APSE joins Marriott VIP Program

APSE has become a member of the Marriott Athletic VIP Card Program. The action was taken by the group's executive committee when it met June 22 at The Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes Resort in Orlando.

The program will enable individual APSE members to receive 25-50 percent discounts off the regular room rates at Marriott and Renaissance Hotels, as well as at certain select service brands – Courtyard (Marriott), Fairfield Inn, Residence Inn, Spring Hill Suites and TownePlace Suites. The card may be used for personal, as well as business purposes.

Membership is gained only through the parent organization — in this case APSE. Upon issuance, the card will remain in effect for seven years. There is no annual charge. The cards are non-transferable and are to be used for identification purposes only. It is not a credit card.

Members interested in joining should e-mail Herb Stutz (herbstutz@commspeed.net) with their full name, news organization for which they work and job title. On Aug. 15, Stutz will electronically file a membership application with Marriott's Sports Marketing Division. The membership cards will be mailed in bulk to Stutz, who will mail them to individual members. New members can be added quarterly.

Once you receive your card, reservations may be made by calling 1-800-228-9290, or by visiting the Marriott.com website and typing in "VIP" in the corporate/promotional rate box.

Dates announced for contest

The first two mandatory dates for the APSE section contest have been selected.

They are Sunday, May 22 and Thursday, Feb. 24.

The final two mandatory dates will be chosen on Jan. 1 and announced at that time.

Judging for the 2005 APSE section and writing contests will take place March 4-8 at the Renaissance WorldGate hotel in Orlando, Fla.

Minneapolis to host 2008 convention

Thirty years is a long time, but the Associated Press Sports Editors will be returning to Minneapolis in 2008 for its national convention. The executive committee, at its meeting June 22 in Orlando, unanimously voted to accept an invitation from the Star Tribune to host the 35th annual convention at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Minneapolis.

APSE held its sixth convention at the Marquette Hotel in Minneapolis in 1979.

The '08 convention will be held June 25-28 at the 360-room Radisson Plaza. The room rate will be $149.

Next year's convention will be held June 21-24 at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas ($134 room rate) with the Review-Journal serving as host.

The 2007 convention will be in St. Louis June 20-23 at the Renaissance Grand Hotel ($135), with the Post-Dispatch as host.

— Herb Stutz

Storin to step down

David Manning / David Manning Photography Ed Storin greets a guest at the registration table in Orlando. Storin will step down in June after the Las Vegas convention.

Ed Storin, an integral part of APSE since its founding in 1974, will relinquish his post as secretary/treasurer next year.

Storin, 75, announced at the national convention in Orlando that he will step down at the conclusion of the 2006 national convention in Las Vegas.

Storin, longtime sports editor of the Miami Herald, retired in 1991 and later that year became APSE's first full-time secretary/treasurer.

Aside from his duties that included convention registration, collecting dues and keeping the books balanced, Storin was always available to APSE officers to provide sage counsel.

APSE president Glen Crevier has appointed Tim Burke, deputy managing editor of the Palm Beach Post and a past APSE president, to head a search committee to find a replacement for Storin.

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