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Benchmark day for Fayette newspapers

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Posted 11/7/06

Editors with service spanning nearly 60 years join to cut the Chamber of Commerce ribbon Saturday as the Fayette papers officially opened at its new location at 203. N. Main. Editor Jim Steele …

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Benchmark day for Fayette newspapers

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Editors with service spanning nearly 60 years join to cut the Chamber of Commerce ribbon Saturday as the Fayette papers officially opened at its new location at 203. N. Main.

Editor Jim Steele (center) is flanked by grand editor emeritus John Hert, left, ' 1948 to 1984 ' and editor emeritus H. Denny Davis who owned the paper from 1984 to 2000.

Holding the ribbon are Jan and Bruce Addison; she
representing the city of Fayette and he representing the Chamber of Commerce.

Partially hidden at left is longtime county and state officeholder Bill Crigler who was one of many who dropped by for the open house which ran from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Staff members from left: Sports editor Justin Addison, graphic artist Jan Wiese-Fales, proofreader Nancy Anderson, office manager Linda Vroman, staff writer Kim Thompson, and printing coordinator Jane Ann Welcelean.

The Fayette newspapers have had various locations over the years in and around the town square.

Following the completion of the Commercial Trust building in 1910, The Advertiser moved into the basement of the bank, along with the press, typesetting equipment and related gear used in the old hot-lead letterpress printing process.

The Democrat-Leader, then a competing newspaper, was located on South Main.

When the Democrat-Leader bought out The Advertiser in 1925, the two papers continued under single ownership housed in the bank building.

That site was to remain home for the newspapers until 1971. The more modern cold-type process had replaced the letterpress in 1969, so ultimately the bank basement location was no longer needed.

At this point, then-editor John Hert moved the operation to office space at 205 North Main.

The newspaper office continued at that site until H. Denny Davis purchased the operation in 1984. He moved the paper to a building he already owned at 202 E. Morrison St. which, at the time, was serving as headquarters for Davis' printing business. (It had earlier seen service as a funeral home and before that as city hall.)

Current editor Jim Steele purchased the business in December 2000 and continued at the Morrison Street location until earlier this year.

In April, Steele purchased the building at 203-205 N. Main which ironically had been home for the paper from 1971 to 1984. However, this time the paper was situated in the adjacent storefront which most recently housed the dental offices of Dr. Douglas Miller.

The dental facilities were refurbished by Bonne Femme Construction during April and May. The staff moved from the Morrison Street location on June 3.

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