Photojournalism Hall of Fame adds 3 November 2011

A Community Newspaper 

workshop drew a full house 

to the Reynolds Journalism 

Institute. 

“Stripers” witness unveiling 

of historical marker in 

Bloomfield. 

November 2011 

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Missouri Press News, November 2011 www.mopress.com 

Photojournalism Hall of Fame adds 3 

Inducted into the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame in Washington, Mo., 

on Oct. 20 were, from left, J.B. Forbes of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Alan Berner 

of the Seattle Times and Cliff Schiappa, retired photographer and photo editor 

for The Associated Press. This photo and the page 5 photos from the program 

were provided by Jeanne Wood of the Washington Missourian. 

Regular 

Features 

President 2 

On the Move 15 

Scrapbook 17 

Obituaries 19 

NIE Report 20 

Jean Maneke 22 

Dave Marner, editor of the Gasconade County Republican 

in Owensville, provided photos of the Missouri 

Photo Workshop held in Clinton. They’re on page 7.

Sammy Papert believes in newspapers 

Technology will allow us to reach 100% of our market 

Sammy Papert presented “Ten Things I Believe” at the 

Missouri Press convention in September. It is a lot more 

profound than anything I could write, so I will share 

it with you with his permission. If we would all embrace 

his beliefs in the newspaper industry we would have better 

footing for the future. 

1. I believe news “papers” can continue to 

be vital communications, news and information 

resources in their communities. Perhaps 

contrarian, that with a little luck and enlightened, 

disciplined leadership, they can actually 

grow in every sense of that word. 

2. I believe newspapers’ digital efforts can 

be an incredibly valuable, life saving brand 

extension to the newspaper business so many 

of us grew up being a part of. However, we 

have to “extend” farther and faster. 

3. I believe newspapers are not only back in 

the breaking news business, but also plenty of 

other business categories! This means crime, 

traffic, sports, concerts, ratings, meetings, 

friends, recipes, games, referrals, help desk, 

emergency alerts, school lunches, PTA connections, 

education and dozens of other categories 

never before “carried” in newspapers. In metaphor 

and in fact, newspapers can be the digital (yep, we’re talking 

digital here) glue holding our communities together. 

4. I believe the web will be ubiquitous and therefore 

allow newspapers to reach 100% of the households, 

advertisers, consumers, businesses and audiences in 

their market. Let me say that again — 100%. This is a 

dawning reality to everyone. Are we ready?! 

5. I firmly believe the pace (lack of?!) at which newspapers 

operate must accelerate dramatically! This applies to 

all disciplines—production, distribution, product development, 

innovation, hiring, firing and good old-fashioned 

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Association, Inc. 

decision making. 

6. I believe that at most newspapers 50% (in some cases, 

more?) of the sales team needs to be replaced. The skills now 

required are very different from those they were hired for. 

7. I believe newspapers must develop and take to market 

an entire portfolio of services that go 

www.mopress.com 

beyond advertising products if they are 

to truly transition to a 

digital future. 

8. I believe that in this 

increasingly digital age 

the human touch and 

human assets a newspaper 

have can be a powerful 

strategic and tactical 

advantage which we need 

to harness much more 

meaningfully. 

9. I believe that short 

term R&D failure must 

become acceptable and 

that risky big bets must 

become a part of our 

DNA if we’re to survive. 

10. And, lastly, I believe 

that if this bigger, brighter future 

I envision is to come to pass, it will 

Joe May 

The Mexico Ledger 

MPA President 

PRESIDENT: Joe May, Mexico Ledger 

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT: Phil Conger, 

Bethany Republican-Clipper 

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT: Mark Maassen, 

The Kansas City Star 

SECRETARY: Bill Miller Jr., Washington Missourian 

TREASURER: Jeff Schrag, 

Springfield Daily Events 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Doug Crews 

ADVERTISING DIRECTOR: Greg Baker 

EDITOR: Kent M. Ford 

begin with each and every one reading this newsletter. That 

the 80,000 or so newspaper FTE’s and an equal number of 

newspaper partners must individually pledge to make a difference 

and not accept a “this-is-how-we’ve-always-done-it” 

status quo, or surely we will perish. 

You must say to yourself: “I choose to make a difference 

now!” 

Can I get an “amen” or am I way off base? 

Thanks Sammy, and to that I will add—Amen! 

I believe 

newspapers 

must develop 

and take 

to market 

an entire 

portfolio of 

services that 

go beyond 

advertising 

products. 

DIRECTORS: Kevin Jones, St. Louis American 

Brad Gentry, Houston Herald 

Joe Spaar, The Odessan 

Richard Gard, St. Louis, Missouri Lawyers Media 

Jon Rust, Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian 

Dennis Warden, Gasconade County Republican 

Kate Martin, Perryville 

Jim Robertson, Columbia Daily Tribune 

Linda Geist, Monroe City Lake Gazette 

NNA REPRESENTATIVE: Trevor Vernon, 

Eldon Advertiser 

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Missouri Press News, November 2011

Stars and Stripes born 150 years ago 

Missouri Press Foundation helps fund historical plaque in Bloomfield 

Dexter Daily Statesman 

BLOOMFIELD—Union soldiers 

with Col. Richard J. Oglesby’s 

8th Illinois Infantry regiment 

took possession of an abandoned printing 

office on Nov. 8, 1861, while marching 

southward under the direction of 

Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant. 

They never could have imagined how 

far reaching their efforts would be to 

keep members of the military informed. 

The paper that came off the press in 

Bloomfield on the morning of Nov. 9 

1861, was dubbed The Stars and Stripes. 

History tells that just a few copies were 

printed, and soldiers in the area were 

told, “Read it and pass it on to a buddy.” 

On Sept. 24, 2011, 150 years after 

the first edition of The Stars and Stripes 

hit the streets, dozens of “Stripers,” 

those who over the years have contributed 

to the independent military publication, 

gathered to witness the unveiling 

of a marker on what is believed to 

be the location of that first edition. 

The marker was a dream of the Stars 

and Stripes Museum/Library Association 

and the Bloomfield Stars and 

Stripes Historic Cultural Byway Committee. 

The group solicited help a few 

months ago from the Missouri Press 

Association to provide the marker. 

“Jim Mayo from the Stars and Stripes 

Museum and Library approached us 

with the idea of putting up a marker,” 

explained MPA Executive Director 

Doug Crews. “We met with the board 

in June, and they said to go for it right 

away.” 

Crews and his wife, Tricia, were on 

hand for the unveiling. A plaque 

honoring the MPA’s efforts was presented 

to them following the uncovering 

of the historic marker. 

The unveiling corresponded with a 

reunion of the “Stripers” in Sikeston 

that brought in veteran writers, photographers 

and other staffers from the 

publication over the years. 

Among them was veteran Stars and 

Stoddard County historian Jim Mayo, left, thanks Missouri Press Association 

Executive Director Doug Crews for the association’s help in securing a historic marker 

commemorating the birthplace of the Stars and Stripes military newspaper. A ceremony 

was held Sept. 24 near the new Government Building in Bloomfield to unveil the marker, 

which was placed near where it is believed the first Stars and Stripes newspaper was 

printed in 1861. In the background is Lyle McBride from Anaheim, Calif., who founded 

the Stars and Stripes Association. (Dexter Daily Statesman photo by Norene Hyslop) 

Missouri Press News, November 2011 www.mopress.com 3

Historian Jim Mayo tells visits at the dedication program about the printing of the first issue of 

The Stars and Stripes. A copy of the first edition is on display in the Stars and Stripes Museum 

in Bloomfield. 

This exhibit in the museum depicts Union soldiers operating a printing press in the office of 

the Bloomfield Herald in 1861. Publication of The Stars and Stripes resumed during World War 

I and again in World War II. It has been printed continuously since WWII. 

Stripes staffer Lyle McBride of Anaheim, 

Calif. McBride helped found 

The Stars and Stripes Association. 

Gary Cooper was there as well. His 

work with Stars and Stripes during the 

Vietnam era is recognized as some of 

the best coverage of the time. His written 

coverage of the Vietnam War and 

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his photographs represent a significant 

element of the Vietnam memorial at 

the Stars and Stripes Museum. 

Cooper’s wife, Toshi, was a Stars and 

Stripes staffer from 1949 until her retirement 

in 1975. 

Also on hand was Meg Irish, who is 

director of marketing at the Stars and 


Stripes Washington D.C. based operation. 

Representing the Washington bureau, 

she thanked Crews and the Missouri 

Press Association for their part 

in providing for the marker, stating, 

“Thank you on behalf of all of us from 

the Stars and Stripes for helping to preserve 

our legacy through providing this 

marker.” 

Virginia Vassallo, author of “The 

Unsung Patriot, How the Stars and 

Stripes Began,” a book about the life of 

her grandfather and World War I Stripes 

founder, Guy T. Viskniskki, traveled 

from Liberty, Ky., to be on hand for the 

program. She was the featured speaker 

at a banquet for the Stripers held in 

Miner before the Bloomfield event. 

The marker stands near the Stoddard 

County Courthouse Square in Bloomfield 

where the first edition of the Stars 

and Stripes was published. 

Leadership Award 

from Inland Press 

to St. Louis American 

T he St. Louis American received 

Inland Press Association’s 2011 

Community Leadership Award on Oct. 

17 during Inland’s annual conference 

in Chicago. 

The American won in the 25,000- 

75,000 circulation class. 

One of the great leadership initiatives 

of a newspaper is to recognize excellence 

and to give hope to future leaders, 

the contest judges said. The St. Louis 

American does this each year through 

academic scholarships and awards to 

promising young people. The event is 

now the city’s largest recognition banquet 

for young African Americans. 

But the newspaper does much more. 

In other activities, it honors the top 25 

African American businesses in the city 

and gives one award to a corporation 

for its diversity efforts. Separately, The 

St. Louis American honors the area’s 

leading African American doctors and 

nurses. 

