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IN THIS ISSUE 

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President’s 

Message 

Awards 

Dinner Winners 

6Odds 

& Ends 

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Celebrating 70 years of 

Press Photography in Southern California 

Press Photographers Association 

of Greater Los Angeles 

April 2007, Volume 71, Number 2 

Check our website at http://www.ppagla.org for 

complete monthly contest results and judges comments. 

Mark Zaleski 

FIRST PLACE, FEATURES: Rev. Robert G. Certain, of St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, receives a hug from a congregation member before 

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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER 

By John McCoy 

PPAGLA President 

The 71st annual awards 

dinner for the PPAGLA 

was held March 11 at the 

Sportsman’s Lodge in Studio 

City. The following stories may 

be embellished. No names have 

been changed to protect the 

innocent. 

In one of the closest races for 

Still Photographer of the Year, 

three photographers from the 

Press-Enterprise in Riverside put 

a stranglehold on the points total 

for the top three positions. Mark 

Zaleski, Stan Lim and Terry 

Pierson had been battling it out 

in their newsroom 

the 

entire year. 

Pierson was 

the last man 

standing, earning 

PPAGLA 

Still 

Photographer 

of the Year. Lim was a close second, 

Zaleski third. 

Never in the history of 

PPAGLA has one newspaper 

received the top three spots in 

such a tight race for Still 

Photographer of the Year. 

Pierson attended the dinner 

looking dapper in his Kangol 

cap turned backward “Samuel 

Jackson Style,” while sporting a 

vintage short-sleeved, diamondpattern 

shirt and Bermudalength 

black shorts. Pierson 

made a fashion statement. 

According to Pierson, the statement 

was, “Hey, at least I didn’t 

shave my legs.” 

Jack Popejoy was eloquent as 

ever, overcoming adversity, 

while serving as the Master of 

Ceremonies. Many in the crowd 

never knew that Jack had a polar 

bear in his pants that night. It 

seems Jack had recently 

returned from a trip to 

Antarctica, where he went on a 

polar bear petting excursion. He 

returned from the trip without 

petting a bear, but had a polar 

bear likeness emblazoned on a 

key chain in his pocket. 

Joel Lugavere did a spectacular 

job procuring items for the 

raffle. Items included two digital 

cameras, hats, PPAGLA glasses, 

Armondo Flores from Nikon presents equipment and a plaque to PPAGLA Photographer of the Year Terry Pierson 

as fellow Press-Enterprise photographers Stan Lim and Mark Zaleski look on. 

Photos by Allen Madden 

John McCoy awards the Television Photographer of the Year award to 

Arturo Quezada, chief photographer at KMEX. 

and gift certificates for Samy’s 

and Woodland Hills Camera, 

and passes to Universal Studios. 

The low point of the evening 

occurred when Lugavere drew 

his own name from the print 

dryer/raffle drum and won a 

Tamron lens. Lugavere was pelt- 

ed by flying hats thrown by the 

president, and boos from the 

audience. 

Eighty hats, provided by our 

sponsor Tamron, were wildly 

popular during the evening. The 

aerodynamic quality of the hat 

allowed the president to launch 

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 

Jack Popejoy was 

eloquent as ever, overcoming 

adversity, 

while serving as the 

Master of Ceremonies. 

Many in the crowd 

never knew that Jack 

had a polar bear in his 

pants that night. 

them on flights that covered 80 

feet across the banquet room. 

During an impromptu visit to 

a table serving as HQ for Inland 

Empire photographers, Mark 

Zaleski complained about being 

located in the back of the room. 

I told him that because the 

Riverside crew had a long drive 

home, I wanted them to be closest 

to the door so they could get 

out first. 

Stan Lim was nearly arrested 

for attempted robbery when he 

latched onto a Canon 30D. Lim 

See MESSAGE, page 4 

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ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER 

From left, Mike Monezis from Canon presents Mark Zaleski (second place), Will Lester (third place) and Thomas R. Cordova (honorable mention) with 

awards for the Still Spot News category. David Hume Kennerly, not pictured, took first place. 

