Honored crowd selected for Warren Awards.Byline: Henny Willis The Register-Guard IT'S TIME AGAIN for the Warren Awards. In a past life as a political reporter and weekly columnist for The Register-Guard, it became my self-assigned - and cherished - chore at the end of each year to single out a few folks, political and otherwise, for special recognition. Thus were born, in 1968, the Warren Awards. The Warren Awards for politics and loosely related fields of human folly were created to honor those personalities on the Oregon scene and elsewhere who added significantly to the sights, sounds, excitement, boredom, comedy, drama, bewilderment, humor, hoopla hoop·la n. Informal 1. a. Boisterous, jovial commotion or excitement. b. Extravagant publicity: The new sedan was introduced to the public with much hoopla. 2. and health of the body politic during the preceding year. The awards are named after that memorable politician of yesteryear, Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2 1865 – August 2 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, from 1921 . They are chosen with appropriate solemnity SOLEMNITY. The formality established by law to render a contract, agreement, or other act valid. 2. A marriage, for example, would not be valid if made in jest, and without solemnity. Vide Marriage, and Dig. 4, 1, 7; Id. 45, 1, 30. and pomp, and represent the best judgment of the selection committee - as always, a lone writer in the quiet of his favorite booth. Herewith here·with adv. 1. Along with this. 2. By this means; hereby. herewith Adverb Formal together with this: , the Warren Awards for 2002: KAHOUTEK FLOP-OF-THE-YEAR AWARD - Cardinal Bernard Law's handling of the sex abuse scandal by priests in the Boston archdiocese. In second place, the Oregon Legislature's five special sessions. SASQUATCH I-BELIEVE-IN-DREAMS AWARD - Sarah Hughes. In second place, Ted Kulongoski. SIR EDMUND HILLARY CLIMB-THE-MOUNTAINS AWARD - The Ducks 2001 men's football and basketball and women's basketball teams, and the 2002 Sheldon Irish football team. JOAN RIVERS LET'S-DO-LUNCH AWARD - George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein. In second place, Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat. BELA LUGOSI SCARY-EVENT-OF-THE-YEAR AWARD - The Beltway sniper case. In second place, the West Nile virus West Nile virus, microorganism and the infection resulting from it, which typically produces no symptoms or a flulike condition. The virus is a flavivirus and is related to a number of viruses that cause encephalitis. . WOODY HAYES DUMB-IS-AS-DUMB-DOES AWARD - Trent Lott. In second place, John Walker Lindh
John Phillip Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981) is an American who was captured during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan while fighting there for the Taliban. . STEPHEN SONDHEIM SEND-IN-THE-CLOWNS AWARD - Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, ImClone. JULIE STYNE LET-ME-ENTERTAIN-YOU AWARD - The Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise, based in Portland throughout its existence, entered the league in 1970 and has won the NBA Championship once, in 1977. . HOUDINI SURPRISE-OF-THE-YEAR AWARD - Al Gore's decision not to run for president in 2004. "WRONG-WAY" CORRIGAN "OOPS" AWARD - Martha Stewart. In second place, Bill Sizemore. RIP VAN WINKLE IT'S-ABOUT-TIME AWARD - The state of Oregon's apology for its now-defunct eugenics eugenics (y  jĕn`ĭks), study of human genetics and of methods to improve the inherited characteristics, physical and mental, of the human race. program that forcibly
sterilized ster·il·ize tr.v. ster·il·ized, ster·il·iz·ing, ster·il·iz·es 1. To make free from live bacteria or other microorganisms. 