These events, combined with large 

special sections highlighting the honorees, 

are symbols of hope and positive 

direction in St. Louis. 


At right, 2011 Hall of Fame inductee Cliff 

Schiappa listens to the program. Schiappa 

worked for The Associated Press as assistant 

chief of the bureau in Kansas City and as 

Midwest photo editor. The featured speaker 

for the program was Paul Stevens, retired 

chief of The AP’s Kansas City bureau. He and 

Schiappa worked together at the bureau for 

a number of years. 

Photos by Jeanne Wood, photo editor 

of the Washington Missourian. 

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Above, David Rees, a director of the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame, addresses 

the crowd gathered in Washington, Mo., for the Oct. 20 induction program. This was the 

seventh group to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. 

At left, inductee Alan 

Berner, a native of St. 

Louis and photographer 

for the Seattle Times 

for more than 30 years, 

listens to the program. 

At right, inductee and 

St. Louis Post-Dispatch 

photographer J.B. Forbes 

speaks after receiving 

his Hall of Fame plaque. 

A reception for the 

inductees was held after 

the induction program. 


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AT&T Missouri received this page as part of its package as a major sponsor of the MPA Convention in September. 

Missouri’s Mobile Future: 

Why Combining AT&T and T-Mobile Will Benefit the Show-Me State 

John Sondag offered these remarks at the Missouri Press 

Association Convention in Branson on Sept. 9. The photo is of 

Sondag, right, with MPA President Joe May, publisher of The 

Mexico Ledger. 

Op-Ed by JOHN SONDAG / President of AT&T Missouri 

Just as technology is making profound changes in your 

everyday life, it is changing nearly everything about the way the 

telecommunications industry is meeting your needs and doing 

business. 

Long gone are the days when families would answer calls on 

a harvest gold telephone hard-wired and screwed into the wall 

in their kitchen. We have become a nation that is mobilized, 

doing everything on the go. From making phone calls to sending 

emails, checking sports scores to downloading music and video, 

we are able to do almost everything 

from nearly anywhere. And we are 

doing it wirelessly, with cell phones, 

smartphones and tablets. 

To address these changes and to 

meet the changing and expanding 

needs of telecommunications 

consumers, we are making significant 

changes in how we operate. One of 

the most significant challenges we 

face is that as people and businesses 

become increasingly mobile, they are 

using more and more data, which 

means we are working constantly to 

improve the quality of our wireless 

network, and taking steps to increase 

the capacity needed to handle all the 

data being moved across it. 

We are investing aggressively in Missouri even in a slow 

economy. In fact, we have invested nearly $2 billion in our 

Missouri networks in just the last few years. Nationwide, AT&T 

invested $20 billion in our networks in just the last year. We 

have invested in more towers, more fiber optics and in more 

electronics to make digital technology faster in the state and 

across the nation. 

One of the key upgrades in which we are investing is 4G 

LTE wireless service, which means “Fourth Generation Long 

Term Evolution.” This equates to mobile broadband speeds that 

rival DSL service at your home or business. These speeds will 

only get quicker with each new generation of service. AT&T is 

investing in the right technology to continue to meet the needs 

of Missourians. 

You may also have heard about our plan to combine with 

T-Mobile USA. This combination is about improving service for 

the existing customers of both companies, bringing the benefits 


of a faster mobile broadband network to more Missourians, and 

creating jobs. 

Recent years have seen an explosion in data traffic on wireless 

networks. AT&T mobile data traffic, for example, has grown 

8000% since 2007, and by 2015 it is expected to be 8-10 times 

what is was in 2010. This explosion has caused network capacity 

issues and the potential of spectrum exhaust for many wireless 

companies, but especially for AT&T since we have been on the 

leading edge of the mobile broadband revolution. Spectrum for 

wireless communication is akin to lanes on a highway. In order 

to keep increasing amounts of traffic moving smoothly, we need 

to add new “lanes” of spectrum to the highway for data to flow 

freely, and so you can stay connected. 

Combining with T-Mobile is the surest, fastest, and most 

certain solution to the spectrum and network capacity issues 

caused by the explosion of mobile 

data. Additional spectrum, more 

efficient use of spectrum, greater 

cell tower density and broader 

network infrastructure as a result of 

the transaction will all help create 

a stronger network - that means 

improved voice quality, fewer 

dropped calls and faster data speeds 

for AT&T and T-Mobile customers 

alike. 

Combining with T-Mobile 

will also enable AT&T to expand 

4G LTE mobile broadband 

coverage to over 97 percent of the 

U.S. population—an additional 

55 million people more than 

current plans. Here in Missouri, 

an additional 1.5 million people will gain access to 4G LTE 

service. Much of this additional expansion will occur in the rural 

communities of our state, which have historically lagged behind 

the urban centers in terms of broadband connectivity. 

The combination will also mean jobs and economic investment 

at a time when our economy could surely use a shot in the arm. 

Combining our company with T-Mobile will result in an $8 

billion investment by AT&T in its infrastructure and America’s 

high-tech future. This will boost employment, innovation, and 

tax revenue. A recent study by the Economic Policy Institute 

found that AT&T’s additional infrastructure investment as a result 

of the transaction will create up to 96,000 new jobs in America. 

The explosive growth in the use of wireless devices continues 

to drive our network expansion. The combination with T-Mobile 

will help us meet the challenges of the future and bring jobs, 

economic investment and advanced high-speed mobile broadband 

coverage to nearly every corner of Missouri. 


Photojournalists gather 

in Clinton to sharpen focus 

At right, Jim Curley, David Rees and Duane Dailey 

edit images for the community photography exhibit at 

the 63rd Missouri Photo Workshop, which was held in 

Clinton the last week in September. Curley and Rees, 

on the faculty at the Missouri School of Journalism, 

administer the program, which is recognized as a 

premiere learning experience for photojournalists 

from around the world. Dailey, an agriculture journalist 

and member of the Missouri Photojournalism Hall 

of Fame, has assisted with the workshop for many 

years. Videos about the workshop and photo features 

created by the “students” at the Clinton workshop can 

be seen at mophotoworkshop.org. 


Missouri Photo 

Workshop 

participants Cat 

Lovell, 

Morgantown, W. 

Va. (left), and Jen 

Edney, Waterlock, 

Neb., work on their 

projects under 

enlarged images 

from the workshop 

held in Clinton 

in 1982. Dave 

Marner, editor of 

the Owensville 

Gasconade County 

Republican, 

provided these 

much-appreciated 

photos to MPA. 

Marner participated 

in the Workshops 

in 2002 in Fulton 

and 1985 in Poplar 

Bluff and was on 

the darkroom crew 

in Mt. Vernon in 

1983 and Forsyth 

in 1984. 

This is Photo Workshop Team W, watching as faculty 

editors Craig Walker, left, Denver Post, a Pulitzer Prize 

winner for photography, and Chris Wilkins, executive 

picture editor for The Dallas Morning News, who 

has helped edit two Pulitzer photo projects, make a 

final edit of images by Nick Kozak, Toronto, Canada, 

in the middle background. MPW faculty member 

Melissa Farlow, left, a freelance photographer for 

“National Geographic,” watches the work. (Farlow 

taught photojournalism classes at MU in the mid- 

1980s while she and her now husband, Randy Olson, 

were completing their master’s degrees). David Rees 

said the Clinton Daily Democrat and its staff provided 

tremendous support for this year’s Missouri Photo 

Workshop. 

Photos by Dave Marner, editor 

of the Gasconade County Republican, Owensville, 

and veteran of two Missouri Photo Workshops. 

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Joplin Globe has picnic for employees 

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Fund-raising continues for video about newspaper’s tornado work 

T 

he Joplin Globe treated its employees’ 

families to a picnic with 

barbecue, relay races and door 

prizes Oct. 2. Publisher Mike Beatty, 

host of the event, thanked Globe employees 

who have been working under 

extraordinary conditions since the May 

22 tornado that killed 162 citizens and 

destroyed thousands of homes. 

Among those attending the picnic 

were executives of the Globe’s owner, 

Community Newspaper Holdings, 

Inc., including president Donna Barrett. 

She said the Globe’s CNHI colleagues 

at newspapers throughout the 

company support and salute Globe 

employees for their exemplary service 

to their community. 

In related news, the Missouri Press 

Foundation’s efforts to raise money to 

assist Joplin Globe employees affected 

by the tornado resulted in contributions 

since May 22 from Missouri and 

around the U.S. of more than $72,000. 

In a letter to contributors, publisher 

Mike Beatty said: “The generous donations, 

prayers and support that you 

have given us will make it easier for 

our staff who were affected to get back 

up on their feet. Almost in every case 

the people you helped were in tears or 

fighting back tears as I handed them 

your generous gifts. 

“Because of what you have all done, 

you have made 33 families much happier 

in knowing that they are better off 

financially than before and that they 

work for a caring organization,” he said. 

The Globe has established a Pay It 

Forward Fund with a $4,600 contribution 

to the Missouri Press Foundation. 

Beatty said The Globe and its employees 

want to extend aid to newspapers that 

may face disasters in their communities 

that affect their operations. 

The Missouri Press Foundation is 

raising money for production of a 

PBS-quality documentary video, focusing 

on The Joplin Globe’s staff and its 

service to its region after the May 22 

tornado. The Foundation’s Board of 

Directors believes this video project, 

From left, Donna Barrett, president of Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., 

Montgomery, Ala., Carol Stark, editor of The Joplin Globe, and Mike Stair, Globe city 

editor, enjoy The Globe’s employee picnic on Oct. 2. CNHI owns The Globe. 

