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CAC 2007 Newsletter Competition
Awards
 The American
Philatelic Society’s
Chapter Activities Committee (CAC) has announced the awards in
its 2007 Newsletter Competition. The 26 newsletters submitted by
APS chapters in the competition will be on display at StampShow
2008 August 14-17 at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford,
Connecticut.
The purpose of the annual CAC competition
is to spotlight stamp club and federation newsletter editors,
acknowledge their hard work on behalf of philately, and publicize
it within the philatelic community. In addition to the awards
themselves, each submission receives a judges’ critique
on newsletter content and format, with suggestions for possible
improvements.
The 2007 newsletters were judged by
a panel of three APS-accredited literature judges who are experienced
editors and writers. They were John Hotchner, Patricia Stillwell
Walker, and Charles Peterson.
In Class I for Single-Page publications,
a Vermeil award went to the Long
Beach Stamp Club for Driftwood,
edited by Lloyd Baumann of Huntington Beach, California. A Silver-Bronze award
was received by the Thames Stamp Club for
its Thames Stamp Club Newsletter, edited
by Tony Bruno of East Lyme, Connecticut.
In Class II for Multi-Page publications,
ten different club journals garnered Gold awards
in the competition. The organizations so honored are: the Brookfield
Philatelic Society for PhilaNews,
edited by Alan Vale, of Danbury, Connecticut; the Champaign-Urbana
Stamp Club for Prairie Stamp Views,
edited by Ed Dueppen of Mahomet, Illinois; the Chicago
Philatelic Society for its Chicago
Philatelic Society Bulletin, edited by Randall Sherman,
of Chicago,  Illinois; the Hamilton Township
Philatelic Society for The Hamilton
Hinge, edited by John S. Sack of Hamilton, New Jersey; the Knoxville
Philatelic Society for Knoxville
Philatelic Society News, edited by Thomas W. Broadhead, of Knoxville,
Tennessee; the Lakeshore Stamp Club,
Inc., for The Shoe Box, edited by Raymond
W. Ireson, of Roxboro, Quebec, Canada; the Merchantville
Stamp Club for its MSC Monthly Bulletin,
edited by Stephanos S. Hadjiyannis, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey;
the Mid-Cities Stamp Club for Stamping
Around, edited by Peter Elias of Plano, Texas; the New
Haven Philatelic Society for The
Postmaster, edited
by Campbell Buchanan of Branford, Connecticut; the Northeast
Pennsylvania Philatelic Society for its NEPPS
Philatelic Inquirer, edited by Rufus Wilson of Dalton, Pennsylvania;
and the Wichita Stamp Club for the Wichita
Stamp Club Newsletter, edited by Neal E. Danielson of Wichita,
Kansas.
Six Class II Multi-Page club newsletters
received Vermeil awards: the Charlottesville
Stamp Club for Stamping
About Town, edited by William W. Sihler, of Keswick , Virginia;
the Fort Orange Stamp Club for The Fort Orange
Philatelist, edited by Maris Tirums, of Albany, New York;
the Milwaukee Philatelic Society, Inc., for its Milwaukee
Philatelist, edited by Carol Schutta, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
the Mountain Home Area Stamp Club for Stamping
Around, edited by Lorraine Burdick, of Mountain Home, Arkansas; Robert
C. Graebner Chapter #17 for its Graebner Gazette,
edited by Rollin Burger of Clifton, Virginia; and the Saugeen
Stamp Club for its Saugeen Stamp Club Bulletin,
edited by Ralph Wyndham, of Luknow, Ontario, Canada.
Recognized with Class II Silver awards
were: the Calgary Philatelic Society’s Calgary
Philatelist, edited by Dale Speirs of Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
the Chattanooga Stamp Club for The Chattanooga
Stamp Chronicle, edited by Willis Monk of Old Fort, Tennessee;
the Huntsville Philatelic Club’s Huntsville
Philatelic  Club Newsletter, edited by Arthur J. Cole of Huntsville,
Alabama; and the South Miami Stamp Club’s South
Miami Stamp Club Newsletter, edited by Enrique Setaro of Miami,
Florida.
Silver-Bronze awards for Class II
newsletters went to: the Hollywood Stamp Club’s Hollywood
Philatelist, edited by Enrique Setaro of Miami, Florida; the West
Suburban Stamp Club’s West Suburban Stamp Club
Newsletter, edited by Sandra Strzalkowski of Redford, Michigan;
and the Wilkinsburg Stamp Club’s Wilkinsburg
Stamp Club News, edited by William A. Badali of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
The deadline for entries in the 2008 APS
CAC Newsletter Competition — for
newsletters produced in the year 2008 — is January 15, 2009.
Entry forms may be requested from Jane King Fohn, APS CAC Newsletter
Competition Manager, 10325 Little Sugar Creek, Converse, TX 78109-2409,
or e-mail janekfohn@sbcglobal.net. This information also will be
available online at the CAC website.
The Chapter Activities Committee serves stamp clubs
that are chapters of the American Philatelic Society. For information
about membership and benefits, contact the American Philatelic
Society, 100 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte, PA 16823.
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