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Submit News [+]Tribute to Ponz in Gil Thorp comic strip
Posted by: Kit Donahue on 2008-09-04 12:09:21Jeff Ponczak was a fan of the Gil Thorp comic strip and he was recently added into the strip as a new character.
Here is the link:
Click here to see Gil Thorp comic strip
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Emma Johnson MSN Money colmn launches
Posted by: Emma Johnson on 2008-07-18 15:35:49Emma Johnson's multimedia personal finance column recently launched on MSN Money. The series focuses on people in their 20s and 30s, and includes video, audio, graphic and text elements. Read More >>
proudly introducing... jean lachat photography
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Reporting Contest for College Students and Professionals!
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Chris Heidenrich -- 2nd edition of my local history book
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Steve Wasserman, Troy Torrison, Tim Endsley, Jill Ward, john grady, Kimberly Grippo, Debra Schoenecker-Dixon, Matthew Senator, Robin Baumgarten, Eddy Carlos,Most recent donors:
Cathy Martin Hall, Bill Choslovsky, Paul E. Veith, Sarah and Michael David Smith, Doug Lee, Patrick Windhorst, Dorothey Puch Lillig, Jomarie Fredericks and Steven Shamash, Andrew Coneen, Illinois Press Photographers Association,The "Jeff Ponczak Memorial Award"
Posted by: Kit Donahue on 2008-06-19 15:59:51
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Jeff Ponczak, sports reporter and editor, 1987-91, fondly known to all of us as "Ponz," died Saturday, June 14 from complications caused by a lifelong struggle with congenital heart disease.
The award will be given annually to a member of the Daily Illini sports staff not holding a board-appointed position, who has "contributed the most to teamwork, the spirit of friendship, and an unabashed love of sports and fun, as well as quality in reporting sports at the paper." Jeff exemplified all of these same qualities every day of his all-too-short life.
The recipient will receive a framed certificate and their name will be on an engraved plaque which will be on permanent display in the newsroom. They will also receive a cash gift distributed each year by Illini Media in memory of Ponz. Donations to the memorial fund are tax-deductible and can be sent to:
Illini Media
Attention: Mary Cory, "Jeff Ponczak Memorial Fund"
512 East Green Street
Champaign, IL 61820
The award was established in June, 2008 by Jeff's family, friends and co-workers.
Click here to donate online
"Jeff Ponczak Memorial Award" Donors
Mary Adamczak
Barbara Bohn
Sydney and Binnie Choslovsky
Mary Cory
Laura Coyle
Kit Donahue
Jim and Georgia Dower
Sandra and Jim Dudlicek
Phil Favorite
Thomas Favorite
Loretta Foxgrover
Brian and Molly Good
Richard and Arlene Gumm
Gary Haas
Mrs. Floyd Kalber
Kathy Kalber Kinsella
Paula Kamen
Adam Lashinsky
Michelle Latimer
Levi Strauss Foundation
Monica and Michael Levy
Jennifer Massey
Melinda Miller
Dan M. Schramm
Kevin Schweitzer
Barry Sommerfeld
JoAnne & Ed Stanuch
Strategics, Inc.
Victor and Donna Tocwish
Trading Technologies, Inc.
Steven and Francine Turk
Patrick and Deborah Fisher
Cathy Romans and Dave Campbell
Cathy Spellman Roberts
Roy and Nancy Horton
Ann Dwyer
Zac Repking
Mark Etzkorn
Lynn Kussrow
Jim Sonnenberg
James Fuentes
Ron Tillery
Bill Choslovsky
Cathy Martin Hall
We found out that Jeff was a fan of the Gil Thorp comic strip and he was recently added into the strip as a new character.
Here is the link:
Click here to see Gil Thorp comic strip