
using small cameras that allow for automatic downloads
to Web sites.
“It’s so easy,” she said, “and
they have an amazing quality.
It may look a little bit ‘home
movie’ but that’s OK.”
She added that the cameras
are so small that they are
easily tucked in reporters’
pockets when they go out on
an assignment.
Newspapermen learn
to call a murderer ‘an
alleged murderer’ and
the King of England
‘the alleged King of
England’ to avoid libel
suits.
Stephen
Leacock
Canadian economist
and
humorist
(1869 - 1944)
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Ed Henninger urges design thinking
R e d e s i g n t h e w a y y o u small newspapers carries his yours is a newspaper that is
think.
name.”
planned. Or not.”
That was South Carolina
More information on the
He added that design is no
design consultant Ed Hen- program is available by con- more of an extra than acninger’s advice on how to tacting edh@henningercon- curate reporting, good writmake any newspaper redesign sulting.com or www.hen- ing, selling ads or making
a success, and he challenged ningerconsulting.com.
deadlines.
West Texas Press Association
At his morning workshop,
He offered some suggestions
members to do just that at Henninger talked about five about typography in terms of
the San Angelo convention basic design principles – bal- body type, headline type,
July 17.
line length,
“Learn to use “We’re all working for the reader,” he concluded. standing
your brain and “If you think about them when you’re doing ev- headlines,
think about
u s e
o f
what you’re erything you do, you can’t go wrong.”
color and
doing when
Ed Henninger m o r e , a n d
you’re doing
design consultant answered
design,” he
questions
said.
from his auFor those
dience.
who think
He also
they can’t afurged ediford a redetors to consign, Henninger talked about ance, contrast, focus, propor- sider holding most stories to
the Francis A. Henninger tion and unity – and showed no more than 12-15 inches.
Grant Program that Hen- examples of how those can
“Readers stop when the
ninger Consulting offers to be executed in newspaper story gets too long,” he said.
make design services afford- design.
“We’re all working for the
able for every newspaper –
“First impressions really reader,” he concluded.
“especially those with limited matter. That’s why design
“If you think about them
circulation, revenue and staff matters,” he said, “Design is when you’re doing everything
size,” he said.
about looking right.”
you do, you can’t go wrong.”
“The grant is named for
He stressed that design “is
After lunch Friday, Henmy father who believed in not an extra. It’s a key ingre- ninger sat down with indihard work, commitment to dient in creating a newspaper vidual newspaper staffs and
family and giving to others that’s worth reading – and did one-on-one evaluations
without any desire for recog- advertising in.”
during the afternoon.
nition,” Henninger said. “Dad
He noted that a paper’s deHe questioned staffs about
never made it to high school, sign “tells readers that yours their goals and the reasons
sacrificing his education to is a newspaper that is cred- behind their current designs,
help in his father’s shop as a ible. Or not. It tells readers and he also offered suggesprinter’s devil. He’d be proud yours is a newspaper that is tions on how the papers
to know this plan to help careful. Or not. It tells readers could be improved.
Left, Angelo State University President Dr. Joseph
C. Rallo greets West Texas
Press Association members
at a Thursday evening dinner. Right, Preston Lewis,
director of the ASU Office
of Communication and
Marketing, greets West
members at the Friday
morning meeting.
Ed Henninger, a design consultant, gives a two-hour
presentation at the West Texas Press Association.
Silent auction items raise $862
Around 30 items were on
the auction block for WTPA’s
annual silent auction, with all
proceeds benefiting the Bob
Craig Memorial Scholarship
Fund.
The auction raised $862 this
year. The top selling item was
a wrought iron and crystal
candle holder, donated by
The Graham Leader, and purchased by Debbie Day for $60.
Day also bought the second
most sought-after item for
$50, a huge candy basket,
donated by the Lamesa PressReporter.
Auction items ranged from
the ever-popular Dublin Dr.
Pepper and James Avery earrings, to food and gift baskets,
home décor, autographed
books, signed prints, jewelry,
vases, metal crosses and even
“Second Life” golf balls.
Some 30 items are at the West Texas Press Association annual convention. Proceeds
benefit the Bob Craig Memorial Scholarship Fund.
