Outdoorsmen Productions LLC, producer Gary Howey and cameraman/editor Kyle Nickolite received several awards in the 2009 Video Division.

AGLOW is the 2^nd largest Professional Outdoor Writers organization in the U.S and each year at their annual conference members are honored for their work over the last year.

In the “Best of Fishing” Category they were awarded a 2^nd place for their video entitled “Jim Cats”.

In the same category they also received the 3^rd place award for their “Oh Lardy” video.

In the Best of “Open” Category, their “Boy and the Bighead” received the 2^nd place award.

Their “Take ‘em” video was awarded 3^rd place in the “Best of Hunting” category.

An article authored by Howey, “Dancing Time in the Grassland” was also honored at the Annual conferences, receiving third place in the Best of “Open” category.

Outdoorsmen Productions LLC creates a wide variety of videos, works in public relations, radio and television as well as developing, designing and hosting web sites.

First place in that division was awarded to the Toledo Blade newspaper in Toledo, Ohio. Third place went to the Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper in Milwaukee, Wisc.

Myhre’s outdoor page received third place in last year’s competition.

In the “Best of Fishing” writing division, Myhre received second place for his story based on a trip into northern Ontario, Canada, entitled “Giant Northerns on the Fly Rod.”

Myhre also received a second place award in the “Outdoor Scenic Color Photography division for his photo of a giant swallowtail butterfly with wings spread over a purple coneflower wildflower.

Myhre has written outdoors stories for the Journal since 1973. He retired as editor of the paper in August of 2007.

The Association of Great Lake’s Outdoor Writers, established in 1956, is a nonprofit professional organization of outdoor communicators. Over 200 media and corporate members attended the conference.