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KMBC does well at regional Emmys Some stations in Kansas City may not take the regional Emmys seriously, but the ones in St. Louis still do. That made KMBC's four wins at the Mid-America Emmys so sweet. At the ceremony Saturday in St. Louis, Channel 9 took the prize for best large-market newscast, winning out over three rivals in the larger St. Louis market. KMBC reporter Bev Chapman won two Emmys for news writing and cultural news (the latter was shared with photographer Jason Rhodes). Channel 9's Marlene Cross won for producing an individual newscast. KSHB collected three regional Emmys, though none was in news. "Kansas City Crossroads" won for direction of a pre-produced segment, and Channel 41 was also cited for on-air promotion and community outreach. Metro Sports won two Emmys, both for Ryan Stadlman as producer. WDAF, Channel 4, won for a news story on marijuana reported by Kristi Widmar, edited by Brandi Paulson and photographed by Don Proctor. And "Rare Visions & Roadside Revelations" took home yet another trophy for KCPT. The Mid-America Emmy Awards listed Mike Murphy and Randy Mason as the show's producers, while Don Mayberger was officially credited as "Camera Guy." - Aaron Barnhart/The Star The pipes are calling William Jewell College has a new Quimby pipe organ, and it's being inaugurated at 7 tonight at the Gano Chapel on the Jewell campus. Ken Cowan will be the organist in a program of music by J.S. Bach, Vierne, Widor, Saint-Saens, Sowerby, Willan and Bingham. Cowan is a prominent Canadian musician who attended the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and the Curtis Institute of Music. The 55-rank, three-manual organ was built by the Quimby Pipe Organ Company of Warrensburg, Mo., at a cost of about $850,000, funded chiefly by the Pillsbury Foundation. For more information call (816) 781-7700, Ext. 5204. - Paul Horsley/The Star UMKC composer gets Snow award Chen Yi, the UMKC Conservatory's world-renowned composer, has been awarded the first Edgar Snow Friendship Ambassador Award. The honor was presented to Chen on Oct. 15 at a dinner for Yang Jiechi, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, at which the composer performed her own "Romance and Dance" for violin and piano. The award is given by the Edgar Snow Memorial Fund, a local organization that seeks to foster friendship among the peoples of China and the United States, in the spirit of Snow's journalistic coverage of China during the 1950s. Chen, a native of Guangzhou, China, lives in Kansas City with her husband, composer Zhou Long. - Paul Horsley/The Star @ART CAPTION:Cowan @ART:Photo