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<br />Which, of course, resulted in another turning <br />point for the news department. Danika Klyve <br />joined our staff as the News and Public <br />Affairs Producer on October 4th, 2004. Her <br />first few weeks took place during a time of <br />transition due to our move, but she had no <br />problem adapting to our editing and camera <br />systems. She is an excellent addition to the <br />staff and we believe our news contacts in the <br />community will find her to be thorough, <br />professional, and very pleasant to work with. <br />Even through staffing transitions it's good to <br />know that City Scope will continue to serve <br />as a window into events taking place in our seven communities. <br /> <br /> <br />Additional Staff Produced Programs <br /> <br />. Municipal event programs , <br />Each year we do our best to produce as many municipal issues and events <br />as we can. Kenton and Matt cover parades and pageants related to Tower <br />Days, Blaine's Blazin' 4th and Fetes des Lacs celebrations. <br /> <br />Aric put a great deal of effort into developing a more com <br />viewer friendly series of election programs <br />called "Local Decision 2004." All of the city <br />elections and the county and state house <br />races were covered. Each program featured <br />a forum setting with candidates answering a <br />series of questions on issues of local <br />concern. We worked with the League of <br />Women's Voters to guarantee that the <br />process we utilized would be equitable. We <br />received many positive comments regarding the programs from viewers. We <br />look forward to continuing this series of programs and, as always, look to our <br />cities for suggestions for improving it. <br /> <br /> <br />Local Decision 2004 <br /> <br />Aric and Katie worked with the Blaine and Lino Lakes police departments to <br />cover both of their Citizen Academy programs. They also worked with the <br />various fire and police departments to cover training events and National <br />Night Out. This year they also taped the Creating Community Hero Awards. <br /> <br />T.J. out-did himself in 2004. Along with monthly coverage of the Anoka <br />County Board meetings and the Cable Commission meetings he also covered <br />quite a few government related events. They include several assessment <br />hearings for Centerville, the Tri-City Council meeting regarding a new police <br /> <br />12 <br />