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‘ Summer Convention has something for every family member to pa per
i % Come join us in Gatlinburgl with TPA members right next door at convention officially begins Thurs- ‘
. You'llfind lots of stuff to enter- the Holiday Inn. Both hotels are lo- day, June 22, with a reception and ,
( tam you, in addition to informative cated on AirportRoad,justoffthemain picnic in the park following the KPA Oklah‘m‘a C‘ty ma." ha‘f" 599mm
sessionsdesigned to tweakyourbrain drag through downtown Gatlinburg. / KPS Board of Directors meeting. faraway ‘0 some“ “5' eSPQC'aH." “* “'9
‘ andgiveyounewideasforyournews- Theconventionfeaturesprograms, Friday begins with a half-day of vrewed ““95 "f the carnage “n" '.
paper. a picnic in the park, golf, shopping, roundtablediscussions,andincludes W'eCkage 'm'aded W” "”13 “‘“m‘
In fact, the Kentucky Press towing, time to do your own thing, a anaftemoon trip to Dollywood or the throul-ih ””r te'ev'5‘0m' _
Association's 1995 Summer Conven- dayatDollywood,lotsofthingsforthe first (and maybe only) KPA/TPA onesec"ndcmded“55‘n“"0”“
tion promises to beone of the largest family—whatever you’re looking for, Gold Scramble at Catlinburg Coun- mm“ City elementary school really
. the association has sponsored. The this is the one convention you’ll find Continued on Page 16 brf’UEht the (“5‘”th h‘m‘e ‘0 m‘r‘mbw‘ .
f convention, set for June 22.24, Will be plen to do. ' of The Bourbon Times, however, u hen
. . held jointly with the Tennessee Press ?h e m _ ,__‘ membersofthestaffdiscovered a par k—
_ Association, giving KPA members an _ __ age theclass had mar led to the mm s pa-
' even greater opportunity to see what 4. _/_'<' L‘. .3 P9"
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(ion, wehave it. You'veasked for I 5 " why the class had mailed the package
‘ .. - lots of side-trip activities, we a to The Bourbon Times,
‘ . have them, You’ve asked for ‘ l ‘ / To read more about the childri-ns
good programs, we have \I / . thoughts, turn to Page H.
‘ t them. You’ve asked and If you haven t
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" ’ summer convention U ICCEIVQCI your ay
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g i miss," said KPA , a . reglstratlon for m
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% Davrd T. Thomp- M , .
V, ,. max” 3 ,- Summer Conventlon, COHCE/éd
1' J; « members " . _.»_, ,
E. . win be staying at - x s- _ i 1 . "' call the KPA central A _
.:‘ n 3;, e,%:“:‘fi3f ,4 ,,,._ A office at (800) 264-5721. Becauseofcon- : , g A ; .,
1,-‘_ , 8 Y ’ tinued logistical :jf“ — ' _ A
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7.4.“ m ciation has can- fitfi‘4/‘n’
ca,” celed its guberna- ”s3" ’ ' -
,2 . torial public forum ,. .,
Gov. Brereton Jones has named In its form approved by the state Association;Ed Taylor,chairman, Ken~ SChk—‘dult‘d {Ur May _' . ' "
ta]. '. the members of the state Newsprint House and Senate, the task force is tucky Recycling Brokerage Authority,- 18 at Memorial Hall in Lexington. , b ‘
f,- “, Recycling Task Force, required in lan- directed to address the newsprint re- David Stone, production director for ”We cannot ensure the quality of ‘ u. ’
.‘v »~’_ guagepassed bythe KentuckyCeneral cycling issue in its entiretyand submit the Lexington Herald-Leader; Steve the forum KPA wants, or its member . . g .
'J ,5 Assembly during its 1994 session. a report to the legislature by Oct. 1, Austin, publisher of The Henderson newspapers and the candidates de- ‘ .
3'5," The task force includes the Ken- I995. Gleaner; Pipes Caines,pub|isherofthe serve,” said KPA E‘t‘CUhYt’ Director j f
’3 ,. tucky Press Association exeCutive di- Those named to the task force are: Bowling Green Daily NeWs; Barb Dm'id T- ThOmP-‘On‘ ., .