MESSAGE, 

from page 3 

earned first place for Best 

Fire Photo, the Canon 

30D was designated prize 

for Spot News. As Lim 

left the stage with his 

plaque, and check, he 

jokingly tried to make off 

with the camera. 

Jokingly? I wonder. 

Adding insult to injury, 

Lim got to see his Press- 

Enterprise colleagues 

take home significant 

hardware. Pierson got the 

POY Lucite plaque while 

Zaleski won a Canon 30D 

for the Best Sports Photo. 

David Fernandez and 

Sean Browning were 

nominated for an Emmy 

for their production, 

“PPAGLA Awards 

Banquet 2007.” Although 

I am not a member of the 

Academy of Motion 

Picture Arts and Sciences, 

I am nominating them for 

the award nonetheless. 

These guys are a couple 

of hardworking videogra- 


PPAGLA President John McCoy passes the check to new board member and Best Dodger 

Photo winner Jeff Lewis on March 11 at the Sportsman’s Lodge in Studio City. 

phers at KNBC who put 

together the projection of 

all our winners. It was 

moving, dramatic, and 

filled with visual effects. 

While I’m at it, I am 

nominating Matt Benson 

for a Grammy. Matt ran 

the audio board, and is 

the son of Entertainment 

Committee Co-chair Ross 

Benson. Matt brought in 

a great soundtrack and hit 

all the right cues. 

Ever the prankster, 

Delmar Watson took a 

pen from his pocket and 

modified the lettering 

embroidered on the front 

of his TAMRON hat. 

Evidently, he hopes to 

pursue a marketing career 

by advertising feminine 

hygiene products. 

Shout out to da ladies 

in charge at the door. 

Janice Lugavere and 

Candy Watson were an 

imposing presence while 

sporting designer evening 

wear and corsages. Janice 

and Candy kept the freeloaders 

at bay, while welcoming 

official guests 

and dignitaries who 

attended the gala. They 

organized tickets, took in 

checks, and handed out 

gifts. These gals are terrific! 

I love ‘em. 

See MESSAGE, page 5

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Injury update No. 1: 

Chairman of the Board 

Dan Watson blew out a 

hernia while hefting 

boxes of plaques into the 

banquet hall. Dan was in 

charge of having the 

plaques made and delivered 

to the dinner. Fiftyeight 

wooden and Lucite 

plaques were awarded 

during the evening. The 

combined weight of the 

plaques was 300 metric 

tons. 

Rick Meyer received 

the “Land Speed Record 

for Traveling City 

Streets” before the festivities 

began. Rocket Rick 

achieved Space Shuttle 

velocity while navigating 

his way to the president’s 

house to pick up raffle 

prizes that the big dope 

left behind. 

Injury update No. 2: 

PPAGLA Treasurer Edna 

Trunell-Simpson was fitted 

with a full upper-body 

cast during a visit to the 

ER after the ceremonies. 

Edna sustained significant 

injuries to her hand, 

wrist, arm and shoulder 

as a result of rigorous 

check writing during the 

evening. Winning photographers 

took home $6,650 

in prize checks, in addition 

to two Canon 30D 

cameras, Nikon cameras 

and equipment, and a 

$1200 lighting kit from 

ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER 

The past presidents gather for a photo. Bottom row: Bill Knight, left, looks over at Gary Watson, Loran Smith, John Milek, Joe Messinger and Bonnie Burrow. 

Next row up: Rick Meyer, Bill Beebee, Delmar Watson, Reed Saxon and Dan Watson. Top row: Jim Ober, Joel Lugavere and current President John McCoy. 

MESSAGE, 

from page 4 


Ernie Schworck is surprised with a birthday cake by President John McCoy and Bonnie 

Burrow at the PPAGLA dinner. Ernie received the Lifetime Achievement Award. 

