By Kathie Savelesky, Office Manager. -áThe past year was no exception to the rule for Monroe Monitor Editor Polly Keary, who added a few more awards for her wall at the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspaper Contest Dinner on Oct. 4.
Keary hauled in six awards this year, including Finalist in the coveted Feature Writer of the Year category.
Angela Nickerson, designer for the Monroe Monitor, earned a third place award for the Dec. 11, 2012 front page of the Monitor.
The awards validated the RIM family of newspapers' dedication to quality journalism, as Monitor sister papers the Capitol Hill Times and Eatonville Dispatch both earned awards for their publications.
A full list of RIM Publications awards is below.
Monroe Monitor:
Polly Keary, Feature Writer of the Year, Finalist
Polly Keary, Best Education Story GÇô 1st Place (?Que Bueno? Spanish-English Kindergarten a Hit with Parents in its First Year)
Polly Keary, Best Crime & Court Story GÇô 1st Place (Predator or Prey: Sultan Woman Faces Sentencing in Molestation Case)
Polly Keary, Best Lifestyle Feature Story GÇô 1st Place (Trail Angels:-á Baring Couple Hosts Hundreds of Pacific Coast Trail Hikers Each Summer)
Polly Keary, Best News Story GÇô 2nd Place (Closed: Why So Many Storefronts Are Empty on Main Street)
Polly Keary, Best Personality Profile/ Short GÇô 2nd Place (The Man Who Would Be the King)
Angela Nickerson, Best Front Page Design GÇô 3rd Place (Front Page, Dec. 11, 2012)
Capitol Hill Times:
Stephen Miller, Angela Nickerson, Kris Parfitt, Staff, Topical/Non-Tourism Special Sections GÇô 1st Place (Magazine: Building a Sustainable Capitol Hill)
Stephen Miller, Best Environmental Story GÇô 1st Place (Queer Eye for the Tree Hugger)
Michael Sarko, Best Personality Profile/ Short GÇô 3rd Place (Martha Weiss Plays a Blue Violin)
Chason Gordon, Best Humorous Column GÇô 3rd Place (Humor Columns)
Eatonville Dispatch:
The Dispatch/Pat Jenkins, General Excellence GÇô 3rd Place
Frank Shiers, Jr., Best Editorial Cartoon GÇô 1st Place (Boeing's Bad Battery)
Michelle Pate, Tammi Bratholm, Pat Jenkins, Tourism/Community Guide Special Sections GÇô 2nd Place (Road to Rainier)
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