". rector, five newspaper and newsprint Phillip].Shepherd,Secretary, Natural Phenix, of Bowater Inc; Vaughn ,5
‘1‘: millrepresentatives,threepersonsfrom Resources and Environmental Protec- Hedrick, of Champion International KPA does plan, however, to host 3 .
,3}? environmentalgroupsand theNational tion Cabinet; David T. Thompson, ex- Corp; Ray Hillebrand, president, several such forums before the general ;'
5'21 Resources Cabinet secretary. ecutive director of the Kentucky Press Continued on Page 16 election In November ' a
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Wh t' Recorder newspapers SOlCl
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2, :2 n I, g 2, :~ I I 9 From the Campbell County tionslnc.Clabes I, .
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publisher, and ( .n' I,“ " ' ‘
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lnc., publisher of the Press will remain in ‘ i , . _ - ' ‘ h _
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Community Newspapers in Colonial Square l H,“ . ,
theCincinnatiarea,hasagreed Plaza at US. 42 l " ' ll ” l
in principle to acquire The Re- and Ewing Bou- ‘ ‘ pg
corder Newspapers of North- levard in Flo- ; ;_2 , , , 11 "
ern Kentucky. rence. The j ’, l
‘ 14 MOTHER'S DAY TheRecorderNeWspapers C a m p b e | l i , , ‘
has three weeklies in Boone, County Re- 3“
2 Kenton and Campbell coun- corderislocated 1 , 2
14-16 International Newspaper ties and The Sentinel, a at 654 Highland ‘ . , \2 fig .-
Marketing ASSOC. Conference, monthly senior CltlenS publi- Ave. in Ft. iho- .ifs ‘ ' . Y ‘12:? 2
P k Pl cation. mas, and the ‘ . ’5‘" . l‘.‘ 1- .‘~ ’
81' aza HOtell BOStOIl Press Community News- Kenton County - ,:.‘__ ‘ . is; , Vii; ‘_ 2 “‘
papers has l8 weekly newspa- Recorder has an i "1’9’55’7” . fr. “
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18 103A judges west Vll‘glnla pcrs on t t k no site o . it o ict in Ut on 2 .3; 23.22,; {g‘iz‘gfi ,
, 2 , _ river, plus Pursuitsand Prime on Elm Street. 1 ' i. ' " "i .9 W ’
Press Assoc1ation editorial Edition. With the acquisition, Clabes said ‘ ‘
L contest, Holiday Inn North, the company's newspapers he looks for— ‘ tvlmmw |Htlitrillltl to \It i, amt“ -
. - willcom letelvsurroun lCin— ward to the as- I ' -- ‘
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‘ to be completed by the end of cause it will en— , i ‘
26-29 National Cartoonists Society AP“'- “bl? The Re‘ ' ‘
COHV t. B R t corder to better
en 1011, OCEI a on Callingthecombinationan serve the fast-growing, d)" Clabes has been the ownerot’
Resort 8: Club, Boca Raton, "idealmarriage,"TomNoonan, namic communities of North- The Recorder Newspapers
Fla president of the Community em Kentucky. since January 1991i A journal-
Press, said The Recorders will "When we acquired the ism grad uateofthe University
continue to be published "by newspapers four years ago, it of Kentucky, he also worked
29 MEMORIAL DAY Kentuckiansfor Kentuckians." was with one goal in mind: to for daily newspapers in '
"Our role," said Noonan, produce community-oriented Henderson and Evansville,
"is to bring about the synergy newspapers in an expanding Ind.
‘ that occurs when local com— suburban market. By becom- His wife,Judy, is editor of
munity journalism is com- ing part of the Community The Kentucky Post of
binedwiththesalesand manu- Press family, we only Covington.
facturing capabilities of a strengthen that resolve,"
larger organization." Clabes said. The Community Press is a
IUNE Thenewspapersarebeing A native of Henderson, wholly owned subsidiary of .
acquired from Gene Clabes Ky., and vice president of the Suburban Communications ‘
_ and SteppingStone Publica- Kentucky Press Association, Corp, Livonia, Mich.
