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Ed Sharpe of CouryGraph Productions, won the Gold
in the Spring 2007 Millennium Awards Competition.
Top
Tier Millennium video "Public Works Week
Proclamation" documented Glendale Mayor
Elaine Scruggs presenting the Proclamation for
Public Works Week In Glendale which coincides with
National Public Works Week. Receiving the
proclamation was Kenneth Reedy, who is the Deputy
City Manager in charge of Public Works.
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Public
Works Week proclamation By
Mayor Elaine Scruggs, City of Glendale.
(From the Video)
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Ken
Reedy City of Glendale Deputy City Manager
accepting the proclamation. Reedy's office
Reedy's
office oversees the public works section
of the city.
Mr. Reedy took a moment to thank all of
the former Public Works employees on
"whose shoulders we stand in Public
Works." Mr Reedy also thanked
all of current City of Glendale employees
for the wonderful job they do every day.
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"Our team is extremely
honored by this recognition," said Ed Sharpe,
Director of CouryGraph Productions which created
Glendale Daily Planet. "This award reflects
the quality of work and willingness of our staff
to document City activities for use as local
programming on the Internet. Sharpe continued,
"I think our product is a result of the
entire city's interest, advice and
participation... " Sharpe further stated
"This national award highlights the high
standards of excellence we wish to achieve. In
addition, it is our wish to provide our
viewer-ship with information they can trust and
enjoy."
Kenneth Reedy,
Deputy City Manager -Public Works stated "I
want to take this moment to thank Mr. Ed Sharpe
for his efforts in documenting our Public Works
Week events this year. His movie of Glendale
Mayor Elaine Scruggs presenting the Proclamation
for Public Works is wonderful. The staff at the
CouryGraph Productions and Glendale Daily Planet
have been great to work with."
Mr. Reedy continued on with an explanation of the
celebration: "National Public Works Week was
established by the American Public Works
Association in 1960. The City of Glendale has been
a strong supporter of the Public Works Week
process for many years. It allows the citizens of
our community to glimpse into the things our
employees do for them that often go
unobserved."
"Since we have people working 24 hours a day
seven days a week, they are not always visible to
the public. We make sure every customer has water
and sewer service every time they turn on a
faucet. Their trash is collected every week. Their
streets are swept and repaired as needed. Behind
the scenes our facilities maintenance staff are
keeping our buildings working efficiently, our
fleet maintenance staff are providing fuel and
service to our hundreds of vehicles that allow the
city to operate."
Public Works week is an
opportunity to say thank you to all of our
employees. I appreciate the Mayor and City Council
supporting our public works efforts and declaring
Public Works week with a proclamation."
To learn more about American Public Works
Association and National Public Works Week at http://www.apwa.net
The Millennium Awards
Competition had over 1475 entries and only the top
5% were recognized. This competition raises the
bar of excellence. Entries are judged on a point
system by award-winning, highly qualified
professionals in the communications industry. .
Glendale Daily Planet, the
parent organization of KKAT-IPTV was started in
2004 as the first community journalism news site
in Glendale and perhaps all of Arizona... Serving
The Metro West Side of the Valley of the Sun,
Glendale Daily Planet has witnessed, participated
in and recorded the further rejuvenation of the
downtown core, the meteoric rise of the 'Glendale
Sports Empire' and the restoration of historic
sections of the town.
One aspect Sharpe is most proud of is the ability
to have a continuous 24/7 stream of archived
footage in the player but yet, when a special
event arises, have the ability to go live
interrupting the pre-programmed content to cover
the event. With the advent of higher speed EVDO
radio cards and compact portable satellite
terminals the options are limitless.
Residents can now catch stories of interest on
their schedule, taking advantage of the on-demand
character of Internet media. No more waiting for 5
or 10pm and no need to program the TiVo. Important
stories remain available, a mouse click away, for
years in the online archives..
In addition to his work With KKAT-IPTV, CouryGraph
Productions and the Glendale Daily Planet, Ed
Sharpe is the webmaster for MCA-I Chapter 44 in
Phoenix Arizona and a member of the national Media
Communications Association-International
Association.
Sharpe also is a member of the National
Acadamey of Television Arts and Siences (NATAS),
Society of Broadcast Engineers(SBE), Investigative
Reporters and Editors(IRE), Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),
Society of Professional Journalists(SPJ), National
Press Photographers Association (NPPA), Southwest
Museum of Engineering, Communications and
Computation (SMECC) and other associations.
The work of Ed Sharpe from CouryGraph Productions
and other participative community journalists and
engineering staff may be viewed, 24-hours a day,
seven days a week at http://www.glendaledailyplanet.com/
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Interested in having your work seen by the world?
Contact the Glendale Daily Planet / KKAT-IPTV to
schedule airing! Use the email link on the site.
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