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Resident wins press awards for excellence in journalism
By Monica Heger
Almaden Resident staff members won awards for excellence in journalism at the Peninsula Press Club's 29th annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards banquet.
Former editor Gregory Watkins and sports editor Dick Sparrer took home top honors in the non-daily newspaper division at an awards banquet, held June 1 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Foster City. The awards were for stories and headlines published in 2005.
Watkins won first place for an editorial he wrote demanding that former councilwoman Pat Dando return city files that she took when she left her District 10 office at the end of her term.
Media professionals from 11 Bay Area counties submitted 578 entries, and 226 awards were presented in 90 categories.
A complete list of winners from Silicon Valley Community Newspapers:
* First place, editorial--"Missing files must be returned immediately," by Gregory Watkins, Almaden Resident;
* Second place, columns/feature--"Columns of Sandy Sims," by Sandy Sims, Cupertino Courier;
* First place, columns/sports--"Columns by Dick Sparrer," by Dick Sparrer, Almaden Resident;
* First place, breaking news--"Up in Smoke," by Moryt Milo, Campbell Reporter;
* Second place, breaking news--"Blast!" by Lisa Sibley and Moryt Milo, Los Gatos Weekly-Times;
* Second place, news story--"Garden tools are popular with thieves cruising in Willow Glen," by Alicia Upano, Willow Glen Resident;
* Second place, feature story of light nature--"Campbell's Bounty: Harvesters descend on local back yards," by Alicia Upano, Campbell Reporter;
* Honorable mention, feature story of serious nature--"Goal Keeper," by Jennifer McBride, Saratoga News;
* First place, business story--"Life of Grime," by Hugh Biggar, Cupertino Courier;
* Second place, sports story--"Throw Back," by Hugh Biggar and Anne Ward Ernst, Cupertino Courier;
* First place, sports game story--"Wildcats win CCS football championship," by Dick Sparrer, Los Gatos Weekly-Times;
* First place, headline--"Striking a Match/Couples Click," by Dick Sparrer, Los Gatos Weekly-Times;
* Second place, headline--"Plain Speaking/Air Males," by Dick Sparrer, Saratoga News.
