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- UmverSlty senior, Jon Grant, Who In addition, the site will have . ‘ ;;. my...“ .
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. completed much In advance 0f the will also be posted along with fre- .
-. ' OffICIal launch date, In order to quently asked questions about the ‘
3:13;; 2:3: to correCt any pmblems State: 1098111 g‘eetings and Open WKU senior Jon Grant designed the KPA home page and is currently in the
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want it to," said David Greer, edi- postjob openings at no cost. nology, sald Davld T. Thompson, a dally baSls, so'we can in turn .
tor of the Elizabethtown News- "One of the main reasons we KPA Executive Dlrector. Its Vltal- adVlse and talk Wlt-h our members.
Enterprise and chairman of KPA's are doing this is to keep the associ- 1y important for'us t9 be aware 0f If they call us for lnformatlon, we
Internet Committee. ation on the cutting edge of tech whats gomg on 1“ thls industry on See WEB, page 8
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P“ \fn‘ a; ‘i ’ .’ . __ 2’ “’5” ‘2'"? .-~15-}"g'il’,’l‘g};‘,§f,f$fi’,f§3 , entitled, "I'm Outta Here" and "The Average Story" for reporters and
_, ‘ ' . I . “Tilj‘HJ-j; . editors looking to improve their writing and editing skills.
. “- . -~ " if g ‘ ‘ , L; g1; . _ ,, Stasiowski has worked with newspaper staffs across the county and ‘
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RlCh named GM/edltOr person public affairs team in forces wire service. school and college athlete and is
Dubrovnik, Croatia, responsible A Missouri native, Rich is a active in Little League. He wrote
at Spencer Magnet for media coverage at the site of graduate of Southwest Missouri his first newspaper column in
Kimberly D Rich has been Brown‘s plane crash. State University. 1961 for the Sentinel-Echo.
named general manager/editor of . She Joined Landmark as gen— ‘ . _ . . . ‘ ‘ ‘
the Spencer Magnet, Taylorsville. if“ magger/t’d‘tolrwof thevMoum News editor named Rice Joms newsroom
The announcement was made b' 'ernon emocrat, ount ernon, _ g ,
Larry R. Cuff“, president 03, IN, m September, 1993. since at Mountain Advocoate at Daily Independent
Landmark Community Newspapers, 1‘93““ 1994‘ She served as copy Melissa Dozier-Lewis has Chris Rice has joined the staff
Inc. tLCNI), the parent company of editor ”f The News~Enterprise, joined the staff of the Barbourville of the Ashland Daily Independent
the Taylorsville paper. Elizabet‘htown. another Landmark Mountain Advocate's newsroom. as a reporter. .
Rich served as a US. Army Pal??? 5h? was 315? PreVIQUSIY 3‘ A graduate of Corbin High A graduate of Marshall
public affairs non—commissioned Sta“ “THEY/3950913“ E‘d‘tor Of School and Union College in University, Rice will cover Carter 1
officer in Tuzla, Bosnia- IDSId" the Turret, the weekly Barbourville, Dozier-Lewis for- and Lawrence counties. He previ- j
Herzegovina. She coordinated newspaper at Port hm”? merly worked at the Corbin ously worked as an intern at the
media coverage for visitors to the RK‘h volunteered for deploy— Times-Tribune, the London Cincinnati Enquirer.
US. sector in northern Bosnia, ment to Somalia in support 0f Sentinel EChO and the Laurel
including President‘ Clinton and‘ Operation Restore Hope. She News-Leader. She also worked for GOdSCy named ad rep :
the First Lady, Secretary of traveled to Somalia covering a Nebraska newspaper, the _
Commerce Ron Brown and activities of IS. troops and sent Torrington Telegrams at CampbellSVIlle paper
Secretary of Defense William stories to military newspapers DoZier—Lew1s Wlll serve as Gail Godsey has joined the
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Perry Rich also serud on ifour icross the L 8. \ii the armed ntVW Ldltor 1t tht IOUDtdln “3110f the Central Ixentuckv
Advocate. , , _ ~ ,
News—Journal as an advertising .
e entuc y res S . representative. !
Miller promoted to top A native of Taylor County, ;
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lished monthly bytheKentuckyPress GlennGrav,ManchesterEnterprise p05[ 1“ PennsylVanla . i. ‘ v , t it i r . . , ., _ '
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Assomation/ Kentucky Press Service, Inc. _ , . ff" . f C . ‘
Penodical—classpostageispaidatFrankfort, District14 Lexmgton Herald—Leader City ing 0 K0" QT mmmunity T‘Y‘UA‘t
KY.40601.subscr-i tiori nceis$8 ervear, - - editor John Winn Miller has been Bank. She IS a member of the l
P P P . Stuart Simpson, Pulaski Week , . _ , . ,
PoshnasterSendchangeofaddresstoTTie - named executive editor and Vice Taylor County Board Of the
KentuckyPress,10lConsumerLane, DistrictIS-A president of the Centre Daily American Cancer Society and a
Frankfort, KY. 40601, (502) 22.18821 Tom Caudill, Lexington Herald-Leader T1 m ()S in St at (A (30119119 . Pa . dlrUCtOT ‘0 r th 0
OfficeisandDirectoi-s Knight-Rjddyr owns the Campbellsvilie/Taylor County
Kentucky Press Association DistriciIS-B Lexington newspaper as well as Chamber of Commerce. -
' ‘ Tom Moore, Stanford Interior Ioumal the Centre Daily Times. 1
President 5 I A Lexington native, Miller
John Del Santo, Ashland Daily Independent tate at .arge . also worked for The Associated Timeg Leader urChaSeS A
P ‘d E] Russ Powell, Ashland Daily Independent Press and The Wall Street . . p '
