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This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student Organizations by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. TH E ·CO sft,CT SHEET A sporadic publication of the Student Pu~tiothe ARtf'e ~!II:: 122 Garren Center, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, K'l4 1T'Ofi!slll Vol. 15, No.3 Spring 2005 Student Publications building will need alumni support
A LETTER FROM CHUCK CLARK, PRESIDEl'Io'T OF THE STUDENT PuBLICATIONS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND CHAIR OF THE STUDENT PuBLICATIONS FuNDRAlSING STEERING COMl\.UTTEE
If you've been back to Western in the closer to the J-School's new home - to help raise money to get Student past couple of years, you've seen a and as alumni we can step up to ensure Publications into new quarters outfitted transfonnation all across campus. If that a new home for publications is to train young journalists to work in you haven't yet gone back, you'll be built soon. today's newsrooms - the kind of news amazed. You'll probably remember the last rooms where reporters and editors put As you probably know, our School of time Student Publications called on any out print, online and even broadcast Journalism & Broadcasting is in a statc of us to come it its aid. It was more than editions of the news. of-tbe-art new building, Mass Media a decade ago, and it was a fight for the For each of us, Student Publications and Technology Hall. Compared to the Herald's vel)' survival as a strong and played a vital role in where we are basement of Downing and the creaky independent voice at Western. And with today - whether we remain in journal old Gordon Wilson Hall homes. the alumni help, the Herald prevailed. ism or use those skills in another fash change is jaW-dropping. Similarly, after the Talisman ceased ion. And for the first time in their histo Now we have the opportunity for a publication in 1996, it was an alum ry, the Herald and Talisman will be ask stale of the art building to house the who pushed to bring it back. ing for your financial help. It's College Heights Herald and the Both publications are the heart and absolutely vital to sustaining the Tali sman. soul of why Western's journalism College Heights Herald and the When the journalism program moved school is so successful. Talisman a~ top-tier training grounds down the Hill, the distance between the Now it's time for us to all start think for young journalists. new building and Garrett brought about ing about stepping up to the plate for At this point, there are a lot of details changes nobody e;r.;pected. If you'll this vel)' different, but every bit as cru 10 be worked out and we are early in the remember, whether you worked on the cial, challenge facing the College planning stages of the capital cam Herald or the Talisman, one of the Heights tlerald and the Talisman. paign. Tl].e professionals call this the strongest features was that the journal As alumni of Western and of the "silent" period before it officially ism faculty was always around - Herald and the Talisman, we will need begins, probably at Homecoming. always ready to dispense advice on a tough lede, how to properly edit a You may contact .the following members of the steering committee photo, cmft a page design or pitch to an for additional information: advertiser. That atmosphere let us learn Chuck Clark, Orlando Sentinel, [email protected] so much. Steve Thomas, Lincoln Journal-Star, [email protected] Now that's not happening nearly Bob Adams, WKU Student Publications, [email protected] enough. The change has put our news JoAnn Thompson, Student Publications, [email protected] paper and yearbook in an uphill battle Neil Budde, Yahoo ! News, [email protected] Margo Grace, Fricsons, Lo uisv illc, margogr,iCc@aol. com just to get students into the offices. Lee Grace, Mapother & Mapother, Louisville, LGrace @Mapother-Atly.com This is where you and I come in. Chris Poynter, The Courier-Journal, [email protected] Gal)' Ransdell, Western's president David T. Whitaker, Fruit of the Loom, Bowling Green, dwhitaker@fru it.com (and journalism alum), has pledged that Chris Poore, University of Kentucky, cpoore@ k.ykernel.com the university wi ll help the College Tom Yum, Woodward Communications. Inc .. [email protected] Leslie Watkins. WKU Development. Leslie.Watkins@wk"1l.edu Heights Herald and Talisman move , "I '-\ ( \ ').'-A J( f I¥cP ~ BREAKlNG NEWS Herald wins two Silver Crowns; Talisman rakes in Gold Circles The College Heights Herald Branaman a May graduate from May graduate from Louisville, returned from the National Seaule, Wash., feature photo; Jay academic photo; Bowling Green College Media Convention in New Lively, a May graduate from junio r Katie Clark, Louisville York City with two Silver Crowns Oakwood, Ga., sports reponing; graduate Tony Davis and while the Talisman received 18 Megan Resch, a 2004 graduate Louisville junior Whitney Saffel, Gold Circle Awards, from Louisville, caption writing; organization or greeks spread; The Herald was one of three stu Tavia Green, a Hopkinsvill e soph Clark, Louisville junior John dent newspapers to receive Silver omore, personality profile; J. Hurley and Moore, sports spread; Crowns from the Columbia Michael Moore, senior from Clark and Moore, organization or Scholastic Press Association for Franklin, Tenn., organization or greeks spread; and Bowling Green both the fall 2003 and spring 2004. greek writing; Breu Flashnick, a senior Layne Green, Georgetown The F News at the School of the senior from Columbia, S.C., aca junior Clare Lowther and Waverly Art Institute in Chicago and the demic photo; staff, student life fea senio r Jennifer Obert. people University Daily at Texas Tech ture writing. spread. also received two Silver Crowns. Chet White, a Louisville senior, Herald staff members won two the second highest honor give by place second in sports action pho first place awards and one second. CSPA. Four student newspapers tograph. Columbia senior Justin Fowler received Gold Crowns for both Flashnick won thirds in sports won for single page black and semesters and three for one semes action photograph and feature white single subject presentation ter. photo and Whitney Ingersoll , a and Elizabethtown graduate stu Brandy Warren, a 2004 graduate sophomore from Montgomery, dent Matt Rountree won for single and reporter at the AlUlislon (Ala.) Ala., placed third in organization advertisement. Taking second in Star, was Herald editor both or greek writing. single feature photograph was semesters. Certificate of Merit winners Fielder Williams Strain, a Of the Talisman's 18 Gold Circle were Josh McCoy, a May graduate December graduate from Awards, seven were for first place, from Bowling Green, sports action Tu ll ahoma, Tenn. one for second, three for third and photograph; Ryan Long, a Mr. A., JoAnn and Jackie Bretz seven were Certificates of Merit. Bowling Green senior, sports represented Western at the con Placing first were James action pholograph; Nina Greipel, a vention.