Lowell. 

Lou Mack graciously 

took the stage to introduce 

Lifetime 

Achievement recipient 

Ernie Schworck, and then 

accused Ernie of stealing 

his ideas. Mack received 

the award last year, and 

as tradition dictates, 

introduced Schworck by 

relating a story about the 

days when they worked 

as friendly rivals. 

Not everyone in attendance 

received a Tamron 

hat, however everyone 

did receive a gift from the 

Board of Directors. 

Special Projects 

Chairman Franklin 

Smith, had silver 

PPAGLA lapel pins made 

for all of our guests. Past 

Presidents received the 

same pin, cast in gold. 

Epilogue: The 

PPAGLA handed out 

over $18,000 in cash, 

awards and prizes during 

the awards banquet. 

Nobody went home 

empty-handed. If you 

didn’t go to the dinner, 

you really blew it. 

Just in case your wondering, 

all the money we 

gave away came from our 

See MESSAGE, page 6 


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ODDS & ENDS 

MESSAGE, 

from page 5 

sponsors. And, we wouldn’t 

have sponsors without 

the hard work we get 

from Jim Ober. Over the 

years, Jim has held the 

position of every officer 

on the board, including 

President. Currently, he is 

our Sponsorship 

Chairman. He did a fantastic 

job wrangling raffle 

prizes for Joel, as well as 

finding, contacting and 

coordinating all of our 

sponsorships. It is an 

undertaking of mammoth 

proportions. Jim keeps us 

afloat. 

A special thanks to all 

of our sponsors who made 

the evening possible: 

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through 7 that targets 

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portfolio and give you a 

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your Canon camera.” For 

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SPORTS 

SHOOTER 

ACADEMY IV 

SET FOR APRIL 

“See Better, Shoot 

Better” is the theme for 

Sports Shooter Academy 

IV, to be held April 4-8 

in Southern California. 

The workshop is open to 

college students and 

working professional 

photographers who want 

to expand their experiences, 

add to their portfolios 

and learn from some 

of the top photographers 

Tamron USA; 

Woodland Hills Camera; 

Samy’s Camera; 

Armondo Flores, Nikon; 

Lowell Lighting; The 

Los Angeles Times; 

United Firefighters of 

L.A., Local 112; Peter 

Levshin and Integrated 

Communications; Bill 

Knight Endowment 

Fund; Stan Troutman 

Endowment Fund; 

MiCasa Multimedia; 

Universal Studios; 

Epson Printers; Otto 

Rothschild Endowment 

Fund; Don Brinn 

Endowment Fund; 

Trackside Photo; Rick 

Meyer and the PPAGLA 

Past Presidents 

Scholarship Fund; and 

the Watson family. 

working today. More 

information at ppagla.org 

WE’RE LOOKING 

FOR SOME 

STORIES 

Just One More Jr. editor 

John McCoy is looking 

for stories to put into 

the newsletter. What’s 

happening in your shop? 

Any wacky moments you 

have captured of our 

members? E-mail them to 

johnephoto@aol.com

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AWARDS DINNER WINNERS ODDS & ENDS 

AND THE 

WINNERS 

ARE ... 

LIFETIME 

ACHIEVEMENT 

Ernie Schworck, retired 

UPI 

STILL 

PHOTOGRAPHER 

OF THE YEAR 

Terry Pierson, Press- 

Enterprise 

1ST RUNNER UP: Stan 

Lim, Press-Enterprise 

2ND RUNNER UP: Mark 

Zaleski, Press-Enterprise 

VIDEO 

PHOTOGRAPHER 

OF THE YEAR 

Arturo Quezada, Chief 

Photographer KMEX 

COLLEGE 

PHOTOGRAPHER 

OF THE YEAR 

Ed Ou, University of 

Southern California 

RUNNER UP: Sam Tenney, 

Santa Monica College 

STILL PORTRAIT 

1ST PLACE: Hans 

Gutknecht, Los Angeles 

Daily News 

2ND PLACE: Terry 

Pierson 

The PPAGLA and the 

Glendale Community 

College Journalism Dept. 

