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New board members begin duties in January Four new faces and two not so new ones will be on the KPA/KPS Board of Directors beginning with the board’s first meeting of 2002. Tom Caudill, president of KPA in 1999, will return to the board representing District 13. Caudill is assistant managing editor of the Lexington Herald-Leader. He replaces Don White, publisher of the Anderson News, who didn’t seek re-election. Ben Post, managing editor of The Courier-Journal, will serve on the board for the first time. He will represent District 6, the seat formerly held by Dorothy Abernathy, publisher of the Oldham Era and Trimble Banner, who also didn’t seek re-election. Donn Wimmer, publisher of the Hancock Clarion, will take a first-time seat on the board, replacing Ed Riney in District 3 who also chose not to run for another term. Riney is publisher of the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer. New At-Large members on the board are: Kelly Robinson, advertising director for Recorder Newspapers in Florence; Glen Greene, publisher of the Mt. Sterling Advocate; and Chris Poore, student media adviser at the Kentucky Kernel. Poore is presently completing a two-year term on the board as chairman of the News Editorial Division. Returning to the board as an at-large member is Keith Ponder, publisher of the Glasgow Daily Times. Winning re-election to their District seats were: Charlie Portmann, editor of the Franklin Favorite in District 4; and Teresa Rice, general manager of the Lebanon Enterprise in District 5. The first meeting of the new board of directors will be Jan. 24 at the 2002 KPA Winter Convention at the Lexington Marriott. Officers of the KPA/KPS Board of Directors for 2002 include: President, Dave Eldridge, publisher of the Jessamine Journal; President-Elect (to serve in 2003), David Greer, publisher of The Kentucky Standard, Bardstown; and Treasurer, David Thornberry, publisher of the Somerset Commonwealth-Journal. The board has voted to recommend Sharon Tuminski for Vice President and will take that to the full membership during the business meeting at the 2002 Winter Convention. Rounding out the board are returning district representatives: District 1 - Alice Rouse, Murray Ledger & Times District 2 - Jed Dillingham, Dawson Springs Progress District 7 - Kelley Warnick, Gallatin County News District 8 - Ken Metz, Bath County News Outlook District 9 - Jerry Pennington, Ashland Daily Independent District 10 - Open District 11 - Glenn Gray, Manchester Enterprise District 12 - David Thornberry, Commonwealth-Journal District 14 - John Nelson, Danville Advocate-Messenger
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