Green Valley News staffers win Suburban Newspaper Association awards

James Bennett, Brittany Hebert and Nick Prevenas.

The Green Valley News won three awards in the Suburban Newspapers Association Editorial Contest.

In a competition with other non-daily newspapers across North America:

- Editor James Bennett won first place for best opinion column with a series of commentaries written in 2007.

- Designer Brittany Hebert and Bennett won second place for best special section, Changing Times in Arizona Mines.

- Sports Editor Nick Prevenas won honorable mention for best sportswriting with a feature story on boxer Diego Corrales.

The contest was judged by the American Press Institute from more than 3,000 entries.