AFCP plots future course
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — The Association of Free Community Papers held its annual meeting in April, drawing hundreds of participants who discussed the challenges and opportunities the $4 billion industry faces.

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AFCP Publisher of the Year Jim Kendall, chief operating
officer at Hometown News in Fort Pierce, Fla.




Carol Toomey, publisher, and Joe Toomey, chief operating officer; at Action Unlimited, Concord, Mass.
 

Donna Hanbery, executive director of the Saturation Mailers Coalition,
with Jeff Albrecht.




Left to right, Renae Justice, business manager, and Jan Ross, sales manager, at Devaul Publishing Inc., Chehalis, Wash.; with Gina Alford, publisher, and Tamra Sinclair, office creative manager, Nickel Ads, Portland, Ore.




Gary Jasiek, group publisher at Conley Media, with his wife, Victoria.





Tim Sherman, Harte-Hanks Pennysaver, Vista, Calif.





DENVER — Bernie Szachara, senior vice president of operations
and information technology at the Denver Newspaper Agency.




WASHINGTON — Stacey Martin, vice president of operations, The (Nashville) Tennessean; David Preisser, vice president of production, The Cincinnati Enquirer; Bill Bolger, vice president of operations, The Indianapolis Star; and Bob Kotwasinski, vice president of production, The (Phoenix) Arizona Republic, at April’s Nexpo.




BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. — John Nicoli, Britton Services Inc., Chuck Koehler, Heidelberg USA and Joe Suffoletto, GATF.