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<br />school's sports roster and look at upcoming city events to plan their coverage <br />schedules. They try hard to balance many different sports for both genders, and <br />three high schools. They also work very hard to follow any of our teams if they <br />should make it into any kind of post-season <br />scenario. <br /> <br /> <br />Volunteer Camera operators make <br />coverage ofthe USA Cup Soccer <br />Tournament possible <br /> <br />Kenton and Matt have nurtured a reliable <br />group of volunteers who have become very <br />technically adept. The number of volunteers <br />helping out this past year was slightly more <br />than the previous year. Volunteers also put <br />in quite a few more hours. This is partially <br />due to a larger number of van shoots than in <br />the previous year. <br /> <br />During our move, the production truck <br />remained a functioning studio control room, <br />so it was often used for shoots that would have normally been produced in the <br />studio. <br /> <br />I am very pleased with the work the van department has done this year. Even <br />though availability of the truck wasn't influenced by our move, there were other <br />factors that should have resulted in fewer van shoots for the year. <br /> <br />First, we purchased four new camera packages over the summer. Our Video <br />Engineer, Rick, decided that as long as he was integrating the new equipment he <br />might as well re-wire and test the entire truck. So he did. It took a total of about <br />three weeks to get everything up to his specs. . . three weeks that the truck was <br />unavailable for a shoot. <br /> <br />In addition, Kenton Kipp, our Van Director, underwent two separate back <br />surgeries in 2004. He wasn't allowed to do any heavy lifting for quite a while <br />after each surgery. His assistant, Matt Waldron, did an excellent job of <br />maintaining our traditionally busy production schedule. It is another example of <br />how well the staffing system we developed for the van and news departments is <br />serving us. <br /> <br />140 <br />120 <br />100 <br />80 <br />60 <br />40 <br />20 <br />o <br /> <br />Statistically <br />speaking it was <br />a very good year <br />for the <br />.. .# of Shoots production truck. <br />.# of Volunteers <br /> <br /> <br />All of our <br />indicators, from <br /> <br />1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 <br /> <br />9 <br />