Last Thursday, September 9, 2010, representatives of the Brian Sandoval and Rory Reid campaigns met with Bob Fisher and Adam Sandler at the NBA office. Every aspect of the upcoming October 7 Governor Debate was outlined, discussed and agreed to. All questions were answered and all concerns were addressed. Last Friday, Bob and Adam and moderator Mitch Fox met together at Vegas PBS with three members of the station's production staff and reviewed every aspect of the upcoming two debates. The Senator Debate is scheduled for October 14.
RIDE FOR THEIR LIVES
Yesterday afternoon, Sunday, September 12, 2010, Bob Fisher greeted Ed Smart and Ahmad Rivazfar -- both parents of child abduction and abuse victims, as they arrived at Angel Park in Elko, NV by bicycle -- as part of a cross-country public awareness and fundraising campaign for the Surviving Parents Coalition child advocacy initiatives. Bob addressed those in attendance as the CEO of the Nevada Broadcasters Association and as the State Coordinator and Chairman of Nevada AMBER Alert. Rivazfar and Smart are leading a 3,500-mile journey on bicycle and automobile, which travels through 12 states and 26 cities as "Ride for Their Lives." Ahmad's 6 year old daughter Sara was raped and murdered in Florida. The kidnapping of Ed's 14 year old daughter Elizabeth, is one of the most famous ever in America. Years later she was recovered in Utah. A special thank you to Lori Gilbert and KENV-TV for her coverage of the event. The "Ride for Their Lives" arrives in Reno today, Monday, September 13, 2010.
FACES OF THE BRAVE
Last Wednesday, September 8, 2010, Vegas PBS commemorated their new Educational Technology Campus to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) post September 11 Media Security and Reliability Commission standards with a series of special events.
Vegas PBS General Manager Tom Axtell unveiled a newly created Memorial Garden containing several boulders originally placed in front of the organization’s former headquarters in response to a terrorist threat made to Vegas PBS during a visit by Senator Harry Reid in 2001. The Memorial Garden was then dedicated to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Vegas PBS, along with Clark County School District (CCSD) Police Officers, then demonstrated how emergency response communications via a CCSD Critical Event Response Team unit would play a vital role in the ensured safety of our children in the event of a school or community crisis.
Lastly, Vegas PBS General Manager Tom Axtell and artist Randy Soard unveiled “Faces of the Brave”, a photo-mosaic that honors those critical first responders and firefighters that lost their lives on September 11, 2001.
The Vegas PBS Educational Technology Campus is the first in the country and only local broadcast building built to the post September 11 recommendations of the FCC. This investment ensures that following a civil disaster, the campus can maintain operations that provide vital information to citizens and first responders.
