KYCPG Awards
The Kentucky Council, since its inception, has gratefully honored individuals, businesses and organizations with awards to recognize their achievements in furthering awareness of compulsive and problem gambling or the goals of KYCPG. The Council is pleased to announce the 2003 honorees:
Media Award
The 2003 Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling Media Award is bestowed on GRACE SCHNEIDER, Louisville Courier-Journal reporter. Ms. Schneider spent more than six months researching problem and compulsive gambling in preparation of a series of articles that appeared in the Dec. 22-24, 2002, editions of the paper. During her research, Ms. Schneider attended the 16th National Conference on Problem Gambling and uncovered Louisville-area judicial proceedings that involved individuals with problem-gambling behavior.
The series, co-written with Lesley Steadman, the Courier-Journal’s Indiana state government reporter, consisted of 17 articles accompanied by photographs and demographic charts that documented problem and compulsive gambling in the area. The series raised awareness of the issues among the general public, as demonstrated by calls to the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling-sponsored helpline, letters-to-the-editor, and e-mails. It also generated substantive governmental initiatives, such as Indiana adopting a self-exclusion clearinghouse process for all riverboat casinos, and Kentucky passing its first problem-gambling legislation.
Ms. Schneider’s dedication to pursuing this issue, and her diligence in getting accurate information earned the award.
Industry Award
The KENTUCKY LOTTERY CORPORATION is being recognized with the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling 2003 Industry Award for the second time. The Kentucky Lottery, under the leadership of President Arch Gleason, Vice-President Rick Redman, and Minority and Community Affairs Coordinator Nichelle Anthony, introduced and spearheaded several problem gambling awareness activities in 2003.
A national leader in pioneering lottery responsible gaming programs, the Kentucky Lottery is a founding special corporate member of the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling. In 2003, Ms. Anthony collaborated with the Council in planning, organizing and conducting Kentucky’s First Responsible Gaming Education Week. Her efforts led to most of Kentucky’s gaming businesses participating, and the results of the awareness effort saw a 60 percent increase in calls to the helpline.
The Kentucky Lottery produced and released eight separate public service announcement videos in 2003, which it used on its televised nightly lottery drawings and encouraged stations to broadcast. Five of the PSAs delivered a problem gambling awareness message, and three warned that individuals must be 18 to purchase tickets. On-going efforts include publishing the helpline number on all scratch-off tickets, requiring retailers to post its “play responsibly” message, and use of the “play responsibly” message in ads.
Founding Member Awards
DON CLIPPINGER was a founding member of the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling Board in 1995. Then managing editor of The Thoroughbred Times, he lived in Ft. Thomas, Ky. As a professional journalist, he donated his time to ensure the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling produced accurate and contemporary publications. He moved from Kentucky in 2001 and now lives in Skokie, Ill. He is Features Editor of The Thoroughbred Times and Executive Director of The Winners Federation.
DON FOX was a founding member of the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling Board in 1995. Then director of Four Rivers Behavioral Health, Paducah, Ky., he forged linkages with the state’s mental health and substance abuse programs. His administrative expertise helped establish the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling’s personnel and compensation policies. Now retired and living in Florida, he serves part-time on accreditation teams for the Joint Committee on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Jim Cooke Leadership Award
CALEB COOLEY, current president of the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling, is the 2003 recipient of the Jim Cooke Leadership Award. The Award recognizes dedicated and selfless contributions toward achieving the goals of the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling. It is named after founding board member Jim Cooke, now deceased.
Mr. Cooley, a Pikeville accountant, was a founding member of the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling Board in 1995. As an accountant, he helped establish sound fiscal policies for the organization, and he spearheads fund-raising efforts. He was elected president in 2001. During his term in office:
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The Council’s budget doubled; |
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The Council added awareness programs and additional resource publications; |
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The Council’s outreach efforts led to certified counselors increasing from two to eight, passage of the state’s first legislation on problem gambling, the successful bid to be the local host of the National Conference on Problem Gambling, and the first Responsible Gaming Education Week. |
Mr. Cooley served on the initial Planning Committee for Responsible Gaming Education Week and personally raised one-third of the funds used to support the week’s awareness activities, which resulted in a 60 percent increase in calls to the helpline. If at all possible, he will go anywhere at anytime to increase awareness of problem and compulsive gambling and its impact on individuals, families, businesses and the state.
Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling Awards
History
Updated: January 31, 2006
The Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling’s
awards program began in 1996 at the first education and awareness conference.
The awards program strives to honor individuals and organizations for leadership
and education that contributes to recognition, prevention and treatment of
compulsive gambling. In 2000, the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling Board of
Directors established four award categories:
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The Jim Cooke Leadership Award, named in honor
of the first
recipient, recognizes individual contributions,
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The Government/Education Award,
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The Industry Award, and
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The Media Award.
Past Recipients
Jim Cooke Leadership Award
Jim Cooke, 1999
Curtis L. Barrett, Ph.D., 2000
Jim Blackerby, 2001
Edward Looney, 2002
Caleb Cooley, 2003
Dennis Boyd, 2004
Michael R. and Kristine L. Stone, 2006
Government/Education Award
The University of Kentucky, 1999
Michael Townsend, 2000
Murray State University/Kern Alexander, Ph.D., 2002
The Honorable Jack L. Coleman, Jr., 2004
The Honorable C.B. Embry, Jr., 2005
Industry
Churchill Downs, Inc., 1998
The Kentucky Lottery Corporation, 1999
Casino Aztar, 2000
The Kentucky Lottery Corporation, 2003
Caesars Indiana, 2004
The Keeneland Association, 2005
Media
Lexington Herald-Leader, 2000
Grace Schneider, Louisville Courier-Journal, 2003
The Louisville Courier-Journal, 2005