Southern Lithoplate/Inland Press Association Print Quality Competition Winners Announced

By: Press Release

For the third consecutive year, The Villages (Fla.) Daily Sun won the Best In Show Award in the color category and this year also won Best In Show in the black-and-white category of the Southern Lithoplate/Inland Press Association Print Quality Competition.

Judges remarked they had a hard time picking winners in several circulation categories because the entries--up 25 percent over last year's competition--reflected a commitment to maintain a high level of production quality for what continues to be the industry's core product, its printed newspaper. Entries were judged by Dennis Cheeseman, director of research and development for US Ink, and Frank Burkiewicz, consumables application specialist for Des Plaines, Ill.-based Mark Andy Print Products.

Entries were evaluated in four circulation categories on how close the came to reproducing proofs of a color image and/or a black-and-white image. The photo had to be published in the regular run of the newspaper.

This year's winners:

Black and White

Under 10,000 circulation

First Place: Pioneer, Big Rapids, Michigan
Runner Up: Livingston (Montana) Enterprise

10,000 to 50,000 circulation

First Place: The Citizens Voice, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.
Runner Up: The Bulletin, Bend, Oregon

50,000 to 100,000 circulation

First Place: The Villages (Fla.) Daily Sun
Runner Up: None awarded

Over 100,000 circulation

First Place: Richmond Times-Dispatch, Mechanicsville, Va.
Runner Up: Star Tribune, Minneapolis

Best in Show (Black and White)

The Villages (Fla.) Daily Sun

Color

Under 10,000 circulation

First Place: Owatonna (Minn.) People's Press
Runner up: Faribault (Minn.) News

10,000 to 50,000 circulation

First Place: The Forum, Fargo, N.D.
Runner up: Florida Courier, Port Ste. Lucie, Fla.

50,000 to 100,000 circulation

First Place: The Villages (Fla.) Daily Sun
Runner up: News & Record, Greensboro, N.C.

Over 100,000 circulation

First Place: The Seattle Times
Runner up: Tulsa World

Best in Show (Color)

The Villages (Fla.) Daily Sun