Harold Hitz Burton Award for Bruce W. Sanford

The Club is proud to announce that it will present its Harold Hitz Burton Award in 2007 to Bruce W. Sanford. Bruce is a partner at Baker Hostetler and one of the nation's most preeminent attorneys in media law. Author of both a popular work (Don't Shoot the Messenger) and scholarly tomes on libel and privacy, Bruce is also a recognized expert on the First Amendment.  Before going to law school, Bruce worked as a reporter on The Wall Street Journal. The Club plans a celebration in the Sugarman Room at Baker Hostetler, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C., at 12:30 PM on January 23. A box lunch will be served. Reservations are requested through Brooke Stoddard. Non-Contributing members and guests: $15. Contributing members: $14.

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Forest City

The Washington Post caught up with The Cleveland Club by running a story about Forest City's work here in Washington. The story appeared on page D1 of the Monday, January 1, Business Section. Gary McManus, Forest City's Washington Director of Marketing, gave a lively presentation to the Club in September of Forest City's tremendous projects. If you missed the Club event, try to find and read the article.

Browns' Backers

Notice from the Central Maryland Browns Backers:  The Central Maryland Browns Backers post-season banquet is Saturday, February 17, 2007 at the Holiday Inn Gaithersburg, in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The speaker will be Hanford 'Top Dawg' Dixon! For details, email Diane Stinson at diane [dot] stinson [at] verizon [dot] net

Indians Baseball

The Cleveland Indians swing away in Baltimore once this year, May 4-6 (not snowy April!). We're looking for interested persons to coordinate ticket sales.

Literate City

We all knew it anyway, but Cleveland ranks as one of the most literate cities in the nation. Taking into account such factors as branch libraries per capita, volumes per capita, library book circulation per capita, Cleveland ranks 14th. Cleveland ranks 1st in library support, holdings and utilization. See the Central Connecticut State University study at www.ccsu.edu/amlc06/Library/top10.htm

Best, Brooke

Brooke C. Stoddard
Writer and Editor
815 King Street, Suite 204
Alexandria, VA 22314
703 838 1650
brookecstoddard [at] cs [dot] com