We’ve heard that
a million monkeys at a million
keyboards could
produce the
complete works
of Shakespeare;
now, thanks to
the Internet, we
know that is not
true.
Robert
Wilensky,
speech at a 1996
conference
Left, Dr. Joseph C. Rallo, president of ASU, and his wife, Barbara, spend an evening
with WTPA members during their third week of marriage. Above, ASU staff member
and their wives have dinner at Thursday evening’s reception.
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PUBLISHER
AUGUST 2009
2009 WTPA Better Newspaper Contest winners
SWEEPSTAKES
Division A
First place – Kerrville Daily
Times
Second – Stephenville Empire-Tribune
Tie for third – Plainview
Daily Herald, Roswell Daily
Record
Division B
First place - Wise County
Messenger
Second place – the Highlander
Third – Graham Leader
Division C
First place - Fredericksburg
Standard-Radio Post
Second place - Dublin Citizen
Third place - Glen Rose
Reporter
Division D
First place - Ozona Stockman
Second place - Joshua Star
Third place - Alvarado Star
Editorial Writing
Division A
First Place - Roswell Daily
Record
“Good editorial; good writing, and it makes a clear
if sometimes unpopular
point.”
“Good background and
conclusion was strong although some of the arguments seemed convoluted.”
Second place - Plainview
Daily Herald
Times
Division B
First Place - Graham Leader
“OK overall but focuses
on making sure everyone is
aware of a problem rather
than on any solution.”
“Good editorial, good background and shines light on
local issue.”
News
Third Place - Wise County
Messenger
Division C
Standard
“Good use of personal example to define a local problem. Good clear argumentation.”
Second Place - Colorado
City Record
Third Place - Lake Country
Sun
Division D
First Place - Joshua Star
“ Pretty good piece.”
“Good on an important issue. A kind of ‘folksy’ writing
that is hard to pull off.”
Second Place - Ozona Stockman
Third Place - Eldorado Success
Features
Division A
First - The Kerrville Daily
Times
“Really touching story.”
Second - Stephenville Empire-Tribune
Division B
First - Wise County Messenger
“Very nice, good length,
great photos.”
“This is great. The soldier
theme was consistent in
the story, title, photos and
captions. The photos are
great.”
Second - Quanah TribuneChief
Division C
First - The Hamilton Herald
“Very interesting.”
Standard-Radio Post
Division D
Tie, First - Hico News Review
“Great content. A nice warning tale.”
First - Joshua Star
“You did a great job with
explaining why Scott loves
sports and what inspires him
to do what he does.”
Second - Crowley Star
Third - The Ozona Stockman
News Writing
Division A
First Place - Kerrville Daily
Times
“Story flowed very well
and kept me interested. It
is a local issue, hitting on a
national one. Great job localizing. Educates and informs
people in a very upbeat yet
serous way. Very good en-
Division B
First Place - The Graham
Leader
“Good lead, good use of
quotes. The story made me
want to keep reading, trailed
off a little at the end, but
overall good story.”
“Good story, a few grammatical errors, but not a lot
wrong.”
News
Third Place - Quanah Tribune Chief
Honorable Mention - Lampasas Dispatch Record
Division D
First Place- The Ozona
Stockman
“Good quotes, interesting
intro, very good story, could
shorten cutlines.”
“Very well written, turned
it into an interesting story.
Colored ink on Page 1 would
be cool.”
Second Place - Joshua Star
Photography
Division A
Quicksand Golf Course offers many challenges
Quicksand Golf Course,
the “ninth hardest course in
Texas,” was the site of the
2009 West Texas Press Association annual golf outing
at its annual convention in
San Angelo.
Tournament chairman Paul
C. Perner IV said he was
pleased with this year’s turnout.
Quicksand boasts 7,171
yards of challenging golf
when played from the championship tees. Sand traps,
water hazards and generous
fairways dot the 18 holes laid
out over 320 acres.
“We chose Quicksand because it is a beautiful and
joyed it a lot.”
“Good story; you have some
really good quotes and the
all focused on how the ban
is going to be bad for them.
I think there could have been
more numbers and statistics
used to show how many this
ordinance will effect. Great
quote on how much VFW
gives in scholarships. I think
there should have been more
emphasis.”
