Thank you, Ferrara and Jerry and Ebbie, etc. Jerry and Art, those are just the kind of stories we want!

I'd love to hear more about Jean and the Patons, too.

I am thinking when Jeff or Max or whomever has the time, a section about this award with a bio of each recipient would be neat and the stories posted to this thread and subsequent threads might be great material for a sort of Mudcat Hall of Fame part of that page. Just thinking out loud here, folks.

BTW, Max has give this his seal of approval and will be signing the certificates I've designed as soon as I get them to him! (Gotta go get new printer cartridges tomorrow...the refilled ones just don't do true colour from what I've seen.)

Thanks, everyone!! Can't wait for the reaction to the Surprises!! It's gonna be neat!