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Future Student Publications Alumni Association announcements could be sent electronically. Celebrate traditions, build memories. Make plans now to attend Homecoming ~ Oct. IS, 2005 For more information contact Alumni RelatioDS,270·7454395 or 1·888-WKUALUM THE CONTACT SHEET A sporadic publication of the Student PublicatiollS Alumni Association 122 Garrett Center, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101 Vol. 15, No.3 Spring 2005 Herald, Talisman honor alumni The Herald continued its tradition Debra Gibson, owner of Copywrite, Central Florida's two largest coun of honoring alumni and the Margo Grace. long-time yearbook ties, Orange and Seminole. Talisman inducted its first class of representative; and Kristen Reeder At The Indianapolis Star, in 2000- Talisman Award winners at the Tucker, owner of Tucker 2001 Clark was assistant managing Homecoming Breakfast in the fall. Publications in Evansville, Ind. editor/metro news where he super vised more than 100 reporters, edi Joining the list of winners of the Chuck Clark is the news editor tors, interns and clerks in the met Herald Award for Outstanding at the Orlando Sentinel after com ropolitan news division. Reporters Contributions to JournaJism were pleting a stint as nationaUforeign on staff won a George Polk Award Chuck Clark, news editor at the editor. He has been an editor at the for exposing problems in state-run Orlando Sentinel, and Steve Sentinel since 2001. program caring for the mentally Thomas, managing editor of the As nationaUforeign editor his disabled. He left after Gannett Co. Lincoln Journal-Star. staff won the prestigious Society of Inc. acquired Central Newspapers The fust class recognized as Professional Journalists award for Inc., to follow his editor Tim recipients of the Talisman Award its coverage of the Columbia disas Franklin to the Orlando Sentinel. for Outstanding Contributions in ter in 2002. From 1997 to 2000 Clark was Communications were Lisa He started in Orlando as city edi metro editor at The Courier Cornwell , a reporter for The tor, responsible for reporters and Journal. He supervised local news Associated Press in Cincinnati; editors on all local news stories in CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Publications continue to shine The Talisman continues to climb back The Talisman has won eight photojournalism major from Bowling 10 its status as one of the best college Pacemaker awards in its history. Green, won first place in theACPNews yearbooks in the country. The College Heights Herald online Picture of the Year award for his cover The 2003 Talisman, the first yearbook publicatIon, wkuherald.com, was also a age of the women's protest march in since it ceased publication in 1996, Pacemaker finalist. April 2004 in Washington, D.C. won the National Pacemaker Award Both the Herald and Talisman won OTHER AWARDS Nov. 7 at the National College Media awards in the Best of Collegiate Design Convention in Nashville, Tenn. The 2004 Talisman.finished second in competition. Six yearbooks from across the nation the Best in Show competition at the An ad designed by Matt Rountree, a won Pacemakers at the convention. 'The ACP convention. graduate student from Elizabethtown, placed first in the advertisement cate awards are regarded as the Pulitzer The Citadel (Westmont College, Santa gory and another ad designed by Katie Prizes of collegiate journalism. Barbara, Calif.) received top honors of Hollenkamp, a junior from Prospect. Indiana, Kansas Stale. Ouachita the 18 books that entered. and Michael Reuter, a graduate from J. Michael Moore, a senior print jour Baptist, Northwest Missouri and Gardendale, Ala., was second. nalism and history major from Evansville also won Pacemakers. The Herald placed first in photo Stephanie Gladney, edited the 2003 Franklin, Tenn., edited the 2004 year page/spread for a collection of "best of' Talisman. She now works as a page book which increased in size to 248, pictures and wkuherald.com placed designer and copy editor at the full -color pages. second in the online main page Lexington Herald-Leader. Photographer Ryan Long, a senior CONTI)I,'UED ox PAGE 2 2 Awards fo~ excellence continue coming CoNTlNUfD FROM FRONT PAGE baechler placed fi rst in sports column Hollenkamp. presentation category. Lee Fisher, a writing and received an honorable Hopk.ins won first place in news writ junior print journal is m major from mention in the sports feature story cat ing. while Hopkinsville sophomore Mayfield, was the designer. egory. Wes Watt, a Bowling Green sen Tavia Green placed third in the person Talisman designer Tony Davis. a ior placed fmil in he sports writing cat ality profile competition. Baker, a for graduate from Louisville, placed third egory. mer features editor and current opinion in student life spread for "Taking a Schoenbaechler and Joe Lord. a editor at the Herald, received an honor Stand" in the 2003 Talisman. Gladney Louisville junior, placed first and third able mention in the same category. placed fust in academic spread for her respectively in column wriling. Bowling Green senior Natasha Allen, design of "One Singular Sensation" and Saxe, Va. senior. Edward Linsmier received first place honors in the feature rounh in organizational spread for placed first in best general news pic story category. Sainlar placed third in "Any Day of the Week" I'd Rather be ture, while Tullahoma, TelUl. graduate the general interest column competi Greek." Fielder Strain won the best feature pic tion. Katie Clark. a junior public relations ture competition. Knoxville, Tenn. sen In sports, Louisville junior Michael major from Bowling Green and editor ior Brian Wagner placed third in the Casagrande placed first in game cover of the 2005 Talisman, placed second for same category. age. watt placed first in sports feature her individual spread "Rising Stars," Bowling Green senior Ryan Long while Vanceburg sophomore Jason Clark designed The Best of placed firs t in the picture essay compe Stamm received an honorable mention. Collegiate Design 12 book that is dis tition. Herald photographer and Louisville senior Keith Farner placed tributed to college publications across Louisville senior Chel White placed third in sports column writing. the country. second in the sports picture category The Herald staff from spring 2004 and first in best sports picwre essay. received firs t place honors in overall KENTUCKY PREss Current advertising manager Matt layout and design. Clifton placed third AssOCIATION AWARDS Rountree placed ftnt in special sec in feature page layout, while tions. Schoenbaechler. a fonner Hera ld Schoenbaechler and Fowler placed first The Herald placed second in genemi editor. placed third in the best graphic and third respectively in the sports page excellence among college newspapers competition while Louisville senior design competition. Schoenbaechler al the Kentucky Press Association's Keith Farner placed third in the best and Nashville junior Stephanie Toone conference in January. sports page design. placed first in special section design. The Kentucky Kernel won the gen· Kuttawa sophomore Jessica Robert Fonner Hera ld editor and Louisville eral excellence award, but Herald son and Baker placed second in graduate Brandy Warren and Rountree staffers placed in 22 categories captur· lifestyle page des ign while Louisville placed third in the same category. ing 25 individual awards. graduate Mai Hoang earned first place Linsmier and Karl Newby placed first Kyle Hightower, a graduate from honors for editorial page design. and second in news ph otography. Paducah, placed third in editorial writing. Columbia senior Justin Fowler, Hera ld photographers Wagner, Bowling Bowling Green graduate. Jay Lively, Simpsonville graduate Lauren Clifton and Green senior Wiqan Ang and Bowling won first place in best spot news cover staff won rust place in front page design. Green senior Amber • Sigman placed age while Shawntaye Hopkins, a first, second and third in feature photog Lou isville junior and Herald editor won • KIPA AWARDS raphy. firs t place for general news story. Bowling Green senior Jim Winn