The world lost a great husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, coach, educator, innovator, mentor and friend Thursday evening, October 6, when Richard ‘Dick’ Purdy passed away at the age of
David Powls, longtime editor and publisher of the Holton Recorder, has been named the 2022 Clyde M. Reed Jr. Master Editor.
He will be honored along with several others, including the newest inductees into the Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame, at the President’s Gala on Oct. 1 at the Meridian Center in Newton.
Others to be recognized will be:
• The late Ben Wearing, former executive editor of the Salina Journal, who has been named this year’s Gaston Outstanding Mentor.
• The Iola Register, the winner of the Boyd Community Service Award.
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