By TESA CULLI
tesa.culli@register-news.com
MAKANDA — The Mt. Vernon Register-News received awards in every general excellence category announced during the Southern Illinois Editorial Association 113th General Meeting Friday at Giant City State Park Lodge.
In addition, Paul Lorenz, managing editor of the Register-News sister newspaper, the McLeansboro Times Leader, received the distinction of winning the Charles Feirich Original Column contest.
The Better Newspaper Contest is an annual competition open to Southern and central Illinois newspapers. Newspapers and individual journalist entries from newspapers are judged in four divisions — with the Register-News competing in Division C for daily newspapers with a circulation of 25,000 or under.
The general excellence categories are best local news coverage, newspaper design, best use of photography, best editorial page, advertising excellence, best local sports coverage and general excellence. The SIEA randomly “pulls” two editions of newspapers randomly from the same week for all newspapers. This year the pull dates were the weeks of Oct. 19 through 25 and Dec. 7 through 13 in 2008.
The Register-News received a second place for advertising excellence, and a third place for best local sports coverage. The newspaper received honorable mentions for best local news coverage, best newspaper design, best use of photography, best editorial page, and general excellence.
In addition, the Register-News Web site, www.register-news.com, also received an honorable mention for best Web site.
Register-News reporter Kandace McCoy received an honorable mention in the individual category of best feature story for “Mask Crusade,” the story of local athlete Alicia Capps and her work to make face masks mandatory for all softball players in the infield.
Lorenz received two honorable mentions for best education story for “Planting seeds: Pupils learn to take care of the Earth,” and “Staying on Track.”
Lorenz took top honors in the Charles Feirich Original Column competition for his column, “Giving thanks that November is over.” Comments from the judges called Lorenz’ column a “piece of compelling prose. It is witty, short and captivating. You cannot avoid empathizing with him.”
Winners in the judges are selected at the Southern Illinois University-Carbondale School of Journalism, with faculty working with top journalism students to select winners in all divisions.
Local
April 24, 2009
Register-News honored
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- County Board approves appointments MT. VERNON — The Jefferson County Board approved five appointments to various county entities.
- World Class Workforce adding web presence MT. VERNON — The Jefferson County Development Corporation is working to improve the World Class Workforce program and bring it to the web.
- State passes Medicaid cut plan MT. VERNON — The Illinois Legislature passed a plan on Thursday to trim Medicaid by 12 percent, or $1.6 billion. The legislation cuts Medicaid reimbursement rates to hospitals and nursing homes by $240 million per year.
- Officials urge area residents to use caution as temperatures rise into 90s MT. VERNON — Temperatures are expected to be in the mid to high 90s for the area this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
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Ina resident wins Spotlight Literacy Award
INA — Yaro Hospodarsky of Ina won a 2012 Spotlight Literacy Award, given by the Illinois Press Association and the Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White.
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Children’s home seeks foster parents
MT. VERNON — The United Methodist Children’s Home is looking for people who are willing to become foster parents to children age 12 through 18.
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Road work suspensions for weekend
MT. VERNON — Starting at 3 p.m. today, the Illinois Department of Transportation will be suspending all non-emergency road work for the holiday weekend and open up all lanes, where possible, until 12 a.m., May 28.
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City plans additional leg of bike trail
MT. VERNON — The city of Mt. Vernon has plans to include an additional leg in its bike trail.
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County unemployment rate drops
MT. VERNON — The county unemployment rate dropped seven tenths of a percentage point from March to April, coming in at 7.8 percent.
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Pool safety reminders for the start of summer
MT. VERNON — The best way to keep every swimmer safe is swim lessons, said Mt. Vernon City Pool manager Joyce Damron.
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