NATIONAL HONORS: News & Information staffers picked up national writing awards recently from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. Joel Schwarz, Steven Goldsmith and Sandra Hines won a silver medal for General News Writing, while Schwarz, Vince Stricherz and Rob Harrill won a bronze medal for Research, Medicine and Science Writing.
REGIONAL HONORS: A number of 91探花people were honored in the Society of Pro-fessional Journalists鈥� Northwest Excellence in Journalism competition. Oren Campbell, publisher of The Daily, received the June Anderson Almquist Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism, an award given for contributions over a whole career. Other winners were recognized for work published during the 2004 calendar year. The competition recognizes journalists at all media in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Western Montana and Alaska.
Tom Griffin, editor of Columns Magazine, won a first place in Personalities for 鈥淭he Homecoming.鈥� Kathy Sauber won a third in Portraits for her photo of Alyssa Lamb, and Mary Levin received an honorable mention in photo essays for 鈥淥ver the Top.鈥� University Week Editor Nancy Wick also got an honorable mention for her Columns story, 鈥淒ancing in Time,鈥� while Assistant Editor Peter Kelley got an honorable mention in general columns for his work at his former paper, the Skagit Valley Herald. Another Columns story, 鈥淪triking a Nerve,鈥� won a third in Science and Health News Features for freelancer Brad Broberg.
Radio station KUOW staffers won 13 awards. Phyllis Fletcher won both a first and an honorable mention in Spot News for 鈥淢ad Cow Tacos鈥� and 鈥淢arine鈥檚 Memorial.鈥� She also won a first in Nationally Edited Story for 鈥淭eaching the Internment.鈥� Guy Nelson won a third in the same category for 鈥淏lakely Decision,鈥� while Marcie Sillman won an honorable mention for 鈥淜urt Cobain鈥檚 Death Anniversary.鈥� Sillman also won an honorable mention in Feature News for 鈥淪eattle Library Opens.鈥� Kate Cohen took a first in Commentary, Analysis and Editorial for 鈥淥utside Looking In.鈥� Cathy Duchamp won a first in Sports for 鈥淣ative Basketball,鈥� a second in General News for 鈥淭reating Combat Stress鈥� and an honorable mention in Feature News for 鈥淯se It Again Road Show.鈥� Patricia Murphy won a second in Newscast for 鈥淎fternoon News,鈥� a third in Documentary for 鈥淭aming the Snake,鈥� and an honorable Mention in General News for 鈥淰irtual Pain Study.鈥�
AQUATIC CONSERVATION: James Karr has received the North American Benthological Society鈥檚 Environmental Stewardship Award given annually to an 鈥渁quatic scientist who has worked tirelessly to advance our sciences as the basis for making informed decisions regarding the management or conservation of aquatic resources,鈥� the society says. Many of his publications are aimed squarely at the science-policy interface and the development of science tools to enable better management. Karr is a professor of fisheries and aquatic sciences who also has appointments in biology, civil engineering, environmental health and public affairs.
FINE FICTION: David Buckner, business communications lecturer in the 91探花business school, is the recipient of the 20th annual Andrew Lytle Prize for the best short story in the Sewanee Review in 2004. The review is America鈥檚 oldest literary quarterly. Buckner graduated from the 91探花in 1989 with an MFA in creative writing.
HEINZ AWARD: Jerry Franklin, a professor of forest resources, received a $250,000 Heinz Award for his work demonstrating the ecological value of old growth and for suggesting a 鈥渘ew forestry鈥� strategy for logging 鈥� which advocates leaving logs, standing dead trees and scattered live trees 鈥� that more closely aligns with the legacies left by natural disturbances. While his views were met at first with skepticism and derision within the industry, his 鈥渘ew forestry鈥� principles have since been embraced by environmentalists and timber companies alike. Five Heinz awards are given annually, one in each of five categories, including the environment. The award is backed by the Heinz Family Foundation, established by Teresa Heinz Kerry.
SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH: David J. Mabberley, professor in the College of Forest Resources, director of the Center for Urban Horticulture and the Washington Park Arboretum, and holder of the Orin and Althea Soest Chair in Horticultural Science, was the 2004 recipient of the Peter H. Raven Scientific Outreach Award. The award is given by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists and recognizes Mabberley particularly for authoring The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, which is described as is a key resource for conveying botanical knowledge to the general public.
REVOLUTIONARY CHAT: 91探花staffer G. Robin Smith will present an evening of conversation with Benjamin Franklin, the Founding Father, rebel, one-time slave owner, philanderer, philanthropist, musician and all-around man of the people. The free performance will be from 6:30-7:45 p.m. at the Beacon Hill Library, 2821 Beacon Ave. S. on Tuesday June 28. For other dates and times to see Ben, browse the sponsor鈥檚 Web site (Hardwick & Sons) at www.eHardwicks.com/benfranklin.htm.
VOLUNTEER GARDENERS: About 200 volunteers removed invasive plants, mulched garden beds and restored trails in the Washington Park Arboretum last month in a daylong event involving the Student Conservation Association. The association鈥檚 Conservation Leadership Corps for high school students, which in Seattle involves students attending West Seattle, Ballard, Garfield or Franklin high schools, worked with the 91探花and City of Seattle on the event. Five projects took place, according to Fred Hoyt, manager with the College of Forest Resources, based at the Center for Urban Horticulture and arboretum.
SOLSTICE SALE: And speaking of gardening, a wide variety of plants for summer gardening will be available at the Arboretum Foundation鈥檚 Summer Solstice Sale on Saturday, June 18. Gardeners will find perennials, natives, Arboretum-grown plants and more, including plants for containers and drought-tolerant gardens. Shoppers will also find complete, one-of-a-kind container gardens crafted by Arboretum volunteers and excellent selections of the popular Western perennial Lewisia and hardy cistus shrubs. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Arboretum.
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