"The reward for a thing well done is to have done it."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Awards
Journalism
During the course of my journalism career, I have earned several awards for my media skills:
 | Runner-up, 2004 NATJA Awards Competition, cover photography category |
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People's Choice Award, best columnist, Fort St. John, 1997 |
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People's Choice Award, best columnist, Fort St. John, 1996 |
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Sports Story of the Year, Sterling News Service, 1995 |
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Sports Photograph of the Year, Sterling News Service, 1994 |
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Sports Broadcaster of the Year, CHSR-FM, 1984 |
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G. Barry Thompson Sports Writer of the Year Award, The Brunswickan, 1983 |
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Sports Broadcaster of the Year, CHSR-FM,1981 |
Other Awards
| Won volunteer recognition awards for work with Friends of Fish Creek, 1999, 2000 |
| I won an award for outstanding acting, helping Fort St. John's Stage North place first at the 1990 Peace Zone (B.C.) Drama Festival. |
| I won two 2001-2002 Golden Web Awards from the International Association of Web Masters and Designers for Kooky Congos and Friends of Fish Creek websites. |
| I won a Web Site Excellence Award for Creativity, for The Kooky Congo Website, 2001. |
Accomplishments
Work-related
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In 2002, earned PIJAC Certified Avian Specialist designation. |
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In 2001, I established a web presence for the Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society, developing and until March 2003, maintaining, the society website. |
During my years as sports editor of the B.C. daily, the Alaska Highway News, I helped establish 2 Fort St. John traditions:
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the Alaska Highway News Track and Field Meet (1991) |
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the Alaska Highway News Dinner of Champions (1996) |
Non-work related
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1997: I was part of the masters team that won silver at the Grande Prairie Triathlon. |
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1995: I competed in the B.C. Outdoor Archery Championships in my first years as an archer. |
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1992: I earned my PADI scuba diving certification. |
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1982: played on Parkhill Furniture Blues, the Fredericton touch football city champions |