resented , \r
GeneClabes, Recorder Newspapers Ed Riney, Owensboro Messenger Inquirer Journal. Ht Jomfid th‘ .Hcrald lOLdl prlntlng Operatlon
Leader as a general assignment ~ _ . ,
‘ ‘ H . The Princeton Times Leader
PastT’resident Chip Hutcheson,PrincetonTimesLeader reporter and was state Ldplt”l recently purchased Lakewood
DorothyAbemathy,OldhamEra . . 1 , . bfiireau Sijlifbfilgg‘; taking over Printers, a commercial printing
VicePresident Merv Aubespin, LonisvflleCouner Journal t c Clty es in . business in Princeton,
. . . , . . x . ' ' been
GuyHatfield,CitizenV0iceand Times A. ' t Di w' , ‘ Th‘ two optratlons had
3:33:floggii‘e‘inreveiaMoim Vaught named Sports ”friendly competitors" for years.
Treasurer Man fact rin ' ’ - - - according to newspaper officials
MartyBaCk‘L‘rAPPAIBCNWNQWSEXPFE‘SS u u g Cdltor 1“ DanVIlle The acquisition will enable the
District} Advertismg Division Assistant sport editor Larry Times Leader to offer some spe—
William Mitchell Fulton Leader Teresa Revlett.McLean County News Vaught was named sports editor cialized printing SOF‘VTCOS that
’ of the Danville Advocate were. previously not offered at the
Districtz News EditorialDWl-fim" Messenger and Kentucky Times Leader location, as well as
Jed Dillingham, Dawson Springs Progress John NelsonJ’ulaski Week Advocate, be assured that printing dead-
Vaught succeeds hls father lines Wlll continue to be met, said
D‘smcm . ‘ . ., n ,. ~ < ‘ ' H t'heson Times Leader
Teresa Revlett,McLeanCounty News Joumalism Education 811-} Vaught Wm 5? ”(d (is‘sports Chththu C H i 5
Dr. Ron Wolfe, Eastern Kentucky editor for the newspapers for seV» pu lb U‘.
District4 University ' eral years before his death in .
Charlie Portmann, Franklin Favorite June. Strlnger, MCGlnnlS
CeneralCounsels A graduate of the University . . _
gistridctg E]. beth N Jon Fleischaker and Kim Greene, Wyatt, of Kentucky, Vaught began work- JOln Staff at MOntlcello
av1 reer, 12a town ews T t dC b; ' , , , , - ~
Enterprise arran an 0m 8 ing for tht newspaper m 1911 The Wayne County Outlook
while he was a student at UK. He 1 . d t ‘t' ff
KentuckyPressAssociation ~ - d h) ., -, ‘ , recent y announce wo s a
District6 . . Joine t t newspapers staff on a dd't' ,
, Kentucky Press SerVice Staff full-time basis in 197:3 a l 10ns._ , . .
Dave Eldridge, Henry County Local David T. Thompson, Executive Director ‘ k ' ‘ Virginia Stringer was hired 1“
District7 Bonnie ”Owa’dr Busmess Manager - . the composing department to han- 1
Kelle Warnick GallatinCoumyNews Gloria Davis, AdVGTtiSing DifeCfOr Sentlnel-EChO WTlter dle film developing, photo scan— '
y ’ Lisa Camahan, News Bureau Director . ‘ ning and layout.
District8~9 RebaLewis,Rsearch/MarketingCoordinamr retlres after 35. years A native of Indianapolis, she
KenMetz,BathCountyNewsOutlook SueCammack, secret?” , Tim Liesenhoff recently graduated from Kentucky Tech
Buffy Sams,Bookkeeping Assrstant . . - 1 ' h d
- . . retired from the London Sentinel- Vocational SChOO W”: a egree
District 1041 Sherry Harper, Advertismg Assnstant . . . . d h' t
. - - - Echo after 35 years With the in printing an grap 1C 3" 3-
Marty Backus, Appalachian News Express Rachel McCarty, ChPng Director . . - M G' - '11 b ,
Linda Slemp, Clipping Assistant newspaper as a sports writer, edi— Slela C ””115 _ W1 5
District 12 Carol Payton, Clipping Assistant tor and columnist. reSponSIble for typesetting, _scan-
[puiseHaunakei-Jacksm'l‘imes/Bea ‘ne Holt Sti ers,Cli in Assistant A graduate of Sue Bennett ning and some reporting dUtleS'
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Enterprise Audra Douglas,inpmgAssistant College, Liesenhoff was a high See PEOPLE, page 16
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JOURNALISM EDUCATION .
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ucators , practioneers I166 CaC Of er tO SUTVIVC
By DR. RON G. WOLFE she had done on journalism education for The cent felt that journalism education"needs to
‘ Chair, Dept. of Mass Communications, EKU Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan, international improve a great deal."
The room was filled with journalism educa- foundation dedicated to a free press. Her survey Yet, 74 percent of those practitioners sur«
tors who had gathered for their national meetv included a randomly selected sample of nearly veyed felt that journalism education programs '
ing in Anaheim, California. Aug 8-13. 2,000journalists and educators. were their news organization's most valuable
Among them sat a newspaperman who had Her findings in one area clearly point to the Source of future employees?
come to find the answer to an important ques‘ problem the newspaperman had with the jour- If this study is reliable. then we in the jour-
, tion about his future. "I've been in the newspa— nalism educators at the earlier session. nalism profession have some serious problems
per business for almost 40 years," he said. "ls Medsger found that practitioners felt that 0” our hands. WU llélVl‘ some work to do It!
i that equal to a Phi)?” only 2% percent of journalism educators were "on bridge th" Sill) ht’lWWh those “PW-“PUP” practi-
l For a few minutes the educators pondered the cutting edge ofjournalisin issues and have a “"11“” and journalism UdUCillUrS whU 11W. 1“