& Photojournalism 

Program present College 

Photojournalism Day on 

May 12, from 10 a.m. to 

3 p.m., at the Glendale 

Community College 

Student Center, 1500 N. 

Verdugo Road, Glendale. 

This is a fantastic 

chance students to let a 

team of professionals 

evaluate their portfolios 

and receive a written 

evaluation. We will showcase 

the best three 

entries. 

3RD PLACE: Stan Lim, 

Press-Enterprise 

HONORABLE MENTION: 

Stan Lim, Press- 

Enterprise 

VIDEO FEATURE 

1ST PLACE: David 

Fernandez, KNBC 

2ND PLACE: Hector 

Gonzalez, KMEX 

3RD PLACE: Carl Stein, 

KCBS, KCAL 

STILL FEATURE 

1ST PLACE: Stefano 

Paltera, Freelance 

2ND PLACE: Anne 

Cusack, LA Times 

3RD PLACE: Mediha 

Fejzagic Dimartino, 

Inland Valley Daily 

Bulletin 


Hans Gutknecht, Los 

Angeles Daily News 

VIDEO GENERAL 

NEWS 

1ST PLACE: Arturo 

Quezada, Dennis Fuenes, 

NBC 

LIVE VIDEO WINNER 

Scott Meadows, NBC 

MUSIC AND 

PERFORMING ARTS 

1ST PLACE: Therese Tran, 


Bulletin 

2ND PLACE: Mark 

SESSIONS 

Traveling the World on 

$5 Per Day: Ed Ou, 

Photojournalist, USC 

My First Year as 

a Staff Photographer: 

Kevin Chang, Staff 

Photographer, Press- 

Telegram 

Freelancing in LA: The 

Good, the Bad, and the 

Ugly: Axel Koester, 

Photojournalist 

Life on the Red Carpet: 

Mario Anzuoni, Staff 

Photographer, Reuters 

The Art of Crash and 

Burn: Gene Blevins, 

Photojournalist 


3RD PLACE: Thomas R. 

Cordova, Inland Valley 

Daily Bulletin 


Hans Gutknecht 

VIDEO SPORTS 

1ST PLACE: Disqualified 

2ND PLACE: Sean 

Browning, KNBC 

3RD PLACE: John 

Vincent, KCAL, KCBS 

STILL SPORTS 

1ST PLACE: Mark 


2ND PLACE: Keith 

Birmingham, Pasadena 

Star-News 

3RD PLACE: Will Lester, 


Bulletin 


Mark Terrell, Associated 

Press 

VIDEO ANIMAL 


Quezada, Chief 


2ND PLACE: Scott 

Meadows, NBC 

3RD PLACE: John Vincent 

STILL ANIMAL 

1ST PLACE: Ringo H.W. 

