You're invited to a Press tour

While it's not exactly the magical mystery tour, a visit to your local newspaper production facility can be pretty amazing.

We invite you to find out for yourself.

Judd Jones, director of production for Hagadone Newspapers in North Idaho and Washington, is leading tours through the 22,000 square-foot state-of-the-art printing facility that produces The Press and several other daily newspapers. If your class, club, group or business can spare 30 minutes or so, Jones will show you around and share with you some pretty cool facts, like:

* The Press production facility runs about 200 miles of newsprint each day.

* It produces four daily newspapers and five weekly papers.

* More than 80,000 pieces are printed daily.

* More than 60 specialty publications are produced each month.

* More than 2 million circulars are packaged each month.

Many tour groups will see (and hear) the multi-million dollar press running at tremendous speeds. They'll also find themselves in the next day's paper: Jones' staff will take a picture of all tour groups for publication in The Press.

To schedule a tour for your group, e-mail Jones at [email protected] or call 292-5252.

A touriffic time

* Tours available Tuesdays through Thursdays, 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

* Maximum group size: 30 people

* One adult for every five children recommended

* Tours take about 30 minutes

Contact: Judd Jones - [email protected] or 292-5252