A crowd of 200 current and former Joplin Globe employees and members of their 

families gathered for a company picnic Oct. 2 at Leonard Park in Joplin. Above, Mike 

Beatty, Globe publisher, offers thanks and appreciation to Globe employees for their 

dedicated service to the newspaper. 

when broadcast in 2012 to the public 

and to journalists, will meet several 

goals, including: Improving the impact 

of journalism and its credibility; encouraging 

more journalism that produces 

civic results; increasing and renewing 

the enthusiasm of journalists for their 

important work. 

To date, $32,500 has been raised for 

the documentary project with donations 

from CNHI, the University of 


Missouri, Leggett & Platt of Carthage, 

Richard Miller and Mpix.com of Columbia, 

Doug Davis, Lamar; Russell 

Viers, Kansas City; Jim Gierke, Louisiana; 

Dave Berry, Bolivar; the Missouri 

Press Association and the Foundation. 

A goal of $60,000 is needed. Tax-deductible 

donations for the video project 

may be sent to Missouri Press Foundation, 

802 Locust Street, Columbia, 

MO 65201. 


Tomorrow has arrived 

Newspaper people from around state attend 

conference on how to take charge of opportunities 

A free two-day conference at the Reynolds Journalism 

Institute on the campus of the Missouri School of 

Journalism brought about 100 people to Columbia Oct. 

20-21. Sessions of the Walter B. Potter Sr. Conference 

focused on taking charge of opportunities in print and 

in the digital world. Potter built a small chain of newspapers 

in Virginia. A fund was established in his honor 

to support local community journalism. Missouri Press 

Association helped with the program and promoted 

it to members. At right, Michael Jenner of the J School 

presents research findings on the use of paywalls. 

Matt Wright of 

Lebanon Publishing 

Co., Paul Campbell 

of the Buffalo Reflex 

and James Stanfield 

of the Slater Main 

Street News were 

among the newspaper 

people from 

all around Missouri 

who attended the 

Potter Conference. 

Financing from the 

Walter B. Potter 

Local Journalism 

Fund allowed RJI to 

eliminate registration 

fees, and free 

hotel rooms were 

provided for many 

of those who attended. 

Walter Potter Jr., above, thanked RJI and those 

who attended the conference. Missouri Press 

Association Executive Director Doug Crews 

presented Potter with a plaque in appreciation 

for sponsorship of the workshop. At left, several 

attendees work with some of the gadgets 

newspapers are using these days to do their 

work. From left they are Rob Viehman, Cuba 

Free Press, using his smart phone; Trevor Vernon 

using his cell to stay in touch with his office at 

the Eldon Advertiser; and Bruce Wallace, publisher 

of the Boone County Journal, Ashland, 

working with his tablet. 


State of Missouri honors Rust 

for ‘outstanding contribution’ 

Gary W. Rust, chairman of the board 

of Rust Communications, is one of 

12 people who received the Missourian 

Award during a black-tie ceremony Sept. 

17 at the Capitol Plaza Hotel 

in Jefferson City. 

Those selected for the 

Missourian Award must have 

made an “outstanding contribution” 

to their state or 

nation in civics, business, arts 

or politics. Proceeds from 

the annual event benefit the 

American Heart Association. 

A native of Cape Gi- Gary Rust 

rardeau, Rust turned a small 

weekly newspaper with less than 1,500 

circulation into a media company that 

today has 50 newspapers in eight states 

read by more than 1 million people, 

along with dozens of websites, many 

specialty publications and 17 radio stations. 

Rust served from 1972 to 1976 in 

Jon Rust honored by alumni 

for ‘Distinguished Service’ 

Jon Rust, co-president of Rust Communications 

and publisher of the 

Southeast Missourian, was one 

of five people honored on Oct. 

22 by the Alumni Association 

of Southeast Missouri State 

University in Cape Girardeau. 

The five received the Distinguished 

Service Award at the 

all-alumni breakfast during 

Homecoming festivities. 

Distinguished service 

awards are presented to people Jon Rust 

who have made lasting contributions to 

their communities and to the University. 

Rust is chairman of the board of the 

Suburban Newspapers of America, a 

member of the board of the Missouri 

Press Association, the Associated Press, 

Suburban Newspapers of America 

Foundation, Certified Audit of Circu- 

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the Missouri House of Representatives 

and once ran for U.S. Congress. Before 

that, he managed a furniture store with 

his father and brothers. 

He was praised for his work 

with the Missouri Commission 

on Human Rights, the Missouri 

State Government Review 

Commission and for his 

private philanthropy. 

Rust was inducted into the 

Missouri Press Association 

Newspaper Hall of Fame in 

2003. 

He was joined at the event 

by Wendy Rust, his wife of 55 

years, by U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, 

who nominated him; and other family 

and friends. 

Previous recipients of the Missourian 

Award include George Washington 

Carver, Thomas Hart Benton, Walt 

Disney and Harry Truman. 

lations and Zip2Save.com. 

He chairs the AP’s Technology and 

Infrastructure Committee 

and is a member of the National 

Newspaper Association, 

Inland Press Association 

and the Interactive Advertising 

Bureau. Rust is a frequent 

speaker at newspaper industry 

conferences, and publications 

of the Rust organization have 

won many newspaper and 

journalism awards. 

Rust, a son of Gary and Wendy Rust, 

also serves the boards of many state and 

local business, civic and charitable organizations, 

including the Southeast 

Missouri State University Foundation 

and other University boards and committees. 

He and his wife, Victoria, have two 

young children. 


Posthumous honors 

for Wally Lage from 

Inland Press Assn. 

Inland Press Association honored the 

late Wally Lage, vice president and 

CEO of Rust Communications, Cape 

Girardeau, at its 126th Annual Meeting, 

Oct. 16-18, in Chicago. 

Lage, who died in August 2010 after 

falling off a wharf in Maine, was one 

of three people honored 

by Inland for 

their community 

service, community 

journalism and service 

to the Inland 

Press Association. 

Lage was a 2008 

inductee into the 

Missouri Newspa- 

per Hall of Fame. 

After joining Rust 

Wally Lage 

in 1993, he oversaw the acquisition or 

startup of about 50 newspapers in eight 

states. 

Lage was instrumental in the founding 

and operation of the PAGE newsprint 

and supplies purchasing cooperative. 

Inland is a not-for-profit corporation 

owned and controlled by its members, 

nearly 1,200 newspapers in 50 of the 

United States, Canada and Bermuda. It 

provides training for journalism professionals 

and seeks solutions to common 

problems facing the community newspaper 

industry. 

Pross family buys out 

Grain Valley partners 

P ublisher Zachary Pross and his 

family, through their corporation, 

Bedlam Farms, Inc., recently bought 

the assets of The Pointe in Grain Valley 

and its website from the others who had 

interest in the company. 

The Pointe, Inc. has had a number 

of people sharing ownership over the 

years, Pross said in a story in The Pointe 

about the transaction. This purchase 

was an effort to centralize the paper’s 

finances and stabilize the company for 

more effective management, he said. 


Dallas County Courier ceases publication 

The Dallas County Courier, Buffalo, 

closed down after its Sept. 

22 issue. It had been in the Lewy 

family for more than 40 years. In the 

2011 MPA Newspaper Directory, the 

Courier reported paid circulation of 911 

and Dallas County Shopper circulation 

of 6,500. 

A front-page notice in the Sept. 22 

issue stated: 

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point we are unable to continue doing 

what should be accomplished to publish 

the newspaper. 

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to all the people who have continued 

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Sedalia Democrat recognizes Vietnam vets 

T he 

Sedalia Democrat, in observance 

of the 50th anniversary of the start 

of the Vietnam War, hosted a program 

at the Civic Center on Oct. 30 recognizing 

veterans of that conflict. Speakers, 

entertainment, displays and benefit information 

were included in the program. 

Latisha Koetting of the newspaper’s 

staff asked readers to send in photos of 

Vietnam vets in their families who have 

died. Those photos made up a slide 

show for the program. 

K.C. Star publishes 

book on coverage 

of Joplin tornado 

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Proceeds will go to 

Recovery Fund 

Kansas City Star Books presents the 

incredible story of tragedy and 

courage in the face of one of nature’s 

mightiest storms in a new book, “Joplin 

5:41.” 

This hard-cover book collects the 

detailed coverage by The Kansas City 

Star of the storm that hit Joplin at 5:41 

p.m., May 22, its cruel effect, the city’s 

courageous response and the recovery 

that now goes on. 

Featuring extraordinary images, 

graphics and the work of The Star’s reporting 

staff, the book seeks not just 

to chronicle the destruction but to celebrate 

the heroic efforts of Joplin’s citizenry 

and the thousands of volunteers 

who rushed in to begin the healing. 

The book’s foreword is by Joplin City 

Manager Mark Rohr. 

All royalties from the book go to the 

Joplin Recovery Fund managed by the 

Community Foundation of the Ozarks 

and the Community Foundation of 

Southwest Missouri. 

The book measures 11 x 9 inches and 

features 224 full-color pages. It includes 

an eight-page fold-out graphic showing 

the path of the storm through Joplin. 

An early chapter in the book can be 

previewed at www.thekansascitystore. 

com. 

For several years Koetting has been 

gathering information and photographs 

and video taping personal stories of 

area veterans. Her efforts have earned 

a number of awards from veterans and 

journalism organizations. 

In a newspaper story announcing 

the Oct. 30 program, Koetting wrote: 

“Recently, I spoke with Jess Rasmus- 

These individuals and organizations donated items for the Missouri 

Press Foundation auction held at the MPA Convention 

in September in Branson. 

Thanks to their generosity, more than $1,500 was raised. 

Missouri Division of Tourism 

State Historical Society of Missouri 

Jim Sterling (NASCAR Driver Carl Edwards and 

the University of Missouri Athletic Department) 

Bob and Pat Smith, Lebanon 

Gary and Helen Sosniecki, LeClair, Iowa 

These individuals and organizations made recent contributions to Missouri 

Press Foundation. To make a donation with a credit card, call 

(573) 449-4167, or send checks to Missouri Press Foundation, 802 Locust 

St., Columbia, MO 65201. 


