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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We are actually blessed with a remarkable
combination here -- a small town with a quality newspaper. Check out other
little papers anywhere around here. The DN is not the NY Times, but it's a
good community paper, locally-owned and published by a guy who does
care.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I complain about the DN and harass the publisher as
much as anyone, but I do recognize it's a paper dedicated to this community and
to doing a good job.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so, congrats to the DN staff on the big
award.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BL</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Daily News earns award
for excellence </SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Associated Press </SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; font-color: gray">Published: 06-10-2006
</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">EAGLE, Idaho — The staff of the
Moscow-Pullman Daily News was recognized Friday for general excellence in the
Utah-Idaho-Spokane Associated Press Association’s annual news contest.
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<P>The 2006 awards were presented at the association’s annual meeting. The Daily
News competed against daily newspapers in eastern Washington, Idaho and Utah
with circulations less than 10,000.
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<P>Daily News staff took home 12 awards in all, including six first-place awards
in addition to the general excellence honor, which is the highest a newspaper
can achieve in the contest.
<P>
<P>The Deseret Morning News in Salt Lake City and The Spectrum in St. George,
Utah, also were recognized for general excellence. The Spokesman-Review in
Spokane, and the Post Register in Idaho Falls each won the William H. Cowles
Memorial Award for public service reporting.
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<P>The Spokesman-Review received the award for its online investigation of the
city’s mayor, Jim West, who was recalled by voters after a series of articles
detailing how the mayor had solicited dates from young gay men in Internet chat
rooms. The Post Register received the award for its series about a child
molester who was hired as a Boy Scout camp program director and the newspaper’s
court fight to obtain public documents in the case.
<P>
<P>Papers compete in three size divisions: for papers more than 50,000
circulation; for papers of 10,000 to 50,000; and for the first time this year,
the category for papers under 10,000 circulation.
<P>
<P>Here is a complete list of Divison I news and sports writing winners in the
2006 contest:
<P>
<P>
<P>
<P>Division I
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<P>(Circulation 10,000 and less)
<P>
<P>Spot News Story
<P>
<P>1st place — Keith Kinnaird of the Bonner County Daily Bee, “Man in critical
condition after boulder crushes excavator”
<P>
<P>General Reporting
<P>
<P>1st — E. Kirsten Peters of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Race, free speech
issues likely to linger”
<P>
<P>2nd — R.J. Cohn of the Bonner County Daily Bee, “Sandpoint pole yard threat”
<P>
<P>3rd — Christine Scott of the Standard Journal, “Paws against drugs”
<P>
<P>Beat Reporting
<P>
<P>1st — R.J. Cohn of the Bonner County Daily Bee
<P>
<P>2nd — E. Kirsten Peters of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News
<P>
<P>Feature Story
<P>
<P>1st — Alexis Bacharach of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Back from Iraq”
<P>
<P>2nd — E. Kirsten Peters of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “The name-keepers”
<P>
<P>3rd — Alexis Bacharach of Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Breaking ground no big
deal”
<P>
<P>Personal Columns
<P>
<P>1st — Steve McClure of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News
<P>
<P>Editorial
<P>
<P>1st — Steve McClure of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News
<P>
<P>Sports Features
<P>
<P>1st — Tom Fox of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Second shot”
<P>
<P>2nd — Doug Bauer of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Smith has his hands full”
<P>
<P>3rd — Aaron Wasser of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “The intangibles”
<P>
<P>Series or Special Projects
<P>
<P>1st — Tom Fox of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Raising the bar”
<P>
<P>2nd — Staff of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, “Below the surface”
<P>
<P>General Excellence
<P>
<P>1st — Staff of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News </SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>