Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Trempealeau County Times Entry Title: Just Another Week Entry Credit: Andrew Dannehy Judge Comment: Andrew uses his space to educate the readers and his writings are the classic example of what community newspapers should be.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Ashland Daily Press Entry Title: Wasson columns Entry Credit: Peter Wasson Judge Comment: Pete does a great job of enlightening the readers to the inevitable in social situations. Explaining about addiction and masturbation was brave.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Pierce County Journal Entry Title: Public comment truth; Learning the hard way; Step up or shut up Entry Credit: Sarah Nigbor Judge Comment: Sarah, tells it like it is. If Im ever in her area, I will not hack her off. Good work calling out the keyboard creeps.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: The Monroe Times Entry Title: Months can be more than one thing. People too.; The Times they are a changing; Seven really good candidates, one tough choice Entry Credit: Adam Krebs Judge Comment: good points of view and admitting his views on God is brave and most likely never work in the Bible belt. I found int interesting that he used "honest-toGod" in the second column.
Competition Comment: While this was a very complex category, I enjoyed reading all the points of view. I had to pick four, which I did. Personal tragedy, loss of friends, cars stuck on the side of the road, advice on not getting scammed all good content and vital for a community newspaper. I really enjoyed all the submissions.
