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June 2018.Indd The Oklahoma Publisher Official Publication of the Oklahoma Press Association www.OkPress.com Vol. 88, No. 6 www.Facebook.com/okpress 24 Pages • June 2018 INSIDE State delegation opposes paper tariff AWARD WINNERS: Oklahoma’s entire congres- ththe entire delegation, and we will lose their job due to the Congratulations to JEFF MAYO, sional delegation is urging Sec- wwere happy to see the final let- change in trade policy.” the Milt Phillips Award winner, retary of Commerce Wilbur teter issued.” Wesner said this is only the and JEFF MULLIN, the Beachy Ross not to approve tariffs on The letter advocated for the first step in what promises to be Musselman Award winner. newsprint. 22,200 printing and publishing a long process. PAGES 8-9 Senators James M. Inhofe jojobs in Oklahoma that could be The International Trade and James Lankford, and Rep- aaffected by the tariffs. Commission will meet in July MORE AWARDS: Meet this resentatives Markwayne Mul- “Although most of our local to consider the administration’s year’s inductees into the OPA lin, Frank D. Lucas, Tom Cole nnewspapers have websites, proposal and issue final recom- Half Century Club and Quarter and Steve Russell co-signed a ppublishers tell us that these mendations to the commerce Century Club. Plus additional letter sent to Ross on June 18, ssites are supported by revenues secretary. award winners are featured. 2018. frfrom print advertising, and “Those recommendations PAGES 10-11 “We write with concern wwould be hobbled if the printed are not binding, thus our out- CONTEST WINNERS: about the future of the more nnewspaper were to fail,” the let- reach to Sec. Ross to reject Results of the 2017 OPA Better than 180 newspapers in Oklaho- teter states. these unfair tariffs,” said Newspaper Contest were ma that are already being nega- “If local newspapers are Wesner. announced June 16 at the OPA tively affected by preliminary foforced to cut back on their The next steps are to encour- Convention in Oklahoma City. tariffs imposed upon Uncoated isissues or close their business- age passage of bills in the PAGES 13-17 Groundwater paper, including ees, thousands of jobs would House and Senate that would newsprint,” the letter states. bbe eliminated, forcing many of force a delay in imposition of DONATE TO ONF to receive Brett Wesner, founder of theseth individuals, especially in the tariffs, and to continue this Will Rogers print. Details at Wesner Publications Co., ruralr areas, to seek financial to work with the Commerce OkPress.com/will-rogers. which publishes newspapers assistance from their govern- Department ultimately to reject and magazines in Oklahoma with Mullin, who was strongly ment,” the letter continued. them completely. and Texas, said the proposed supportive of our position and “It is unlikely the administra- “The entire Oklahoma del- newsprint tariffs were the lead- who subsequently took a lead- tion had in mind to collect more egation could not have been ing issue at the National News- ership position on this issue,” tariffs on foreign goods in order more strongly supportive of our paper Association Leadership Wesner said. to send them back as unem- position, and I want to thank in Summit in Washington, D.C., “Many publishers across the ployment assistance checks to particular Congressman Mullin in March. state had further encouraging thousands of Americans who for his leadership role,” said “I had an excellent meeting contact with staff members for Wesner. Members have a Grand time at convention Great speakers, informative Shauna Belyeu, The Eufaula sessions, time to connect with Indian Journal. Mark Millsap, others and lots of awards com- The Norman Transcript, was bined to make the 2018 Okla- re-elected to a three-year term homa Press Association Con- as director. vention a roaring success. The first evening included The convention was held a luau-themed dinner and fun at the Grand Casino Hotel & team-based games featuring Resort in Shawnee on June pool noodles, hula hoops and 15-16. grass skirts. Decorations were At the business meeting, provided by The Grand. new officers and directors were Jason Taylor, president of elected for 2018-19. Ted Streuli, GateHouse Media Western The Journal Record, was elect- US Publishing Operations and ed as president; Ray Dyer, El GateHouse Live! Events, talked Reno Tribune, as vice presi- about how to jump start your dent; Jeff Shultz, Garvin County market. News Star, as treasurer; and Events are a new revenue Brian Blansett, Tri-County Her- source for GateHouse, said Tay- ald, as past president. Officers lor. Team game winners at the Friday night luau dinner celebrate their serve a one-year term begin- “We focus on things that victory. Back: Susan Clark, John D. Montgomery, Terry Clark, John ning July 1. engage community and engage Denny Montgomery and Matt Montgomery. Front: M. Scott Carter, Elected to a three-year term people,” he said. Emily Montgomery, Caitlyn Montgomery, Gracie Montgomery and on the board of directors was CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Brad Spitzer. 