Examiner-Enterprise staffers took home awards from the annual Associated Press/Oklahoma News Executives' Carl Rogan awards competition.Awards for work published in 2007 were presented during a banquet held Saturday evening at the Doubletree Hotel at Warren Place in Tulsa.E-E Chief Photographer Becky Burch won first place for her Spot News Photo, "Awaiting Rescue" showing a pair of Bartlesville firefighters preparing to rescue a teen who broke through the ice at Bartlesville's Jo Allyn Lowe Park. The firefighters successfully rescued the girl and were later honored by the City of Bartlesville for their heroic efforts.The photo also won the prestigious "Sweepstakes" award in all photographic categories among the AP's Division B newspapers.Burch also took home a pair of runner-up awards. Her emotionally-packed photo of "Flood Victims" took second place for General News Photo, while her "Baseball Salute" won second place for Feature Photo."Becky has been shooting great photos of ordinary people doing extraordinary things for a long, long time," said E-E Managing Editor Chris Rush.
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