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Show Review publisher to preside over Utah Press Assn. ,'v: : ff;, ' -yk Brett Bezzant, publisher of Newtah News Group, was elected President of Utah Press Association Associa-tion during the 1989 annual convention con-vention held last weekend in Salt Lake City. The press association is in its 97th year representing some 50 weekly newspapers in Utah. Offices Of-fices are located in Salt Lake City and, in addition to member newspaper news-paper services, the association provides publicity and advertising services to clients throughout the state. Bezzant has served on the board of directors since 1982 as director, treasurer and secretary. Retiring president is Adrien Taylor, publisher pub-lisher of the Moab Times-Independent. Other officers newly elected thisyear are Vice President Ken Adams, publisher of the Morgan Mor-gan County News and Secretary Brent Sumner, publisher of the Orem-Geneva Times. Bezzant began his newspaper career in 1980 with Newtah News Group when it was owned by Western West-ern World Newspapers headquartered headquar-tered in California. After being promoted to publisher in 1981, he negotiated the purchase of the business effective Jan. 1, 1982. Since that time he has been an active member of the press association associa-tion as well as other trade and service groups. He is a BYU graduate holding a BA degree in communications with an emphasis in advertising. His Brett Bezzant . . . . . . new UPA president work for Utah Press Association has included a major promotional campaign with audio cassette and print advertising touting the benefits bene-fits of advertising in Utah's community com-munity newspapers. He has also authored changes in the association associa-tion bylaws and presented workshops work-shops on effective newspaper advertising. ad-vertising. He is the father of five children and lives with his wife Kelly in American Fork. I lis parents, W. Mark and Dena T. Bezzant of Pleasant Grove own a minority interest in the company. |