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.
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New leadership assumes positions at News Media Corporation
ROCHELLE,
industry, she in 2002 to serve as general
Ill.—News Me-
worked
in manager of that NMC pub-
dia Corporation
public
ac- lication and then returned
(NMC) owner
counting for to Illinois in 2006 to take on
and chairman
three years in a company-wide marketing
John Tompkins
audit and tax. role.
recently
an-
In
2017,
Tompkins
She
and
nounced sever-
her husband, teamed up with Shank on
Lori Laye
JJ Tompkins
John Shank
al promotions
Tony, reside in an initiative to improve op-
within the organi-
Cherry Valley, erational efficiencies and
implemented a plethora of
zation. NMC operates sev- measures to help central- Ill. 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-
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