tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30761233919245277612024-03-13T05:29:40.055-07:00miedzykartkamiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.comBlogger249125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-26876600822764769622012-11-01T10:15:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.049-08:00Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles November 2012 Newsletter Available | Latest News | Kovels.com<a href="https://www.kovels.com/2012110112090/latest-news/kovels-on-antiques-and-collectibles-november-2012-newsletter-available.html#.UJKuOefNK2o.blogger">Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles November 2012 Newsletter Available | Latest News | Kovels.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-83239428562673211842012-11-01T09:07:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.075-08:00Eight Tips To Save Your Flood-Damaged Family Heirlooms and Collectibles | Latest News | Kovels.comFlood damage to family heirlooms and collectibles requires special immediate attention. <br /><br /><strong>1.</strong> Mold is the first priority. If possible, move anything with mold outdoors or to the garage. Dry everything as quickly as you can.<br /><br /><strong>2.</strong> Wipe wood dry as soon as possible. Wipe wood and other hard surfaces with a rag soaked in a mixture of Borax and hot water.<br /><br /><strong>3</strong>. Remove drawers from wood furniture. Let them dry to reduce sticking.<br /><br /><strong>4.</strong> Place plastic under furniture legs to prevent colors bleeding from furniture to floor.<br /><br /><strong>5.</strong> If the wood develops white spots or a film, rub the surface with a clean cloth soaked in a solution of half ammonia, half water.<br /><br /><strong>6.</strong> Carpeting will probably have to be discarded. Oriental rugs require a specialist. Throw rugs can be washed.<br /><br /><strong>7. </strong>Look for broken ceramic and glass items so you can claim damage for insurance. Put loose pieces in a plastic bag. Mark it with the place you found it. Watch for mold growth in the bag.<br /><br /><strong>8. </strong>If your wooden furniture frame is valuable, save it and discard your mattresses and upholstery.<br /><br />Don’t forget to take pictures of any possible damage to help with insurance claims and call your insurance agent. Save the things that are undamaged first, not the items that are soaked. Be sure to wear boots and rubber gloves, wash hands frequently, and cover open cuts so contaminated water doesn’t cause infections.<br /><br />There is more information about clean-up, insurance claims, and mold problems, in our report “<a href="http://www.kovelsonlinestore.com/Dealing_with_Disaster_p/r510b.htm" included="null">Dealing with Disaster: How To Protect Your Collection from Theft, Fire and Natural Disasters and How To Handle a Disaster If it Strikes.</a>”Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-3785840374238734792012-10-08T06:15:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.083-08:00Remember Columbus’ Landing and the Chicago World’s Fair with Souvenir Textile | Latest News | Kovels.com<div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, also called the Chicago World’s Fair, celebrated the 400th anniversary of the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The fair’s dedication ceremonies were held in October, 1892, though the fairgrounds didn’t open to the public until May 1, 1893 and it closed October 30, 1893.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Visitors wanting to take home a souvenir of their World’s Fair experiences were offered many choices—directories, pictures, programs, ash trays, ceramics, toys, posters, and all sorts of textile goods, from handkerchiefs and aprons to flags and banners. And they are all popular with collectors today.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This printed cloth sample was woven at a fabric mill in Lowell, Mass., in honor of the exposition. It includes an artist’s picture of Columbus’ 1492 landing, as well as pictures of the busts of Columbus and George Washington and the U.S. Capitol Building surrounded by wreaths, stars with the names of the 44 states, and shields honoring the discovery of America and the fair, with the dates 1492 and 1892. Fabric like this was used for decorative bunting or drapery. A sample of this cloth sold at a 1993 auction for $660. A similar reproduction fabric is available today.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-291196289612340182012-09-20T08:05:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.090-08:00A Dating Tip for Old Case Furniture | Tips on Care and Repairs | Kovels.comIf you have an old, perhaps 18th-century, piece of case furniture, try this dating tip. Pull the drawers out and put them back upside down. The drawers should move back and forth as easily as they did in the right-side-up position. Old-time cabinetmakers made both a drawer and its opening exactly square. Drawers with later repairs may not be as exact.