22-24 KPA/T PA Summer ___________________—___
Convention Gatlinbur k D 1 . 1 , A . i 4‘ L - I
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1994 KPA Officers and Board of Directors
AD IDEAS MAY
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‘ ing remains stable, according to a sur- ' ' - received an Earth Day award from
vey conducted for the Kentucky Press IE! 6. v, _ ‘ ' the state Environmental Quality
ASSOCIation by The Preston Group. 317‘ 3&4 3- Commission on behalf ol the Harlan
- The Preston Group conducted ' -/ I Daily Enterprise. The Enterprise was
., KPA’s regular Retail Marketing Habits . honored at the ceremony by Gov.
Survey, a member service KPA prO- - D. Brereton Jones and-commission
vides newspapers to help them sell A members for“ sale?“ 5_l°'les
advertising. The survey, released at _. I'99?"de illegal dumplng In Harlan
KPA’s Spring Advertising Seminar, . ': County.
showed newspaper advertising re-
mained the No. 1 choice in 14 of 18 ’
categories measured. ‘3“ ‘V‘ .
This year, The Preston Group in— , l ’ ' i _ - y; 4. )
terviewed 800 people at least 18 years ,, g . , .‘3‘ /
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viewed 2,000 people every two years, ,. - , f ' ’ f
but the KPA Board of Directors has , < V ,l / 7 i:
directed the group to conduct the sur- . n ... ' . f 2 is”
vey every year to keep information _ ‘ 21" ‘ __ h
more current. , . 2 3 fig 9%
Compared to 19%, newspaper ~ f; a” f” ’ a}
advertising showed increases from 1 ' s C f3» é " it: .5? ' ’ a 1
to 7 percentage points in every cat- , K *5? W ' if}. 1’
\ egoryexceptone~~jewelry, falling va ’ “~43 9% «; ‘ _‘.'2 it?
i points, according to the survev. , ' - lags, ‘ 5‘ i " 5‘ ' ’ it:
Other highlights of the sur‘. ev in— . F . ;’._ a . a
t‘ltitle, ! 1 " ' Jim. .’ ’ .. 1 l
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lieu sea 'r alum.) el en -,la\ , xx h1le "" | A, . . ,;;‘.,,, ‘1 ‘«j_ ' l
percentli‘eail a weeklv newspaper m. l l ,V H l ‘8' .1 Q ' 2“" ff." . 2 ‘
t’l‘V \\'t‘t'l\ l . .4 $535 , . ' if,” ’7"; j. . ' .
- "m" percent tit Kentut loans ll‘.l\ e l «s; :" ‘ i: 3%.“,7,
their \\'t‘t‘l\l‘. neixspaper around the ’ ; 2. " 2:3}... 1:1.“ 1 '~ .. ;
house until the next \\ eelc - “5 T‘ 2 W “W
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per readers has remained consistent \‘e ’ l ’ a
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they were very likely to vote in May s , . ~ g A .» Q , ..
primaryelectionv-whichcouldbeaplus w“ M “E . _ g ; r-‘t ‘ . ' ‘ ' '.
k for political advertising. “‘ ‘ " ‘ ‘ - ~ -« ' '
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Mall 'arch Mary Bing/mm dies 0/ 90 ‘
From The Courier-Joumal of all public figures," blasted the "talk ballroom, m iny dabbing at their eves The Louisville limes, WHAS telex l‘
—-——-— show rabble-rousers and the primates with handkerchiefs and holding onto sion and radio stations, Standard Gra-
MaryBingham,matriarchofa fam- on the far religious right," defended each other. vure Corp, and smaller firms until
‘ ilythatbuiltupa Louisville publishing the incumbent Democratic president, Mrs. Bingham had begun by say- their sale in lulv 1986. The Courier—
' empire and was then torn apart by it, and championed the public's access to ing she was so flattered that "the best lournal was purchased by Gannett
died April 18 after collapsing during a information over the emerging infor» thing would be for a big pink cloud to Her influence on their operation
Rotary toast in her honor. mation superhighway. come down and take me away." was great. She was book editor from
ThewidowofCourier-Joumalpub- Mrs Bingham had reached the QwBreretonlones said that Ken— 1942 to 1968,3n editorialwriterduring
lisher Barry Bingham Sr. was 90. She point in her response when she was tucky had lost "one of its most caring World War ll and a vice presidentand
was pronounced dead at Norton Hos- quoting a Nov. 20 newspaper column and productive citizens," director of the companies from 1942
pital. by John Ed Pearce. Holding the text 'There is no way to fully measure until 1985.
