Benjamin Franklin Award Judges
for 2002

And an extra special thank you to the following people who gave up time in half of their 2001 and part of their 2002 to honor the best in independent publishing today… our judges:

Punkey Adams, Walla Walla County Library
Shirley H. Adkins, Womack Publishing/Star-Tribune
M. Elizabeth Alston, Americas Times-Recorder
Marjorie Anderson, Stevens-Henager College
Sherry Armendariz; Rose Arnoldy, Great Bend Public Library
Cindy Bailey, Greene County Messenger
Kathleen A. Ballo, Book Nook
Mary Barrett, Friends of the Nashville Public Library
Mark Berriman, Stillwater Gazette
Henry Berry, The Small Press Book Review
Barbara Bibel, Oakland Public Library
Shirley Branden, Univ. of Delaware Library
Linda Brummett, BYU Bookstore
Alan Caruba, Bookviews
Janice Chavers, The Herald Bulletin
Donna Clark, MLS; Beth Clawges, Mountain Statesman/Harrison County Value Guide
Leigh Cohn, Gürze Books
Carol Colaizzi, New Castle News
Shirley F. Coleman, Windsor Severance Library District
Gail Colure, Kearny Public Library
Heidi Cotler; Brian E. Coutts, Western Kentucky Univ. Libraries
Penny Davies, The Earthling
Sandy Jo Drebenstedt; Millie Duran, La Prensa
Joseph M. Eagan, Enoch Pratt Free Library
Jennifer M. Einwalter, Slinger Community Library
Bob Erdmann; Elaine Farrand; Howard Fisher, Fisher Books
Alzada Forbes, The Avid Reader
Dianne S. Fortune, Prime Time Newspapers
Phil Foster, DFW Newspapers
Dorothy Fritz, All About Books
Anthony Gambucci, Gambucci Clinic
Jack Gingold, Pomona Valley News Agency, Inc.
Bill Gladstone, Waterside Productions, Inc.
Peggy Glenn, Aames-Allen Publishing
Howard Goldstein, Howard Goldstein Design
Christine Haines, The Herald-Standard Uniontown
Donna F. Hammett, Hometown News Inc.
Greg Hatfield, Seven Hills Book Distributors
Rosalie Haverstick, The Rosebud News Inc.
Darlene Hayes, Union City Daily Messenger
John Hendrix, Yeshiva Atlanta
Gwen Henson, SageBrush Publications
Norman Hines, Jr.; James Hitchcock, Battlecreek Shopper News
Larry Hitchcock, The Hitchin' Post
Sandy Hoffbeck, Southwest State University
Leroy Hommerding, Fort Myers Beach Public Library
Cheryl Y. Hurst, Spencer County Leader/Ferdinand News
Kay Ikuta, Inglewood Public Library
Ira James, Franklin Times/M Gazette
Mary Jennings, Pathfinders Bookstore
Thane Garvin Johnson, Oklahoma City Zoological Park
Rosemary Jones, Healing Pages Book Store
Susan C. Keller, Western Piedmont Community College
Christine Kelly, Arkansas Tech University
Tracie Kelly, New Times Publishing
Inga Kimple; Deen Kogan, Detecto Mysterioso
Henry Kornman, HK Marketing Services
Shirley LaBusier, Nashville News
Mary Lang, White Mountain Publishing Co.
Mary Larson; Shirley Shick Learn Library
Tom Lewis, Tehabi Books
Ron Liggett; Donna Linn, The Rainbow Within
Jerry Marino, The Marino Group
Becca Bacon Martin, The Morning News of NWA
Fran Mason, Portland Community Library
Laura McCaffery, Allen Couny Public Library
Leslie McClure, 411 Video Information
Peggy McCracken, Pecos Enterprise
Lynda McDermott, Augusta Gazette
Richard McDonald, Marshall-Lyon County Library
Cindy McKechnie; Barbara J. McKee, Streetsboro High Library
Patty Miller, NH Community Technical College
Claire Morales; Sarah Morgans, Tehabi Books
Aaron M. Morris, Rex Artist Supplies
Kathleen E. Morris, Out of the Closet
Jackie Musgrave, Anchorage Municipal Libraries
Jan Nathan, IBPA
Lynda Nemec, Nanna's Bookstore
Kathy Neumeister, The Shopping News
Bob Older, Chef Older's World of Food
Carolyn Olson, Quality Books
Mitchel Olszak, New Castle News
Bill Parton, Arkansas Tech University
Robert Paul, Sequoyah High School
Lisa Peet, OCV Architects
Karen Pletsch, Vincennes Sun-Commercial
Lorene Popiel; Cindy Popiel; Jamie Lee Pricer, The Desert Sun
Julia Priest, Lodi News-Sentinel
Lori Qualls, Midland Daily News
Lauren T. Roberts, Beyond Words
Scott Rodas, Ocean County Library
Maryangela Román, Catholic Herald Newspaper
Cynthia E. Saylor, The University of North Carolina of Pembroke
Robert E. Schnare, US Naval War College Library
Mary Kay W. Schnare, Office of the Superintendent, Providence School Department
R.N. Sharma, Ph.D., West Virginia State College
Sherrill Shaw, College of Eastern Utah
Barb Shepherd, The DeLand Beacon
Les Smith; Marcella Smith, Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Marcia Steffens, Leader Publications
Bryan K. Stevens, Herald and Tribune
Barbara Stewart, WEB DuBois Library, Cataloging Department
Miranda Sulikowski, Ocean County Library - Youth Dept.
Bob Summer, Publishers Weekly
Kevin Tankersley, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Marti Taylor, Champion Newspapers
Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen; Mike Tribby, Quality Books
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Telluride Magazine
Vicky Vaughn, Tehabi Books
Earlene Viano, Reference Department, Hampton Public Library
W. Curt Vincent, The Spencer County Journal-Democrat
Jeff Walker, The Vinton Messenger
John R. Webster, Abacus Graphics
Nancy Welch, Statesboro Herald
Kathy Welton, aka Associates
Pat Williams, Conroe Courier
Geri Wilson, San Gabriel Valley Edition
Jennifer Y. Wilson, Librarian
Deborah Wingert, Terra Community College
R. Conrad Winke, Columbia College Chicago
Tom Woll; Elizabeth Woll; Pamela Woodward; Michael Wright, Borger News-Herald
Margie Wuebker, The Sidney Daily News
Jeff Wyner, Escondido Public Library
Sherry York; Nancy Yost, Senior Voice of Florida
Judith A. Zaccaria, Winfield Daily Courier
Ilene Zaleski, North Miami Public Library
Floyd M. Zula, Pollak Library, CSU - Fullerton.

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