 Kentucky Educational Television (KET) and WYMT-TV in Hazard will broadcast highlights of the “PRIDE Envi Awards and 10th Anniversary Celebration.”
KET will air the show twice: Sunday, Oct. 14, at 10:30 p.m. ET, and Saturday, Oct. 27 at 3:00 p.m.
The WYMT broadcast will be Monday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. ET.
The 30-minute TV show was recorded at the PRIDE 10th Anniversary Celebration and Envi Awards ceremony, which was held Aug. 28, 2007, at the Forum in Hazard. That event honored the students, volunteers, and community leaders of southern and eastern Kentucky who played a role in the remarkable success of PRIDE, the region’s environmental cleanup and education initiative. Congressman Hal Rogers (KY-5), PRIDE co-founder, reported on the area’s progress since 1997 in restoring its natural beauty.
The TV show will feature videos about the schools that were nominated for 2007 PRIDE Campus of the Year Awards:- Manchester Elementary School (Clay County)
- Saint Camillus Academy (Knox County)
- Southside Elementary School (Lee County)
- North Laurel Middle School (Laurel County)
- Lee County Middle School
- Corbin Middle School (Whitley County)
- Letcher County High School
- Somerset High School (Pulaski County)
Recognition will be given to other award winners, who were:- Somerset Community College, College/Community Project of the Year Award
- Ken Kinder (Pike County), Tony Turner Volunteer of the Year Award
- Jeffrey Thomas (Casey County), Rogers-Bickford Environmental Leadership Award (posthumous)
- Rodney Potter (Pike County), Rogers-Bickford Environmental Leadership Award (posthumous)
- Henry Hinkle, Hinkle Construction, Kentucky PRIDE Award
- Friends of Lake Cumberland, Unsung Hero Award
- Friends of Fish Trap Lake, Unsung Hero Award
- Friends of Laurel Lake, Unsung Hero Award
- Lakis Mavinidis (Harlan County), Decade of Difference Diamond Award
The PRIDE (Personal Responsibility In a Desirable Environment) initiative is cleaning waterways, removing illegal trash dumps, and promoting environmental education in 38 counties of southern and eastern Kentucky. PRIDE is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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