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-48152060612845839222012-09-14T07:26:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.096-08:00Kovels.com Releases Top 10 Searches in August 2012 | Latest News | Kovels.comEvery month, the Kovels.com Top 10 list shows the interests of the collectors that visit the website. During August 2012, antique enthusiasts were busy researching.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-34191416042769371852012-09-13T08:15:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.102-08:00Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles September 2012 Newsletter is Available! | Latest News | Kovels.com<br />The September 2012 issue of “<a href="http://www.kovels.com/kovels-on-antiques-and-collectibles-vol-39-no-1.html" included="null" target="_blank">Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles</a>” is now available. Don’t miss auction reports on <a href="http://www.kovels.com/collectors-stick-with-cocktail-accessories.html" included="null" target="_blank">cocktail accessories</a>,<a href="http://www.kovels.com/italian-glass-masterpieces.html" included="null" target="_blank"> Italian art glass</a> and <a href="http://www.kovels.com/midcentury-modern-desks-for-sale.html" included="null" target="_blank">Midcentury Modern desks</a>. Also in the September issue—prices and photos of<a href="http://www.kovels.com/old-west-lawman-badges.html" included="null" target="_blank"> lawman badges</a> from the Old West, colorful <a href="http://www.kovels.com/firecracker-packs-light-up-at-auction.html" included="null" target="_blank">Chinese firecracker labels</a>,<a href="http://www.kovels.com/bird-hunting-etchings-and-figurines.html" included="null"> birds</a> captured in etchings and figurines, <a href="http://www.kovels.com/boehm-porcelain.html?id=10108" included="null" target="_blank">Boehm porcelain marks</a> and Terry Kovel's report from the<a href="http://www.kovels.com/september-2012-cleveland.html?id=10107" included="null" target="_blank"> White Ironstone China Association</a> annual convention.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-7423547478372345102012-06-27T07:30:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:32:41.257-08:00VPT's Looking Even BrighterVPT Engineering and Production staff have just finished the complete rebuild of the lighting system in the Colchester studios of Vermont's statewide public television network. Working with local electrical contractors, they replaced equipment that dated back to the day VPT began in 1967.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.vpt.org/sites/vpt.org/files/news/big/lighting-news_0.jpg?1340811570" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.vpt.org/sites/vpt.org/files/news/big/lighting-news_0.jpg?1340811570" /></a></div><br />Starting in February, the original power sockets in the ceilings of Studios A and B were replaced with modern sockets. Then, the patch circuit breaker panels in each studio were removed and replaced with newer types that don't depend on inserting and removing plugs. Lights can be controlled from a computerized system now.<br /><br />The final step was installing new energy-efficient lights tailored for areas in the studios like the Vermont This Week set, the VPT Cooks kitchen, the interview and fundraising sets and the green screen area.<br /><br />The new lights are a mix of LED key and back lights, and fluorescent fill lights that emit the same amount of light as the old ones but use only 20% of the electricity. Another way of saying it is that the old lights gave off 80% of the power they drew in heat and 20% in light. The new ones use 80% of power as light and 20% heat. The studios are both brighter and cooler now.<br /><br />Matching State of Vermont and federal funds covered the $324,000 job, which is one of the final steps in VPT's multi-year digital transition project. Vermont's Congressional delegation, and state administrative and legislative leaders have supported the project all the way.<br /><br />Pictured under the new lights on an interview set with VPT's president John King are staff who worked on the rebuild. Left to right are production manager Mike Dunn, videographer-editor Jim Ray, chief technical officer Joe Tymecki, videographer-editor Nate Huffman, president John King and media specialist-maintenance technician David Rice. On the desk on the left is a 120-watt LED key light and on the right a fluorescent fill light.<br /><br />Studio maintenance technician Phil Kinerson, not available for the group photo but pictured top right, was a key member of the project group.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-14756984206616405752012-06-21T08:30:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:32:41.266-08:00Vermont Sidewalks<a href="http://www.vpt.org/sites/vpt.org/files/mentioned/sidewalk.jpg?1340290785" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.vpt.org/sites/vpt.org/files/mentioned/sidewalk.jpg?1340290785" /></a>Compared with the other 49, Vermont is a healthy state. Vermonters live longer, have a lower infant mortality rate, and are more likely to have health insurance than most other Americans.