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DECEMBER 2007 ARTICLES
City, KPA mourn loss of friend A beloved Dawson Springs newsman passed away at his home Nov. 12. James Edward “Jed” Dillingham, 57, was the co-publisher and editor of his family’s weekly newspaper, The Dawson Springs Progress. Dillingham was a longtime pillar of Dawson Springs, a community mourning the loss of a good friend. “I’ve known him all his life,” Mayor Stacia Peyton said. “I was working for his father at the paper when Jed was in the first grade.”
It wasn’t a drive I had to make. After all, Eddyville is right at four hours from Frankfort. I didn’t have to make the drive but that doesn’t mean I didn’t want to. The West Kentucky Press Association had decided in June that its fall meeting would be Nov. 8 and just dinner at an Eddyville restaurant. No agenda, no program. In fact, all you had to do was come and eat and leave, if you wanted. But if you wanted to talk about the business, that was invited as well.
On Oct. 25, I had breakfast with Jed Dillingham after the fall KPA board retreat. At that time there was no way that I could have known that would be the last time that I would see him alive. Jed Dillingham died on Nov. 12 from a massive heart attack. He and his brother, Scott Dillingham own and operate the Dawson Springs Progress, a weekly newspaper in Hopkins County.
Russell Register sells to a new company, South Ky. Media, LLC. Wade Daffron, former owner/founder of The Russell Register, hand picked who was going to take over his paper with the confidence that it would be in good hands. Daffron said the decision to sell The Russell Register was not easy and did not come without much thought.
Convention will have something for everyone
Mark your calendar and start downloading your computer-generated highway directions because all roads lead to Lexington for the 2008 KPA Convention on Thursday and Friday, Jan. 24 and 25 at the Marriott Griffin Gate on Newtown Pike.
A KHSJA success story It was a deal they couldn’t refuse. Or perhaps partnership is a better description. In either case, Sandra Stone and Roxann Curts of the Meade County Messenger in Brandenburg, saw it as a great opportunity for their newspaper and at the same time a boost for local high school journalism.
Icon endorses newspapers over TVnews A few weeks ago, I watched in amazement as cranky TV commentator Andy Rooney first blasted newspapers but then did a quick about-face and gave us a rousing endorsement. Talk about whiplash. It’s a good thing he ended his curmudgeonly rant on “60 Minutes” on a positive note. Otherwise, I felt a Sparky Applegate-moment coming on.
People and Papers
Passings
Stephen Malmer's wife worked for the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. So, when Malmer suspected she was cheating on him with one of her co-workers, he submitted an open records request for eight months' worth of “personal non-work related emails" between the two. The Cabinet identified more than 50 responsive emails but denied the request, citing, among other things, personal privacy.
Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame seeks nominations for honor Nominations for the 2008 induction class for the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame are due by Jan. 7, 2008. Nominations should be sent to the Hall of Fame Selection Committee, School of Journalism and Telecommunications, University of Kentucky, 107 Grehan Building, UK, Lexington, KY 40506-0042. Letters should be marked to the attention of Amy Jarvis.
West Kentucky Press Association gathers for regular meeting Representatives of six weekly newspapers, the Murray State University Department of Journalism and the Kentucky Press Association participated in the fall meeting of the West Kentucky Press Association Nov. 8 in Eddyville. |
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One final handshake between friends
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