Chiu, Freelance 

2ND PLACE: David 

Sprague, Los Angeles 

Daily News 

3RD PLACE: Francine Orr, 

FACULTY 

n Gerard Burkhart, 

photojournalist, 

Santa Monica College 

n Bonnie Burrow, 

photojournalist 

n Jill Connelly, 


Pierce College 

n Diandra Jay, 


Long Beach 

Press-Telegram 

n Axel Koester, 


n John McCoy, 


Los Angeles Daily News 

n Rick Meyer, 

Los Angeles Times 


Amanda Lucidon, Press- 

Enterprise 

ANDY CASTLE BEST 

DODGER PHOTO 

Jeff Lewis, Freelance 

VIDEO IN-DEPTH 

SERIES 




2ND PLACE: David 

Fernandez, KNBC 

3RD PLACE: Arturo 



STILL PHOTO ESSAY 

1ST PLACE: Anne 

Cusack, Los Angeles 

Times 

2ND PLACE: David Hume 

Kennerly, Freelance 

3RD PLACE: Amanda 

Lucidon, Press-Enterprise 


Hans Gutknecht, Los 

Angeles Daily News 

VIDEO FIRE 

1ST PLACE: Hector 

Gonzalez, KMEX 

2ND PLACE: Sean 

Browning, KNBC 

3RD PLACE: Carl Stein, 

KCBS, KCAL 

STILL FIRE 

1ST PLACE: Stan Lim, 

photojournalist, USC 

School of Journalism 

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Vandenberg Air Force 

Base 

n Susanica Tam, 


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be accepted. You must 

RSVP to 

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and mailing address 

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Bring your portfolio 

Press-Enterprise 

2ND PLACE: Martin Nate 

Rawner, Freelance 

3RD PLACE: Mark 


VIDEO 

SPOT NEWS 

1ST PLACE: Juan 

Hernandez, KMEX 

2ND PLACE: Salvador 

Garcia, KMEX 

3RD PLACE: Richard 

Koehler, Independent 

STILL 

SPOT NEWS 

1ST PLACE: David Hume 

Kennerly 

2ND PLACE: Mark 


3RD PLACE: Will Lester, 


Bulletin 


Thomas R. Cordova, 


Bulletin 

BEST UCLA 

STILL PHOTO 

1ST PLACE: Hans 

Gutknecht, Los Angeles 

Daily News 

2ND PLACE: Carlos 

Delgado, Freelance 

3RD PLACE: Keith 

Birmingham, Pasadena 

Star-News 


Edna Trunell-Simpson, 

Los Angeles Daily News 

COLLEGE PHOTOJOURNALISM DAY 

(all JPG images with 

“.jpg” extension, in one 

folder, numbered 0001, 

0002, 0003, in the order 

you wish them to be 

viewed) on a CD-ROM 

on May 12. You do not 

need to be a student 

member of the PPAGLA 

to attend. The event is 

free with lunch provided. 

Sessions subject to 

change. 

For more information, 

contact Rick Meyer at 

laphotog@aol.com 

For membership application, 

visit 

www.ppagla.org 


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ODDS & ENDS 

BILL BEEBE HONORED AGAIN 

Bill Beebe, past president 

of PPAGLA and 

recipient of the Lifetime 

Achievement Award, was 

inducted into the 

California Outdoors Hall 

of Fame on Jan. 13 at the 

San Mateo International 

Sportsmen’s Exposition. 

The award is given to 

people who have inspired 

thousands of Californians 

to take part in the great 

outdoors and/or conservation. 

Bill pioneered the 

investigative story among 

the nation’s outdoors 

writers and also mastered 

the skills of wildlife photography, 

fishing and 

coastal boating. His 

career has had many 

milestones, including a 

series of stories that 

uncovered corruption 

As a non-profit organization, 

the PPAGLA can’t 

survive on dues alone. 

The fact is dues cover little 

more than basic operating 

expenses, and 

postage to send out the 

newsletter and yearbook. 

We just can’t get the 

job done without our 

sponsors. They pick up 

most of the bill for our 

yearbook. And the contest, 

forgeddaboudit! We 

could never give cash 

prizes and equipment for 

our contest. And while 

I’m on the subject, without 

sponsors we probably 

couldn’t afford a banquet, 

award plaques, gallery 

exhibits, hats, pins, 

patches, student seminars, 

parking placards, 

ID badges, scholarships 

or a website. In fact, the 

PPAGLA would struggle 

to survive without the 

corporations and businesses 

we rely on as 

friends. 

What do our sponsors 

between commercial netters 

and the Dept. of Fish 

and Game. His photo of 

President John F. 

Kennedy returning from a 

swim in Santa Monica 

Bay was nominated for a 

Pulitzer Prize in 1963 and 

is included in “The Best 

50 Years of Life 

Magazine.” As Southern 

California’s dean of outdoors 

writers, Beebe has 

beat others to virtually 

every big news story in 

Southern California and 

mentored dozens of outdoors 

writers. 