and Hopkins also placed third in the Thirty-three Herald staffers won David Degner, a junior from Augusta, enterprise or analytical story category, awards in writing, design, photography Ga., placed second and third in sports whi le Louisville juniors Beth and advertising a.t. the Kentucky photography. Strain and Eli zabeth Wil berding and Ashlee Clark took sec Intercollegiate Press Association meet Dodd, a senior from Smyrna, Tenn .. ond place honors for on going and ing Feb. 25·26. placed second and third in the photo extended story coverage. Reuter was named staffer of the year essay competition. The advertising staff from the Fall Joanie Baker, a Louisville senior. at the conference, based on his accu placed second in advertising design. plaCed second in feature writing and mulation of points and awards. Reuter The Spring staff received an honorable Hightower and Louisvi lle senior placed third in editorial canooning. mention in the same category. Lindsey Sainlar placed second and second in house ad design. fi rst in Owensboro j un ior Rachel Griffin and th ird, respectively. in the column writ· advert ising an and advertising copy. He Louisville senior Marcell us Neal placed ing competition. also placed first in ad vertising cam second and third in advertising cam Louisville senior Danny Schoen· paign with fellow Herald staffer Katie paigns. 3 Herald· celebrates 80 years
An exhibit in me Gallery of Mass Media and Technology Hall early in the year honored the COLLEGE HEIGHTS HERALD first 80 years of the Herald. Opinion editor Joanie Baker. a Louisville senior, organized the exllibit. which included a 3O-foot timeline documenting the Herald's past, a taped interview with Herald adviser Bob Adams. framed front pages, award-win ning photography, editorial cartoons and old equipment A life-size portrait of 1964 staffers - editor Adams, advertising manager Colleen Riley Lewis, adviser Jody Richards, assistant editor Finley Willis Jr. and sports editor AI Stilley - stood behind an old desk. complete with a typewriter, pieces of linotype, ediLed pages and an ash tray full of cigarettes. Aboot 200 visitors passed lhrough the exhib it for ilS opening Jan. 27, including President Gary Ransdell and Provost Barbara Burch and at least six former Herald editors. "While the exhibit could only include slices Flu ";"IfO Looking Ovtr uliJu,nl malll,ing .dilOf Alan Judd's shouklcl1 '"' Mr. A. Tun Fi5h and Elite r.... dICri<;k SbcllOl'l of the Herald's first 80 years, I think every during the f.1I of 19'18. The abov. photo "'.. one of mlny thai filled !be "'ails of !be Hmold uhibil ill MISIi body found something of interest," Adams Mt:dia Ind Technology HIli durin. the month of Fe bruary. said. Herald, Talisman leaders around from the start
SHAWNTAYE HOPKI NS, H ERALD EDITOR KATIE CLARK, TALISMAN EDITOR The Herald has always been good to young writers, Kat ie Clark. a junior from Bowling Green, has including Louisville junior Shawntaye Hopkins. worked for the Talisman since the publication was Hopkins stared at the Herald as a freshman as a gen reborn her freshman year. eral assignments reporter. She covered Bowling Green Now she runs the place. the following spring and worked as the facil Llies and Clark started as a designer on the 2003 Talisman. administration reporter before becoming news editor She served as design editor in 2004 and is halfway last fall. through her duties of editing the 2005 Talisman. She is now editor of the award-winning publication. "The staff has worked well to produce a good prod The 2005 Ta li sman will again be 248 fu ll-color pages uct this semester," she said. "We have a lot of young . and will use photography and wri ting to drive its doc talent and I'm looking forward to seeing how many of umenting of the 2004-2005 school year at Western. them stick around next semester." Clark and other staffers have also been busy trying Others on the editorial board include: Danny to preserve the Talisman for the future. The group is in Schocnbaechler, managing editor; Lindsey Reed. news the process of developing a student fee system th at editor; Joanie Baker, opinion editor; Mi chael will give every student on campus a yearbook (see Casagrande, sports editor; Amber North, diversions page II). editor; Dinara Sagatova, photo editor; Lisa Ross. copy Other Talisman editors include: Adriane Hardin, desk chief and Jenica Miller, design chief. Matt Rountree was advenising manager until Spring copy and assignments editor; Summer Boiton, market Break when Katie Hollenkamp took over. ing director and Dinarn Sagatoya. photo editor 4 Herald, Talisman honor alums CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE tion. In 2004, the newspaper won worked at the Tompkinsville News coverage in Louisville and five sur 21 Nebraska Associated Press from December 1979 to December rounding counties. He left awards, including first place for 1982 and then during the summers Louisville when he was recruited breaking news, enterprise, features of 1982 and 1983. by Franklin. then the incoming edi and sports enterprise. In 2003 and In addition to his bachelor's lor of The Indianapolis Star. 2004 Associated Press Sports degree from Western in May 1986. Clark spent 1995- 1997 at The Editors national contests, the he earned a master's degree in busi Charlotte Observer as government JoumaJ Star was named one of the ness administration from Georgia editor. top 10 Sunday sections. Southern University in May 2001. While he was regional editor at Prior to moving to the Midwest. Thomas and his wife Heidi have The Tennessean in 1994- 1995. he Thomas was team leader and assis one daughter, Sara. taught Current Issues at Western. tant managing editor of the Lisa CornweU, editor of the 1975 From 1988 to 1993 he was Miami Savannah Morning News. He Talisman. has been a writer for Burcau chief, elections editor, joined the Morning News staff in The Associated Press in Ohio growth writer and BTaward County December 1991 and managed staffs since 1990. lead government reporter at the responsible for economic and Starting in the Columbus bureau. Sun-Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale. Aa. development issues, government, she reported, wrote, edited and filed He was Indianapolis Bureau chief public safety and courts and pagi breaking news and enterprise for for the Evansville Courier and dur nation and design. The paper was print and broadcast wires from all ing his stint in Evansville from named "Georgia's Best Newspaper" parts of the Ohio AP. 1985- 1988 he was also the by the Georgia Press Association in After a year she moved to the Vanderburgh County government 1998, 1999 and 2001. Cleveland Bureau where she reporter. In Savannah he started a Sunday worked from 199 1 to 1998. There Hi s start in reporting came at The business magazine, The Exchange, Gleaner in Henderson where he she had similar responsibil ities for which has received accolades from coverage of northeast Ohio. worked from 1983- 1985. readers and has generated S 1.5 mil Since 1998 she has been working He graduated in May 1983 wilh lion in new ad revenues annUally. in the Cinc innati Bureau. covering a bachelor's degree in journaJism He led a restructuring of the news and minor in political science. paper's zoned neighborhood prod stories from southwest Ohio that are Steve Thomas became manag ucts. of state, national and international ing editor of the Lincoln Journal At the Daily News in Bowling interest. Star in June 2002. He handles day Green from November 1990 to She won first place in the Criminal to-day management of a newsroom December 199 1. Thomas was city Justice Reporting category of the of about 90 staffers, plus budgeting. editor. Ohio Society of Professional serving as a member of the publish He was a reporter at Messenger JoumalislS 2002 awards for her part of er's team and being part of the four Inquirer 10 Owensboro from series on inmates serving life prison person editorial board. January 1987 to November 1990, sentences. He also oversees the newspaper's covering government. police, edu Spanish-language publicati on, Before joining The Associated cation and general assignment Press, she was associate editor of an Hispanos Unidos and helped lead issues for Ohio and Hancock coun outdoors magazine with circulation the transformation of photography ties and the med ical beat and gener of 5.000 Team Hydra-Sports mem from a service department to photo al assignments in Owensboro. journal ism department. From May 1986 to January 1987 bers and a national dealer network. His paper placed first in the Thomas was general assignment She was assistant director of Team Suburban Newspaper Association'S and police reporter at the Nashville Hydra-Sports (public relations and Newspaper of the Year contest in Banner where he had interned in the promo tional division of H ydra~ 2004 and in 2003. it received first summer of 1985. Sports, Inc.). The company for best cntcrtainmentllifeslyle sec- Before comin g to Western he ·COl'ltTINUED ON PAGE 5 5 Alums recognized at Homecoming