his equation before the debate began strong influence on change in the profession " many WWW {‘me practicing wumflhfifi Wh”
The newspaper practitioner was outnumv What that means is that 97 percent of news hm'“ (‘hh‘n‘d “WNh‘IWV
, bered by the members of academe. a group he paper practitioners feel journalism educators ll.l<’llrlliil151h programs 1”“ lht‘ “W31 “thi-
‘ wanted to join. He felt his experience should be are out of touch with what‘s really going on in i‘hh‘ source for “VW (‘mPl‘WWS- hUt 97 PWCWH "l
a valuable commodity in any academic institu— the newsroom. them “Whit preparing futurejournalists “TV
tion, And. the educators politely listened to his Medsger also tound that only it percent of “'(fll‘. what does that say about the future of our
point. those surveyed "agreed that people at their profession?
But. no one could agree just how much news organization often ask journalism profes- ' Th“ Kentuckyl’ress Association Board ”f
l experience counts. although one dean from sors for advice on newsroom issues." D”";'Ct“r5 has ”hunted 4‘ summer FilthltF'fIh'
l Texas said she didn't pay much attention to aca— What that means is that 97 percent of news- Residence program WhICh Sh‘hhd help to bridge
I demic degrees when she hired journalism pro- paper practitioners don't feel they have any- thlh gap at least partially. _TW". professors from
i fessors. Shejust wanted quality people. thing to learn from journalism professors. Kentucky 5 colleges and. universities are 5‘4“th
‘ Later at the same conference, Betty Some other numbers in the survey were to do summer lntcmShlhs m the newsrooms, t”
I Medsger, a former reporter with The equally disturbing. Nearly 90 percent of those help them find out whats happening the?“ and
4 Washington Post, The (Philadelphia) Evening surveyed felt that journalism education pro- share some 0f the” expertise w‘th the” host
‘ Bulletin and The (Johnstown, Pa.) Tribune grams have not been "doing a good job of prepar- newspapers at the same time.
Democrat, discussed her findings from a survey ing students for their profession." Some 87 per— See SURVIVE, page 11
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Professor gains new-found Educator learned two lessons
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respect for weekly journalism from The Sentinel News staff '
(Editor’s note: For the first time. 1 had no preconceptions when 1 By HARRY ALLEN because of local opposition. Would
internships were offered to unicersi- decided to do the internship __ I had . LESSON 1: Good H,- the result have been different if
ty and college professors in the no definite ideas about what I want- journalism is pretty ”2” people had not been atthe lmeet- \
state.Wilma King-Jones, an assis- ed to gain frmh the experience. much the same, , “‘5. mgs to express their Views? \
tant professor ijournalism at Perhaps these are reasons that I had whether YOQ’N’. In 5 Maybe. Maybe not.
Western Kentucky University was an opportunity l” d" 50 many differ- Chicago, or Mlaml‘ or W B“ the Sentinel-News shined a
selected for one (5f the two [3,”ch ent things. I did copy editing, and Shelbyville.' _ bright light on sortie important
ships. She spent five weeks at the advm‘tising design mostly. but there The job is to print _ . issues, and the people looked. .
Fulton Leader) were valuable opportunities to what ‘5 impoirtant hf“: 12t‘3r‘)§tlhlg That’s the way it's supposed to hap- - /
attend meetings and be involved to your rea ”5- e Centine ' 9911- 2
By fix]: fifirrfogfnstuckv H when news changed or happened as News ‘5 the only newspaper ”1 the LESSON 2: Reporters really
what a treat' When I a l' d f deadlines approached. world that givesya damn about DO get to do everything at small
' ‘ pp’lt ~ or I have an a reciation also for a Shelby COUhtY~ Ixy. WlthOUt lti papers.
the Kentucky Press Assocration s pp , . . local overnmcnt could 0 erate in N h I ll , _
educators' internship I had visions weekly news editors ablhty to deter— ' it g] ., , d , I; . , ld OW’ W en te my-htUdO-nth
f L .‘ .11) L) . l b b- mine how andwhynewsthathappened V” ua secrecy, 3“ PQOP ( “0U about the advantages of working
0. ouisv1 C or .“x‘l‘g‘m‘ m no just as this week's publication goes to know only what they saw, or what f‘” smaller ““VVSPHPGN- 1'” “‘11
bing Wlth the b1gW1H§~ attending pressisstill relevant tothe readers next their friends and neighbors told them about Christi 130010 '
gala openings, and ”Slhg my press week. It is this type of decision making them. Christi was one of two news ,_
pass as my admission ticket. . that I would like for my students to During the five weeks I Whrk‘h reporters on the Sentinel-News ,/ ,
What would I possibly do in experience in some small way by incor- at the Sentinel—News, the paper staff during my five weeks there.
Fulton, Kentucky? Learnl That's exact- porating weekly newspaper design and reported on three proposals that During a throwwepk period, thlg
ly whatIdid from the very first day. writing into mycourses generated significant public inter- 23-3102” old graduate 0f the l
The Kentucky Press Association For me personally, the. intern— est, and some opposition: a devels University of Louisville WM“.
shouldbeapplauded for putting togeth— ship created a bond. The exchange oper S plan for a large amphithe- about:
er a very worthwhile endeavor to help between classroom and newsroom ater that would host dozens of con- 0A day—care center that Smut
. educators who want to stay current grown with The Fulton Leader is certs during the warm months; a officials closed because of neglect
l and activeinthe newspaper industry. very important to maintain. I now company‘s plan for a huge factory and failure to report suspected
During my six years at Western have reporting, writing, visual edit- to be bmlt m Simpsonvdlei and a abuse.
Kentucky University, I have been ing, and technOIOgical resources that . developers plan for 3 SUbd‘V‘Smh- 0A highly controversial propos-
fortunate enough to have spent a few 1 will use often. ; Stories about all Of these pro- al for a subdivision.
of my summers at daily newspapers Hopefully my experience is not l posals were PUhhShed before public 'A 5—year-old girl who was
(in Kentucky and elsewhere) in vari— unique. I learned a great deal from ‘ meetings at Wh}Ch they were d‘S‘ killed when she tried to dart across
ous capacities, but because of my two very knowledgeable and profes- ‘ chssed. The zoning board approved a road.
experience at The Fulton Leader, I sional journalists who report the l) etpropotsa‘l if: thebgmphithealter, 'A 28—year—old man “7110 Wd‘ '
will sincerely and highly recommend news objectively though they have j Tl; rejec e lefsu ”£512“ p an. gharged with bigamy after marry
weekly newspapers as a viable close personal ties to the small com- ' Sir: Eggs/(ii: 3;: wffhillrhwih ing a 16-year-old girl. :
career option for students. munity in which they work and live. ‘ p See EDUCATOR, page 11
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Editor‘s "my; Through the the Tompkinsyille News has taught Of course, there were times I pers, and helped me decide how I l
Kentucky Journalism Foundation. me more about dealing With people. would have liked to have been on want to use my Journalism degree.
,hhirhships wereproi‘ided this sum— A classroom can teacha person, the beach at Kentucky Lake. With . Thank you for the chance to
my, to 17 Kentucky university and but Without the experience this my friends, turningmy'skin into a gain this experience.
~ ‘ - internshi rOVides, the knowled re brown leather suit, instead of
(0 ege stu ents. ‘ . . . _ .
The students were assigned to from the classroom isn't as valu- inside an air-conditioned icebox full Nancy Snyder (Morehead,
various hell/tspapers across the state able My experience this summer of. computers unable to read my Bath CountyNews-Outlook)
h), a nine-week period and were has taught me that too few Citizens mind. When I start—
paid for their services. But as the really understand the purpose of a But overall, I could not have ed my internship a” ’
personal accounts which follow newspaper and how yitally impor— chosen a better place to spend my at the Bath fl: ,. i‘ "
attest, they gamed far more than a tant it is for that purpose to be met. summer. Unlike other Jobs, I was County News- mi... . 5 x.
.. ,. That hasn't discoura ed me, how— nycn the freedom to make m own ' " """ I ‘ .;__ ‘
pay 1(( . . . g, . . . . Outlook, I had L. a,
We asked the ”whims to (Um. ever. It has created a desire in me decisions regarding my stories, the already been --m . '
my,” on thczr “Winn-[ups SP¢’<'1f?' to relate to people what a newspa— layout of my paper and overall working for the » ~ -
mu). If‘fflt’ experience had (if/erred per is and why it ex1sts. and how dillly-acthltlf’SJ learned more paper for ““1er - ' at: I
”It,” “In,” (”/IUICL‘. The ”1th “c. the media.‘ as a whole. is an essen- than Just how to improve my writ- a year on a parf- ‘ » .. A;
name 1s listed first. fol/owed 5." the tial part ()1 our country and govern— ing skills. I was forced to learn time basis. I also attend Morehead
Uh“ ”NU“ or (“/th they “mind ment every detail of the newspaper busi- State University majoring in jour—
miJ then (he ,rzcu'spupcr It‘flt'l‘i’ they “955» from ”1‘0“an complaints 1” nalisin i V A
completed the Interns/21') Janean DaVldSOIl (WKU “hunt! I” deadline crunches, . . _ , - - .. _ ,
. z 9 Th" . 1 . ' l ‘ I am a non traditional studin. .
. , ( . Benton Tribune-Courier) 15 (xp( run“: ml“ Hr“. 1‘” and have a family. \Ve enjoy living
Matt Felice (LR Danvflle , . .1 , deepened my love for the written - . ‘ ~ ‘ ‘
The first day Fm"; 1" T g“? 'l I k ~_ . t1 . 1.. in a small community and I love
Adyocate-Messenger) of work brought WW.-. Wait I‘D“? {11‘1“ 1mm Sf“ .l()lllln«_i”1>1m working for a weekly community
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. BL In: A x11} . ,, a“ tot-lings oi apprc- lime.” 5’. ”Mid l: lu'ri‘ irL‘ (inn 1 . .lmh‘, t'ltl H‘ newspaper. The work is very 3
~‘i‘i‘5k’4‘r ”“1“ . x; I"? . hension and i ‘ ’ 1 in” ”Id llllhkm} lgm in.” ll”. rewarding and my time here has ;
Lexmgton 1 ““Uld : r ‘ excitement about £13" If; heft! I “11.1 {3}”. lmmll“ tip 8““ only reinforcml to me the values ot l
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In“ DiPHI“1 I" . . will _ what Would be i»: I; g It} {19 L nrlrll U“ In“??? ‘1.) "1’ living in a small town and my !
“'9 “M‘rmtl “”th' 2 . ~ . ahead during the :i- ’ , ti m n ion “11.“; 1m 1“,”) “’11.“, desire to work for a newspaper that ‘
U i i . \- ,_ ‘ ' ,- .~ - ex ,ierienc . wi ci iiav ‘ ‘l ) e c _ _ 1 .