Bulletin
Third Place -Stephenville
Empire-Tribune
Division C
Standard
“Interesting topic, about a
topic that affects everyone,
so it draws the reader. I liked
the interviews with normal
shoppers.”
“I really like the use of the
picture of the map. It really
helps the reader put a visual
with the story. Interesting
subject for readers and could
possibly inform the reader to
be more safe if they were not
knowledgeable about this.
Good job!”
Second Place - Glen Rose
Reporter
Third Place -Colorado City
Record
PUBLISHER
AUGUST 2009
fun course to play,” Perner
said. “We decided to shake
things up a bit and do the
tournament as a scramble
this year.”
The winning team scored
a 67, with second and third
teams tied at 68 each.
On the winning team was
Perner, Kathy McClellan from
Vernon, Charles and Vonnie
Fisher from Roswell, N.M.,
and Bob Brincefield of Brownwood.
Everyone on the West Texas
Press Board of Directors and
members would like to thank
Quicksand Golf Course and
their staff for being such
wonderful hosts.
Paul Perner announces the
winners of this year’s golf
tournament.
Style and poise
Mac McKinnon, publisher of The Dublin Citizen, announces winners of the 2009 WTPA Better Newspaper
Contest.
First - Brownwood Bulletin
(corn)
“Interesting photo! Good
composition, display and
subject.”
Second - Kerrville Daily
Times
Honorable Mention - Kerrville Daily Times
Rose Reporter
Division B
First - Lamb County Leader
(fire) - “A perfect, newsy, interesting front page photo.
Truly captured a unique and
interesting moment!”
Second - Wise County Messenger
Honorable Mention - Wise
County Messenger
Advertising Composition
Division A
First Place - Plainview Daily
Herald
“Ads catch readers attention; even the one without
color. Not too cluttered or
wordy, gets message across
succinctly.”
Bulletin
Third Place - Stephenville
Empire Tribune
Division C
First - Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post (track)
“Great photo, captures expressions.”
Second - Dublin Citizen
Third - Fredericksburg Standard Radio-Post
Division D
First- Hico News (bridge)
“Eye-catching photo! Very
well composed.”
Second - Alvarado Star
Third - Ozona Stockman
Honorable Mention - Crowley Star
Division B
Messenger
“Very original, eye-catching,
great ideas. Very creative.
Gets message across in an
See WINNERS, Page 11
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2
PUBLISHER
Angelo
tin Tenant’s Council and the
Federal Housing Administration. Both men’s newspapers
were targeted by the Austin
Tenant’s Council and ended
up having to donate advertising and conduct training. Both
men presented handouts to
help other newspapers avoid
any future targets.
WTPA members were free to
explore ASU and San Angelo
Friday afternoon, with oncampus tours and trips to the
Hummer House in Christoval,
before reconvening at the
Junell Center for the president’s reception sponsored
by ASU.
After a Texas barbecue
feast, Randy Mankin, 2008 recipient of the Harold Hudson
Award, presented this year’s
award to Fort Davis publisher
Bob Dillard.
The group was then treated
to an intense and intriguing
tale by San Angelo author
AUGUST 2009
“dreamed” of becoming a
newspaper journalist. In high
school, she worked on the
school newspaper and was
editor her junior and senior
years.
She began her journalism career at ASU where she moved
up the ranks to become editor
of the university’s newspaper the Ram Page her senior
year.
After graduating from ASU
in December 2000, Perner
immediately stepped into a
full-time reporting position
for the San Angelo StandardTimes, where she remained
until 2004 when she and her
husband, Paul, bought The
Ozona Stockman in Paul’s
hometown of Ozona.
There, Perner is publicity chair for Ozona Woman’s League and is an active
member in the First Baptist
Church.
Paul and Melissa live on his
parent’s ranch outside of
Ozona. They are the proud
“parents” of two dogs, Jade
and Sage, and a cat named
Dash.
Other WTPA officers elected
in San Angelo are Mac McKinnon of the Dublin Citizen
as first vice president and
convention chair and Derek
Tidwell of the Hood County
News as second vice president
and Better Newspaper Contest
chair. Collier will be chairman
of the board and Mary Dudley of the Perryton Herald is
secretary-treasurer.
