The Kansas Publisher Official monthly publication of the Kansas Press Association April 22, 2015

Inside Today Page 2 Jim Pumarlo explains the impor- tance of the police beat to your coverage of community safety. Page 3 John Foust says a fresh look at advertising is a key to keeping your clients happy. Page 4 KPA president Dan Thalmann reviews his year as KPA presi- dent and is surprised it’s already over. Design consultant Ed Henninger was a popular to be bold with advertising, sell front page ads at a Pages 6-8 presenter at the Kansas Press Association convention premium and do whatever is necessary, within reason The 2015 Kansas Press Associa- in Junction City on April 18. He encouraged attendees of course, to meet the needs of advertisers. tion convention’s top award win- ners are chronicled in pictures. Clasen, Zerbe enter Hall of Fame Page 8 Taylor is 2015 Master Editor Both grew up as sons of publishers. Doug Anstaett talks turkey on The meeting at the Courtyard by Marriott UNCTION CITY — Two professional jour- the need to reinstitute a “Day in Junction City also included recognition for nalists — both long-time Kansas newspaper at the Legislature” to bring our journalists for community service, investigative publishers — were inducted posthumously message directly to Topeka. J reporting and career accomplishments. into the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame Friday Clasen was born in Norborne, Mo. in 1942. He night at the annual meeting of the Kansas Press began his career as editor of the Florence Bul- KPA Calendar Association in Junction City. letin in 1964. He later was co-publisher and editor Richard “Dick” Clasen, the late publisher of of the Yates Center News before purchasing the the Eureka Herald, and Carter Zerbe, the late Eureka Herald in 1976. July 16-17 publisher of the Augusta Gazette, were honored He was a former president of the KPA and Adobe Creative Suite training, by their colleagues for a lifetime of service to the with Russell Viers, KPA office newspaper industry in Kansas. See AWARDS on Page 5 in Topeka. Oct. 1-3 Lynn elected KPA president National Newspaper Associa- usan Lynn, editor and pub- The slate elected for the coming tion Convention, Saint Charles lisher of the Iola Register, was year includes: (Mo.) Convention Center. Selected president of the Kansas • Sarah Kessinger, editor and pub- Press Association Board of Directors lisher of the Marysville Advocate, first Dec. 15 Saturday at the association’s annual vice president; National Bill of Rights Day. convention. • Olaf Frandsen, editor and pub- Lynn succeeds Dan Thalmann, lisher of , second April 22-23, 2016 owner-publisher of the Washington vice president; Kansas Press Association an- County News and the Linn-Palmer • Andy Taylor, editor of the Mont- nual convention, Overland Park Record, who will serve another year DoubleTree Hotel. Susan Lynn on the board as past president. See LYNN on Page 3 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 2 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 2015-16 KPA Board Police logs basic ingredient Susan Lynn President Iola Register for monitoring public safety [email protected] s it necessary that the traffic ticket was campaign and issued nine tickets for drunken reported in the newspaper again, a reader driving in an evening. It’s noteworthy that a Sarah Kessinger asks. The original citation was published dozen underage youths were cited for illegal First Vice President I Marysville Advocate two months ago. drinking at a graduation party. Publication of traffic citations probably A great deal of the value of police logs is [email protected] generated the most calls during my tenure as in the immediacy of the reports, especially if editor. No. 1, nobody likes being linked with the incident prompts a community response. M. Olaf Frandsen Second Vice President a police report – whether it’s something as That would not be accomplished if newspa- Salina Journal common as speeding or something pers reported only the adjudication [email protected] that carries greater notoriety, such of cases, which can take weeks or as a DWI. No. 2, the offenders months. Andy Taylor get confused – and often angered certainly have Treasurer – between the report of the actual a right to report public records. Montgomery County Chronicle ticket and then the report of the court They also have an accompanying [email protected] disposition. responsibility. Editors should be just We collected traffic reports as diligent to report charges that are Dan Thalmann regularly from the police and sheriff dropped or changed through plea Past President departments. The reports were bargaining. Washington County News part of the menu of public records Readers frequently asked that a [email protected] that readers expected to see in our Jim Pumarlo public record be withheld. It might newspaper. be a marriage license, divorce John Baetz We also believed the information was valu- proceeding or ambulance run, but tickets were Northwest District Director able to readers in terms of public safety. Is a most commonly requested. Lincoln Sentinel-Republican neighborhood experiencing a rash of vandal- The reasons were varied, and some had [email protected] ism? Are DWIs on the rise? Should residents more merit than others. Callers may be be on the lookout for another scam artist? screaming or crying, loud or barely audible, Peter Cook Of all public records, traffic citations are embarrassed or obstinate. They might be Southeast District Director among the most worrisome and embarrassing calling for themselves or for a friend or family Parsons Sun [email protected] to violators. A youth is afraid that he’ll lose his member. job. A teacher is concerned how she can ex- Reduce all these requests to the most basic Mary Hoisington plain a speeding ticket to students. An elderly term, and each person was seeking special Daily Membership Director woman is flustered that this is her first-ever treatment. Each was asking the impossible Great Bend Tribune ticket. A coach dreads facing his players after because our policy was that we could not [email protected] getting ticketed for a DWI. pick and choose. If we printed one, we must Adding to the frustration of the accused is print them all. To do otherwise would place Tim Kellenberger the lag time between when a ticket is issued us in the position of being judge and jury – to Northeast District Director and when the court disposes of the case. It determine that one person’s plea was more Sabetha Herald can