The United Anglers of 

Southern California have 

also awarded Bill their 

highest honor for his 

“commitment to protect, 

restore and enhance” the 

fisheries of Southern 

California. 

n Mike Monezis, 

Canon USA 

n Tamron USA 

n Scott 

Bloom,Woodland 

Hills Camera 

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Samy’s Camera 

n Armondo Flores, 

Nikon 

n Andrew Goggin, 

Imageologists 

n Duane Sherwood, 

Lowell Lighting 

n Jim Perry and 

Pat McOshker, 

United Firefighters 

of Los Angeles, 

Local 112 

get from us? Simple, bigtime 

exposure! We are the 

ambassadors for the best 

photographic equipment 

and retailers in the world. 

Any time I cover a sporting 

event, news event, or 

just walk down the street 

with my gear, I am seen 

Bill Beebe 

Bill served as president 

of PPAGLA in 1963, and 

served on the board for 

many years. He worked at 

Pacific Press Photos from 

1947 until 1950, when he 

joined the Los Angeles 

Mirror (later named the 

Mirror-News). When the 

Mirror-News and the 

L.A. Times merged in 

1960, he served as a 

reporter/photographer at 

n Sally Smith- 

Clemens, Olympus 

Camera 

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and Colin Crawford, 


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Los Angeles Dodgers 

n Bill Van Laningham, 

Los Angeles Daily 

News 

n Peter Levshin, 

Integrated 

Communications 

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Endowment Fund 

n Stan Troutman 


n MiCasa Multimedia 

as an expert in photography. 

The public sees us as 

educated professionals 

who can give them advice. 

They want to know what 

the best brands are, 

because that’s what we 

use. They want to know 

where the best stores are, 

the Times until 1963, 

when he quit and joined 

the Santa Monica 

Evening Outlook. There, 

he edited a weekend magazine, 

in addition to covering 

the outdoors. He 

retired from the Outlook 

in 1995, but continued his 

outdoors stories until the 

paper closed in 1998. 

During his time at the 

Outlook, he also wrote an 

outdoors column for the 

Western Outdoor News, 

where he is still listed as 

associate editor. 

Bill still photographs 

birds in Southern 

California, and he hopes 

to publish them in a 

book. He also shoots 

hockey games — at least 

the games in which his 

16-year-old grandson 

plays. His grandson trav- 

n Universal Studios 

n Epson 

n Otto Rothschild 


n Don Brinn 


n Jim Ober, Trackside 

Photo 

n Rick Meyer, PPAGLA 

Past Presidents 

Scholarship Fund 

Last but not least, 

The Watson Family 

who were among the 

original founders of 

PPAGLA and the 

award for Lifetime 

Achievement. 

because that’s where we 

shop. All I have to do is 

point them to our website. 

And when I need to 

rent something, I drop 

into any one of Samy’s 

three locations. They love 

the PPAGLA, and give us 

a 50% discount on 

els around the U.S. and 

Canada, and was member 

of last year’s national 

champion California 

Wave team. 

But Bill might be best 

known to PPAGLA members 

for hosting many 

fish frys, which began in 

the 1950s at Paradise 

Cove and went on 

through the ’60s and 

’70s. Fish caught by Bill 

and PPAGLA Honorary 

Member John Scott, 

including marlin, albacore 

and yellowtail, were 

cooked at the party. The 

last Fish Fry was held in 

fall of 1998 at Paradise 

Cove, hosted by Bob 

Morris in honor of his 

father and of Bill, whose 

photos grace the walls of 

the Paradise Cove. 

— Bonnie Burrow 

A NOTE TO OUR SPONSORS: THANK YOU 

rentals. That’s huge! 

And talk about huge, 

our website is exploding. 

