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Glendale Daily Planet Receives

Proclamation Oct. 28

               Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet

 

 

The Glendale Daily Planet team is deeply appreciative and humbled by the City of Glendale’s Proclamation recognizing The Planet’s ten years of local, community based journalism. We are amazed and honored to receive such public recognition. 

Thank you to all who have helped us and for your patience and understanding in getting the best story we could. 

I did not do this all on my own. Numerous people have inspired and supported me along the way. I need to take this time to thank them.  



First, Barbara Walch from Palos Verdes, California gave me my first by-line in The Daily Breeze in the 1960s. That first published photo will always be a special memory for me.



When I was stationed at Luke Air Force Base in the early 70s, Capt. John Tereno, allowed me to submit material to the base newspaper then named The Jet Journal!



My work was noticed by Gene Ely of The Westsider along with Bill Toops Sr., who both owned Pueblo Publishers. Pueblo Publishers printed the base newspaper.



One of my highlights was when Bill Toops Sr. needed a photographer at the 1973 Winter Nationals!



October 4, 2014 was the 10th anniversary for The Glendale Daily Planet. The Glendale Star became a place for Bette and me to submit our photos and stories. But the mentoring from Bill Toops Jr. and Editor, Carolyn Dryer is greatly responsible for any success The Glendale Daily Planet has had. One of the most important things Carolyn Dryer taught me is "there is always a story out there". 



Thank you, Mayor Weiers and Glendale City Council for this special recognition. 




Ed Sharpe – Publisher and 

The Glendale Daily Planet Team

 

Glendale Daily Planet celebrates 10 years    Photo by Bill Toops Planet recognized   Ed Sharpe receives his proclamation from Mayor Jerry Weiers during a city council meeting Oct. 28 recognizing the 10th anniversary of the Glendale Daily Planet. Posted: Wednesday, November 5, 2014 6:00 pm | Updated: 12:05 pm, Thu Nov 6, 2014.   Ed Sharpe, publisher and editor of Glendale Daily Planet and KKAT-TV, was recognized by Glendale City Council at its Oct. 28 meeting for achieving 10 years of service to the community. The online news service began operations Oct. 4, 2004. Sharpe’s first byline was published in the 1960s in the Palos Verdes, Calif. publication, Daily Breeze. He served in the U.S. Air Force and it was while stationed at Luke Air Force Base in the 1970s, he was published in the base newspaper, then called The Jet Journal. Soon, he was shooting photos for publishers of the base paper, Pueblo Publishers Inc., and in the years that followed, he started his own computer company and wrote articles for technical journals, conducted hardware evaluations and researched computer security. It was 10 years ago when he founded The Glendale Daily Planet. His wife, Bette, a retired librarian for the City of Glendale, has become his chief photographer. Glendale City Council and Mayor Jerry Weiers presented Sharpe with his proclamation and wished his continued success in the future. In his acceptance of the proclamation, Sharpe said, “The Glendale Star not only became a place for us to submit our photos and stories, but also a source of mentorship from Bill Toops Jr., publisher, and Carolyn Dryer, editor. One of the most important things Carolyn has taught me is ‘there is always a story out there.’ Yep, it is true. you just have to keep your eyes open.”