Throughout her last speech, she closer, she suddenly fell to the floor what Mary Bingham has meant to ev- Throughoutherlife,Mrs.Bingham
was characteristically audacious. Doctors and emergency personnel were ery citizen of this Commonwealth," he fought for causes.
to prepared remarks, Mrs. summoned, but efforts to revive her said. lnl953,sheand othersconceiveda
Bingham scorched the media for its failed. Mary Binghamand Barry Bingham drive to put 100 bookmobiles in rural
"self-righteous pomposity" and its An array of Louisville's civic and Sr, who died in 1988, and their chil- Kentucky counties. No one attended '
, ”sneeringand contemptuous coverage cultural elite stood in the emptying dren owned The Courier-loumal and Continued on Page 16 ‘
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Kentucky newspapers confinues. ern Kentucky town's Where They're Located-u
economy may not be
booming, business for
By Becky L. Meadows the newspaper is doing
Ky. Press Editor quite well, thanks to the W
—— effortsof the paper’s staff
Tompkinsville News and Tr'mb'e' «aw
Tompkinsville has unique Bar-b— central Ken' I
Que. tucky News
. The smoked meat is not basted Journal,
With Bar—b-Que sauceortomato pastes. . ‘ — ,
Instead, a hot, spicy, peppery sauce is campbens‘nlle
served, on the side if requested.
ItwasoneofthefirstthingsBlanche Richard RoBards ‘ I
Trimble, publisher of The has a different way of dealing with Campbellsville,RoBardsgrewuponly Paperb' _
Tompkinsville News, mentioned. recycled newsprint. a stone's throw away in Springfield. Profiles ofeach newspaper follow.
Perhaps that’s a sign of the pride Whenever the Central Kentucky He was reared as a Catholic, but said
Tompkinsville residents take in their News Journal of Campbellsville accu- nobody in the community holds his Barren County PI‘OgI'ESS
wares. It’s a definite sign of the pride mulateshugeamountsofnewsprintto religion against him even though
Trimble and the residents take in her be recycled,RoBards calls localgroups Campbellsvilleis peppered With strong Cave City sits right on Interstate
newspaper. that may be interested in making a southem Baptists. 65. it’s impossible to miss it.
For example, the weekly newspa— little money. In fact, just how good the commu- lfyou visit Mammoth Cave, vou’ll
per does not have a huge mailing list. Then he pays the groups for help- nityistoliveinis shown by thenumber visit Cave City. If you visit Guritown
Instead, most of its sales come from ing load the truck to haul away the ofpeoplewho continuetoreturn,e\'en Mountain, you’ll visit Cave City. In
racks. newsprint to be recycled. The group after they’ve moved away. fact, a multitude of people visit Cave
”People want their newspaper thatloadsthetruckkeepsallthemoney ”You always see people coming City each year. Tourism is the town’s
- Thursday morning,” Trimble said. the newspaper makes from recycling back home on special occasions,” biggest industry.