”l” but muxfl‘mfi , ,, 13”” summer months. i. - ‘1 I a jiib ( l I i H l m m 1 means so much to its readers. I
about storn. >t‘\\~ a" f ‘\(,w that the —— ~ \ 1 l B I 'll 1 k I truly enjoy the people that l *
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'~ V‘ “Ll bra.‘_ l” tinal day is here. feelings ot acconi- \h ( 1 L (fmlrmtt 1‘1” 1 ( meet as I write my \H'ckh tcaturrw
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"*md l“ ”I‘M“ 4~ plishment and sadness have taken ‘11 l m} m m? un (irht ”him ml . and I Wish to continue with the
during my lllli‘rl'l‘ -' «if? over “(‘5’ I rom Um. mll“ nicknames newspaper for as lonir as I can For
ship at Diin‘lll‘fi l’Ul youd l’“ 51”" As an intern for The Tribune- “Rh as Tom “_“ reference to m" me. the old sayiiw that nothing
prised hlm' much action V)“ can ‘4‘“ (.‘ourier in Benton. 1 received th“ pangs“ (II) tffl IRI‘WhI‘Elht I spill“. m,” happens I” 41 small WW“ ls ”“l
r11df‘“«1lll“\‘n mW‘PdPH- h-sptinSIblthIOS as editor of the 3) U} an I l L ‘ 1“] (7‘11“, ' n true; there is always something 3

