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Inside Today Sign up now to get free design critique f you want a design critique done on your news- Page 2 paper in connection with the Oct. 9 Montgomery Don’t miss the deadline! Adobe Bridge is one of the Family Symposium at the University of Kansas, Do you want a free design critique done on company’s best tools, says I you have just a few days to get PDFs to the presenter. your newspaper product by Ron Reason? Kevin Slimp. Want to spice up the look of your newspaper? If so, you have to send PDFs to him by Mon- Want to design a website that grabs attention? day, Sept. 15, so he’ll have time to complete his Page 3 This year’s symposium, underwritten through the evaluation. Don’t delay! Watch out for overlap in your Montgomery Family Fund in the Kansas Newspaper advertising markets, writes Foundation, will feature award-winning designer and This year’s “Do More with Design” workshop has John Foust. consultant Ron Reason. been created to help publishers, editors and others in- Participants who sign up by Sept. 15 will receive a Page 4-5 free critique and redesign ideas from Reason. See MONTGOMERY on Page 3 Read about colleagues in the news and briefs about the industry. Page 6 The list of jobs available at Kansas newspapers grows. Page 8 Doug Anstaett sees growing ar- rogance among public officials. KPA Calendar Sept. 15-17 ASNE-APME, Chicago. Oct. 2-5 National Newspaper Associa- The 2014-15 Kansas Press Association Board of Di- ing from left) Sarah Kessinger, Marysville; Denice tion convention, Phoenix. rectors met recently in Salina for its summer retreat. Kuhns, Meade; Susan Lynn, Iola; Travis Mounts, Shown are (seated from left) Scott Stanford, Law- Goddard-Cheney; Andy Taylor, Caney; Kent Bush, Oct. 5-11 rence; John Baetz, Lincoln; Dena Sattler, Garden El Dorado; Olaf Frandsen, Salina, and Joe Warren, National Newspaper Week. City; and Dan Thalmann, Washington, and (stand- Atchison. Not shown is Peter Cook, Parsons. Oct. 9 On Annual Publisher’s Statement Montgomery Family Sympo- sium, University of Kansas. You can count online subscriptions very newspaper with a opportunity to count online weeklies have the entire month Nov. 13 Periodical Class Permit subscriptions in the total distri- of October to publish the state- KPA Fall Conference, Hays. Eis required to publish bution figure. ment in their newspapers. an annual statement of owner- The new form can be down- Those who publish more Dec. 15 ship in October detailing the loaded from the Kansas Press often than weekly must publish National Bill of Rights Day. number of copies published Association website at http:// the statement by Oct. 10. and the ownership status of the kspress.com/sites/default/files/ A paper copy of the state- April 17-18, 2015 newspaper. new_form_3526_annual_pub- ment is also due at the local Kansas Press Association an- This year’s report has a new lishers_statement.pdf. post office where you enter the nual convention, Junction City. twist: it allows publishers the Remember, owners of mail by Oct. 1. 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 2014-15 KPA Board Don’t forget about Bridge; Dan Thalmann President it’s one of Adobe’s best tools Washington County News have to admit: I’m as much to blame as metadata of each image, a process that takes [email protected] anyone. Honestly, I figured everyone was just a moment, the pics can be found in a already using Adobe Bridge, so I’ve not matter of seconds with a simple search in the Susan Lynn I First Vice President put much effort into teaching Bridge tools future. at workshops and classes over the past few I’ve used a variety of Bridge tools since Iola Register [email protected] years. Photoshop added the Browser way back Longtime photo editors remember the in March 2002. My favorite has been the Sarah Kessinger Browser from versions of Photoshop prior to “Batch Rename” feature, which allows me Second Vice President CS2. Since then, Bridge has been included in to take all - or any selected - images on a Marysville Advocate all Creative Suite/Cloud packages and also camera card and move or copy them to a [email protected] with stand-alone Adobe Photoshop. new location with the name of my choice. So why am I bringing up the Bridge now? This is incredibly valuable, as it allows me to M. Olaf Frandsen After recent trips to train small and take all 200 of those photos taken Treasurer large newspapers in several states, at the high school game and place Salina Journal I noticed that most designers and them in a designated folder with [email protected] photo editors rarely, if ever, use the names “2014Football-001,” the Bridge. As a result, I added a “2014Football-002,” etc. Dena Sattler Bridge class in a day long training The Image Processor is another Past President session for a large paper in Califor- valuable tool in the Bridge. With it, Garden City Telegram nia in September, and the response I can select a folder full of images [email protected] was pretty surprising. Almost and convert them to JPG, TIF or everything I taught was new to PSD format with the click of a John Baetz everyone in the group. button. Even better, the Image Pro- Northwest