be weeks, or even months, depending on worthy than another’s. And we’d never know [email protected] circumstances. all the facts. We believed both parts of the reports were The simplest and fairest policy is to treat Denice Kuhns newsworthy. For example, police might break all public records as just that – public – in the Southwest District Director up a beer party and issue several tickets. The belief that openness serves the greater number Meade County News community should be apprised immediately. of people over the greatest period of time. [email protected] It’s equally important to follow a case to see Many individuals will disagree with such what penalties are assessed. a policy, especially if their own names appear Travis Mounts The accused are not the only ones to raise in a police log. But it’s a good bet they would Nondaily Membership Director concerns over detailed police blotters. Editors be even more upset if newspapers selectively Times-Sentinel Newspapers are not of a similar mind-set either. published names on the basis of who made the [email protected] Consider this sampling from one news- most convincing argument to an editor. paper’s police log: June 3 – theft, U.S. 160; Scott Stanford Legislative Director May 28 – Found property, Country Center Jim Pumarlo writes, speaks and provides Lawrence Journal-World Drive. June 3 – Disturbing the peace, Hermosa training on Community Newsroom Success [email protected] Street. June 9 – Violation of custody, San Juan Strategies. He is author of “Votes and Quotes: Street. No offense intended, but one must ask: A Guide to Outstanding Election Coverage” Joey Young What value is this report? and “Bad News and Good Judgment: A Guide Central District Director Editors should recognize the role of police to Reporting on Sensitive Issues in a Small- The Clarion (Andale) blotters. For example, there’s value to know- Town Newspaper.” [email protected] ing that police conducted a Safe and Sober He can be contacted at www.pumarlo.com. Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 3 After some ads run, focus on results, future ot long ago, I was in the audience our attention, let’s concentrate on two ence. When a rocket is launched to the for a consultant’s presentation on things: What’s happening now and what’s moon, constant adjustments have to be Ntoday’s business climate. The thing the next step to reach your overall objec- made. I remember hearing that a trajectory I most remember was listed in the bullet tives?” which is off by one degree will miss the points on one of her PowerPoint slides – Let’s take a closer look: destination by one mile for every 60 miles the words “What’s now? What’s next?” She 1. What’s now? The beauty of this traveled. Since the moon is an average of spent all of 30 seconds discussing them. question is that it takes today as the starting 238,857 miles from Earth (allowing for the Although these four words were not the point. It doesn’t rehash previous meetings elliptical orbit), a rocket which is off by one main emphasis of her you’ve had or open the degree would miss the speech – and although door to the history of What’s happening with moon by 3,980 miles. they were not used in past campaigns. Cer- their sales? What about This 1-in-60 rule a sales context – they tainly, you can discuss can easily apply to a provide a solution to a relevant points from inquiries from potential cus- marketing campaign. problem faced by many past conversations. tomers? Is the budget under Things don’t always sales people. But this question is all stay the same. And Let’s say you’ve about the present. control? Have other media marketing is not as worked with a new ad- What’s happening outlets made sales pitches precise as a program- vertiser to set long-term with their sales? What since the campaign began? mable moon launch. goals and plan a cam- about inquiries from In addition to keep- John Foust paign, and now the ads potential customers? ing your advertisers on have started running. Is the budget under control? Have other course, asking “What’s now?” and “What’s Your strategy is to media outlets made sales pitches since the next?” can help you accomplish more in meet with your client on a regular basis to campaign began? If so, how were those meetings. In other words, these two ques- discuss the state of the campaign and see if presentations received? Are staff members tions can be booster rockets for sales. any tweaks are needed. excited about the new campaign? What do you say in those meetings? It’s 2. What’s next? After the current situa- John Foust has conducted training vague and repetitive to ask, “So how’s your tion is thoroughly covered, it’s time to talk programs for thousands of newspaper ad- campaign going?” in every conversation. about the next steps. Has anything changed vertising professionals. Many are using his That’s where these two questions can be a since the original goals were set? Has one training videos to save time and get quick good alternative. marketing tactic outperformed the others? results from in-house training. E-mail for Simply establish the format in the first How can we take advantage of that? information at [email protected]. follow-up meeting by saying, “We both Nothing is carved in stone. Tweaks (c) Copyright 2015 by John Foust. All want you to get the best possible results should be part of the conversation, because rights reserved. from your advertising. So in order to focus little adjustments can make a big differ- Lynn Continued from Page 1 gomery County Chronicle, treasurer; • Tim Kellenberger, editor and pub- lisher of the Sabetha Herald, Northeast District director; • Peter Cook, editor and publisher of the Parsons Sun, Southeast District director. Cook had served the past year Kessinger Frandsen Taylor Hoisington Kellenberger as Daily Membership director. • Denice Kuhns, co-publisher of Lynn extends her family’s tradition with parents assembled The News each Wednes- the Meade County News and Clark County The Iola Register into a fourth generation. day night. Before long, she had her own perch Gazette, Southwest District director. She took the helm from her father, Emer- on a wood box to join the crew as an inserter. Lynn also reappointed Scott Stanford of son E. Lynn, in 2000. Emerson continued to Lynn studied journalism at the University the Lawrence Journal-World to another term write editorials for The Register until a few of Kansas. After a year studying in England as legislative director and Travis Mounts months before his death in April 