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• THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2004
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The Houston Home JournaJ is YOUR newspaper, and
we want your news! For too long, truly local news has
been left out of the pages of “local newspapers” in favor
of wire service articles. We want you to know that if it’s
important to you, we think it’s worth putting in
Houston County’s only locally-owned, locally-operated
daily newspaper.
This is a call for submissions - in the form of photos,
articles or both - from every club, school, church or
charitable organization in Houston County.
And don’t forget: We don’t charge you a dime to
announce your wedding, engagement, anniversary,
reunion or birthday. If you have something to celebrate,
share it with us, and we’ll share it with all of Houston
County. It’s all part of life in our community, and we
want to reflect “the real Houston County." All we ask is
that you continue to read The Houston Home Journal,
and encourage your friends to support your hometown
newspaper.
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A prepared press release, preferably typed in Microsoft
Word, is the best way to get news in The Home Journal
in a timely manner. The name of the person and/or
organization must be included in the release. A contacts
name and phone number will assist our editors and
reporters, in case they have a question or need more
information. Please submit information about upcoming
events as soon as possible. For more information, contact
Managing Editor Rex Gambiil by phone, fax, e-mail or
in person.
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Main Office and Printing Plant
P.O. Box 1910
1210 Washington St.
Perry, QA 31009
(478)987-1823
FAX: (478) 988-1181
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The Journal welcomes requests for photos from our
readers. We cannot be everywhere at once, but we try to
take as many photos as possible. We prefer to take pho
tos of people participating in an activity, rather than peo
ple standing in a group or handing out a check or
plaque. Wd also accept quality submitted photos.
We encourage our readers to discuss photo possibilities
with the newsroom. Please notify us about upcoming
photo opportunities as soon as possible, so we can plan
our coverage.
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Most birth announcements are provided to The Home
Journal by the Houston Medical Center. However, out
of-town births may be submined to us by local family
members. Also, adoption notices are routinely submitted
by family members. There are four ways to submit
notices: e-mail, fax, postal mail, or drop it off at one of
our two locations.
The Houston Home Journal does not charge for the
publication of obituaries. They cannot be accepted from
individuals.
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The Houston Home Journal docs not charge for the
publication of engagement, wedding and anniversary
announcements. What’s cause for celebration in your life
is cause for celebration in your newspaper! That includes
births, birthdays, reunions, multi-generation photos, etc.
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These typicaljy appear in Friday editions.
Forms are available at either location of The Houston
Home Journal. Both color and black-and-white photo
graphs of the couple are also accepted for publication
with your announcement.
How to submit lottars
We encourage readers to submit letters to the editor.
Letters should not exceed 250 words and must include
the writer’s name, address and telephone number. All let
ters printed in The Home Journal will appear with the
writer’s name and hometown - we do not publish
anonymous letters. The newspaper reserves the right to
edit or reject letters for reasons of grammar, punctuation,
taste and brevity. Letter writers are asked to submit no
more than one letter per person per week. We cannot
guarantee that a letter will be printed on a specific date.
The Home Journal prefers that letters be typed. Letters
to the editor are published in the order they are received
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as space permits. A Home Journal employee may call to
verify the author of each letter.
There arc four ways to submit letters to the editor: e
mail, fax, postal mail, or drop it off at one of our two
locations.
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Contact the Managing Editor Rex Gambiil by e-mail
or by phone with complaints about coverage or inaccu
racies in reports. Corrections and clarifications arc rou
tinely published on page 2A.
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
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Snagged a big fish? How about that big buck you just
shot? Send us your pictures.
Coaches, tell us how your team did. We want to print
your news too, whether you’re the losingest team in the
church league or the top team at the Recreation
Department. Call our sports editor and tell us about it.
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The Home Journal publishes listings of religious or
church-related events each Saturday. Contact a Lifestyles
Editor Charlotte Perkins by phone, e-mail or fax.
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We want your business news. Who’s joining your firm?
Who’s been promoted? Who just retired? Where’s that
new location going to be? Send us articles and photos.
The Houston Home Journal routinely publishes busi
ness pages on Tuesdays. It includes information on area
job promotions, new businesses, new owners, etc. We
encourage you to submit “mug shots" to accompany
reports of job promotions. Send news releases to us
either by e-mail, fax, postal mail, or drop them by one of
our two offices.
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The Journal publishes arts and entertainment news in
Thursday editions. We welcome your ideas and informa
tion for ncwsworthV items to be included in each week's
report. Please call the Lifestyles Editor Charlotte Perkins
to report upcoming entertainment events. Area business
es arc also welcome to subini news releases about upcom
ing events.
Warner Robins Office •
2000 Watson Blvd.
Warner Robins, QA 31093
(478)329-9900
e-mail: hhJOevansnewspapers.com