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GRASSROOTS TV ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 1ST ANNUAL GRASSIES AWARDS

ASPEN, CO – And the winners at the first annual “Grassies Awards” held by GrassRoots TV 12 on Thursday, February 2, 2006 are:

Most Outstanding Series:
“Meet The Press with Alex and Jake” (Producers: Alex Beinstein and Jake Lansburgh)
Most Outstanding Show:
“The Whole Animal” (Host/Producer Alecia Evans) – “Search and Rescue Dogs”
Most Outstanding Guest:
Sarah Smith (“The Jerry Bovino Show” – “Miracle Babies”)
Most Outstanding Host:
Jerry Bovino, “The Jerry Bovino Show”
Most Outstanding Producer:
Dr. Patricia Hill, “The Changing Paradigm”
Most Outstanding Use of the 1st Amendment:
“The Andrew Kole Show” (Host/Producer Andrew Kole)
Rookie Award; Best New Series: “The Local’s Show” (Hosts/Producers Erik Skarvin and Oliver Sharpe)
Most Humorous Show:
“Food, Music and Friends” (Host/Producer Randy Placeres), “Ahi and ACDC”
Most Outstanding Use of Community Television to Communicate with Your Neighbors:
“Medicine in the Mountains” (Host/Producer: Ginny Dyche and Aspen Valley Hospital)
Most Informative Series:
“Healthy Lifestyles” (Hosts/Producers: Tom and Melinda Lankering)
Most Outstanding Non-Profit Series:
“AWF Reads” - (Host/Producer: Carol Bayley and Aspen Wirters' Foundation)
Weirdest Series:
“Ski Bum Theater” (Hoss/Producers: Corby Anderson and John Masters)
Most Outstanding Lecture:
 “A Conversation with the Hon. Senator Barack Obama” (Producer: Crystal Logan and The Aspen Insitute)
Most Outstanding Special Show:
“Aspen’s Fat Tuesday: Aid From the Heart of the Rockies” (Producer: GrassRoots TV)
Most Outstanding Youth Sporting Event:
Three Rivers Youth Football - 3rd and 4th Grade - Aspen vs. Glenwood Springs (Producer: Ron Morehead)
Most Outstanding High School Sporting Event:
Roaring Fork High School Football 2A State Playoffs vs. Lamar - (Announcers: Randy Hunt and Larry Stangland @ KDNK-FM)
Most Outstanding Adult Sporting Event:
2005 Ruggerfest - Men's Open Final's - Gentlemen of Aspen vs. Denver Barbarians - (Producer: Buddy Ortega)
Most Outstanding Public Meeting:
Snowmass Village Town Council (Mayor: Doug Mercatoris)

It is GrassRoots TV’s mission to strengthen the community by producing the restrictions and barriers to television access and by helping all residents create locally relevant programming.  For more information about the 1st annual Grassies Awards, call Corby Anderson at 925-8000 x2 or email:  corby@grassrootstv.org.  End.

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