1998

Small Newspaper Group

ADVERTISING

• 1st - Carrier Day Ad - Best House Ad category
• 1st - Nascar Group Ad - Group Ad category
• 1st - Consumer Illinois Water - Small Creative Color Ad
• 1st - Volkmanns' Jewelers - Large Creative Black & White Ad
• 1st - Ross' Chicago Records - Small Creative Black & White Ad
• 2nd - All Through the House Holiday Section Series - Special Section category
• 2nd - Tholens' Landscape & Landscape Center- Small Creative Black & White Ad
• 2nd - Volkmanns' Jewelers - Large Creative Color Ad
• 2nd - Journal Employee Profile Ads - Campaign Series category
• 2nd - Vintage Vehicle Contest Ad - Best House Ad category
• 2nd - Bigger Piece of the Pie Ad - Large Creative Black and White Ad category
• 3rd - Bordeaux Estates Ad - Large Creative Color Display Ad category
• 3rd - Graduate Carriers Ad - Recruitment/Training/Recognition category
• 3rd - Child Care Directory Promo Ad - Small Creative Black and White Ad category
• 3rd - Tholens' Landscape & Landscape Center - Small Creative Color Ad
• 3rd - House and Garden Section - Special Section category

Illinois Press Association

ADVERTISING

• 1st - Carrier Day Ad - Best House Ad category
• 1st - "Make Your House A Home" Group Page -
  Best Shared Signature Page Category
• 1st - Route 50 News, "Newspapers, Coffee & Car Wash" - Most Effective Use of Small Space Category
• 2nd - Baby's First Christmas - Best Classified Promotion Category
• 3rd - Fall Home and Yard Section - Special Section category
• 3rd - R Kids - Most Effective Use of Small Space
• 3rd - "Hey Kids, Meet Arthur" - Creative Use of Multiple Colors In An Ad Category
• Honorable Mention - Special Weddings Section - Special Section category
• Honorable Mention - Tholens' Garden Center - Multiple Colors in an Ad category
• Honorable Mention - Mention Consumers Illinois Water Co. - Less than Full Page Ad category
• Honorable Mention - Norman Interiors - Most Effective Use of Small Space

Northern Illinois Newspaper Association

ADVERTISING

• 1st - Volkmanns Jewelers - Best Large Single Advertisement
• Honorable Mention - Consumer Illinois
  Water - Best Small Single Advertisement