I've been out of town for the past few days, and while the updated results of C/T/SS nominations have been forwarded to Assistant Chairman Jim Follis, I need to get the few last minute deadline nominees to Jim in order for him to prepare the ballot and mail out to the judges. Brenda will be going to the post office today to pick up those few straggling nominations that have been sitting in the P.O. Box since Monday, and will get that information to Jim later this afternoon. Meanwhile, I'll be away with my daughter and grandchildren for a few days in Washington, DC.

From here on in, Jim will be sending out the ballots and receiving the judges ballots and tabulating the official results ... which will not be announced until the Early Bird Banquet in June.

Thanks to all of you who have participated in this annual event ... and my personal appreciation of thanks is extended to Jim Follis for his hard work and for a great job well done.