District Director Lincoln Sentinel-Republican What is Adobe Bridge? Kevin Slimp cessor allows me to run Photoshop First and foremost, Adobe Actions on all images in a folder at [email protected] Bridge is a digital asset manage- once, without leaving the Bridge. Kent Bush ment application. It keeps track of your files, I’d almost forgotten how easy it is to Central District Director whether they are photos, PDFs or whatever create web galleries using the Bridge. By Butler County Times-Gazette and makes them easy to find and display simply selecting a folder or group of images, [email protected] intuitively. then clicking a few buttons, I have a com- The most common use for Bridge is sim- plete gallery of images, in whatever format I Peter Cook ply finding files. Click on a folder or drive choose, ready to upload to an FTP site. This Daily Director and see thumbnails means a user can liter- Parsons Sun of all the files in that ally create a Web page [email protected] location. I’ve found the First and foremost, catalog of hundreds of Bridge most useful for Adobe Bridge is a digital photos, which can be Denice Kuhns browsing pictures on a clicked and enlarged on Southwest District Director camera card and quickly asset management appli- the screen, in a matter Meade County News deciding which to keep cation. It keeps track of of seconds. [email protected] and which to discard. your files, whether they There’s more to Not only can you search are photos, PDFs or what- Bridge. Edits made Travis Mounts files by name, users can through Camera Non-Daily Director find files using metada- ever and makes them RAW are actually Times-Sentinel Newspapers ta. Metadata is a set of easy to find and display non-destructive. The [email protected] standardized informa- intuitively. settings are saved in tion about a file, includ- an external file instead Scott Stanford ing author, resolution, of embedded into the Legislative Director Lawrence Journal-World color space, copyright, and keywords applied image. Sure, you can edit your RAW images [email protected] to it. For example, most digital cameras at- in Photoshop, but working in Camera RAW tach some basic information to an image file, in the Bridge is quicker. Andy Taylor such as height, width, file format and time Users can create image catalogs, assign Southeast District Director the image was taken. These are all included copyright messages, export files for social Montgomery County Chronicle in the metadata. media and more. Needless to say, Adobe [email protected] When I visited with Jean Matua, Min- Bridge is a valuable tool in any designer or nesota publisher, three years ago, she asked photo editor’s arsenal. Joe Warren how we could create a photo archive that Northeast District Director would enable her staff to easily pull up Kevin Slimp is a speaker and trainer in Atchison Globe any image from the past. We did that using the newspaper industry. He can be reached [email protected] Adobe Bridge. By adding keywords into the at [email protected]. Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 3 Watch out for overlap; it can become an issue eredith has been selling advertis- x-audience, like so-and-so does. But let me “How quickly can they adjust to shifting ing for many years. “Watch out for show you where we reach more people (bet- market conditions? Obviously, dailies can Moverlap,” she told me. “It’s a big ter quality buyers, etc.)” outmaneuver weeklies, and weeklies can challenge in the sales profession. Just like “Even when you’re selling against TMC outmaneuver monthlies. On the other hand, all companies who compete with each other, (Total Market Cover- it looks like online my paper and my competitors offer a lot of age) products, there can marketing levels the the same things. I’ve heard that – depend- be gaps in coverage,” All sales people talk playing field. But there ing on the industry – feature overlap can be Meredith said. “You’ve about audience, but not are bound to be gaps.” more than 50 percent.” just got to look for many of them acknowl- 5. Customer ser- According to Mer- them.” vice: “Actions speak edith, when a sales per- That leads us to edge the fact that other – and sell – louder than son focuses on things another possible source media choices reach some words,” Meredith said. that the competition can of overlap. of the same people. “Everybody talks about do just as well, there’s 2. Market research: their great customer little chance for differ- More and more media service, but how many entiation. The prospect companies are offering research services to actually walk the talk? If your competitors thinks, “Why buy their advertisers. This can be a good point of are slack in this area, you can position your- advertising in Choice A, differentiation. self as extraordinary. when Choice B offers “It’s important to promote your research “It’s better to talk less – and do more – John Foust the same thing?” department as an objective source of infor- about customer service. Demonstrate your Here are some com- mation,” Meredith said. “If advertisers start customer-centered philosophy by return- mon areas of overlap: to think it’s just to stack the deck in your ing phone calls and emails right away, by 1. Audience: “To sell beyond the overlap, favor, they’ll turn away.” keeping your accounts informed about their this is a good place to start,” Meredith 3. Ad production: “Although most media ads, and by sending hand-written thank you said. “The number one media question that companies are capable of producing ads, this notes.” advertisers have is: ‘How many prospec- is where you can put some distance be- tive buyers will my ads reach?’ All sales tween you and your competition,” Meredith John Foust has conducted training people talk about audience, but not many of explained. “Unless your prospect uses an programs for thousands of newspaper ad- them acknowledge the fact that other media ad agency, your creative team will have a vertising professionals. Many are using his choices reach some of the same people.” big influence on the content and style of the training videos to save time and get quick Selling beyond the overlap forces you advertising. In fact, you might close the deal, results from in-house training. E-mail for to analyze how many of your advertiser’s if you have some good examples of ads your information at [email protected]. prospects you – and your competitors – can paper has created – both print and online.” (c) Copyright 2014 by John Foust. All reach. With facts on your side, your selling 4. Flexibility: “Advertisers are concerned rights reserved. approach becomes: “Of course, we cover about adaptability,” Meredith explained. The Montgomery Fund in the Kansas Newspa- nities no later than Sept. 15, 2014 — with the Montgomery per Foundation will subsidize the remainder of reasons why — to
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Keep reading your local newspaper…and keep your community going strong. kspress.com Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 5 Reynolds Institute studies news archiving editorials, editorial cartoons, promotions ads and more that is available at no charge to all Kansas Press Association members. KPA has paid a fee recent poll by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute so you can use those materials. found that about a quarter of news organizations have lost A link to the materials will be provided soon. Asignificant amounts of their news archive. Unlike print, digital news content can silently vanish in the Vietnam project jumps to 54 pictures found blink of an eye. Digital preservation (not just backup) is the key he Kansas Press Association is continuing its effort to help to ensuring long-term survival of your news content, content find a photograph of every soldier who paid the ultimate that news organizations need for context, credibility, reuse and sacrifice during the Vietnam War. monetization. T As of Sept. 10, we have collected 54 pictures collected out of That’s why RJI is asking journalists to join librarians, histori- 265 sought. There were 627 Kansans killed in Vietnam. ans, archivists and entrepreneurs in formulating a national agenda KPA joined a nationwide effort with other state and regional for saving digital news content. press associations to help collect a photo of every soldier who If you are a decision-maker in a news organization who died in combat during the Vietnam War. recognizes the value of digital archives and want to change the Kansas newspapers and others providing pictures so far future of the past, join RJI Nov. 10 and 11 for the “Dodging the include the Derby Informer, Eureka Herald, Fort Hays State Memory Hole: Saving Born-digital News Content” forum at RJI University, Garden City Telegram, Great Bend Tribune, Harvey in Columbia, Mo. County Independent, Hays Daily News, Holton Recorder, Hu- The event is made possible by grants from The Mizzou Ad- goton Hermes, Hutchinson Public Library, Iola Register, Kan- vantage and RJI. To learn more and register, go to http://www. sas Chief, Kingman Leader-Courier, Lawrence Journal-World, rjionline.org/events/memoryhole) Lindsborg News-Record, Oberlin Herald, Osage County Online, Oskaloosa Independent/Valljssssssddddey Falls Vindicator, Salina National Newspaper Week is Oct. 5 to 11 Journal, Sterling Bulletin, Topeka High Historical Society, Topeka nce a year, we in the newspaper industry get a chance to tell Capital-Journal, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 912 and readers our story. the Wamego Smoke Signal. OWe can toot our own horn, of course, but we also can take ad- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation project, “Faces vantage of the week to more clearly explain why we do what we do and Never Forgotten,” wants to complete an electronic “Wall of why it is important to our form of government. Faces” in the new education center at the Vietnam Memorial Wall This year, National Newspaper Week is Oct. 5 through 11. This year’s before Veterans Day in November. theme is: “Newspapers: The Foundation of Vibrant Communities. To access the list of pictures needed, go to http://kspress. A kit will be available around the middle of September that contains com/866/weve-jumped-54-pictures-found-vietnam-project.