Web Meister Mike Baker 

tells me that we regularly 

get 10,000 hits per day. 

Many of our sponsors 

have links on ppagla.org. 

(If you don’t have a link 

on our site, contact Mike 

Baker at mobaker2@hotmail.com). 

Soon you 

will be able to do more 

than see great photography, 

and enter the monthly 

contest. You will be 

able to upload your portfolio 

for the world to see. 

I’ll keep you posted on 

the details when we iron 

the bugs out on that one. 

I mentioned our sponsors 

in my President’s 

Message, but I wanted to 

take this opportunity to 

give them a little more 

ink. Thank you to all of 

our loyal corporate 

friends who make the 

PPAGLA a success. 

— John McCoy 

PPAGLA President

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JANUARY 2007 MONTHLY CONTEST RESULTS 

JANUARY 

2007 

JUDGES: Las Vegas 

Review Journal Director 

of Photography Jeff 

Scheild and staff 

NEWS 

FIRST PLACE 

Stan Lim 

The Press-Enterprise 

“Do You Have 

a Doctors Note” 

SECOND PLACE 

Stan Lim 


“The Only Survivor” 

THIRD PLACE 

Terry Pierson 


“Flames and Plumes” 

HONORABLE 

MENTION 

Mark Zaleski 


“Record Cold” 

FEATURE 

FIRST PLACE 

Mark Zaleski 


“Retirement Mass” 

SECOND PLACE 

Mel Melcon 


“Leash Law” 

THIRD PLACE 

Terry Pierson 


“Umbrella” 

HONORABLE 

MENTION 

Mel Melcon 


“Sky Dive” 

SPORTS 

FIRST PLACE 

Terry Pierson 


“Near Catch” 

SECOND PLACE 

Keith Birmingham 

Pasadena Star-News 

“Bulldogs” 

THIRD PLACE 

Will Lester 

Inland Valley 


“Near Catch” 

HONORABLE 

MENTION 

Ed Crisostomo 


“Bench Cheers” 

PORTRAIT 

FIRST PLACE 

Ed Crisostomo 


“MyChurch.org” 

SECOND PLACE 

Terry Pierson 


“New CNG Buses” 

THIRD PLACE 

Thomas R. Cordova 

Inland Valley 


“Trees” 

HONORABLE 

MENTION 


Inland Valley 


“York” 

2007 MONTHLY CONTEST RESULTS 

PPAGLA POINT STANDINGS 

Through January 2007 

Terry Pierson The Press-Enterprise 70 

Stan Lim The Press-Enterprise 50 

Ed Crisostomo The Press-Enterprise 35 

Mark Zaleski The Press-Enterprise 35 

Mel Melcon Los Angeles Times 25 

Keith Birmingham Pasadena Star-News 20 

Thomas R. Cordova Inland Valley Daily Bulletin 15 

Will Lester Inland Valley Daily Bulletin 10

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MONTHLY CONTEST RESULTS JANUARY 2007 

Stan Lim 

FIRST PLACE, NEWS: An unidentified man who lives at the home of a wanted suspect in a robbery approaches members of the San Bernardino Police 

SWAT team during a three hour standoff. The standoff occurred after a knife-wielding teen fled a robbery just outside their home. 

Ed Crisostomo 

HONORABLE MENTION, SPORTS: Up by two points, Murrieta Valley High School Girls Water Polo player Kylie Helms, center, takes the ball as the bench cheers. 


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Stan Lim 

SECOND PLACE, NEWS: Firefighters and paramedics work to remove Tamara McAdams, 22, of Yucaipa, after she was involved in a head-on collision with 

the driver of a white Mazda along Highway 18. The driver of the Mazda died at the scene. 

Mel Melcon 

SECOND PLACE, FEATURES: Owen Mitchell, left, and his twin sister Grace greet Biscuit, being held in check by her owner Paula Rulnik of Los Angeles.

