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APTRA Academy Dean Hal Eisner welcomes participants who have
come to Southern California from as far away as New York,
Washington D. C., North and South Carolina, Florida and Texas. |
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During the class picture, some of the mentors show they're
HAPPY CAMPERS! |
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aptra.org
webmaster Eric Iverson (sitting) and Jocelyne Rohrback-Ovalle
(standing left) welcome students for registration |
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L.A. County Firefighters show up to help in playing out the
mock story about a methlab explosion that triggers a brushfire. |
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Photographers from television stations all over LA and California
follow the firefighters, and the action, up the hills of Cottontail
Ranch. |
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Actress Jamie Liles plays a camp counselor who has gotten
separated from her Cottontail Ranch campers during the fire
and explosion and is reunited. |
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L.A. County Fire Captain Brian Jordan answers reporter questions
during a news conference about the explosion-fire drama |
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FOX11 Producer/Writer Tim Langford works with a team of students
following the story. |
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Reporters and photographers at a news conference as the story
plays out. |
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Actor Conrad Bachmann (who played the U.S. Secretary-Treasurer
in "The West Wing") plays the Homeland Security
Director at APTRA Academy. |
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A suspect, played by actress Tina Marie Nigro, is arrested. |
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An alleged terrorist, played by Anthony Smiljkovich, is carted
off by real DEA agents in the mock production. |
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FOX 11 Anchor Christine Devine keynotes Saturday's APTRA Academy
lunch talking about how she got into the business and what
she's learned. |
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KMEX Photographer Julio Jara and student Christy Musser at
the reporter camp. |
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Hal and Student Denelle Plummer proudly holding the video
of the story she covered and her APTRA Academy graduation
certificate |
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At the reporter camp Lori Allen works the story |
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Cottontail Ranch is packed with police cars and live trucks
for this year's camp |
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A very happy Kitty Alvarado graduates from APTRA Academy |
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