May 05, 2010
| KANSAS CITY, Mo. — VFW has announced the winners of the 2010 National Publications Contest. Two full-time journalism professionals served as judges for the competition. The winning publications in each category are: Department Publications Large (25,000 or more members) 1st: Texas VFW News Roy Grona, Editor 2nd: Massachusetts VFW News Richard E. Slowey, Editor 3rd: VFW Wisconsin News William Knudson, Editor Medium (11,000-24,999 members) 1st: Oklahoma Combat Veteran Michael H. Devenitch, Editor 2nd: The Oregon VFW News Sue Piper, Editor 3rd: Georgia VFW News Albert R. Spears, Editor Small (10,999 or fewer members) 1st: Utah VFW Dennis Howland, Editor 2nd: The Montana Veteran Larry H. Longfellow, Editor 3rd: South Dakota Overseas Veteran Linda Nelson, Editor District Publications Large (4,000 or more members) 1st: The Sentinel (District 2, New York) Arthur Hanley, Editor 2nd: Dispatch (District 1, California) Vicki Sprague, Editor 3rd: 4th District Navigator (District 4, Illinois) Russell Meredith, Editor Medium (2,500-3,999 members) 1st: District 3 Guidon (District 3, Georgia) John E. Bogardus, Jr., Editor 2nd: The “Fighting 6th” District News (District 6, Minnesota) Delphine Kelly, Editor 3rd: 9’er News (District 9, Illinois) Elton Murphy, Editor Small (2,499 or fewer members) 1st: Double One Newswire (District 11, Colorado) John Loring, Editor 2nd: The Untouchable News (District 2, Illinois) Robert J. Drzewiecki, Editor 3rd: District 6 Newsletter (District 6, Idaho) George Peacock, Editor Post Publications Large (300 or more members) 1st: Woodstock VFW News (Post 5040, Illinois) Matthew Klos, Editor 2nd: Bugle Newsletter (Post 2111, California) Russ Eseltine, Editor 3rd: Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 131 (Post 131, Nebraska) Wilbur Bechtolt, Editor Medium (200-299 members) 1st: VFW News (Post 2976, Oklahoma) Bill and Candy Richey, Editors 2nd: The John Lyon Gazette (Post 3150, Virginia) J. Gary Wagner, Editor 3rd: Newsletter (Post 9639, Pennsylvania) Randy Eckert, Editor Small (199 or fewer members) 1st: VFW Post 7507 (Post 7507, Arizona) Michael Smith, Editor 2nd: VFW Post 2016 News (Post 2016, Massachusetts) Ski Iworsky, Editor 3rd: VFW Post 1038 News (Post 1038, Wisconsin) Leroy G. Jansky, Editor |