Board directors for 2009-10
are Robert Burns, EMBARQ;
Carolyn Anderson, Rocksprings; Mark Engebretson,
Possum Kingdom Lake/Graford; Debbie Aylesworth,
Canyon (one year unexpired
term); John Schmid, Kerrville;
Roger Estlack, Clarendon; Lisa
Davis, Decatur; and Rochelle
Stidham, Stephenville.
Mary Dudley, of the Perryton Herald, is again
secretary-treasurer for
WTPA. She maintains the
records, keeps officers informed and is the central
point of contact for WTPA
business.
Perner appointed Bob Dillard
as scholarship chairman and
Robert Burns to a one-year
term, McKinnon to a twoyear term and Lisa Davis to a
three-year term on the newly
adopted finance committee.
A heartfelt ‘thank you’ to all who contributed their time, money
and effort to the success of the 2009 WTPA convention
EMBARQ
Hood County News
AT&T
Clarendon Enterprise
Dublin Citizen
Fredericksburg
Standard-Radio Post
Hill Country Community
Press
Iowa Park Leader
North Central Texas
Publishing
Perryton Herald
South Plains Printing
— For being Better
Newspaper
Contest sponsors
Angelo State University
AEP Texas
AT&T
EMBARQ
Hood County News
Odessa Convention & Visitors
Bureau
Wise County Messenger
Iowa Park Leader
— For being convention
sponsors
Lake Country Sun
— For printing, labeling and
mailing
The Publisher
Cathy Collier
Melissa Perner
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Winners
Perner
Russell Smith as he presented
his book, No Reason to Kill.
With photos from the
book, Smith took the audience through the murder
of 20-year-old San Angelo
resident Shelia Elrod who
was killed in 1980 during a
jewelry store robbery.
Collier chaired Saturday
morning’s general membership meeting after the session.
He announced that the first
WTPA interns were at the
Dublin Citizen and the Brownwood Bulletin. WTPA provided
$5,000 to each paper.
Results of the Better Newspaper Contest were announced and Mac McKinnon
announced Odessa as the
convention site for 2010.
Prize drawings were held
for stays at Prude Ranch
and the Limpia Hotel in Fort
Davis and the Paisano Hotel
in Marfa.
Both were won by Bill Berger
and Jerry Berger.
PUBLISHER
AUGUST 2009
Bob Brincefield
Mac McKinnon
Mary Dudley
Bob Dillard
Joe Hernandez
Rochelle Stidham
Mark Engebretson
— For providing articles and
photographs
for The Publisher
Paul C. Perner IV
Joe Hernandez
— For assisting with the golf
tournament
Susan Williams
Susan Calloway
— For assisting with door
prizes and the silent
auction
Third - South Tarrant Star
interesting way. Very good!”
News
Third Place - Jack County
Herald
Honorable Mention - Graham Leader
General Excellence
Division A
Empire Tribune
“Good overall appearance;
not too cluttered. Sports
pictures are very professional. Great focus on local
elections.”
Daily Herald
Times
Division C
First Place - Hamilton Herald News
“Good use of creative artwork – still interesting even
without photos. Nice use of
fonts. Nicely put together.”
Second Place - Fredericksburg Standard
Third Place- Lake Country
Sun
Division D
News
“Great ads! Good composition and color; good photos,
very clean design.”
Second Place - Crowley
Star
Column Writing
Division A
First - Stephenville EmpireTribune
“The writer gets to the
point. Second column is very
interesting.”
Second – Roswell Daily
Record
Third – Kerrville Daily
Times
Honorable Mention - Plainview Daily Herald
Division B
(Tie) First - The Perryton
Herald
“Nice analysis.”
First - Lamesa Press-Reporter - “Touching story about
small town antics. Really
enjoyed reading it.”
Second - The Highlander
Third - The Burleson Star
Division C
First - Glen Rose Reporter
- “Awesome story, very interesting about the relation
to billion-dollar corporations getting bailed out while
Average Joes are still struggling.”
Standard
Division D
First- Hico News-Review “Excellent, very newsworthy.
Hits home to most.”
Second - Joshua Star
Division B
First Place- Burleson Star
“I like the National Dog
Week. Lots of good coverage
on local stories.”
