Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Jackson County Pilot Entry Title: Jackson County Pilot - Advertising Excellence Entry Credit: Jackson County Pilot Judge Comment: Good sections, impressive business directory, great ad support, great looking front pages, nice layout throughout. Sports section was nicely done too. Overall a great paper.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Hallock - Kittson County Enterprise Entry Title: Advertising Excellence Entry Credit: Margie Holmgren Judge Comment: Nice looking paper. I like the the photos to the right side of the masthead, attention getting. Excellent ad support, good layout and liked all the area wide photos.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Kimball - Tri-County News Entry Title: Tri-County News - Advertising Excellence Entry Credit: Jean Matua, Sue A. Hughes Judge Comment: This paper had very impressive ad support, a nice looking front page, color was good, good editorial. The overall look and feel of the paper was good!
Competition Comment: Three third place winner ties but the best one out of the 3 was what we picked which was the Tri County News
