![]() The Camarillo Daily News and the Simi Valley Enterprise, along with the Thousand Oaks News-Chronicle and the Oxnard Press-Courier, saw their weekday circulation numbers drop between 4.6% and 7.2% for the six-month period ended March 31. If the deal goes through, Scripps will be acquiring newspapers that have been losing ground. Ventura County is “among the most competitive areas in the country,” said Sam Papert, president of the Papert Cos., a Dallas-based advertising-sales firm that represents 400 newspapers, including the Courier and the Star. Orange County, by contrast, has more than three times Ventura County’s 217,000 households, according to the 1990 census, yet it has one fewer daily newspaper. The county’s readers have a choice of seven dailies. The battle also reflects the unusual media glut in Ventura County, which is saturated with papers relative to the size of its population. Indeed, Scripps’ aggressive move comes amid a struggle among all of the county’s papers to grow at a time when the recession is hurting their circulation and advertising revenue. Although the Star declined to comment, Davis declared, “We’re embroiled in a newspaper war.” Next month Davis also plans to launch a free weekly that his troops will toss outside 35,000 homes in the Star’s turf in Ventura. “I can foresee them group marketing the papers” to advertisers and readers, said Kirk Davis, publisher of the Press-Courier, which recently invested $13 million in a new press and in recent months has sharpened its rivalry with the larger Star-Free Press. Nonetheless, newsroom workers as well as competitors said they expected Scripps to use the resources from its newly acquired papers as ammunition in the increasingly competitive newspaper market in Ventura County. In the letter to employees, Scripps suggested that the acquired newspapers would not be combined with the Ventura Star-Free Press or the Thousand Oaks News-Chronicle. Bowman, 55, will become special assistant to LaDow.) Irby, 42, as the new editor of the Ventura Star-Free Press. The family wishes to express deep appreciation and sincere thanks to Aegis Living, Ventura and Buena Vista Hospice, for their exceptional care during Bobbie's struggle with dementia.(Separately, Scripps on Monday named John R. Main Street, Suite 201, Ventura, CA 93003, or to a charity of your choice. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made in Bobbie's name to the Alzheimer's Association, memo line on check: Ventura County Chapter. A funeral Mass will be held at Santa Clara Catholic Church in Oxnard at 10 AM on May 12, with a grave side service to follow. She also enjoyed collecting family heirlooms.Ī visitation will be held at Reardon Funeral Home in Oxnard on May 11 from 4-7 PM. She enjoyed dancing, music, family genealogy, cooking and searching for antiques. John's Hospital, and finally the Naval Surface Warfare Systems, Port Hueneme, where she excelled in Technical Training for Surface Warfare Systems and Combat Systems Technical Publications.īobbie was a member of Santa Clara Catholic Church in Oxnard. Mugu Naval Base Contractor, Personnel Director for a Technical Contractor, Personnel Benefits Advisor for St. She worked as a PBX operator, Secretary for the Oxnard Chamber of Commerce, Secretary and Office Manager for a Pt. She attended graduate school at UCLA where she received a California Teaching Certificate.īobbie was interested in many aspects of business. She then attended college at LaVerne University, where she received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. She obtained her Associate of Arts degree from Oxnard College in 1977. After high school, she and her parents moved to Oxnard, CA. She graduated from Mercy Academy in Louisville in June of 1963. They were married in October 1973 at Sacred Heart Church in Ventura, CA and enjoyed 49 wonderful years together.īeverly (Bobbie) grew up in Louisville, KY. She is survived by her husband, Laurence Eck. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her stepbrother Jerry O'Neal. She was born on June 14, 1945, in Louisville, KY to Monica and Henry O'Neal. ![]() Beverly Ann Eck, age 77, passed away on Apat Aegis Living, Ventura, CA. ![]()
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