Second Place - Wise County
Messenger
Third Place - The Canyon
News
Division C
Standard
“High resolution photos
had better quality than most
papers in the same division.
Catchy headlines, good layout.”
Second Place - Dublin Citizen
Third Place - Hamilton Herald News
Rose Reporter
Division D
First Place - The Olney Enterprise
“Overall, very good appearance. We loved the little kids
page. We also like the panoramic picture of the fire on
the front page.”
Third - Crowley Star
Honorable Mention - Alvarado Star
Special Coverage Award
Division-Weekly
First Place - Dublin Citizen
“This was a stand-out entry.
Great coverage of behind
the scenes politics and an
appraiser’s fight with local
business interests.”
Third Place - Ozona Stockman
Division - Semi-Weekly/
Daily
“Great coverage of a hometown hero’s rise to Olympic
contender.”
News
Third Place - Graham Leader
Honorable Mention -Lamb
County Leader News
Special Section
Division A
First Place - Brownwood
Bulletin
“This entry won first place
in a field of tough competitors. Tons of good features
that really show the reader
what the people of Brownwood are like.”
Second - Roswell DailyRecord.
Third - Stephenville EmpireTribune
Honorable Mention - Kerrville Daily-Times
Division B
First place - Highland
Lakes,
“Articles were good and
original.”
Second - Canyon News
Third - Hood County News
Fourth - Wise County Messenger
Division C
First - Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post
“Interesting take on a subject. Articles were good and
creative.”
Second – Dublin Citizen
Third - Colorado City Record
Honorable Mention - Hondo
Anvil-Herald
Division D
First - Ozona Stockman
“Good articles all related to
the theme of the section. Layout and design were simple
but photos were OK. Overall,
something different.”
Second - El Dorado Success
Third - Albany News
Sports
Division A
Empire-Tribune
“Strong use of leads to draw
the reader in. An effective
job of covering sport-related
information for a variety of
sports. Articles read easily
and clearly. Photos are great,
very clear images and nice
job capturing action photos.
Nice job equally distributing
coverage on each segment of
sports related events/material. Visual presentation of the
information is appealing.”
Second Place - Roswell Daily
Record
Third Place -Kerrville Daily
Times
Division B
“Pictures and layout are
amazing; Very intriguing.”
Second Place - Burleson
Star
Third Place - The Graham
Leader
Division C
Standard
“Wonderful pictures! Nice
coverage of all sports for Fredericksburg and surrounding
areas. Good leads. Way to
keep attention throughout
story. Photo captions are
good. Nice color in stories.
Good headlines!”
Second Place - Hondo AnvilHerald
Third Place - Glen Rose
Reporter
Honorable Mention - Dublin
Citizen
Division D
News
“Lots of good stories and
pictures. Great range of coverage. Everything from varsity to youth, great coverage.
Good future info.”
Second Place - The El Dorado Success
Third Place - The Alvarado
Star
Photographer of the Year
Weekly Division
First Place - Lisa Walter,
Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post - “Great perspectives
and use of visual storytelling
techniques.”
Second Place - Christopher
Amos, Alvarado Star
Third - Kim Ovard, Crowley
Star
Honorable Mention - Joe
Hernandez, Ozona Stockman
Semi-Weekly
First Place - Joe Duty, Wise
County Messenger - “Great
photos, visually compelling
journalism.”
Second Place - Gabe Wolf,
Lampasas Dispatch
Third Place -Russel Skiles,
Lamesa Press Reporter
Honorable Mention - Kim
Ovard, Burleson Star
Daily
First – Mark Wilson, Roswell
Daily Record, “Photos that
make you say ‘wow!’”
Second - John Schmid, Kerrville Daily Times
Third - Richard Porter, Plainview Daily Herald
Journalist of the Year
Division-Weekly
First Place - The Llano County Journal - George Hatt
“Well written, interesting
subjects. Shows that you can
write about anything from
sports to crime scenes and
still be effective. Great leads,
from features to sports to
difficult situations. You kept
interest and wrote effectively
in all areas. Great stories,
huge variety, very interesting. Good profile, good leads
and variety in stories. Good
visuals and great layout and
presentation.”
