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2A | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 | SIUSLAW NEWS On The Record OBITUARY ARKO—Mikel David Arko, 45, of Florence, passed away Oct. 30, 2019. Mikel’s dog, OD, and his wife, Alexis, were at his side to the end and loved him very much. Mikel was born in Abilene, Kansas on Jan. 10, 1974. He chose a very hard path in life. Mikel loved cooking and to feed any- one. Mikel leaves behind his son, Tanner Nelson; Mikel Arko The first step to better hearing? Tanner’s moth- er, Kristy Nel- son; Mikel’s mom and Dad, Bea and Dave Arko; and his little brother, Shane (Sarah) and their chil- dren, Hayley, Dustin and Cheyanne. We love you, Mikel, and we will miss you very much. Burns’s Riverside Chap- el Florence Funeral Home was in charge of arrange- ments. I WILL HEAR Getting your hearing tested by the ONLY doctors of audiology in Florence. Call today to start your year off right! 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They have three adult increase cash flow in the eral newspapers in Oregon, ize and streamline NMC children and three grand- Arizona and California including Siuslaw News, The operations in an effort to children. properties. Cottage Grove Sentinel and capitalize on company-wide He resides in Rockford JJ Tompkins, who special- Newport News-Times. with his wife, Lindsay, and izes in new revenue gener- efficiencies. Longtime publisher John their three daughters. ation and promotions, will Laye has more than 20 Shank has been named the years of financial expertise, be leading efforts to develop “I’m excited to join forces company’s new chief oper- including 17 years with me- both digital and print op- with Lori and JJ as we begin ating officer, Lori Laye has dia and publishing entities. portunities across all of the working together with our been named chief adminis- She oversaw financial op- NMC operations. impressive and dedicated trative officer and JJ Tomp- erations of more than 225 He began his multimedia team of experienced manag- kins has been named chief publications in 17 states publishing career in 2001 ers and staff members at all revenue officer. during her tenure as a re- after graduating with a busi- of our locations throughout “I’m very pleased about gional and division control- ness and marketing man- the company to move NMC this leadership team. To- ler with Gatehouse Media, agement degree from the forward,” Shank added. gether they have decades of LLC, prior to joining NMC. University of Arizona. For more information industry experience and are After working in outside about NMC and its opera- Laye is a graduate of combining their strengths Rockford University, ob- sales with the Illinois group tions, visit newsmediacor- to provide great direction taining her CPA in 2000. publications, Tompkins re- poration.com. for NMC,” said John Tomp- Prior to entering the media located to Atascadero, Calif. kins, who owns more than 65 publications in eight states. Shank, who has worked his entire 31-year multime- dia publishing career with NMC, is based in Rochelle, Ill., and will oversee the company’s entire operation, while continuing on in a dual role as Illinois group publisher. He replaces Nick- olas Monico, who recently left NMC to pursue other industry opportunities. Shank began his NMC ca- reer as a reporter and later served as editor of the Ro- chelle News-Leader, which has been the company’s flag- ship publication since 1975. From 1992 through 2009 he was the general manag- er of the Ogle County Life newspaper and also oversaw editorial staff operations When you walk through the door, you’ll feel its home… during that time period. In 2009, he was promoted to Illinois group publisher, covering six locations in the state. During the last decade, Shank expanded his man- agement role to serve as a division publisher by over- seeing 11 additional oper- ations in three other states, including California, Arizo- na and southwest Wyoming. “I look forward to call- ing on my many years of field operations experience with the company to pro- vide a unique perspective in guiding the corporation as a whole,” said Shank, who began his new duties on Fri- OTHER FLOOR PLANS AVAILABLE day, Oct. 25. 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