CityBeat's entry in the Big Pig Gig
 

Best Religious Leader:
Sister Alice Gerdeman
2000: No winner
1999: Rev. Leslie Isaiah Gaines
1998: Rev. Maurice McCracken
1997: Cardinal Joseph Bernardin

Best Teacher:
No winner
2000: No winner
1999: No winner
1998: Sharon Draper, Walnut Hills HS

Best Friend to the Environment:
No winner
New category

Best Fund-Raising Event:
Big Pig Gig
2000: AIDS Walk
1999: Night Against AIDS
1998: AIDS Walk

Best Librarian:
No winner
2000: No winner

Best Activist:
Gwen Finegan
2000: Jim Tarbell
1999: Jim Tarbell
1998: Rev. Maurice McCracken

Best Local Cause:
AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati (AVOC)
2000: AVOC
1999: Hoxworth Blood Center
1998: AVOC
1997: AVOC

Best Local Hero:
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
2000: Jim Tarbell
1999: Larry and Jimmy Flynt
1998: Police Off. Kathleen Conway
1997: Jim Tarbell

Best Police Officer:
No winner
2000: No winner
1999: Kathleen Conway, Cincinnati Police
1998: Ron Jeter and Daniel Pope, Cincinnati Police

Best Volunteer:
Marilyn Wall
2000: Boomer Esiason (CF Foundation)
1999: (Tie) Danny O'Shea (OTR Recreation Center) and Lille Mae Davenport (Over-the-Rhine Kitchen)
1998: Cookie Vogelpohl (Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen)

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