Second Place - Alvarado
Star-Christopher Amos
Third Place- The Hico News
Review - Anna Belew
Division-Semi-Weekly
Messenger - Mandy Bourgeois
“Her articles varied in topic
from Santa profiles to the
heartwarming story of two
sisters. Her writing always
helps the reader to see the
funny and the meaningful
side of the topic.”
Second Place - Lampasas
Dispatch-Record - David
Lowe
Third Place - Graham Leader - David Rupkalvis
Honorable Mention - The
Highlander - Bobbi Gage
Division- Daily
Empire Tribune - Amanda
Kimble
“Great range of coverage.
The sexual assault stories
were inspiring. Good photos
along with stories. Lead to
‘Let’s Eat’ culinary story was
good. Nice way to link Athena to the goddess Athena
- Made us want to read more.
Pretty good headlines.”
Daily Herald - Doug McDonough
Times - Alyson Chapman
Honorable Mention - Roswell Daily Record - Richard
Jacques
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PUBLISHER
AUGUST 2009
Dillard receives Harold Hudson Award
Bob Dillard was awarded
the prestigious Harold Hudson Award at the WTPA 79th
annual Summer Convention
in San Angelo.
Last year’s recipient, Randy Mankin, presented the
award.
The award is in memory of
the late Harold Hudson, publisher of the Perryton Herald
and prominent member and
past president of WTPA and
the National Newspaper Association. The award is given
to an individual who has
significantly contributed
to the publishing industry
and West Texas Press Association.
“Bob was one of the first
publishers to offer Kathy
and me his assistance when
we joined this business in
1994,” said Mankin. ”And
he was the very first one I
called on for advice when
the polygamous cult invaded our county in 2004. I figured anyone who had lived
through and reported the
Republic of Texas standoff
could surely offer me some
good advice – and he did!”
A native of Tyler, Dillard
graduated from Fort Worth
Eastern Hills High School in
1963 where he had worked
on the school newspaper. He
attended Baylor University
in Waco and the University
of Texas at Arlington where
he again found himself as a
major player in the school
newspaper.
In 1976, he found a way to
buy a share of the Alpine Avalanche, which he operated
and coedited until 1990.
In 1982, the Dillards purchased the Big Bend Sentinel
in Marfa, a paper they owned
until 1992. In 1993, they acquired the Jeff Davis County
News and changed the name
to the Jeff Davis Mountain
Dispatch.
Then in 1995 the Stanton
News was purchased and its
name changed to the Martin
County Messenger. A year
later the Greenwood Ranger
published its first edition in
the Midland suburb.
And, somehow in the middle of publishing five West
Texas newspapers, he found
the time to serve as Jeff
Davis county judge, not to
mention a long list of volunteer jobs.
Bob and his wife Christi
have two children and seven
grandchildren.
The
the crime entitled No Reason
to Kill.
“It was a crime that
touched San Angelo like no
other,” Smith said. “After
the murder, the whole town
changed.”
Smith went on to tell the
room full of journalists what
it was like to investigate
the crime. He also said that
much of the information
he obtained for the book
came from area newspapers
that had followed the story
closely.
He said many of the reporters actually knew more
about the case than the detectives working to solve it.
“The newspapers never
let up,” Smith said. “From
50 years later, you (newspapers) give us a means to
go back and get important
information. You are the
historians.”
PUBLISHER
Official publication of the West Texas Press Association
MICAH MOORE
Intern’s
stay
helped
by WTPA
Bob Dillard, left, receives the Harold Hudson Award from
last year’s recipient, Randy Mankin.
Smith relates tale
of senseless death
It was a riveting tale.
A crime so senseless, so
revolting, that it shook the
Texas city of San Angelo to
its core when on Feb. 11,
1980, a man walked into a
jewelry store and shot and
killed Sheila Elrod.
Elrod, 20, was a smart,
pretty employee of the store
who was gunned down during a robbery.
In the days, weeks and
months following the murder, police pursued leads
and collected evidence, but
it was 20 years later that a
break in the case would finally land a suspect behind
bars.
At the West Texas Press
Association’s annual conference in San Angelo, Russell
Smith, former San Angelo
police chief, addressed conference attendees about a
book he had written about
PRSRT STD
Russell Smith tells the story of the death of Sheila Elrod
in 1980.