Joplin Globe Documentary Video 

Richard G. Miller, Pittsburg, Kan. 

sen, director of the Missouri Veterans 

Cemetery in Higginsville. He told me 

this year they’ve buried more Vietnam 

veterans than World War II veterans. It’s 

not only because there aren’t as many 

WWII vets. It’s because the Vietnam 

veterans aren’t living as long because of 

numerous health complications from 

the war.” 

Missouri Press Foundation 

Joe Spaar, Odessa 

R. Jack Fishman, Lakeway Publishers, Morristown, Tenn. 

Versailles Leader-Statesman Newspaper In Education Program 

David J. Dear, D.D.S., Versailles 

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Newspaper In Education Program 

Maryville University, St. Louis 

St. Louis Rams 

Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame 

Mr. and Mrs. William L. Miller, Washington 


Reporter from past 

talks about work 

at Kansas City Star 

(From a story) 

I 

By TIM ENGLE / The Kansas City Star 

t’s not often we get a chance to travel 

back in time to interview a Kansas City 

Star reporter from 1896, but that’s (more 

or less) what happened when we spoke 

to one Erasmus Erikson. 

We encountered the newshound on a 

passenger train bound for Kansas City, 

and he was kind enough to tell us what 

he was doing on board and a little about 

life 100-plus years ago. 

(Erikson bears a striking resemblance 

to modern-day local actor Marcus Mull, 

who was appearing in the Mystery Train 

dinner theater production of “Extra! 

Extra! Murder All About It,” which ran 

through October.) 

Q. Erasmus, why are you on this 

train? 

A. Well, I am a reporter for the Kansas 

City Evening Star. My boss, Mr. William 

Rockhill Nelson … sent me to 

Philadelphia to pick up paintings for a 

project he is starting for the community 

of Kansas City. 

What is the Evening Star’s publisher, 

Mr. Nelson, like to work for? 

… Mr. Nelson is a very intense man, 

very passionate … and ... very agreeable 

if you agree with everything he stands 

for. His desk is in the middle of the 

newsroom, and he works very closely 

with all the writers. 

Who else are you traveling with? 

There is a woman on the train I have 

noticed. Her name is Imogene Ivory, 

and she is a writer herself. In fact, she 

even uses a pseudonym to write stories 

for the Evening Star. 

Why? 

Not only are there no women writers 

at The Star, but Mr. Nelson would absolutely 

not agree to publish something 

written by a woman. 

Our thanks to Mull and to Mystery 

Train producer Wendy Thompson, 

writer/director of “Extra! Extra! Murder 

All About It.” The reporter character’s 

answers are based on fact, although 

some details are fiction. 


Helen Sosniecki speaks to the NNA convention after receiving the McKinney Award. 

At left is outgoing NNA President Liz Parker. At right is incoming NNA President Reed 

Anfinson. (Photo by Brad Hill.) 

Most prestigious NNA honor 

presented to Helen Sosniecki 

McKinney Award 

recognizes service, 

leadership 

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Former 

Missouri publisher Helen Sosniecki 

received the Emma C. McKinney Memorial 

Award Sept. 24 at the National 

Newspaper Association’s 2011 Annual 

Convention & Trade Show here. 

NNA presents the Amos and McKinney 

Awards annually to a working or 

retired newspaperman and woman who 

have provided distinguished service and 

leadership to the community press and 

their communities. 

Outgoing NNA President Elizabeth 

K. Parker presented the award to Sosniecki. 

“Sosniecki embodies the same spirit 

as Emma McKinney,” Parker said, referring 

to the late Oregon newspaperwoman 

for whom the award is named. 

“Along with her husband, Gary, they 

have owned three weekly newspapers 

and published a small daily in Missouri 

during a 34-year career.” 

The Sosnieckis owned the Humans- 

ville Star-Leader from 1980 to 1986, 

the Webster County Citizen in Seymour 

from 1988 to 1999 and The Vandalia 

Leader from 2003 to 2007. Helen was 

co-editor and co-publisher of The Lebanon 

Daily Record from 1999 to 2003 

and was a vice president of its parent 

company, Lebanon Publishing Co. 

She was the National Newspaper 

Association representative for the Missouri 

Press Association in 2006 and 

2007 and received an NNA President’s 

Award, along with Gary, in 2007 for 

their work on postal issues. She also 

received NNA’s Community Development 

Award in 1998 for her and Gary’s 

work toward building a new library in 

Seymour. 

The Sosnieckis currently live in Le 

Claire, Iowa. Helen is senior sales and 

marketing manager for Interlink Inc., a 

vendor to the newspaper industry. 

Sosniecki will be recognized in the 

November issue of NNA’s Publishers’ 

Auxiliary. 

Established in 1885, the National 

Newspaper Association is the voice of 

America’s community newspapers and 

the largest newspaper association in the 

country. 

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Hannah Spaar receives Steele Scholarship 

Hannah Spaar, the granddaughter of Betty Spaar, publisher of The Odessan, received 

the 2011 Ed Steele Scholarship. Ed, retired ad director for Missouri Press, established 

the scholarship with a $50,000 gift to the Missouri Press Foundation. Hannah, a junior 

journalism major at the Missouri School of Journalism, is the fifth generation in her family 

to be in the newspaper business. She has been writing a column for The Odessan for 

several years and currently writes for the Columbia Missourian, the student-produced 

newspaper at the J School. Her great-great-grandfather, William Lester Simpson Sr., 

published The Rolla Times. His son, William Lester Simpson Jr., Betty Spaar’s father, 

published The Holden Progress. Betty’s son, Joe Spaar, who works at The Odessan 

and is on the board of MPA, is Hannah’s father. Her mother is Renee Spaar, who also 

works at the weekly. On the wall behind Hannah is the Missouri Newspaper Hall of 

Fame plaque of her grandmother. 

Pennsylvania association honors 

former Missourian for ‘Excellence’ 

Former Missouri newspaperman 

Timothy M. Williams has been 

awarded the Pennsylvania Newspaper 

Association’s Benjamin Franklin Award 

for Excellence. 

Williams, who announced his retirement 

at the end of 2010 but continues 

on at the Association, served as executive 

director of the Arizona Newspaper 

Association for three years before going 

to PNA in early 1989. He earned a 

journalism degree from the University 

of Missouri and owned and operated 

newspapers in southwest Missouri. 

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Williams, a native of Shelbina, was 

recognized for his commitment and 

contributions to the newspaper industry 

as the head of the PNA for 22 years. 

Among Williams’ legacies is PNA’s 

headquarters building, a three-story 

structure completed in November 

1998. Williams was involved in every 

detail of the building plans and development. 

The PNA Benjamin Franklin Award 

for Excellence will be presented on 

Nov. 10 during the PNA Annual Convention. 


Attorney general 

wants records of 

Camden County 

Newspaper complains 

of closed meeting 

notices on agendas 

CAMDEN COUNTY—A complaint 

triggered by what may have 

been an illegal closed meeting of the 

Camden County Commission regarding 

the termination of a county employee 

has lead to the scrutiny of its agendas 

and minutes by the Missouri attorney 

general. 

The Camden County Commission 

was given a deadline of Oct. 26 to file 

documents with the attorney general’s 

office in response to a complaint filed 

by the Camdenton Lake Sun regarding 

possible violations of the Sunshine Law. 

The Lake Sun filed the complaint 

questioning the county’s meeting notices 

after it attempted to determine 

whether the commission had violated 

the open meetings law on two occasions. 

The complaint alleges the commission 

listed the same closed session 

notice — about the termination of a 

county employee — on each meeting 

agenda. 

The state has requested a written response 

to the allegations, including all 

meeting notices, agendas and minutes 

for August through October. 

In a letter to the commission, the 

attorney general’s Sunshine Law coordinator, 

Brenda Siegler, said the “complaint 

indicates that the commission 

lists the same closed session provisions 

on each notice in the event that something 

should come up that they would 

need to discuss in a closed session.” 

Siegler said Section 610.020 requires 

that public bodies write tentative agendas 

“in a manner reasonably calculated 

to advise the public of the matters considered...” 

The agenda is the same form that has 

been used for a number of years by the 

Camden County Commission. (Lake- 

NewsOnline) 


On the Move 

• Kansas City — The Star named 

Greg Farmer its senior assistant managing 

editor for metro news (city editor). 

Farmer has been 

heading The Star’s 

page one and website 

content as an 

assistant managing 

editor. He now directs 

the work of 40 

reporters and editors. 

Anne Hartung 

Greg Farmer 

Spenner had been 

running the metro 

desk. She left to become vice chancellor 

of marketing and communications for 

the University of Missouri-Kansas City. 

Farmer, 40, lives in Olathe. He graduated 

in 1993 from the University of 

Kansas with a degree in journalism. He 

is pursuing an executive MBA degree 

at UMKC. 

He joined The Star in 1997 as a 

weekend news editor. 

• Springfield — Josh Nelson is the 

new statehouse reporter for the News- 

Leader. 

Nelson, 29, is an Iowa State University 

graduate with 

roots in farming. 

He began covering 

politics in 2004, 

and previously 

worked for the Waterloo-Cedar 

Falls 

Courier. 

Nelson writes 

for the newspaper 

and its website and 

Josh Nelson 

writes the Inside Missouri Politics blog 

that appears periodically on the website. 

• Eldon — Richard Waters has returned 

to the staff of the Eldon Advertiser 

as the ad rep for Lake Ozark, 

Osage Beach and Jefferson City. 

A native of Versailles, he served three 

years in the Army after graduation from 

Versailles High School. He worked as a 

bartender before joining the Advertiser. 

