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Readers,<\/p>\n

I’m happy to report that yesterday this blog received a Milwaukee Press Club Award for “Best Critical Review” and it’s good to know they’re hardly stuffy about their award style. Below is a photo of me with my award, taken in the Pfister Hotel hallway of the banquet room, right after a delightful dinner and awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

The event included a presentation of an annual “Newsmaker” award to Mark Murphy, who is retiring as president and CEO of the Green Bay Packers. He’s a very unassuming guy whose “aw-shucks” thank you address belied the dramatic skill he displayed recently in announcing the Packers’ choice for their first draft pick, Texas Longhorn Matthew Golden, before a massive crowd to kick-off the NFL draft in Green Bay, for the first time. That extraordinary event — to happen in the NFL’s smallest-market city, Green Bay — was Murphy’s doing as much as any single person. 600,000 people attended the three-day event. And Golden is the first wide receiver the team has chosen as their top pick since 2002, a big part of the excitement for the thousands of Packer fans attending.<\/p>\n

Also feted as a “Newsmaker” was Sherrie Tussler, the highly worthy longtime director of Hunger Task Force.<\/p>\n

Their remarkable and inspiring (for some people) humility left it for me to do just a bit of hot dogging over my award, as you can see.<\/p>\n

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Oh well, it’s time to fess up — that aint’ me with my award. It’s me nuzzling up to a giant fake hot dog at a custard drive-in, and taken eons ago. I stumbled upon this old photo recently and, I guess, couldn’t resist taking a bite out of it.<\/p>\n

Here’s the correct photo of me with the Press Club award.<\/p>\n

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I received the silver award for my review of eclectic jazz guitarist and bandleader Bill Frisell titled “Bill Frisell and the artful power of improvisation.” at the Vivarium in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

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Bill Frisell at The Vivarium talking to the audience. Photo by Bob Ojeda\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks again to the Milwaukee Press Club, and to Ann Peterson who accompanied me and took the correct photo.<\/p>\n

I am including a link here to the winning review (which was originally published in The Shepherd Express<\/em>) for those who might want to read it, or revisit it:<\/p>\n

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