<br /><br />It is even (compared with the other 49) a thin state, with only (if "only" is the right word) 58.5 percent of the people (and 26.7 percent of the children) overweight, and 23.9 percent obese.<br /><br />But when it comes to health and fitness, "compared with the other 49" sets a low bar. Compared with the rest of the prosperous world, Americans in all states are more likely to be overweight.<br /><br />Furthermore, Vermont's earns its (relatively) good rating on keeping its weight down largely because the folks in Chittenden County are thinner, with "only" 20.3 percent of adults considered overweight (this from the Center of Disease Control and Prevention in 2009). Rural Vermont is fatter. In six counties, more than 25 percent of adults are overweight or obese. Orleans County tops the list at 28.8 percent.<br /><a name='more'></a><br />The experts and plain old common sense agree that while there are several reasons people are overweight, two of the biggest are that they don't eat well and they don't exercise enough. Many Vermonters exercise regularly; some of them exercise obsessively. But it seems that the most common form of exercise is performed relatively little in this state: walking.<br /><br />Again, experts and common sense agree that there is more than one reason why so many Vermonters appear averse to getting from here to there by putting one foot in front of the other, then repeating the process. But part of the answer has to be that in much of the state, there's no place to walk, at least not safely. There are no sidewalks. <br /><br />"If you build it, they will come," said Nancy Schulz, Executive Director of the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition, using the old movie line to point out that if towns build sidewalks, people will walk more. If not, they won't. Maybe Chittenden County residents are thinner because they walk more. Maybe they walk more because they have more sidewalks. <br /><br />Actually, all nine cities and most of the larger towns in the state have at least some sidewalks. And by some measurements, Vermonters actually walk more than most other Americans. <br /><br />According to a study for the Washington-based Alliance for Biking and Walking, <span style="color: black;"> 6.7 percent of Vermonters walk or bike to work, the second highest ranking in the country after Alaska. </span> <br /><br /><span style="color: black;">But </span>satisfaction with Vermont's present level of physical fitness and its rank in the walking world would be "settling for mediocrity," said Chapin Spencer of Local Motion, the Burlington-based organization that supports more sidewalks and bike paths. <br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xVoJqTL2OJ8" width="560"></iframe></center><br />Besides, that high ranking could mask a more sedentary reality. It's no secret that Vermont is chock-full of people who care about both their health and the environment. Many of these people have the kind of flexible job schedules that makes it more convenient for them to walk to work, and most of them live in sidewalk-endowed cities. It's in the rural towns and villages where walking is both difficult and rare. <br /><br />A statewide survey by the Center for Rural Studies at the University of Vermont found that only 42.3 percent of the state's towns have any sidewalk at all. The best sidewalk coverage was in Chittenden County, the study found, where three quarters of the municipalities had sidewalks. At the other end of the spectrum, only 18.2 percent of n Addison County towns had sidewalks.<br /><br />That figure probably overstates the extent of the sidewalk shortage, less because the survey was taken seven years ago – there hasn't been much sidewalk building since – than because it included the tiniest rural towns, gores and unincorporated hamlets, even those that have nothing resembling the kind of settled town or village center where sidewalks make sense.<br /><br />But there aren't that many of those tiny towns in the state. So it seems that at least half of Vermont's towns and villages lack sidewalks, including some that had sidewalks a few decades or even a century ago.<br /><br />"West Charlotte and lots of other Vermont towns had sidewalks 100 years ago that don't have them now," said Jim Donovan, who pored over some old maps in the course of leading the unsuccessful effort to get Charlotte to approve construction of a sidewalk along Ferry Road. "As far as we can tell, the sidewalks came out when the town widened and paved the road."<br /><br />Because there is no sidewalk, Donovan said, "<span style="font-family: Times,serif;">a lot of people will drive to one spot and then get back in their car and drive to another two blocks away</span>." <br /><br />That's common behavior in small towns all around the state, where it is inconvenient and unsafe to walk, say, from the general store to the Post Office, even if they are only 50 or 100 yards apart. <br /><br />And would walking 50 or 100 yards (meaning 100 or 200, assuming round trips) now and then really matter when it comes to losing or gaining weight?