"They don’t want to wait until its mid- the newsprint. RoBards said. ”That’s an indication that The tourism industry is illustrated
- day.” ”They always make at least $300,” people must like it.” by the number of hotels that sit right of ‘
Trimble and her husband bought RoBards said witha smile. ”I think our Campbellsville also has some un- 1-65attheexitforCaveCitv. And there’s
TheTompkinsvilleNewsin1977.They last truck was a little over $1,000." usual businesses which have put the any type of restaurant you could ask '
were the fourth owners ofthenewspa- That's just one of the innovative small community on the map. for, from fast food to little Mom and
per, and building the paper did not ideastheCentral Kentucky Newslour- Campbellsville Industries manufac- Pop operations. ,
come easy. rial has put to work over the last few tureschurch steeples,and RoBards said ”We all like to go to Mammoth ‘
”For a long time the entire edito- years. he saw a truck with one of the steeples Cave NationalPark,” Wilson said. “It’s
rial staff was me,” Trimble said. ”It’s For example, the newspaper, when he was in New York. Fruitof the just a nice place to go.”
nice to have Gina Kinslow here.” owned by Landmark Community Loom also has a factory in the county. They always take the old road be~
Now Trimble splits the news as— Newspaperslnc.,also uses ”correspon- ”Everybody wears underwear, so cause the drive is so much prettier,
signments with her editor, and, like dent photographers." The photogra- you know Fruit of the Loom under— especially when the dogwoods are in
most small towns, there is plenty to phers are usually students from wearcouldbeanywhere,"RoBardssaid bloom, she said.
cover. One of the main focuses of the Campbellsville College or others in- With a laugh. The people in the community are
newspaper is school news, Kinslow terested in photography.The newspa- The lumber industry is also bigin friendly,and quitetolerantoftheirtour-
said. perissues the photographers film,and Taylor County, and there's a strong ing visitors. Glasgow, the county seat
”The school touches everybody," they bring it back to the office to be tourism industry with Green River ofBarren County,isavery progressive
Kinslow said. ”Every family hassome- developed. Lake nearby. community and has multiple factories,
one in school." It's all part of an effort to give It's a struggle to keep up With Wilson said.
The newspaper also runs typical Campbellsville residents all the news what’s going on sometimes, but the The total staff for all three Cave
news bits, such as wedding announce- they need to know. paper has done it so far. Countrynewspapersis about40 people
ments and obituaries. To deal with ”We're pretty pr0ud that 95 per- ”The only thing about it is you’re who all work on all the publications.
lengthy wedding announcements, cent of our news is local," RoBards only as good as the lastday you were
Trimbleand Kinslow devised an inter— said. alive, so you can'treston yourlaurels," Hart County News Herald
estingpolicyofgivingpeople15inches Finding local news is not difficult RoBards said.
ofspace totelltheirweddingtales,and in this thriving community, he said. The Wilsons purchased the Hart
charging $1 per column inch thereaf- lust the two high schools, two middle Cave Country Newspapers (jimmy NeWs in Munfordville about
ter. . . schools, threeelementary schools and 45 years ago. A few years later they
Even MonroeCountians,despitea Campbellswlle College proVide ' h . d -‘ , , -’
. y . purc ase the Hart (.ounty Htrald in
hard—pressedeconomy,canafford that. enough local news to almost fill an . p _ 7 , ~ H , H ‘ _
Do , . , Some 45 vears a ,0 A.( ‘ and Dor- Horse Law, and mt rgt d the two pa
wnstairs from the newspaper entire issue of the paper. _ . h ‘ ”S into one roduct m 1989
officeisTrimble’s small printing press. The newspaper has a news editor, othy W'Imn bUUght the H‘m (‘ ounty P u , P - , ,, '. , _
Sh - - . . - - News in Munfordville and the Barren It made a b'hl‘r” and “I“ r P“
, eprintsbrochures and other materi- a sports editor anda staffwriteron the . ‘ . . _ . pt'r ~ \Nilson said unwv overlapped
als for people and businesses in Mon- editorial side to keep up with all the ( ”“my “0W?“ m L “w ( ”—V' NUW' st) much k I ‘
roe County. localnewsgoingon.RoBardsattributes they “lem’r‘ ”f threeweeklv new» | I . . . - . -
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Around one corner was a huge thenewspaper sabilitytokeeptipWith I P . I I‘I cu 1 mt two newn it'rs (ini- sure i
stack of large paper sheets filled with what's going on to his excellent staff 1h" ””“WPW‘ “W” I I‘m' M“”‘ ”1:02 vh Munfordxhlli- ”fl“ ”mm, W 1:
pictures of pants. The pictures are not To help out in a pinch, the neWspar ”“" W‘m'” “m1MNWH“"“"”“""“"‘I \h,)\\:"h(,n,h “mm“, l'” “mm,“ Ms“;
A unusua|,Trimblesaid.Thehugesheets per also has stringers who work much “:2" " ”‘ml‘mt‘tl Piiltl t In iilaiion ot M the w“ 1'“ ”v f "”3”“
of pants are printed for the garment likelhecorrespondenlphotographers " “U“ “WI “"Ihm" " ‘Im'm- "“""”‘ [th “In“;flNAh, l‘ m it however
industry—one of the mainstays of The newspaper also tries to main " “l m“ hm” “l tluuommumiim that mm WWW.“ md “PM‘ hill m “rm:
Tompkinsville residents: tainagood imagein thecommunitv. It “”““”“I ”W l"‘l“‘r‘ "(Wig H“. I» h k m “i‘ ”Hm (' ,\ ,.