2013. she finished university at Western Washington as Nondaily Membership director. A new Charles F. Scott, Emerson’s grandfather, University in Bellingham. She later earned appointee, Mary Hoisington, will serve a one- purchased the Register in 1882. Angelo C. a master’s in library science at Wayne State year term as daily director. Scott, was publisher from 1938 to 1966. University in Detroit, Mich. Two district directors with a year left on Before settling in Iola, her father pub- She has three “humanities-oriented” chil- their terms are Joey Young of The Clarion, lished The Bowie (Texas) News, a weekly, dren, Louise Krug, Tim Stauffer and Aaron Central District director, and John Baetz of from 1958 to 1965. She has fond memories Stauffer. the Lincoln Sentinel-Republican, Northwest as a toddler of sleeping on a bed of shredded She is now married to Brian Wolfe, a fam- District director. newspaper while her three older brothers and ily physician, who has three sons. 4 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 It’s hard to believe my year is already completed t is hard to believe my year as presi- the association has seen many changes and Each of us also gains value when we dent of the Kansas Press Association is challenges over the years. But the staff is engage in efforts like the annual convention, Ialready up. committed to our cause and goes above and the training sessions, the ad networks and After starting as a very green district di- beyond for members whenever anything is all of the other services the staff coordinates rector on the board and then moving into the needed. We should not take this grand old for us. chairs a few years later, organization for granted. Thanks to Doug, I had the opportunity Its value is par- Emily, Rich, Amy, Lori to increase my under- ticularly evident every ... We all have a sense of and Amber for keep- standing of our industry January through May common purpose in our ing the office running and I got to know many when we end up fight- smoothly and for every- newspaper people ing ridiculous bills businesses. It is fun to be thing you’ve done for across Kansas. Though created by Kansas part of a group that cre- the organization (and KPA members are as legislators. We’ve had ates, clarifies and protects for me.) diverse as any industry successes in passing a As member newspa- could be, we all have a shield law and opening the archive of our na- per, we get out of this common sense of pur- up affidavits in recent tion’s history. I hope I’ve organization what we pose in our businesses. Dan Thalmann years, as well as fight- put into it. We are all It is fun to be part of a ing assaults on open contributed a little bit to the KPA. group that creates, clarifies and protects the government (which this association. Thanks for a memo- archive of our nation’s history. I hope I’ve seems like an annual rable year. contributed a little bit to this association. tradition.) Without our One thing I learned for sure — the presence at the Capitol, I can’t help but Dan Thalmann was president of the Kansas Press Association is a valuable and think the legislature would do something Kansas Press Association for 2014-15 necessary organization for our industry. that would be bad. (Yes, that’s a generaliza- and is owner/publisher of the Washington Just like the newspapers it represents, tion, but probably accurate.) County News and the Linn-Palmer Record. News Briefs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 30. ucts such as InDesign, PhotoShop, Bridge, White’s ‘Red Rocks’ open Local artists will exhibit and sell their Illustrator and Acrobat Pro. for free events during May works in the beautiful garden setting at Red The sessions will be July 16 and 17 at the hree events are planned in May at the Rocks. Kansas Press Association office in Topeka. Red Rocks State Historic Site, the Admission is free to all the events, but A registration form is appended to to- former home of the William Allen donations are welcome. The events are pre- day’s Publisher. Cost is just $99 per person. T sented in cooperation with the William Allen The session will likely fill up fast. White family in Emporia. The first, on Saturday, May 9, is the 10th White Community Partnership, Inc. anniversary Open House and Ice Cream The house is at 927 Exchange Street in KPA wants your feedback Social. Emporia. he Kansas Press Association staff It is scheduled from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. wants your feedback on the just-com- Live music and other entertainment is Viers set for Adobe seminar Tpleted annual convention in Junction planned. City. at KPA office on July 16, 17 Click on the link here to participate in the The other events are called “Art in the ussell Viers has signed up to lead Survey Monkey. Garden of Red Rocks” and are scheduled another two-day training session this from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, May 29, and It will only take a few minutes and will Rsummer on the use of Adobe prod- be valuable as the staff begins to plan for next year’s annual convention Friday and March KDAN, KCAN winners Saturday, April 22 and 23 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Overland Park. he following newspapers sold either direct placement, Kansas Display Ad Net- work, Kansas Classified Ad Network or out-of-state network ads in March 2015. KPA ad director has girl T Remember, if you sell a KDAN or KCAN, which run in almost 150 Kansas mber Jackson, advertising director newspapers, you keep half the money. Sell one outside of Kansas (SDAN or SCAN) and for the Kansas Press Association, you get to keep half the commission allowed to KPA. and her husband Matt welcomed Make an ad placement into another newspaper in Kansas or elsewhere and share the A the birth of a girl on Monday, April 20, at KPA commission Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka. .• KDAN — Anderson County Review, five ads placed for a profit of $4,125; Gate- Chloe Sue Jackson weighed 8 pounds, 8 House Media, one ad placed for a profit of $400. ounces. Mother and daughter and doing fine. • Out-of-state DAN — Anderson County Review, five ads for a profit of $937.50. Chloe joins two brothers, Canon and • KCAN — GateHouse Media, 10 ads placed for a profit of $1,596; Anthony Republi- Foster, at home in Silver Lake. can, two ads placed for a profit of $300. Jackson joined the KPA staff in June • Advertising Placements — , eight ads placed for a profit of $1,011. 2014. Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 5

