Mr. Jim Bretzius This is Me

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1. 1. www.havenews.com

   www.havenews.com/articles/elli - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/28/2007   Last Visited: 1/3/2008

   In April 1998, Irvine, Calif.-based Freedom Communications purchased the Havelock News and named Jim Bretzius, who previously served as advertising director for Freedom's Gaston Gazette, the paper's new publisher.
   
   Editor Hunter Bretzius was named associate publisher and executive editor in 2004 after Jim Bretzius became publisher of The Shopper and several monthly community publications recently acquired by Freedom ENC.
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   ck News, the ownership has changed, the look has changed and the staff has changed many times over, but the one element that has remained constant is the newspaperrsquo,s focus on Havelock," said Bretzius.
   
   aper with an extreme love and interest in our community,#8221, she added. ,re proud to have upheld his commitment to Havelock and plan on serving our readers and advertisers for many more years to come."

2. 2. Freedom Communications, Inc. - Company News

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   Published on: 5/26/2005   Last Visited: 7/20/2006

   Shopper Publisher Jim Bretzius retirement announced Freedom Communications, Inc. - Company News
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   Shopper Publisher Jim Bretzius retirement announced
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   Jim did a great job for us in Havelock and has done a good job getting The Shopper moved and organized in the Freedom way," said DeBolt.
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   No one can do a better job at this than Jim."
   
   "My time with Freedom has been a great tour," Bretzius said. "I've had wonderful opportunities to test drive new products, grow young men and women into associates to be proud of, forge friendships that I hope will last a lifetime and to end my career in a place that I love-eastern North Carolina. I look forward to continuing my association with FENC by combining two institutions close to my heart: Freedom and the Marine Corps."
   
   Bretzius has agreed to remain in his position until a replacement is retained. He will continue his association with FENC as a liaison with military installments in eastern North Carolina.
   
   "Jim has done an outstanding job for our newspapers in North Carolina.
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   "I've had the opportunity to work with Jim both in his role as publisher of The Havelock News and Windsock and later as publisher of The Shopper," commented Steve Buckley, regional vice president for Freedom Communications.
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   I'm delighted that Jim will be able to continue to represent Freedom Eastern North Carolina papers as military liaison."
   
   Bretzius joined Freedom in 1989 at the Daily News in Jacksonville, N.C. where he managed new publications. After eight years at the Gazette, in Gastonia, N.C., he was named publisher of the newly-purchased Havelock News and Windsock. He was named publisher of The Shopper following FENC's acquisition of the group last year. In addition to the weekly publication, The Shopper also publishes nine monthly newspapers in residential communities in Craven and Carteret counties as well as various specialty publications.
   
   A native of Clearwater, Fla., Bretzius served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He began his newspaper career as a general assignments reporter with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He spent part of his career with advertising departments at Media General in Tampa and Winston-Salem and Knight-Ridder in State College, Penn.
   
   He is the vice president of the Coastal Carolina United Way, treasurer of the Havelock Chamber of Commerce and past chairman of the chamber's Military Affairs Committee. His wife, Hunter, is associate publisher/executive editor of the Havelock News/Windsock.

3. 3. Meet the Chamber

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   Published on: 9/13/2007   Last Visited: 9/13/2007

   Jim Bretzius, Chair Havelock News / Windsock