. ManyTompkinsvilleresidentsalso has a Newspaper in Education pro. ”‘9l‘t‘l‘t'r*til't'rliiimosilx no“ ht l I” m I\llll\l(\l"tI\'lllt“ m‘ Num'ml
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i said.Farmingisdonemostly part-time, selected schools each week. Teachers “\( “ son, and “h“ INN.“ ”MSW.” lhrou Yhhills ind \' illms lIlllltll’l‘liNllliw
7 because peo le need other jobs to order newspapers and the newspdpt‘r ”l," ”‘M' WW“ "“ ”Elm" ”mm“ m , ”:1“ I '
L .7 Supplement their incomes. helps find sponsors to Pay for the is~ “'I‘””’ h” daughter NM” \I‘m'wn I“ . i' . . t - v
5 ”Weeks eratel needhi her- a _ sues RoBards‘ said .iiiilsoiiin-IawllaroldMorrisoiihlong r M‘mh’r‘h'u‘v I‘ ""“I “th ”" I
- ins iObs herep” Trimylfle saidg p y ‘Although he is not from “"h *“ Sr and A( Ir «\rt'lhtihp,1rl 5). Ifialw movmg more into tulirism,
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Some residents work at Louisville “313% " “ ’ " . , ¥ . , j ' ' 3 39' ' ,
Bedding, a factory that has been a cor- 7‘3“ ’2 , ' .1, 8': ,_ ‘ a; I ' 1 "- __'
nerstoneofMunfordvilleforyears.The $1 if . :3 'W ,",\ T ‘- ~ 1'“
town also just got a new brake factory, Q? , ’ £3 .3 .1... *g’; ' ‘ .53», '
which should improve the unemploy- ,3: 5 Q i .' . 4 ‘3?“
ment rate, Wilson said. 3% Q\ ' ‘ 4 1 “ ’lv .
The newspaper is printed at the < f . _ ’ , .[V’ 3 '
l Wilson printing plant in Horse Cave, ! . 4L,“ 5:"; £4; ’ 1'". - l
‘ as are the other CaveCountry newspa- Members of The Tom kinsville News staff include front : Teresa
pers. W Scott, Sharon Fister, Elna Kinslow; (back) Blanche(Trimble, James
.The LVBBIHY paper covers typical Spear, Linda Jones and Carol Depta.
topicszsc oo news,governmentmeet- -
ings and features on local residents. POPUIatlon """""11'300 I, '- . 31?? {2; .t - i ‘5 l" 3:
Like the Barren Coun Pro ress,cov- “'- 3;; m i . i l
‘ erage is concentratedtgn locgal news. NO. HousehOIds "-4500 . . «33 .. ‘ ' ‘ - \\
, , Retail fie; % , .
Monroe County Citizen, Sales ..........$55,285,000 v - A; . 3 -
The ”baby” paper of the Wilsons, Household ........$25,222 .’
the MonroeCountyCitizemwasstarted “t; ' 3 ' - V
in 1990becauseA.C.Wilsonlr.thought L . ' i
it would be a good idea, Dorothy Wil- L L 5 I.
