Ken Esten Cooke, owner of The and publisher of the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, was installed as president of the Texas Press Association during the organization's 144th Convention and Trade Show held at the Kalahari Resort in Round Rock. Cooke was presented the gavel by outgoing president Leonard Woolsey, president of Southern Newspapers Inc. and publisher of the Galveston County Daily News, and eight other past presidents of the organization who were present at the convention. Cooke has roots in the organization as his great grandfather, John Esten Cooke, served as the TPA president in the 1920-1921 term.

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