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Honor for her honor

February 20th, 2009 at 08:44am Jennie Pollock

I’m still riding the high spirits from last night’s Rockford Woman of the Year reception, where we announced Judge Janet Holmgren as the 2009 award winner.

See our coverage rounded up here for all the links.

Since we’ve written all about the event already, I thought I’d share a few “behind the scenes” moments:

My favorite part of the night was seeing the judge’s mother, Ruth Hoover, who flew up from Florida to be here. She’s called me a few times through the process, asking for magazines and thanking the magazine for her daughter’s recognition.

This morning, Ruth called me again, saying she “almost fainted” when she saw this photo of her on the front page. It completely captured the evening at the Rockford Art Museum.

She also told me she was happy she could speak for a minute at the event, even if she couldn’t say all the things she wanted to. “I’m a ham,” she said. Yes, she is. See me laughing in the background?