50" sa'd- . HART COUNTY , l . '
lt was a good idea. The paper has I
grown to 2,431 circulation in a town PO ulation 15 300 m w...
. thatwm; Fa;r2v?hr‘ee“p:p:§fersl ike in p ’ The staff of-the Barren County Progress. includes
. ~ . 7 Nedra Morrison, Sue Chapman, Linda Klng and /
Tompkinswlle. No. Households 5,900 Dorothy Wilson.
' ”Myhusband had a blow—outwhen '
he was delivering newspapers in Retail . . 3
; Tom kinsville,” Dorothy Wilson said. ' ,
‘ ”He ipvas waiting on a tow truck, but a saIes """""$63’744’000 , 3} ‘ 32s.
woman came along and got someone sq , ‘3 . ‘k '3
to help him right away." EBI per 37"" ‘1"?‘1. ' *j .3. . »_ ‘q ‘ ‘ ’ ..
Farming and the lumber business Household ........$23,216 ‘ . £ 8 "“ c 3 ."
make up a large part of the work force ‘ ’ T; I g. § 3. W
in Monroe County v , ..23 WI“; 1 s s
Tourismisalsocomingintoitsown ‘ ' . " _
in the county, Wilson explained. BARREN COUNTY E, s . 3 3 $3 5 N.“
For esll'idmr‘pllel,chRl4npkinsvfi{lle is _. 3 «I g _ :33" a"
home to u y eeting ouse, - - ""3 '3 3. . . 5.; “3%: -
where a religious feud broke out cen— POPUIat'On "'""'"34’300 4" .. ‘ l ' .t .. [$33! ff “1"?" "
turies ago. The meeting house still ‘34? 3 .v ‘ _ " "
stands,itslogframeintact.Picnictables NO- Households -13,300 ‘” ‘5 :3. W362} .
adorn the area near the house. . - e 3 ‘ 3! 3333.. 52""?
Some people have been married in Retail The staff of the Hart Coun News Herald includes Alisha Po nter
Qld Mulky Meeting House—it S that sales ........$261,094,000 Shannon Matthews, SandytyMiles. Jerrynita Tennyson and Liza '
big of a tourist draw. Logsdon
Tompkinsville is close to Colum- ' a
bia, so shopping is only minutes away. EB' per
It is also close to Campbellsville. Household ........$28,779
The drive to Tompkinsville is like
the drive to Mammoth Caves—curvy, grim ‘ g. ; .3 "
but pretty. Farmland makes up the Q}. "3“:“ 3 3 "f ‘ _ .,
biggest part of the countryside. i . '
The Monroe County Citizen, like , .
the other Cave Country Newspapers, l ~.-
concentrates on covering local news. .. , . ‘ 3 1‘5 '
A local staff is primarily respon- g. I." l x 3 .
slble for covering Tompkinsville and 3.. .I ‘_ "~ I . " '
Monroe County, but the printing is (5". ' f“ .
done at the plant in Horse ('ave. ," ‘ ' .. .u 3
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. RoBards, Cheryl Caulk,
newspaper Y8t 1“ The K91" Melinda Cash. Melody .
tucky Press, please call ggfnsddztmgfgggmfam n. ma of m. Monroe County
Becky L. Meadows at s‘mpm, WW“. emu m mlxgz‘c‘l’ig‘11mko Score".
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idea the ad he designed would cause adding a versionIof the idea to its ad- ”1 KPA/KPS Board of
so much controversy. vertising sales efforts. . "Cf , . Directors. The Board
Neither did funeral home direc- Already some leI states have vari— i .:.i*t.,. then approved otter- ‘
tor Rick Neal. ouscampaign advertisingprogramsin ':.‘o::?t ing a three ads—tor
Nevertheless chaos broke out placeas an effort toattract more politi— :....:..:' - the—price~iii—tivopro~ I
when the newspaper rana full-color cal advertismg into newspapers. Suc— / .:.:.fif. gram to candidates. .I
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