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Position will cover several areas, as to cover a high school, community college, to advance your career, come join our family well as Fort Hays State University — one of the PRCA rodeo and a professional indoor football newspaper team. We have a proven reputation fastest growing NCAA Division II schools in team. The successful applicant will have of award-winning journalism and placing our the country. Must be willing to work as part of knowledge of and interest in a wide variety of reporters at larger operations. We’re seeking a strong team and add to the growing resume of sports. Traditional “game” coverage must be a talented and motivated journalist who can products the HDN offers. The Hays Daily News accompanied by off-the-field news, engaging produce well-crafted, clean copy and lots of it. has been named the Kansas Press Association features and commentary. The Globe offers a Fast-paced daily newspaper environment for a Sweepstakes Award winner three of the last competitive wage, excellent benefits and the general assignment reporter who likes variety. four years in its division. Salary is based on ex- opportunity to advance to larger publications Photo skills, knowledge of Internet report- perience, and position is open until filled. Send within GateHouse Media. Send cover letter, ing, and page layout useful. We’re located in cover letter and resume to: The Hays Daily clips and resume to Publisher Conrad Easterday southwest Missouri within easy driving distance News, ℅ Nick Schwien, managing editor, P.O. ([email protected]) at the Dodge of Kansas City, Joplin and Springfield. Apply to Box 857, Hays, KS 67601 or email cover letter City Daily Globe, 705 N. Second Ave., Dodge Publisher Floyd Jernigan at fjernigan@nevada- and resume to [email protected]. (8-27) City, KS 67801. (7-17) dailymail.com (9-8) HELP WANTED - Part time help in newspa- EDITOR — GateHouse Media Inc. is seeking GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER per office in Alma, Kansas. Experience with an editor in south-central Kansas who excels at — Full-time general assignment reporter for Microsoft Word preferred. Experience with producing news for a multimedia audience. The busy newspaper group. Looking for a writing InDesign and familiar with Mac Computers a successful applicant will be able to cover both beast with photography skills. In the past year plus. Willingness to learn and good customer news and sports and design pages for a weekly covered everything from county fair kids and service skills required. Apply in person with print product. Experience in the position is a city council meetings to breaking business Ervan Stuewe at Wabaunsee County Signal- plus, but consideration will be given to report- news and at least one shooting. Over the next Enterprise. Call ahead for appointment at 785- ers who are ready to take the next step. The po- year we want you to help us grow our online 765-3327. (8-4) sition offers a competitive salary and excellent presence. Pagination skills a big plus. Times- benefits with the opportunity to advance within Sentinel Newspapers produces three suburban- MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST — The King- the GateHouse Media organization. Send cover rural weeklies, two metro monthlies and a man Leader-Courier has an immediate opening letter, resume and samples of your work to: variety of special sections. Competitive pay, for a multimedia journalist, who will be respon- Publisher Kent Bush, 204 E. 5th St. Augusta, health insurance available. Busy office, relaxed sible for covering community events, breaking KS, 67010. kbush@butlercountytimesgazette. atmosphere, growing operation based just news and feature assignments. Strong writing/ com (6-30) outside of Wichita. Send resume/cover letter/ photography skills needed. Email resume and clips to managing editor Travis Mounts, news@ samples to Jason Jump at jjump@kcnonline. REPORTER — The Arkansas City Traveler tsnenws.com, fax 316-540-3283 or P.O. Box com. (8-4) seeks a general assignment reporter who also 544, Cheney, KS 67025. (9-2) will help paginate, take photos and update MANAGING EDITOR for small daily on High our website. Some news writing experience is SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR/COPY EDI- Plains, on I-70. Are you ready to step up? This required. Knowledge of InDesign a plus. Will TOR — The Hays Daily News, located in Hays, person will lead a full-time staff of three, plus help train the right person. Courage and coop- Kan., is seeking to fill the position of special part-timers, plan and track news coverage, erative attitude in a true team setting dedicated sections editor/copy editor. The applicant must coordinate photo and stories, design and lay out to putting out the best daily news report we can show a knowledge of InDesign, PhotoShop, pages, cover some meetings and write some for our subscribers and the public. Send resume Illustrator and social media. The position will stories, deal with public and online/Facebook and clips to Publisher David A. Seaton at require a tight schedule of paginating numer- pages, generally run the newsroom. Journalism [email protected] and/or call 620-442-4200, ous pages for the daily paper, as well as special degree preferred, at least two years’ newspaper ext. 122. (6-25) sections. Must be willing to work on tight dead- experience. This is a good paper, hoping to get lines daily while juggling many other aspects of better. Apply to Sharon Friedlander, publisher, MANAGING EDITOR - The Dodge City Daily the job. Copy editing expertise is a must. Seek- [email protected], and Steve Haynes Globe is seeking a managing editor who excels ing someone who can create attractive, effective [email protected]. Colby Free at producing news for a multi-media audience. special sections. Must be willing to work as part Press/Nor’West Newspapers, Colby, Kan. (785) The successful applicant will be able to ensure of a strong team and add to the growing resume 462-3963. EOE m/f/h/v (7-30) the stories everyone expects and break the sto- of products the HDN offers. Job is demanding, ries no one saw coming. Experience in the posi- but rewarding. The Hays Daily News has been REPORTER/NEWS EDITOR for award-win- tion is a plus, but consideration will be given named the Kansas Press Association Sweep- ning weekly on High Plains. Are you up to the to reporters who are ready to take the next step. stakes Award winner three of the last four years challenge of continuing a strong tradition? Can Extra consideration will be given to applicants in its division. Salary is based on experience, you do it all? Do you want to learn the news who are fluent in Spanish. The position offers a and position is open until filled. Send cover business? This person will plan news coverage, competitive salary and excellent benefits with letter and resume to: The Hays Daily News, coordinate the work of part-time staff, cover the opportunity to advance within the Gate- ℅ Nick Schwien, managing editor, P.O. Box stories and features, take photos, design and House Media organization. Send cover letter, 857, Hays, KS 67601 or email cover letter and lay out pages, post to web pages and Facebook. resumé and samples of your work to: Publisher resume to [email protected]. (8-27) Journalism degree or some newspaper experi- Conrad Easterday, 705 N. Second Ave., Dodge ence preferred. Competitive pay, location in City, KS 67801, or ceasterday@dodgeglobe. REPORTER — The Hays Daily News, located Northwest Kansas. Apply to steve.haynes@ com. (5-30) in Hays, Kan., is seeking to fill a reporter nwkansas.com and [email protected]. position. The applicant must show the ability The Oberlin Herald/Nor’West Newspapers, SPORTS REPORTER/EDITOR — Full-time to find his or her own stories, as well as work Oberlin, Kan. (785) 475-2206. EOE m/f/h/v sports reporter/editor for small-town five days on a tight deadline. Seeking someone who can (7-30) a week daily paper. Must love local sports. produce quality, award-winning stories who Coverage focuses on small towns, one college. also has knowledge of pushing stories to the SPORTS REPORTER — The Dodge City Web in a timely manner as well. This candidate Daily Globe is seeking applications for a sports also will help move the HDN into a new age of reporter. The position represents a great op- See MARKETPLACE on Page 7 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 7
MARKETPLACE KPA Office Staff Weekends and evenings required. Expected to by Gatehouse, with offices located in each Doug Anstaett be a good writer, take own pictures, lay out newspaper market. The ideal candidate will be Executive Director pages using InDesign, have Internet compe- a strategic thinker, knowledgeable and creative [email protected] tence. Team player, courteous, cooperative, reli- about developing customized local advertising (785) 249-1108 able professional for five-person office. Send solutions. Digital sales and management experi- letter, clips, resume, references to zaccaria@ ence strongly preferred. If you are motivated, winfieldcourier.com. (4-15) goal oriented and success driven, this may be Amy Blaufelder the career position for you. We offer a competi- Accountant WANTED: REPORTER-PHOTOGRAPHER tive base salary, excellent bonus plan. We also [email protected] — Pagemaker, PhotoShop, photography and offer Health, Dental, Life Insurance, 401(k) and newspaper layout skills, and flexible spending accounts. To apply, submit a ADVERTISING SALES CONSULTANT for cover letter, resume and salary requirements to: Emily Bradbury Lincoln, NE and rural communities. Call 402- [email protected] An Equal Member Services Director, KPA 792-2255 or send resume to asap:voicenews@ Employment Opportunity Employer (9-2) Executive Director, inebraska.com. Independently owned, largest Kids Voting Kansas community weekly newspaper in southeast Ne- MULTI-MEDIA SALES EXECUTIVE — braska. www.voicenewsnebraska.com. (7-15) Searching to fill outside sales position for es- [email protected] tablished website and print products. Includes NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE service and growth of existing accounts and Richard Gannon Respected 128-year-old weekly newspaper in new relationships. 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Call 785-899-2338. 