Bio: Slaats, Jane (Secretary WNA - 1981)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Slaats, Blanchard, Berglund, Sprung, Schroeder, Bruce, Harvey

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/11/1981

Slaats, Jane (Sec’y WNA - 1981)

Jane Slaats, co-publisher of the Clark County Press, was elected secretary of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association (WNA) at that group’s annual meeting held June 4-6 in La Crosse.

Jane is the female officer of the WNA board, which represents all weekly and daily newspapers in the state.

Also elected at the confab was Kenneth Blanchard, published of the La Crosse Tribune, who was chosen president of WNA. Other officers include Robert Berglund, editor and publisher of the Loyal Tribune-Record-Gleaner: Russ Sprung, publisher of the Oshkosh Northwestern; and Henry Schroeder of Verona and publisher of a number of weekly papers in the Madison-suburban area. Also elected was a new treasurer for the organization, James Bruce, publisher of the Monroe Evening Times.

Jane and her husband co-publish The Press. Besides overseeing the management of the newspaper, he heads the editorial department while she coordinates the advertising department. The couple have been in Neillsville nine years, the first five working for Robert Harvey, Jane’s father. Four years ago, the couple purchased the newspaper.