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WPBS-DT
was
pleased
to
host
the
Whiz
Quiz
Awards
Ceremony
with
Glenn
Gough
on
Thursday,
April
9,
2015.
The
2014
International
Whiz
Quiz
Champions
from
South
Jefferson
Central
High
School
were
awarded
a
scholarship
check
in
the
amount
of
$1500
and
gold
cup
trophy,
while
the
second
place
Watertown
High
School
team
was
awarded
a
$1000
scholarship
check
and
silver
trophy.
The
teams
were
presented
with
scholarship
money
made
possible
in
part
by
the
United
States
Air
Force
and
presented
South
Jefferson
High
School
Champions
from
left
to
right:
Sam
Fairchild,
by
US
Air
Force
Lieutenant
Colonel
Parker
Leikam,
Advisor
Alyssa
Freeland,
Daniel
Wetterhahn,
Drew
Safford,
Fernandez.
This
year
WPBS-DT
added
and
US
Air
Force
LTC
Fernandez
three
special
team
awards
that
each
included
a
$250
scholarship.
The
winners
of
the
Best
Dressed
award
went
to
the
Alexandria
Central
team,
Most
Likely
to
Succeed
was
awarded
to
Canton
High,
and
the
WPBS
Pick
was
awarded
to
Sackets
Harbor
High
School.
Jefferson
Community
College
President,
Dr.
Carol
McCoy,
presented
these
special
team
awards.
WPBS-DT
was
also
pleased
to
congratulate
the
2014
Canadian
Whiz
Quiz
Champions,
Bayridge
Secondary
School
from
Kingston,
Ontario.
Bayridge
Secondary
School,
with
their
Advisor
Cindy
Eccles,
captured
the
winning
title
over
the
two
Canadian
teams
that
competed.
Whiz
Quiz
is
produced
locally
by
WPBS-DT
and
filming
takes
place
annually
in
October
and
November.
It
airs
on
WPBS-DT
October
through
December.
WPBS-DT
thanks
all
of
our
sponsors
for
making
Whiz
Quiz
the
longest
running,
local
academic
quiz
production
in
the
North
Country.
Corporate
support
for
Whiz
Quiz
is
provided
by
United
States
Air
Force,
Associated
Colleges
of
the
St.
Lawrence
Valley,
Community
Bank,
Jefferson
Community
College,
Jefferson-Lewis
BOCES,
St.
Lawrence-Lewis
BOCES,
SUNY
North
Country
Consortium,
Watertown
Noon
Rotary
Club,
Malone
Rotary
Club
and
the
Theresa
Rotary
Club.
WPBS-TV
is
a
non-profit
public
television
station
serving
approximately
650,000
households
throughout
Northern
New
York
and
Eastern
Ontario.
WPBS-TVs
mission
is
to
educate,
entertain
and
inform
our
two-nation
audience
through
superior
local
and
national
content
and
media
engagement
in
order
to
enhance
the
lives
of
those
it
serves.
More
information
about
PBS
is
available
at
www.wpbstv.org,
or
by
following
WPBS
on
Twitter
and
Facebook.
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