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SECOND PLACE, 

SPORTS: A dejected 

Muir High School bench 

in the final quarter as 

Pasadena soundly beat 

Muir 61-42. 

Keith Birmingham 

SECOND PLACE, 

PORTRAIT: Director of 

Transportation Michael 

Fogerty with one of the 

21 new Hemet Unified 

School District CNG 

buses in Hemet. 

Terry Pierson 


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Terry Pierson 

FIRST PLACE, SPORTS: San Diego Charger Vincent 

Jackson can’t make the catch as New England Patriot Ellis 

Hobbs breaks up the play in the final quarter. 

Terry Pierson 

THIRD PLACE, NEWS: Riverside County Fire Capt. 

Rodney McMorris yells as he redirects firefighters from 

flames and hazardous smoke from a residential storage yard. 

FIRST 

PLACE, 

PORTRAIT: 

Matthew 

Forys, 31, 

of San 

Jacinto, is 

a member 

of 

MyChurch. 

org and 

says he 

uses the 

website 

about three 

times a 

week. 

Ed 

Crisostomo 


THIRD PLACE, PORTRAIT: Tandy Robinson and her son Julian, 6, stand under an overgrown, 

city-owned, liquid amber tree that has damaged piping to and from their Claremont home.

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Mel Melcon 

HONORABLE MENTION, FEATURES: Tiffanie Wright, 19, a member of the Los Angeles Valley College Swimming and Diving team, performs a reverse 

dive pike while practicing off of the 3-meter diving board at Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park. 

HONORABLE 

MENTION, NEWS: 

Lisa Handschoh, 

31, left, and Edward 

John Tyler, 43, try to 

keep each other 

warm in record cold 

temperatures while 

waiting to bed down 

for the night at the 

Salvation Army 

Hospitality House in 

San Bernardino. 

Mark Zaleski 


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2007 PPAGLA DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS 

Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles 

3607 W. Magnolia Blvd., Suite 5, Burbank, CA 91505 

Website: www.ppagla.org 

E-mail address: info@ppagla.org 

OFFICERS 

President: John McCoy 

Vice President: Rob Gauthier 

Secretary: Ken Lubas 

Treasurer: Edna Trunnell-Simpson 

Chairman of the Board: Dan Watson 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CHAIRPERSONS 

John McCoy, johnephoto@aol.com; Rob Gauthier, rob.gauthier@latimes.com; Ken Lubas, lubigram@mac.com; Edna Trunnell-Simpson, 

edna.trunnell-simpson@dailynews.com; Dan Watson, dan.watson@latimes.com; Jeff Lewis, jjlewis06@yahoo.com; Robin Doyno, 

rdoynophoto@ca.rr.com; Greg Vojtko, gvojtko@yahoo.com; Media Access Chairman: Vern Hodge, vernhodge@flyinglionproductions.com; 

Just One More Yearbook Editor/Still Contest: Joel Lugavere, thephoto-eye@socal.rr.com; Video Committee: David Fernandez, fernandez5354@global.net; 

Video Contest: Sean Browning, shootsean@hotmail.com; Membership Services: Rick Meyer, laphotog@aol.com; 

Sponsorship: Jim Ober, jim@tracksidephoto.com; E-News Editor/Special Projects: Franklin Smith, photojournalist@malibuonline.com; Dinner 

Committee: Bonnie Burrow, bonburrow@aol.com; Entertainment Committee Co-chair: Ross Benson, ross@firepictures.com; 

Entertainment Committee Co-chair: Nancy Newman, nancynb@earthlink.net 

JOM, Jr. Newsletter: 

Editor: John McCoy; Design: Cheyne Gateley, cgateley@yahoo.com 

Website design and maintenance: 

Michael Owen Baker, mobaker2@hotmail.com; Ben Doidic, ben@tracksidephoto.com 

PRSRT STD 

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PAID 

VAN NUYS, CA 

PERMIT #2399 

Copyright 2007 by the Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles (PPAGLA) 



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