2. hundreds of developmentally disabled Oregonians between 1917 and 1983. MR. ROGERS WELCOME-TO-THE-NEIGHBORHOOD AWARD - The new Eugene Public Library. BOB HOPE THANKS-FOR-THE-MEMORIES AWARD - Cathy Briner, Joe Cox, Jan Edwards, Tina Ellis, Patrick Ewing, Jim Johnson, Freddie Jones, Elaine Beebe Lapriore, Kathy Lenker, Judge Jack Mattison, Carol O'Shea, Suzi Prozanski, Jan Ryan, Picabo Street, John Williams and Kimber Williams. FINAL BOWS TO SOME SPECIAL PEOPLE: Dave Thomas, Wendy's everyman. Cyrus Vance, statesman. Peggy Lee, legend. Waylon Jennings, country "outlaw." John W. Gardner John William Gardner, (October 8, 1912–February 16, 2002), President of the Carnegie Corporation, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Lyndon Johnson, was subsequently the founder of two influential national U.S. , innovator. Howard K. Smith Howard Kingsbury Smith (May 12, 1914 – February 15, 2002) was an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman and commentator, and one of the original Murrow boys. , journalist. Chuck Jones, animator extra- ordinaire. Harry Rubenstein, businessman, civic leader. Pat Weaver, television pioneer. Eileen Farrell, diva. Milton Berle, "Uncle Miltie." Billy Wilder, filmmaker. Queen Mum. Brandy Stroeder, symbol of courage. Byron White, jurist A judge or legal scholar; an individual who is versed or skilled in law. The term jurist is ordinarily applied to individuals who have gained respect and recognition by their writings on legal topics. jurist n. . Thor Heyerdahl, Kon Tiki's skipper. Frances Howard, humanitarian. Sam Snead, champion. Mildred Wirt Benson (aka Carolyn Keene), Nancy Drew's creator. Jack Buck, broadcaster. Ann Landers, advice columnist. Rosemary Clooney, singer. Ted Williams, ballplayer. John Frankenheimer, film director. Rod Steiger, actor. Alan Lomax, American folk-music steward. Ed Headrick, inventor of the Frisbee. Robert Booth, citizen. William Warfield, singer. Lionel Hampton, virtuoso. John Conrad, colleague, friend. Norm Pott, minister. Johnny Unitas, quarterback. Dan Pavillard, arts philanthropist. Len Casanova, coach. Chapin Clark, Renaissance man. Adolph Green, creative force. Dick Lee, loan officer, friend. Abba Eban, statesman. Marv Muma, jokester, barber. Bob Straub, visionary. Roone Arledge, TV pioneer. John Dellenback, congressman. Marilyn Willis, first cousin, friend. To others who left a special mark (one way or the other) on the world they inhabited: Roger Umphers, Eileen Heckart, Lester Whetstine, Steve Bove, Ray Underwood, Martin Klein, Evelyn Erickson, Harold Russell, Dick "Night Train" Lane, Ray Lowe, Joyce McHolick, Princess Margaret, Evelyn Peterson, Nile Williams, Norma Degge, Neila Campbell, George Balsiger, Dick Gardner, Herman Talmadge, Dudley Moore, Wyman Hammer, Nicki Hanson, John Agar Agar, in the Bible Agar (ā`gər), the same as Hagar. agar, substance obtained from seaweed agar (ä`gär, ā`–, ăg`är) , Antoinette Rutan, Robert Urich, Damon Knight, Ruth Handler, Brian Dickenson, Leonard Lanfranco, Hugo Banzer, Christopher Hayden, Stephen Jay Gould Noun 1. Stephen Jay Gould - United States paleontologist and popularizer of science (1941-2002) Gould , Estelle Kroeger, John Kelley, Steve Overton, Eliza Jacobs, Mel Schoppert, Ted Gamble, Fernando Belaunde and Lillian Price. Mamo Wolde, Lew Wasserman, Bill Blass, Bill Peden, Silas Trim Bissell, Willie Davenport, Abe Brooks, Ross Carter, Darryl Kile, Justin Dart Jr., Pete Gray, Chuck Strong, Charlie Davis, Katy Jurado, Clif Cole, Chaim Potok, Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. McKern, Clark Gesner, Ed Runge, Chick Hearn, Flo Beaman, Darrell Porter, Enos "Country" Slaughter, John G. Zimmerman, Nancy Chaffee, Kyle Rote, John Roseboro, Jeff Corey, Hoyt Wilhelm, Billy Ray Rogers, Jimmy Boggess, Abe Lemons, Leon "Muscles" Campbell and Joe Strummer. J. Lee Thompson, Frankie Albert, Kim Hunter, Bob Hayes, Katherine Umphers, Leon Hart, Jane Phillips, Paul Lansdowne, Mickey Newbury, Patsy Mink, Leon Russell, Bill McHolick, Steve Harper, Stephen Ambrose, Ray Conniff, Howell "Tiny" Appling, Richard Helms, Richard Harris, Jack Lamb and Walter Paseman. Peg Phillips, Glenn Dobbs, Paul Wellstone, Eddie Bracken, James Coburn, Ken Stiggins. Bonnie Penner Witherall, Dave "Snaker" Ray Dave "Snaker" Ray (August 17, 1943 – November 28, 2002) was an American blues singer and guitarist from St. Paul, Minnesota who was most notably associated with Spider John Koerner and Tony "Little Sun" Glover in the early Sixties Folk Revival. , Doreen Ditzhazy, Dave McNally, Ed Jolley, Lucy Schafer, Philip Berrigan, Ernie Lundeen, Priscilla Porter, Wolfgang Leppmann, Dee Brown, Alice "Chris" Attneave, Dick Stuart, and the Coos Bay firefighters, the Noti Elementary School and Seattle Slew. Henny Willis is an associate editor of The Register-Guard. |
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