Peter Baniak, editor and vice president of the Lexington Herald-Leader, has been elected to the KPA/KPS Board of Directors to fill an unexpired term.

The special election was necessitated with the resignation of Wayne Snow, vice president/advertising, of the Lexington Herald-Leader. He’s now the general manager of cleveland.com.

The current term ends in January, 2011, and the district will then have an election for a full three-year Board term.

KPA has received this message from NNA concerning the USPS idea of cutting to five-day delivery.

Sen. Jon Tester, D-MT, used his position on Senate Appropriations last week to block efforts to end Saturday mail delivery this fiscal year. We appreciate the efforts of our Montana members in helping Sen. Tester to solidify his belief in the importance of community newspapers in rural America.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tonda Rush, NNA Washington Office

Experts tell postal regulatory commission ending Saturday mail will harm small town America

The Postal Service has failed to take into account the effect of the loss of Saturday mail delivery upon small town America, and has overlooked new competition it will spur from newspaper carrier forces if it drops Saturdays, National Newspaper Association witnesses told the Postal Regulatory Commission today.

COLUMBIA, MO – Judging results have been processed and winners of the 2010 Best of Newspaper In Education contest have been posted online at nnaweb.org.

Winners will be recognized at the “Puttin’ on the Ritz” award reception held Saturday, Oct. 2, during NNA’s 2010 Annual Convention & Trade Show at the Omaha Hilton and Qwest Center in Omaha, NE, Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, 2010. Download the registration form available at nnaweb.org to attend the Convention or purchase reception tickets.

Go online to learn more about how you can help stop the postal rate increase.

Below is a message from the Affordable Mail Alliance. It is an update on the most current events and it provides information on how YOU can get more involved in fighting the United States Postal Service rate increase. Thank you for all the recent support in our important efforts.

In an attempt to raise awareness about rural Kentucky’s health and health care challenges, the Kentucky Rural Health Association has announced it will begin sponsoring an annual newspaper reporting awards program. The purpose of the awards program is to encourage print media outlets to bring attention to Kentucky’s health-related issues.

Late nights, new towns, never-ending workloads.

Sounds like a typical college student’s life. Well, for the KPA interns – this summer has been a learning experience all its own.

This summer 23 college students were given the opportunity to intern at newspapers and associate member’s offices across Kentucky.

David Dick, an Emmy-winning television reporter for CBS News who became a journalism educator and author and helped start a weekly newspaper in his home Bluegrass horse country, died July 16 at his home in Plum Lick, Ky., after a 17-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 80.