Sunday, November 17, 2013

Scenes from the Press Club Hall of Fame dinner

The Press Club of Cleveland inducted 5 journalists into the Hall of Fame Thursday, Nov. 14 at the Mariott in Cleveland.  Nearly 200 people attended to honor PD baseball writer Paul Hoynes,  former PD reporter/editor Mary Anne Sharkey, PD cartoonist Jeff Darcy,  Ideastream radio personality Dee Perry and Jewish News Columnist Violet Spevack.   

Here's some sightings from the affair:




 Former publisher and editor Tom Vail, 87,  was a special guest of Mary Anne Sharkey.

 Jeff Darcy took us behind the cartoons.
 Radio personality Jim McIntyre, center, was given the Chuck Heaton Award by PD Minister of Culture Michael Heaton, right. The award is given to a journalist who best exemplifies the sensitivity and humility exhibited by the late PD sports writer Chuck Heaton.
PD Tipoff writer and  radio man Mike McIntyre, brother of Jim, and former editorial writer Jim Strang pose for a caption contest.
 Sports guys Paul Hoynes, the inductee, deputy Sports Editor Mike Starkey, and former Sports Editor Roy Hewitt.
 PD columnist Phillip Morris with Blaine Griffith of the mayor's office
 PD reporter Tom Feran,  Tom Vail and PD Editorial Page editor Betsy Sullivan.
 Former food writer John Long, left,  former PD writer and husband of Sharkey, Joe Dirck, and Kathy Seimon, assistant city editor and John's wife.
 Former editorial page editor Brent Larkin and columnist Tom Suddes