COl'\'TINVEO FROM PAGE 4 Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, best yearbooks and journalism pro manufactured boats in Nashville. Long John Silvers, Norton grams in the country. Cornwell was co-owner of Healthcare, Jewish Hospital, Rohm She said one of the best things Southern Video Productions, a com & Haas, Miller Consultants, Toyota, that happened to her as she worked pany which scripted and produced Fast Care, HealthEssentials, Inc., with the Talisman and Herald was videotapes for Hydra-Sports, Inc. the University of Kentucky and meeting and then marrying Lee Grace. and produced the "Southern many more smaller companies. Gibson has won more than 50 After graduation, she accepted a Sportsman" television show. national, regional and local awards position with an international She has had broadcasting experi for writing. communications plan Thoroughbred magazine as a ence as a reporter and news anchor ning and leadership since 1986. graphic designer. She stayed with at WBKO-TV in Bowling Green She was president of the the magazine until she was given and produced, coordinated and Lexington chapter of the the opportunity to become a hosted public affairs programs. At International Association of yearbook representative. WKCT radio in Bowling Green she Business Communicators (lABC). Grace has been working with reported and anchored newscasts Then served as district director and yearbook staffs in three states for and produced, coordinated and on !ABC's international executive the last 20 years. She enjoys being hosted public affairs programs. board and executive committee of able to help students learn about Cornwell was named Outstanding the executive board, journalism and life as they work on Young Businesswoman of Bowling Before starting Copywrite, she their yearbook staffs, Green and Warren County by the was vice president of communica ") never thought that my experi Bowling Green Professional tions for the Kentucky Chamber of ences at WKU would lead me to a Women's Association. Commerce, a statewide business career thaI would be so fulfilling She graduated in 1976 with majors association, While there, she direct doing something I truly enjoy." in mass communications and gov ed the communications program for She enjoys staying involved with the 3.500-member association, was Western by helping the Talisman ernment with minors in French and editor of a monthly publication and staff and staying active as an alum Russian and a 3.96 grade-point aver did a variety of special projects, na of Phi Mu sorority. age. including a business how-to series, Lee and Margo live in Louisville, Debra Gibson started her com the Small Business Guide and pub Kristen Reeder Thcker is vice pany, Copy write, in April of 1995 lications for Project 21, the cham president of Tucker Publishing and specializes in writing and pub ber's long-range public policy blue Group. She owns Tucker Publish lication production. print for Kentucky. ing Group, along with her hus Her major writing clients include She has served on numerous band, Todd, and serves as editor Kentucky Educational Television boards, 'including Big Brothers/Big and publisher of Evansville (for which she does a monthly mag Sisters. Epsilon Sigma Phi and the Living Magazine. azine), and numerous magazines Kentucky Economic Strategic Plan. Tucker Publishing Group was such as Kentucky Living (for which She was selected for Leadership fanned in September 1999 and the she writes the cover feature for a Kentucky in 1996. ' . first issue of Evansville Living mag monthly business edition in addi Margo Spagnuolo Grace rec azine hil the newsstands on March 1. tion to numerous articles for the eived her bachelor's degree in 1983 Today, the company publishes regular magazine), The Lane in public relations after serving as Evansville Living. Evansville City Report and Odyssey. Tali sman co-editor in 1982. View, Evansville Business, She also does business writing, Even though she lived III Evansville Living Flavor, To Your strategic planning and publication Lexington and was editor of her Health, and Social Datebook. The production for corporate client'i, high school yearbook. Grace said company has grown from two including UPS, Kentucky Utilities, she chose Western because of its employees at its inception 10 17 the Kentucky Quality Council, the reputation for having one of the , CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 6 Star-studded crowd attends Cross dinner
Almost 300 people - a Loftus, Courier-Journal who's who of Kentucky political writer who was politics and jownruisrn - covering the state senate's honored long-time Courier passage of a budget. Journal political reporter Al Cross, the interim director Cross on Feb. 28 in of the Institute for Rural Frankfort. Journalism and After remarks by Gov. Community Issues at the Ernie AelChcr and "spe University of Kentucky. cial" music by a group got the last word. which included Chris Western was one of 13 Poynter, Mary Ann Lyon table sponsors for the event Gerth and her husband Joe which was a fund raiser for and Patti Cross, the roasters the Louisville and took their shots. Lexington chapleTS of the The lead off hitter was Society of Professional Sen. Mitch McConnell. He Journalists. was followed by State Rep. "We raised morc than Kathy Stein of Lexington; $8,000 for schol... hip s," AI Smith, host of Comment Poynter. the organizer of C""'"". Western grads there." on Kentucky and long-time the event, said. TIle Louis " It was a who's who of Representing Western Cross mentor; David ville SPJ Chapler wi ll get Kentucky politics, from were Jo Ann Thompson, Hawpe, vice president and $4,000 and $4,000 will go Fletcher to Jody Richards Jo-Ann Alocrs, Mr. A, Pam editorial director of The to the Bluegrass Chapler in to Crit Luallen and Stephen Johnson and Jim Highland. Courier-Journal ; and for Lexington. The scholar Lambert, the chief justice Joining them at the WesLern mer slale Rep. Bob ships are awarded to high of the Supreme Court," table were Richards and Heieringer of Louisville. school students interested Poynter said. "And, of grads Jay Wethington and Poynter filled in for Tom In pursuing journalism course, there were lots of Finley Willis Jr. Student pub awards applaud honorees' success
