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First Brownie Award Recipient
| December 9, 2007 |
| I
was very excited to present the first ever "Brownie" award to honor
the memory of our friend, and fellow sweep, Chris Brown. I was particularly
happy to see Brownie's dad (affectionately known as "Big Chris" in
our neck of the woods) there to see the first recipient. I know he
was very pleased that his son was so well remembered in our guild.
The award was designed to celebrate creativity, independence, and
perseverance in the areas of chimney sweeping and customer service;
Three traits at which Brownie excelled during his many years on the
rooftops. I received several excellent nominations (most of them well
past the acceptance date, but I expected that). It seems everyone
caught the spirit of the award. I read a few good "horror story" jobs,
and a couple of nightmare customers. |