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The Bonny Buyer is located at 403 Avenue D in West Point, IA. It is a free weekly shopper that is distributed in the Iowa-Illinois-Missouri Tri-State area on Tuesdays. The paper is affiliated with seven other Brehm Communication papers in the area: The Daily Democrat in Fort Madison, The Daily Gate City and Free Press in Keokuk, the Burlington Edition of the Bonny Buyer in Burlington, the West Point Bee and Donnellson Star which has an office in West Point, and the Hancock County Journal Pilot from Carthage, IL. This group of papers collectively is known as the Mississippi Valley Media (MVM). Bonny Buyer Beginnings Alan and Rosemary Young started the Bonny Buyer, a tabloid-sized shopper, in the later part of 1972. They also owned and published the West Point Bee and Donnellson Star weekly newspapers. In May 1973, Ray and Becky Fullenkamp purchased the Bonny Buyer and over the course of several years, increased the circulation from just over 2,000 copies to 23,000 copies. The page count went from eight pages at the time of purchase to a weekly average of 36 to 40 pages. The Fullenkamps sold the Bonny Buyer in July of 1994 to its current owners, Brehm Communications, Inc. of San Diego, CA. Ray continued as the publisher of the Bonny Buyer until his retirement in 2007. Becky retired as office manager a year later. Bonny Buyer Today In the 1970s, very few businesses did preprints. Today the Bonny Buyer averages eight preprints per week that are inserted into the paper. The entire paper is designed and paginated on computers. And this web site has been added to allow readers a 24/7 on-line access to us. Readers can check out the current issue or contact us via e-mail to place a classified advertisement. Tracy Pauly took over as General Manager in 2011. Sales representatives are Diane Spiekermeier and Amber Painter. Jenni Buechel and Carlene Atwater are the graphic designers. Accounts and general sales representative is Lisa Wellman. Classified Advisor is Sherri Boeddeker. The Bonny Buyer office is also home to the West Point Bee and Donnellson Star newspapers. The editor is Lauren Zechin. She can be reached via e-mail at beestar@iowatelecom.net. |
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Amber Painter Sales Representative |
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Diane Spiekermeier |
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Lisa Wellman |
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Sherri Boeddeker Classiified Advisor |
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Jenni Beuchel |
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Carlene Atwater Graphic Designer |
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