CONTINUED n OM PAGE 5 Southern Indiana Phenomena] Regional Magazine Association. employees today. Womrui award. She serves on the In addition to her various roles at Tucker has a bachelor's degree board of directors for ANEW (A Tucker Publishing Group, she has in public relations and English from Network of Evansville Women), the served as an adjunct marketing pro Western and a master's degree in YWCA, Easler Seals Rehabilitation fessor for the Evansville campus of liberal studies from the University Center, Public Education Foundation., Oakland City University. She has of Southern lndiana. She was editor the Arts Council of Southwestern worked in public relations. marketing of the 1985 Talisman. Indiana and the Vanderburgh and financial services in the area for She was the recipient of the pres Community Foundation. 20 years, holding related positions at tigious ATHENA 2003 award which She and her husband are vice chair Keller Crescent Co., Heritage Federal honors women who attain and per men of the St. Marys Foundation Credit Union, Hilliard Lyons and Old sonify the highest level of profession Cornette Ball and will serve a'i chair National Bank. al excellence. She Wa'i a 2(XX) and men for 2005. She is also active in the She has been married for 15 years 2002 ATIJENA Award finalist and University of Southern lndianaArts & and is mom to Max well, 6, and recipient of the 2003 University of Hwnanities Society and the City and Jackson, 3: 7 Triv Thomas George (tgeorgel 616 and Leslie have moved again. Their a virus. She's resting now and plans to @netscape.net or tgeorge@denver new address is 4252 Desdemona Way, start substitute teaching. post.com) is the new sports columnist at Lexington 40514 Zack Mills (zwilliammills@ The Denver Post effective Jan. I. Don Minton (donald.minton@aged yahoo.com), a reporter at The News Thomas has been the national pro foot wards.com) is a financial consultant Examiner in Gallatin, Tenn., has pub ball writer and columnist for The New with AG Edwards in Evansville. He lished his first book, Ghetto of Eden: York Times for 16 years. He also has had been with the Keller Crescent The Poetic Battle between Humanity covered the NCAA men's and women's agency until moving to AG Edwards and Hip Hop, contains more than 80 Final Fours, the NBA, Major League about three years ago. To reach him at poems, which function as slices of real Baseball and college football. Thomas work, it's (812) 469-7826 or stop by the ity that creatively and intellectually and his wife, Tamara, have two sons. office at 501 Cross Pointe Blvd., examine the positive and negative His new address is 7592 E. 29th Ave., Evansville. IN 47715. effects of popular music - and its cul Botan ica on the Green, Suite 6, Denver, Donna Deitz (dietzdonna@bell ture - on society. "The response has CO 80238. Phone: 720-941-0776 south.net or [email protected]) been amazing," Mills said. For more Speaking of new sports columnists, is teaching special education at Graves information, his Web site is www.zwilliammills.com.Mills· ed itor Jerry Brewer has taken that spot at County High School. She said she at the News Examiner is Deborah The Courier-Journal. He started Nov. 1, loves her job working with children Highland, Jim Highland's daughter. replacing Pat Forde. Jerry had been a with emotional/behavioral disabilities Zack's address is 161 0 Haynes Drive, columnist and sports writer at The and children with learning disabilities. Murfreesboro, TN 37129. Orlando Sentinel. She teaches English, Integrated Social Here's a new address for Deanna Adam Eadens ([email protected]) Studies II and III. Chemistry I, Mills McGuire. It's 222 Magnolia has landed a job at the Springfield earthJspace/physics, Visual and Leaf Drive, Woodstock, GA 30188. To (Mo.) News-Leader. He started Dec. 14 Perfonning Arts, pre-algebra and call her at home, the number is (770) on the copy desk. Here's his infonna Algebra I. She got her teaching certifi 928-8685: cell, (678) 516-6168; and tion: 2149 E. Sunshine, ApI. 2240 cate in learning behavior disorders work. (678) 225-lOO1x2248. Springfield, MO 65804, His phone from Murray State and is working on Thomas Watson (Iommyboyky @ number is still (270) 792-8172. His certification for special education juno.com) is working for an insurance work number is (417) 836-1246. director. She is planing to start on her company as an underwriter. He is get Joining Laura Howard Tutor and doctorate next fali. Her oldest son, ting married on Apri l 9 to Ashleigh Joe Medley at the Anniston Star are Drew, began high school this fall, her Nelsen. To reach him. call (502)222- Brandy Warren (bwarren@anniston middle one. Grayson. started second 6066. His address is 5345 Red Oak star.com or brandywarren @aoi.com) grade and her youngest, Chandler, Drive, LaGrange, KY 40031. and Joe Lord. Their new contact infor started preschool.She is planning to get In March 2004 during the College mation is 132 I Christi ne Avenue, remarried to Jeff Shelton, a detective Media Convention in New York City, Anniston, Ala. 36207. Brandy's work for the Mayfield City Police phone is (256) 235-3548. Department. Her is address: 5134 Old several alums met for , dinner at Amy Kim Kolarik (KKOLARIK U.S. Hwy. 45 South.Paducah 42003. Ruth's. In attendance were Nikita @louisvil.ganneu.com) is the assistant Call her "at (270) 534-4956. Stewart and daughter Ella, Craig presentation editor at The Courier Stephan Frazier, a photographer al the Allen and finance Carla Casono, Journal. He remarried in February, Jackson Sun, won first place in the news Thomas George, Julius Key, Jo Ann 2003. His wife Michelle Dunaway is a picture story category in the 2004 and Steve and Mr. A and Sandy. The UK grad and owns her own business, Tennessee Associated. Press Managing food was wonderful and the fellowship The Benefit Source. Kim now has Editors' contest. He was third in features . was fabulous. another child, Sydney, 6. So now it is Abbey Brown (abbeyrd99 @hotmail. Beth Sewell Tompkins (btomp five women and him - his two daugh com), who was getting settled into her kins @evansvillelivipg.com) is the new ters, Courtney, 15, and Kerri , 12; Peace Corps assignment in (and permanent) staff writer at Tucker Michelle; Sydney; and his sister, who Bangladesh, had to cut her a~s ignment Publishing Group!. She's loving the job came to live with them after their mom short because of health issues. She that includes writing stories, coordinat died in 2000. Add two dogs and a cal to returned to Vincennes, Ind. , earlier this ing photo shoots and laying out pages. the household and find them at 14405 month. She has seen seveml doctors Her work address is Tucker Publishing Ashford Court, Louisville 40245 and their diagnosis is a heart problem GroupfEvansville Liv ing! Evansville Mike Scott (MichaeJJSco\t @ky.gov) caused by either stress (Bangladesh) or Business. 100 NW Second, Suite 220, 8 Evansville, IN 47708. To reach her at ed June I. Their address is 841 112 S. Record software that is pan of their the office, it's (812) 426-2115 or cell State St., Springfield, III. 62704. suite of products. He manages ninc (812) 459-5568 The Steve Smart family has a new people and plans to hire about three Michael Kinison has a new address. address and a new addition. They wel more. He tra\lels a lot to Texas and It 's 8045 State Route l71, Greenville, comed a daughter, Kathleen Marie, on California, among other places. His KY 42345. Aug. 27. She weighed 8 pounds, 9.5 address is 76 C Wagonyard Plaza, Monica Dias, a litigation attorney ounces. All potential boyfriends must Carrollton, GA 30117. His phone num with Frost, Brown, Todd LLC, was a pass inspection by older brother ber is (678) 796-1351. speaker at the 2004 KPA Fall Ad Stephen, now 2 112. Follow all updates Todd Thrner and Lisa Jessie were Seminar. Monica focuses her practice at www.smart-family.org. Now. the in Bowling Green for the Government on First Amendment and media law new address. It's 4037 Hallborough Cheese reunion. Lisa, who has been issues, including libel, invasion of pri Way. Hermitage, TN 37016. Their assistant business editor of The vacy, access to courts, open records and phone number is (615) 871-0667. Courier-Journal, is leaving journalism open meetings issues and pre-publica Emails to www.smart-family.org or - again. Her last day at the C-J was tion/pre-broadcast review matters. www.stevesmart.com. Steve's work Feb. 18. The following Monday she Mai Hoang (hoangmp82@yahoo. infonnation is Media and Learning started at Mercer Human Resource com) has been in training learning Solutions, Informati on Technology Consulting as a general ledger account about community service neighbor Services, Deloitte Services LP. 4022 ant. (And she still has her tax practice hood outreach. She is working at Casa Sells Drive, Hermitage, TN 31076. on the side.) For the record, she has a Ceno-al, an Hispanic social services Phone: 615 882 6083 or email stes new address and phone number. It's agency. She's working for the vice man@deloine. com. 2413 Ml. Claire Ave., Louisville. KY president of programs helping her do Cheryl Martin (CMartin@theglean 40217- 1942; (502)634-5796. The e some demographic and trends research er.com) said