<br /><br />Could be. The data, while not conclusive, are persuasive. In general, where and when people walk more, obesity rates decline. And vice versa. One study showed that people who rode a bus to work were far less likely to be overweight than those who drove; apparently the short walks to and from both ends of the bus ride mattered.<br /><br />A study published in 2006 in "Pediatrics," the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, found that, for children, <span style="color: #141413;">"reduced access to facilities…was associated with decreased (physical activity) and increased over- weight."</span> (That study was about physical activity facilities in general, not just sidewalks; but the conclusion would seem to apply to sidewalks).<br /><br />According to the Alliance for Biking and Walking, based on official statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health departments, "between 1966 and 2009, the number of children who walked or bicycled to school fell 75 percent while the percentage of obese children rose 276 percent."<br /><br />As the saying goes, correlation is not causation, and the kids of 2009 were also eating more fast food than their counterparts in 1966, and probably spending more time in front of a screen and less on the playground. But all that walking and biking back then – and sitting in school buses now – must have had an impact.<br /><br />Officials obviously think so, which is why both state and federal governments are trying to convince more children to walk to school. Part of that effort requires convincing more towns to build or improve sidewalks, so the kids can get there and back safely, and providing some money for them to accomplish the task, mostly through the Safe Routes to School program financed by the U.S. Department of Transportation.<br /><br />Patti Coburn, the program's Vermont coordinator, said the state gets $1 million a year, most of which goes for building sidewalks. That's a lot of money, but, she acknowledged, not nearly enough to build all the sidewalks that could convince more parents to let their children walk to school.<br /><br />Still, as the recent example of Charlotte shows, there is substantial opposition to building sidewalks in Vermont. To begin with, they cost money, both to build and to maintain, and while it isn't a huge amount of money (the Charlotte project would have cost $70,000 at most, Donovan said) without federal or state aid, "the burden falls mainly on local municipalities, so mostly on the property tax," said Local Motion's Chapin Spencer.<br /><br />"I would argue," said Nancy Schulz, "that the tax money going to fund health care is going to go through the roof because obesity leads to so many chronic diseases." Weighing the cost of sidewalks against the alternative of higher health care costs makes the sidewalks a money-saver, she said.<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Xk4s_1p-kiE" width="560"></iframe></center><br />That could be, though quantifying it would be a daunting task. Either way, a project financed by the local property tax is immediate and easily perceptible to the taxpayer. Health care is financed over time, and mostly by the Federal Government, where it is obscured by a host of expenditures ranging from defense to National Park rangers.<br /><br />Besides, money is not the only reason some Vermonters don't want sidewalks. Some are also concerned that installing sidewalks would alter the character of a rural town or village.<br /><br />"It was a lot more than just the money," said Tom Nola, the Charlotte retiree who led the forces voting down the sidewalk proposal there. "Charlotte is a rural town and it does not make any sense to have sidewalks."<br /><br />Sidewalk advocates acknowledge that even where there are sidewalks, some people, including those who live only a few blocks from their work or a store, would rather drive. It just seems to be their default position.<br /><br />But Schulz insisted, "if we provide places to walk, people will walk."<br /><br />To a considerable extent, rural Vermont's lack of sidewalks is the consequence of decisions made decades ago, and not easily reversible. With the development of regional school districts, fewer schools were built in the settled village centers, more out on the highway. No one is proposing miles of sidewalks along rural roads.<br /><br />The sidewalk question, then, is about more than just sidewalks. It's about how communities are envisioned and designed. For decades, Vermont and most of the rest of the country envisioned and designed communities around the automobile. But as Chapin Spencer said, "our vision for our community's shifts over time." He and others hope the shift includes recognition that maybe it would be a good idea, once one has driven to town, to walk from the library to the post office to the market, an idea that would seem even better were there a sidewalk. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-72478841258129107982012-06-15T05:15:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.107-08:00Happy Father's Day! | Latest News | Kovels.com<a href="http://www.kovels.com/201206159916/Latest-News/happy-fathers-day.html#.T9smxvD5ffY.blogger">Happy Father's Day! | Latest News | Kovels.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-34746969716785742122012-06-13T13:59:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.113-08:00Antique American Flags are Desirable Collectibles | Latest News | Kovels.com<a href="http://www.kovels.com/201206139884/Latest-News/kovels-item-of-the-week-june-14-2012-american-flag.html#.T9j_ICjVhbk.blogger">Antique American Flags are Desirable Collectibles | Latest News | Kovels.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-58156159002387431272012-06-12T09:20:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.125-08:00Kovels on Art Pottery, Van Briggle and other 1900s Pottery [Kovels.com]<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6LtfoSQ6Qpk?fs=1" width="459"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-75065386957618099852012-06-11T11:49:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.131-08:00Kovels.com Item of the Week June 10, 2012: Shaving Scuttle | Latest News | Kovels.com<a href="http://www.kovels.com/201206119875/Latest-News/kovelscom-item-of-the-week-june-10-2012-shaving-scuttle.html#.T9Y9oOm8zK4.blogger">Kovels.com Item of the Week June 10, 2012: Shaving Scuttle | Latest News | Kovels.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-64402480686251986382012-06-07T06:10:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.137-08:00Wood & Son Pitcher | Mystery Marks | Kovels.com<a href="http://www.kovels.com/201206069813/Mystery-Marks/wood-a-son-pitcher.html#.T9CoSXGXfAg.blogger">Wood & Son Pitcher | Mystery Marks | Kovels.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-88308773646192180912012-06-07T06:07:00.001-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.303-08:00Use Newly Released 1940 Census Information | News, News, News | Kovels.com<a href="http://www.kovels.com/201206069869/News-News-News/1940-census-may-add-information-about-collectibles.html#.T9CnfOOXvZ8.blogger">Use Newly Released 1940 Census Information | News, News, News | Kovels.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-80609454529179177842012-06-07T06:07:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.211-08:00Shelf Clock | Collectors' Concerns | Kovels.com<a href="http://www.kovels.com/201206069808/Collectors-Concerns/shelf-clock.html#.T9CnqVF0Pmw.blogger">Shelf Clock | Collectors' Concerns | Kovels.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-51138932733074914582012-06-07T06:06:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.378-08:00More Van Briggle Company Sales Problems | News, News, News | Kovels.com<a href="http://www.kovels.com/201206069870/News-News-News/more-van-briggle-company-sales-problems.html#.T9CnUk74ROM.blogger">More Van Briggle Company Sales Problems | News, News, News | Kovels.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-22686387169182881842012-06-07T06:04:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.497-08:00Fenton Glass Closed—Sort Of | News, News, News | Kovels.com<a href="http://www.kovels.com/201206069871/News-News-News/fenton-glass-closedsort-of.html#.T9CmoXH9kdI.blogger">Fenton Glass Closed—Sort Of | News, News, News | Kovels.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-64184283736139467302012-05-25T11:50:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:28:30.570-08:00Kovels.com Item of the Week May 28, 2012: The Poppy | Latest News | Kovels.com<a href="http://www.kovels.com/201205259860/Latest-News/kovelscom-item-of-the-week-may-28-2012-the-poppy.html#.T7_UWlTxqwQ.blogger">Kovels.com Item of the Week May 28, 2012: The Poppy | Latest News | Kovels.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12742161274536165368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076123391924527761.post-52909211585246821742012-05-17T09:00:00.000-07:002012-11-26T20:32:41.274-08:00WNCS and Mt. Mansfield Media Win Top Commercial of the Year HonorsVPT's Kathryn Scott and Jeff Vande Griek wrote the spot that won the Best Copywriting award, and Keith Swann was producer of the spot.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.vpt.org/sites/vpt.org/files/news/big/vab2012_0.jpg?1337348063" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.vpt.org/sites/vpt.org/files/news/big/vab2012_0.jpg?1337348063" /></a></div><br />Montpelier radio station WNCS-FM ("The Point") and Colchester-based advertising agency Mt. Mansfield Media were the winners of the Radio and Television Best in Show prizes announced May 17 at the Vermont Association of Broadcasters Commercial of the Year Awards luncheon.<br /><br />WNCS won the Radio Best in Show award for "Toilet Talk," a commercial they wrote and produced for Blodgett Supply. Mt. Mansfield Media won the Television Best in Show award for "Birds," a commercial for Guy's Farm and Yard Stores.<br /><br /><div align="center"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9SHx2P57h3c" width="560"></iframe></div><br />More than 200 entries were received for the annual competition among Vermont's radio and television stations and Vermont advertising agencies.