Rachel Clasen, earlier Other awards presented included: Awards this year. • Rudy Taylor, long-time southeast Kan- Continued from Page 1 Zerbe was born in sas publisher, who was presented the Clyde Burlington, Iowa, in M. Reed Jr. Master Editor Award. Taylor’s long-time chairman of the golf committee. 1939 but had lived in career has spanned 45 years and he con- Through the years, he served his community Augusta since 1958. He tinues to lead Taylor Family Newspapers, in a number of leadership roles, including graduated with honors which publishes the Montgomery County the Eureka USD 389 Steering Committee from Wichita State Uni- Chronicle, Prairie Star and Labette Avenue for planning of both the new Eureka Junior/ versity and was married newspapers. Senior High School and to Lolita Buffington for • Lloyd Craig, the late publisher of the Marshall Elementary 54 years. Carter Zerbe Winfield Courier, who received posthu- School. He succeeded his mously the Gaston Outstanding Mentor He was instrumental father as publisher of Award for his 55-year career guiding young in the operation of the the Augusta Gazette in 1979 and worked in journalists and other employees. Eureka Downs horse- the publishing business for 46 years. He also • Andrew Nash and Sarah Gooding of racing facility and was served as a regional manager for the Liberty in Pittsburg, who were pre- former president of the Publishing Group, overseeing newspapers in sented the Victor Murdock Award, named Eureka Country Club Kansas, Colorado and Arizona. He men- for the long-time editor of the Wichita Eagle and Kiwanis Club as tored 18 current or retired publishers from and the son of the Eagle’s founder, Marshall well as a former Repub- Kansas. Murdock. Their series of articles on poverty Dick Clasen lican county chairman His community activities included in Crawford County was labeled by judges in Woodson County. service on the board of trustees of Butler as “outstanding examples of journalists His popular column was dubbed, “Poor Community College and the boards of the bringing important issues to their readers.” Richard.” Augusta Chamber of Commerce, Elliott • The Kansas City Star, honored with He died in 2007. He had five children, School of Communication at WSU and the Boyd Community Service Award for its and his family now includes 14 grand- Augusta USD 402, where he also served a project in support of the Harvesters’ Back- children and six great-grandchildren. His term as BOE president. Snack program. Over the past five years, the daughter, Robin Clasen Wunderlich, who He and Lolita had two children, four Star has helped raise more than $1 million has served as editor since her father’s death, grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. for the program to provide assistance to the bought the newspaper from her mother, Zerbe died in 2012. area’s hungriest children.