her novel "Countdown to mail is the same: [email protected]. so she can use it to develop the agency's Love" placed fll'St in Indiana's Golden Ann Green (agreen@archennalmo strategic plan. It's not journalism, but Opportunity in Contemporary Series. com) is joining the Peace Corps. She she's applying some of her computer Then it placed second in the Best of the has been accepted and received a nom ass isted reporting skills, To write her, Best (which was the top-place fmisher ination for assignment in Africa with it 's Mai Hoang, 2038 N, Kostner, in each of the four categories). At a eco-tourism. She will be leaving in Chicago, lL 60639. Her cell phone is romance conference in Atlanta in mid-September for the 27-month pro (502) 641-4391, The house phone is October, she pitched her book to an edi gram. She will spend three months in 773-221-7520. If you want 10 send tor from Silhouette who requested a intense culture training in the country packages, aka food, please send to Mai complete manuscripL Cheryl said it still of assignment and two years of actual Hoang. do Gap Community Church, needs a Little polish before she sends it assignment in specific area/village. In 2 100 N. Kildare. Chicago, IL 60639. to Silhouette, but she got under the August she plans to move back to Tory Maimer (tmalmer@pbpost. weather and now hopes to get it sent off Kentucky and say goodbye to friends com) reports that a venture she's right after the first of the year. And then and fami ly. She undoubtedly has recov involved in, Aavors2Go, won a con start on the next one. Her day job is as a ered from her work with a non-profit test as the Best New Low Carb Product graphic designer at The Gleaner in organization in Memphis called of 2004. She picked up the award in Henderson. Her number at work is 270- Special Kids & Families. Ann was vol mid-September in Washington, D.C. 831-8354 unteer coordinator for thei r annual Tory, who invented Aavors2Go with a Josh McCoy (joshuamccoy@hol fundraising event. the 2004 Plane Pull. friend Paul Staunton, received the mail.com) is shooting for Downing Thiny-eight teams of 20 competed to award from a scientific organization Photo in Bowling Green. To reach him. see who could pull a Boeing jet the called The Carbohydrate Awareness stop by 117 E. II th Ave. , Bowling fastest. Council. The product, portable liule Green 42101 or call (270) 791-0009. Jason Thompson and Amanda wel bottles of concentrated fruit navor for John Lok (jlok@ s ~tletimes.com) is comed their little girl, Laila Kate, on water, was chosen by a vote of 5,000 a staff photographer at the Seattle Sept. 29. Laila weighed 8 pounds, 3 112 consumers (including some Herald Times, his hometown. John got married ounces. alumni). In her day job, Tory is a page in August. To contact him at the paper, To send mail to Cara Anna, the designer and editor for Neighborhood it's The Seattle Times.l120 John S1.. safest place is 5534 Jackson St.. Post. a 9-zone weekly section of The Seattle, WA 98 109. Lowvi lle, NY 13367-1807. That's Palm Beach Post. Detective Jo Ann Thompson has where her mother has moved since Shannon Guthrie (FotoFancy@ao1. found a missing person. David Jones is leaving Tennessee. Cara is now in com) and Jonathan Kirshner are staff working with Greenway Medical northern Pakistan and teaching English photographers at the State Journal Technology. He's the client services - "don't know for how long"' - and is Register in Springfield, 111. They start- manager of the Electronic Medical living wilh a family and teaching them 9 English. Chris's liver as well as 70 percent of his rant in DUe. Actually, he found us eat Nate Com ([email protected]) li ver. He stayed home from work about ing in the RedZone. Among several is Ii ving in Baltimore. His addres's is two months and lost about 50 pounds. other endeavors, Clyde is an agent for 114 Forest Ave. Apt #1, Catonsville, So now he's back in lOp shape, swim Farm Bureau Insurance in Sellersburg, MD 21228 ming and playing soccer. His phone Ind. To catch up with him, call (812) Dr. Scott E. Wigginton (sewiggin number is &43 ~ 681 - 1059. 246-4040 at work or (8 12) 366-4462 at [email protected]) has begun a After nearly 18 total years in Denver, home. new position serving as associate pro Tom Patterson and his wife Anne have Steve Paul (stevenjPau!@comcast. fessor of Pastoral Ministries & moved to Stockton, Calif. Tom is the net) is living in Wilton Manors. Aa. His Counseling at Campbellsville new sports editor at The Stockton address is 401 NE 26th SI., Wilton University. Scott and Elizabeth have Record, owned by Dow Jones. He start Manors, FL 33305. His home phone is been married for almost 19 years and ed Dec. 6 and Anne will join him after (954) 563-6897. they have three children: Auburn, 13; they sell their home in Denver. "H's Stephanie Gladney (sgladney@her Hope, I I; and Caleb, 9. He is also ipe going to be fun to be part of this and ald-leader.com), a copy editor and team chaplain for the CU football team working with a young sports staff. It's a designer at the Lexington Herald and writes a regular column for the step back in time, but it's what I Leader, is living at 2020 Annstrong Western Recorder, the Baptist state enjoyed most in my career - and there's Mill Road, #1521 , Lexington 405 15. paper. His address Campbellsville something to be said for stepping back Her phone number is (502) 553-9226 University, UPO 1358, #1 University to when life was more fun and more or at work, (859) 23 1-3 100. Drive, Campbellsville, KY 42718. His enjoyable with each accomplishment." Ken Payne ([email protected]) office phone number is (270) 789-5037 Tom was owner of Checkmark is back at Western as an assistant pro and at home (270) 469-9389. Publishing in Denver for 10 years. To fessor in the public relations sequence. AJ Stilley is managing editor of The reach Tom in California, it's 3557 Ben His number at work is (270) 745-3968 Southside Times in Beech Grove, Ind., Holt Drive. Apt. 40, Stockton, CA and at home (270) 846- 1416. His Indiana's oldest community newspaper. 95219. His home phone is 209-955- address is 1060 Saint Andrews Circle, Liz Griffin ([email protected]) 6956. Bowl ing Green 42103-2461. Doyle C unningham (coylec49@hot has returned from a trip to Hawaii and Daniel Pike has accepted a fea mail.com) is living at 7213 Deer Ridge Australia. She said Sydney Australia is tures/news GA position in Springfield, now her favorite city in the world. She Road, Prospect, KY. 40059. His home III, at The State Journal-Register. He took more than 1,200 pictures. She is phone is (502) 228-2705. joins managing editor Roben Pope and working at Griffin Fund Raising & Shelly and Les Page have moved to photographers Shannon Guthrie and Marketing in Louisville. Lexington. Their address is 11 12 Deer Jonathan Kirschner. Sam Youngman is the managing edi Haven Lane, Lexington 40509. Charoonee LaBeUe Huddleston has tor and political reporter for Pbl iticsPA, Steven (steven.k ing@washington published her first novel, "Surviving Pennsylvania's Online Political posl.com) and Amy Merritt King are K~." 11 tells the story of Tessa Network. Sam was the senior political were married Dec. 17 in Nancy. They Parker, who after five years of being reporter for PoliticsNH where he pro are living at 4343 Lee Highway #402. clean is arrested and is forced to relive vided extensive coverage of the Arlington, VA 22207. Their number at and examine the desperation and horror first-in-the-nation primary. He braved home is (703) 243-4635. Steven is a of her drug-filled past and reflect on the the cold to spend time with the candi multimedia producer/photo editor blessings of recovery. A story about her dates and their staffs and write breaking with washingtonposLcom and Amy book ap'tleared in the Dec. 6 Daily news, features and analyses about the is writing, editing and planning News. To read it, go to www.bgdai events for ERG, an environmental trends and happenings in the middle of Iynews.com. Charbonce and her hus research/communications consult a crowded presidential race. Before band and son live in Bowling Green. ing firm. head ing to the Granite State, Sam If you've misplac.ed Karen Brmm Dennis Varney, a copy editor and served as pan of The (Memphis) Fleming, her address is 1830 Pecan designer at the Lexington Herald Commercial Appeal's two-persall capi Ridge Drive, Murfreesboro, TN 37 128. Leader, has a new address. It 's 108 tol bureau in Nashvi ll e. Her phone number is (615) 907-8582. Cross Creek Drive, Paris 40361. Hi s Chris Maldonado ( chri s.maldona Nikita Stewart (kitastew@aol. number at home is (859) 987-0995 and [email protected]) is assistant controller com) has left the Star-Ledger in work is (859) 707-9245. at The Westin Reson H il ton Head Newark to join The Washington Post. To reach Rick Mach, a photographer Island. He and his wife had their sec Clyde Huffman (c\yde.huffman @ at the 51. Louis Post-Dispatch, call ond child, Ella Grace, in January. Her infarmbureau.coffi) is no longer miss (.31 4) 79J-6224 or write to 1107 brother Matthew will tum 4 in April. ing in " actilm. He was found eating Mi ssissippi #208. SI. Louis, MO Doctors ry:moved a benign tumor on lunch in the Red Zone, the new restau- 63104. 