Silver Quill presented and nominated by Michelle Molyneux…

Kerry Anderson’s career started in 1977 with a
photojournalism course at SAIT. Upon graduating he worked at the
Claresholm Local Press, Sedgewick Community Press and Coronation Review
before becoming a partner in the Wainwright Star Chronicle in 1985 at
the age of 26 with Gordon and Monte Keith.

Upon dissolving that partnership, Kerry moved on to
work for Rick Truss and became partners with him at The Community Press
in 1989. Since then, Kerry has bought out Rick and has purchased The
Community Press, Viking Weekly Review, Tofield Mercury, East Central
Times and just last October 2005, started up the Lamont Leader. Kerry works
as publisher for all four weekly publications and the monthly shopper.

Through the years his papers have won awards for Best
News Story, Best Editorials, Best Advertising Award, Best Arts Coverage
and numerous Fire Prevention Week Awards.

Kerry prides himself as a tireless worker, and aside
from usual management duties and sales, his love of sports came out by
writing a popular sports column for 20 years called “From The Stands,”
where he commented on national sporting events and promoted local
sports teams and noteworthy individuals.

A volunteer in the community, Kerry has been an Active
20/30 Club member at the youngest possible age and was publisher of
the club’s bulletin. He coached baseball for 12 years and was a Lions
Club member for over 20 years where he served as president and
secretary and was on too many committees to name. While Lions Club
president in Killam, Kerry was also serving as president of that town’s
Chamber of Commerce. Only a couple of years later he was elected
president of the neighbouring Sedgewick Chamber of Commerce as well.

Kerry’s volunteer work has gone beyond local towns, as
he has been recognized by the Canadian Red Cross for raising funds and
supplies for Manitoba flood victims, Kosova refugees, Tsunami relief,
Hurricane Katrina and much more — all initiated through newspaper
campaigns.

Inspired by his mother’s successful fight with breast
cancer, Kerry works as a volunteer for the Canadian Cancer Society.
Just in 2005 the Canadian Cancer Society in their newspaper recognized
Kerry and I, as their active media liaisons. We distribute filler ads
and news releases to all print media in Alberta for The Society.

Now 47 years old, Kerry is proud of his 19-year-old
son Eric who is assistant manager at the Sedgewick location, where he
has worked his way up learning every aspect of the business since in
school.

Kerry and I live happily on an acreage west of Tofield with our young son, Brennan.