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24 active startup companies 159 active license agreements for commercial use of KU inventions $12 million in licensing revenue $275.2 million in externally sponsored research expenditures, including $250 million from sources outside Kansas $9 million in corporate-sponsored research funding 29 corporate tenants in the Bioscience & Technology Business Center at KU, including Garmin and ADM 6 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863

KPA honors Hall of Fame inductees, award winners The Clasen (top) and Zerbe (bottom) families and friends gathered Friday night for the induction of Rich- ard “Dick” Clasen and Carter Zerbe into the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame. Accepting the awards were Robin Clasen Wunderlich on behalf of her father and Lolita Zerbe on behalf of her husband. Rachel Clasen is holding her husband’s picture and Lolita Zerbe is shown below at right center in front.

(Left) Laura Bauer of the Kansas City Star accepted the Boyd Outstanding Community Service Award from Emily Bradbury, KPA director of member services and convention coordinator in recognition of ’s proj- ect to feed the hungry. The project raised more than $1 million in its first five years.

Photos by Fred Solis Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 7

Journalists recognized for outstanding achievements Shown holding the sweepstakes plaques (top) for their respective winning newspapers in the news category are Tommy Felts, ; Ron Sylvester, Hutchinson News; Dena Sattler, ; Joey Young, The Clarion and Dan Thalmann, Washington County News. Not shown: Wichita Business Journal. Sweepstakes winners in advertising (bottom) are displayed by (from left) Jan Biles, Topeka Capital-Journal; Jason Jump, Kingman Leader-Courier; Dena Sattler, Garden City Telegram, Mack Schroer, Osage County Her- ald-Chronicle, and Trevor Feldhausen, Leader & Times. Not shown: Hugoton Hermes.

(Right) Rudy Taylor (back row in center) was presented the Clyde M. Reed Jr. Master Editor Award. He is shown with his business partner and spouse, Kathy Taylor, and his son, Andy, daughter, Jenny Diveley, their spouses and grandchildren.

Photos by Fred Solis, Emily DeShazer 8 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863

KPA recognizes great work During the Kansas Press Association annual conven- tion (clockwise from bottom right) Rachel Clasen, wife of Hall of Fame inductee Dick Clasen, poses with two of her grandchildren; Lolita Zerbe (left) laughs while reminisc- ing with friends; participants in the Awards of Excellence contest share some champagne while preparing to toast the winners; David Seaton (left) and David Allen Seaton display the Gaston Outstanding Mentor Award presented posthumously to their long-time Winfield Publishing Co. colleague, Lloyd Craig; and Andrew Nash and Sarah Gooding of the Morning Sun in Pittsburg display their Murdock Awards, presented to them in recognition of a 12- part, year-long series of articles they wrote on poverty in Crawford County.