10 A long·time Jackson Sunner, Kim ALEE.com) has reported in with his zoog:u.ette .com) is on the move in Thomas, has a new address. It's 45 nu mbers. The are 114 1 lnglenook: Kalamazoo, His new numbers are Burlington Cove, Jackson, TN 38305. Place, Cinc innati. OH 45208. His 2814 South Rose St., Kalamazoo, MI It ' a good guess that her email address home phone number is (513) 321-3597 49001. His number at work is (269) would be [email protected]. or at work « 513) 936-2292. 388-7784; cell ; (502) 640-4191. Kevin Kelly ([email protected]) Toya Richards Hill, an award-win Taylor Loya1 (laylorloyal @holmail. and Brenna are living at 6333 ning reporter who has worked for a com) will be starting a job at Katcher, Deenneade Drive, Florence, KY number of newspapers over the last 15 Vaughn and Bai ley (a public relations 41042. Their phone number is (859) years, jo ined the staff of the finn you can Jearn more about at 5254132. Kevin is working in the Presbyterian News Service on Jan. 10. kvbpr.com) in Nashville on Jan. 3 1. spons department al the Cincinnati She has been a reporter for Business " It's a good firm, I think. and the pe0- Enquirer and Brenna is a reponer on First in Louisville. She previously ple seem kind and interesti ng and fun. the Kentucky Enquirer staff. worked at the Chicago Sun-Times, the When I called one of the partners ... to Speaking of the Enquirer, the newest Gary Post-Tribune. the Kansas City tell her that I would be taking the job addition from Western is Ryan Clark Star, the Lexington Herald-Leader, the she offered me the day before, she ([email protected] or rhinowku Burlington (VI.) Free-Press and the yelled, 'Woooo-hoooo!' I've never had [email protected]), who had been Arkansas Gazette in Little Rock. She anyone do that before." writing for the Clarion· Ledger in lives in Louisville with her husband Dwain Harris is center director of Jackson, Miss. for the past year and a and three children. the Southern Kentucky AHEC/HETC. half. left in November to take a job in Pam Cassady and Scott are back in Dwain came back to Western to get his the Enquirer's Kentucky bureau. He the area. They have two children, master's in healthcare administration. covers Campbell County and writes Caleb, 6 112, and Sarah. 3. Scon is pas His work address is P.O. Box 1770, general assignment stories. For a week tor of the Auburn Baptist Church and MI. Vernon. KY 40456. Email at dhar· in October, Ryan served as an intern Pam has decided that it's time for her [email protected]. for Pulitzer Prize·winning journalist to find something. You may reach her Jason Frakes (frakesj ason @hot Rick Bragg at Bragg's home in at PO. Box 67, 306 W. Main St., mail.com) has a new roommate, his Jacksonville, Ala., where Bragg is Auburn 42206. Their home phone is girlfriend Edie and a new address: now writing his next book - about a (270) 542-4295 221 8 E. Oak St., New Albany, Ind . town coping with the closing of its life Neil Budde has taken yet another 47150. Their home phone is (8 I 2) 94 1- source, a colton mill. Ryan conducted step in his career as head of Yahoo 8095. His cell phone is still (502) 295- interviews for the book, which is News. He and Ginny Edwards, editor 2874. expected to be published in fall 2005. and publisher of Education Week. now A lot has changed in the lives of In August 2005, Ryan will be featured have what has to be the ultimate com Susan (Wessling) and Alan (alanmat in the book, Stories from the Blue muter marriage. He's in Silicon Valley [email protected]) Mattingly. For Moon Cafe, a collection of short stc) and she's in Washington. D.C. starters. they have a new address, It 's ries and essays written by Southern Nick Fedyk is working at a photo 45 Osborne St., Springfield, NJ 07003. writers. Ryan and Manda live in studio in Atlanta. His numbers are 237 They' ve been in New York since May. Florence. with their cat Nelly. Their Blazing Ridge Way, Lawrenceville, Susan is managing editor of the New address is 8132 Diane Drive APL 5, GA 30045. York Times News Service and Alan is Florence. Ky 41042 Heather Hardesty C umens (hcu Mr. Mom for their daughler Sophia, Another fo rmer Clari on· Ledger [email protected]) and her hus born Nov. 14. Alan also is doing free reporter. Jacob Bennett fjacobmben· band Chri s have a New Year's baby. lance work for the Times syndicate at [email protected]). has joined the Samuel Cooper Cumens was born Jan. home and some occasional editing staff of the Evansville Courier & Press I at 8:20 a.m. He weighed 8 pounds, shifts for the TImes on the weekend 10 write features. "They told me they 10.5 ounces and was 2 1 inches long. when Susan can be with the baby. would want me to write si ll y features He was the first baby of the new year C huck Clark's role at the Orl ando like the Wall Street Journal does and at the Medical Center, but they got beat Sentinel has changed beg inn in g Jan. I. crime dra mas like they do in SI. out for the first baby in Bowling Green He is the Sentinel's news editor with Petersburg. I said I could do that, fig by around 20 minutes by a delivery at overall responsibility for the paper's uring it was probably more fun than Greenview Hospital. TIley are at home page Inews j udgment and presenta covering eight city councils. Plus my at 825 Hennan Ave., Bowling Green. tion, among other things. He had been new apartment building has an indoor KY 42104 or call (270) 846-0567. To the n3lionatlforeign editor. basketball court. 3 heated indoor pool reach Heathe r at work , go to Todd Pack ([email protected]) and a stocked lake." www.hcdesigns.nel. has left the Orlando Sentinel after eight Travis Green (TmvisGrcen@SAR- Rex Hall Jr. (rh al l@kalama- years for a job covering health care on ,
11 the business desk at The Tennessean. reached at [email protected]. After His last day there in Orlando was Feb. that, wherever she is, you can reach her Student fees 18. He started in Nashville on March 7. at [email protected]. If you're missing the current address Amy Taylor Carter and Dave and big to fund future of Paige Jones Arrington, here it is: sister Rachel have a new addition. Grace 1604 Londonderry CV, Fort Walton Olivia Carter was born Feb. 13. She was Beach, A.. 32547-5734. She spends her 7 pounds, 14 ounces and 22 inches long. Talismans days taking care of her three children, You can see for yourself at Until the early 1980s the Talisman Lauren, Brooke and Jesse, and hus· relied exclusively on a student activi band Tony. In her spare time she's www.clubphoto.com and under album ties fee - $7 paid by students each working on getting her personal tmin search of their email address, amyand semester - that funded publication and er's li cense and nutrition certification [email protected]. guaranteed everyone a yearbook. Michael Reuter (michael.reuter Kyle Hightower (khightower @orlan Paying for the 2003 and 2004 ver· @gmail.com) is working at an adver dosentinel.com) is settled into his new sions of the yearbook were a little less tising agency, 02ideas (www.02idcas. ijob in sports department at the Orlando concrete. com) in the heart of Birmingham, SentineL His new address is 1222 