home example I cross the state hum“. Scene. a 241mg, newspa- his )Iuln tiel mtiist l\laflua h:- llltvtrln going (m. We never run Hm ofnews. ;
(ll hLDIUle} In (in .Xrnl} I II‘)” I)l)r {lllUd \Vlth Sumnler actlvlth‘S T 1p] I11 ( R12; ‘ 1th 1”] T 0 1‘ rhtlrtl has not bUCn {much that I

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Bld‘l‘ Hd“l\ 1“ “’3‘ r lW‘il 51‘1“”“1 tor locals and tourists of the pcop ( ll )r L V” . consider strange or unusual. except -
(:uard members in annual train» Wtisuim Kentucky area Al)“ 0 It “1L one particular for the city council mpptmus but

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mg; l‘)ll““(‘d th“ VXIN‘IISW” ”I what With a circulation of over “£91510“ stands‘out. I duukd l” they are actually also normal for
is to become one oftht- largest (‘ivil 12‘000 readers in 10 counties 1 WWI" a story on fireworks safety. 1“ hero
“ 1” parks 1“ th“‘_”§”l”ni filmk“ realized on day one that this was reterencefto th; 9h“? “NIWUrkH Unfortunately. the low point of
With U Pentagon ”“101“. ’Wh“ hulk going to be no small task facing me tragedy. I )0an I “111””:th I‘m” my internship was during my last :
“Um I” b" ”"m Dam'lll‘“ “hm” throughout my stay But the staff fm department Strangely enough. Week the death of my boss Russ ?

