New publisher at The Garden Island

Randy Kozerski has been named editor and publisher at The Garden Island in Lihue, Hawaii.

Kozerski has been the interim publisher since September when Mark Lewis left to become publisher of The Journal Times in Racine, Wis.

Lee shuffles publishers between Washington, Wisconsin, Hawaii papers

Rick Parrish, publisher at The Journal Times in Racine, Wis., will be the new publisher at The Daily News in Longview, Wash. Parrish has been the publisher of The Journal Times since 2007. Parrish replaces Linda Lindus, who resigned in August; she is now publisher of two Media News papers in California.

Mark Lewis, publisher at The Garden Island in Lihue, Hawii, will be the new publisher at The Journal Times, replacing Parrish. Lewis has been the publisher of The Garden Island since 2006.

Randy Kozerski, controller at The Garden Island, has been appointed interim publisher at Hawaii paper.

Garden Island lays off 1 employee *

One employee was laid off Jan. 9 at the Garden Island in Kaua'i, Hawaii. A full-time circulation employee, who has worked at the paper for 14 years, was cut to part-time. Wages also have been frozen at the paper, and 401(k) contributions have been cut.

The Garden Island was a 2008 Enterprise of the Year finalist.

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(Updated with date)

"Enterprise of the Year" finalists announced

The winner will be announced in November. The 5 finalists:

• Lee Agri-Media
• TownNews.com
• Cayuga Media, which includes The Citizen and The Skaneateles Journal
• Kauai Publishing Co., which includes The Garden Island
• Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star

Lee has details on why these 5 enterprises were picked. I will mention, though, that the Journal Star was selected because of  "strong performances in revenue." The paper laid off 16 employees in July to cut costs.