Noble But that will soon change. about two blocks from 5 Points South. Place, Orlando, A.. 3280 I. Other num WKU students approved a referen He works on Verizon Wireless print dum on the Student Government bers 407·54Q...50CK) at work; 270-366- ads for Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Election ballot March 16 and 17, 9461 cell. Kansas and Missouri. He has also agreeing to pay an extra $9 a semester Carla Harris Carlton (CCARL designed some signs and has been get· to receive a Talisman. ting his hand into some storyboarding. [email protected]) has been The Board of Regents will consider His new address is 4364 umgwood invited to speak to the National the increase at its April meeting. Drive, Gardendale, AL 35071. His Endowment of the Arts' advisory board Eighteen dollars a year doesn't sound like much, but it means the work email address is in Washington in March about her publication no longer needs to rely [email protected]. experience at a journalism institute in heavily on publishing companies for Charlie Lanter (charlielanter@hot classical music and opera in New York financial support and students no mail.com) has been hired as a commu last fall. The National Arts Journalism longer have to pay upwards of $80 for Program in Classical Music and Opera nity development specialist at the a yearbook. Community Action Council in (and two other institutes, in theater and The 2005 Talisman tops out at Lexington. It's the nonprofit agency dance) received the single largest NEA $88.99 with shipping, handling and tax. where he's been working since Jan. 31. grant last year. Carla, who supervises About 12,000 full-time students He does grant writing and coordinates coverage of classical music and dance attend Western. With the fee, everyone all writing and editing for the agency, as Arts & Entertainment editor of The will be able to reserve a Talisman at which has about 280 employees. Cathy Courier-Journal, was among 25 jour no charge. is a manager at PetS mart. He and nalists from 20 states selected to spend Part lime students will be able to reserve a Talisman well but will Cathy will start looking for a house. two weeks in New York. She attended as have to make up the difference of the Oh, by the way, they're expecting a classes at Columbia University, toured $18 from their reduced student fees. baby on Aug. 27. major arts venues including Carnegie Tanya Bricking Leach is leaving The Hall and Lincoln Center and saw per Honolulu Advertiser in a couple of formances every night - including DEATH weeks to spend more time with her hus· "The Magic Flute" from front-row Dr, James Walter Wesolowski, 67, of band Eric and enjoy the islands before seats at the MetropQlitan Opera. Not Glasgow died Feb. 16 at !he T. J. Samson they return to the real world. Eric, who bad for her first tfip to New York. Community Hospital in Glasgow. has been stationed in Afghanistan for the When she's nol being a big-shot arts Born in Milwaukee, Wise., he was the past year, is expecting to return about editor she's watching ''Thomas the only head of the mass communications April I. She'll be freelancing, working Tank Engine" with Clay, 2, and reading department from 1970 to 1977. He was a on her travel book and packing up for Dr. Seuss with Harper, 5. Carla and member of the 51. Helen's Catholic Fort Rucker, Ala. Eric will be an instruc Chad, the communications director for Church and a retired professor. Survivors tor pilot at the flight school there, which Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson, stil1 include two daughters Christina Westcroft means no deployments for the next three live at 11 3 Hillcrest Ave., Louisville of Lexington, and Holly Wesolowski of years. They plan to leave Hawaii around KY 40206. You can reach them at Louisville; and a brother Martin the end of June. Until then, Tanya can be (502) 897-3157. Wesolowski of Madison, Wise. 12 I Adams named to Hall of Fame Bob Adams, longtime adviser of hall of fame, from 1970-88. "Without the people who made the Western Kentucky University's Adams also worked with two commitments they've made award-winning student newspaper, other hall of fame members -- 2002 through the years to both the Herald has been named to the Kentucky inductee Jo-Ann Huff Albers, for and the Talisman, this wouldn't be Journalism Hall of Fame. mer director of WKU's School of happening." Adams and five other honoree Journalism and Broadcasting; and Others being honored in the will be inducted on April 19 in 1990 inductee Jim Ausenbaugh, Kentucky Journalism Hall of Lexington. former WKU journalism faculty Fame's 25th anniversary year are: "I've been fortunate to have member. Gene Clabes, former owner of worked with the very best people in "To have mentors and colleagues Recorder Newspapers and a past the business," said Adams. who of that caliber gives you a lot of president of the Kentucky Press joined the staff of the College advantages," said Adams, an asso Association; broadcaster Lee Heights Herald as a student in 1962 ciate professor in the School of DenneyofWBKR-FM/WOMI-AM and was editor in 1964. He has been Journalism and Broadcasting and a an adviser to the Herald since 1968. former publisher or co-publisher of in Owensboro; Bob Johnson, a for Adams' rust journalism class at five newspapers in Kentucky and mer broadcaster with WHAS radio Western was taught by Miss Tennessee. and television in Louisville; the late Frances Richards, who became the Adams has been director of Marguerite McLaughlin, University Herald's first editor in 1925 and Student Publications since 1990, of Kentucky; and Bob Schulman, was the paper's adviser until 1964. and has directed high school jour who worked for the Courier-Journal Adams worked for publications nalism workshops and has helped and WHAS-TV. directors Jady Richards, now countless students find summer The induction luncheon will begin Kentucky's House Speaker, in the internships or full-time jobs. at noon (EST) April 19 at the late 19605, and David B. Whittaker. "This award actually belongs to Campbell House at Crown Plaza in a 1986 inductee into the jOWllalism all the students," Adams said. Lexington.
(859) 803-9283. nett.com), s~ial projects editor at More Triv If you're looking for Francisco Gannett News Service in McLean, John Tebault will be leaving the Adler, he is the vice president for Va., has been traveling every month News-Enterprise in Elizabeilitown marketing at Belmont Abbey College or six weeks between Washington soon for the Wmdy City. He begins in Belmont, N.C and Nashville to take care of aging April 4 at SMY Media, one of the Henderson Gleaner news editor parents in Nashville. She's going on . oldest and largest media manage Doug White and daughter Nalalie year four of marriage and six years ment companies in the Midwest. stopped by the Student Publications together, with three dogs and two SMY Media is headquartered in office ntently. They were in town to cats. She has been at Gannett News Chicago and offers complete visit brother/WlCle Jimmy, a former Service for 4 112 years. For the first research, planning, negotiating, Herald circulation manager. four, she was a Washington editor, billing and trafficking for all media. Kevin Kinniard is working at supervising reporters who covered Erin Wilkins ('NilkiruUaw@hot FMS Worldwide. ' in northern Congress for about a third of the mail.com) has opened her law prac Virginia. His address is 11826 100 Gannett papers. Now she is tice primarily in criminal defense, Federalist Way, Apt. 12,Fairfax, VA special projects editor, working on appropriate for a former Herald cops 22030. things longer tem, some of them reporter. She lives in downtown Ron Page ([email protected]) has dealing with Gannett's Real Life, Cincinnati and practices in both Ohio taken a job with Charter Media in Real News initiative. To reach her and Kentucky. Her bw;iness address is Madisom, Wise. He will be moving at work, it's 7950 Jones Branch 510 Washington Ave., Newport, KY there soon. Drive, 3rd Floor, McLean, VA 41071 and phone number there is Linda L. Dono ([email protected] 22 J 07-0320. Phone 703-854-5895.
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