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Joel/Wise Prizewinners

Just prior to the formal awards ceremony, Joel Sherman made a quick and fun presentation of the winners of the JOEL/WISE prizes from the podium.

Joel/Wise Prizewinners

Words containing JOEL

Winners received $20 cash; runners-up who were present (marked with an asterisk) received an Avis Casely Tile Catcher.

DivisionWinnerRunner(s)-up
1Cynthia Seales
CAJOLES (96)
Matt DeWaelsche*
2Judy Horn
JALOUSIE (64)
Harriet Strasberg*
Varda Horelle*
3Kevin Glenn
FRIJOLES (125)
Steve Dennis
Kit Morehead
4David Pearl
JOLE (54)
Evi Pike

Words containing WISE

Winners received $20 cash; runners-up who were present (marked with an asterisk) received an Avis Casely Tile Catcher.

DivisionWinnerRunner(s)-up
1Paul Epstein
SWEATIER (149)
Gordon Shapiro
2John Karris
WITCHES (113)
Wendell Haynes
3Glenn Brownstein
AWAITERS (92)
Diana Ittner*
4Pat Tolhurst
WINCHES (96)
Corinne Jenkins*
Joel Horn also won a tile catcher, for his after-hours Anagrams find of WISENHEIMER; as did David Ross, for his JOWLIEST (low-scoring, but including both JOEL and WISE).

-- Sherrie Saint John, Internet Report, NSC98


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