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Show Clipper honored as Utah 's No. J weekly j A m ) I o r1L P ' -: ft 1 , 0 Publisher Gail Stahle received the General Excellence award for the Davis County Clipper in ceremonies at St. George Saturday night. The Clipper was named Utah's No. 1 newspaper for 1991. Its sister publication, Kaysville Today earned third place. ST. GEORGE The Davis County Clipper has once again been named Utah's number one weekly newspaper, and its sister publication, Kaysville Today, earned third place recognition. The awards were given at the annual Utah Press Association's Awards banquet Saturday night The Park Record received the second place award. The annual competition judges newspapers of comparable com-parable circulation in 19 categories, including news reporting, repor-ting, editorials, columns, and photography. The Clipper earned earn-ed 13 top awards in the 19 categories. Kaysville Today took seven top awards for its third-place third-place finish. The Clipper and Kaysville Today were two of 12 newspapers from across the state with a circulation of 5,000 or more competing for the General Excellence recognition. - Clipper winning entries included in-cluded first place awards for Best News Story, Best Feature Column, Best Sports Photograph, Best Special Sec tion, Best Circulation Promotion, and Best In-House Promotion. Second place awards were received for Best News Series, Best Editorial, Best News Photograph and Best Lifestyle The Clipper also received the second place award for Screw-up Screw-up of the Year for putting the names of two men under a photo that pictured only one man and a parrot. Third place awards were earned in Best Feature Story and Best Sports Column. Kaysville Today received first place awards for Best News Series and Best Circulation Promotion, second place for Best Feature Story, and third place for Best Front Page, and Best Special Section. Other General Excellence winners included the Weber State Signpost in Group II and the Ephraim Enterprise in Group la This is the second time the Clipper has been named the state's No. 1 weekly. It won the honor in 1989 and due to that win was not eligible to compete in 1990. |