Waters left the newspaper and trav- 

eled the country working for Direct TV 

for eight years. He returned to Eldon to 

be near his two children. 

• Stockton — Adam Stillman left 

the newsroom of the Cedar County Republican 

after Oct. 5 to take a sports 

reporter position with the Jefferson City 

News Tribune. 

Traci Cooper and Lori Shaw 

• Fairfax — Lori Shaw, editor, and 

Traci Cooper, photographer, are new 

staffers of the Fairfax Forum. 

They took over for Tammy Sly, editor 

of the weekly since 1998, who left 

for a new venture. She and her husband 

bought the Fairfax One Stop. The Forum 

held an open house on Sept. 30 to 

honor the former editor. 

Shaw, the new editor, had been 

working for the Tarkio Avalanche for 

the past year and also worked as a typesetter 

for the Atchison County Mail in 

Rock Port for about 10 years. She and 

her husband, Rick, live in Rock Port. 

They have three daughters and six 

grandchildren. 

In addition to taking pictures for the 

Forum, Cooper will work in the shirt 

design department at the Avalanche in 

Tarkio. She and her three children live 

in Fairfax. 

The Fairfax, Tarkio and Rock Port 

newspapers are owned by the W.C. and 

Mike Farmer families. 

• Maryville — Debbi Morello is a 

new reporter/photographer on the staff 

of the Daily Forum. 

Originally from Connecticut, Mo- 

rello has lived in many parts of the U.S. 

and in several foreign countries. She’s a 

newcomer to the Midwest. 

Morello has years of experience as 

a photographer and writer, including 

a stint as a freelancer in Washington, 

D.C., when she worked for the Washington 

Post, Knight-Ridder and Tribune 

Co. While on the staff of the San Diego 

Union-Tribune she covered the 2000 

GOP Convention in Philadelphia. 

Her awards include honors from 

Pictures of the Year International, a 

competition founded by the Missouri 

School of Journalism more than 60 

years ago. 

• Perryville — Taylor M. Smith III 

has been hired as editor and publisher 

of The Republic-Monitor, according 

to Phillip Smith, of Perryville Newspapers, 

Inc., the owner of the Perry 

County newspaper. 

Smith, 51, replaced Kate Martin, 

who had published The Republic-Monitor 

since 2006. 

Smith, 51, went to Perryville after 

publishing The (Walterboro, S.C.) 

Press and Standard, from 1992-2010. 

For the past year he has worked to help 

improve several newspapers owned by 

Smith Newspapers, Inc., of Ft. Payne, 

Ala. 

Before publishing The Press and 

Standard, Smith published The Sparta 

(Tenn.) Expositor, 1989-92, and The 

Clinton (S.C.) Chronicle, 1987-89. 

He has also worked in the advertising, 

editorial and production departments 

of newspapers in Chadron and 

Broken Bow, Neb. He started as a 

sports writer for The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) 

News (1979-83). 

Smith has a business management 

degree from the University of Alabama’s 

School of Commerce and Business Administration. 

He has three grown children. 

Martin, the former publisher, is a 

member of the Missouri Press board of 

directors. 

A contribution to the 

Missouri Press Foundation 

is a wonderful way to honor 

the memory of an associate. 


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Missouri Press Association’s golf 

team captured the Little Brown 

Jug from the Kansas Press 

team for the first time since 

2007. KPA hosted this year’s 

match Oct. 13-14 at Firekeeper 

Golf Course in Mayetta, Kan. 

Missouri’s golfers, in front from 

left, were Gary Vette and Will 

Johnson of Tarkio and Ryan 

Glynn and Haley Johnson, who 

are students at William Jewell 

College and members of the 

golf teams there. Representing 

Kansas Press were Jay Lowell, 

Concordia Blade-Empire; Tom 

Broeckelman, Grove County 

Advocate; and Ben Marshall, 

Sterling Bulletin. KPA golfer 

John Settle of the Larned 

Tiller & Toiler left before the 

photo was made. (Photo by 

KPA Executive Director Doug 

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Scrapbook 

• Brookfield — The Linn County 

Leader has started its Only in Print, 

Only Online features. 

Only in Print features three items in 

the left rail on page one that appear exclusively 

in the print edition. A skybox 

on page one teases a feature that appears 

only on linncountyleader.com. 

• Washington — A large crowd gathered 

at East Central College in Union 

to see the work of award-winning adventure 

photographer Bill Hatcher 

(photo). During the 

event, Hatcher shared 

stories from trips around 

the world. 

Hatcher’s grandfather, 

photojournalist James 

Miller Sr., owned the 

Washington Missourian. 

• Independence — 

Eileen Weir, writer of 

the “Town and Gown” 

column for the Examiner, 

has suspended her 

column as she seeks 

election to the Independence 

City Council. 

Weir succeeded Roberta 

“Poo” Coker seven 

years ago as the writer 

of the Examiner column 

covering civic and charitable 

events in Eastern Jackson County. 

• Platte City — The Platte County 

Citizen in September moved to a new 

location, 1110 Branch St. in the High 

Pointe Shoppes center. The weekly had 

been at 331 Main St. since 1998, when 

Lee and Patricia Stubbs bought it from 

Paul Campbell. 

Lee Stubbs said the move was made 

to “expand our retail presence.” His 

company also publishes the Citizen 

Shopper and runs the Citizen Printing 

commercial printing business. 

• Fayette — The Oct. 19 edition of 

the Fayette Advertiser was mailed to every 

household in Howard County. 

As part of this promotion, the paper 

gave two tickets to the Nov. 19 Mizzou 

football game to a current subscriber 

and two tickets to a new subscriber. 

Winners also received $50 cash. 

• Macon — In observance of Breast 

Cancer Awareness Month in October, 

the Chronicle-Herald twice ran pages of 

pink ribbons with names under them 

of breast cancer survivors and honorees. 

Ribbons with names cost $5. 

Also during the month, any display 

ad could have a ribbon in it for an ad- 

Bill Hatcher, left, talks about one of his photographs with a guest at an 

exhibit of his work at East Central College. (Washington Missourian photo) 

ditional $5. 

All proceeds from the promotion 

were donated to the local cancer organization. 

• Independence — Examiner reporter 

Adrianne DeWeese received recognition 

on Sept. 29 during a public health 

conference in Columbia for her contributions 

to public health education in 

Missouri during the past year. 

The Independence Health Department 

nominated DeWeese for her coverage 

of the “Building a Healthier Independence” 

initiative. 

The Columbia Daily Tribune and 

the St. Louis Post-Dispatch also received 

media awards from the Missouri Public 

Health Association. 

• Sarcoxie — The Sarcoxie Record, 

Pierce City Leader-Journal and Jasper 

County Citizen offered a top prize of a 

$100 shopping spree for the best recipe 

submitted for the papers’ annual Holiday 

Edition Cookbook. 

In addition to the shopping spree at 

a participating grocery store, cash prizes 

of $15 were awarded in six categories. 

All recipes entered will be in the 

cookbook, which will be published in 

the Nov. 16 editions. 

• Steelville — On Oct. 8, during National 

4-H Week, the Crawford County 

4-H Council planted a pink dogwood 

tree in Steelville Community 

Park in remembrance 

of Ava Viehman, who died 

this spring. 

Viehman was a former 

editor of the Steelville Star- 

Crawford Mirror, where 

she worked for 28 years. 

She was a 4-H leader for 

more than 60 years. 

• Versailles — Dane 

and Sharene Vernon were 

the Grand Marshals of the 

2011 Versailles Olde Tyme 

Apple Festival in September. 

They are the owners of 

Vernon Publishing, Inc., 

publisher of weekly papers 

in Versailles, Eldon, 

Stover, Tuscumbia, Tipton 

and Laurie. 

Dane was the president of MPA in 

2002. 

• St. Louis — The Post-Dispatch in 

September launched iCircular, a way 

for readers to find weekly deals offered 

by local retailers through the paper’s 

News App and mobile website. 

The iCircular Deals icon on the 

News App and mobile website allows 

users to browse national retailers’ ads 

and sort deals by location. 

• Warrensburg — The Daily Star- 

Journal held a Best Pet contest this fall 

to gather photos for its second Newspaper 

In Education Pet Calendar. Readers 

voted for their favorite pet photos. 


Based on voting 

by readers, 12 photos 

were chosen for 

the calendar, with 

the grand prize 

winner appearing 

on the cover and 

month of choice. 

Readers could 

vote by donating 

25¢ per vote to the 

project. Proceeds 

will help pay for 

papers delivered to 

children in Johnson 

County schools. 

• St. Joseph — 

The News-Press 

won first place in 

the Travel/Tourism/Transportation 

category of Inland Press Foundation’s 

2010 Newspaper Business Development 

Contest. The News-Press won in 

the Under 10,000 and 10,000-50,000 

(combined) circulation class. 

• Stockton — The Cedar County Republican 

held a three-week sports trivia 

contest, giving away as prizes tickets to 

the Mizzou v. Texas Tech game on Nov. 

19 (the Missouri Press tickets-for-advertising 

game). 

Each week’s winner received two tickets. 

If more than one person answered 

each week’s questions correctly, the winner’s 

name was drawn from a hat. 

This question topped the list on 

Week 1: New York Giants outfielder 

Bobby Thomson hit a famous home 

run, “The Shot Heard ’Round the 

World,” against the Dodgers in 1951. 

Who was on deck? 

• Troy — Inserted in the Sept. 13 issue 

of The Lincoln County Journal was 

a postage-paid voluntary subscription 

envelope. 

The Journal has been delivered free 

for 25 years, with current circulation 

of 18,900. A note with the envelopes 

asked readers for voluntary payments of 

$10 to help cover increased expenses. 

An article about the request also 

asked readers to jot down their comments 

about the paper. 

