2005 MEDIA COVERAGE

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2005 TV Coverage of National Punctuation Day®
	KMAX Sacramento
	KNTV San Jose-Oakland- San Francisco

2005 Radio Coverage of National Punctuation Day®
	KFBK Sacramento Kitty and Jay Show
	KMOX St. Louis News segment
	KTAR Phoenix Pamela Hughes Show
	KYGO Denver Part 1   Part 2   Part 3 Simone Seikaly News and Public Affairs Director
	NPR National Public Radio Word for the Wise
	WHRV Norfolk, VA Interview with Sondra Woodward
	WKRT Cortland, NY Kevin Mooney Show
	WTKF Morehead City, NC Ben Ball Show

2005 Articles about National Punctuation Day®

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WEST

The apostrophe catastrophe: National Punctuation Day points a red pen at the proliferation of sloppy writing — The Oregonian (Portland, OR), August 2005

Punctuate, don't obfuscate — Pasadena (CA) Star News, August 2005

National Punctuation Day on the mark for a good 'clause' — Auburn (CA) Journal, August 2005

Former T-H writer founds National Punctuation Day — Vallejo (CA) Times-Herald, August 2005

Leah Garchik — San Francisco (CA) Chronicle, August 2005

Watch those commas on National Punctuation Day — Vacaville (CA) Reporter, August 2005

Appreciate the apostrophe? Then happy Punctuation Day! — Eugene (OR) Register-Guard, August 2005

Punctuate — Hayward (CA) Daily Review, August 2005

EAST

Pondering the Power of Proper Punctuation — Stratford (CT) Star, August 2005

something for the semiconcious of the semicolon — Willimantic (CT) Chronicle, August 2005

Celebrating the commas, apostrophes and question marks inside us all — Norwich (NY) Evening Sun, August 2005

Letscelebrate! ItsNationalPunctuationDay! — Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY), August 2005

Ex-Norwalker organizes day that points to punctuation — The Hour (Norwalk, CT), August 2005

SOUTH

National Punctuation Day: Pity the poor apostrophe: misused and misunderstood — Naples (FL) Daily News, August 2005

The Best Darn Manufactured Holiday, Period. — Tampa (FL) Tribune, August 2005

Rise to the occasion on National Punctuation Day — Burlington (NC) Times-News, August 2005

Spend a day with a nice apostrophe — Panama City (FL) News Herald, August 2005

A plan for punctuation — Lexington (KY) Herald Leader, August 2005

National Punctuation Day: It's Grander Than the Silliness Involved — Winchester (VA) Star, August 2005

In praise of the proper apostrophe — The Free-Lance Star (Fredericksburg, VA), August 2005

On Punctuation Day: Calling all !.;:? editors — Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch, August 2005

MIDWEST

Celebrate National Punctuation Day — Medina (OH) Gazette, August 2005

Point out punctuation problems? — Kalispell (MT) Daily Inter Lake, August 2005

Looking at Life: Hooray for a day that celebrates punctuation — Canton (OH) Repository, August 2005

Squiggles, dots, dashes and other stuff — Colorado Springs Business Journal, August 2005

A pointed primer on punctuation marks — Telluride (CO) Daily Planet, August 2005

Let's be punctual: California man founds 'holiday" to call attention to need for proper grammar — Findlay (OH) Courier, August 2005

A day to celebrate semicolons, commas, writers — The Journal-Star (Peoria, IL), August 2005

Kay's Comments — Baraboo (WI) News Republic, August 2005

Every day is literally a holiday — Battle Creek (MI) Enquirer, August 2005

SOUTHWEST

Today is the day to carpe punctuation, period — Ft. Worth (TX) Star-Telegram, August 2005

Today's a day for celebratin' punctuation — Killeen (TX) Daily Herald, August 2005

Writing expert declares war on poor use of punctuation — Abilene (TX) Reporter-News, August 2005

PRESS RELEASES

Think a Semicolon is a Surgical Procedure? — PR Web, August 2005

Small Business Marketing Expert Fingers Writing Foibles on National Punctuation Day — NewsReleaseWire.com, August 2005

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