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Craziness in Topeka illustrates KPA Office Staff Doug Anstaett Executive Director need for ‘Day at the Legislature’ [email protected] (785) 249-1108 or years, probably even decades, the lion’s den and listen to other points of view. Kansas Press Association helped host Third, the “decisions” being made in an annual trek to Topeka for newspa- Topeka are often by a small minority of Amy Blaufelder F Accountant per publishers. senators or representatives. Through manipu- Then, the KPA co-hosted the event with lation of the rules, they are able to shield the [email protected] the . average legislator from even having to study Why did we drop the event? most issues. Emily Bradbury Attendance problems. I know that sounds sad, maybe even out- Member Services Director It’s as simple as that. We believed that rageous, but we have witnessed it first-hand [email protected] an event in which we invited the legislative for the last several years. leadership and even sometimes the governor Even though the rules say that the public Richard Gannon demanded a solid turnout from publishers should be notified of “all” meetings 48 hours Governmental Affairs Director lest our elected officials get the wrong idea in advance of a hearing, we’ve experienced a [email protected] about our “commitment” to our own causes. number of instances where “no” notice was Turnout was so embarrassingly given. We only learned of the meet- Amber Jackson low one year — the last time we ings because our friends tipped us Advertising Director met — that we feared legislators off. [email protected] would doubt our “clout.” So, as you can see, the job for So we decided, and the AP the KPA staff in Topeka is much Lori Jackson agreed, that no meeting was better more difficult than it was in the Administrative Assistant/Advertising than one with only a few partici- past. [email protected] pants. That’s why we’ll be planning on But it’s time to gear back up, for an event for next legislative session a number of reasons. that invites editors, publishers and First, of course, is that our others to Topeka to once again KPA Consultants legislators have changed. They no meet with legislative leaders and Tom Eblen longer are as “plugged in” to what Doug Anstaett then with their own representatives. Community Newspaper Tune-ups is going on at home. That kind of direct, face-to-face contact [email protected] They listen to other special interest is critical to keeping our message of open groups now more than their own constitu- government in front of legislators. Mike Kautsch ents. While we realize that because of publish- Media Law, KU School of Law Too many of them come to Topeka armed ing schedules a good day for you is a bad [email protected] with cookie cutter legislation formulated not day for one of your colleagues, we must by constituents but by well-financed orga- choose a day when legislators are here for Mike Merriam nizations that really the entire day. That Media Law, Legal Hotline don’t have Kansas’ often takes Mondays (785) 640-5485 best interests in If you haven’t noticed, far and Fridays out of [email protected] mind. Oh, they say too many of our elected offi- the equation because they do, but ... cials today shun attendance at so many of them Nick Schwien Second, a distrust ‘public events’ where they may drive in on Monday Technology Hotline of the mainstream and leave for home (785) 650-8372 media (that includes be asked difficult questions. ... early on Friday. [email protected] us, of course) means They can’t ‘control the mes- We’ll try to shoot they often try to by- for a day that works sage.’ FRIENDS OF KPA pass their hometown for the most people, Ron Keefover newspapers except but we encourage Retired, Kansas Court System when it’s time for an you to try your election or they want their weekly legislative darnedest to make it to Topeka that one day. President column published. We’ll line up hotel rooms if needed; we’ll Kansas Sunshine Coalition If you haven’t noticed, far too many of even set up appointments with your legisla- for Open Government our elected officials today shun attendance tors for you. [email protected] at “public events” where they may be asked The bottom line is we must show up. (for questions on cameras in the difficult questions. Stay tuned. We’ll be in touch as soon as courtroom and other issues involving Appearances of that nature take away possible toward the end of the year when we the court system in Kansas) their ability to “control the message.” settle on a date. Oh, they appear before supporters when they know the crowd will be pro-this or pro- Doug Anstaett is executive director of the that. But few of them will ever leap into the Kansas Press Association. KPA Technology Academy with Russell Viers 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. | July 16 & 17 | Topeka The Adobe Creative Suite - lots of tools but lots to learn. Russell will take you through the most popular programs (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Bridge and Acrobat Pro) and give you time saving techniques that you can take back to your newspaper and use immediately. The 2015 KPA Technology Academy is limited to the first 12 who register. Most Adobe training costs hundreds of dollars for one session. You will only pay $99 for two full days of training (breakfast and lunch are included).

Technology Academy Registration - July 16 & 17

Newspaper/Company ______Contact Person ______Address ______City ______State _____ ZIP Code ______Phone ______Fax ______E-mail ______

Attendees: 1. ______2. ______$99 per person, includes breakfast and lunch both days Payment Method: p Check enclosed p Invoice me p Charge to credit card Card No. ______Exp. Date ______Security Code ______Billing Zip Code ______

Lodging A special rate of $83 has been secured for lodging the night of Thursday, July 16 at the ClubHouse Inn and Suites located at 924 SW Henderson Rd (less than one mile from the KPA office). Please call (785) 273-8888 and reference the Kansas Press Association group rate.

Note: This class will be taught using lecture tools. You may bring your own computer with Adobe Creative Suite, how- ever, computer issues will be dealt with before or after class as to not hinder the progress of the class.

Return registration to KPA, 5423 SW 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 or fax 785-271-7341 by July 3. Questions? Contact Emily Bradbury at 785-271-5304 or [email protected]