On Oct. 14 the Journal held a Reader 

Appreciation Day to commemorate its 

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James Brandly, staff reporter, points to the prize won by John Finklang (right), 

businessman from Troy, during the Lincoln County Journal’s Reader Appreciation 25th 

anniversary observance. Advertising representative Sue Hogarth is at left. (Lincoln 

County Journal photo) 

25th anniversary (photo). About 175 

people partook of free food. Attendance 

drawing prizes included free advertisements 

in paper. 

• Webster — Dwight Bitikofer, 

publisher of the Webster-Kirkwood 

Times, South County Times and West 

End World, received the 2011 Distinguished 

Service Award from the Independent 

Free Papers of America at 

the association’s conference Sept. 30 in 

Reno, Nev. 

The award recognizes years of volunteer 

service to the association of indepencent 

free paper publishers in the 

U.S. and Canada. 

• Columbia — Roger Fidler’s dedication 

to the news design industry has 

earned him a Lifetime 

Achievement 

Award from the Society 

of News Design 

(SND). 

As program director 

for digital 

publishing at the 

Donald W. Reyn- 

olds Journalism Institute 

(RJI) at the 

Missouri School of 

Roger Fidler 

Journalism, Fidler continues to devote 

his career to tablet technology and its 

effect on the news industry, more specifically 

news design. He was presented 

the award recently at the conclusion of 

the closing banquet of SND’s annual 


convention in St. 

Louis. 

Fidler is a 

founding member 

of SND (1979) 

and served as the 

Society’s first vice 

president. 

• Washington 

— The Missourian’s 

Inez Rohrer, 

92, an inserter in 

the circulation 

department, was 

named the regional 

winner for the 

Franklin-Jefferson 

County area in 

the Missouri Outstanding 

Older Worker of the Year contest. 

Members of the Older Worker of 

the Year committee presented Rohrer 

with a certificate, banner, flowers and 

a cake on Sept. 30 at The Missourian’s 

production plant. Publisher Bill Miller 

Sr. presented her with a gift from the 

company. 

Rohrer and other regional winners 

will attend a two-day program in Jefferson 

City in November. A state winner 

will be named, and that person 

will represent Missouri in the national 

Outstanding Older Worker of the Year 

contest. 

Rohrer has worked for The Missourian 

since 1994. She works 25-30 hours 

a week over five days and occasionally 

on Saturday. 

The program honors a Missourian 

who is 60 or older, works at least 20 

hours a week and displays dependability 

and skill on the job. Missouri Senior 

Employment Coordinating Committee 

sponsors the program, now in its 21st 

year. 

• Owensville — Will Johnson, the 

Gasconade County Republican’s Gerald 

editor, and his wife, Melissa, welcomed 

a baby boy to their family on Oct. 2. 

Braxton Alan weighed 5 pounds, 2 

ounces. 

• Lebanon — Lebanon Publishing 

Co. and the city of Lebanon sponsored 

a Taste of Home Cooking School on 


Above, Bob Simmons, left, gets “roasted” by Lois Lane (Dan Reed) at the Britton House Roast 

held in Troy Oct. 1. Superman was the theme of the evening. During the program, Simmons 

received the first “Superfan” plaque from Troy Buchanan High School. 

Oct. 18 at the Civic Center. 

• Troy — Bob Simmons, managing 

editor of The Lincoln County Journal 

and Troy Free Press, was honored Oct. 1 

as the target of the Britton House Roast 

in Troy. 

Britton House is the oldest restored 

home in Troy. Funds raised through the 

roast are used to maintain the home. 

As part of the festivities, Simmons 

was named by Troy Buchanan High 

School as its first recipient of the “Superfan” 

award. 

Simmons has been associated with 

the Free Press since 1972 and with the 

Journal since 1989. 

They are Lakeway Publishers of Missouri 

newspapers. 

• Mound City — Holt County Publishing 

in Mound City held an open 

house on Oct. 5 at its web printing 

plant just north of town. Adam Johnson 

of Mound City and his father, 

Will Johnson of Tarkio, own the plant, 

which prints 10 weekly newspapers in 

the region. 

Adam publishes the Mound City 

News. Will is a former publisher of the 

Tarkio Avalanche and Fairfax Forum. 

The open house observed the printing 

plant’s one-year anniversary and 

National Newspaper Week. Hamburgers, 

hot dogs, chips and drinks were 

served. 

• Richmond — David Knopf of The 

Richmond News and David Blythe of 

The Lawson Review will perform with 

Dave Haken of Kansas City during the 

Farris Theatre Concert Season in Richmond. 

3 Dave Night will be April 21, 2012. 

The 3 Daves will perform original 

compositions and covers of folk and 

pop tunes on their acoustic guitars and 

banjos. 

• Platte City — Ivan Foley, publisher 

of the Platte County Landmark, 

spoke about current issues affecting the 

county at the Platte County Pachyderm 

Club’s Oct. 6 meeting. 

• Marshall — More than 60 automobile 

enthusiasts entered their vehicles 

in the first Democrat-News Car 

Show on Oct. 1. 

Merchants around the town square 

and vendors at the Farmers Market appreciated 

the large crowd attracted by 

the show, the newspaper reported. 

A 50-50 raffle and other activities 

raised more than $250 for the Marshall 

Food Pantry. One guest won a drawing 

for a pizza-per-week for a year. 

Live music entertained during the 

event, and local car dealers displayed 

current models. Other local merchants 

sponsored door prizes. 

The Democrat-News posted a slide 

show of the event on its website. 

Washington Missourian 

video of soldier’s return 

makes splash on Internet 

Washington Missourian video of the 

A surprise reunion of a returning soldier 

with his young son hit the Internet 

in a big way. 

Missourian photo editor Jeanne 

Wood made the video of Army Reserve 

soldier Matthew Peters of Owensville 

surprising his son, Blake, while he 

was eating lunch at Washington grade 

school on Sept. 15. Peters had been deployed 

in Iraq and Kuwait since February. 

The video was posted on YouTube 

and on the Missourian’s website, emissourian.com. 

Later in the week, Welcome 

Home Blog, which bills itself as 

the No. 1 website for videos of surprise 

military homecomings, picked up the 

video. 

Soon after that, the Huffington Post 

Internet news site posted the story and 

AOL’s home page featured a link to the 

video. Seven radio stations across the 

country, including a syndicated morning 

show originating in New York City, 

picked up the video. 

You can see the video by searching 

for “soldier surprises his son.” 

Obituaries 

Jamesport 

Esther Rainey 

Esther Rainey, 84, Skidmore, a 

longtime employee of the family’s 

newspaper in Jamesport, died Oct. 1, 

2011, at her home. 

Mrs. Raney’s father, Walter, bought 

the Tri-County Weekly in Jamesport in 

1945. She soon began working at the 

newspaper and learned how to prepare 

it for print. She retired in 1995 after 

more than 48 years with the paper. 

She leaves two daughters, three sons, 

four sisters, two brothers, 10 grandchildren 

and 17 great-grandchildren. 


Newspaper In Education Report 

Flag feature for Veterans Day; 

NASA features offered online 

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NIE training Dec. 2 at MPA office 

I 

don’t think we’ve ever had so many 

projects in production at one time 

as we have had this fall. 

More than 50 of our newspapers 

published our new Constitution 

feature that addressed 

both the Missouri 

and U.S. Constitutions. 

This feature, our first release 

of the new school 

year, was created in partnership 

with The Missouri 

Bar. 

Just in time for Veteran’s 

Day, we released 

a new feature on flag 

etiquette, “Honoring our 

Flag.” This feature ad- 

dresses the care, display 

and disposal of the U.S. 

flag. It also shares history 

of the Flag Code and flag 

terminology. Timed to be 

a resource for Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11, 

the feature may be used at any time, including 

Flag Day, June 14. 

The Missouri Bar is partnering with 

MPA on the flag etiquette feature as 

well as another series that we’ll release 

in November that teaches readers about 

the Civil War Amendments—the 13 th , 

14th and 15th . 

Our goal is to have the Reading 

Across Missouri story ready in 

mid-December so we’ve been working 

on the layout and design for “Patriotic 

Pals, Tails of the Civil War.” This year’s 

story is nine chapters and is narrated by 

Chuck, a border collie from Missouri. 

Chuck walks readers, young and old, 

through important battles of the Civil 

War and introduces them to canine mascots 

who made an impact on the humans 

they served. 

“Patriotic Pals, Tails of the Civil War,” 

was written by Chris Stuckenschneider, 

an author from Washington, Mo., who 

Dawn Kitchell is MPA’s NIE 

director. Contact her at 

(636) 932-4301; dawn.kitchell@gmail.com. 

wrote our serials “Twist of Fate: The 

Miracle Colt and His Friends” and 

“Pressing West,” about the Missouri 

Gazette. Stuckenschneider also writes 

the monthly Book Buzz 

and Novel Ideas columns, 

available free to newspapers 

nationwide through 

Missouri Press. 

Our MPA state Newspaper 

In Education 

Committee has made a 

commitment to try to develop 

our youth features 

into revenue streams for 

the Missouri newspapers 

that publish them. Every 

MPA member newspaper 

received a survey inviting 

them to join the effort. 

Thanks to Trevor Vernon 

and Bruce Wallace for 

driving this effort – and 

to all the newspapers that responded so 

positively to our survey. 

A few of our newspapers have asked 

for guidance initiating Newspaper In 

Education programs in their communities. 

With all of the new features 

available, it’s a terrific time to get things 

started in your community. MPA will 

host a free workshop from 10:30 a.m to 

2:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, at the MPA 

office in Columbia. This training is for 

newspapers that do not currently provide 

resources and/or newspapers to local 

schools. 

My goal in this short training will 

be to send you back to your community 

with tools to persuade educators in 

your schools to incorporate your newspaper 

into their classroom curriculum. 

We also will briefly discuss sponsorship 

opportunities. 