8 Kansas Press Association, 5423 S.W. 7th, Topeka, KS 66606 • www.kspress.com • (855) 572-1863 If the hammer is your only weapon, then use it! ne of the tasks for Richard Gannon Second, when they do go into executive KOMA or KORA violations, plead ignorance, and me each week is to look at news- session and close a meeting to the public, no often escaping with the usual punishment: Opaper clips, especially those that have one knows what goes on behind those closed admit the violation, get training and pledge to to do with open government issues around the doors in most cases, so there’s no way to go and sin no more. state. determine if the discussions are within the The open government laws of Kansas Unfortunately, the subject of these articles parameters of the Kansas Open Meetings Act aren’t complicated. They really don’t require a is almost exclusively not about open govern- — or whether they stray far beyond what the Ph.D. in rocket science to understand. ment, but the opposite. law allows. They aren’t followed because they are Gannon, director of govern- Third, inconvenient to some mental affairs, copies articles despite the public officials who that deal with excessive and fact that the The open government laws believe they have sometimes illegal use of execu- Kansas Attor- of Kansas aren’t complicated. such great judgment tive sessions, meetings that occur ney General’s that the voters should without proper notice, votes taken Office, Kansas They really don’t require a just trust them. behind closed doors and closed Press Associa- Ph.D. in rocket science to un- That kind of gov- court hearings and records. tion, Kansas derstand. ernment has never It’s not a pretty picture and, Association worked, and it never yes, it seems to be getting worse. of Broadcast- will. In many cases, it becomes Doug Anstaett ers and Kansas Sunshine Coalition for The public must be actively involved in the obvious while reading the articles Open Government join together to pro- process. It must have access to the discussions that public officials are ill-informed, arro- vide KOMA and Kansas Open Records Act that lead to policy decisions and citizens must gant and sometimes plainly dishonest when training each year at various locations around have their voices heard. dealing with their responsibilities as elected the state, those who come to the meetings I know it’s frustrating at times, but while a officeholders. aren’t usually the ones who need to be there. slap on the wrist does seem to be all the pun- If this problem is getting worse, why is They are the conscientious ones; they just ishment we dole out in Kansas for violations, that? want to make sure they’re doing everything you still have the one tool that the government First of all, it’s because they see example right. can’t control: INK! after example of government secrecy dis- The “violators,” those who think they are If public embarrassment of elected officials played in Washington, D.C. and Topeka with above the law, rarely attend these meetings. is the only hammer we have, then we need to few consequences. Why should they follow Recently, some officials in Galena, forced utilize it. the law when the National Security Agency to do training because they obviously violated So use that hammer — and nail them! spies on Americans, the IRA abuses its power KOMA, were heard to say “this is bull----” and state legislators meet out of the public eye when forced to participate. Doug Anstaett is executive director of the to discuss the public’s business? Others, when caught red-handed in Kansas Press Association. KPA plans golf outing to replace Little Brown Jug; play at Falcon Lakes or shop at Legends in KCK olf at Falcon Lakes and shopping at the Legends are on the horizon, provided we can find some players, for Kansas Press Association members, their wives and Gfriends on Thursday, Oct. 2 and Friday, Oct. 3. Ben Marshall, publisher of the Sterling Bulletin and golf chairman for KPA, said those who don’t want to play golf can “shop ’til they drop at the Legends.” The first annual “KPA-post Little Brown Jug” Golf Outing will be a 24-hour event at Falcon Lakes Golf Club (near the Legends area) so as not to interfere with weekend plans. Golf will begin at noon on Thursday, followed by a nice dinner somewhere in the Legends area and golf again at 8 a.m. Friday. “You can be on the road home by 1:30 or 2 p.m. on Friday,” Marshall said. “The golf isn’t going to be serious … something like a scramble format or Scotch foursome if enough ladies want to play on Thursday.” The dinner will be a great time to reconnect with friends. All expenses will be on the participants. There are a number of reasonably-priced motels/hotels in the Legends area; here’s a link to some of them: http://www.legendss- hopping.com/plan-a-visit/hotels-transportation/. We will ask you to pre-register for the golf and dinner so we can have tee times set aside on Thursday and Friday and seating for dinner on Thursday night. Deadline for registration is Sept. 26. “Emily Bradbury will be sending a follow-up email soon to collect this information and help me with the reservations,” Marshall said. “We look forward to seeing you on the 2nd and 3rd!” For the past 50 years, representatives of the Missouri Press Association and KPA have taken turns hosting an annual golf competition. The tradition officially ended this year.