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Operation ASSUNd R(‘_»‘P"“§‘* ”I welcomed me with open arms. reas- g“ “I “a; E” afhsvyhr dt ”H .Stdtli’n' Metz, Mr. Metz was a great man to :
Liberia. inyestigated police cntorce» suring me of their willingness to d”? 1’“ t} It fhd‘ht‘nu‘thl the tire work for and he knew the newspa— 3
nient ot concealed carry laws in the hhh) out when (hiadhnes were tight. (par mcn * (' (V’M‘ ano (r m ar- per business inside and out and I
live-county area; met a Dutch T\ Thy first issue was a success b." department I" contact. AWN” learned much from him and I will
crew vtroni the Dutch t‘tlLlletli‘nT of thanks to the help of everyone in Shame was no answer. “(M-“HIT“ I miss him. He had great integrity

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( “5 d0”)? a. l‘ “Ill“ "n the news department. With Elvis 1} .rhcihu findinsyufrmg Tim“? and above all wanted his newspav

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AlJIMldLhM-_ and did d ”WIVIMH ~ impersonations and bad punchlines 3 ll} “9 1: ml ()riklh mg l per to report news fairly and accii» l
threepart feature on thy L’TUWIIIL’ relieving the tension from time-to- Him" ‘1 l0 (.arount t (i mv” rately. I will always remember i
“WOW problem m 1h“ area. “ml" time I began to feel more comfort- department. Wlth ”lemony com- what he taught me
ing officials from the Department able with my authority. Being an menting about how lUCk)’ l1 Wits t
“I FISh and Wildlife With “WHY editor wasn't such aibad thing that. thls was not an emergency. David Gross (M0 eh d

1 , w 1' 'k k'll‘ h' . ' ‘ Finally three d'i s later I made r ea ’
statistics on Mt stot i st at after all ., . t Y- ( ~ 1 A a1 hi N E
failed to match those of the By the middle of the summer I contact With a different fire depart- pp ac an ews- xpress)

Department of Agriculture (by thy felt completely at ease around my ment. The question: As tire chief, . My summer .
thousands, in head count.i Three of summer "family .. voicing my opin— what kind of adVice can you give WWW-5111p UXPO- '4' t ,
my stories made the Ap wire, and ion and ideas whenever possible. I the readers in regard to fireworks “(‘"U’ at the ‘ ‘
the managing editor offered to had learned to use my assets to safety.) The only response I could Appalleh 1 an 1
extend my internship through the, their fullest If a story required a pull from the fire chief: If you start NC: s—Iilxprfiss ' '

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rest ofthe summer. lake shot, why not take a boat out a fim’ put It .OUt' b ‘ . _ y bl , «‘34 g 1'
Sure, 1V9 already learned more and get in the middle of the action'.) . I guess It really does take all ccn (.nJoya L’ a 1
than I ever wanted to know about After all my job wag strictly baged kinds. bUt tOf Enore - J a
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beef cattle the grain market and on leisure actiVity, We felt it was . -( p r 1 ~ ‘t 'y % . 1’ x.

zoning ordinances, but Ive found important to experience the things Karin Lowe (WKU, Jf’u ".3 15 1C .

that 3“ intemShiP IS (”Windy What I wrote about. Henderson Gleaner) fut”: it has Erov'd‘id "if afmt‘h"

one makes 0f“, as 15 any career m But. there was more to just I found my C ancc ~0 wor m a rea newspa- ‘

the lon run . . . . . . . , » per enVironment.

g - experiencmg the actiVities: I met internship at the w,‘ ~ -

. . ., ‘ 1 In the first seven weeks of my
the people behind the events. It Gleaner in i; _ ~~ - . - - ‘
l L G 1d . . . internship, I have covered topics
Ange a - era 5 became easier, as time went, by, to Henderson to be ; _/'~.'",l \ . . .
(C b 11 '11 C 11 s end hours with thtsc' d" 'd1 l‘ yer educational " r ranging from the primary election
amp 8 SVl e 0 ege, lipt 'n t th ‘ t In ”11:33“ It yolrncd m. L: x ‘s' to school board meetings to law— '
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'Ibmpkmsvflle News) 5n ‘ H )l ‘tir fn'rug‘h' a\( p v f th . . ) 1V. a)»: - smts. Ive had to typeset copy, proot
My summer internship With {ha ctsomt as mg “(n s ips as ytsdof ( rta ,-
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g (‘ooper at The Spencer Mngnpt, short period oftime, but I learned a to improve and I began to feel more
Interns Suddenly I was editor, reporter, tremendous amount. I learned it's confident that Journalism was the
photographer, etc., at a profession- not a good idea to Wear white shoes right career choice for me. I also
l . al newspaper. I made editorial dpci— to a cow farm, the smell from a pay was reinforced that journalism was
i Continued from page 4 sions, edited copy, considered pho- lake can and will stay with you for something I wanted to excel at and
submitted articles and various tog and just tried to keep the paper hours. heels aren't usually the best that it was worth workingfor,espe.
other tasks that go with the trade. aflo