<br /><br />Shadow Productions of Burlington won four awards, including all three awards in the Agency Radio Commercial category and an award for Best Produced Agency Radio Public Service Announcement.<br /><br />Besides the top prize, Mt. Mansfield Media also won three other awards, including Best Produced and Most Creative Agency TV Commercials. They were also recognized with the Most Creative Agency PSA award for "Rebuilding Waterbury," which depicted the community effort in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene.<br /><br />WCAX-TV and agency RetroMotion also won awards that involved Tropical Storm Irene. WCAX won the Best Produced Television Station PSA award for "Tropical Storm Irene - Help Vermont Now." RetroMotion won the Best Produced Agency PSA for "After Irene, Vermont Thanks You," which they produced for the Vermont Community Foundation.<br /><br />WCAX-TV won four other awards at the luncheon, which was held at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Montpelier. The Burlington television station won awards for Most Creative PSA, Best Produced TV Commercial and the Best Produced and Most Creative prizes in the Television Station Promo category.<br /><br />WFFF-TV won the Best Copywriting Award in the Television Station Commercial category, while WPTZ-TV/WNNE-TV won the Most Creative prize in the same category.<br />Vermont Public Television captured the Best Copywriting award in the Television Station Promo category for a promotional spot for the PBS series "Upstairs, Downstairs." The Best Copywriting Award for Agency Television Commercials went to McNaudio Media Solutions for "Big Finish," a commercial for the Kelleycars.com auto dealership in Springfield, Vermont.<br /><br />In the radio station categories, WEZF-FM of Colchester won the Best Copywriting Commercial award for "The Beast," a spot for Culligan water systems. WMOO-FM of Derby won the Most Creative Commercial prize for "Holiday Ad," produced for Pine Computers. The Best Produced Radio Commercial award went to WVTK-FM of Middlebury for "Things Go Wrong," a spot for their local UPS Store.<br /><br />WDEV of Waterbury won the Best Copywriting Radio Station Promo award for its "Deer Hunting Promo," while Burlington's WIZN-FM won the Best Produced Radio Station Promo prize for "Work Release Program at Ake's."<br /><br />WJJR-FM of Rutland won the Best Copywriting award in the Radio Station PSA category, while the Best Produced award in that category went to the Barre station group of WSNO-AM, WORK-FM and WWFY-FM.<br /><br />Best Copywriting honors in the Radio Spec Spot category went to WVTK-FM, while WJEN-FM of Rutland won the Most Creative prize in that category.<br /><br />The entries were judged by a panel assembled by the Communications Department at Champlain College in Burlington.<br /><br />2012 VAB Commercial of the Year Awards - Complete List<br /><br />Agency Radio PSA<br />Best Produced: Shadow Productions for "Discover Jazz - Get Moving."<br /><br />Agency Radio Commercial<br />Best Copywriting: Shadow Productions for "Clinic." Client: Champlain Valley Fair.<br />Best Produced: Shadow Productions for "The Show." Client: Vermont Federal Credit Union.<br />Most Creative: Shadow Productions for "Pop Culture." Client: Jamieson Insurance.<br /><br />Radio Station Spec Spot<br />Best Copywriting: WVTK-FM for "Got Gas." Client: McIntyre Fuels.<br />Most Creative: WJEN-FM for "Spec Spot." Client: Poultney Pools.<br /><br />Radio Station PSA<br />Best Copywriting: WJJR-FM for "Stuff a Bus."<br />Best Produced: WSNO/WORK/WWFY for "House of Horror."<br /><br />Radio Station Promo<br />Best Copywriting: WDEV for "Deer Hunting Promo."<br />Best Produced: WIZN-FM for "Work Release Program at Ake's."<br /><br />Radio Station Commercial<br />Best Copywriting: WEZF-FM for "The Beast." Client: Culligan.<br />Best Produced: WVTK-FM for "Things Go Wrong." Client: UPS Store<br />Most Creative: WMOO-FM for "Holiday Ad." Client: Pine Computers.<br /><br />Agency TV PSA<br />Best Produced: RetroMotion for "After Irene, Vermont Thanks You."<br />Most Creative: Mt. Mansfield Media for "Rebuilding Waterbury."<br /><br />Agency TV Commercial<br />Best Copywriting: McNaudio Media Solutions for "Big Finish." Client: Kelleycars.com<br />Best Produced: Mt. Mansfield Media for "Fix It." Client: Bond Auto.<br />Most Creative: Mt. Mansfield Media for "Westaff Werewolf." Client: Westaff.<br /><br />TV Station PSA<br />Best Copywriting: WFFF-TV for "Inner Heroes."<br />Best Produced: WCAX-TV for "Tropical Storm Irene - Help Vermont Now."<br />Most Creative: WCAX-TV for "Penguin Plunge."<br /><br />TV Station Promo<br />Best Copywriting: Vermont Public Television for "Upstairs, Downstairs."<br />Best Produced: WCAX-TV for "The Battle After War."<br />Most Creative: WCAX-TV for "Made in Vermont."<br /><br />TV Station Commercial<br />Best Copywriting: WFFF-TV for "Mini Introduction." 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