Bruce worked tirelessly throughout the Black River sports seasons, covering both boys' & girls' athletics, both behind the camera and doing play-by-play. For the 2nd straight year, Bruce is awarded as the Volunteer of the Year. Without his work, LPCTV would not been able to provide the hundreds of hours of Black River sports programming on Channel 8.

On June 25th, LPCTV held its 4th Annual Awards night, where we recognize the most active producers and volunteers from the past year, as well as those who produced noteworthy programs.

Here are the recipients of the 2009 LPCTV Awards:

Volunteer of the Year: Bruce Perry, for continuous Black River sports coverage

Volunteer Appreciation: Janet Trimboli, for extensive production support in local school programming

Public Access Award: Sam Hensel-Hunter & Susan Whelihan, for "Should You Watch It?"

Best Educational Programming: "Chalk Board", produced by RWSU Superintendent Judy Pullinen

Best Government Programming: Ludlow Transfer Station & George Fairchild, for "Ludlow Recycles"

Best School Program: Mount Holly School 2nd Grade - Ms. Long's class, for "The Flying Wolf & the 3 Active Pigs"

Best Studio Program: the "Wonders of Astronomy" series, produced by "Astro" Al Boudreau

Best Documentary: "Calvin Coolidge: VT Born & Raised", produced by Newt Rose & Noah Schmidt. (The video won 1st place at Vermont History Day and was enetered into the National History Day competition in Washington, DC.)

Best Talk Show: "That Was the Week That Was", produced by Leo Graham & Ralph Pace, which has been in coninuous weekly production for 2 1/2 years. Tune in Thursdays at 3PM on Ch8 (repeats thereafter throughout the week).

Directorial Achievement:  DavidGuerrera, for his short 16mm film, The Bathtub.

Youth Achievement: Brandon Birdsall, for his support & involvement in the video production of the Ludlow After School program.

Rookie of the Year (Best Directorial Debut): Joe Burns, for his production of Fight Nerd TV, a close-up expose on Ultimate Fighting.

Elections were held for LPCTV Board of Directors at our Annual Meeting on June 25th. Here are the results:

Sharon Bixby and George Thomson were re-elected and Emma Coldwell of Mount Holly and Russ Hurlburt of Plymouth were newly elected. We would like to welcome these new members.

Thank you to all who accepted nominations and ran for the election. 

Order your copy of graduation coverage - choose from Black River High School, Ludlow Elementary, Cavendish Elementary, Plymouth School, or Mount Holly School.

You will be invoiced for the order and payment is due upon receipt. 

Programs seen on LPCTV channels 8 and 10 are available for purchase. 

To order a copy of a program, just click here.
 

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