To register to attend this workshop, 

contact me directly at dawn.kitchell@ 

gmail.com or (636) 932-4301. 


We’ve got reading and civics topics 

well covered this year through our new 

releases from MPA, and next spring 

we’ll offer a science series tied to gardening, 

but I wanted to share with you 

another opportunity to teach science 

inside your newspaper. 

NASA offers a monthly column for 

young readers called Space Place that 

tells the science behind the space news. 

The articles are 300-350 words, written 

at an upper elementary school grade 

level, and come with images. 

Some of the topics covered in the 

free monthly 

column are the 

launch of science 

missions or planetary 

encounters, 

or the anniversary 

of a special event, 

such as the rovers 

Spirit and Opportunity 

landing on 

Mars. Recent topics 

covered were 

the aurora borealis, 

also called 

The aurora 

borealis, as seen 

from Bear Lake, 

Alaska. 

Photo Credit: 

U.S. Air Force/ 

Joshua Strang 

Stay Tuned 

for the Aurora 

By Dr. Marc Rayman 

Sometimes, the night sky is filled with dancing curtains of 

blue-green light, with patches of red and pink. It’s the aurora 

borealis, also called the northern lights. The closer you live to 

the North Pole, the more likely you will see an aurora. The same 

light show is also visible near the South Pole, where it is called the 

aurora australis, or southern lights. 

The auroras look like Earth is performing for us, with the sky for a 

stage. However, the Sun is actually directing the show. The Sun is 

always sending out a stream of electrically charged particles called the 

solar wind. When the particles get close to Earth, they start to feel the 

effect of Earth’s strong magnetic field. 

Earth is like a giant magnet, with its field curving all around the planet and 

coming together into almost a funnel shape near each of Earth’s two poles. 

This field is called Earth’s magnetosphere. It protects us from the solar 

wind, most of the time steering the charged particles away from our planet. 

But the magnetic field also traps some of the charged particles and funnels 

them down toward the poles. Then we get an enormous flow of electricity 

right into Earth’s atmosphere. 

When the charged particles collide with the thin air 60 miles or more above 

the ground, the gases in the atmosphere give off light like the glowing gas 

in a neon light tube. Nitrogen may turn red, blue, and violet, and oxygen can 

color the sky red and green. 

Although auroras occur every year, some years the Sun is more active. 

Sometimes, huge explosions on the Sun fling tremendous numbers of 

charged particles into space. If these happen to be aimed at Earth, we 

can be treated to an especially marvelous display two or three days 

later, once the particles have raced across the space between the Sun 

and us. 

The new GOES-R satellite will keep track of these charged particles 

from the Sun as part of its regular duties. Help GOES-R gather up 

all this data. Play the fun, colorful game Satellite Insight on The 

Space Place at http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/satellite-insight. 

This article was provided through the courtesy of the Jet Propulsion 

Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, under 

a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

and support from the U.S. Department of Commerce National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

GLEs: Science: 51C, 61C, 62C 

Watch for a new Space Place 

feature every month! 

the northern lights, and the protective 

bubble, or heliosphere, surrounding 

the earth. 

The Space Place articles are written 

by a science and technology writer 

at NASA and are reviewed by NASA 

scientists and engineers. Each article 

includes a tie-in to a game, fun fact 

or hands-on activity on NASA’s Space 

Place website, spaceplace.nasa.gov, 

where young readers can further explore 

and learn. 

You can publish the information in 

any format that works for your newspaper, 

and they even allow you to use the 

information on your website. All they 

ask in return is a PDF or tearsheet of 

what you publish. 

At the Washington Missourian, we 

took the text and images supplied by 

NASA and turned it into a quarterpage 

feature that we are publishing once 

each month throughout the school year 

(graphic). This is just another tool to 

engage young readers, their teachers 

and parents, with the newspaper. 

For more information on NASA’s 

Space Place, contact Laura K. Lincoln, 

Outreach Coordinator, (818) 393- 

5936, Laura.K.Lincoln@jpl.nasa.gov. 


Encounter with royalty in Albuquerque 

Going to the annual convention of the National Newspaper Association isn’t just 

presentations by industry honchos. Washington Missourian publisher Bill Miller Sr. 

shared a few moments with 2011 Miss America Teresa Scanlan, 18, of Nebraska, at the 

convention in Albuquerque in September. (Gary Sosniecki made this photo and sent it 

to MPA.) 

Statement of Ownership, Circulation 

This is the Statement of Ownership, 

Management and Circulation as 

required by Act of Congress of Aug. 12, 

1970, of Missouri Press News, published 

monthly at Columbia, Mo. This statement 

contains the information provided 

on Form 3526, which was mailed to the 

Postmaster at Columbia, Mo., on Sept. 

28, 2011. 

The publisher and owner of Missouri 

Press News is the Missouri Press Association, 

802 Locust St., Columbia, MO, 

65201-4888, a non-profit corporation 

without capital stock. 

The editor is Kent M. Ford of Columbia, 

Mo. The managing editor is 

Doug Crews of Columbia, Mo. 

There are no bondholders, mortgagees, 

or other security holders of any 

kind or nature, either with reference 

to the Association or the Missouri Press 

News. 

Total number of copies printed during 

the preceding 12 months averaged 

722, and 715 were printed for October 

2011, the issue nearest the filing date. 

No copies were sold through dealers, 

carriers or vendors during the year. Paid 

or requested mail subscriptions averaged 

687, with 677 in October. 

No copies were distributed free each 

month through the mail. Free distribution 

outside the mail was 12 each 

month. Total distribution averaged 

699, with 689 distributed in October. 

Copies not distributed averaged 23, 

with 16 not distributed in October. 

Paid and/or requested circulation 

averaged 98.28% for the year and was 

98.26% in October. 

I certify that all information furnished 

is true and complete. 

Kent M. Ford, Editor 


Book written about 

Photo Hall of Famer 

A l Kaff wrote the following piece for 

the Overseas Press Club Bulletin 

about his friend Fred Waters, the “legendary 

photojournalist” for INS and AP. 

“Very few people can say that they 

accomplished their life’s goal before 

they were 30 years old. That’s what 

happened to me. It’s been a good ride.” 

“That was what Fred Waters, 83, a 

legendary photojournalist for INS and 

AP, wrote in “Mizu-San: The World 

and War Through the Eyes of Hall of 

Fame Photographer.” 

“Friends and colleagues always called 

Waters by the nickname Mizu, the Japanese 

word for water. 

“Waters covered wars and conflicts 

in Korea, the Philippines, Cambodia, 

Vietnam and other Southeast Asia hot 

spots. He shot dangerous scenes up 

close because he worked in the days before 

telephoto lenses allowed journalists 

to capture images on film from a 

distance. 

“Back in the United States after working 

in Asia, Fred covered the aftermath 

of Martin Luther King’s assassination in 

1968, street riots in Memphis, integration 

of public schools in Birmingham, 

Ala., and professional football, baseball 

and hockey in St. Louis; rubbed shoulders 

with the Kennedy brothers; Presidents 

Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, 

Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan; Soviet 

Premier Khrushchev, Mother Theresa, 

Ted Williams, Marilyn Monroe, Jayne 

Mansfield and Bob Hope. He was assigned 

to the St. Louis bureau when he 

retired from AP in 1986. 

“In 2008, Fred was inducted into 

the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of 

Fame. 

“Mizu’s adventures are written as 

told to the co-author Joe C. Culpepper, 

a veteran journalist, newspaper editor 

and photographer who spent 23 years 

with the Gannett newspapers. Initial 

proceeds from the book will endow 

an annual scholarship in Waters’ name 

for a deserving member of the Junior 

Reserve Officer Training Corps in the 

high school in the town where Waters 

lives, Gulf Breeze, Fla.” 

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Court rule, rulings differ 

on openness of warrants 

22 

No statute exists to overrule procedure 

Sometimes finding out the answer 

to a legal question is an extremely 

difficult process — you can check 

case law and the statutes. You think you 

know the answer, and then you can get 

caught by surprise by something you had 

no idea existed. That happened to me a 

few weeks ago. 

Many times over the 

years I’ve been asked 

about access to search 

warrants. My answer has 

always been the same — 

warrants are open, but the 

returns are closed. There 

were good reasons for 

that answer, but I now 

know it’s wrong. 

The only statute that 

deals with this issue is 

Section 542.276, which 

sets out the standard law 

enforcement uses to request 

a search warrant. 

It sets out what needs to 

go in the application, including 

the affidavit that 

must accompany it. 

The application has to identify what 

law enforcement is searching for and 

where it intends to search. It must be 

filed in court, signed by the prosecutor. 

The judge decides whether it contains 

sufficient facts to justify issuing a 

search warrant. 

All of this is “retained in the records 

of the court...” In short, it’s a court record, 

which you know is generally an 

open record unless the court has spe- 

Jean Maneke, MPA’s Legal 

Hotline attorney, can be 

reached at (816) 753-9000, 

jmaneke@manekelaw.com. 

cifically closed the record or the file. 

After the warrant is issued and the 

search done, there must be a “return” 

filed, which identifies what was 

seized and an itemized receipt. The 

return is “delivered to the judge who 

issued the warrant.” 

I’ve always heard that explained as 

until the judge delivers the return to 

the court, the return is not considered 

a “court record” and therefore is not an 

open record. 

And there have been a couple of cases 

that Missouri media lawyers cited in 

this area. One, a federal case (called “In 

re Search Warrant,” a 1988 case from 

the 8 th Circuit Court of Appeals), involved 

an appeal by the St. Louis Post- 

Dispatch over a judge’s 

order refusing to unseal an 

affidavit and other materials 

attached to two search 

warrants. 

The government attorneys 

in that case argued 

that the process of issuing 

such documents involved 

an “ex parte” request from 

the government and an 

out-of-court consideration 

and ruling by the 

judge. Also, they argued, 

revealing the object of the 

search would frustrate the 

very seizure of the evidence. 