The Dublin Citizen has a new
member on staff.
Micah Moore, a Tarleton
State University student,
joined The Citizen as an intern for eight weeks through
a program with the West Texas Press Association. Moore
is originally from Golden, a
small town in East Texas, and
is an agricultural communications major.
While at Tarleton, he has
contributed to the J-TAC, the
student newspaper, and has
even written and reported
the news on KTRL and Tarleton’s latest media project, the
Texan TV News. Moore is also
active outside the classroom
as well, serving as the Noble
Ruler of Alpha Gamma Rho
and a member of the Student
Media Advisory Board. He has
also been active in student
government and in ’07-’08
served as Tarleton’s mascot,
the Texan Rider.
Moore will graduate in May
2010 and hopes to have a career in journalism and public
relations.
Mac McKinnon, publisher of
The Citizen, noted it is exciting to have someone to come
in and help who has the talent
that Moore obviously has.
“We hope everyone in the
community has the opportunity to meet him during
his time on staff,” McKinnon
said.
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It was time for publishers
and editors to put on their
thinking caps as Angelo State
University as the city of San
Angelo played host to the
79th annual West Texas Press
Association summer convention held July 16-18.
Ed Henninger, of Henninger
Consulting in South Carolina,
had members using their
“brain power” as he took
people through a two-hour
session of “Design Between
the Ears: It’s a Brainshop!”
Henninger concentrated on
how to balance, use better
type and focus on color to
help create better pages. He
also devoted his Friday afternoon free time to critiquing
several members’ newspapers
at no charge, giving them insight and suggestions on how
to improve their product.
Technology involving podcasts was discussed during
the Saturday morning session with ASU professors
Dr. Cathy Johnson and Dr.
June Smith. Both professors
touched on using the Web
to help expand community
newspapers. Smith spoke on
the use of two- to three-minute podcasts to get breaking
news out to readers of nondaily papers.
ASU students were exposed
to community newspapers
during the Friday luncheon
roundtable discussion that
involved Lara Johnson and
Kimberley Parker, Smith
and WTPA members Randy
Mankin, Cathy Collier and
Roy Robinson.
Issues from how to reach
out to students like Johnson
and Parker to what these
Melissa Perner is elected
president of the West
for 2009-10.
Perner
elected
president
his own band.
Friday morning opened with
a welcome from Preston Lewis, director of the Office of
Communications and Marketing at ASU. The convention’s annual silent auction
also opened and the bidding
began on items brought by
members.
After Henninger’s session,
WTPA members Terry Collier
and Marshall Day spoke on
their experience with the Aus-
Melissa Perner, editor and
publisher of The Ozona Stockman, was elected president of
the West Texas Press Association at the 79th annual summer convention July 16-18 in
San Angelo.
Perner had served the past
year as first vice president
and organized and chaired the
San Angelo convention, which
took place on the campus of
Angelo State University.
She succeeds Cathy Collier,
editor of the Fredericksburg
Standard-Radio Post.
Perner also serves on the
Texas Press Association board
of directors.
As a West Texas girl growing
up in the small town of Seagraves, Texas, Perner always
See ANGELO, Page 2
See PERNER, Page 2
Sweepstakes winners in the 2009 Better Newspaper Contest are, left to right, Melissa
Perner, Ozona Stockman; Cathy Collier, Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post; Lisa
Davis, Wise County Messenger; and Rayanne Schmid, Kerrville Daily Times.
students would experience if
hired by a community newspaper were discussed.
The convention opened with
a golf tournament chaired by
Paul C. Perner IV at Quicksand
Golf Course. Awards for the
winning team in the scramble
tournament were presented
at the Thursday night opening reception. That event was
held at the LeGrand Alumni
and Visitor Center on the ASU
campus. Guests arrived to
an elegant building set with
Western and Indian designs
and filled with names and
businesses of ASU Alumni.
ASU President Dr. Joseph
C. Rallo and his wife of three
weeks, Barbara, attended the
event. Rallo welcomed WTPA
to his campus and spoke on
how ASU is working on becoming one of the top universities in the country and has a
goal to have 10,000 students
in the future.
Entertainment for the evening was provided by Haden
Burchard, a sophomore at
Texas Tech University with

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