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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Reporter places second in Associated Press contest

By Daily Standard Staff
Daily Standard reporter Betty Lawrence won second place as Best Columnist in the 2006 Associated Press newspaper contest. Awards were distributed Sunday during a banquet in Columbus.
The Daily Standard competed in Division II for newspapers with a daily circulation of 8,000 to 12,999.
Lawrence won for her monthly Naturally Speaking column. She has been with the Standard for nearly 40 years and also is in charge of the Town & County page.
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