But the court recognized 

the long-standing 

First Amendment right of access to 

court documents and held that this 

right does extend to documents filed 

in support of search warrant applications. 

The court also noted that public 

access to such documents is important 

to the public’s understanding of the 

function and operation of the judicial 

process and the criminal justice system, 

and it also acted as a curb on potential 

prosecutorial or judicial misconduct. 

However, after giving us this strong 

holding, that particular Court went on 

to find that in the facts before it, keeping 

those records under seal was necessary 

due to the importance of the ongoing 

investigation by the government. 

Another case supporting this decision 

was a holding out of the Circuit 

Court of Buchanan County from 

1991. In that, The Kansas City Star 


wanted access to numerous search warrants, 

affidavits and returns in a criminal 

case. 

One division of the court denied 

that application, but The Star took it 

up in subsequent proceedings in another 

division. That court, citing the 

federal decision above, held that there 

was a qualified First Amendment right 

of public access to search warrants and 

supporting documents, just as there is a 

right of public access to court proceedings. 

(This case also contained language 

supporting the author’s understanding 

that the original request was public but 

the return was non-public until filed 

with the court file.) 

Well, that all seemed well and 

good. But that, unfortunately, is not 

the end. 

As I worked with some MPA members 

this month on a case involving a 

search warrant, first we got a variety of 

excuses from various folks about why 

the search warrant and affidavit were 

closed. None of those reasons made 

sense. 

Finally, a court clerk pointed out to 

us a provision contained in Supreme 

Court Operating Rule 4.24, which contains 

a list of “Confidential Records” in 

the court system. Item “p” on that list is 

“Search warrant applications until the 

warrant is returned or expires.” That rule 

was adopted in 2004. 

There’s not been a court decision on 

what takes precedence, the operating 

rule or the court opinions. 

I can tell you that the Missouri 

Constitution, in Article V, Section 5, 

gives the Supreme Court in the state 

the power to establish rules relating to 

“practice, procedure and pleading...” 

That same provision says that “rules 

shall not change substantive rights or 

the law relating to evidence...” 

So is this a rule relating to “substantive 

rights?” Or is this a rule relating to 

“procedure and pleading?” 

And to make this more confusing, 

there is case law that says where the legislature 

has enacted a statute pertaining 

to a procedural matter that is inconsistent 

with a Supreme Court rule, the 

statute must be enforced. And another 

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Missouri Newspaper Organizations 

NORTHWEST MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Matt Daugherty, Smithville/ 

Kearney/Libertyv; Vice President, Phil Cobb, Maryville; Secretary, Kathy Conger, Bethany; 

Treasurer, W.C. Farmer, Rock Port. Directors: Past President Jim Fall, Maryville; Dennis 

Ellsworth, St. Joseph; Jim McPherson, Weston; Chuck Haney, Chillicothe; Adam Johnson, 

Mound City; Steve Tinnen, Plattsburg; Kay Wilson, Maryville; Steve Booher, St. Joseph; 

D’Anna Balliett, Cameron. 

SHOW-ME PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, David Eales, Paris; Vice President, 

Jeff Grimes, Centralia; Secretary-Treasurer, Sandy Nelson, News-Press & Gazette Co. 

Directors: Dennis Warden, Owensville; Stacy Rice, Drexel; Past President/Director, Linda 

Geist, Monroe City. 

OZARK PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Keith Moore, Ava; Vice President, Whitney 

Anderson, Crane; Secretary-Treasurer, Dala Whittaker, Cabool. Directors: Roger Dillon, 

Eminence; Brad Gentry, Houston; Jeff Schrag, Springfield; Chris Case, Cuba; Tianna 

Brooks, Mountain View; Sharon Vaughn, Summersville. 

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PRESS ASSOCIATION: President, Betty Watkins, Dexter; First 

Vice President, Amanda Layton, Perryville; Second Vice President, Donna Denson, Cape 

Girardeau; Secretary-Treasurer, Michelle Friedrich, Poplar Bluff; Executive Secretary, Ann 

Hayes, Southeast Missouri State University; Historian, Peggy Scott, Festus. Directors: 

Gera LeGrand, Cape Girardeau; Kim Combs, Piedmont; H. Scott Seal, Portageville; Kate 

Martin, Perryville; Deanna Nelson, Sikeston; Ed Thomason, New Madrid. 

DEMOCRATIC EDITORS OF MISSOURI: President, Richard Fredrick, Paris; First Vice 

President, Bob Cunningham, Moberly; Secretary, Beth McPherson, Weston; Treasurer, 

Linda Geist, Monroe City. 

MISSOURI CIRCULATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION: President, Brenda Carney, 

Harrisonville; First Vice President, Jack Kaminsky, Joplin; Second Vice President, Steve 

Edwards, St. Joseph; Secretary, David Pine, Kansas City; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. 

Directors: Jim Kennedy, Bolivar; Ken Carpenter, Kansas City; Rob Siebeneck, Jefferson City. 

MISSOURI ADVERTISING MANAGERS’ ASSOCIATION: President, Dennis Warden, 

Owensville; First Vice President, Jane Haslag, Jefferson City; Second Vice President, 

Jana Todd, Warrenton; Secretary, Jeanine York, Washington; Treasurer, Kristie Williams, 

Columbia. Directors: Suzie Wilson, Milan; Bruce Wallace, Ashland; Brian Rice, Excelsior 

Springs; Lisa Miller, Camdenton; Kevin Jones, St. Louis. Past President, Stacy Rice, Drexel. 

MISSOURI ASSOCIATED DAILIES: President, Joe May, Mexico; Vice President, vacant; 

Secretary, Shelly Arth, Marshall; Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia; Past President, Larry 

Freels, Kirksville. Directors: Jack Whitaker, Hannibal; Arnie Robbins, St. Louis; Dan Potter, 

Columbia. 

MISSOURI PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATORS: President, Colene McEntee, St. 

Charles; President-Elect, vacant; Secretary, Peggy Koch, Barnhart; Treasurer, Roxanne 

Miller, Ballwin; Public Relations Officer, Suzanne Corbett, St. Louis; Membership Officer, 

Linda Briggs-Harty, St. Louis; Contest Director, Janice Denham, Kirkwood; Quest Awards 

Directors, Susan Fadem, St. Louis, and Marge Polcyn, St. Louis; Conference Director, 

vacant; Archivist, Dee Rabey, Granite City, Ill.; Past President, Fran Mannino, Kirkwood. 

MISSOURI PRESS SERVICE: President, Vicki Russell, Columbia; Vice President, Jack 

Whitaker, Hannibal; Secretary-Treasurer, Dave Bradley, St. Joseph. Directors: Steve 

Oldfield, Adrian, John Spaar, Odessa. 

MISSOURI PRESS FOUNDATION, INC.: President, Mrs. Betty Spaar, Odessa; First Vice 

President, Wendell Lenhart, Trenton; Second Vice President, Kirk Powell, Pleasant Hill; 

Secretary-Treasurer, Doug Crews, Columbia. Directors: R.B. Smith III, Lebanon; Rogers 

Hewitt, Shelbyville; James Sterling, Columbia; Edward Steele, Columbia; Robert Wilson, 

Milan; Dane Vernon, Eldon; Vicki Russell, Columbia; Bill James, Harrisonville; Bill Miller 

Sr., Washington, Tom Miller, Washington; Chuck Haney, Chillicothe. Directors Emeritus: 

Mrs. Wanda Brown, Harrisonville; Wallace Vernon, Eldon. 

MISSOURI-KANSAS AP PUBLISHERS AND EDITORS: Chairman, Susan Lynn, Iola, 

Kan. Missouri AP Managing Editors: Chairman, vacant; Past Chairman, Carol Stark, Joplin. 

MISSOURI COLLEGE MEDIA ASSOCIATION: President, Dave Hon, Missouri Western 

State University; Vice President, Andrea Sisney, Webster University; Secretary, Janaca 

Scherer, University of Missouri, St. Louis; MPA Liaison, Jack Dimond, Missouri State 

University; Adviser, Dr. Robert Bergland, Missouri Western State University. 

CALENDAR 

November 

3 — Missouri Press Ad Workshop, 

Columbia, MPA office 

17 — MPA Legislative Committee, 

3 p.m., MPA office, Columbia 

19 — Mizzou v. Texas Tech Football, 

Columbia; MPA Tailgate two hours 

before kickoff, Hearnes Fieldhouse 

December 

2 — Newspaper In Education workshop, 

10:30-2:30, MPA Office, Columbia 

January 

11 — Missouri Press Ad Workshop, 

Troy 

April 

19-20 — Missouri Advertising 

Managers’ annual meeting, 

Courtyard by Marriott, Columbia 

September 

20-22 — Missouri Pess Association 

146th Annual Convention, Holiday 

Inn Executive Center, Columbia 

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case says procedural rules promulgated 

by the Court supersede inconsistent 

statutes unless there has been a statute 

enacted that annuls or amends the rule. 

In order to supersede the procedural 

rule, the statute must specifically refer 

to the rule it is superseding. 

In short, since I don’t know of a statute 

that specifically states that it supersedes 

Rule 4.24, I’d suggest that at this 

moment, someone seeking access to 

a request for a subpoena and the underlying 

affidavit will have a hard time 

finding a court that would rule to allow 

access. 

But I’m also wondering if this is an 

issue the Supreme Court has ever fully 

considered, in light of the case law and 

the underlying First Amendment constitutional 

rights that apply to criminal 

proceedings. And I’m hoping that 

at some time in the future, the Court 

thinks about taking a further look at 

this, perhaps considering if an absolute 

rule is appropriate or whether some provision 

would be better allowing there to 

be case-by-case or similar consideration 

when such a request is presented. 


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