2 The Oklahoma Publisher // June 2018 On that OOPA receives application note… for business membership The Weleetkan has applied for busi- the newspaper printed in Okfuskee ness membership in the Oklahoma County and entered into the U.S. mails Press Association. in Weleetka. The application lists Patrick Hare Any current business member by Brian Blansett as publisher and editor of the weekly wishing to object to the application of Publisher of the Tri-County Herald publication located at 116 W. 9th St. in The Weleetkan must do so in writing 2017-2018 OPA President Weleetka. to the OPA at 3601 N. Lincoln Blvd., The Weleetkan’s periodical mailing Oklahoma City, OK 73105-5499, 10 permit has been in effect since May days prior to the OPA Board of Direc- Your newspaper matters 6, 2016, the application states, with tors meeting on Sept. 20, 2018. A month ago, a sophomore at Meeker High School texted me a few sentences Attorney fi les open records about the Future Farmers of America chapter electing new officers. He was the new reporter and was filing his first notice of chapter activity. “We’d really like you to put it in the paper,” he wrote. lawsuit against OU foundation Two weeks ago, I was taking pictures at a McLoud girls basketball scrimmage An Open Records Act lawsuit has In its records request denial, the and found myself next to the grandmother of one of the players. been filed against the nonprofit that foundation said that it isn’t subject to the “I had let my subscription expire, but I had to renew because you have so many handles donations to the University of state’s Open Records Act because it’s McLoud sports pictures,” she admitted. Oklahoma. independent from the public university. And last week, the Meeker Town Board had an item on its agenda to consider Fred Gipson, OU’s former chief Gipson said the foundation should be firing the town administrator. People on both sides of the issue made sure we knew legal counsel, filed the lawsuit in Cleve- considered a public body because it only it was on the agenda and that we’d be there to cover it. land County District Court after the exists to serve a public entity. Three things with nothing in common, except this: The newspaper mattered. OU Foundation denied his request for Gipson’s wife, Lynda Jean Gipson, is In rural schools, the FFA is a huge deal, complete with booster clubs and fund- emails, documents and financial records listed as the plaintiff in the lawsuit. related to the foundation’s proposed Fred Gipson said there have been raisers and potential scholarships, and so it mattered to the new reporter that peo- arena and entertainment district. similar lawsuits filed in the past through- ple know the students – including him – who would run the chapter for the next Norman City Council members Joe out the country. Last month, a judge year. People would hear it through the grapevine or Facebook, but that wouldn’t Carter Jr. and Alexandra Scott have ruled that the University of New Mexico validate it like having it in permanent print. added their names as plaintiffs in the Foundation was subject to its state’s And the sports pictures. We discovered a couple of years ago that you can never lawsuit. public records laws because it acts on run too many of them and you can never run them too big. During the high school The records were requested by Gip- behalf of a public entity, according to sports seasons, we’ll run photo doubletrucks two or three times a month. Last son in late May on behalf of 70 Norman news reports. year, that allowed us to run an eight-column basketball photo, which was almost residents who said they have concerns Gipson was the university’s top attor- 14 inches wide, in our paper. Most of the time, we design our paper by placing the about the proposed University North ney from 1988 to 1998. photos first and letting the stories have the space that’s left over. Park development slated for an August We do that because getting pictures of people in the paper matters. It matters vote. enough for grandmas to subscribe. And it matters when people want to make sure there is an accurate account of Convention Continued from Page 1 what goes on in local civic affairs. With the posturing and pandering on Facebook, the misinformation and gossip swirling around the coffee shops, people want to Bill Ostendorf, president of Creative fielded questions from OPA members know there is a standard of accuracy.
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